"Uh…?"
Widening his eyes, the Hong Xiao Emperor also sees the empress's head within Bujian Yue's collection.
Simultaneously, ghostly bodies emerge from the heads, and in the same instance—
[Father, save me!]
[Husband, kill this son of a bitch!]
[Bujian Yue, you despicable fuck!]
[You shameless blind bastard!]
Seeing these ghostly bodies, the palace officials suck in a cold breath of air, and one of them shouts—
"Soul sealing art!"
"This sort of demonic art is meant to torture people even after their physical bodies had died!"
Just as these remarks are made, palace guards rush into the audience hall—to surround Bujian Yue from all fronts.
Outside of the audience hall, headless corpses—all drained of blood, are scattered throughout the grounds, as more palace guards begin to gather.
"…"
Glaring at Bujian Yue, the Hong Xiao Emperor says—
"Bujian Yue, if it is the throne that you want, you should have issued a challenge to the other princes. What you're doing is nothing more than-"
"…"
Cutting the Hong Xiao Emperor off—
*Boom!!!!!* Bujian Yue swings his sword, and the shockwave of this swing throws numerous bodies into the air!
Following this—
*…!…! …! …! …!* a series of cold light flashes, and with it, the bodies are dismembered, causing blood to rain.
"…"
Rotating the Sacrificial Blood Refines Myriad Souls technique, Bujian Yue draws the blood into his sword.
"Hmm."
Examining the weapon, Bujian Yue tilts his head, and mutters—
"Nearly there."
Rising off the grounds in an unsteady manner, the palace officials and guards, who were fortunate enough to survive, remarks—
"Sacrificial Blood Refines Myriad Souls!"
"This 46th prince, he's an utter demonic practitioner!"
Kicking off the ground with an explosive amount of force, the Hong Xiao Emperor charges at Bujian Yue, and without holding anything back, the former throws out a punch.
*Boom!!!!!* receiving the Hong Xiao Emperor's fist with the blood sword, Bujian Yue is thrown out of the audience hall.
"…"
Pressing his foot back against the air, Bujian Yue halts his flight, and lowers the blood sword.
"…"
Stepping out of the audience hall, the Hong Xiao Emperor continues to glare at Bujian Yue, to which, the latter chants—
"Nine steps to cross a sea of stars."
"Ugh!"
As pain emanates from his eyes, the Hong Xiao Emperor shuts them; and realizing the cause for this pain that he has been subjected to for the past 11 years, he shouts—
"Son of a bitch, it was you who cursed me!"
Laughing aloud, Bujian Yue smiles in a venomous manner, and projecting his voice outwards, he asks—
"How does it feel to have your awaited feelings of pleasure be swapped out for pain at night?"
"…"
As the Hong Xiao Emperor's complexion turns crimson, those who have gathered—from the remaining members of the imperial household to the lowest maid, every single person can't help but blink their eyes in an absentminded manner.
Drawing in a deep breath of air, the Hong Xiao Emperor rotates his cultivation base fiercely, causing the ground beneath his feet to shatter.
In the same instance, the heavens darken, and as multiple magic circles appear over the imperial palace, a heavy force of pressure crushes down on Bujian Yue.
Subjected to this pressure, Bujian Yue's feet landed onto the ground, while the Hong Xiao Emperor declares—
"Bujian Yue—from this moment forth, you shall no longer be a part of the imperial household! Right now, you are an enemy of the entire Hong Xiao Star Realm!"
Chuckling towards the Hong Xiao Emperor's decree, Bujian Yue replies—
"Within this star region, I'm the sole person worthy of making decrees."
"You blind lunatic!"
Shouting this, the Hong Xiao Emperor controls the magic array that is a part of the imperial palace's defensive measures.
And rather quickly, a total of nine golden dragons—all measuring at over 1,200 meters in length manifests in the skies.
*Aooooooooouuuuu!!!!!* raising a sonorous howl, the nine dragons charge at Bujian Yue.
"…"
Paying no heed to the nine dragons, Bujian Yue calmly chants—
"Nine steps to cross a sea of stars, History is my blood, heaven is my flesh…"
Following Bujian Yue's chant, the heavens dim by another shade, and with it—
*…!!!!!!!!!!* a terrifying force of Dao wills, spirit Qi, and immortal Qi descends from above.
"Ugh!"
Pain that was many times greater than all the past pains that he had experienced emanated from his eyes, but this time, the Hong Xiao Emperor isn't willing to shut them—for he wishes to see the blind lunatic fall.
However—
"The sun and moon as my eyes."
What the Hong Xiao Emperor ends up seeing is a phantom sun and a phantom moon manifesting over the skies.
"…?"
"…?"
As the expressions of those nearby turn to one of bewilderment, Bujian Yue continues to chant—
"And a bridge of stars as my bones."
*…!!!!!!!!!!!!* rather quickly, a humanoid figure—one that is shrouded in a dark cloak, comes into being, and with its manifestation, those nearby are quick to realize that the sun and moon are none other than this ominous entity's eyes.
"This is…-?"
"The legends of our star region…?"
As specks of golden dust appear throughout the dark humanoid's body, forming a constellation that is akin to a nervous system, Bujian Yue chants—
"I am the Imprisoning Heaven, the Apostle of Great Rebirth."
As the Imprisoning Heaven, whose stature can seemingly cover the entirety of the heavens, looks down, the nine dragons freeze, and in the next instance—
*Boom!!! Boom!!! Boom!!!* their bodies explode, and with it, the magic circles that are looming over the imperial palace shatters!
"Aaaaaahhh!!!"
Raising a shriek of immense agony, the Hong Xiao Emperor falls onto his knees, as blood flows from his eyes.
"…"
As Bujian Yue approaches the Hong Xiao Emperor, not a single person dares to stand in his way.
Standing in front of the kneeling Hong Xiao Emperor, Bujian Yue asks—
"Remember how I said—that I tend to think that it might be me, who is being unfair towards this world? My true answer as to why I had said that—it's because I am the source of this world; and everyone who lives in it—to me, they're all nothing more than a bunch of lowly insects."
"Uh…! Aaaaaaaarrrggghh!!!"
Following the gesture of Bujian Yue's left hand, the eyes of the Hong Xiao Emperor are forcefully extracted from their sockets.
Simultaneously, the eyes collapse into essence energy, to which, Bujian Yue absorbs them.
Tugging the white eye band, Bujian Yue tears it off—revealing a pair of ruby red eyes, which seem to contain an entire galaxy within them.
In the same instance, the phantom sun and phantom moon, they gain a greater degree of corporeality.