The heavy rain poured down as lightning flashed and thunder roared; the heavens were unkind.
But such foul weather could not alter the intensity of the battle.
At this moment, Su Han's gaze met the Empress's in midair, overflowing with killing intent.
The figure before him was once the warmest presence in Su Han's heart. He had treated the Empress like his own mother. To repay her perceived kindness, he joined the Sky Blue Army as a young man, waging campaigns far and wide and fully supporting the Great Crown Prince. He had thought all his efforts would surely earn the Empress's praise, and that was all he ever wanted.
He never expected that from the very beginning, the Empress had been scheming against him. First, she sent someone to murder his birth mother. Then, she spent a decade manipulating him step by step, before finally digging out his Dragon Soul with her own hands.
