One hundred miles wide and overflowing with the cold, tyrannical malice of the original webnovel’s tragic script, the Rank 9 Crimson Eye of Fate glared down from the torn fabric of the cosmos!
The beam it fired was not made of lightning or fire, but of condensed Mandatory Plot Tragedy—a sinister, blood-colored karmic laser programmed by the Heavenly Script Pavilion with a single directive:
“[SCRIPT CORRECTION DIRECTIVE #004: SUPPORTING FEMALE CHARACTER ‘LUO QINGXUE’ WAS SCHEDULED TO DIE OF MERIDIAN FROST AND HEARTBREAK IN THE STAR-PRISON SO HER SON GU NIAN WOULD BLACKEN INTO A WORLD-DESTROYING DEMON! ENFORCING RETROACTIVE HEART-SHATTERING DEATH NOW!]”
Traveling at instantaneous karmic velocity, the crimson Mandatory Tragedy Beam bypassed physical space entirely, diving straight past the roof ridge toward the quiet peach tree. Meanwhile, empress Luo Qingxue sat cross-legged with her eyes closed!
“MOM!”
Up on the roof, fourteen-year-old Gu Nian and his four siblings moved to intercept the beam. And down in the square of Old-Root Star, five trillion watching branch relatives cried out in terror as the crimson laser arrived within three inches of Luo Qingxue’s chest!
Inside the kitchen scullery, Chief Envoy Gu Biao peeked out from under the prep table, his heart hammering against his ribs.
