A commanding voice rang out across the battlefield.
"Wait a sec!"
The crowd instinctively parted as a regal figure clad in golden-black robes stepped forward.
His hair was meticulously tied, and an imperial jade emblem glimmered on his belt.
It was Minister Yan Taifeng, a high-ranking official of the Desolate Heaven Empire, and the one sent by the Imperial Family to observe this conflict.
His expression was tight, his brows creased in displeasure as he glanced first at Yue Wushuang, then at Bai Xinyue.
He cupped his hands with proper courtesy but did not bow.
"Fairy Yue," he began, his voice respectful but edged with steel, "forgive this one for the interruption, but your actions here have already crossed the line."
He paused.
"You know well the Empire Agreement—none of the empires are to interfere with each other's internal affairs without His Majesty's explicit permission."
There was a sharp edge now in his tone.
