Chapter 603: The Traitor's Alliance and the Final Family War

A mournful, ear-splitting shriek tore through the sky above Tianjing. It was not the cry of a beast, nor the roar of an expert, but the ancient, wailing cry of the city's highest-level defense alarm—the Horn of Dire Warning. For centuries, it had remained silent, a relic of a more turbulent past. Now, its soul-shaking lament echoed off every building, seeped through every wall, and froze the blood of every citizen. Panic, a fast-spreading plague, erupted across the imperial capital. The festive...