'The Supreme Sovereign of the Void is not a meat shield! I am a terrifying harbinger of death, I demand you release me this instant before I... wait... Oh Yes!'
The kitten paused its struggling. Pressed its head against Song Yan's chest, it felt the ambient, soothing Yin Qi radiating from her restored heart meridian. The energy was soft, wrapping around the Emperor's fractured soul like a warm blanket.
'...Hmph. I shall allow this mortal tribute. Stroke my ears, woman. A little to the left. Yes, right there.'
Up on the raised platform, Sect Master Bai Hua threw her arms wide. She closed her crazed eyes, laughing as she anticipated the flood of pure Yang Qi and refined blood essence that would repair her rotting foundation and push her into the Nascent Soul realm.
But the searing crimson light of the Supreme Blood-Lotus Array abruptly stuttered.
