Some said the slayers were five people, while others said there was only one. They were the left hand of the sovereign, the most powerful elites of the royals. Since Sovereign Xi wasn't able to leave, she would have them hunt down the escaped Tianming.

Tianming's bet had worked, in that she would be held up for a period of time. There was always a chance that Bodhi had managed to slip in, so she couldn't really leave.

The fact that Tianming could kill Liu Qinghuan meant that he was among the strongest people in the Divine Moon Realm now. Apart from the sovereign herself, few others were likely to be able to kill him, let alone capture him. At the very least, the sovereign wouldn't succeed in time for the nova source pulse tomorrow night. Unless he really had to, Tianming didn't want to hide in the Prime Tower either. Even if he wasn’t killed, he would still be under...