The Night of the Bloody Invasion Interlude - Fall of an Emperor [1]

The grand throne room of the Jade Imperial Palace had descended into a scene of absolute carnage.

The walls, adorned with ancient murals of the Jade Dynasty's legendary conquests, were now splattered with fresh blood.

The once-pristine pillars, were cracked and scorched, the lingering scent of smoke and burning flesh filling the air.

The bodies of royal guards and the elders who were loyal to the very end, lay scattered across the jade floors with their weapons still clutched in stiffened fingers.

Some were cut clean in half, others impald through the chest.

Pools of darkening blood seeped into the tiles.

But none of this was as horrifying as the body that lay at the center of it all.

The corpse of the Jade Emperor.

His head had been removed from his body and the decapitated head sat embedded in the marble floor with a deep crater surrounding it, as if the very impact of its placement had cracked the palace foundation itself.