My brother entrusted his child to me, and I livestreamed raising the baby, making the Empress cry wi

And all of this—

They were all beneath the feet of that person in the sky.

This man named Lin Ye lives in an absurdly high-rise building.

Those towering buildings, standing side by side, looked like bamboo shoots just emerging from the ground at his feet, so small that he could hold them in one hand.

The clouds drifted past him, as if he could reach out and touch them.

The barrage of comments flooded the sky like a burst dam.

[Commoner Zhang Tiezhu: This...this is impossible! How can people live so high up?!]

[Commoner Li Laogen: Those buildings! Those buildings are taller than mountains! How did they manage that!?]

[Cheng Yan, Minister of the Court of Judicial Review: This is absolutely not a sight fit for the human world! This sorcerer… just who is this sorcerer?!]

[Liu the Half-Immortal: Heavenly Palace...that's the Heavenly Palace! I told you that person was a god! You wouldn't believe me!]

[Minister of Rites Zhou Yan: Ridiculous! Ridiculous! How could people live on clouds? This must be an illusion! It must be!]

[The commoner, Widow Chen: A miracle! This is a miracle! Heaven has opened its eyes! Heaven has shown its power!]

[Du Xiu, Academician of the Hanlin Academy: I have read extensively through ancient texts, and I have never seen any record of such a scene...]

[Commoner Qian Chuanzi: Look where he lives! Above the clouds! The clouds float beneath his feet!]

[Soldier Tiezi: I've fought for twenty years, what kind of battle haven't I seen? But... is this fucking real or fake?!]

[Commoner Sun the Hunter: No wonder Lord Ye is so powerful! His brother is a deity, so Lord Ye, Lord Ye must be a deity too!]

[Wu Yong, Vice Minister of Works: That bridge! Look at that bridge! It spans the entire river without collapsing, and there are countless iron boxes moving back and forth on it. How did they manage that?!?]

[Teahouse owner Wang Dafu: Oh my goodness, this is a place where immortals live! What incredible fortune one must have to even catch a glimpse of it!]

[Commoner Zhou Tiedan: A god! That's a god! Quickly kowtow! Quickly kowtow!]

……

In the live chat, words of awe, shock, and fear appeared one after another.

Later on, it became a dense mass of words and lines, so fast that it was impossible to see who was saying what; all that could be seen was a blinding white light.

Xiao Bo collapsed to the ground, speechless with shock for a long time.

He had lived most of his life, more than sixty years, and read all the extraordinary books in the world. He considered himself knowledgeable and experienced, and there was nothing in the world that could surprise him anymore.

But he had never seen such a sight before.

Those buildings are taller than mountains—Cuiping Mountain outside the capital is fifty zhang high, and he had to rest three times to climb it.

But those buildings were all taller than the last, the tallest of which was probably over a hundred feet tall! What does a hundred feet tall mean? That's taller than two Cuiping Mountains stacked on top of each other!

Those glass curtain walls were even brighter than bronze mirrors—the best bronze mirrors in the Great Flame Kingdom were a tribute from Persia, polished over three years, and reserved for royal use only. They reflected images that were roughly clear, yet one was still completely enveloped in a bronze hue.

But those walls were so bright they could illuminate the clouds in the sky! They could clearly see everything outside the walls, and whatever color it was, it was reflected exactly as it should be!

The city had ten or even a hundred times more buildings than the capital of the Great Flame Kingdom. As a native of the capital, he was very familiar with its architecture and roads from a young age. The city had nine gates and eight streets, crisscrossing each other, and he already felt that it was magnificent.

But that city was densely packed with buildings that stretched as far as the eye could see, and its streets were crisscrossed like a spider web. The bridge over that one river alone was longer than all the bridges in the capital combined!

At that moment, another line of text appeared on the sky.

Empress Shu Jingwei: Lin Ye, where is this?! Where have you taken my daughter?!

This line of text appeared amidst a deluge of bullet comments, almost completely obscured.

But Lin Ye still saw it.

He stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, sunlight streaming in from behind him, gilding his silhouette with a golden edge.

Like a deity high above the heavens, looking down upon the masses of ordinary people, who are like ants beneath his feet.

He looked up at the sky, a slight smile playing on his lips, his expression proud.

It is a kind of arrogant, superior attitude, as if everything is under control.

"You're asking me where I took her?"

He spoke slowly, his voice soft but filled with arrogance and disdain for Shu Jingwei.

Lin Ye turned to face the window, opened his arms slowly and gracefully, as if to embrace the entire city.

"This is my home."

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried clearly to every corner of the Great Flame Kingdom.

"And from now on, this will also be Little Duzi's home!"

Inside the palace, Shu Jingwei stood still, looking up at the sky.

Her hand, which was holding the sword, slowly drooped down.

That sword couldn't even touch the edge of the sky, so what use was it for her to hold it up?

No matter how hard she waved or how loudly she shouted, it was all a joke in front of that man.

Those buildings were ten or even a hundred times taller than the palace walls—the palace walls were ten zhang high, already the tallest in the world.

But those buildings, ten zhang tall? They don't even reach half the height of others.

That city was a thousand times more prosperous than the capital—she thought the capital was the center of the world, with people from all directions coming to pay tribute and merchants coming in droves.

Compared to that city, the capital was like a dilapidated little market, not even as good as a street there.

He lives in heaven.

Living above the clouds.

He looked down over the entire city, like a god looking down on humanity.

And she—

Her proud palace, her proud imperial power, everything she was so proud of—

Compared to that heavenly city, I am as insignificant as a speck of dust.

Shu Jingwei stared blankly at the figure with its back to her in the sky, and suddenly remembered someone else.

Ye Fan.

Lin Ye is Ye Fan's brother; they are from the same hometown!

They come from the same place!

The same place with so many amazing things, and they can even live in the sky!

Why didn't he say so sooner?

The thought was like a thorn, piercing her heart and making her shudder.

Why didn't he say earlier that his hometown was such a place?

Why didn't he say earlier that he came from above the clouds?

Why didn't he mention earlier that he had a brother who lived in the Heavenly Palace?

If he had said so earlier—

She paused.

If he had told her earlier, would she have believed him?

She won't.

She won't believe a single word of it.

She would think he was trying to take credit, showing off, and using fantastical tales to elevate his own status.

She would say coldly, just like before, "Ye Fan, don't play these tricks."

but!

He could have just taken her there!

Thinking of this, Shu Jingwei gritted her teeth in anger and began to blame Ye Fan with a clear conscience.

Once she sees it with her own eyes, she'll definitely believe it!

Why...and by what right did he not take her?!

She was the ruler of a country, the most honorable woman in the world. She could go wherever she wanted, and no one ever dared to stop her.

But Ye Fan never mentioned taking her to see his hometown.

Not even once!