"Em-....Emperor!!"
"In this world, do not call Emperor."
Lu Xuan chuckled lightly. His gaze shifted to the other twenty-two Demon Saints. A small portion of them had been pierced by him earlier. Now, they were staring at each other, bewildered and at a loss.
Noticing Lu Xuan’s gaze, the twenty-two Demon Saints all shivered and followed suit, bowing in salute:
"Lu.... Lu Zi!"
"Can this Demon Tomb travel through the sky?" Lu Xuan asked calmly, as if he had just rembered sothing.
"It can!" the True Phoenix replied in a crisp voice, speaking respectfully. "But this tomb is extrely heavy. To make it fly, I must go to the edge of the great tomb and drag it along!"
"Go quickly, head for the Ancestor Star!"
Lu Xuan urged impatiently. A tremor ran through his heart, afraid that sothing might have happened to Xiaoyan. He imdiately moved ahead, striding to the edge of the great tomb in a single step!
At the edge, Shen Gonghu was leisurely carrying out the torture. The Immortal Blade in his hand flashed, precisely slicing off a layer of flesh as thin as a cicada’s wing with each pass.
A month had passed, and Ming Xiangjun had beco a bloody figure, covered in wounds and on the verge of death!
Although she was an Immortal with an infinite lifespan and the ability to be reborn from a single drop of blood, Shen Gonghu’s Immortal Blade was densely covered with an ancient killing intent. The wounds it left could not heal at all.
In fact, as more and more of the ancient killing intent entered her body, accompanied by extre pain, Ming Xiangjun grew weaker and weaker. The light had even faded from her eyes!
Hearing the commotion, Shen Gonghu imdiately stopped and glanced sideways to offer a salute.
"Junior Brother, a month has passed. Have you..."
Before he could finish, his expression suddenly changed. He sensed a rumbling sound from the depths of the Demon Tomb, followed by the eruption of more than thirty terrifying demonic auras that covered the sky and sun!!
"Those guys have all woken up??"
Shen Gonghu’s gaze darkened. He knew what kind of existences were sleeping within. The weakest among them were Demon Saints at the Immortal level, and there were even beings at the Great Saint level!
Even though a Great Saint had already erged on a Divine Mountain a few days ago, there should still be another Great Saint inside!
At this mont, Ming Xiangjun also managed to raise her head with difficulty. She saw a massive Divine Phoenix charge out first, its Chaos Qi surging like a tide.
Following it were thirty-four Immortals with heaven-shaking auras. The energies of these terrifying Demon Saints intertwined, rging into a single force with the power to overturn the heavens and earth!!
"Junior Brother, be careful!!"
Seeing the True Phoenix and over thirty Demon Saints approaching, Shen Gonghu shouted a warning. His expression changed drastically as he prepared to cast a Profound Skill to form a barrier.
But a wide grin appeared on Ming Xiangjun’s face. With eyes that looked ready to weep blood, she directly pointed him out and accused him:
"I am a subordinate of the North Pole Ziwei! This man has slaughtered countless demons, carving a path of bones! The Emperor, the Immortal Mother, and even the Demon Ancestor have issued decrees to kill him, kill him....."
But as the True Phoenix, which seed to span the Celestial Realms, bowed, followed by the Demon Saints lowering their heads one by one, Ming Xiangjun’s voice grew fainter and fainter, until it vanished, leaving her speechless.
She and Shen Gonghu were both dumbfounded.
"Move quickly."
Lu Xuan didn’t even glance at Ming Xiangjun, rely giving an order to the True Phoenix. The latter lowered its gaze obediently.
"Yes, Empe—... Lu Zi!"
As soon as the words fell, the True Phoenix raised its head. With one wing, it obliterated a portion of the Demon Tomb’s edge. Then, with a thought, Divine Chains materialized.
Imdiately, the True Phoenix expertly attached the Divine Chains to its own body. It began to pull the enormous Demon Tomb, let out a cry, and took flight!
"I clear the way for Lu Zi!" the True Phoenix roared.
Ming Xiangjun completely lost heart, murmuring in a daze:
"You are demons, you are demons..."
The Demon Saints glanced at her as if she were an idiot.
......
「Ancestor Star.」
The Fla Mountain still hung suspended above Dragon Tiger Mountain.
It wasn’t that the Giant Bull wanted to do anything. It... just didn’t dare to run.
’That was the Celestial Emperor.’
’That was the Celestial Emperor!!!’
At this mont, the Giant Bull was coiled on the Fla Mountain, almost on the verge of tears. It glanced sideways and said fawningly:
"Taibai, my ancestor, look, we have so history together... Sun Monkey is my brother, after all. Could you please put in a good word for with... that person..."
The Big Black Bull rolled his eyes and didn’t speak, but Li Changgeng said calmly:
"No one knows where His Majesty has gone, but Lu Zi should be returning soon."
The Giant Bull forced a smile that was uglier than a crying face.
"Taibai, this Lu Zi... who in the world is he? The Supre’s Direct Lineage... Why have I never heard of him before?"
Li Changgeng replied nonchalantly:
"It involves secrets from before the years of the Qin Dynasty. All the Immortal Gods of the heavens are deeply secretive about Lu Zi. How could a new-generation Great Saint of the Demon Race like you possibly know?"
The look of misery on the Giant Bull’s face deepened.
Then, the Big Black Bull spoke up, a rare occurrence, and scolded,
"Use your head. Do you think sothing that could make the Demon Ancestor issue a decree at the very Source of all Demon Race bloodlines could be simple? Is this sothing you can ddle in? Utterly foolish!"
The Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven gave a sheepish laugh.
"I, I was just thinking..."
With that, it heaved a long sigh and fell silent, the sorrow on its face only growing heavier.
After a long while, the Giant Bull said sullenly:
"In the end, I didn’t cause any real harm. I can forget about getting an audience with the Celestial Emperor, but if that Lu Zi returns, could you two please plead my case?"
"You’re on your own."
"Forget it, forget it!"
Li Changgeng and the Big Black Bull both shook their heads.
But just as their words fell,
RUMBLE!!
A great roar sounded from the zenith of the Celestial Vault.
The Giant Bull, Li Changgeng, and the others all looked up subconsciously, only to see a colossal tomb appear out of thin air!
"Everywhere?"
Along with the cry of alarm, the massive True Phoenix arrived, dragging the great tomb. A sharp roar erupted:
"Cut it down!"
The first thing Lu Xuan saw was the Divine Mountain pressing down on Dragon Tiger Mountain, and the Giant Bull coiled on its peak.
He had already learned from the True Phoenix, the Demon Saints, and the others about the bloodline-based kill order concerning Xiaoyan...
His heart sank. After repeatedly confirming that he could not perceive the location of Xiaoyan’s Cause and Effect, Lu Xuan’s eyes turned red.
The True Phoenix cried out shrilly, as if it had received a grand decree, and let out a deafening roar:
"By order of Lu Zi, defeat the thieves!!"
The True Phoenix’s claws struck down, and the entire great tomb hurtled toward the Fla Mountain. The Giant Bull’s face changed. It recognized the True Phoenix and heard the cry "By order of Lu Zi," and imdiately exclaid in alarm:
"A misunderstanding! This is a misunderstanding!!"
Lu Xuan stood on the edge of the Demon Tomb. He gazed at the Old Peach Tree on Dragon Tiger Peak, which was now tinged with scorch marks, and the fire in his heart raged even stronger.
He suppressed the urge to draw his Qing Ping Sword. Holding the Cyan Lamp in one hand and the Gloomy Lamp in the other, he pushed his Innate Physique to its absolute limit!
In the next instant, the great tomb brutally smashed into the belly of the Fla Mountain. The massive True Phoenix beca entangled in a fight with the Giant Bull, and two terrifying candle flas—one cyan, one gloomy—also burned their way toward him!
The earth quaked and the sky shook.
"A misunderstanding! It’s really a misunderstanding!!"
The Giant Bull was being completely overwheld. It didn’t dare to fight back for fear of angering the Celestial Emperor, so it could only passively defend itself. It was soon dripping with blood, and parts of its body were burned into nothingness by the flas of the Cyan Lamp and the Gloomy Lamp!
"I surrender, I surrender!!"
The Giant Bull let out a mournful cry. Its head was smashed to pieces by the True Phoenix’s strikes, and its horns had long since vanished.
Lu Xuan grabbed the Heaven-Flipping Seal. Relying on his Innate Physique, he activated Celestial and Earthly Laws, transford into a ten-thousand-zhang giant, and mounted the Giant Bull. He used the Heaven-Flipping Seal like a brick, smashing it down on the Giant Bull again and again, his expression grim and cold.
"Where is Xiaoyan?"
Under the True Phoenix’s suppression, and with the Giant Bull itself having no will to resist, it was sent coughing up mouthfuls of blood from the strikes of the Heaven-Flipping Seal.
"I don’t know! The Celestial Emperor took him! You have to ask the Celestial Emperor!!"
Lu Xuan froze for a mont, but his hands didn’t stop. He gripped the Heaven-Flipping Seal and continued to ride the Giant Bull, brutally smashing it again and again. Countless people watching from a distance felt their hearts tremble in fear.
’Is that... Lu Xuan?’
’His power is this terrifying?’
’And that True Phoenix and those thirty-plus demons with terrifying auras... what’s going on with them??’
Countless people looked at each other in dismay. How could Lu Zi have changed so drastically after just one trip into the depths of the starry sky?
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