Heavenly Azure Imperial Palace.
The Forbidden Ground for secluded cultivation.
In the secret chamber, i Nu carefully set down the stone coffin he was carrying on his shoulder, and then knelt to pay his respects.
"Your Majesty, I have retrieved the War Puppet as you ordered, but… but this War Puppet is already..."
Luo Hao, who was sitting cross-legged, looked at the hesitant i Nu and suddenly grew impatient.
He stood up and walked over to the stone coffin, flipping open the lid with a palm strike. He stared at the scattered limbs and body parts inside, his expression thoughtful.
It seems this Heavenly Azure Battle Puppet still isn't properly refined.
I need to find a way to solve the problem of the weak stitching.
Whatever. It was just a prototype anyway. I'll just have it re-forged.
i Nu carefully asked, "Then, Your Majesty, how should these limbs be handled?"
Luo Hao glanced at him, and the look made him tremble.
"Naturally, they will be reused. These limbs are unique treasures. Surely you're not thinking of throwing them away?"
i Nu kept his head down, not daring to make a sound.
Suddenly, Luo Hao spoke. "Take them down to be re-forged. Tell those old fools at the Shadow Tower that next ti, they must present with a stronger War Puppet."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"You may leave."
i Nu stole a glance at Luo Hao and said, "However, Your Majesty, this War Puppet was already quite powerful. The Heaven Moon Pope, after all, was a Venerable One."
"I went to inspect the scene carefully. The Heaven Moon Pope self-destructed his Dantian, injuring the War Puppet to this extent only through mutual destruction."
He sighed. "I really don't know what madness possessed the Heaven Moon Pope to suddenly appear and cause trouble in the Evergreen Forest."
"Could it be that he held a grudge because we didn't support the Heavenly Moon Cult in ti when it was annihilated, and so he ca for revenge?"
Luo Hao gave i Nu an indifferent look and said, "It wasn't the Heaven Moon Pope. It was him… Tian'er."
At those words, i Nu's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Your Majesty, are you saying the Azure… Could it be that those celestial phenona were truly caused by the Azure Emperor?"
"That's enough. Get out."
"This servant will take his leave!"
"..."
「The Land of Lawlessness.」
「Within the Hundred Herbs Garden.」
Luo Xiu sat cross-legged in ditation for a long ti. Only when he was certain that his aura had stabilized did he slowly open his eyes.
After absorbing all the Moonlight from Mu Yueqing, the Fortune-Forming Power within Luo Xiu's body had been replenished. With the nourishnt of the Fortune-Forming Power, his injuries had also completely healed.
Master Ping walked over. "Kid, how do you feel?"
Luo Xiu gave him a strange look and countered, "What do you an, 'how do I feel'?"
Master Ping rolled his eyes. "In any case, Master Ping isn't asking how you felt with Mu Yueqing."
A ripple of energy suddenly pulsed from Luo Xiu. "My original Dantian, after digesting that Moonlight, has now reached the Earth Immortal Realm."
"Yo!" Master Ping cried out. "Well, what do you know! An Earth Immortal kid!"
"Your cultivation technique is incredibly fast, huh? You just started, and you've reached the Earth Immortal Realm in a single night!"
Luo Xiu smiled. "It's thanks to my original foundation. Of course, the Moonlight was the biggest help."
Master Ping's face was full of envy. "Your technique is truly incredible. Can Master Ping give it a try?"
"Without the Nine Yang Constitution, you wouldn't be able to cultivate it even if I gave it to you."
Master Ping threw up his hands. "Then that's just too bad."
Luo Xiu said, "When I have ti, I'll try to refine a Dao Jade."
Master Ping grew serious. "If you want to refine a Dao Jade, you must do it outside. Don't do it in the Land of Lawlessness."
Puzzled, Luo Xiu asked, "Are you saying it's impossible to refine a Dao Jade in the Land of Lawlessness?"
"That's not exactly it," Master Ping said, pondering. "You can certainly refine Dao Jade in the Land of Lawlessness. But this place is an independent small world. If you refine it here, it will, to so extent, sever your connection to the Heavenly Dao Qi chanism. That will affect you and make the process more difficult."
Luo Xiu nodded and stood up. "There's no rush for that. We'll take it slow. By the way, is Yan'er done yet?"
"Do you think everyone is as fast as you? That tree heart contains over twenty thousand years of demonic power, brother! No matter how good your Little Yan'er is at extracting energy, she can't possibly drain it all so quickly."
Luo Xiu said, "Then please keep an eye on her for . I need to head out."
"..."
Not long after, Luo Xiu returned to the Green Lotus Palace.
He wanted to go to the bedchamber to see how Mu Yueqing was, but in the end, he couldn't take that step. For a mont, he truly didn't know how he could face her. Putting aside the fact that the woman had malicious intentions and was being held captive here, what he had done before was indeed too much.
Sigh... never mind. I'll deal with this later.
Luo Xiu sighed and then left the Land of Lawlessness.
「In the bedchamber.」
Mu Yueqing lay there for a long ti before she managed to recover a little. With a look of disgust on her face, she struggled to sit up. Suddenly, she saw the large damp patch on the bedsheets and froze.
The nightmarish images flooded her mind once more.
Those nightmarish images made this once high and mighty goddess tremble with fury, her eyes filled with extre resentnt.
"One day, I will grind your bones to dust and scatter your ashes to the wind!"
Suddenly, Mu Yueqing felt a warm current flowing within her. As she focused on the sensation, she seed to realize sothing and quickly sat cross-legged. She then discovered that strands of Fortune-Forming Power had already rged with the Moonlight in her Dantian.
After integrating the Fortune-Forming Power, her original Moonlight seed to evolve and strengthen, surging outward through her limbs and bones, purifying and fortifying her ridians and flesh.
Gradually, she was astonished to find that the bottleneck that had troubled her for many years was showing faint signs of loosening!
How... how is this possible?
Her eyes trembled in utter disbelief.
「Elsewhere.」
After leaving the Land of Lawlessness, Luo Xiu flew directly out of the Cloudy Prairie and returned to Wangjian Town. After a refreshing bath and a change of clothes, he slept soundly.
By the ti he awoke, it was already late at night.
Wei Qingkuang suddenly arrived.
Luo Xiu pulled Wei Qingkuang into a tight embrace, and in just an hour, their battle was over.
Wei Qingkuang, drenched in sweat and languidly tired, leaned in Luo Xiu's arms and spoke in a delicate voice, "The commotion you caused in the Evergreen Forest this ti was even bigger than I imagined. I almost thought you wouldn't make it back."
Luo Xiu smiled helplessly. "I couldn't help it. I ran into a formidable opponent."
Wei Qingkuang said, "But it seems the Heaven Moon Pope has taken the bla for you. Everyone now thinks it was the Heaven Moon Pope who appeared in the Evergreen Forest that night."
Luo Xiu sighed. "It's a pity he won't be coming back."
In that situation, Luo Xiu could barely save himself, so he had no way to recover the Heaven Moon Pope's Residual Soul.
Wei Qingkuang continued, "However, Luo Hao is no fool. He most likely knows it was you, not the Heaven Moon Pope. After all, besides you, no one else could have caused such a great disturbance with the Lotus Stele."
Luo Xiu said, "He knows it's , but he doesn't dare to announce it publicly."
"Because on the Lingtian Plateau, the Azure Emperor's prestige remains, and many are still loyal to him," Wei Qingkuang explained. "Only a very small number of people know the truth about what happened back then. The common belief is that you were truly defeated in battle, and Luo Hao took the throne to protect your legacy.
"So, what Luo Hao fears most right now is the news of your return getting out."
Luo Xiu nodded lightly.
He didn't really care about any of this.
He had long regarded the Azure Emperor as a thing of the past. Now, there was only Emperor Shura!
Wei Qingkuang said, "There's news about the Three-Star Clan."
"Where?"
"According to my investigation," Wei Qingkuang said, "the Clan Leader of the Three-Star Clan has been imprisoned by Luo Hao in the twelfth layer of the Divine Oracle Cave Heaven, in a place called the Unlit Land."
Luo Xiu imdiately sat cross-legged. "Want to go have a look together?"
Wei Qingkuang slipped out of bed to get dressed. "I think I'll pass. I need to get back to my cultivation. Now that you're recultivating the Nine Suns Creation Technique, after our... interaction, I feel like I'm on the verge of a breakthrough."
She let out a sudden, coy laugh. "Now I finally understand why all those won in the past would dream of getting close to you."
Luo Xiu laughed heartily. "It seems this body of mine is quite tempting to you won."
Wei Qingkuang shot him a look and reminded him, "Who knows how long you'll be gone. You must keep track of the ti and not miss the sword-fighting tournant."
"Don't worry, I'll be back soon."
"..."
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