"I'm asking you, did they get anything from the tree?" the Asura Saint Child asked again, frowning.
Jiang Fan collected himself and chuckled, "Why should I tell you? Go on, guess."
The Asura Saint Child's gaze sharpened, but then softened, a smirk playing on his lips. "If they had taken it, why would you conceal it? Telling me would pain me, wouldn't that please you? Since you refuse to speak, there's only one answer."
"The World Lord qualification is still there!"
"Hahahahaha..." The Asura Saint Child clasped his hands in greeting and said, "Thank you for informing me! Finally, let me express my sincere gratitude one last time. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had the chance to obtain the World Lord qualification that the Ancient Saint of Cloud Wilderness has guarded for a thousand years! When I achieve the position of World Lord someday, I will certainly repay you handsomely. Hahahahaha! Farewell! I'm off to claim the World Lord qualification that my mother and I have planned for a thousand years!"
Immediately, the Black Dragon Grand Venerable's eyes ceased their struggle, returning to their fierce and sinister look.
However, at this moment, he couldn't unleash his ferocity. The converging auras of the three Two-Calamity Sage realm experts pressed down on him. His legs gave out, and he was instantly forced onto the ground.
The Grand Libationer of Tianzhou cast a faint glance at him, then turned his gaze to the Nine Nether Demon Venerable, saying, "Since he is from your Myriad Demon Great State, you may deal with him."
The Nine Nether Demon Venerable's sinister gaze coldly swept over the Black Dragon Grand Venerable. Just one look sent a shiver down the Black Dragon Grand Venerable's spine, shattering his courage. He understood the gravity of his betrayal to the demon race, having twice torn open the interlayer world to summon hellish creatures to invade the Myriad Demon Great State for a single Lotus Seed of Deliverance from Misfortune. The Nine Nether Demon Venerable would never tolerate it.
He hastily pleaded, "Demon Venerable, please allow me to atone for my sins by performing meritorious deeds. Let me go to the Celestial Realm and prove myself; even dying there would be acceptable." At this point, he only wanted to survive the current tribulation.
However, the Nine Nether Demon Venerable was not one to show mercy. He said, "No need. A traitor does not deserve my pity." His gaze suddenly materialized, intending to execute the Black Dragon Grand Venerable publicly.
"Senior, spare his soul," Jiang Fan quickly said, his eyes flashing.
The Nine Nether Demon Venerable's gaze softened slightly. The Black Dragon Grand Venerable's body exploded on the spot, but his soul remained unharmed, suppressed by the Nine Nether Demon Venerable's gaze and unable to move.
Jiang Fan cupped his hands in gratitude and said, "Thank you, Senior. May I deal with his soul as I see fit?" Seeing no expression on the Nine Nether Demon Venerable's face, Jiang Fan added, "Senior, please rest assured, I will absolutely not let him have the chance to possess another body and cultivate again." Only then did the Nine Nether Demon Venerable silently nod.
This scene surprised both the Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable and the Grand Libationer of Tianzhou. The Nine Nether Demon Venerable had always held little affection for the human race of the Central Lands. If not for their common enemy now, he would never have stood alongside the Ancient Zen Buddhist Venerable and the Grand Libationer of Tianzhou. Unexpectedly, he was exceptionally tolerant of Jiang Fan. When asked to spare the soul, he spared it; when asked to hand it over, he did.
Jiang Fan clasped his hands in thanks, then grabbed the Black Dragon Grand Venerable's fist-sized soul-figure. The Black Dragon Grand Venerable, who once could have killed Jiang Fan with a single thought, was now a soul in his palm. Life and death were in Jiang Fan's hands.
"Where is your Throne Treasury?" Jiang Fan scanned his surroundings, not finding the spatial storage artifact among the Black Dragon Grand Venerable's bodily remains.
The Black Dragon Grand Venerable was utterly aggrieved and snarled, "I was controlled by the Asura Saint Child; how could I have anything on me? That hateful little demoness plundered everything!"
Jiang Fan frowned, "Does she know the activation incantation?"
The Black Dragon Grand Venerable furiously declared, "I, Black Dragon, will die if I must, but don't think you can kill me and still use my legacy treasures! I'll never tell you, not even in death!"
So the demoness didn't know either; that's good. Jiang Fan pulled out a piece of dark wood and said, "Grand Venerable, you recognize this, don't you?"
The Black Dragon Grand Venerable recognized it with just a glance and furiously exclaimed, "You little beast! So it was you who stole my divine wood! And I even wrongly blamed Soul Shadow!"
Jiang Fan said playfully, "Have you forgotten the effects of this divine wood?"
Upon hearing this, the Black Dragon Grand Venerable suddenly recalled something and secretly swallowed. "You... what do you want to do?"
Jiang Fan displayed a harmless smile. "I want to keep the Grand Venerable quiet for a while." Before the words had fully left his mouth, the divine wood, a blur of motion, lashed down. Ten strikes a second, each blow scattering the Grand Venerable's soul! "Ah!" The Black Dragon Grand Venerable only managed to let out a short scream before everything went black, and he fainted.
Only then did Jiang Fan take out the small soul pagoda gifted by Sage Tiangong. It was a high-grade spiritual artifact, but it might not be able to seal the Grand Venerable's soul. Therefore, he needed to make him willingly unconscious first.
After dealing with the Black Dragon Grand Venerable, Jiang Fan finally said, "Three Seniors, please come with me to the continent. With me leading you into the continent, you need not fear any restrictions." In fact, Jiang Fan had a suspicion that the continent's restrictions had likely been lifted with the Asura Saint Child's invasion. Otherwise, wouldn't the Sages of the Central Lands have to watch helplessly as the Asura Saint Child ran rampant?
"Let's go!" The Grand Libationer of Tianzhou dared not delay. He immediately protected Jiang Fan, preparing to traverse the void directly toward Taicang Great State.
"Wait a moment!"
A Sage's aura surged from the distance. It was the Master of Rivers and Mountains First-Grade Tower, materializing from emptiness. He held an eighteen-year-old girl by the shoulder, who was none other than Yue Mingzhu. Her face was slightly pale and streaked with tears. It turned out that as soon as the Master of Rivers and Mountains First-Grade Tower rescued Yue Mingzhu, she sensed that Jiang Fan was in grave danger and rushed to his location.
"Are you alright?" Yue Mingzhu immediately leaped over and scrutinized Jiang Fan from head to toe. Finding him unharmed, her anxious heart finally settled. Ever since learning that Jiang Fan was fated to encounter a death calamity, she had been constantly worried. When she sensed that Jiang Fan's location was one of extreme danger, she thought he had succumbed to the tribulation. Fortunately, he was still alive.
Jiang Fan felt a warmth in his heart. Wiping away her tears, he said, "I made you worry. How could anything happen to me with so many seniors protecting me? You and Senior Wuming should return to Tianzhou first. I'll be back soon."
Unexpectedly, Yue Mingzhu immediately clung to Jiang Fan's arm, refusing to let go no matter what. Her eyes, which should have been mischievous and spirited, were now filled with profound worry. "Wherever you go, I go!" Yue Mingzhu no longer wanted to leave Jiang Fan. She feared that any separation might be permanent.
Jiang Fan was helpless. Time was pressing, and he had no leisure for further discussion. "Senior Wuming, please trouble you to look after the people of Taicang Great State. I'll go and return quickly." The Master of Rivers and Mountains First-Grade Tower glanced at the three Two-Calamity Sage realm experts and then turned to leave.
At the same time,In the tenth layer of the underground world,Asura King Ayu sat cross-legged before Empress Dugu's crystal coffin. The putrid stench emanating from her body grew increasingly dense. She closed her eyes, lowered her head, and quietly awaited the moment of her demise.
Suddenly, as if sensing something, she slowly opened her eyes. Her pupils immediately contracted. Before Empress Dugu's coffin, an elegant human man in his middle age, with his hands clasped behind his back, was suspended at some unknown point. No, that was not a human. It was an Asura, deeply disguised.
The Asura Saint Child gazed at the lifelike Empress Dugu inside the coffin and calmly said, "Is this the empress who graced the Asura Realm a thousand years ago?"
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