"Welco to visit the Endless Void!" Dugu Qianye said with a charming smile, then looked at the stunned Taotie and said, "I don’t have ti to tangle with you today. Rember to pass on my ssage to Yong Xing!"
Taotie was dumbfounded the mont Dugu Qianye tore through space, opening the entrance to the Endless Void. He didn’t react to her words, watching her form hand seals and open the passage to Endless Hell, then flying in with the silver-haired, red-clothed man by her side.
The soldiers behind him didn’t hear his orders and could only watch helplessly as Dugu Qianye left.
"Sir, are we just letting her go?" a general behind Taotie stepped forward and asked.
"She’s back... She’s returned!" Taotie murmured, ignoring the general’s question.
"Sir, who has returned?" the general pressed.
Taotie withdrew his gaze and said, "She’s back. I must go tell the master. You lead them back first; I’ll go find the master."
After saying this, Taotie left alone. She had just torn through space, a skill only the Creator Gods possess. It was definitely her who had returned. The figure he saw at the Alchemist Sect was also her, and surely she obtained the Gold Spiritual Bead. Rembering the master’s words, that the Fire Spirit Pearl had found its master and the other Spiritual Pearls must not fall into others’ hands, especially not the Gold Spiritual Bead being taken or the Divine Sword destroyed—knowing the master would surely be angry about this, Taotie felt a cold sweat break out on his back at the thought of the master’s anger.
On the battlefield, Zi Xiao and Yong Xing were engaged in combat. As they were far from the main troops, both were unrestrained, their Spiritual Power and Divine Techniques constantly exploding in the air and colliding, with deafening explosions flattening mountains, cratering the ground, forcing rivers to change course, and igniting vast forest fires. Many Spiritual Beasts were caught in the crossfire, leaving death and injury strewn across the landscape.
"Boom!"
Once again, their Divine Techniques collided, propelling Zi Xiao and Yong Xing back from the resulting shockwave.
"Zi Xiao, you’ve been fighting with for ten days straight. What is your purpose?" Yong Xing asked as he looked at Zi Xiao.
"What purpose can I have? You’re nurturing zombies. Now that I’ve found out, of course, I have to intervene," Zi Xiao thought that Dugu Qianye should have finished her business, so he considered retreating.
"Hmph, you’re not one to ddle in others’ affairs! The last ti I fought with Rong Xiu, you chose to watch indifferently. Why are you getting involved now because I’m nurturing zombies? I’m not a three-year-old child; you can’t deceive with that!" Yong Xing tried to detect clues from Zi Xiao’s expression but found him no different than usual, leaving him unable to guess the answer.
"Is that so? Since you’re so clever, then guess the answer yourself," Zi Xiao said. "In any case, I’ve destroyed quite a few of your zombies and feel satisfied. It’s been a long ti since I had any sleep. Take your ti thinking; I’m going back to sleep."
Zi Xiao then flew away. With Yong Xing not as fast, he could only watch helplessly as Zi Xiao left. Looking at Zi Xiao’s retreating figure, he hit a nearby mountaintop with a surge of Spiritual Power, shearing the mountain in half.
"Zi Xiao, wait until my Divine Sword is forged successfully, and we’ll see how arrogant you can be!"
Yong Xing couldn’t understand Zi Xiao’s purpose in stalling him. When he returned to the camp and saw the anxious Taotie and the furious Qiong Qi, he had a bad feeling...
Upon reaching his own camp, Zi Xiao saw the ecstatic Ci Hun and Yan Yi waiting.
"Ci Hun, if you keep smiling like that, your face might cramp!" Zi Xiao entered his tent, slumped onto his chaise longue, and said, "Yan Yi, I hope you’ve brought good news."
Yan Yi saluted Zi Xiao and said, "As per the lady’s instruction, we have arranged the Alchemist Sect in Fengyang County, and they’ve already started preparing to build."
"The Alchemist Sect is her power base, make sure everything is arranged properly, so she doesn’t have to worry," Zi Xiao said. "What else?"
"The lady has already bound the Gold Spiritual Bead to her and seems to have recovered the mory of the Creator God," Yan Yi continued.
"She recovered her mory?" Zi Xiao’s eyes flickered slightly as he asked, "Is it just the mory that has recovered? What about her power?"
"There’s not much improvent in power, but she should have regained other abilities," Yan Yi answered.
"It seems we still need to find the Dark Spiritual Bead and set up the Five Elents Array to restore her power," Zi Xiao mused. "I wonder if Qian Jun has found the Dark Spiritual Bead yet?"
"The lady has also subdued the Inversion Seal and Subversion Seal, rescuing all those sealed and taking them to the Refining Demon Pot for treatnt," Yan Yi said.
Zi Xiao glanced at Ci Hun, who was pacing in circles inside the tent, and remarked, "No wonder this guy is so agitated. It turns out his mother Kylin has been released."
Ci Hun stopped in his tracks and said, "Hey, hey, hey, I’m thrilled that all the Kylins have been saved, okay? Don’t think I only care about my mother Kylin!"
"Weren’t you all about your big-butt, big-bosod mother Kylin? Now that she’s out, you don’t like her anymore?" Zi Xiao teased. "Or is it that there’s soone else in your heart now, so you look down on mother Kylin?"
Ci Hun, caught off guard by Zi Xiao’s words, suddenly changed his expression and said, "I’m the most charming Ci Hun, how could I like soone else? Why would I give up my entire forest for one person?!"
Zi Xiao gave Ci Hun a sidelong glance and said, "Is that what you think now? Just don’t cry to later!"
"Hmph, I certainly won’t!" Ci Hun touched his nose and asked Yan Yi, "Where is Qianye now? I need to find her, it’s been so long since I’ve seen my kin! Just thinking about it gets excited!"
Zi Xiao also looked at Yan Yi, his gaze alone clearly inquiring about Dugu Qianye’s whereabouts.
"The lady has gone to Endless Hell," Yan Yi replied.
"Endless Hell? She’s recovered her mory, hasn’t she? Why would she go to Endless Hell? She used to dislike such filthy places the most," Zi Xiao observed.
"There’s been trouble in Endless Hell. Those old ghosts have rebelled, trying to snatch the Phantom Stone to combat the Dream King. It seems the lady has gone to rescue soone," Yan Yi explained.
"It must be because of that Jiang Yu kid," Zi Xiao stood up from his chair and said, "Going there now, wouldn’t we be getting mixed up in their affairs? Ci Hun, let’s go."
"Didn’t you just get back? You’re going to pick a fight with Yong Xing again? I’m not going," Ci Hun asked reflexively.
Zi Xiao glared at him and said, "Don’t you want to see your mother Kylin? I’m heading to Endless Hell, are you coming or not?"
"Endless Hell, huh..." Ci Hun thought of the dark and dreary place, wanting to say no, but then the shadow of her silhouette crossed his mind and the words on his lips shifted, "Alright, for the sake of seeing my kin, it’s just Endless Hell, I’ll go!"
Zi Xiao looked at the insincere Ci Hun and sighed internally; the young one was in for so heartache later on. He stepped outside and instructed the people there, "Send the order down, everyone is to return to the Nine Heavens Profound Realm." Then to Yan Yi, he said, "Go back and tell Hei Zi to gather everyone, and be prepared for battle at any mont."
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