A ninth-rank great cultivator, a half-step ninth-rank expert, an eighth-rank powerhouse, and two sixth-rank cultivators… faced with such a lineup, even the Myriad Saints Palace would not dare to be careless.
Liu Xueyao and Bai Yuyan were the first to arrive at Chu Feng’s side, shielding him between them.
Meanwhile, Su Tiantian, Zi Xiner, and Liu Shijing fixed their icy gazes on the puppet before them.
The puppet’s frigid aura stirred the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The Imperial Runes that had once seemed sacred now radiated an unmistakably sinister presence.
Su Tiantian stepped forward, tearing open the void itself. Her gaze fell upon Li Jiuye, her eyes filled with indifference.
“Heh. Don’t think that hiding inside a puppet personally forged by the Heaven Devouring Emperor means this Empress can’t burn your soul to ashes.”
Samadhi True Fire surged from Su Tiantian’s palm. The terrifying heat was so intense that even space itself began to melt.
The surrounding world had already been sealed by the combined efforts of the three women. No matter how heaven-defying Li Jiuye’s methods were, escape would be nearly impossible.
Su Tiantian lightly pointed with a slender jade finger. Flames shot forth from her fingertip, and wherever they passed, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to boil.
In the blink of an eye, the flames arrived before Li Jiuye. The earth melted away, and stone turned into torrents of molten lava.
Boom!
The Samadhi True Fire exploded. Waves of scorching true qi swept outward, destroying everything in their path. Vegetation was instantly reduced to ash, yet not a trace of the aftermath reached Chu Feng.
Bai Yuyan and Liu Xueyao joined forces to form a pearly-white barrier around him.
“Cough, cough.”
Chu Feng could not help coughing a few times.
The moment they heard him, Bai Yuyan and Liu Xueyao hurried to his side.
“Little Junior Brother, take this pill!”
When Chu Feng saw the pill in Senior Sister Yuyan’s hand, he reached out to take it. Instead, she directly fed it into his mouth.
After giving him the pill, Bai Yuyan glanced at Liu Xueyao beside her and said calmly, “I can take care of Little Junior Brother here. The Saintess should go help them instead.”
Liu Xueyao replied coolly, “My husband is more important.”
With that, she lifted Chu Feng’s head and gently rested it upon her soft, shapely thigh.
Liu Xueyao’s actions left Bai Yuyan somewhat dissatisfied. She had been the one who gave Chu Feng the pill, so by all rights, she should have been the one looking after him. Yet Liu Xueyao had beaten her to it.
Moreover, what Liu Xueyao was doing seemed perfectly justified. After all, in name, the Saintess of Yaochi had already entered into a marriage alliance with Little Junior Brother. She was, officially, his fiancée.
With his head resting on the Saintess’s soft thigh, Chu Feng found his vision completely filled by a magnificent snowy-white peak that blocked out everything else.
He had to admit that from this angle, the scale seemed even more imposing.
Instinctively, his eyes widened, and his throat bobbed.
Bai Yuyan blinked her peach-blossom eyes. Looking at Liu Xueyao’s full, swelling chest and then lowering her gaze to her own which was slightly inferior in comparison…she lightly bit her cherry-red lip.
One by one, they were all bullying her…
Seeing this, Bai Yuyan’s expression turned cold. Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but considering that now was not the time for infighting, she ultimately held back her words and merely let out a huff to express her displeasure.
“Since Junior Brother is already engaged to you, and I’m still his Senior Sister, then by all rights, shouldn’t the Saintess address me as Senior Sister?”
Liu Xueyao kept her gaze fixed on Chu Feng. Her fair hand gently brushed across his cheek. She did not answer Bai Yuyan immediately.
Bai Yuyan took a deep breath. Her chest rose noticeably, and she looked genuinely irritated.
Chu Feng wisely kept his mouth shut.
When it came to problems between women, it was best to let women handle them. If he spoke up now, he would instantly become the center of all incoming fire.
***
Boom!
Su Tiantian’s Samadhi True Fire instantly pierced through the puppet’s chest, scorching the Imperial Runes covering its body.
Even a puppet personally forged by the Heaven Devouring Emperor could not withstand the relentless burning of the Samadhi True Fire. Cracks began spreading across its surface one after another.
Finally, with a deafening explosion, the puppet shattered apart, leaving behind a deep crater in the ground.
“Hmph! Quite the clever method. He used self-destruction to escape. I wasn’t able to completely burn away his soul.”
Su Tiantian said regretfully.
“There is no need for the Demon Empress to lament. One of his three souls has already been destroyed. A damaged soul is not something that can be easily restored.”
With a wave of her hand, Zi Xiner gathered all the shattered fragments of the puppet before her. They reassembled into the shape of a puppet once more, but it no longer possessed its previous aura. Every Imperial Rune on its body had been completely burned away by the Samadhi True Fire.
“Very well, we can leave that matter aside for now. The reason this Empress came to your Yaochi Holy Land was to bring my little rascal back with me.”
Su Tiantian had not seen her little rascal for a long time. Before seeing him, she had been able to endure the longing. But now that she had finally seen him, she could no longer hold herself back.
Using the demon core she had left within him, she had located Chu Feng at Yaochi Holy Land and come here directly.
“Your Majesty the Demon Empress, could you wait a little longer?”
A voice rang out.
Su Tiantian looked over and saw a beautiful mature woman dressed in green.
She searched her memories quickly. In her previous life, she did not recall this human woman having any connection with her little rascal.
Could it be…
…another woman her little rascal had recently charmed?
“What is your relationship with my little rascal?”
Su Tiantian asked directly.
“I… I…” Liu Shijing became flustered with embarrassment for a moment, but in the end, she gathered her courage and said, “We’ve already confirmed our feelings for each other, so I ask that Your Majesty the Demon Empress grant us a little more time.”
At this moment, Liu Shijing was just like a young girl experiencing her first romance, completely unwilling to part with her beloved.
“Demon Empress, how about this? The little fellow’s whereabouts have already been discovered by the Myriad Saints Palace. There are spies from the Myriad Saints Palace within the Demon Race as well. Rather than taking him back, it would be better for him to attend the Hundred Races Academy. There, even the Myriad Saints Palace would not dare act recklessly.”
Zi Xiner carefully laid out her reasoning.
The Hundred Races Academy was exactly what its name implied. Whether one belonged to the Demon Race or the Human Race, anyone who sincerely sought knowledge could apply to join. As long as they passed the entrance examination, they could become a member of the academy.
It was not that the Hundred Races Academy was so powerful that the Myriad Saints Palace feared it. Rather, countless powerful experts had emerged from its halls throughout history.
This academy, founded by humanity’s first Great Emperor, had originally been established with the goal of fostering harmony between the Human Race and the Demon Race.
For tens of thousands of years, the Hundred Races Academy had maintained absolute neutrality.
There was once a Palace Master of the Myriad Saints Palace who attempted to force the Hundred Races Academy into submission. In response, the academy sent out a single signal arrow—
And at its call, thousands of troops came to answer.
More than half of the seventh-rank and above experts across the cultivation world arrived on the scene. Faced with such a lineup, the Myriad Saints Palace immediately claimed it was all a misunderstanding and then retreated with their tails between their legs.
After thinking for a moment, Su Tiantian nodded.
“Very well.”
If she remembered correctly, there was a fortuitous opportunity there that belonged to her little troublemaker. In her previous life, he had mentioned it to her, though she could not remember exactly what it was. He had never given her a detailed explanation.
“Then it’s settled. I’ll write a letter to the Vice Principal. As for Elder Liu, you and Xueyao can accompany him as representatives of Yaochi Holy Land.”
Zi Xiner had an old friendship with the Vice Principal of the Hundred Races Academy. While she could not directly stuff the little fellow into the academy, opening a special admissions channel for him was still well within her capabilities.
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