Chapter 338: His Daughter Is Coming Back

“Rumble, rumble…”

Within the Heiwu Secret Realm, the sound of collapsing peaks echoed everywhere.

In the Melting Mountain range, following Lin Xun’s spear strike, it was like a skewered snack; wherever the intense light pointed, a hole appeared.

All the surviving Cultivators used their own means to float in the air.

Since Lin Xun had insta-killed that Strange Dragon, and even though his spear strike had pierced through the Secret Realm and completely collapsed the Strange Dragon Peak…

…the collapse of the Strange Dragon Peak took some time, so the vast majority of the Cultivators managed to escape.

If it weren’t for Lin Xun, even without Yu Qiong using the primordial universe cauldron…

…as long as that Jade Purity Realm Strange Dragon blocked the peak’s exit and those many magical creatures entangled them…

…out of these hundreds of people, no more than twenty would have made it out alive.

Looking down from the sky, the Strange Dragon Peak at the center of Melting Mountain was continuously crumbling and collapsing.

Finally, with one last thunderous boom, Strange Dragon Mountain completely collapsed, and the lava surrounding the central giant magma lake came crashing down.

The magma level rose and splashed everywhere.

Magma flowed slowly through the hundreds of cracks in Strange Dragon Mountain, heading toward the surrounding peaks.

Triggering a chain reaction, the hundred volcanoes of Melting Mountain erupted simultaneously, filling the sky with ash.

From each erupting volcano, magma spewed hundreds or even a thousand meters high!

All of Melting Mountain shook; black lava and red magma blended together like a scene from purgatory!

“Wang Xing, what are you doing?”

Jiang Qingshang tightly held the young girl beside her.

Just now, this silly girl had actually wanted to fly straight down!

“Sister Qingshang.” Sikong Wangxing’s Star Eyes were already moist. “He’s still inside…”

Jiang Qingshang naturally knew who the “he” Sikong Wangxing referred to was.

“The magma of Melting Mountain is not like ordinary magma in the Mortal World. If you go now, you will surely die.”

Jiang Qingshang sighed.

“Don’t worry, that man is very strong. Although I don’t know how he broke through his Realm without being rejected, with his strength, nothing will happen to him.”

“But…”

“No buts. He might have already left this place. By comparison, we must leave; it’s too dangerous here!”

With that, without waiting for Sikong Wangxing to resist, Jiang Qingshang directly pulled Sikong Wangxing and Zhu Ling along as they flew away.

Sikong Wangxing bit her thin lip and looked back at the erupting Melting Mountain.

Although the girl desperately wanted to go back down and check, she knew that if she went now, not only would it be useless, she might even become a burden to him.

Moreover, if she insisted on going down, Sister Qingshang and Sister Zhu Ling would surely follow, and she would end up endangering them.

Withdrawing her gaze, Sikong Wangxing stopped acting like a helpless girl.

Big Brother Lin had obtained the fire heart lotus for her, so she couldn’t let him down. She would definitely obtain the rootless fruit for him.

As the Cultivators gradually evacuated…

…at the center of the collapsing Strange Dragon Mountain, a piece of rubble was shattered, and a ragged, soot-covered man burst out.

“Pah!”

Spitting out a mouthful of ash, Lin Xun patted down his clothes.

Looking at the empty surroundings, he saw no sign of anyone. As for She Qiqi, she had long since vanished to who knows where.

This was normal.

If she didn’t run, was she supposed to wait here and die?

She had indeed helped him get the fire heart lotus.

Although he hadn’t helped her get that Strange Dragon egg or whatever…

…he had saved her life, so they should be even.

In any case, they owed each other nothing now, and he had no desire to see her again in the future.

“Time to slip away.”

Lin Xun put away his long spear and hurried to escape.

Otherwise, since he was currently only in the Golden Core Realm, if he didn’t leave now, he really would be buried in this sea of fire.

Meanwhile, outside the Rootless Secret Realm, in a forest on the Fuchen Continent, a young girl lightly stepped onto the grass.

The girl stood on her tiptoes, raised her interlaced hands above her head, and stretched.

A moment later, a middle-aged Cultivator emerged from the same direction the girl had left the Rootless Secret Realm.

The middle-aged Cultivator’s face was Pale, and a trace of blood remained at the corner of his mouth.

A hole had been pierced through his shoulder; the flesh inside was invisible, with only black Spear Qi and black spiritual energy continuously burning.

The middle-aged Cultivator no longer hesitated; he severed his entire right arm, including the shoulder.

When his right shoulder and arm hit the ground, in just an instant, they were consumed by black flames, leaving not even ashes behind.

“Take this.”

The girl didn’t even look at him, simply tossing him a Medicinal Pill.

The man swallowed the pill, enduring the pain as the veins on his forehead bulged.

However, on the right side of his body, the middle-aged Cultivator’s severed limb regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

After half a stick of incense’s time, Yu Qiong, drenched in sweat, cupped his fists in a salute.

“His strength—what do you think of it?”

She Qiqi turned around and looked at Yu Qiong indifferently.

“May I ask, Your Highness, to what level did the Realm Lin Xun broke through reach?” Yu Qiong asked.

She Qiqi smiled with narrowed eyes. “What if I told you it was the Immortal Realm?”

The liquid She Qiqi had injected into Lin Xun at the time was not only to help him avoid being rejected by the Great Dao of the Rootless Secret Realm but also allowed her to understand the physical condition within his body.

“.” Yu Qiong fell into silence.

After a long while, Yu Qiong shook his head:

“Setting aside whether Lin Xun can reach the legendary two lost realms, even if he only recovers to the first level of Ascension, no one in either of the two worlds would be his match.”

“With him in the Myriad Laws World, it will be difficult for our Yao Race to set foot on its soil!”

“No matter the cost, in this old man’s opinion, Lin Xun must be eliminated!”

“So at that time, you truly wanted to kill him?” She Qiqi’s tone instantly turned cold.

“Yu Qiong begs Your Highness for punishment!”

As one in the Immortal Realm, Yu Qiong had never even knelt to the Yao Emperor, yet now, he knelt before She Qiqi.

“However, if given another chance, this subject would still kill him! The Demon Race World cannot tolerate him!”

Yu Qiong’s words drifted slowly through the mountain forest.

Everything Yu Qiong said came from the heart, without a hint of falsehood.

If he could do it over, he would still choose to kill Lin Xun.

No! If he had known Lin Xun’s strength was such a monstrosity, he would have made even more thorough preparations, even if it meant perishing along with him.

Lin Xun was a massive threat to the Demon Race World; for the sake of the Demon Race World, Lin Xun had to die!

Otherwise, in Yu Qiong’s view, he would one day destroy the world that gave birth to her and raised her.

This “she” was not She Qiqi, but She Qiqi’s mother, the long-deceased “Concubine Lin.”

In fact, from the very beginning, Yu Qiong was never solely the Yao Emperor’s man.

Although he owed the Yao Emperor a life, which he eventually repaid with three favors…

…he owed She Qiqi’s mother more than just a simple life.

For Yu Qiong, it was She Qiqi’s mother who had given him a life and a reason to live.

Yet, such a kind and gentle woman who was nice to everyone…

…had been treated as a disposable pawn by that man!

He had once watched helplessly as that woman, gentle as water and dressed in a plain white gown, died in his arms.

At that moment, his so-called benefactor had already become his enemy.

He wanted to avenge her; he wanted to create the world she had once dreamed of.

But Yu Qiong knew that he couldn’t do it alone, even if he was in the Immortal Realm!

However, he saw hope in She Qiqi.

Qiqi might be able to realize her mother’s ideals, and perhaps help him get his revenge.

What Yu Qiong wanted was more than just simple revenge.

He wanted to see the Yao Emperor one day lose everything, kneeling before her tomb to repent and count his sins!

Furthermore, Yu Qiong had already finished the three things he promised to do for the Yao Emperor to repay his life-saving debt.

Yu Qiong had promised to go and kill She Qiqi; he had done so, but failing to kill her was another matter.

Now that those three tasks were complete, he no longer had to care about old sentiments.

“Lin Xun does not belong to the Myriad Races World, nor does he belong to the Demon Race World. He is mine, and he can only be mine.”

She Qiqi didn’t care at all about the threat Yu Qiong described regarding “Lin Xun.”

“Additionally, I am very satisfied with this test, but as for you ultimately disobeying my orders…”

She Qiqi looked at Yu Qiong coldly.

“Do you know what the price is?”

“This subject is willing to accept punishment.”

Yu Qiong knelt on one knee and lowered his head.

It was true that She Qiqi had come to the Rootless Secret Realm for the rootless fruit.

But there was another, more important point: to test Lin Xun.

She Qiqi really wanted to know if he would abandon her and leave when she was in danger after they had verbally agreed on a partnership.

And Yu Qiong, naturally, had taken on this task.

As for She Si and Pale, they thought they were killing She Qiqi.

But in reality, from start to finish, they were merely tools for She Qiqi to test Lin Xun.

She Qiqi was naturally very satisfied with the test results; she had completely taken a liking to Lin Xun.

He was qualified to become her property.

Had the test results been unsatisfactory, She Qiqi would have used every possible means to kill Lin Xun, no matter the cost.

For She Qiqi, anyone who touched her had to either become her possession or die; there was no third option.

She felt her luck was quite good.

Lin Xun was the first man to touch her. This man wouldn’t have to die; he would belong to her for the rest of his life. It was only a matter of time.

She Qiqi also felt Lin Xun’s luck was good, as he was the only man who had touched her, and she would never let a second man touch her.

However, she was displeased that Yu Qiong hadn’t stopped after the test and had actually harbored killing intent.

She Qiqi was very annoyed.

What she hated most was anyone daring to disobey her!

“Yu Qiong, you are a loyalist of my late mother. I know you want to avenge her, which is why I took you in as my pawn, not because you are in the Immortal Realm.”

She Qiqi’s eyes were no longer just cold; they held killing intent.

“Out of consideration for your past loyalty to my mother, and because I am satisfied with the final result, I will not kill you this time.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.”

“But, if there is a next time!”

An imperial pressure weighed heavily on Yu Qiong. His back bent even lower, and sweat from instinctive fear drenched his clothes.

The Heavenly Snake Imperial Pressure—when even one in the Immortal Realm was affected by it, it meant…

…She Qiqi’s Realm was at least at the Heaven Ascension level.

“This subject swears upon the Great Dao, there will not be a next time,” Yu Qiong forced out through gritted teeth under the constant pressure.

The imperial pressure vanished, and She Qiqi said indifferently, “Release my fourth brother.”

“Yes.”

Yu Qiong stood up and tossed out the bound She Si from his Storage Pouch.

She Qiqi condensed the moisture in the air into a basin of water and splashed it onto the unconscious She Si’s face.

When She Si woke up and saw Yu Qiong standing on the other side of She Qiqi, he was stunned for a moment, then understood everything!

“Seventh Sister’s reach is truly long,” She Si laughed. “To think that Yu Qiong, one of the Four Great Enshrined, is one of yours. How many more people do you have in the palace?”

“Neither many nor few.” She Qiqi smiled with narrowed eyes. “Of the Four Great Enshrined, only two.”

She Si frowned. Perhaps knowing his death was certain, his tone held no hint of begging for mercy. “You knew all along that Father wanted to kill you?”

She Qiqi: “When I came to the Myriad Laws World and headed for the Rootless Secret Realm, I had already guessed that Giant Country would be breached.”

“After Giant Country was breached, I also wondered if Father would kill me.”

“If Father wanted to kill me, then when I move against him in the future, I won’t have to worry about any old sentiments.”

“In the future, even before my silly mother’s grave, I can say, ‘He was the one who moved first.'”

“And if Father hadn’t ordered your death?” She Si asked.

“Then it would have been a bit troublesome.” She Qiqi thought for a moment but eventually gave up. “But fortunately, there’s a saying in the Myriad Laws World: ‘The imperial family is the most heartless.'”

“Father didn’t disappoint me after all; he saved me quite a bit of trouble.”

“You’re a lunatic.” She Si shook his head. “Kill me.”

“Kill you? Why?”

“Seventh Sister, don’t tease your fourth brother at a time like this. Kill me, and Yu Qiong can return to the palace to continue as an Enshrined. Not only will you have one less rival, but you can also keep Yu Qiong planted by Father’s side. Even a three-year-old knows what to do.”

“Hahaha.”

She Qiqi lightly turned her slender hand, and the ropes binding She Si snapped.

Stepping forward, the girl brushed her skirt and slowly crouched down.

“Go back, Fourth Brother. Go back and tell our father that his daughter is coming back.”

“You will die!”

“Is that so?” She Qiqi narrowed her eyes. “Then let me tell you and Father another little secret.”

As she spoke, the sky behind the girl turned a grayish-white, and for ten thousand miles, everything was covered in frost.

Birds in the sky stopped mid-flight; time for all things came to a quiet standstill.

In that frozen, Pale world, the shadow of a massive Heavenly Frost Snake continuously churned and wove through the clouds and dust in the sky.

In the ten-thousand-mile region behind the girl, time flowed once more. The snake shadow vanished, leaving only She Si staring at the girl before him with trembling eyes.

He was speechless.

But he knew that the Seventh Sister before him—the one rumored to be at most in the Jade Purity Realm…

…was already in the Ascension Realm.