153: Chapter 153 Prince Bi Yuntao? A rather safe name!

In mid-air, Cao Kun looked at the ugly display of these two old dogs and curled his lips in disgust.

"Damn! This is fucking disgusting."

He shivered.

Originally, he had wanted to torture these two fellows a bit longer to test the endurance of his Domain.

But with the current scene, looking at it for even one more second would be torture for Old Master Cao's eyes.

If he really let these two old dogs finish their business in front of him, how could he ever look at his own Domain again?

"Screw you, time to send you on your way!"

Cao Kun didn't want to look for another moment.

With a flip of his wrist, the chaos divine sword whistled through the air.

"Squelch!"

The Sword Qi crisscrossed, cleanly shredding the two, who were still embracing and gnawing on each other, into a cloud of blood mist.

The Paradise Desire Realm retracted accordingly.

Within the blood mist, two transparent Divine Souls drifted out in a daze.

Before they could react, Cao Kun reached out and grabbed both Divine Souls into his palm.

"Spare us! Senior Cao, spare us!"

The Blood Ghost's Divine Soul struggled in Cao Kun's palm, emitting shrill pleas.

"We brothers were blind and failed to recognize your greatness, offending you!"

"As long as you spare us, we are willing to offer our Life Tablets and serve you like beasts of burden!"

"Beasts of burden? You aren't worthy!"

Cao Kun snorted coldly and directly mobilized his Primordial Spirit power to begin searching their souls!

"Ahhh!"

The Divine Souls of the twin ghosts let out earth-shattering screams.

The pain of having one's Divine Soul forcibly torn apart to extract memories far exceeded the agony of death by a thousand cuts.

Scenes flashed rapidly through Cao Kun's mind.

Northern Territory of Zhongzhou, Great Yan Dynasty.

The Princes Mansion.

A man wearing a python robe sat on the main seat.

"Go to Hehuan Province…"

"Catch the women and bring them back for me to use as Cauldrons!"

"Especially that person named Cao Kun, and the women by his side; I want them alive!"

The images stopped abruptly there.

Cao Kun opened his eyes, the murderous intent in them undisguised.

"Great Yan Dynasty. Prince, Bi Yuntao?"

That's a pretty safe name, but what he's doing is not safe at all.

Daring to set his sights on Cao Kun's women? He really must think his life is too long!

Cao Kun closed his fingers.

"Bang!"

The two Void Refinement Stage Divine Souls in his palm were crushed into specks of spiritual light, their Divine Souls extinguished.

They dissipated completely between heaven and earth.

Afterwards, Cao Kun reached out and summoned the two Storage Rings that had dropped, along with the black jade bottle containing the Luck of Qingzhou, into his hand.

After putting the Storage Rings into his System space, Cao Kun's gaze landed on the black jade bottle.

Inside, the pale golden Luck was swirling restlessly.

This was what those two had forcibly extracted from the branch Cultivators earlier.

Cao Kun did not claim this Luck for himself.

He exerted a slight force with his fingers.

"Crack."

The jade bottle shattered.

The imprisoned pale golden Luck soared into the sky.

Under the guidance of the Emperors Law, it transformed into a drizzle of spiritual rain, falling upon this ravaged borderland.

As the spiritual rain fell, the injuries of those severely wounded branch Cultivators began to heal at a visible speed.

Their parched Meridians regained vitality.

Even the corroded land sprouted tender green Spiritual Plants once again.

"Thank you, Grand Elder, for your gift of rebirth!"

"Long live the Grand Elder!"

At this moment, Cao Kun's status in their hearts had surpassed that of the gods.

Especially the young and beautiful female Disciples, whose eyes were filled with adoration, wishing they could strip naked right now and rush up to warm the Grand Elder's bed.

Feeling the increasingly stable lines of sentient beings within his body, Cao Kun did not linger.

He simply waved his hand casually with his back to the crowd.

A spatial rift appeared quietly.

He stepped into it, his black and white yin-yang dharma robe billowing in the wind, and his figure disappeared stylishly.

All that remained above the border branch was the golden spiritual rain that refused to dissipate, and the sound of countless fanatical kowtows.

Meanwhile, in the Northern Territory of Zhongzhou, Great Yan Dynasty.

Deep within the imperial palace, in the Phoenix Pavilion.

The main hall was filled with swirling sandalwood incense, and light gauze curtains swayed in the breeze.

Empress Empress Yue Chan, dressed in a bright yellow phoenix robe, lay on her side on a soft couch carved with Dragons and Phoenixes.

She rested her cheek in one hand, her phoenix eyes slightly closed.

Between her brows, there was a sense of majesty and indifference that ordinary people could not look directly at.

Below, her personal maid Xiao Cui knelt on the jade floor, holding up a message Jade Slip with both hands, her voice trembling slightly.

"Your Majesty… there is a new secret report from Qingzhou."

"Read it."

Empress Yue Chan parted her red lips slightly, her voice as cold and clear as jade beads falling onto a plate.

"According to the news sent back by the secret agents…"

Xiao Cui swallowed, looking down at the contents of the Jade Slip, her voice becoming smaller as she read.

It seemed that even she could not believe the authenticity of this intelligence.

"Half an hour ago, the Blood Fiend Twin Ghosts sent by the Princes Mansion were killed by Cao Kun at the border of Hehuan Province."

"Their Divine Souls were completely extinguished."

Hearing this, the originally lazy expression on Empress Yue Chan's face tightened slightly.

She knew of the Blood Fiend Twin Ghosts.

They were two vicious dogs under Bi Yuntao.

Although they acted despicably, they were at least solid Void Refinement Stage Early Stage Cultivators.

With the two of them joining forces, plus that sinister combined Domain, even someone at the Void Refinement Stage Middle Stage would have to give them a wide berth.

And yet, they went to Hehuan Province and just died like that?

"What Realm is that Cao Kun at now?"

Although somewhat surprised, Empress Yue Chan's tone remained calm.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the news from the secret agents states that he has just broken through to the Early stage of Spirit Severing."

Empress Yue Chan raised an eyebrow.

Early stage of Spirit Severing, killing two Void Refinement Stage Early Stage Cultivators?

This kind of achievement, crushing someone across an entire major Realm, would be enough to make those old monsters who have lived for thousands of years take notice, even in those super orthodox sects in Zhongzhou with deep foundations.

"How did he kill these two?" Empress Yue Chan asked.

"The secret report says… during the fight, Cao Kun directly unleashed a pink Domain that was a hundred zhang in size."

"The Blood Fiend Twin Ghosts' Domain couldn't even last ten breaths before it was broken by that pink Domain."

"The two then fell into an illusion, completely losing the ability to resist, and were killed by Cao Kun with a single sword strike."

A glint of surprise flashed in Empress Yue Chan's phoenix eyes.

She had just broken through to the Body Integration Stage not long ago, so she naturally understood the value of a complete Domain.

That was power that could only be mastered after touching the Origin of the Laws of Heaven and Earth.

Mastering a complete Domain at the Soul Transformation Stage? This simply defied the common sense of the Heavenly Dao!

There were only two possibilities.

Either this person was an ancient powerful being who had reincarnated and cultivated again, Awakening the wisdom of his past life.

Or, he held a top-tier treasure capable of manifesting a Domain.

Regardless of which it was, this man named Cao Kun was definitely an anomaly that the Great Yan Dynasty should strive to recruit.

"Pass down the order." Empress Yue Chan's voice was cold.

"Increase the number of secret agents sent to Hehuan Province, but do not alert the enemy."

"Find an opportunity to proactively contact Cao Kun and sound him out."

"If he is willing to pledge loyalty to the Great Yan, he can name his terms."

"This servant obeys." Xiao Cui received the order and withdrew.

Meanwhile, in the Northern Territory of Zhongzhou, the Princes Mansion presented a different scene.

Bi Yuntao was sitting on a grand chair, holding a teacup.

He was dreaming of seizing the Luck of Hehuan Province and, in the future, stepping the Empress under his feet during the struggle for orthodoxy.

A trusted aide rushed into the hall, scrambling on his hands and feet.

"Your Highness! Something has happened! The Life Tablets of Lord Blood Ghost and Lord Sha Ghost have shattered!"

"Bang!"

The teacup in Bi Yuntao's hand was crushed into powder.

"What did you say?!"

He grabbed the aide by the collar.

The aide's face turned pale, and he stammered the news of their deaths again.

Bi Yuntao's face turned ashen.

He couldn't understand it no matter what.

Two Void Refinement Stage Early Stage Cultivators, and they could still flip over in a backwater place like Qingzhou?

The Blood Fiend Twin Ghosts were thugs he had spent a great price to recruit, and they had just died outside so inexplicably.

He let go and slumped back into his grand chair.

Send more people?

Bi Yuntao felt a sense of trepidation in his heart.

Although he had ambition, he was by nature cautious and suspicious.

Cao Kun was able to kill the twin ghosts, so his strength was definitely unfathomable, and it was highly likely that he had an expert protecting his Dao behind the scenes!

Before the struggle for orthodoxy began, he absolutely could not waste the foundations of the Princes Mansion to engage in a head-on confrontation.

But that didn't mean he could swallow this anger.

"Fine, since the bone is so hard, I don't believe there's no one who can chew it!"

Bi Yuntao's eyes rolled, and he hatched a poisonous plan.

"Go." Bi Yuntao stared at the aide, his voice cold and sinister.

"Send people to secretly spread the news that the Luck of Hehuan Province has surged and that Cao Kun possesses an ancient treasure capable of killing enemies across major Realms."

"Spread it to the several major provinces surrounding Hehuan Province. The more exaggerated you make it, the better."

The aide nodded repeatedly and withdrew.

In the empty hall, Bi Yuntao's resentful, cold laughter echoed.

Men die for wealth, and birds die for food.

I want to see if those wolf-like old monsters in the surrounding areas can tear him, Cao Kun, apart alive when faced with such temptation!

[Image] Empress Yue Chan