119: Did they steal the avatar of the Lord of the Underworld?

Inside the blood-colored crystal coffin, the sleeping young girl was as quiet as a painting.

Her skin was so pale it was almost transparent, and her features were exquisite to the extreme, as if carved from the most perfect jade by the heavens themselves.

Most heart-palpitating was the hazy gray airflow swirling around her body.

That was Chaos Qi.

A terrifying power capable of assimilating all things and reenacting the elements of earth, water, fire, and wind.

Su Xuanchen stood before the coffin, his golden eyes narrowing slightly, his heart jolting with shock.

"Chaos Physique?"

"No, although this aura is pure, it carries a trace of Acquired refinement."

Just then, the long-silent System notification sounded in his mind with unprecedented urgency.

『Ding!』

『Warning! Karma-level special being detected!』

『Target: Lord of the Underworld · Clone (Unawakened)』

Physique: Acquired Chaos Physique (Transforming)』

『Current State: Critical transformation period (Will awaken as the Chaos Empress in ten years)』

System Suggestion: The host must intercept her! Take her as a wife or concubine!』

Well now.

A Clone of the Lord of the Underworld?

This background was truly terrifyingly large!

"Lord of the Underworld..."

Su Xuanchen rubbed his chin, his eyes showing wariness.

That was a legendary being of the Immortal Dao, a truly taboo existence.

Snatching His Clone to be a wife?

What was the difference between that and pulling a tooth from a tiger's mouth?

"However..."

Su Xuanchen looked at the young girl's peerless face in the coffin, and the wariness in his eyes was replaced by madness and greed.

"The bold feast, while the timid starve."

"In any case, the grudge has already been formed; the Netherworld likely wants nothing more than to grind my bones to dust and scatter the ashes."

"Since we are already mortal enemies, why bother being polite?"

"Snatch her!"

Su Xuanchen waved his hand, his expression ferocious and overbearing.

"I don't care if you're the Lord of the Underworld; once you're in my hands, you're a member of my Su Family!"

"Become an Empress in ten years?"

"Then I'll make it a fait accompli before she becomes an Empress!"

"Collect!"

The myriad things mother qi cauldron roared, and its lid flew open.

An unrivaled devouring force erupted, directly swallowing the blood-colored crystal coffin along with the girl inside all at once.

She was suppressed in the deepest part of the cauldron's world, with billions of strands of mysterious yellow mother qi isolating all heavenly secrets.

Having done all this, Su Xuanchen felt completely refreshed.

This wave was a massive profit!

Just as he was preparing to leave this secret space.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle..."

The strange sound of leaves rubbing together suddenly rang out in a corner.

Su Xuanchen snapped his head around.

He saw that in the crack of the shattered stone wall, a small tree only half a person tall, as vigorous as a coiled dragon, was pulling out its roots and bolting away!

That small tree had only one hundred and eight leaves.

Each leaf was crystal clear and of a different shape, some like small cauldrons, some like divine bells, and some like immortal swords.

As it ran, a fragrance so rich that a single sniff could plunge one into an Epiphany permeated the air.

"Holy crap?!"

Su Xuanchen's eyes nearly popped out of his head.

"Ancient Tea Tree of Enlightenment?!"

This was a legendary undying divine medicine!

Even among undying medicines, it was a top-tier treasure ranked in the top three!

It was said that every single tea leaf could help someone attain enlightenment once; it was a treasure that even Great Emperors would covet!

Those rats from the Netherworld actually hid such a good thing?

"Where do you think you're going!"

Su Xuanchen was overjoyed. With a flash of his body, he directly blocked the small tree's path.

"Little thing, you look quite unique."

"Come home with me. I'll find you a prime spot and water you with divine spring water every day!"

Seeing its path blocked, the branches of the Ancient Tea Tree of Enlightenment shook wildly, and it actually let out a human-like scream, turning around to burrow into the ground.

"Freeze!"

Su Xuanchen's words became Law.

Space froze.

He reached out his large hand and, like catching a small chick, grabbed the trunk of the Ancient Tea Tree of Enlightenment.

"Now that you're in my palm, you still want to run?"

"In the future, you'll be planted in my courtyard. I'm taking all the tea leaves every year!"

Su Xuanchen was not polite at all and threw it directly into the myriad things mother qi cauldron.

The looting was complete.

Su Xuanchen looked around at the now-emptied branch hall of the Netherworld.

"Destroying the evidence."

He raised his hand, and in his palm, a ball of ink-colored Demonic Fire of Destruction flickered.

"Go!"

The demonic fire fell.

Boom—!

The flames shot into the sky.

The entire Small World collapsed and was annihilated in the demonic fire.

All traces and all Karma were turned to ashes in this fire... Great Ancient Divine Domain, a ruined isolated island.

A deathly silence prevailed.

Vast Sea Supreme knelt on the ground, the rock beneath his knees already shattered.

He had maintained this posture for two full days.

Cold sweat soaked his clothes, dried in the wind, and soaked them again.

Behind him, over a dozen Quasi-Emperors and Great Saints who had participated in the siege all looked ashen-faced, like prisoners awaiting execution.

Fear fermented with every second of waiting.

"Will... will he still come?"

A Great Saint's voice was hoarse, nearly breaking down.

"Shut up!"

Vast Sea Supreme barked in a low voice, his eyes bloodshot.

"If you don't want to die, stay kneeling!"

On the other side of the island.

The women of the Heavenly Fox Clan were also waiting with eager eyes.

Nine Moon bit her red lip, her beautiful eyes full of gloom.

"Sister, does he... look down on us?"

Tu Shan Sikong said nothing, only tightly gripping the long sword in her hand.

Just as everyone's patience was about to run out.

"Buzz—!"

The originally withered starry sky suddenly cracked open with a massive rift.

A golden path rolled out from the crack, extending all the way above the isolated island.

A tall and slender figure, with hands behind his back, stepped onto the golden light and walked over step by step.

His black-gold imperial robe fluttered loudly, and his hair was bound by a purple-gold crown.

He did not release any pressure.

But the moment he appeared, the Laws of the entire world wailed, seemingly submitting to this ruthless man who had just slaughtered a Great Emperor and wiped out a branch of the Netherworld.

Su Xuanchen had returned!

"Greetings, Head of the Su Family!!"

Vast Sea Supreme was the first to react, his head slamming heavily onto the ground with a loud thud.

"We were blind and offended your Heavenly Face; we deserve ten thousand deaths!"

"We beg the Head of the Su Family for mercy! We beg the Head of the Su Family to spare our lives!!"

The dozen or so experts behind him all kowtowed in unison, their voices shaking the heavens, appearing incredibly wretched.

Su Xuanchen stood in mid-air, looking down at this group of ants from a height.

His gaze was indifferent, without the slightest emotional fluctuation.

"Spare your lives?"

Su Xuanchen chuckled softly; his voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly reached everyone's ears.

"Weren't you quite arrogant just now when you were besieging my woman?"

Vast Sea Supreme's body shook, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

"Head of the Su Family! That was a mistake! It was Great Emperor Tian Peng who forced us!"

"We also had no choice..."

"A good reason."

Su Xuanchen nodded, but just as Vast Sea Supreme thought there was a glimmer of hope, he changed his tone.

"But what does that have to do with me?"

"If you do something wrong, you must pay the price."

Su Xuanchen raised his hand, golden light swirling around his fingertips.

"I give you two choices."

"One, die."

"Two, open your Sea of Consciousness and let me plant a mark."

"Three breaths of time."

"Choose."

As Quasi-Emperors, who among them didn't have pride?

But looking at Su Xuanchen's emotionless eyes and the flickering destructive light on his fingertips.

They knew clearly that this man was not joking.

"One."

Su Xuanchen began to count down.

"Two."

"I choose two! I choose two!!"

Vast Sea Supreme broke down, his psychological defenses completely collapsing.

Living, even if living like a dog, was better than dying!

"I am also willing to surrender!"

"I am willing to serve the Su Family like a dog or a horse!"

With someone taking the lead, the remaining people kowtowed like pounding garlic.

"Very well."

Su Xuanchen flicked his finger.

Swish, swish, swish!

A dozen golden marks flew out, instantly entering everyone's foreheads and branding themselves deeply upon their Primordial Spirits.

Their life and death were now determined by a single thought of his.

"Now, I give you a task."

Su Xuanchen pointed to the majestic hall floating in the distant starry sky.

The Kunlun Sacred Hall.

"Within three days, subdue all the remaining members of the Kunlun Sacred Hall."

"Organize the treasury and kill everyone who refuses to submit."

"Then, get yourselves to the Luoshen Clan to report."

"If you can't do it, bring me your heads."

"Yes!!"

Vast Sea Supreme and the others felt as if they had been granted a grand amnesty, scrambling toward the Kunlun Sacred Hall for fear that being a step late would result in being slapped to death by Su Xuanchen.

Having dealt with the small fry.

Su Xuanchen turned around and landed on the isolated island.

His originally overbearing and cold aura instantly vanished, replaced by his signature wicked grin.

"Yo, everyone's here?"

He looked at the Dragon Maiden, his gaze sweeping over her damaged armor and blood-stained face. A flash of heartache crossed his eyes, but his mouth remained unyielding.

"You were cursing quite satisfyingly just now, weren't you?"

"Something about being rotten or not... you seem to know quite a lot?"

The Dragon Maiden's face turned red, and she glared at him fiercely, though she couldn't hide the joy deep in her eyes.

"None of your business!"

"Su Xuanchen, you're late!"

"Call me husband."

Su Xuanchen stepped forward and reached out to wipe the blood from her face, his movements gentle.

The Dragon Maiden's body stiffened, and the word "bastard" that was on the tip of her tongue was swallowed back down. She turned her head away, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

"...Husband."

Having handled the tsundere Dragon Maiden.

Su Xuanchen turned his gaze toward the Fox Clan sisters.

Tu Shan Sikong and Nine Moon were currently looking at him nervously, not even daring to breathe.

Especially Nine Moon; thinking of her previous promise, she was so ashamed she wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

"The two Clan Chiefs."

Su Xuanchen walked up to them with a half-smile.

"I heard that you've sold yourselves to me?"

"And it was the clearance package deal kind?"

Nine Moon's face was so red it looked like it might drip blood, and she kept her head down, not daring to look at him.

"Ye... yes."

"As long as the Head of the Su Family can save our clan's Old Ancestor..."

"We... are at your disposal."

Su Xuanchen looked at these two peerless fox women, each with her own unique charm.

One was cold and noble, the other enchanting and moving.

Add to that the signature fox ears and fluffy tails... tsk.

Who could resist this?

"Take me to see your Old Ancestor."

Su Xuanchen set aside his joking mood and said seriously.

"Saving lives is the priority."

...Deep within the isolated island, inside a temporarily created Immortal Cave.

An old woman with white hair was lying on a stone bed, her aura extremely weak.

The Heavenly Fox Supreme.

To cover the retreat of her clansmen, she had been heavily wounded by a halberd strike from Great Emperor Tian Peng, damaging her Origin; she was now at the end of her rope.

"Old Ancestor..."

Nine Moon knelt by the bed, tears falling like rain.

Su Xuanchen stepped forward, and with a sweep of his Divine Thought, his brow furrowed.

"The injuries are very severe."

"The Origin is completely exhausted, and the foundation of her Dao is shattered."

"Had it been anyone else, death would be certain."

Hearing this, the faces of the Fox Clan women turned deathly pale.

"However..."

Su Xuanchen changed his tone and flipped his palm.

A Qilin undying divine medicine appeared in his hand.

The rich medicinal fragrance instantly filled the entire Immortal Cave.

"Now that you've met me, it's hard to die even if you wanted to."

"Is this... the Qilin undying divine medicine?"

Tu Shan Sikong cried out in surprise.

"At least you recognize it."

Su Xuanchen fed the Qilin undying divine medicine into the old woman's mouth and injected a burst of pure Divine Power of Creation to help her refine it.

"Take her and return to the Luoshen Clan."

"The environment here is too poor; it's not suitable for healing."

...Two days later.

Inside the Luoshen Clan's Forbidden Ground.

Within the myriad things mother qi cauldron, the originally white-haired, withered old woman had disappeared.

In her place appeared a peerlessly beautiful woman in her early twenties.

She had long silver hair that fell loosely.

Her skin was like snow, showing a healthy rosy tint.

Most striking were the nine snow-white, fluffy fox tails behind her, gently swaying unconsciously.

The Heavenly Fox Supreme, through a blessing in disguise, had lived out a second life!

At this moment, she was on the verge of waking up.

Su Xuanchen just wanted to check on her recovery progress.

Those tightly closed beautiful eyes suddenly snapped open.

Enchanting and deep, her eyes seemed to hide a thousand Mortal Worlds; a single glance could make a Buddha's heart stir and a Saint fall.

The Heavenly Fox Supreme was awake.

She looked at Su Xuanchen before her, her eyes showing no confusion, only a transparency that saw through everything.

While she was unconscious, even though she couldn't move, her Divine Sense had not been closed.

She knew clearly that it was this man who had descended from the heavens and destroyed Great Emperor Tian Peng with a single punch.

It was this man who had used an incredibly precious divine medicine to pull her back from the gates of hell.

It was also this man... who had taken in her clansmen and become her nominal "Master."

"You're awake?"

Su Xuanchen smiled, frankly admiring the beautiful scenery before him.

Because she had just reconstructed her Physical Body, she was without a stitch of clothing.

Those perfect curves, under the luster of warm jade, radiated a fatal temptation.

The Heavenly Fox Supreme did not panic, nor did she cover herself.

She sat up and naturally leaned into Su Xuanchen's embrace.

Skin against skin.

Soft and warm as jade.

"Thank you... Benefactor."

Her red lips parted slightly, her voice soft to the bone, carrying the laziness and hoarseness of someone who had just woken up.

Those soul-hooking eyes looked at Su Xuanchen, her gaze rippling with emotion.

The nine silver fox tails behind her gently wrapped around Su Xuanchen's waist, as if acting spoiled, and as if... seeking intimacy.