87: Bone Dragon's Revenge 3

"Enough!"

Immortal Venerable Yuqing interrupted her.

"Failure is failure; what excuses are you looking for?"

"If it weren't for your decent talent and the fact that a Celestial Envoy pleaded for you, I would have sent you into Reincarnation long ago."

Qin Ya gritted her teeth, a trace of resentment flashing in her eyes.

She hated Ming Gu, she hated the Dragon Clan, and she hated these high-and-mighty Immortals even more.

"However, you did remind me of something."

Immortal Venerable Yuqing changed the subject.

"The ancient Devil King's Legacy... if it really was obtained by that wretched dragon, it would be a problem."

She pondered for a moment.

"How about this, I will give you a chance to redeem yourself through merit."

"In three days, you will follow Immortal Envoy Qingming to the Lower Realm and capture that wretched dragon back to the Immortal Realm."

"If you succeed, I will pardon your crimes and may even accept you as a Personal Disciple."

Qin Ya was overjoyed.

"Thank you, Sect Master! This Disciple will certainly not fail the mission!"

"Don't be happy too soon."

Immortal Venerable Yuqing said coldly.

“That wretched dragon has now crossed the eighty-one Heavenly Tribulations and achieved the Middle Stage of the True Immortal Realm.”

“Immortal Envoy Qingming is only at the Late Stage of the True Immortal Realm; he may not necessarily win for sure.”

“I will bestow upon you the 'Dragon Binding Rope' and the 'Dragon Slaying Sword'. Both of these are Immortal Artifacts specifically designed to restrain the Dragon Clan. Together with Immortal Envoy Qingming, it should be enough.”

Qin Ya took the two Immortal Artifacts, her confidence greatly increased.

“Ming Gu, this time I will definitely skin you alive, pull out your tendons, and refine you into a Puppet, never to be reborn for eternity!”

A malicious light flashed in her eyes.

Three days later, Qin Ya followed Immortal Envoy Qingming to the Lower Realm.

Immortal Envoy Qingming was a cold-faced middle-aged man who was quite disdainful of Qin Ya, a Cultivator from the Lower Realm.

“Remember, I am the protagonist of this trip; you only need to assist from the side.”

“Yes, Lord Celestial Envoy.”

Qin Ya was respectful on the surface, but she sneered inwardly.

“Once Ming Gu is captured, I will definitely torture it with my own hands and show you who the real protagonist is.”

The two tore through space and descended into the Cultivation World.

As the Celestial Envoy descended, phenomena appeared in heaven and earth.

Countless Cultivators sensed that terrifying Immortal pressure and knelt one after another.

But when they saw Qin Ya, their expressions changed. This woman, who had once slaughtered the Dragon Clan and forged the heaven slaying sword, actually dared to return?

“Qin Ya? How does she still dare to come back?”

“And she even brought a Celestial Envoy... This is bad, His Majesty the Dragon Emperor is in danger!”

The news quickly reached Dragon Emperor Peak.

Ming Gu was guiding the younger generation of the Dragon Clan in their Cultivation. Upon hearing the news, a cold light flashed in its purple-gold pupils.

“They came at the right time; it saves me the trouble of going to the Immortal Realm to find her.”

It transformed into human form and took a step forward, already ten thousand miles away.

In the center of the Cultivation World, at Heavenly Pillar Mountain.

Qin Ya and Immortal Envoy Qingming stood in the air, their pressure fully released. All living beings within a thousand-mile radius trembled.

“Ming Gu, get out here and meet your death!”

Qin Ya shouted arrogantly, her voice full of triumph.

“I could kill you once back then, and I can kill you a second time today!”

“This time, I will pull out your Dragon soul and burn it with Nine Nether Devil Fire for ten thousand years!”

Her arrogance drew the indignation of many Cultivators, but intimidated by the Celestial Envoy's power, no one dared to speak out.

“Just with you?”

A cold voice rang out.

Ming Gu's figure appeared in the sky, confronting the two.

Seeing Ming Gu, Qin Ya was startled at first. Ming Gu's aura now was unfathomable, far stronger than back then.

But thinking of the Celestial Envoy and the two Immortal Artifacts by her side, she regained her confidence.

“Wretched dragon, why haven't you knelt before the Celestial Envoy?”

Qin Ya flaunted her borrowed authority.

“Immortal Envoy Qingming is a great powerhouse at the Late Stage of the True Immortal Realm. Killing you is like slaughtering a dog!”

Immortal Envoy Qingming sized up Ming Gu and frowned slightly.

“Middle Stage of the True Immortal Realm? It seems the rumors are true; you indeed survived the eighty-one Heavenly Tribulations.”

“Unfortunately, before a true Immortal Realm Cultivator, your level of cultivation is not enough.”

He raised his hand and pointed.

“Kneel and surrender; this Celestial Envoy might give you a quick death.”

Ming Gu smiled, a smile that was bone-chillingly cold.

“Is everyone from the Immortal Realm so self-righteous?”

It didn't waste any more words and attacked directly.

A dragon claw reached out, but it wasn't aimed at Immortal Envoy Qingming, but at Qin Ya!

“How dare you!”

Immortal Envoy Qingming roared and summoned his natal Immortal sword to slash at the dragon claw.

However, the dragon claw did not dodge or avoid it, directly taking the strike from the Immortal sword. Sparks flew, but it was completely unharmed!

“What?!”

Immortal Envoy Qingming's pupils shrank.

While he was distracted, Ming Gu's dragon claw had already grabbed Qin Ya.

“No! Celestial Envoy, save me!”

Qin Ya cried out in terror, activating the Dragon Binding Rope and the Dragon Slaying Sword, those two Immortal Artifacts specifically designed to restrain the Dragon Clan,

But in front of Ming Gu, they were like toys and were easily blown away.

“Qin Ya, it's time to settle the score between us.”

Ming Gu's purple-gold pupils stared at her, its voice filled with overwhelming hatred.

“Back then, you killed me at will just to forge a sword. Did you ever think this day would come?”

“I... I am a Disciple of the Ethereal Immortal Sect! If you dare to touch me, the Immortal Realm will not let you off!”

“The Immortal Realm?”

Ming Gu sneered.

“Sooner or later, this Emperor will kill his way up and level that so-called Ethereal Immortal Sect to the ground.”

It wasted no more words and tightened its fingers.

“Crack...”

Qin Ya's Immortal body began to crack, and blood flowed from her seven orifices.

“No... no! I was wrong! Spare me! Spare my life!”

The fear of death caused her to break down completely, with tears and snot flowing,

“I can be your slave, I can tell you the secrets of the Immortal Realm, just please don't kill me!”

“Too late.”

Ming Gu squeezed hard.

“Puff!”

Qin Ya's Immortal body exploded into a bloody mist, even her Divine Soul was crushed, completely obliterated in both form and spirit.

This arrogant, malicious, and self-righteous Heavenly Sword Fairy finally paid the price for her actions.

“Next, it's your turn.”

Ming Gu turned toward Immortal Envoy Qingming, Killing Intent boiling in its purple-gold pupils.

Immortal Envoy Qingming's face was extremely ugly.

He didn't expect Ming Gu to be this strong, let alone that the other party would dare to kill Qin Ya right in front of him.

“You... you actually dare to kill the person protected by the messenger of the Immortal Realm!”

Immortal Envoy Qingming was both shocked and angry,

“Do you know this is a capital offense?!”

“A capital offense?”

Ming Gu smiled,

“This Emperor would like to see who will die today.”

Its figure swayed, transforming into a hundred-zhang black Dragon, and it proactively attacked Immortal Envoy Qingming.

A battle at the True Immortal level erupted above the Cultivation World.

This battle lasted for three days and three nights.

In the end, Immortal Envoy Qingming was suppressed by Ming Gu with the Nine Nether Dark Dragon Pearl. His Immortal soul was extracted and refined into pure energy to be absorbed.

A Cultivator at the Late Stage of the True Immortal Realm had fallen!

When the news spread, the Immortal Realm was shaken.

Immortal Venerable Yuqing, the Sect Master of the Ethereal Immortal Sect, was furious and personally issued a decree:

“Mobilize Three Thousand Celestial Soldiers, led by three Profound Immortals, to descend to the Lower Realm and slay this beast!”

But Ming Gu was already prepared.

It integrated the power of the entire Cultivation World and laid out the “Great Array of the Starry Sky,” using the entire Lower Realm as a foundation to meet the Immortal Realm's army.

When the Three Thousand Celestial Soldiers descended, what awaited them was not the easy suppression they imagined, but a tragic and bloody battle.

Holding Immortal Envoy Qingming's Immortal sword, Ming Gu led from the front. With every swing of the sword, a celestial soldier fell.

The Dragon Clan army was even more fearless, fighting with their lives on the line.

This war between the Lower Realm and the Immortal Realm lasted for ten years.

Ten years later, the Three Thousand Celestial Soldiers were completely wiped out, and of the three Profound Immortals, two died and one fled.

Standing atop a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, Ming Gu looked toward the Nine Heavens, its voice echoing through all the worlds:

“Tell those high-and-mighty existences in the Immortal Realm that from today on, the Lower Realm—I, Ming Gu, have the final say.”

“If any more Immortals descend to the Lower Realm without permission, they will be killed without mercy!”

This battle completely established Ming Gu's prestige.

The legend of the Abyssal Dragon Emperor not only resounded through the Cultivation World but also shocked the entire Immortal Realm.

But Ming Gu knew this was only the beginning.

The Immortal Realm's revenge would come sooner or later, and the road to the Dragon Clan's revival had only just begun.

“Qin Ya is dead, but I don't know how many more Cultivators in the Immortal Realm treat the Dragon Clan as Materials like she did.”

Ming Gu muttered to itself,

“In that case, I will kill my way up to the Immortal Realm until no one dares to bully the Dragon Clan again.”

It turned and looked at the loyal Dragon Clan subjects behind it.

“Everyone, are you willing to follow me to conquer the heavens?”

“Conquer the heavens! Conquer the heavens! Conquer the heavens!”

Dragon roars shook the sky, and Battle Intent soared.

A new journey was about to begin.

And this time, they would not only seek revenge but also change the world!

...Qin Ya was obliterated in form and spirit, Immortal Envoy Qingming had fallen, and the Three Thousand Celestial Soldiers were completely wiped out,

When this series of news reached the Immortal Realm, the Ethereal Immortal Sect was enraged, and the entire Immortal Realm was in an uproar.

“A mere wretched dragon from the Lower Realm dares to be so arrogant!”

Inside the Sect Master's main hall of the Ethereal Immortal Sect, which was surrounded by Immortal mist, Immortal Venerable Yuqing's face was as dark as water, and the jade cup in her hand was crushed to pieces.

Below the hall, dozens of Immortal Lords and Immortal generals stood with their heads bowed, not daring to speak.

“Pass on my Immortal decree.”

Immortal Venerable Yuqing said coldly,

“Mobilize Thirty Thousand Celestial Soldiers, led by my Personal Disciple, Immortal Lord Tian Xing, who is at the Early Stage of the Golden Immortal Realm,”

“Take the 'Immortal Slaying and Demon Exterminating Array Map' to the Lower Realm and be sure to exterminate that vile dragon and its accomplices!”

Golden Immortal!

Upon hearing this, all the Immortals shuddered.

Although there was only one major Realm difference between a Golden Immortal and a True Immortal, the difference in strength was as vast as heaven and earth.

A True Immortal was only at the bottom of the Immortal Realm, while a Golden Immortal could already establish a sect and rule a region.

Immortal Lord Tian Xing stepped forward. He was a tall man with a cold face, clad in golden armor, with bloodthirsty light flashing in his eyes:

“Revered Master, rest assured. This Disciple will definitely skin that vile dragon, pull out its tendons, and refine it into a mount to be a slave for eternity!”

“Very good.”

Immortal Venerable Yuqing nodded with satisfaction,

“Remember, capture that vile dragon alive. I want to personally interrogate it about the Devil King Inheritance it obtained.”

“As for those ants in the Lower Realm who follow it... kill them all, leave none behind.”

“As you command!”

Once the Immortal decree was issued, the Immortal Realm was shaken.

Thirty Thousand Celestial Soldiers gathered, their banners covering the sky, and their Killing Intent soared.

Immortal Lord Tian Xing sat upon the Nine-Dragon Celestial Carriage, looking down at the ant-like celestial soldiers below, a cruel curve hooking the corner of his mouth.

“Lower-level creatures of the Lower Realm actually dare to resist the Immortal Realm. They really don't know whether they're dead or alive.”

Meanwhile, at Dragon Emperor Peak in the Lower Realm.

Ming Gu stood with its hands behind its back at the peak, its purple-gold pupils looking toward the Nine Heavens, as if it could penetrate the infinite void to see the gathering celestial soldiers.

“Your Majesty, scouts report that the Immortal Realm has mobilized Thirty Thousand Celestial Soldiers, led by a Golden Immortal, who will descend to the Lower Realm in a few days.”

Ao Guang transformed into human form and stood behind Ming Gu, his face solemn.

“A Golden Immortal, huh...”

Ming Gu was lost in thought.

Although it had survived the eighty-one Heavenly Tribulations and directly entered the Middle Stage of the True Immortal Realm, and later swallowed Immortal Envoy Qingming to Breakthrough to the Late Stage of the True Immortal Realm, there was still a huge gap compared to a Golden Immortal.

“Your Majesty, why not temporarily avoid their edge?”

A Dragon Clan Elder suggested,

“We can retreat to the abyss and wait for Your Majesty to break through to the Golden Immortal Realm before fighting the final battle with the Immortal Realm.”

“Retreat?”

Ming Gu turned and scanned the Dragons,

“If we retreat, what about the billions of living beings in the Lower Realm? What about the Cultivators who have just joined our clan?”

Its gaze was firm:

“The Immortal Realm regards the Lower Realm as a pasture for ants, taking whatever they want and slaughtering at will.”

“If we retreat today, they will only become more aggressive tomorrow.”

“This battle must be fought, and it must be won!”

“But...”

Ao Guang still wanted to persuade it.

Ming Gu raised its hand to stop him.

“I have my own plans.”

“Pass down the order to activate the highest form of the 'Great Array of the Starry Sky'—the 'Heaven-Defying Immortal Slaying Formation'.”

“This array requires eighty-one True Dragon Bloodlines as a guide and the essence blood of eight hundred and ten thousand Cultivators as a sacrifice. It can briefly trap and kill a Golden Immortal.”

All the Dragons were shocked upon hearing this.

“Your Majesty, the price of this array is too high!”

Ao Guang said anxiously.

“The price is high, but it's worth it.”

A look of determination flashed in Ming Gu's eyes,

“If we win this battle, my Dragon Clan will truly gain a firm foothold, and the Lower Realm will also be freed from the slavery of the Immortal Realm.”

“If we lose... then we will all perish together.”

It paused and continued:

“Moreover, I am not without a trump card.”

“There is a secret technique in the Devil King Inheritance called 'Heavenly Demon Disintegration', which can explode with power exceeding one's own by a full major Realm at a critical moment,”

“Although the price is the loss of a hundred years of cultivation, as long as that Golden Immortal can be killed, it is all worth it.”

Seeing that Hades' mind was made up， The dragons stopped trying to persuade them.， They all accepted the order and left..

Three days later, the Immortal Realm's army arrived.

Above the former site of Heavenly Pillar Mountain, space was torn apart, and Thirty Thousand Celestial Soldiers swarmed out like locusts, dyeing the entire sky golden.

Immortal Lord Tian Xing stood upon the Nine-Dragon Celestial Carriage, his pressure fully released. Countless Cultivators below could not bear it and directly exploded and died.

“Ants, kneel and welcome the celestial army, and you may be left with an intact corpse.”

Immortal Lord Tian Xing's voice was cold, echoing throughout the Lower Realm.

However, what responded to him was a black light pillar that soared into the sky.

Within the light pillar, Ming Gu slowly rose, followed by an army of a hundred thousand Dragon Clan members and a million-strong Cultivator alliance.

“Dogs of the Immortal Realm, you dare to be arrogant before this Emperor?”

Ming Gu's purple-gold pupils stared at Immortal Lord Tian Xing, without any fear.

“Presumptuous!”

Immortal Lord Tian Xing was furious,

“A mere Late Stage of the True Immortal Realm dares to call himself 'this Emperor'? Today I will let you know the difference between Immortals and mortals!”

He waved his hand:

“Immortal Slaying and Demon Exterminating Array, rise!”

Thirty Thousand Celestial Soldiers responded in unison, and a golden array covering ten thousand miles was instantly formed.

Within the array, countless golden chains shot out, each containing the power of the Heavenly Dao Law, capable of locking Immortal souls and destroying Immortal bodies.

“Heaven-Defying Immortal Slaying Formation, rise!”

Ming Gu also gave the order at the same time.

On the ground below, eighty-one blood-colored light pillars soared into the sky, merging with the black light pillar to form a blood-colored array covering the entire Lower Realm.

Within the array, billions of resentful souls roared, and an endless sea of blood churned, actually standing its ground against the golden array.

“With the blood of ants, you also want to defy heaven?”

Immortal Lord Tian Xing sneered and personally attacked.