65: Chapter 65 The Ruthless Emperor Who Goes Mad

Inside Undying Mountain.

The figure of "Stone Emperor" flashed and reverted to the appearance of Chu Tianjiao. The "tragic" wounds on his body vanished instantly, as if they had never existed.

He stretched his limbs, but a trace of gloom appeared on his face.

"Nannan's growth speed... is truly terrifying. With two quasi-Immortal Artifacts combined with her third-life Chaos Body, her explosive power is enough to make even me—a True Immortal (disguised version)—'run for my life.' Once we recognize each other in the future, I must use 'family Law' to discipline her properly and restore my status as her husband."

Xiao Shitou, who had been watching the whole spectacle from the side, could finally hold it in no longer. He burst into a laugh, and the more he laughed, the louder it became, until tears were almost streaming down his face.

"Hahaha... Teacher, the sight of you being chased and beaten by my sister is truly... truly a rare sight! Hahaha!"

Thinking back to the scene where the Stone Emperor, played by his teacher, was beaten into a "sorry state of flight" by his sister's two imperial weapons, and contrasting it with his teacher's usual image of being unfathomable and calculating everything, the huge contrast made Xiao Shitou unable to straighten his back from laughter.

Chu Tianjiao glared at him in annoyance.

"Laugh, laugh, laugh, still laughing? Next time, it will be your turn!"

"Ah?" Xiao Shitou's laughter came to an abrupt halt, the smile on his face freezing. "Me? Teacher, are you serious?"

Looking at the brutal scene of his sister beating up his teacher (fake) just now, and then thinking about his own state—with one foot on the edge of Dao-dissolution and his Origin exhausted—Xiao Shitou felt that if he went up there, it wouldn't be "acting," but rather he might actually be "executed for the greater good" by his sister and sent to the afterlife on the spot.

"Of course it's true." Chu Tianjiao wore a standard, "kind" smile that held three parts craftiness and seven parts calculation, and patted Xiao Shitou on the shoulder.

"Brother-in-Law, for your sister's physical and mental health, and for the harmony and stability of our family, when appropriate, you need to make a tiny 'sacrifice' to receive some 'education of love' from her. Helping her vent her accumulated emotions is very reasonable, right?"

Xiao Shitou: "..."

He looked at his teacher's "menacingly kind" smile, then looked through the barrier toward the starry sky outside, as if he could already see the scene of his future self being chased and slashed by his sister, suffering ten times worse than his teacher did today.

He suddenly felt that his "final time" of one thousand years might not be as "peaceful and beautiful" as he had imagined.

As for Chu Tianjiao, he was already stroking his chin, watching the beautiful back of Xiao Nannan as she left on the water curtain, and began to seriously conceive of how he would let his dear "brother-in-Law" go and have a "friendly sparring session" with his sister to "promote their relationship" next time.

Over the next five hundred years, a "fixed drama" that the entire Universe would talk about with great interest unfolded between Undying Mountain and the Ruthless Empress.

It was performed punctually every fifty years.

The "Stone Emperor"—sometimes transformed by Xiao Shitou, sometimes played by Chu Tianjiao himself—would swagger out of Undying Mountain to find Xiao Nannan, who was either meditating somewhere in the starry sky or staying alone in her former residence in Qingshi Town.

Then, using an extremely punch-worthy tone and manner, he would begin his "impersonation."

"Hahaha! Ruthless Empress, look at who this Emperor is? Don't I look a lot like that dead brother of yours? Come, come, come, call me brother and let me hear it!"

"Tsk tsk, this lonely little look, are you missing your short-lived husband, the Jiaoheng Emperor, again? Don't worry, this Emperor will show mercy today and let you relive the dream! Look at this heroic posture of mine—doesn't it look like your husband's demeanor back in the day?"

The lines were more infuriating each time, and the actions were more exaggerated each time.

Xiao Nannan's reaction was also always fixed—first, she would be enraged because her taboo had been touched, and then she would raise her blade (or jar) and slash down without mercy.

The battles were often intense and "protracted," shattering the Star Domain and snapping the Law.

In the end, the "Stone Emperor" would always manage to successfully escape back into the impregnable barrier of Undying Mountain while "severely injured" and in a "sorry state," leaving behind a string of arrogant yet weak (acted) harsh words.

To make the act more realistic, Chu Tianjiao even stepped in personally, perfectly simulating the violent stone Qi unique to the Stone Emperor's Holy Spirit nature and the eerie Dao rhyme after devouring his own kind.

Under his "guidance," Xiao Shitou also acted vividly, fully expressing the "Stone Emperor's malicious taste" and his "bone-deep hatred for the Jiaoheng Emperor."

The effect was outstanding.

All the Forbidden Zone Supremes who were spying in secret went from shock and confusion at the beginning to becoming accustomed to it, and even began to look forward to this "once-every-fifty-years" entertainment.

"This Stone Emperor is truly a fascinating person! To be this vengeful is rare in ancient and modern times."

"The Jiaoheng Emperor only severed one of his arms, yet he uses this method to take revenge on his widow—mental torture, it's truly heart-wrenching!"

"However, I must say, the Stone Emperor, having lived out a second life, truly has the capital to be arrogant. To be able to hold out for so long under the Ruthless Empress and escape successfully time and time again—we are inferior to him in this strength."

"The barrier of Undying Mountain is indeed strange; even the Ruthless Empress is helpless against it."

The Supremes discussed it heatedly, but not a single one doubted the authenticity of the "Stone Emperor," and even fewer connected this to the "fallen" Holy Body brother from back then.

In their view, this was just a twisted, powerful, old-school Supreme using an extremely boring yet effective way to vent his resentment toward a deceased enemy.

And in this "fixed program" that lasted for five hundred years, the most aggrieved person was none other than Xiao Shitou.

Every time he played the "Stone Emperor" to provoke his sister, he had to endure her cold, bone-chilling gaze that wished to chop him into a thousand pieces, while reciting those lines that even he found punch-worthy.

Then, he would welcome his sister's relentless, storm-like attacks.

Although his teacher secretly helped "balance" the power from behind the scenes so that he wouldn't actually be beaten to death, the pain of every punch landing on flesh and every blade drawing blood was real! Every time he came back after "acting," he was bruised and swollen, aching all over, and his Origin would even tremble.

"Teacher... can you go next time? I feel that my sister's attacks were three points heavier this time. I almost thought I was really going to dissolve into the Dao early and go join my father and mother." Xiao Shitou rubbed his swollen cheek, looking pitifully at Chu Tianjiao.

Chu Tianjiao, looking calm and collected, sipped his Dao-Enlightenment Tea and smiled, saying: "Exercise, this is all exercise. It not only helps you stretch your limbs and delay your Dao-dissolution (mistake), but it also deepens the bond between you and your sister (big mistake)—killing two birds with one stone. Brother-in-Law, you must hang in there!"

Xiao Shitou: "..." This sister-brother bond, I'm afraid it's getting "deeper" the more they fight, right?

And if one were to speak of the most furious and aggrieved person, it was naturally Xiao Nannan.

Five hundred years! A full five hundred years!

That damned "Stone Emperor," like an annoying fly, came to disgust her every few decades!

Transforming into the brother she missed the most, transforming into the husband she respected the most, using the clumsiest acting, and saying the most vicious words, he challenged the limits of her patience!

Every time, she used all her strength, wanting to completely slay this bastard who profaned the dead and crush him into the dust of the Universe!

However, every time, the opponent would always manage, at the last critical moment, to slip back into that damned Undying Mountain in ways that seemed thrilling but always allowed him to escape!

The barrier of that mountain was despairingly solid.

She had used the heaven-swallowing magic jar to refine it, unleashed the Indestructible Heavenly Art to bombard it, and even tried to force her way through with her Chaos Body Origin, but it was like a clay ox entering the sea—it didn't move at all!

This made her incredibly frantic, and the anger and killing intent accumulated in her heart had long since reached their peak.