Bodhi pulled back the hood over his head, revealing a head as smooth as white jade. His pearl-like eyes looked at Xiao You, then at Li Tianming.
"So, you intend to threaten me?"
Bodhi's eyelid twitched.
His voice seemed to come from the Nine Nether Hells, cold to the marrow.
"You misunderstand." Li Tianming turned his head and said, "Xiao You, explain the situation to your father."
Xiao You nodded, then quickly told Bodhi what had happened.
He understood at once.
"In such a short time, you rose from a mortal to the peak of the Moon God Realm. You are terrifying," Bodhi said.
Such praise could only mean that he feared Li Tianming.
"Enough nonsense. Come with me and kill the Xi Emperor—or at least subdue her. You avenge your grievance, and I avenge mine," Li Tianming said.
"Then when will you release my daughter?" Bodhi asked.
"Once it's done, I'll return her to you. Then we can settle things fairly," Li Tianming said.
"Can your promise be trusted?" Bodhi asked.
"Yes." Li Tianming would naturally release her, because he still had the Ling'er Heart Curse.
This was not cruelty. He simply understood very clearly that there was also an irreconcilable, heaven-sharing hatred between him and Bodhi.
They could not coexist.
He wanted to coexist, but Bodhi wanted to kill him.
If not for an even stronger Xi Emperor, they would never have been standing here.
"Fine. But you are being naive about this," Bodhi said indifferently.
"How so?" Li Tianming asked.
"I have seen her. She hid her strength. Her true cultivation surpassed Order Heaven and reached the second great realm of divine cultivation—the Astral God Realm. She is one realm above me, and it is a leap across a major realm. She possesses Astral Aspect methods. Even