Xun Mu the Dog Had Changed, the Clash of Schools

But thinking of Qin Yang made Xun Mu think of Zhang Zhengyi.

Things had developed completely differently from what he had expected.

If the Black Phoenix Tree were still here, he could have entered it and used the Divine Phoenix Bloodline, along with the Black Phoenix Tree's nirvanic rebirth, to make up for the flaw in the Divine Phoenix Bloodline.

He would not have truly died even if he died here.

But now, he truly had no way out. Even if the Nether Emperor's revival was incomplete, he had no hope of turning the tables.

There was no need to use the Nether Emperor's power at all. Sect Master Yan's power alone could pin him to the ground and grind him into dust with one hand.

Xun Mu honestly led the way, but the unwillingness in his heart only grew stronger.

The pride of his lifetime had become a joke. Worse still, he was not even qualified to serve as the vessel for the Nether Emperor's revival.

What the Nether Emperor wanted was still Zhang Zhengyi.

That made him even more unwilling to accept it.

Did he hate Qin Yang? He did. After racking his brains and exhausting every scheme, everything had been ruined at Qin Yang's hands.

But now, Xun Mu gradually understood that even without Qin Yang, his ending would not have been much better than this.

Because the Nether Emperor had seen through him too clearly, certain that he would find the Black Phoenix Tree and do everything possible to mend the Divine Phoenix Bloodline's flaw.

No matter what happened in between, as long as he came here, the outcome would inevitably be the same.

The ending had been decided from the very beginning, yet he had been kept in the dark. That suffocating grievance was beyond