Within an altar-like setting, a black shadow sat cross-legged. His withered, exposed hands trembled slightly, clearly showing how furious he was.
"My Emperor."
The subordinate standing in the distance nervously delivered the rest of his report. "All three fleets were wiped out by the Eternal Sect."
"A bunch of trash!"
The black shadow raised a hand, and a Streamer burst forth.
Boom!
The reporting subordinate slammed viciously into the wall, blood spraying from his mouth as he slid down.
"Notify the other fleets." The black shadow said in an icy voice, "Even if you have to turn the Cangyun System upside down, find the Eternal Sect and grind them into dust!"
"Yes..."
The subordinate dragged his badly injured body away.
The moment he stepped out of the secret chamber, a young man rushed over, dropped to his knees with a thud, and cried out in heartrending anguish, "Why did you kill Mu Jin?!"
That was right.
It was Ling Li.
He had emerged from Demon Abyss Valley.
"She traded her life for yours. That is why." The black shadow said calmly. Since Ling Li called him Adoptive Father, he was naturally the Demon Emperor.
The system had been right.
The loss of a clone had indeed affected this man's true body. Otherwise, he would not have been sitting in the secret chamber healing his injuries.
"No..."
Ling Li collapsed directly onto the ground.
The Demon Emperor said, "If you allow yourself to be trapped by love, sooner or later you will fall into a place of eternal damnation."
"Adoptive Father..."
"Enough. Go back and recuperate properly. When the Cosmic Holy War begins, you must bring the championship back for me."
"..."
Ling Li swayed as he rose to his feet, as though his soul had been taken from him.
He