Meanwhile, Demon Emperor Tiebi was equally shocked.
Aside from finding Song Qingming's cultivation difficult to believe, he now felt even more wary.
In the battle at Taiyue Lake decades ago, Song Qingming had only been at the Nascent Soul Sixth Layer, yet he had already forced back a Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivator like himself head-on.
Now, this brat had somehow broken through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage. His strength was likely already above his own, and trying to keep him here today would probably be difficult.
Demon Emperor Tiebi had appeared here solely because, after losing to Song Qingming back then, he had never been able to swallow that grievance.
Moreover, Demon Emperor Tiebi was deeply wary of the lightning arts Song Qingming possessed.
With such a powerful opponent capable of restraining him at his side,
when Cloud-Parting Demon Emperor invited him to secretly join the ambush and slaughter of Song Qingming, the resentful Demon Emperor Tiebi agreed without much thought.
They had handled the matter with extreme secrecy. Even the other two Demon Emperors of Taiyue Lake knew nothing of it.
With the aid of an Nascent Soul Eighth Layer expert, and with the two of them joining forces as Late Nascent Soul Great Cultivators against a Song Qingming at the Nascent Soul Sixth Layer,
while they could not claim absolute certainty, it should have been a sure thing, more than enough to spare.
Who would have thought that Song Qingming had silently broken through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage? In an instant, their original plan had been shattered.
Just as Demon Emperor Tiebi's expression darkened, a concealed voice transmission suddenly entered his ears.
"Fellow Daoist Tiebi, even if Song Qingming has broken through to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, he is still alone. If you