Shi Jue, who could match Shi Yi in the Blood Moving Realm, quickly drew the attention of many. Ancient Kingdoms and Pure Lands all wanted to get acquainted with him. Even if Shi Yi had not gone all out, it was enough to highlight Shi Jue's talent. His future was promising.
Half a year later.
Hundred Broken Mountain opened, and forces from all sides surged toward it. This legendary place only opened once every few centuries. Rumor had it that the ancient saints had all shed blood there. It was filled with dangers, but it also held opportunities that stirred the hearts of countless geniuses. Even precious Sacred Medicines might be found within.
"Liu Shen, did you discover anything?"
Shi Jue did not travel with Shi Hao. Instead, he acted alone and summoned Liu Shen in an uninhabited place.
Liu Shen wore flawless robes white as snow. Her peerless bearing overlooked all creation, proud above heaven and earth. Wisps of white mist drifted around her, obscuring her face. Behind her floated three thousand spheres of light, each one a world, from which came the chanting of Gods and Demons. At that moment, Liu Shen seemed to be the sole existence between heaven and earth, while all things paled before her.
Shi Jue was very curious about just how stunning Liu Shen's immortal beauty was. He directly used his still-immature Pupil Technique, wanting to see her true face.
"Don't waste your effort. You still cannot see my true face. That karma is beyond what you can bear now." Seeing Shi Jue's bloodshot eyes, Liu Shen could not help finding it amusing.
"I just want to take a look. Liu Shen, you're obviously a great beauty. What's karma supposed to matter?" Shi Jue muttered bluntly. Tears were already flowing from his eyes, yet he still saw nothing. Both his eyeballs now hurt as though needles were piercing them.
"I'll let you see it once. How much you can see will depend on yourself." Liu Shen was not afraid of being seen. The veil over her face disappeared for an instant.
Shi Jue only saw her for one second, but it was practically the same as seeing nothing at all. Liu Shen was simply too beautiful—so beautiful that Shi Jue forgot what he had just seen.
"Liu Shen, I've decided. I'm going to marry you!"
He admitted that it was love at first sight, that he craved Liu Shen's body. But if he did not even dare to think about it, then he would never have a chance.
"Hehe."
Liu Shen froze for a moment, then gave a faint laugh, merely taking it as one of Shi Jue's jokes.
"I have indeed sensed Demon King Pu's aura. He has now more or less recovered to the level of a Supreme Being. Are you sure you can truly summon two Supreme Beings?" Liu Shen asked.
"Of course!"
[Shi Jue: @Ye Nan @Wushi, you can come over now.] [Shi Jue: Is there anyone else who wants to come? You can come have some fun.] [Ye Fan: Count me in!] [Yan Ruyu: I'm coming too.] [Ji Ziyue: Me too.] [Duan De: This poor Daoist won't be going.] [Huntuo: Neither will I.]
Shi Jue knew why Duan De was not coming, but he did not know why Huntuo was staying behind either. Still, he did not ask. It was voluntary to begin with.
Very soon, Shi Jue received their requests to cross worlds and accepted them without hesitation.
A vortex appeared, and Ye Fan's group began stepping out of it.
One-star review. Another one whose face I can't see. Shi Jue grumbled inwardly. The Empress wore a mask that seemed both crying and smiling, completely concealing her face.
Still, being able to see Emperor Wushi's face made up for one regret. Perhaps because of the Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo, he was filled with masculine vigor and possessed an imposing majesty even without anger. It was as if the word "invincible" was just short of being written across his face.
Ye Fan and the other two, meanwhile, were trembling with fear. Two Great Emperors—none of them had ever even seen a single Great Emperor before.
"Greetings, Senior!" Wushi and the Empress greeted Liu Shen. With their insight, they immediately saw Liu Shen's extraordinary nature. Although her current aura was not yet as strong as theirs, this clearly was not her peak state.
"You may call me Liu. With your talent, it will not take long for you to reach my realm." Liu Shen's voice was calm, but inwardly she was deeply shocked.
These were not merely two Supreme Beings. Although their cultivation strength was at the Supreme Being level, they already carried the Dao aura of immortals. This meant that they had previously been at least True Immortals—and not ordinary True Immortals at that. They were likely comparable to Quasi-Immortal Kings.
"I am Wushi, and this is Fellow Daoist Ye Nan."
"Is that aura Demon King Pu's? I feel a strange sense of familiarity." Wushi muttered to himself, while the Wushi Bell within him also resonated.
"Wushi, Wuzhong... flowers that resemble each other?"
Liu Shen suddenly recalled a memory. Wushi indeed resembled the Wuzhong Immortal King of old, though there were differences.
The Empress was slightly stunned. She had not expected Wushi to seemingly resemble some other existence as well. The way she looked at Ye Fan became far more complicated. Though she wanted to believe that Ye Fan was her brother's reincarnation, upon meeting him, she knew that was only her fantasy.
Ye Fan scratched his head. He caught a trace of sorrow in the Empress's eyes, leaving him utterly baffled.
"Then I'll have to trouble the Empress with stabilizing the battlefield and keeping this place from collapsing. Wushi, you can handle Demon King Pu alone, right?" Shi Jue asked.
He believed that Demon King Pu would surely be delighted to see Wushi. After all, it had been slain by the Wuzhong Immortal King.
"A wounded Great Emperor? I can handle him myself," Wushi said confidently.
The Empress nodded. She had no interest in joining Wushi to bully a half-crippled Great Emperor.
"Wuzhong, you're actually still alive!" The half-crippled Demon King Pu let out a hysterical roar. White fluff like dandelion seeds filled the sky. These were Demon Pu's seeds; once they landed on a living being, they would take root, absorb its energy, and ultimately drain it dry.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
A great bell hung above Wushi's head, impervious to all techniques. No matter how sinister the Demon Pu seeds were, they could not land upon Wushi.
"I'm not Wuzhong. Don't mistake me for someone else!" Even knowing that he might be some flower resembling another, Wushi's Dao heart did not waver in the slightest.
"You still claim you aren't? Could I possibly mistake the Bell of Wuzhong?" Demon King Pu roared, igniting his origin and reaching the power of a peak Supreme Being. No one knew better than him how terrifying the man before him was.
Sigh, if you say so.
Bong!
The Great Bell rang out. Ripples of time spread across its surface as billions of strands of immortal light descended, encircling Wushi's towering figure.
The power of time circulated around Wushi's body as he threw a punch toward Demon King Pu. With the Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo, his body itself was the strongest weapon. His blazing fist radiance illuminated heaven and earth, carrying a matchless momentum like a falling star.
Demon King Pu could not resist at all. Its main body was uprooted and sent flying by the punch.
"Dao Fruit, return to me!"
Seeing Wushi's sheer ferocity, Demon King Pu could no longer remain calm and immediately began summoning its Dao Fruit.
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