Lord Liǔ flushed red but held his tongue.
Yet after savoring True Man Jiaqian's words, Lord Liǔ's heart tightened again.
Could it be that this Azure Emperor truly isn't a First-Rank Dao Master, but a cultivator in the same realm as this senior?
But that couldn't be right.
If the Azure Emperor really were in the same realm as this senior, how could Sī Qīng have survived back then?
"Brother Li, going back and forth with this guy is taking too long. I'll just search his soul directly. Ask me whatever you want to know." True Man Jiaqian turned to Li Zhōujūn.
"No, Senior, please don't!" Lord Liǔ was horrified. He hurriedly looked toward Li Zhōujūn and said, "Azure Emperor, you want to know how I planned to govern the Dao Realm from here on, right? I'll tell you right now!"
"Enough nonsense. It's too late!" True Man Jiaqian sneered. The aura of a Seventh-Rank Dao Master erupted from him, and his great hand slammed directly onto Lord Liǔ's head. Lord Liǔ's aged face went blank on the spot, utterly incapable of resisting.
As Lord Liǔ stood frozen in place, memories streamed endlessly from his mind, drawn out by True Man Jiaqian.
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
Li Zhōujūn, who wasn't evenly matched with True Man Jiaqian, didn't even have time to react.
"Ah." Li Zhōujūn could only shake his head and cast a sympathetic glance at Lord Liǔ.
A moment later.
True Man Jiaqian tossed aside Lord Liǔ, who was barely clinging to life, and said to Li Zhōujūn, "Brother Li, for the sake of him ruling this world, I spared his life.
"Speaking of which, this fellow planned to have the Dao Realm's three Half-Step Dao Masters fight the Evil Spirit Realm's three Half-Step