Chu Yun Changes Hands, a Beauty Emerges from Her Bath

Before Iron Protector could finish speaking, two bizarre pitch-black chains shot explosively from the black mist within his sleeves!

These two chains were not physical objects, but condensed from pure soul power mixed with Soul Hall's strange Cultivation Method. They ignored physical defenses and struck directly at a cultivator's soul origin!

At the same time, Xie Bi Yan, standing nearby, also attacked ruthlessly in an instant!

With a savage grin, he formed seals with both hands. The space behind him twisted, and the phantom of an enormous blood-colored demonic scorpion appeared!

"Blood Soul Art · Demonic Scorpion Venomous Devour!"

Having fused his soul with that of a Blood Demon Scorpion Emperor, he opened his mouth and sprayed out a terrifying poisonous mist streaked with blood-red amid ink-green! Wherever the poison passed, even the energy between heaven and earth was tainted and corroded, producing a sizzling sound!

One was a bizarre soul attack, while the other was a tyrannical poisonous corrosion!

Combined, these two most troublesome forms of attack would leave even an ordinary Dou Zong expert dead and their soul imprisoned if they showed the slightest carelessness!

"Does a firefly dare shine before the moon?"

Yet, in the face of this fatal killing move in the eyes of others, Xiao Yao merely wore an incomparably disdainful sneer.

He could not even be bothered to defend himself. Instead, he slowly raised his right hand, spreading his five fingers with his palm facing the sky.

He intended to use these two to test the... entirely new hand seal he had created after days of seclusion and innovation!

"Before absolute power, all schemes, poison, and Cultivation Methods are nothing but worthless trash."

He murmured softly as golden mana gathered wildly in his palm. The hand seal took shape, and a dazzling golden radiance burst forth as though it were tangible.

In an instant, the abundant immortal power within Xiao Yao abruptly halted as it flowed through his meridians. A brilliant light erupted from his palm, and as it spread, a peculiar golden crystalline layer extended along the hand seal. In mere moments, a palm-sized golden hand seal, solid as crystal, covered his palm.

The moment the golden hand seal appeared, the space around Xiao Yao suddenly rippled. The terrifying energy fluctuations and powerful pressure it emitted immediately drew the attention of everyone opposite him. Countless horrified gazes turned toward him and finally fixed upon the hand seal. Sensing the dreadful power contained within the Golden Crystal Hand Seal, Iron Protector and Xie Bi Yan's expressions changed drastically.

Even the ripples of its energy alone made these two Dou Zong experts feel deep, instinctive dread!

"Carefree Seal · Suppress!"

In an instant, a massive golden seal filled with Daoist essence and immortal aura, as though it contained the weight of all mountains and rivers, rapidly condensed in the air!

The moment this giant seal appeared, heaven and earth seemed to lose their color!

"Not good!"

As they stared at the golden seal radiating an aura that made even their souls tremble, Iron Protector and Xie Bi Yan simultaneously sensed the threat of death!

"Soul Sacrifice · Five Ghosts Lock God!"

Iron Protector panicked and directly unleashed his trump card! He spat out a cloud of black mist, from which countless shrill soul-wails rang out! At this moment, he sacrificed every soul he had collected!

The two black chains instantly swelled, transforming into five thick, python-like black soul chains. Carrying the might to tear apart all souls, they attempted to bypass the golden seal and viciously devour Xiao Yao!

Xie Bi Yan also risked his life, driving his Dou Qi to its absolute limit!

The blood-green poisonous mist transformed into a lifelike giant venomous scorpion. Baring its claws and fangs, it joined the five soul chains from above and below, sealing off every route of retreat Xiao Yao had!

Faced with this terrifying, world-destroying strike, Xiao Yao's expression remained as calm as ever.

He merely gave the golden giant seal in his hand a gentle push forward.

"Suppress!"

With a single word, the law followed his command!

The golden seal of mountains and rivers swelled in the wind, transforming into a golden divine mountain that blotted out the sky before him. Carrying the supreme force to suppress all things and crush everything in its path, it came crashing down!

"Rumble—!!!"

There was no stalemate, no resistance!

The five vicious black soul chains and the violent poisonous demonic scorpion melted away inch by inch at a visible speed the moment they touched the golden divine mountain, like ice and snow beneath sunlight. In the end, they vanished into nothingness!

"No—!!!"

Iron Protector and Xie Bi Yan only had time to let out shrill screams filled with despair and unwillingness. Their bodies, along with their souls, were utterly erased from existence beneath the crushing force of the golden divine mountain!

They had not even had time to unleash the Demonic Poison Miasma before their souls were scattered!

The entire world instantly regained its clarity.

Within the Poison Sect below, every surviving disciple and elder, including the heavily injured old woman, stared dumbfoundedly at the young figure in the sky, who seemed both divine and demonic. Their bodies shook like sieves, and they could not summon even the slightest thought of resistance.

Xiao Yao slowly descended, his indifferent gaze sweeping across the people below.

"From this day onward, the Chu Yun Empire shall have only one master: her." He brought Xiao Yi Xian forward. "Serve her as your master, and you may live. Those who refuse shall be killed without mercy!"

After saying this, he flicked his fingers repeatedly, sending several golden soul marks into the brows of all the experts below. Then, his soul power entered Xiao Yi Xian's Sea of Consciousness and transferred control to her.

With but a single thought from Xiao Yi Xian, she could decide their life or death!

Before absolute strength, everyone could only submit.

"Greetings, Sect Master!"

A thunderous cry of welcome resounded through the skies.

Xiao Yi Xian also bravely stepped forward, becoming the true master of the Chu Yun Empire.

Without pause, she began using the Poison Sect's poison arts inheritance and medicinal reserves to help control her Calamity Poison Body and rapidly increase her strength. At the same time, she mobilized numerous poison masters to accelerate the search for information about the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Xiao Yao then troubled Grandpa Lu to leave a protective mark on Xiao Yi Xian, one capable of withstanding an attack from a Dou Zun expert. Only then did he finally feel at ease.

"When we meet again, I'll definitely become much stronger! Then you..."

Xiao Yao said nothing more and simply kissed the girl's cherry lips fiercely. Feeling the sweetness of her lips and the soft, delicate body going limp in his embrace, everything was left unspoken.

After a reluctant farewell, Xiao Yao left the Chu Yun Empire.

Soul Hall's early move made him realize that he needed to quickly strengthen the Xiao Family once more in case of unforeseen events. He needed to refine more pills.

Thus, he once again arrived at the familiar cave dwelling of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King within the Monster Mountain Range.

He had intended to see how the lioness was recovering, while also gathering some sufficiently aged fire-element medicinal herbs.

Yet just as he approached the cave dwelling upon which he had placed a seal, he discovered that someone had disturbed it.

He sensed an unfamiliar Dou Emperor aura inside the seal he had laid!

"Interesting. Someone really came to fight this lion?"

Curious, Xiao Yao concealed himself and silently made his way deeper into the cave.

The cave passages branched in every direction. At the deepest point of one passage, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King had set up another seal. Together with the little lion, it had formed purple crystals over its body, turning into two purple crystal masses, one large and one small.

That Dou Emperor aura came from the depths of another passage, where a hot spring pool rested amid the sound of trickling water.

Xiao Yao's gaze pierced through the drifting mist. Then his expression froze, and he stood rooted to the spot!

Before his eyes, a flawless snow-white body, graceful and exquisite as the finest jade, slowly rose from the hot spring after bathing.

Droplets slid down her smooth, delicate skin, outlining breathtakingly perfect curves. She had a waterfall of dark hair and an exquisitely beautiful face of noble elegance and peerless charm! Her cascading hair spread across the water's surface.

Her brows were like distant mountains, her delicate nose high and refined, her small lips rosy, and beneath her long lashes were clear obsidian-like eyes. Her snow-white skin seemed to shimmer with a faint glow, drawing Xiao Yao's gaze downward despite himself. Her swan-like pale neck and exquisite collarbones appeared slender and alluring. Farther down, she was concealed beneath the clear spring water, though the full curves beneath could vaguely be seen.

On a stone not far away lay a neatly folded set of elegant pale-green robes, a blue inner armor, and a moon-white sword that radiated sharp sword intent.

Looking at that familiar, breathtakingly beautiful profile, now carrying a hint of post-bath languor and blush, a name instantly surfaced in Xiao Yao's mind.

The Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect... Yun Yun!