"Didn't Senior Netherworld Emperor ask me to kill him? By all rights, I didn't do as you asked, so you should be displeased with me." Hua Yunfei pretended not to understand.
"You're a clever man, and so am I. There's no need for either of us to keep up this act, is there?" Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing said.
"Then I'll speak plainly."
Hua Yunfei nodded along, then asked cautiously, "You didn't spare me because you learned of the Primordial God Realm's memories through the Peach Tree, did you?"
He and Heaven-Splitter had only laid hands on Chi Ling, yet Empress Chi Yue hadn't held back at all—she had openly helped Chi Ling get even.
After learning that he had gravely wounded the Eight-armed Demon, the Nine-headed Monster, and their companion, Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing had not only remained calm but had also agreed to help him open a portal to the Black Underworld Great World.
Was that normal?
And the idea that it was because of Ke Mo's promise was even more absurd.
If an Island Emperor wanted to do something, no one beneath them could sway them.
All he could say was that Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing had never intended to intervene in the first place.
Hua Yunfei had only figured all this out later.
It seemed Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing hadn't just wanted him to subdue the rare and fearsome Three-headed Sky-Splitting Beast. He had also wanted to use Hua Yunfei to teach Empress Chi Yue a lesson.
Otherwise, seeing Empress Chi Yue in trouble, Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing—an Island Emperor himself—couldn't have simply watched from the sidelines the whole time.
He should at least have tried to talk Hua Yunfei out of it.
Yet Netherworld Emperor Tu Xing had done nothing.
"Of course. No matter how powerful