Let's Humiliate the Azure Emperor

"You got rid of him while you were at it?"

Qingmingzi was startled.

"You're not just bragging, are you?"

"Master should understand."

Bai Qiuran sighed, "I never brag about serious matters."

Qingmingzi glanced at the guards outside to confirm the situation, then thought for a moment and said, "No wonder. I was saying those Azure Emperor's Personal Guards were well-trained. When Shi'er and I walked by, they didn't even look at us. Turns out they were already killed... But their bodies are intact. What technique did you use?"

"This is a new technique that I've recently learned."

Bai Qiuran replied, "This disciple calls it Sword Intent Soul Severance."

Sword Intent Slash and Illustrated Book Soul are new sword moves developed by Bai Qiuran based on the soul -Soul-Seizing Technique of the Underworld Emissary collected in the Ghost Realm, combined with his own swordsmanship.

This technique uses the Spiritual Sense as a sword to sever the enemy's Three Souls and six spirits. It can take away the Souls without harming the body. Of course, it can also directly cause the enemy's soul to scatter. It is very suitable for assassination and infiltration operations in certain situations.

Having witnessed the conversation Immortal Venerable Lin and the Qingmingzi couple during the day, Bai Qiuran arrived at night and used this method to eliminate all of Qingmingzi's Azure Emperor's Personal Guards who might have witnessed him. He then led Tang Ruowei and Li Jinyao into Qingmingzi's room without anyone noticing.

Even the Immortal Venerable Lin couldn't find his trace. Moreover, if it weren't for the issue of giving the Azure Emperor a hard time, Bai Qiuran could have directly used this move to kill the Immortal Venerable Lin and sent his Souls to the Underworld Ghost Realm for Reincarnation.

"That's good."

Qingmingzi immediately said, "Since you've eliminated all the guards, let's set off immediately. My Flying Shuttle is parked in the backyard. We'll leave the city tonight before Immortal Venerable Lin discovers us, and head towards Ascension Town. Once we're there, the Azure Emperor won't be able to control us. I've already sent Zong Xuan and Xiao Ye there. Sigh, if only we had Cloud Soaring Flying Boat, we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble."

"Why must Master ride the Cloud Soaring Flying Boat?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Qiuran laughed and said, "I, Jinyao, and Ruowei rode on that ship once. The crew members there were insatiably greedy, forcing women into prostitution. They were utterly depraved. So, I acted on behalf of Heaven. From now on, I'll just fly wherever I want to go."

"Wait a minute? Acting on behalf of Heaven?"

Qingmingzi felt as if he had discovered something extraordinary.

He walked to the table, where today's Newspaper was spread out. He picked it up, pointed to the largest headline on the first page, and asked Bai Qiuran, "Did you do this?"

Bai Qiuran nodded.

"You unfilial disciple!"

Qingmingzi's eyes widened.

"You almost killed your master! This was an escape route I paid for! No wonder Immortal Venerable Lin had time to come today, and those people on the Cloud Soaring Flying Boat didn't try to hold him back—it turns out you wiped them out!"

He reached out and grabbed Bai Qiuran's clothes, shaking him and saying, "Why did you have to learn the Demonic Sect? Are you trying to betray your master and ancestors?"

"This disciple is not like that; I merely do good deeds, accumulate virtue, and punish evil while promoting good."

Bai Qiuran waved his hands repeatedly, and even though Qingmingzi was weak in comparison to him, he dared not resist.

"Besides, even if there's no airship, we can fly there."

"You traitor, do you know how far it is from True Yang City to Ascension Town?"

"I haven't calculated it precisely, but I think I can fly there in one breath."

Bai Qiuran replied matter-of-factly, "Why don't I take Master flying with me?"

Qingmingzi stared at him for a while, then released his grip impatiently and ordered, "Fine, I'll teach you how to operate the Flying Shuttle. We'll take turns flying it on the way. Let's go."

Having said that, he pushed open the door to leave.

"Wait, Master!"

Bai Qiuran reached out and pulled him back.

What are you doing?

Qingmingzi asked, "Do you have any more questions?"

Bai Qiuran nodded and said seriously, "That Azure Emperor is arrogant and domineering, trying to break up the couple, and even trying to cuckold you, making the unlucky 'Azure' in your name come true. This disciple cannot swallow this insult."

"So what? Are you going to bite him a couple of times?"

Qingmingzi said irritably, "A gentleman takes revenge even after ten years, but for us Immortals, revenge is never too late, even after ten thousand years. Let's find a safe place to hide first."

"Master, your disciple will definitely avenge you today."

Bai Qiuran grabbed his arm and said earnestly, "Please believe me, this is not only your revenge against him, but also my revenge on behalf of the millions of innocent people like you who have been persecuted by the Azure Emperor."

Qingmingzi looked at Bai Qiuran, Bai Qiuran looked back at Qingmingzi intently. The master and disciple stared at each other for several dozen seconds, and then, just like more than three thousand years ago, Qingmingzi sighed helplessly and said, "Very well, I will grant your request this time."

"Thank you, Master."

Bai Qiuran cupped his hands to Qingmingzi, and at the same time, his Spiritual Sense broke through the spatial constraints, pierced through the Yin and Yang realms, and controlled the Ghost Emperor Phantom in the Underworld Ghost Realm to go to the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Standing outside the office set up by Fengdu in the Ghost Realm within the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Ghost Emperor Phantom found the Puppet Venerable, who was busy manipulating countless puppet bodies.

"Little Puppet, let's go."

He stopped a doll, grabbed her by the armpits, picked her up, and lifted her into the air, then said to the picture book, "This emperor will take you to the Immortal Realm for a visit."

"His Majesty."

The puppet body of the Puppet Venerable opened its mouth and said, "I'm very busy."

"Let's go and humiliate the Eastern Azure Emperor."

"Then please be sure to take me with you."

The Puppet Venerable immediately changed his tune.

As she spoke, she used Magic Incantation to split a part of her Souls, creating a fragment with the same personality and thoughts, but with temporarily independent memories. She then injected this fragment into a new blank puppet body and had the Ghost Emperor Phantom take it to the Immortal Realm.

The memories and Consciousness of this divided spirit are not synchronized with her original spirit in the Ghost Realm. However, once Bai Qiuran transmits her divided spirit back from the Immortal Realm and she successfully receives it, the divided spirit's memories and experiences in the Immortal Realm will also be absorbed by her and become her own memories and experiences.

This is the most profound and terrifying aspect of the Soul-Tempering Cultivation Technique practiced by the Puppet Venerable: as long as a trace of his spirit remains, the Puppet Venerable can be reborn at any time.

Bai Qiuran had the Ghost Emperor Phantom carry the Puppet Venerable's divided spirit body, directly breaking through the Ghost Realm, traversing the Void, and arriving outside the Immortal Realm's barrier.

Because his true form had already been certified by the Immortal Realm, the phantom he manipulated did not encounter much resistance from the Immortal Realm's barrier. After also registering the Puppet Venerable in the Immortal Realm, he sent the Ghost Emperor Phantom to the location of his true form and handed over the Puppet Venerable's divided spirit to him.

Another Spatial Rift appeared in Qingmingzi's room, and from the Rift, a very cute female doll wearing a wide robe fell out and landed in Bai Qiuran's hands.

"Qiuran."

Upon seeing this, Qingmingzi asked, "What kind of Magic Treasure is this? A puppet?"

"No, this is an assistant I brought with me."

Bai Qiuran held up the puppet and introduced it to everyone.

"You can call her the Puppet Master; she's a powerful ally in this plan."

"Hello everyone."

The Puppet Venerable also raised his hand, revealing his ball joints, and greeted the people in the room.

"I'm Puppet Master."