"You're here to bully my daddy again! I'll beat you to death!"
Master Tongtian watched his daughter's tiny figure charge off, radiating murderous intent, and his heart nearly leaped out of his chest.
Sweetheart! Calm down! Don't be rash!
BOOM!
With a deafening crash, the gates of Zixiao Palace were violently thrown open.
Outside, Taiyi's brows furrowed. He was just about to scold whoever had dared to be so rude when—
The next instant, he froze.
Before him stood a doll-like little girl with a topknot reaching for the sky, dressed in a red bellyband. A bizarrely enormous bottle was slung over her shoulder.
Xiruan glared at him.
Taiyi was stunned.
Where had this little girl come from? Was she Martial Uncle Tongtian's... illegitimate daughter?
He instinctively swept her with his Divine Sense and found her aura muddled and chaotic, without the slightest foundation in magic. She was actually a mortal child!
A scornful smile immediately curled his lips.
His martial uncle had truly fallen on hard times. He couldn't even find a decent door guard, and had let a mortal child run wild here.
Xiruan pointed at Taiyi and shouted, her voice fierce despite her tiny size:
"Bad guy! Are you here to collect a debt again?"
"Get lost! My daddy has no money! If you don't leave, I'll hit you!"
Taiyi's face darkened at once.
How dare a mere mortal child speak to him like that? This was utterly absurd!
He gave a cold snort.
He would capture the ignorant brat first. Tongtian would show himself soon enough.
"You wicked creature, you're asking for death!"
A cold glint flashed in Taiyi's eyes as the Whisk in his hand transformed into three thousand silver strands and descended over Xiruan.
It was his most prized magical treasure, capable of binding immortals and slaying gods. It could kill a Taiyi Golden Immortal in an instant.
In his eyes, using it against a mortal child was already an immense honor.
Inside the room, Tongtian's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets.
"Taiyi! You brat! How dare you!"
Xiruan glared at the net of silver threads, furious.
"You dare fight back, too? Bad guy! Don't bully my daddy!"
The little girl roared and swung the Chaos Baby Bottle at him.
CLANG!
Taiyi's eyes filled with shock and disbelief. It had snapped—his Whisk had actually snapped!
PFFT!
Taiyi spat out a mouthful of immortal blood and hurtled backward a hundred yards, unable to control his body.
He stared in horror at the little girl, who still had the bottle slung over her shoulder.
Th-this was impossible! What kind of power was that?
That murderous aura, as if it could extinguish all life... Why did it feel so familiar?
It was just like... just like those four Zhuxian Swords hanging above the gates of Martial Uncle's formation during the Investiture of the Gods war!
Before he could make sense of this world-shattering shock, Xiruan was already charging at him again on her little legs.
"Bad guy! Take this bottle!"
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Taiyi scrambled away, clutching his head. His Eight Trigrams Purple Ribbon Immortal Robe had been beaten into tatters, his jade crown had slipped sideways, and his hair was a mess. He didn't look the least bit like an immortal anymore.
The Nine Fire Divine Dragon Cover, the Cosmos Ring, and all his other spells and divine abilities—the things he had once prided himself on—crumbled at the first touch of that bizarre baby bottle.
"Stop! Y-you monster! What are you?!" Taiyi shrieked in terror.
"I'm your great-grandma!"
Xiruan cried out and leaped high into the air, bringing the bottle down hard on Taiyi's back.
BOOM!
Taiyi was smashed straight out of the air. The ground cratered beneath him, leaving a human-shaped hole.
He lay in the crater, his immortal bones shattered, unable to get up.
Xiruan nimbly hopped into the crater and planted her hands on her hips, looking down at him.
She sniffed the air with her little nose, then her gaze was caught by a small golden cover hanging from Taiyi's waist.
It shone with golden light and shimmering colors, and nine lifelike little fire dragons coiled around it. It was truly lovely.
"Huh? What a pretty little bowl!"
She yanked the Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover off Taiyi's waist and happily held it up to examine.
The little girl nodded with satisfaction and murmured to herself in a clear, sweet voice.
"I'll take this back and use it as a footbath for Daddy. He'll love it!"
Hearing those casual words from inside the crater, Taiyi felt a surge of rage shoot straight to his head. His vision went black, and he fainted on the spot.
Xiruan held the gleaming Nine Dragons Divine Fire Cover in both hands, turning it over and over.
"So pretty."
She nodded in satisfaction, thinking that this glittering little bowl was surely worthy of her daddy's noble feet.
But then she puffed out her cheeks, displeased.
Why had the bad guy passed out?
That wouldn't do! She hadn't even found out where that awful Second Uncle lived.
She stuck out a chubby index finger and jabbed Taiyi's cheek as hard as she could.
No response.
She dragged the Chaos Baby Bottle over and lightly pressed it against Taiyi's forehead.
Still no response.
"He can't take a hit," Xiruan grumbled, scratching her head as her little mouth puckered.
What was she supposed to do?
She couldn't drag him back to Zixiao Palace and have Daddy question him himself, could she?
Poor Daddy would never be able to beat this bad guy.
"Right!" She suddenly thought of a brilliant idea.
She could feed him a sugar bean!
Daddy had perked right up after eating one just now. This bad guy would surely wake up after eating one too!
Master Tongtian had only just caught his breath when he saw his daughter pattering back.
She went over to the pile of treasures and started rummaging through it, her bottom sticking up in the air.
A terrible premonition suddenly rose in Master Tongtian's heart.
Sweetheart... Sweetheart... Wh-what are you doing?
The next second, he saw Xiruan pick up a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir and dash off like the wind.
Master Tongtian screamed inwardly:
No!
Sweetheart! That's a Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir! It's the result of Eldest Brother's painstaking work, refined over nine hundred and ten thousand years!
Taiyi is a Golden Immortal of the Chan Sect. He cultivates the Jade Purity Immortal Technique. That's completely different from Eldest Brother's Great Purity Method!
If you feed him that elixir, he... he'll explode! He'll really burst into a shower of pieces right there on the spot!
"Ah—open up!"
Xiruan had no idea her father was falling apart inside. She pinched Taiyi's nose and forcefully stuffed the pill into his mouth.
"Gulp."
The Nine Revolutions Golden Elixir melted as soon as it entered his mouth.
Its terrifying medicinal power erupted inside Taiyi's body!
Taiyi, who had been lying in the crater like a corpse, suddenly opened his eyes. As if struck by lightning, he sprang straight up from the bottom of the hole!
Immortal light surged wildly around him, and dazzling streams of elixir energy poured from his seven orifices.
"Gahhhh—!"
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