You Killed Him, and You Still Want to Deceive the Dead?

Northern Heavens Continent, White Dragon Hill.

"Master, is White Dragon's Spirit Treasury really here?"

Over the course of a month, Luo God City, with the support of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, completed its war of conquest over the entire Northern Heavens Continent.

The original three major merchant guilds—the Shadow Merchant Guild, Tianyuan Merchant Guild, and Nine Xia Merchant Guild—all submitted.

Top factions such as the Western Extremity Hall and the Heavenly Cauldron Sacred Sect also yielded to the inevitable tide.

At this point, the Northern Heavens Continent had truly been unified!

Throughout the entire Northern Heavens Continent, Luo God City stood as the sole ruler!

The Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy remained independent, enjoying the transcendent status of one of the Five Great Academies.

Meanwhile, White Dragon City, which Luo Li had renamed at the very beginning, became a rather special place.

Almost everyone on the Northern Heavens Continent knew of Luo God City from then on.

White Dragon Hill, which had already attracted quite a few people, became even livelier.

Of course, some wanted to see whether the legendary young woman who had unified the Northern Heavens Continent was truly as breathtakingly beautiful as the rumors claimed.

The most watched person on the Northern Heavens Continent was currently standing atop the divine beast Nine Netherworld Dark Bird, looking down at a stretch of mountains deep within White Dragon Hill.

As space twisted, the black-robed Black Dragon Supreme looked around uneasily.

After all, the Spirit Treasury left behind after White Dragon Supreme's death was tied to the whereabouts of the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, the treasure he valued most.

He had searched for many years and confirmed that the treasure was inside the Spirit Treasury.

But White Dragon Supreme's attainments in spatial arts were no worse than his own.

His Spirit Treasury was located within an artificially created pocket world and would only reveal itself as time passed.

Black Dragon Supreme had sent many people and even had Bai Xuan and the others establish White Dragon City on White Dragon Hill more than a decade ago to search for the White Dragon Spirit Treasury, yet they had never found a single clue.

He had nearly given up.

Unexpectedly, Luo Li, his master, told him that the White Dragon Spirit Pearl was deep within White Dragon Hill.

Although it had not appeared on its own, obtaining the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar would not be difficult.

"The Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, a Primordial Fiendish Weapon, is not something you can control."

Luo Li saw through Black Dragon Supreme's thoughts at a glance. Even now, he still believed White Dragon Supreme had been wrong.

The fiendish aura contained within this Primordial Fiendish Weapon had already altered his nature.

Originally, Black Dragon Supreme had not been so ruthless and wicked, just like White Dragon Supreme.

But after prolonged contact with the Primordial Fiendish Weapon, his personality had been subtly changed.

Normally, there would have been no need to target the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy to dominate the Northern Heavens Continent.

Yet Black Dragon Supreme, whose ambition had swelled beyond measure, had known that the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy possessed the academy-guarding divine beast, the Northern Sea Dragon Kun, and still stubbornly dared to attack.

That only proved that even without Luo Li destroying the Dragon Demon Palace today, it would have been destroyed before long anyway.

"Master, that treasure is extremely powerful."

Black Dragon Supreme grew somewhat anxious and immediately said, "If I wield the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, then even the Northern Sea Dragon Kun could be fought against!"

That was precisely where his confidence came from.

But White Dragon Supreme had defected and stolen the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, the Dragon Demon Palace's greatest treasure.

During the pursuit, they had fought a life-and-death battle, further weakening the Dragon Demon Palace.

Without that treasure, the Dragon Demon Palace no longer had the qualifications to wage a direct war against the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

Now that he had a chance to reclaim the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, Black Dragon Supreme had no intention of giving up.

"What does that have to do with you?"

Zhao Chen, still standing beside Luo Li in the form of the black-robed Thunder Emperor, spoke indifferently.

The Great Sumeru Demon Pillar was not something Black Dragon Supreme could control.

Even if he could control it, Luo Li had no need to hand it over to him.

A servant should behave like a servant.

"I'm sorry, Master."

Black Dragon Supreme's face flushed red as he immediately lowered his head in apology.

For the moment, he still had not adjusted to the change in his status.

"How the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar is handled shall be entirely up to Master."

He had once been able to rely only on the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, but now his backing had changed.

With Luo Li around, someone would naturally step in if they encountered an even stronger enemy.

Though he was a servant, he would not simply be thrown out as cannon fodder.

After all, he could still condense quite a bit of Sovereign Spirit Liquid each month!

He was still somewhat useful!

"Tsk, tsk."

The black-robed Thunder Emperor shook his head. This Black Dragon Supreme still needed to be taught a few more lessons.

After a whole month, he still had not put himself in the proper place.

He glanced at Luo Li and the Luo God Sword in her hand.

The true body of the Nine-leaf Sword Grass was upon the Luo God Sword.

This was the safest place, as well as the place closest to Luo Li.

Although he had not yet taken human form, he could already use the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to maintain this spiritual-energy incarnation and walk the world.

At least, he thought it was fairly good.

"Lord Thunder Emperor."

Black Dragon Supreme felt a chill run down his back, knowing that the Thunder Emperor had his eyes on him.

He swallowed, rather worried that the other man might come up with some crooked scheme to torment him.

He had suffered terribly at his hands during this time.

"I have an unreasonable request. I wonder whether I should say it."

Yet Zhao Chen directly replied, "Then don't."

Black Dragon Supreme was left speechless. He thought that the other man was so powerful.

Moreover, he seemed rather young.

In the future, he would certainly become an Earthly Sovereign and might even reach an even higher realm.

How wonderful would it be if he could have him take him back to his homeland for revenge?

"Everyone on this continent knows that White Dragon Supreme and I shared a life-and-death enmity, but they do not know that we originally came from the same Lower Plane."

Black Dragon Supreme sighed and continued on his own:

"If White Dragon had defected from the Dragon Demon Palace merely because our beliefs about becoming stronger differed, because we walked different paths, then I would not have sent people after him and caused his death."

"However, we could not return to the Lower Plane to take revenge on our enemies without the aid of the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar."

"Relying on our own cultivation alone, after more than a thousand years, we had only reached the Fifth-grade Supreme Realm."

"Who knew how long it would take to reach the Earthly Sovereign Realm?"

"The enemies of our homeland are truly, truly terrifying."

"Even now, I remain lost and have no idea what to do."

He was deeply obsessed with the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, believing it to be his only hope.

By comparison, White Dragon Supreme's delusion of seeking the help of a Heavenly Sovereign from the Great Thousand World was simply laughable.

They could not even invite an Earthly Sovereign, yet he still hoped for some distant Heavenly Sovereign whose whereabouts were unknown?

Their ideas about revenge differed, which was understandable.

But White Dragon Supreme had insisted on defecting with the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar. That was truly hateful!

Still, he had wronged White Dragon Supreme.

Perhaps he could blame the influence of the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, this Primordial Fiendish Weapon, but it was hard to absolve himself of personally causing White Dragon Supreme's death!

If he ever had a chance to return to his homeland for revenge, and the surviving descendants learned that the White Dragon Ancestor of old had died at his hands—

His spine would be stabbed through by their scorn!

"If the Spirit Treasury contains the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, then it must also contain White Dragon's remaining spiritual body."

Black Dragon Supreme paused before continuing:

"Now that the Dragon Demon Palace has been destroyed, I have also followed Master's and Lord Thunder Emperor's guidance and turned over a new leaf."

"When we encounter White Dragon's remaining spiritual body later, could you tell a well-intentioned lie for me?"

Zhao Chen did not even raise his eyes, his expression indifferent.

The man was quite the schemer.

If that happened, White Dragon Supreme's lingering spiritual remnant would likely be unable to rest in peace.

After all, he would never believe any so-called well-intentioned lie.

He would only know that the Great Sumeru Demon Pillar, which he had risked his life to take away, had returned to Black Dragon Supreme's hands.

White Dragon Supreme's sacrifice would seem to have had no meaning at all.

"You already killed White Dragon Supreme. There is no need for such hypocritical lies."

Those words immediately made Black Dragon Supreme's face flush crimson. He was somewhat angered from embarrassment.

But he did not dare argue.

Because it was the truth.

He had killed the man, so why deceive his remaining remnant?

White Dragon Supreme had already suffered enough. Even after death, he still had to be deceived!