The Azure Li Lord wore white robes and looked about twenty-six or twenty-seven. Yet, having reached the Nirvana Realm, she had undoubtedly cultivated for countless years.
"The Nether Demon Lord was very powerful."
The Azure Li Lord seemed lost in recollection. "The Nether Demon Lord's true body was an Undying Phoenix Divine Beast. When she fought me, she was at the peak of the third tribulation and sought to break through to the fourth. That was also why she set her sights on me."
"To become a Four-Tribulation Lord?"
Qin Hao froze.
"It's quite normal." The Azure Li Lord shook her head. "In the Nirvana Nine Tribulations Realm, every tribulation requires you to endure a calamity. Breaking through to the next level is harder still. But if you can hunt down another lord of the same tribulation and devour their soul body, your chances of breaking through increase somewhat."
"This method is most often used by powerful members of the demon race."
"Unfortunately, the Nether Demon Lord set her sights on me."
The Azure Li Lord looked helpless.
She had not wanted to fight the Nether Demon Lord either. But if she had not resisted, she would have been the one to die.
"Unfortunately for her, the Nether Demon Lord didn't know who I was..." The Azure Li Lord shook her head.
"Who are you, Senior?"
Qin Hao asked.
The Azure Li Lord gave him an enigmatic smile. "I think you must have guessed. I'm one of the Azure Flame Sect's elders."
"The Azure Flame Sect." Something stirred in Qin Hao's heart.
Ever since the Nether Demon World appeared, Qin Hao had noticed that the Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token kept responding to something, as though an unseen force were drawing it in.
"The Nether Demon Lord was very