Heavenly Demons on the Hunt

"Daoist Friend Gu, Chief Seat Yue has a fiery temperament. Believing he had lost a comrade, he overreacted and offended you, but that was never his intention. Please do not take it to heart," Ling Yi added.

Gu Yuanqing looked at Ling Yi and said with a faint, ambiguous smile, "Is that so? Forget it. I cannot be bothered to hold it against him. But there will be no second time. If anyone from Great Hao attacks me again, do not blame me for showing no mercy."

"Naturally," Ling Yi said.

Gu Yuanqing said no more, merely adding, "Then I will await your news, Daoist Friend Ling."

The two exchanged cupped-fist salutes, and Gu Yuanqing drifted away.

Inside Wangxiang Pass.

At the Demon Cleansing Division's residence.

Yue Qianfeng and Ling Yi sat in the host's and guest's seats.

Ling Yi chuckled. "Are you all right, Chief Seat?"

Yue Qianfeng snorted softly. "That was only because we were outside the Human Domain. Had we been inside, you would have seen whether I feared him!"

Ling Yi burst out laughing.

Yue Qianfeng's face grew slightly hot. "Gu's strength is indeed extraordinary. He is only in the Chaos Heaven Deathless Realm, and has yet to fully harmonize with Heaven and Earth, yet he is already so formidable. The methods of that Otherworld cannot be underestimated."

Ling Yi sighed softly. "But Chief Seat Yue, why put yourself through this?"

"Gu Yuanqing's origins remain unknown, and his strength is difficult to gauge. If I missed this opportunity, it would be hard to test him again. I thought that if I could seize the chance to subdue him, I could fulfill His Majesty's plan and find a way out for our Nine Domains Divine Continent. I simply never imagined he would be so powerful, or