The next day, Yinglong, who had stood outside the door eavesdropping all night, recited an incantation and released Xuanyuan from the Primordial Dust Whisk's restraints. Then he put away the whisk as it flew back to him, smiled, and turned to leave.
Before long, Xuanyuan staggered out of the hall, his back aching and his legs cramping. Bracing himself against the door, drenched in sweat, he gritted his teeth and said, "Yinglong, this isn't over!!!"
Although he was furious that Yinglong had drugged him and kept saying this wasn't over, Xuanyuan eventually forgave him. After all, he couldn't really punish him severely. Yinglong wasn't just his mount-he was also a brother who had shared life and death with him.
Not long afterward, in Chen Capital.
After bedding three thousand women, harmonizing yin and yang, and restoring his vitality, Xuanyuan finally gathered enough protagonist's fortune.
That day...
"Boom!" A tremendous crash rang out high in the heavens. Immediately afterward, an enormous Merit Golden Cloud descended and split into seven portions. Fifty percent entered Xuanyuan's body, twenty percent entered Yinglong's, ten percent flew toward the Netherworld, and ten percent entered the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden's body. The remaining ten percent split into three portions, entering Jiu Feng, Bai Ze, and Guang Chengzi respectively.
Having received roughly three percent of the Human Emperor's merit, Guang Chengzi didn't look particularly happy, because... he had plenty weighing on his mind.
Chi You had failed, and Brother Nine Li's scheme to become the Human Emperor's elder brother had failed as well. Worse still, everyone had mistaken Guang Chengzi's help for Chi You as sincere. After all, that battle with Wind Earl had really been... sigh!
He didn't even know how he would explain himself to his fellow disciples when he returned.
While Guang Chengzi fretted,