"But with Xu Taiping's current cultivation and fortune, there is little he can trade with the Book of Life and Death. If he truly wants to kill those eight Demon Emperors, I fear he can only perish along with them."
Hearing Heavenly Lord Cangzhu's explanation, Ye Chensha and the others all stiffened, immediately understanding why Fairy Lingyue was so furious.
"Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland, I know you can hear me, and I know you can see who I am."
Just then, Fairy Lingyue's roar rang out again.
"I'm telling you right here and now: if anything happens to this disciple of mine, for every time you can save Mysterious Wasteland Heaven, I can destroy it ten times!"
"No matter how heaven-defying your abilities are, your true body is in the upper realm. You cannot control me!"
"Release him!"
"Release him now!"
Ye Chensha and the others beside her listened, dumbstruck.
They knew the background behind Fairy Lingyue was unfathomable, but they had never imagined she would dare threaten an upper-realm heavenly immortal like this.
What they expected even less, however, was that Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland, after being roundly berated by her, not only showed no anger but instead answered her in a very gentle tone-
"Little girl, so it was you."
"But even if you say that, I cannot send him back, because I never forced Xu Taiping. He accepted the Book of Life and Death himself."
These words left every seat of the Abyssal Pavilion apart from Heavenly Lord Cangzhu dumbstruck.
Fairy Lingyue, too, froze upon hearing this. Then, terribly anxious, she shouted at Xu Taiping in the phantom image before her:
"Taiping, what is going on? Didn't Great Emperor Mysterious Wasteland tell you that with your cultivation and fortune, even if you manage to kill the eight