Seeking the Sword Ancestor, Gaining an Immortal Seed Through the Earth Fruit's Nine Transformations

"Jade Emperor! Fight me again!"

With a furious roar, the Demon Ancestor's mountain-like figure abruptly rose from the ground and hurtled toward the vast expanse of purple rosy clouds across the sky.

Bang...!

Amid the thunderous crash, the Demon Ancestor's body, wreathed in towering flames, smashed a great hole straight through the purple rosy clouds.

Seeing this, Xu Taiping suddenly frowned and said:

"The Demon Ancestor is burning the root of his Great Dao too!"

As he spoke, Xu Taiping turned to Jade Mother and asked solemnly:

"Could it be that he, too, knows about your plan with Sister Lingyue?"

Lady Jade Mother shook her head.

"Only Chu Lingyue and I know of this."

She immediately added:

"But he is the Demon Ancestor. The instincts he earned through a lifetime of battle must have caught the scent of the end as well."

Xu Taiping's brows knitted tightly.

"The end?"

Jade Mother drew a deep breath and nodded.

"The end of this great battle."

Xu Taiping's heart sank, and he thought:

In other words, what Sister Lingyue is about to send can end this Heaven-Treading Contest.

Jade Mother gave Xu Taiping a long look before saying:

"Otherwise, it will be the day of the end for the Shangqing Realm."

Xu Taiping hesitated, but ultimately could not help asking:

"May I ask, Lady Jade Mother, what is it?"

Jade Mother shook her head with a smile.

"It is not a thing, but a person. Someone you have heard of as well."

Xu Taiping's mind raced. Suddenly, his heart trembled and his pupils sharply contracted as he said:

"Could it be... him?"

Jade Mother was somewhat curious.

"Who have you guessed?"

Xu Taiping said with a solemn expression:

"Someone connected to Sister Lingyue who can end this Heaven-Treading Contest-I can think of only