The husband and wife echoed one another, leaving the two Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns feeling as though they had plunged into an icy cellar.
It would have been bad enough if Qing Yanjing merely wanted to kill them, but Xiao Yan was like a devil-he actually wanted to refine them into Battle Puppets!
As Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereigns, they knew perfectly well that when refining high-level Battle Puppets, the best materials were the original body paired with its original soul, refined together into the puppet's core components.
But that would subject their souls to pain that even a Heavenly Sovereign might not be able to endure. Beyond that agony, their souls would be enslaved for all eternity, never to be reborn.
"A devil! This Xiao Yan is nothing short of a devil!"
Xuan Guang and Mo Tong shakily raised their heads, their faces deathly pale as they looked at Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing.
"Saint Daughter, Lord Flame Emperor, please be magnanimous and overlook our petty offenses! We beg you, spare us!"
"Saint Daughter, we were wrong! As long as you forgive us, we're willing to honor you as our leader from now on!
We'll obey you in every major matter concerning the clan!"
At that moment, they were utterly panicked.
If Xiao Yan had merely wanted to kill them, they would still have begged for mercy, but they would not have been so frantic. Yet he actually intended to refine them into Battle Puppets, denying them rebirth for all eternity. That filled both men with terror from the depths of their souls.
"Forgive you?"
Qing Yanjing swept her gaze over Xuan Guang and Mo Tong, coldness filling her beautiful eyes.
"When you went to such lengths to imprison me beneath the Buddha Pagoda Tower, did you ever think of