"Ancestor Chengtian, are you all right?" Ancestor Ying Tian hurriedly asked.
Ancestor Chengtian struggled weakly to his feet.
Though his life was not in danger, his true life had shattered, leaving his body weakened. He no longer had the ability to fight.
He looked at Xu Zimo and said, "I lost."
"Victory or defeat is irrelevant. Hand over the Nirvana Pearl, or today I'll slaughter the Palace of the Divine Maiden," Xu Zimo said calmly.
"Do you really think that, as one of the Ten Great Forbidden Grounds, the strongest beings of the Palace of Worldly Desires are only us?"
Ancestor Chengtian rose to his feet and spoke calmly.
"If there were only a few old bones like us, we would have long since been torn apart by others. How could we bear the name of a forbidden ground?"
"Say what you have to say. Stop beating around the bush," Xu Zimo said with an impatient wave of his hand.
"You should know the name of the World-Weary Goddess—a being even Great Emperors must yield to by three parts," Ancestor Chengtian said.
"I'll say it again. Retreat now, and we do not wish to make a great fuss over this. Let us pretend nothing happened.
But if we truly tear off all pretense, then it can only end with your death or ours."
"Enough nonsense. Bring out whatever you have," Xu Zimo said.
"I happen to be quite curious about the World-Weary Goddess too. Otherwise, your Palace of the Divine Maiden will cease to exist today."
"Impudent! How dare a yellow-mouthed child show such disrespect to the Divine Maiden?" Ancestor Ying Tian shouted from the side.
"What kind of figure is the Divine Maiden? Killing you would take no more than the flick of a hand."
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