"..."

The Sea Demons were utterly dumbfounded.

This battle… The Demon King has already broken free from his seal, so what's the point of fighting? But if we don't fight… hundreds of thousands of us surged onto this island from Sea City, only to be yelled at by these humans. If we don't fight now, we'll lose all face. After all, we all swore an oath in Sea City not to return to the sea until we had slaughtered every human on the island.

For a moment, none of them knew what to do. The only sound besides the pitter-patter of the rain was an eerie, frightening silence.

The oppressive atmosphere made Luo Chu and Qian Song's hearts leap into their throats.

Which Sea City's Sea Demons are attacking a human residential area? This is a major incident! It's so serious that not even a Divine Gate Realm powerhouse could necessarily settle it, let alone two mere Ninth Grades like us…

GULP.

Qian Song quietly swallowed. Then, he suddenly roared, "If you want to harm the island's residents today, you'll have to step over our dead bodies first!"

BOOM!

A clap of thunder cracked across the sky, framing Qian Song as if he were a deity descended to the mortal world. He exuded the peerless dominance of one man holding a pass against ten thousand.

"Withdraw!" the Demon King, Yu Ren, commanded.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Without the slightest hesitation, the Sea Demons retreated, melting into the ocean under the cover of night and rain.

"Huh???"

Qian Song was stunned. He stammered, "Honey, do you think I scared them off?"

Luo Chu was also dumbstruck. In all her years of Martial Dao cultivation, she had never witnessed such a bizarre scene and was at a loss for words. She said hesitantly, "Why don't you try roaring again? I've heard some people have special physiques that make them naturally suited for cultivation."

Qian Song's breathing grew rapid.

The Human Race has its fair share of monstrously gifted geniuses. Some possess incredible strength, extraordinary memories, or can absorb Spiritual Energy several times faster than ordinary people. Then there are those with even rarer special physiques—the legendary Holy Bodies and Divine Bodies. Their words are law, capable of intimidating all living things!

"You Sea Demons, do not flee! Fight me to the death today!" Qian Song bellowed.

WHOOSH!

The remaining tens of thousands of Sea Demons on the beach instantly stopped, their eyes flashing with murderous intent. Some of the more naturally cruel ones opened their massive maws, glaring at him like predators.

"..."

Qian Song inconspicuously took half a step back. Clasping his fists, he said earnestly, "Apologies for the disturbance, Seniors. Please, be careful on your way."

"..."

Yu Ren floated in the sky, shrouded in a gray mist that hid him from Qian Song and his wife. The Demon King stared intently at the couple in front of the hotel.

A year ago, my Divine Sense could just barely leave the prison, and I could only maintain the appearance of an old man. This youthful face is my true form. Is my escape related to them?

The Demon King's expression flickered. Over the years, he had met only a handful of people, and most were ordinary, unlike these two Martial Artists. But he quickly shook his head.

Probably not. Their Boundary is too low. That cage was set up by Xu Fu using a powerful treasure. Two Ninth Grade Martial Artists couldn't possibly have broken it.

At the thought of that man, Yu Ren's eyes filled with murderous intent.

His mother was human, so from birth until now, even after being imprisoned for two thousand years, he had never harmed a single human. He even strictly managed his subordinates.

But Xu Fu and the King of Qin...

Yu Ren wanted to personally grind their bones to dust!

"This rain is really coming down hard," a voice suddenly said beside him.

Yu Ren's pupils contracted. Only then did he notice a young man had appeared at his side at some unknown point.

Yu Ren recognized him. The man's name was Xu Lai, a companion of the two Ninth Grade Martial Artists. He had just met him at the mountain temple that afternoon.

"You saved me!" Yu Ren, still clad in his Daoist robe, eyed Xu Lai warily, unable to understand why this man had rescued him. After all, everything in this world was governed by cause and effect.

"Yes," Xu Lai nodded, not bothering to hide it. "Your soul is very clean."

It was so clean it was the purest white. Despite possessing a Boundary that would let him roam freely across Hua Country, his hands were not stained with a single drop of blood. Xu Lai had rarely encountered a soul so pure. That, combined with the fact that he had stopped his Sea Demon subordinates from slaughtering the island's inhabitants, was the reason Xu Lai had saved him.

It was like seeing a cute stray cat on the way to work; if you were in a good mood, you couldn't help but feed it. Or like seeing an elderly person fall on the street and, in a surge of kindness, choosing to help them up.

It had nothing to do with cause and effect.

It was simply something he did on a whim.

"You carry the bloodline of the Spirit Flood Dragon Clan," Xu Lai said, tilting his head. "You're not a native of Earth's Demon Race, are you? Are you here hiding from your enemies? Or did some treasure on Earth attract you?"

Yu Ren's pupils contracted once more. He did not answer.

Xu Lai didn't press the matter and turned to leave.

"Senior!" Yu Ren called out suddenly. "I owe you a favor, and I will certainly repay it one day!"

In just a few moments, Xu Lai's status in Yu Ren's mind had become insurmountably high; he was a terrifying, unfathomably powerful expert.

"Dare I ask, Senior, do you know the whereabouts of the King of Qin and Xu Fu?" Yu Ren clasped his fists, his voice heavy. "They were the last group of Cultivators to set foot on the Ancient Immortal Path. Now that the Immortal Path is severed... I don't know where to find them."

"Hmm?" Xu Lai's eyebrow rose with interest. "You weren't sealed here by the King of Qin, were you?"

"I was," Yu Ren replied, his eyes flashing with fury. When he first arrived on Earth, he was on the verge of a breakthrough in his Cultivation Level, but instead, he was forced to waste away for millennia!

Xu Lai was taken aback. He hadn't expected the monster he'd casually saved to date back to the Qin Dynasty.

"Do you remember a man named Jing Ke?" Xu Lai asked.

"A knight-errant," Yu Ren said gravely. "If it weren't for him, Emperor Qin's Immortal Pill of eternal life would likely have been refined, and I wouldn't have been left to barely cling to life until now."

After a pause, Yu Ren added, "As for anything else... I'm not clear on the details."

Xu Lai was somewhat disappointed.

Then, as if remembering something, Yu Ren added, "However, when Xu Fu sealed me, I overheard him telling a subordinate that Jing Ke was searching for a key. The key was in..."

"A tomb," Xu Lai finished.

"Yes, yes, that's it! In a tomb," Yu Ren nodded eagerly.

Xu Lai sighed. He already knew that much.

Yu Ren asked tentatively, "Senior, did you also come to Earth seeking the Ancient Immortal Palace and the secret to becoming an Immortal?"

Xu Lai frowned. "There are no Immortals in this world."

A Quasi-Emperor's lifespan is two hundred thousand years, while an Emperor Realm's is a million. Yet even after becoming an Emperor, one who could look down upon the Immortal Domain and sunder the ages would not dare call themselves an Immortal.

"There might be here!" Yu Ren insisted. "Legend says there is an Ancient Immortal Palace on Earth that holds the secret to becoming an Immortal. My father came to Earth for this very reason, and it was here he met my mother."

At the mention of his father, Yu Ren's expression darkened. His father had died at the hands of a Qin Dynasty Artifact Refining master's Magic Artifact, and he himself was captured and sealed away until now.

With his enemies now nowhere to be found, he was deeply resentful!

Xu Lai frowned. He was getting the feeling that there was more to Earth than met the eye, that its waters ran far deeper than they appeared.

Was Jing Ke searching for the key to the Ancient Immortal Palace because he wanted to become an Immortal? Or are these two completely separate issues? Heavenly Dao… you're hiding a lot from me.

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