Lu Yao, with unparalleled dominance, directly seized the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm for the Spirit Corpse Sect.

After all, she had walked out from the Mountain of Ten Thousand Corpses. During Chu Nan's absence from the Spirit Corpse Sect, she had already met with Chu Lingshan, and both sides reached a simple collaboration.

The three—Huo Tao, Zhou Yang, and Ji Wirun—exchanged glances. There were still many opportunities in the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm that had yet to be mined, and they were indeed reluctant to give up directly.

But Lu Yao was too strong. They were worried that if they didn't agree, they might not be able to leave today.

So they had to nod and say, "Since the senior wants this Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm, our three families will definitely not interfere, absolutely not!"

The three intended to agree for now and settle accounts after returning to the Imperial Capital.

Lu Yao's lips curved into a cold smile, as if she had already seen through the plans of these three, but she didn't say much.

"Since you agreed, then get lost!"

As soon as these words came out, the three of them felt like they had been pardoned from a death sentence and hurriedly nodded, summoning their clansmen to prepare to leave.

"Wait!" Chu Nan suddenly stepped forward to stop them.

The bodies of the three stiffened, fearing Chu Nan wouldn't let them off.

Lu Yao looked at Chu Nan and said, "Chu Nan, do you have any other requests?"

Chu Nan nodded, then looked at Huo Tao and said, "Your Huo family has taken the Cyan Profound State Government's Mansion Master Lin Haoyang and his daughter Lin Yian, bring them out now."

"If you can't hand them over, prepare to die."

Following that, Chu Nan glanced at Lu Yao, needing no words to make her understand.

Lu Yao nodded, looked at Huo Tao, and said, "If you can't hand them over, prepare to die."

Huo Tao instantly showed a troubled expression and said, "They have already been sent to the Imperial Capital by my men. Why don't you come back with me to the Imperial Capital..."

Chu Nan's pupils shrank; his worst fear had come true.

Once Lin Yian was captured and taken to the Imperial Capital, the chances of survival would be slim.

Huo's family, in order to obtain the secret of Lin Yian's War Body restoration, would likely use any means necessary.

It's very possible Lin Yian's Red Phoenix Battle Body could be taken again.

Lu Yao widened her eyes and said, "Can't hand them over? Then prepare to die."

At the Endless Sky Sword Sect, her status was extremely noble, her words never doubted.

Seeing that Huo Tao couldn't hand over the people, Lu Yao didn't hesitate and directly utilized her internal power, launching a palm strike at Huo Tao across the air.

This palm covered the sky and hid the sun, revealing a killing intent that terrified all Cloud Sea Realm Martial Artists.

Ji Wirun and Zhou Yang quickly retreated upon seeing this, afraid of being heavily injured.

Huo Tao's expression was filled with horror, his forehead dripping with cold sweat. He instantly understood that Lu Yao wasn't joking; if he couldn't hand over the people, he would indeed be killed by her.

Under the threat of life and death, Huo Tao hurriedly said, "Senior, please wait... I'll hand them over!"

But Lu Yao paid no heed and still struck Huo Tao with her palm.

Boom!

With a roar, half of Huo Tao's body was blown apart, flesh and bones scattered on the ground, and Chu Nan could even see his heart beating inside.

Lu Yao retracted her palm and said, "With your cultivation, you can't deceive me. That was just a minor punishment. If you still don't comply, I will make you experience something worse than death."

Huo Tao's face turned pale. If Lu Yao hadn't held back, he would already be dead from that strike.

Trembling with fear, Huo Tao took out a storage bag and sighed longly.

Deep down, he didn't want to hand them over; otherwise, he wouldn't have lied at the risk of death earlier.

Lin Yian, born with a special physique, miraculously recovered even after it was taken.

This made Huo Tao feel incredulous, thinking that if he could uncover the secret behind it, perhaps more Martial Artists with special physiques could emerge in the Huo family.

After capturing Lin Yian and Lin Haoyang, he carefully stored them in a storage bag meant for living beings, waiting to study them after returning to the Imperial Capital.

It seemed that this plan was now difficult to carry out.

A grey storage bag was respectfully handed to Chu Nan by Huo Tao.

The restrictions on it had been removed, and Chu Nan easily opened it.

Two figures emerged, it was Lin Yian and Lin Haoyang. They looked drowsy, taking several breaths before gradually regaining their senses.

"Chu... Chu Nan?" Lin Yian slowly opened her peach-blossom eyes, the confusion in them gradually dissipating, replaced by joy.

Lin Yian jumped up and said, "Chu Nan, it's really you, I'm so glad! I thought I would never see you again!"

"We are friends. No matter what, I had to save you!" Chu Nan smiled, seeing that Lin Yian, apart from being weak, was unharmed, and finally let out a breath of relief.

He then explained the general course of events.

Lin Haoyang also regained his senses at this time. He gratefully said to Chu Nan, "Chu Nan, you saved us, this kindness will never be forgotten by my daughter and me."

Chu Nan nodded.

Lin Haoyang then extended his gratitude to Lu Yao and the Spirit Corpse Sect's people.

Lastly, Lin Haoyang's gaze turned to Huo Tao, a flicker of fear and hatred in his eyes.

The Lin family was annihilated under the power of the Huo family, and his hatred for Huo Tao was immense. But because of his own weakness, perhaps he would never have the opportunity to enact revenge...

"Se... Senior, can we leave now?" Huo Tao was anxious, seeing the close relationship between Lin Yian and Chu Nan, worried that Chu Nan might instruct Lu Yao to kill.

However, he didn't know that Chu Nan didn't plan to have Lu Yao kill directly; he wanted to personally take down Huo Tao in the future to exact revenge for Lin Yian.

"Get lost!" Lu Yao snorted coldly.

Huo Tao and the other two hurriedly agreed and quickly led all the Strong Race and Royal Family Martial Artists to flee into the distance, not daring to linger for even a minute.

Chu Nan looked at Huo Nianfang, who was preparing to leave with Huo Tao, and slowly flew toward her, saying, "Huo Nianfang, I see the Huo family treats you with no love or respect. Why must you leave with them? Why not stay with me in the Spirit Corpse Sect?"

Huo Tao, who was about to leave, stopped in his tracks, nervously watching the scene below.

Although he fundamentally rejected Huo Nianfang, who had no blood ties to the Huo family, the importance of her special physique made the Huo family unwilling to abandon her.

But at the moment, if Huo Nianfang agreed to Chu Nan, he truly had no way to stop her.

For a moment, Huo Tao felt uneasy, while Chu Nan looked at Huo Nianfang with anticipation.

As long as Huo Nianfang agreed, he could seize the opportunity to tell her the truth.

But to Chu Nan's disappointment, Huo Nianfang shook her head and said, "My aunt raised me for fifteen years. Even if the Huo family is not good to me, I cannot leave."

"Chu Nan, I appreciate your kindness, but I must return with my family."

Huo Tao was overjoyed upon hearing this and quickly said, "Rest assured, young friend Chu Nan, Huo Nianfang, possessing the Cyan Lotus Battle Body, will certainly be protected safely back to the Imperial Capital."

Chu Nan glanced at Huo Tao without a word and then handed a storage bag to Huo Nianfang, saying, "These are the elemental stones Huo Jing took from you, along with some of my spoils of war. They're yours now."

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