It was already too late. Hongjun had been waiting at the cave entrance, his palm, carrying starlight, striking towards Mo Qi's chest.
Everything happened so suddenly!
When people are constantly tense, constantly fearing the arrival of danger, the danger is delayed. When people relax their guard, feeling safe, danger then finds them.
In that instant, Mo Qi's spirit ascended to heaven.
Hongjun looked at the sky full of bloody rain, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.
Lei Dong and Hai Ya also followed.
Hei Shen, using the excuse of returning to the Heavenly Palace, lingered. After they had gone far, he stepped forward to collect the scattered storage bags on the ground.
These storage bags were bulging, undoubtedly containing many treasures.
He had deliberately stayed behind, intending to claim these treasures for himself.
However, he hadn't expected that at this moment, an accident occurred. A red light shot out from one of the storage bags, piercing through his neck. His head fell off in response.
Hei Shen himself didn't know how he had died.
At this moment, the wind picked up, and the blood rain in the air gradually condensed in one spot, twisting and deforming to form a human shape.
It was still Mo Qi's appearance!
This was the rebirth armor that Xiao He had given him, which had allowed him to regain a life.
Otherwise, he would have been utterly annihilated at this moment.
The red light that had successfully ambushed Hei Shen was about to leave, but it suddenly saw Mo Qi resurrected. It was clearly stunned, then circled a few times before returning to the storage bag.
Mo Qi stepped forward to pick up the storage bag, and Zhu Yan's voice came from within: "I thought you were dead."
"I still have to help you be reborn, so I can't die."
"Then help me be reborn now."
"Soon. After I unseal the Star World, I will help you be reborn, because I have a person's body stored in the Star World."
"Oh, is that so? Then how were you reborn?"
"I have resurrection armor, given to me by someone else. Unfortunately, I only have one piece."
"Actually, if you had let me possess you just now, you wouldn't have ended up like this. I could have dealt with him."
"Alas, money can't buy foresight. Everything happened too quickly then, and I wasn't mentally prepared."
However, all of this had also caused Mo Qi to re-examine his own strength.
According to Hongjun, he dared not act recklessly in this domain, and Mo Qi was powerless against him. How could he act recklessly?
It was better to accumulate strength and cultivate himself first.
If he was too arrogant, even more lives wouldn't be enough!
After all, he only had one life left.
However, he thought of another way to extend his life, which was to ask Xiao He for more resurrection armor in the future.
Now, the Orange Leaf Kingdom was in turmoil. As for the Green Leaf Kingdom, even if he didn't bother them, they would come to him.
He should go back first. He would seek revenge on Gonggong after his wings were fully grown.
Now he had another enemy, Hongjun.
He had destroyed one of his lives, and he would take one of Hongjun's lives in the future.
So he headed straight for the Red Leaf Empire.
At this time, the capital of the Red Leaf Empire was already surrounded by the army of the Green Leaf Kingdom.
The front part of the army had entered and had their magic power drained. The army behind dared not cross the forbidden line, and they could only attack the formation from the outside, never entering the city.
Under their continuous attacks, the barrier formation showed signs of loosening.
Mo Qi wanted to go up directly, but after thinking about it, he decided to let Ye Qingqing handle it.
It was better for him to feign death for now.
If Hongjun knew he was not dead, he might come back to finish him off.
Therefore, the most important thing for him to do at the moment was to hide his identity and quietly improve his cultivation.
Ye Qingqing alone could not deal with this large army, but if Zhu Yan possessed her, the situation would be different.
Having Ye Qingqing fight was to establish her authority, make the enemy fear her, and make her people revere her.
But establishing authority also required it to be tested.
So the next step was to quickly improve Ye Qingqing's cultivation. He had already formulated a plan in his mind.
He easily opened a gap in the enemy formation. As he approached the city wall, he let Yao Shuang see him, and Yao Shuang let him in.
Yao Shuang was very excited to see him and immediately expressed her worries to Mo Qi.
First, this formation had a drawback: there were only a few attack points in the entire city. To avoid harming innocent people, everyone had to be concentrated in the underground space prepared by Mo Qi.
However, these people had been confined to the underground space and were very agitated, constantly clamoring to come out.
If this continued, they would collapse before the enemy could break through the defense.
Second, this formation would launch indiscriminate attacks on those who entered, but if the enemy did not enter and attacked from the outside, it would be very passive.
If the formation was destroyed, the people in the underground space would be captured before they could come out.
Mo Qi listened to her and nodded repeatedly: "You are right. We will improve it slowly in the future, but the current task is to repel the enemy first."
"We are waiting for you to come back and repel the enemy," Yao Shuang said with a hint of coquetry. "Do you have any ideas?"
Mo Qi smiled slightly: "A beauty trap. If my wife just stands on the city wall, she will immediately captivate thousands of troops."
"That won't work," Yao Shuang said, shaking her head repeatedly. "I'm not that powerful!"
I was just joking, and you took it seriously!
"Then I'll think of something else. Hmm, let Qingqing go out. She's small, and they'll think she's a child and be reluctant to attack. Then Qingqing can counterattack..." Mo Qi said playfully.
"Then I'll go," Yao Shuang said. "It's too dangerous for Qingqing to go out."
This child doesn't understand humor!
Forget it, talking to her, the more humorous it is, the more troublesome it becomes.
"You don't need to worry. I'll let Qingqing go. I'll find a top expert for her to guarantee her safety. I plan to cultivate her into the head of the Red Leaf Empire. After we achieve our goals and retire, we can wander the world. What do you think?"
"This..." Yao Shuang hesitated. "Why don't you be the head?"
"Don't you think it's better to wander the world carefree?"
"That's what you think, then... that's fine."
Mo Qi went to find Ye Qingqing and explained his plan truthfully. Ye Qingqing immediately agreed. Whatever her brother asked her to do was right, and she would accept it unconditionally.
Then, he had people come out of the underground space and climb onto the city wall to watch Ye Qingqing fight.
Ye Qingqing went out of the city, and then everyone saw a shocking scene.
Ye Qingqing was wrapped in a white misty sphere, with a hazy red light behind her. Millions of tentacles extended from the red light, attacking. Some swept horizontally, some chopped vertically. Everywhere they passed, there were fallen leaves, broken bodies, and widespread death.
In an instant, the people who had been standing densely like a forest kept falling, and the rest fled in all directions, covering their heads and scurrying away.
Some people tried to attack Ye Qingqing, but they couldn't shake her at all. All their divine abilities and spells were dissolved by the white mist, or directly shattered by the sweeping tentacles.
A moment later, the once mighty army of the Green Leaf Kingdom was routed and fled in fear.
Their leader, He Fa, tried to escape amidst the crowd. Mo Qi saw him and directly unleashed a Star Fortune Stone, striking him into oblivion.
Ye Qingqing returned to the city wall. The people were filled with excitement and surrounded her, shouting "Long live the Princess!" Their voices reverberated through the wilderness and reached the heavens.
Zhu Yan, who was attached to Ye Qingqing, was quite pleased. He looked around and nodded frequently, as if returning to millions of years ago.
Afterward, Mo Qi took the opportunity to tell Ye Xingchen and others that he was going into seclusion for a period of time, and the Red Leaf Empire would be overseen by Ye Qingqing.
Ye Xingchen and Ye Xiaowei expressed their full support.
Mo Qi truly went into seclusion, but during this period, he also frequently came out to help Ye Qingqing improve her cultivation. Beast Soul Pills, Spiritual Power Pills, Star Fortune Stones – he used everything that could help improve cultivation.
Ye Qingqing's cultivation grew rapidly, advancing by leaps and bounds.
Mo Qi himself became even more diligent, refining pills and cultivating daily, and his cultivation also increased rapidly.
During this process, at Mo Qi's instruction, Ye Qingqing continued to expand her territory, quickly annexing the Orange Leaf Kingdom and the Green Leaf Kingdom.
Then, there was a long period of recuperation, secretly accumulating strength, waiting for the opportunity to attack the Heavenly Realm.
Meanwhile, at the Heavenly Dao Mountain's Heavenly Dao Sect, Hongjun was lecturing, causing lotuses to bloom everywhere, heavenly flowers to fall, auspicious colors to appear in streams, and radiant light to emanate in all directions.
After finishing one scroll, three years had passed.
At this time, his disciple Hai Ya came to report that the Red Leaf Empire was expanding its territory and seemed to be stronger than before. He suspected that Ye Yun might not be dead.
Hongjun immediately sent Lei Dong to investigate. Lei Dong went to investigate and soon returned to report: "Ye Yun is indeed dead. It is now his sister, Ye Qingqing, who is in charge. She is expanding territory and governing with diligence, making the Red Leaf Empire unprecedentedly prosperous. Many people are flocking to it, and this Ye Qingqing is still a child."
Hongjun nodded: "Since it is his sister who is governing the country, let it be."
At this time, Mo Qi was still cultivating in a low-key manner, and the Red Leaf Empire was developing and growing in a low-key manner.
The remnants of the Orange Leaf Kingdom and the Green Leaf Kingdom were still unwilling to give up and frequently rebelled, but they were all easily resolved by Ye Qingqing and others.
Mo Qi's cultivation had reached the Saint Commander level. With this cultivation, he could sweep across the world in the Iron Tree World and be invincible.
But there was still a place where talented individuals emerged in large numbers, where masters were as numerous as clouds, and where dragons and tigers lay hidden. That was the Heavenly Fortune Palace.
In the Heavenly Fortune Palace, there were many relatives of the former Red Leaf Kingdom, Orange Leaf Kingdom, and Green Leaf Kingdom. Facing the downfall of the Red Leaf and Green Leaf Kingdoms, they would not give up. They were secretly colluding with forces in the Heavenly Fortune Palace, constantly preparing to cause trouble for the Red Leaf Empire.
One day, Mo Qi went to Yao Shuang's palace. The two spoke again about unsealing the Star World. Yao Shuang lay in Mo Qi's arms and said, "Husband, fifty years have passed. We must hurry to find a way to unseal the Star World, otherwise, they will be finished."
Mo Qi said casually, "Yes, one year in the Tree World is equivalent to ten years in the Star World. Time passes very quickly. I am also planning to visit the Chi Domain soon. But I am still worried that my strength is not enough."
"Then I'll go with you."