The Demon Palace.
"Hiss—"
Ling Qianji rubbed his forehead and slowly opened his eyes. He glanced at the familiar palace surroundings, feeling that something was not quite right. He twisted his neck and muttered to himself, "This tribulation... seems to have gone a bit awry..."
Wait! Why was he lying on the ground?!
A trace of vigilance flashed in Ling Qianji's eyes. It was then that he noticed the little palace maid lying on the ground.
Still alive?
Ling Qianji raised an eyebrow and lifted his hand. A wisp of demonic energy merged into her forehead.
After a while, the little palace maid's eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes. Upon clearly seeing who was in front of her, she was so terrified that she immediately stood up, "Mas... Master?!"
Ling Qianji sat on the bed, supporting his forehead with one hand and playing with his hair with the other. He asked in a faint voice, "Speak, what happened? Why did this Lord wake up on the ground?"
The little palace maid, "Replying... replying to Master, this servant... this servant does not know."
"You don't know?"
Ling Qianji raised an eyebrow, "How much do you know?"
Upon hearing this, the little palace maid recalled for a moment and said, "This servant remembers... someone was absorbing this servant's vital essence... Later, a girl came in and saved this servant. After that... after that, this servant cannot remember... As for why Master appeared here, this servant has no impression at all."
"A girl?" Ling Qianji narrowed his eyes, "What girl?"
The little palace maid, "This servant can't remember..."
"Enough, you may go." Ling Qianji waved his hand as he spoke.
"Yes."
After the little palace maid left, Ling Qianji fell into thought. He always felt... that he seemed to have forgotten something very important?!
How could that be?
Ling Qianji rubbed his forehead. Just then, he suddenly sensed something and frowned in confusion. He sent his divine sense into the contract space and saw a dark red... cocoon?!
Good heavens! What on earth is this!
When did he contract this thing?!
"Crack—"
Suddenly, the cocoon made a faint sound.
Ling Qianji looked over and saw a crack appearing on the cocoon.
"Crack— Crack—"
As the crack widened, more cracks appeared all over the cocoon.
"Hoo!"
"I was suffocated!"
Yuan Ji broke free from the cocoon, a piece of cocoon shell on her head, looking around curiously. Sensing a probing gaze, Yuan Ji was startled, looked up at Ling Qianji, and said, "Master, hello!"
Ling Qianji frowned, pulled Yuan Ji out of the space, and asked, "When did you get into this Lord's contract space?"
"Ah?" Hearing Ling Qianji's voice, Yuan Ji's eyes widened in confusion, "Master, what are you talking about? By the way, where is the big shot? Why can't I feel her aura anymore?"
Big shot?
Who is it?
The lines between Ling Qianji's brows deepened. He stared intently at the little thing in front of him. He suddenly remembered something, "Aren't you the little fierce beast this Lord sealed before? When did you become this Lord's contracted beast?"
"Ah?" Yuan Ji was even more confused, "Master, what are you talking about? Didn't you contract me yourself?"
He contracted her? When did that happen?
Ling Qianji could not recall when he had contracted it no matter how he thought about it.
His memory... was gone!
Seeing Ling Qianji remain silent, Yuan Ji tentatively spoke, "Master, even if you forgot me, you should still remember your senior sister, right?"
Senior sister?
"I don't remember."
"What? How could you forget her!"
Ling Qianji raised an eyebrow in confusion, "Why can't this Lord forget her? Is she very important?"
Yuan Ji nodded and told the truth, "Very important. At least... for your past self, she was very important."
Although she had always been in the cocoon in the contract space, she was very clear about what was happening outside. It was only recently that she suddenly fell into a deep sleep...
Thinking about it, Yuan Ji was somewhat curious about what he had experienced during her slumber.
Over there, Ling Qianji, who was sitting on the bed, fell into thought again.
Senior sister...
"Senior sister..."
Ling Qianji closed his eyes. Many memory fragments flashed through his mind. He tried hard to grasp those fragments but could not.
"No! Don't leave me!"
Suddenly, a powerful spiritual energy rippled from Ling Qianji's body. The shackles that sealed his memory in his mind showed slight cracks. Gradually, those cracks grew larger and larger, and finally, with a "bang," they broke...
"Senior sister, senior sister, look! So many spirit stones! Let's go! I'll take you to eat delicious food!"
"Senior sister, senior sister! The disciple assembly is in a few days."
"Senior sister, I want to be accepted as a disciple by Elder Great Elder, so I can cultivate with senior sister every day."
"Senior sister, senior sister! Teach me swordsmanship, okay?"
"..."
"Senior sister, I want to eat candied haws."
"Senior sister, when will you come back?"
"Senior... Senior sister... I like... like..."
"Senior sister!" Ling Qianji's eyes snapped open, his gaze fixed on Yuan Ji.
"I... I remember!"
Yuan Ji, who now only had a head, haughtily raised her chin, "I knew it. How could you forget such an important beauty?"
"Where is my senior sister?"
Hearing this, Yuan Ji was stunned, "I don't know either. I fell into a deep sleep before, so I don't know anything about what happened outside."
"I want to find her!" Thinking of the tribulation lightning, Ling Qianji's eyes darkened. The next second, his figure disappeared from the spot.
"Alas! Where are you going? Take me with you! Hey! You left me behind! Master!"
Yuan Ji, who was left behind, "..."
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"How strange. Isn't Master from the demon race? Why does he have spiritual energy?"
After Ling Qianji left the demon realm, he flew directly to the heavenly realm. He had a sense of foreboding that something had happened to his senior sister...
"Not good! Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor!"
The Heavenly Emperor, who was reviewing memorials, almost dropped his brush upon hearing this sudden exclamation.
Looking at Lao Jun, who rushed in holding a walking stick, the Heavenly Emperor's mouth twitched slightly, and he said speechlessly, "What are you holding that thing for?"
Lao Jun stroked his beard upon hearing this, "Don't you think it looks more mysterious this way?"
The Heavenly Emperor, "..." The old man is becoming more foolish with age...
"What did you want to say just now?"
Hearing the Heavenly Emperor's question, Lao Jun remembered what he wanted to say, "Not good, not good! Your Majesty the Heavenly Emperor, the Demon Lord has come up to the Ninth Heaven!"
The Heavenly Emperor casually replied with an "Oh," "Oh, that's it? Wait! What did you say!"
Lao Jun, "The Demon Lord has come up to the Ninth Heaven!"
"Bang—"
The Heavenly Emperor slammed his palm on the table, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Lao Jun, "You were interested in my walking stick first..."
The Heavenly Emperor, "..."
The Heavenly Emperor was speechless for a moment. He got up and walked out of the Lingxiao Palace, stepping on a lotus flower formed by spiritual energy and flying towards the South Heaven Gate.
When the Heavenly Emperor arrived, the South Heaven Gate was in chaos. The Demon Lord was wielding a sword emitting dark energy, slaughtering everything in his path. Many heavenly soldiers and generals had been sent flying.
"Stop everything!"
Hearing the Heavenly Emperor's voice, the heavenly soldiers and generals immediately stopped fighting and moved to the sides, clearing a path for the Heavenly Emperor.
"Qianji, do not continue to make mistakes!"
Hearing the Heavenly Emperor's voice, Ling Qianji turned to look at him and asked in a cold voice, "Where is she!"
"Alas..." What was bound to come has finally come...
"Follow me."
Saying that, the Heavenly Emperor floated in a direction, riding on the lotus flower.