"Young Master Ling, we were wrong!"
The young men from the Demon Suppressing Clan who had spoken earlier knelt before Ling Fan, their faces filled with shame.
Their faces burned.
Previously, Ling Fan had released a portion of the Western Demon Hall's demonic body, which had filled them with hostility towards him.
Now, they realized that all of this had been Ling Fan's plan.
If Ling Fan had not laid the groundwork in advance and planted the Heavenly Demon True Seed within this part of the Western Demon Hall's demonic body, with the power of a Quasi-Saint Demon Emperor, everyone present would have died here today beneath the Ten Thousand Burials Demon Abyss.
Ling Fan glanced at them indifferently.
He waved his hand.
He naturally wouldn't bother with these young people over such a trivial matter.
If they hadn't mentioned it, he would have forgotten.
Seeing Ling Fan's magnanimity, these young men from the Demon Suppressing Clan felt even more ashamed, and their admiration for Ling Fan deepened.
"Young Master Ling, how do you plan to deal with the Demon Emperor's body and its head? Can you completely eliminate this scourge?" Elder Long Sheng asked respectfully.
Ling Fan replied, "I will completely refine the Demon Emperor's demonic body. As for the Demon Emperor's head, I haven't decided what to do with it yet, but it's no longer a threat, so you don't need to worry."
"That's good! That's good!" Elder Long Sheng sighed in relief.
"Young Master Ling, may I ask you a question?" Wang Meng, who was usually taciturn, suddenly spoke.
Ling Fan looked at him with some surprise.
Recalling the young man's reckless determination, he thought, "You live up to your name. Ask away."
Wang Meng bowed gratefully to Ling Fan and then asked, "Young Master Ling, do you have any connection to our Wang clan? Otherwise... why can you wield our clan's sacred blade!"
As Wang Meng spoke, all eyes fixed on Ling Fan.
They also desperately wanted to know the answer to this question.
Ling Fan thought for a moment and said, "You could say I have some connection to your clan..."
Ling Fan stopped there.
He gestured with his eyes towards the Demon Suppressing Elders.
"Others, please leave for now." Elder Long Sheng asked the other members of the Demon Suppressing Clan to withdraw.
Even Wei Bin, that scoundrel, was chased away.
"Don't! I'll just listen. After I listen, I'll forget. I absolutely won't leak any secrets! Believe me, I, Wei Bin, have principles! Hey, hey, hey, don't push me, I'll leave myself!"
The lively Wei Bin departed.
Ling Fan didn't speak immediately. Instead, he asked, "What is your clan's relationship with Zhou Yunchang?"
Zhou Yunchang!
Upon hearing Ling Fan utter this name, the Demon Suppressing Elders' expressions changed slightly, and they looked at Ling Fan in astonishment.
They were clearly shocked as to how Ling Fan knew this name.
This was the peerless expert whom their ancestor, the Wang clan, had followed.
He had perished hundreds of years ago.
In the Jiuhua Realm, the number of people who knew of his existence was definitely no more than five. How could this terrifying young man, Ling Fan, know about him?
One of the Demon Suppressing Elders clearly held the highest prestige.
After the Great Elder died, he became the backbone of the Demon Suppressing Clan.
He glanced at the others, then said to Ling Fan, "To be honest, Young Master Ling, Zhou Yunchang was at the Seven Star Great Emperor realm! And our ancestor, Wang Ruoyu, was a Saint General under Emperor Zhou!"
Ling Fan's eyes narrowed, and a sudden bad premonition struck him.
Zhou Yunchang was his registered disciple.
He was well aware of Zhou Yunchang's talent and character.
With his strength, if he were still alive, he would never allow hidden dangers like the Ten Thousand Burials Demon Emperor to exist.
Even his Saint General had fallen in battle.
Zhou Yunchang was likely also in grave danger.
However, Ling Fan still held a sliver of hope and asked, "Where is Zhou Yunchang now? He should be in the Heavenly Realm. Why are you appearing in this desolate star river!"
The Demon Suppressing Elder was surprised that Ling Fan knew so much. He suppressed the shock in his heart and said, "We know very little about the whole story. We only know that the Heavenly Demon Realm dispatched many powerful experts to hunt down Emperor Zhou, including this Ten Thousand Burials Demon Emperor. However, with the strength of a mere Demon Emperor, the Ten Thousand Burials Demon Emperor was not among the top pursuers; there were three other high-level Demon Emperors!"
"At that time, the Heavenly Demon Realm experts pursued them all the way into this desolate star river. To protect his clansmen and subordinates, Emperor Zhou severed the space between the Jiuhua Realm and the outer realms with a single saber strike, while he intercepted the three high-level Demon Emperors outside the Jiuhua Realm, fighting them one against three. He ultimately died in the star river!"
"At that time, besides the Ten Thousand Burials Demon Emperor, several other powerful enemies had also sneaked into the Jiuhua Realm. However, most of them were suppressed by Emperor Zhou's Saint Generals at the cost of their lives! The Ten Thousand Burials Demon Emperor was suppressed by our clan."
What a Heavenly Demon Realm!
They dared to hunt his registered disciple.
Were they preparing to settle all accounts with him?
They had even targeted his registered disciple.
Then his friends, his disciples, his beloveds...
The Ten Great Heavenly Realms would likely not let them go, would they?
Ling Fan heard this.
A terrifying killing intent suddenly flashed in his eyes.
The Demon Suppressing Elders shivered, feeling as if their whole bodies had plunged into an ice cellar.
"Ling... Young Master Ling? What's wrong!" one of the Demon Suppressing Elders asked nervously.
Ling Fan took a deep breath, suppressed his killing intent, and said, "It's nothing. Continue speaking. Where are Zhou Yunchang's descendants now?"
The Demon Suppressing Elder breathed a sigh of relief. The killing intent emanating from Ling Fan just now was too terrifying; they felt as if their souls were about to freeze solid.
Where did such a young junior acquire such monstrous killing intent!
He quickly said, "Emperor Zhou's descendants should be in Xingzhou now!"
"Xingzhou?" Ling Fan asked in confusion.
He clearly didn't know where Xingzhou was.
The Demon Suppressing Elders exchanged glances.
Ling Fan knew the events of the Heavenly Realm a thousand years ago in great detail, yet he didn't even know about Xingzhou in the Jiuhua Realm. This made them feel very strange.
However, they only dared to keep this question in their hearts and said, "Young Master Ling, you should know that the Jiuhua Realm is divided into Four Seas and Three Continents. The Four Seas are the East Sea, West Sea, North Sea, and South Sea. The Three Continents are Wuzhou, Yaozhou, and Xingzhou."
"Each continent is further divided into several or even dozens of domains."
"The Tian Shan Domain and Tian Luo Domain, where the Ten Thousand Burials Demon Abyss is located, are precisely within the scope of Wuzhou."
"And Xingzhou is tens of thousands of miles away, across the sea from Wuzhou."
Ling Fan nodded and continued to ask, "What is the current situation of Zhou family's descendants?"
One of the Demon Suppressing Elders shook his head. "Extremely difficult!"
Ling Fan frowned. "This shouldn't be the case. The Zhou family are descendants of an Emperor, their imperial blood is transcendent. In this small Jiuhua Realm, they should be an invincible existence. Why are they in such a difficult situation? Could there be a strong enemy in this small Jiuhua Realm that can threaten them?"
The Demon Suppressing Elder explained, "Young Master Ling, you may not know, but if it were just enemies from the Jiuhua Realm natives, the Zhou family descendants would not take them seriously. The main crises come from two aspects. Firstly, there are still many remnants of the powerful enemies who rushed into the Jiuhua Realm along with Emperor Zhou before he sealed it! These remnants are mainly concentrated in Yaozhou."