"Are you going to stop me?" Ling Fan asked, looking calmly at the woman before him.
"No."
To his surprise, Yan Xi shook her head.
"I won't stop you. Tian Yi Sect wants to kill you, they deserve to die."
"Good."
Ling Fan nodded.
As the mark of the Heavenly Demon Eye appeared in his eyes, the two already heavily injured and dying Ancestors of Tian Yi Sect, along with their Heavenly Emperor-level Grand Elders, Elders, and Xuan Emperor-level true disciples and elite disciples, their figures began to twist silently. In their eyes of extreme agony, they all died under Ling Fan's Heavenly Demon Eye, their faces still retaining the expressions of extreme pain from their final moments.
This was one of the innate divine abilities of the Heavenly Demon Eye: Twisted Nightmare.
However, what surprised Yan Xi was that Ling Fan spared the other disciples, servants, and miscellaneous individuals of Tian Yi Sect.
She looked at Ling Fan with some astonishment.
Ling Fan smiled faintly at her, stroking her smooth, fair cheek, as if it were a peeled egg, and said, "I promised you, and I won't go back on my word."
"Thank you," Yan Xi said softly.
"Sect Master, you can clean up the mess. I have other things to do. I will leave directly afterwards to participate in the Genius Battle in the Heavenly Court."
Ling Fan took Yan Xi's hand and they left.
"Hey, this kid, all he cares about is chasing girls and leaving the mess to others!" Lu Jiuwen grumbled, glaring.
Old Man Gu said, "You should be happy. We're all benefiting from him. Otherwise, it's unknown if Jinzhou would even have Qing Xuan Sect in the future. Now it's different; our Qing Xuan Sect will replace Tian Yi Sect as the overlord of Jinzhou!"
Lu Jiuwen sighed, "I never imagined it. That little Xuan Emperor back then, how long has it been, and he's already grown to this point? He actually suppressed a quasi-Dao artifact directly! And he's only a ninth-stage Heavenly Emperor... What a glorious achievement."
As the two were talking, a graceful figure suddenly appeared silently in the void above. A cold gaze fell upon Lu Jiuwen. Lu Jiuwen was greatly startled. He looked up as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Could it be a hidden expert from Tian Yi Sect! This aura, it's at least an Emperor Venerable level existence, and a super expert among Emperor Venerables!"
The moment Lu Jiuwen saw the graceful figure, he froze. He didn't know what expression to show. Joy? Guilt? Shame? Countless complex emotions surged into his heart, finally turning into a bitter smile.
"The Gao family is destroyed, and the threat of Tian Yi Sect is gone. Qing Xuan Sect will usher in unprecedented prosperity. I have no regrets. You hate me for being useless, hate me for not being able to protect you and our daughter, right? Kill me." Lu Jiuwen said to the graceful figure.
"I am going to kill you! Do you think saying this will make me forgive you!" The graceful figure was Han Xiaoya, who had rushed from Wanqi Palace in Qi Zhou. Her beautiful eyes were icy. She raised a palm, gathering terrifying power, and struck down towards Lu Jiuwen.
But in the next moment, a hand emerged from the void beside them, like a vise, grabbing Han Xiaoya's fair wrist and pulling her into the depths of space and time without explanation.
"You said you wouldn't interfere in matters between him and me!" Han Xiaoya's angry voice echoed from the void.
"I'm not interfering. I just saw you arrive, and I was overjoyed, unable to control myself! Isn't it too late to kill him?" Ling Fan's playful voice emerged.
"Hmph! Let go of me! Wha... What are you doing! Mmm... Mmm! Mmm mmm mmm..." The sounds from the void became increasingly chaotic, and soon faded away.
Lu Jiuwen and Old Man Gu, along with many other Qing Xuan Sect powerhouses, exchanged bewildered glances. Old Man Gu said in disbelief, "Fan Lin actually knows your daughter, and... their relationship seems very unusual!"
Lu Jiuwen was also dumbfounded.
"Forget it, forget it. We can't manage the affairs of young people. Old Gu, you take charge of the overall situation. I'll go back and lie low for a while. Although I'm not afraid of death, I still want to live a few more days." Before his voice landed, Lu Jiuwen had already disappeared somewhere.
Old Man Gu stomped his feet in anger, "I'm already this old, and I still have to do the hard labor for you guys. But you, you're all hiding away to enjoy yourselves! Chasing girls is chasing girls, fearing daughters is fearing daughters. Do you still have any virtue of respecting the old and loving the young?"
...
In the spatial turbulence of the Heavenly Realm, Yan Xi and Han Xiaoya, to everyone's surprise, had a very harmonious atmosphere. They were as intimate as sisters who had been separated for many years. This caught Ling Fan somewhat off guard. The two women chatted and laughed so much that Ling Fan couldn't even find an opportunity to interject.
"This is a furnace of quasi-Dao pills. I found it in the furnace after suppressing that Tian Yi furnace. This... how do you want to divide it?"
"How to divide it? Of course, we'll split it half and half. You, go away." Han Xiaoya glared fiercely at Ling Fan and said.
"Fine! You are the masters, and I, the subordinate, shall take my leave." Ling Fan was eager to leave. He found a place to refine the Tian Yi furnace.
...
In the boundless spatial turbulence of the Heavenly Realm, a figure that seemed to be in meditation suddenly opened its eyes. As its body stretched, a majestic aura of a half-step Emperor Venerable instantly turned into a storm, sweeping across billions of surrounding spaces.
"Finally, I've pushed my cultivation to the half-step Emperor Venerable level using the Void God Qi."
"Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing!"
"The moment the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal is promoted to a supreme-grade Emperor weapon, I will naturally enter the Emperor Venerable realm."
"As for this Tian Yi furnace, it's quite a good weapon. After entering the Heavenly Court, I cannot casually expose the Samsara Divine Cauldron, so I can use this Tian Yi furnace as a temporary weapon."
"I wonder how those two are cultivating?"
Ling Fan emerged from seclusion. Yan Xi had already emerged from seclusion. Her cultivation had also reached the half-step Emperor Venerable level. Ling Fan was not surprised by this. After all, Yan Xi was a reincarnation of a Heavenly Venerable, and with the quasi-Dao pills he gave her, it would be strange if she didn't break through.
"What about Senior Sister Han?" Ling Fan asked.
"She said she went back to Wanqi Palace for something." Yan Xi glanced at Ling Fan with an unfriendly look.
Ling Fan immediately felt the unfriendly gaze from Yan Xi and gave an awkward laugh, "Heh heh, there isn't much time left before the Heavenly Court Genius Battle. Do you want to go with me?"
"Don't change the subject. You haven't settled things with me yet."
"Settled what?" Ling Fan asked.
Yan Xi did not answer. With a stern face, she menacingly walked towards Ling Fan step by step.
"My Heavenly Lady, what is this all about?" Ling Fan wiped the cold sweat from his brow.
"I'm going to eat you!" Yan Xi pounced on him with flailing arms and legs. After a long absence, her accumulated longing and passion erupted like a volcano. The two were intimate for a long time, fighting more than three hundred rounds.
"Come to the Heavenly Court with me." Ling Fan entered a state of post-coital clarity. Lying comfortably with his legs spread apart in a 'big character' shape, he said.
"No." Yan Xi glared at Ling Fan and said, "I'm not like you men. Everyone knows you're all after that so-called adopted daughter of the Heavenly Venerable! What meaning does fighting and killing in the Genius Battle have for me?"
Ling Fan was ashamed. "The title of adopted daughter of the Heavenly Venerable holds no attraction for me. It's just... that woman who ascended is very likely my wife from the lower realm. I have to go."
"Who believes that? You just want to be the son-in-law of the Heavenly Venerable." Yan Xi said.
"Look at what you're saying. You and Senior Sister Han, one is the reincarnation of a Heavenly Venerable, and the other is the reincarnation of a Dao artifact spirit. As for me, it goes without saying. The Heavenly Venerable is not my limit. Going to contend for a Heavenly Venerable son-in-law position would be beneath me."
"You're just bragging." Yan Xi chuckled.
"Go to the Heavenly Court by yourself. You must be careful. The Heavenly Court is not comparable to Tian Yi Sect or Divine Artifact Tower. It's a true dragon's pool and tiger's den, guarded by four Heavenly Venerable giants. You must not be careless, nor must you reveal your identity."
"What about you?" Ling Fan asked.
Yan Xi said, "My Heavenly Venerable mark is awakening more and more deeply. I've remembered many things, and there are also some arrangements from my previous life. I need to find the treasures left behind in my previous life and quickly break through to the Heavenly Venerable realm. This way, I can gain the upper hand in the coming turmoil of the myriad realms, and I can also help you with some things."
"Good." Ling Fan nodded. Watching Yan Xi leave, he also stood up and headed towards Zhongzhou, where the Heavenly Court was located.