Despite his tough talk, the God - Lord still felt extremely ashamed of this matter and quickly changed the subject. "Where is Tu Yang?"
After a brief moment of surprise, Chong Ming's expression returned to calm. "I'll tell you when I return from this trip."
The God - Lord growled, "If you don't hand over Tu Yang right now, I won't let you go to see Yao Hua. I'll let her be sliced a thousand times on the banks of the Heavenly River until she bleeds to death."
Mid - sentence, a sudden sword light slashed down.
A lock of the God - Lord's hair was cut off. Seeing Chong Ming in such a state of loss of control, while feeling fear, he also felt a double dose of pleasure in his heart.
The superior god who had always outshone him was now in such a sorry state. If he had known that losing Yao Hua would reduce Chong Ming to such a state of despair, why would he have bothered to cooperate with the Heavenly Demons? He could have simply found a way to imprison Yao Hua and torture her day and night!
Chong Ming had fallen into demonic madness because of his feelings for his own disciple, while as long as he had the opportunity to regain power, he would still be the lofty God - Lord.
At this moment, a huge whirlpool suddenly appeared on the horizon, and strong winds swept across the four seas.
Where the whirlpool was, there were lightning and thunder. Even more terrifying was that the originally white lightning carried a strange red glow, like fresh blood. Moreover, the phantoms of four divine beasts and countless ghosts were constantly churning in the sky, emitting painful howls.
"How could there be such a great celestial anomaly? What on earth are you going to do at the Heavenly River?"
The God - Lord was shocked by this anomaly, and then his face changed drastically. "Damn it! That bitch Zhao Yue deliberately distracted me. She actually wants to break the seal of the Heavenly River."
Realizing that he had been tricked, he no longer cared about anything else and rushed towards the Heavenly River in a hurry.
The current might of the Heavenly Demons was already overwhelming him. If the seal of the Heavenly River was broken and all the ancient Heavenly Demons suppressed inside were released, he would never have a chance to turn the tables. Even if he managed to defeat Chong Ming, what good would it do?
Yao Hua held the water mirror in her hand and watched the two people rushing over in the distance. Her red lips curled up cruelly. "Attack!"
Behind her, a mysterious and powerful Heavenly Demon figure emerged, completely shrouded in a black cloak.
He single - handedly carried Yao Hua's blood - stained corpse and flew to the center of the Heavenly River formation. Without hesitation, he took out Yao Hua's heart!
And just then, Chong Ming had just arrived.
He stared at the figure in mid - air, his eyes bloodshot with rage. "I will make you pay with your life!"
Demonic energy exploded, and his cultivation level soared.
The God - Lord was so frightened that he took two steps back. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a bit of greed for the terrifying aura around Chong Ming. Could one really increase their cultivation so much just by falling into demonic ways?
In mid - air, the mysterious powerful figure mercilessly threw the heart into the formation, and then was enveloped by a torrential rain of sword lights.
The churning sword qi blew open the cloak on her head. When Chong Ming saw her face, his pupils constricted slightly. This person was actually Xi Lan, who was supposed to be dead!
Just for this moment of distraction, Xi Lan expressionlessly passed through the sword lights. The surging demonic energy hit him like a cannonball.
He fell into the surging waters of the Heavenly River and instantly disappeared from sight.
And now the waters of the Heavenly River were already shrouded in demonic energy. The ancient demonic soldiers that had been suppressed for who knew how many years seemed to be slowly waking up.
Zhao Yue curled her lips contentedly. "Continue setting up the formation!"
"Leader, shouldn't we pursue and kill God Chong Ming? If this person is not eliminated, he may become a great threat." The Devouring Demon asked cautiously.
Zhao Yue said proudly, "What do you know? As long as Yao Hua's corpse is here, he will never give up the chance to find it. So he definitely won't leave today. Instead, he will stay here and fight. Perfect. I also want to see the strength of the ancient demonic soldiers."
But the originally churning waters of the Heavenly River suddenly showed an anomaly. After Yao Hua's heart was thrown in, the phantoms on the horizon slowly disappeared.
Zhao Yue was startled. No longer caring about anything else, she began to carefully examine the formation.
In the Celestial Realm
The severed limbs on the ground had not been cleaned up. The Heavenly Demons' feast was still in place. That day, after Zhao Yue learned that Chong Ming and the others were still alive, she was worried that they wouldn't come out of the Divine God Tomb. And since the entire Phoenix Clan had relocated, the only phoenix she could find was Yao Hua. So she was going to forcefully blast open the Divine God Tomb.
She summoned all the Heavenly Demon soldiers and gave the God - Lord an opportunity.
"Fortunately, the former God - Lord gave me a secret formula that could directly restart the entire Celestial Realm's defense restrictions. Otherwise, I might still be humiliated under that witch Zhao Yue."
The God - Lord supported the seriously injured Chong Ming and rambled on. "Today, I'll overlook our past grudges and save you. You should swear to serve me to the death, just like you served the former God - Lord. Do you understand?"
Chong Ming's lips were pale. He had just been fished out of the water, all wet. Hearing this, he turned his head away, not wanting to pay attention.
As soon as the God - Lord opened the palace door, he saw a beautiful figure in purple standing inside the palace. He couldn't help but be stunned. "Tu Yang, you're back?"
"I received the celestial sound you sent. After much thought, I decided to come and make a final decision with you." Tu Yang turned around, her expression neither sad nor happy. "But you and God Chong Ming..."
"I saved him!" the God - Lord said proudly. "Tu Yang, I said I would prove myself to you."
But Tu Yang didn't bother to pay attention to him. She just sighed lightly. "I never realized before that your maturity and stability were just an illusion. As a result, the Three Realms have been plunged into purgatory because of your recklessness."
She looked at Chong Ming. "May I ask, God, what just happened? Why was there a disturbance in the seal of the Heavenly River? Did you go to stop it?"
Hearing this, Chong Ming's lifeless eyes moved slightly. He smiled bitterly. "Yao Hua is dead. I was just a step too late..."
"What?!" Tu Yang felt dizzy. Tears involuntarily rolled down from her eyes. "How could this happen? I was able to escape from the Heavenly Demons that day all because of her. I haven't even had the chance to repay her."
The God - Lord cursed Yao Hua in his heart. The demonic energy mark on his wrist glowed faintly.
If it weren't for Yao Hua causing trouble, he would have been spending day and night with Tu Yang in the God - Lord's Palace back then. It would have been him rescuing the beauty, and it should have been him that Tu Yang was grateful to.
Under Tu Yang's inquiry, Chong Ming told the whole story.
Then, Tu Yang suddenly looked at the God - Lord. She raised her fair hand and slapped him hard!
The God - Lord covered his face, completely in disbelief. "Tu Yang, are you crazy? You once swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao that you would serve me to the death. How dare you hit me now?"
"Shouldn't I hit you? If it weren't for you, Yao Hua might have been saved. This slap is for your stupidity, frivolity, and over - confident arrogance!"
After Tu Yang finished speaking, a bolt of lightning suddenly struck from the horizon. This was the punishment for her violation of the oath to the Heavenly Dao.
The punishing power of the lightning made her vomit blood suddenly. The God - Lord's face turned green and then white. He never expected to be scolded like this. He flew into a rage and said, "If you hadn't betrayed me without permission and didn't trust me, how could we have ended up in such a situation?"