The couple racked their brains and finally decided to first inform the world and attempt to capture the God - Lord, and then try to resolve his inner conflict so that he would stop causing trouble.
Three days later, after making inquiries from various sources, they finally determined the location of the God - Lord—the Empty Moon Mountain.
Divine Lord Wenhua proposed, "How about we lead a large army there and surround it tightly? No matter how wonderful his body - movement technique is, we'll be able to catch him."
Chongming, however, shook his head. "He doesn't rely on body - movement techniques to escape, but on evil thoughts."
"Evil thoughts?" Everyone was puzzled.
Chongming sighed slightly. "All thoughts in the world have power. Just as there is the power of faith, there are other powers as well. Floating evil thoughts are one of them. They used to not converge into a unified force, but now, for some unknown reason, they've emerged and attached themselves to the God - Lord."
Yaohua was the first to react. "That's going to be tricky. Thoughts are intangible. The more people there are, the more random thoughts there will be. If we lead a large number of people to surround him, the God - Lord might just escape even faster."
Divine Lord Wenhua looked pained. "Then what should we do? Although we've been doing our best to maintain peace and stability under the natural disasters, the God - Lord has obtained the Primordial Soil. He must be up to no good. Maybe he's plotting how to destroy the Three Realms right now."
Since force didn't work, they had to resort to soft methods.
"How about we send someone to the Empty Moon Mountain to negotiate with the God - Lord and stabilize him first, so that he stops causing trouble?" Yaohua suggested.
At this moment, there came the hasty sound of footsteps from outside. "It's bad! It's bad! Miss Xu Ruanruan accidentally fell into the Empty Moon Mountain while experimenting with a formation!"
Everyone was shocked. "What?!"
Inside the Empty Moon Mountain at this moment, Xu Ruanruan rubbed her buttocks and stood up. "Where is this?"
She looked around in confusion, took out a map made of spiritual energy, and carefully identified her location.
A figure silently appeared behind her. "Who are you? What are you doing?"
She was startled and instinctively took a few steps back. "Who are you?"
The God - Lord looked at her suspiciously, with spiritual energy gathering in his hand, and there was a faint killing intent.
If it weren't for the fact that this woman was a stranger and just a mortal cultivator with low - level magic power, he would have already regarded her as a spy sent by Yaohua's side and killed her immediately.
Xu Ruanruan naturally sensed his killing intent and said unhappily, "Why are you like this? I just accidentally fell in. I haven't damaged anything of yours. Why do you want to kill me as soon as we meet?"
The God - Lord sneered. "I don't care what your purpose is. Get out of here right now."
Xu Ruanruan was speechless. "I'll leave. If it weren't for the mistake during the formation experiment, who would want to come to this lousy place?"
After saying that, she walked far away and began to set up a formation.
The God - Lord saw her holding something and gesturing on the ground, and doubts welled up in his heart. "What are you doing?"
"Of course, I'm setting up a teleportation formation." Xu Ruanruan gave him an annoyed look.
The God - Lord's heart skipped a beat. "You know about formations?"
Xu Ruanruan rolled her eyes impolitely. "What do you think?"
The God - Lord stood beside her and watched for a while. "This teleportation formation is different from any I've seen before. Is there any particularity about it?"
Xu Ruanruan ignored him.
He frowned. "Mortal, why don't you answer?"
Xu Ruanruan still didn't answer. She just complained wildly in her heart.
What the hell? This guy wants to kill her, yet he still has the nerve to ask all these questions?
The God - Lord's face darkened. "Could it be that this is not a teleportation formation at all, but some kind of trick you're playing?"
The killing intent around him grew stronger. Xu Ruanruan was extremely speechless. "Dude, I haven't said a word. Can't you just take a look for yourself? This formation has a gentle attribute. There's nothing in it for killing. But you're talking about killing all the time. You don't look like a good person."
Surprisingly, the God - Lord didn't get angry after being scolded like this. Instead, he increasingly believed that she wasn't a spy, and his expression softened a bit. "I don't understand it."
"Then shut up if you don't understand!" Xu Ruanruan pursed her lips. "Anyway, I'll leave as soon as I finish setting up the formation. See you never."
The God - Lord, however, shook his head. "You can't leave."
Xu Ruanruan looked at him in surprise. "Why?"
The God - Lord took out a scroll in his hand. "I have a formation here. I'd like you to take a look at it."
Since he was sure that she wasn't a spy, his tone had softened a lot. At least it didn't sound so harsh.
Just as Xu Ruanruan was about to refuse, a sword was placed across her neck.
The God - Lord looked down at her. "You don't have a choice in this matter."
After saying that, he stepped on the formation area and directly destroyed the teleportation formation.
Xu Ruanruan looked indignant. She took out a teleportation talisman from her sleeve and was about to crush it when she suddenly felt a powerful pressure erupting around the person in front of her, which made it hard for her to even move her fingers!
Fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She said with difficulty, "You're being too overbearing!"
The God - Lord raised his hand. The scroll unfurled automatically in front of her. "If you can't understand it, I'll kill you."
Xu Ruanruan had no choice but to brace herself and look. When she saw the profound formation in the scroll, she was involuntarily attracted and became more and more absorbed. "This formation..."
The God - Lord's heart couldn't help but tense up. "What?"
Xu Ruanruan sincerely exclaimed, "This formation is extremely profound. Every formation material is coordinated ingeniously. But I advise you not to waste any more effort on this formation."
The God - Lord couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
Xu Ruanruan shook her head regretfully. "Every formation material is a unique treasure in the world. It's very difficult to collect them. I'm afraid only Divine Lord Chongming and Princess Yaohua in the whole world can barely gather them."
"You know them?" Doubts welled up in the God - Lord's heart again.
Xu Ruanruan's heart skipped a beat. She suddenly realized the identity of the person in front of her and also knew that if her identity was exposed, she would surely be killed on the spot.
She calmly shook her head. "I'm just an ordinary cultivator. How could I have the chance to know such big - shots? It's just that their good names have spread far and wide. They're the most powerful people in the Three Realms. Who wouldn't look up to them?"
The God - Lord disdainfully said, "Heroes are made by the times. They're just useless people pushed to the front stage. Open your dog eyes and take a look at what these are."
After saying that, he waved his hand, and countless treasures shining with strange lusters floated in the air.
Among them, the most eye - catching one was the Primordial Soil in the middle, which had a mysterious power.
Xu Ruanruan felt an inexplicable attraction and couldn't help but reach out to touch it. But the God - Lord unhappily grabbed her wrist. "What are you doing?"
He used so much force that he almost crushed her wrist. Xu Ruanruan was awakened by the pain. "I... I'm a formation master. Of course, I'd want to touch these rare treasures when I see them. You're so stingy. You want me to help, but you won't let me touch anything!"