Chapter 364: The Demon Lord's Deduction

Ning Ke looked at Evil Thought Yuwen Tuo, speechless; she had not expected that his evil Origin Soul would be the same as his true form.

What kind of magic does this Qin Shuang possess to make Yuwen Tuo hold him in such high regard?

She must tell her father about Qin Shuang immediately; this Qin Shuang is too mysterious, and she worries he will affect the grand plan of their Demon Realm.

Ning Ke retracted her hand, and Evil Thought Yuwen Tuo was pulled back into the Origin Spirit Pearl.

Ning Ke then closed her eyes, and by the time she opened them again, she had already appeared in another place.

This is the Demon Realm, the Demon Realm sealed within the Scar of the Sky by the Yellow Emperor.

After Ning Ke appeared, a mass of black smoke also manifested beside her.

Sensing the person who had arrived behind her, Ning Ke immediately lowered her head and bowed:

"Daughter greets Father!"

The Demon Lord nodded and said:

"Daughter, why have you suddenly returned to the Demon Realm?

Shouldn't you be using Yang Su and Yuwen Tuo to secure the Five Divine Artifacts right now?"

Ning Ke said with a solemn expression:

"Father, Daughter has not forgotten my mission.

The Kunlun Mirror is already in hand, and Yuwen Tuo has now taken the Incarnation of Jianchi to retrieve the Nuwa Stone.

I believe we will soon be able to gather the Five Divine Artifacts, activate the Nine-Five Array, and open the Scar of the Sky.

We shall open a breach between the Demon Realm and the Human Realm in one stroke, allowing the Demon Realm army to enter the Human Realm.

By then, Father, you will be able to complete the great undertaking that remained unfinished thousands of years ago!"

The Demon Lord also said, lost in memory:

"What I lost thousands of years ago, I will take back this time.

Eighteen years ago, I used the Covering Heaven Great Method to swap Yuwen Tuo's Earth Emperor Destiny onto Chen Jingchou, letting a fool become the Earth Emperor.

This time, no one can stop me again; once the Five Divine Artifacts are gathered and the Nine-Five Array is activated, it will be the perfect opportunity for my Demon Realm to unify the Three Realms."

The Demon Lord had already begun to dream of the days after becoming the master of the Three Realms.

Seeing the Demon Lord's expression, Ning Ke spoke up:

"Father, I have come today to tell you of an urgent matter."

The Demon Lord looked at Ning Ke and said:

"Speak, what matter is it that requires you to come to the Demon Realm in person to tell me!"

Ning Ke said:

"Father, recently a person named Qin Shuang has appeared by Yuwen Tuo's side.

This Qin Shuang not only defeated Yang Su but also used Yang Su's exclusive Secret Manual, the Divine Fire Clone.

Most importantly, Yuwen Tuo has a great fondness for this person.

This Qin Shuang is too mysterious; I worry he will affect our plans, so I have come to ask Father if we should eliminate this Qin Shuang as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, the Demon Lord said with a solemn face:

"Oh, is that so!

Daughter, tell me more about this Qin Shuang."

Ning Ke said:

"This Qin Shuang appeared by Yuwen Tuo's side eighteen years ago, before I did, in the guise of a tutor, but later he left Yuwen Tuo for no apparent reason.

When Yuwen Tuo went to Fumo Mountain to retrieve the Kunlun Mirror, he met Qin Shuang again.

When Yuwen Tuo took the Incarnation of Jianchi to Yuehe City to seize the Nuwa Stone, this Qin Shuang appeared once more, and he even pretended not to know Yuwen Tuo while befriending Jianchi.

Just now, he disguised himself as Yuwen Tuo and fought a great battle with Yang Su at Yang Su's lair, and Yang Su did not gain any advantage against him.

In the end, he used the Divine Fire Clone to leave; I do not know where he went!

Father, I truly cannot see through this Qin Shuang; from the first moment I saw him eighteen years ago, I felt uneasy, as if I had encountered some sort of nemesis.

Do you think we should take action and eliminate this Qin Shuang without anyone knowing?"

After listening to Ning Ke's account, the Demon Lord rolled his eyes a few times.

According to what Ning Ke said, this Qin Shuang was indeed too mysterious, and Ning Ke's concerns were not without reason.

The Demon Lord said:

"Do not be hasty; let me calculate his origins!"

The Demon Lord extended his hand and cast a spell, and then a light projection appeared; the image of Duan Fengyun instantly appeared before the Demon Lord.

"Is this the Qin Shuang you speak of?"

The Demon Lord pointed at Duan Fengyun and asked.

Ning Ke nodded and said:

"That is correct, Father, he is Qin Shuang!"

"Good, let me see what his origins are!"

The Demon Lord cast a spell toward the light projection, and the image began to flow slowly.

However, after flowing for a long time, it remained the same, with Duan Fengyun's cheeky smile unchanged.

Seeing that it was ineffective, the Demon Lord cast several more spells with his hands, but the light projection still did not change, remaining that same cheeky smile of Duan Fengyun.

The Demon Lord retracted the light projection and said:

"Daughter, you are right.

There must be someone behind this Qin Shuang; I just tried to deduce his existence, only to find that someone had already obscured the heavenly secrets for him, and I cannot calculate his existence at all.

Anyone capable of preventing me from deducing his existence must have power not inferior to my own."

"There must be someone behind this Qin Shuang pulling the strings. It seems we really must take action to eliminate this Qin Shuang as soon as possible."

Upon hearing the Demon Lord's words, Ning Ke looked astonished and said:

"What, Father, you say there is someone behind Qin Shuang with strength comparable to yours?

Then how are we to deal with this Qin Shuang?"

Ning Ke had not expected that Qin Shuang would have such a massive backer behind him; no wonder he was so ostentatious.

The Demon Lord continued:

"You go back first.

As for Qin Shuang, leave him to me!"

After listening, Ning Ke nodded and replied:

"Very well, Father, your daughter takes her leave."

Ning Ke transformed into a trail of black smoke and vanished before the Demon Lord.

After Ning Ke left, the Demon Lord tapped his head and muttered:

"Someone whose strength is on par with mine—Qin Shuang, who exactly is behind you!"

The Demon Lord needed to carefully devise a plan; he had to kill Duan Fengyun in one strike, leaving no opportunity for those behind Duan Fengyun to save him.

At this moment, in the Immortal World, the Yellow Emperor opened his eyes, shook his head, and smiled bitterly:

"This good disciple of mine, he really doesn't let me worry any less.

I warned you long ago not to expose your identity too early.

And you, you started showing off the moment you had a shred of self-preservation ability.

Now look, the Demon Lord has already noticed you; you are about to experience the vast difference in strength."

The person who had just acted to help Duan Fengyun conceal his heavenly secrets was, of course, Duan Fengyun's backer, the Yellow Emperor.

As soon as the Yellow Emperor sensed someone divining Duan Fengyun, he immediately acted to obstruct it.

There was no one else who would divine Duan Fengyun right now besides the Demon Lord.

Once the Demon Lord discovered Duan Fengyun's identity, he would certainly mobilize a large force to hunt him down.

That was why the Yellow Emperor had acted to prevent the Demon Lord from discovering Duan Fengyun's identity.

However, his own intervention must have let the Demon Lord know that there was someone behind Duan Fengyun with strength not inferior to his own.

Still, the Yellow Emperor had some confidence in this good disciple of his; since he could be so ostentatious, it meant he had the confidence to preserve his own life.

The Yellow Emperor smiled, closed his eyes again, and went off to wander the heavens.

As for the Demon Lord, after thinking for a long time, he could not come up with a way to quickly dispose of Duan Fengyun, so he decided to go and meet Duan Fengyun first.

Duan Fengyun, who had left the Situ Gong Mansion using his Divine Fire Clone, had arrived at Yuehe City once again.

This time, he did not choose to meet with Jianchi and the others; he watched them from the shadows.

By now, Yuehe City had returned to normal, and a girl with an ethereal, immortal air was standing beside Jianchi and the others.

Without needing to think, Duan Fengyun knew this girl must be Nuwa's Daughter, Yu Xiaoxue.

It seemed Jianchi and the others had successfully awakened Nuwa's Daughter, and the crisis in Yuehe City had been resolved.

Since the crisis in Yuehe City was resolved, Jianchi and the others should soon be heading toward Taba.

Then he, too, should hurry back to pack his luggage and prepare to head to Taba.

Duan Fengyun arrived at his doorstep and greeted the surrounding neighbors warmly.

This group of people had no idea of the upheaval Yuehe City had once undergone, so they remained as peaceful as ever.

After greeting them all warmly, Duan Fengyun returned to his courtyard.

Duan Fengyun knew that once the Five Divine Artifacts were gathered, the Demon Lord would activate the Nine-Five Array, and these people would all become the Demon Lord's lackeys.

There was no helping it; the Demon Lord's Demon Seed had long been planted within them, and before the Demon Realm arrived, these people would inevitably become the vanguard for the Demon Realm.

And when that time came, for the sake of all living beings in the world, to prevent these people from becoming cannon fodder for the Demon Realm, and to reverse the Nine-Five Array by replacing it with the Lost Array, Yuwen Tuo would slaughter these people one by one to refine the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Pearl.

This was also the reason Duan Fengyun admired Yuwen Tuo; if not for Yuwen Tuo, this Human Realm would have long since become the Demon Realm's domain.

To refine the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Pearl, Yuwen Tuo's mother had even sacrificed her own life to help Yuwen Tuo complete it.

After absorbing the blood of the Demon Realm's seeds, the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Pearl still required the blood of an emperor, and the blood of the Yuwen Imperial Clan happened to satisfy this requirement.

It could be said that both Yuwen Tuo and his mother lived up to their status as descendants of the Yellow Emperor.

If it were not for the fact that refining the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Pearl required the sacrifice of Yuwen Tuo's mother, Duan Fengyun would definitely have acted to save her.

Such a great mother—Duan Fengyun would not let her die easily.

And Duan Fengyun found the useless prince, Chen Jingchou, even more of an eyesore now.

A complete fool, good for nothing; if not for the Demon Lord's deliberate machinations, who knows how many times this Chen Jingchou would have already died.

Compared to that useless prince Chen Jingchou, who held the empty title of Earth Emperor, the Kunlun Divine General Yuwen Tuo, who had lost his Earth Emperor Destiny, was far superior.

Duan Fengyun had already made up his mind: when Yuwen Tuo refined the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Pearl, he would step in to help him; he would not let Yuwen Tuo fight this battle alone.

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