Chapter 481

"If we let the Grand Dragon Chief seal the old man's cultivation, we'll just beat him up soundly, and the matter will be wrapped up perfectly."

The Great Demon God heard this, his eyes lit up — all these years, he had trained bitterly for so long.

His only wish was to beat Xiao Sanxiao soundly and destroy everything he held dear.

He had thought he'd have to wait longer, to unleash the Thousand-Year Tribulation before he could.

Now he realized, everything was actually this simple.

"Brother, you're too clever — then what merit should I claim?"

The Great Demon God now couldn't wait to immediately join the Qinglong Society and serve the Grand Dragon Chief.

"Let's go, we'll talk as we walk."

The Boss had a plan in mind; pulling the Great Demon God along, he headed toward the seaside.

"Since we don't have to worry about the Thousand-Year Tribulation now, let's return to the Central Lands!"

"The Central Lands — we can finally go back?"

The Great Demon God heard this, and a tear actually welled up in his eyes.

All these years, for the seed of vengeance in his heart, he had wandered far from home.

But the Central Lands were his roots!

"Good! Brother, let's go."

The Great Demon God didn't even pack up; he and the Boss, the two of them, swaggered off arm-in-arm toward the seaside.

Yunzhou Shaolin Temple.

Xue Damo and Black Pupil were cultivating.

A sword from beyond the heavens descended upon the world, plunging straight down like a comet.

This truly heaven-and-earth-destroying momentum made the two immediately jolt awake from their cultivation.

Once that sword had passed, Ximen Wudi's voice came through; the two exchanged a look.

"Is that even human?"

Both read the same meaning in each other's eyes.

"Demon Lord…"

The next moment, sharp-eyed Black Pupil immediately saw the Demon Lord Bai Suzhen, who had been in closed-door meditation, quietly appear.

"This sword… to have such cultivation — I am inferior!"

"Does that mean what that little girl said might actually be true?"

Demon Lord Bai Suzhen didn't respond to Black Pupil, only murmured softly to herself.

"Demon Lord?"

Black Pupil saw her expression was strange and called out a few more times.

Only then did Demon Lord Bai Suzhen come back to herself; she smiled at Black Pupil,

"Black Pupil, I'm very happy today."

"Ah? Could it be that you've comprehended the Heart of Damo, Demon Lord?"

The reason the three of them had been staying at Yunzhou Shaolin Temple was actually because within the temple's Wooden Dummy Alley,

there was a Heart of Damo.

Demon Lord Bai Suzhen had once said that this Heart of Damo contained the power of Origin-tier Maha.

And Demon Lord Bai Suzhen's Maha Wuliang was actually derived from the Earth-tier Maha of Origin-tier Maha.

That was why the three of them had stayed here — because Demon Lord Bai Suzhen wished to comprehend Origin-tier Maha and grasp a higher power.

Now that Demon Lord Bai Suzhen said this, Black Pupil naturally misunderstood.

"No! This Origin-tier Maha isn't that easy to comprehend."

"Perhaps Ximen Wudi can comprehend it!"

Demon Lord Bai Suzhen shook her head, then glanced up at the sky — in that direction lay the very entrance to the Sword Realm.

"This…"

Black Pupil and Xue Damo looked at each other, speechless.

Since rebirth, Demon Lord Bai Suzhen had been an invincible existence in the eyes of the two.

Now, Demon Lord Bai Suzhen's tone actually seemed to admit she was inferior to Ximen Wudi?

How were the two supposed to respond to that?

"Alright! Black Pupil, you stay here and continue guarding the Dharma."

"Xue Xiu, go find the Demon Lady and have her investigate the location of Qinglong Peak."

Demon Lord Bai Suzhen's brow carried a hint of joy,

"I want to go to Qinglong Peak and pay a visit to the Grand Dragon Chief, Ximen Wudi."

Black Pupil and Xue Damo, hearing this, inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank goodness it was just a visit!

"Yes!"

Xue Damo immediately bowed in acceptance; with a flicker of his body, he vanished into the mountain forest.

"Demon Lord?"

Black Pupil wanted to ask once more why Demon Lord Bai Suzhen was happy.

"Alright! No more talk — I'll go back to my meditation!"

"Actually, in my view, the Grand Dragon Chief won't be back anytime soon either."

"But Xue Xiu, pass down the order — all those under me, the Demon Lord."

"In the future, when you see the Qinglong Society in trouble, you must lend a hand."

The Demon Lord Bai Suzhen left behind these words, then vanished with a graceful flourish.

From within the mountain forest came Xue Damo's affirming reply.

Only Hei Tong was left standing there in a daze, his thoughts running wild,

"Could it be that the Demon Lord has taken a fancy to Ximen Wudi?"

……

In some corner of the Nine Provinces.

Yin Zhong, who had nearly died beneath Zhang Jianzhi's strike last time, was stunned for a long while after witnessing Ximen Wudi's sword that descended from beyond the heavens.

"This Ximen Wudi — surely he must truly be invincible now…"

"Tong Yinzhong, are you still hesitating?"

In the void, a deep, broad voice rose slowly.

The voice was upright and gentle, making one instinctively feel a sense of closeness.

Yin Zhong, hearing this voice, was instantly startled with a shiver.

"This… it's not that I'm hesitating."

"You've seen it too — this Ximen Wudi is so overwhelmingly powerful. Even if I take refuge with you, do you truly have the confidence…"

In the void, a ripple stirred.

A colossal palm suddenly appeared above, and then that voice continued,

"This seat has his own plans. All you need do is take refuge with me and act according to my commands."

"Then the contest with Ximen Wudi will have only just begun."

The owner of this voice, by contrast, appeared exceedingly confident.

This colossal palm was clearly from the very same mysterious figure who had earlier torn apart the Water Moon Grotto-Heaven and rescued Yin Zhong.

"Very well! But you must first heal the injuries on my body."

After hesitating for so long, Yin Zhong had finally made up his mind today.

"A trivial matter!"

The great hand waved once in the void, and then a Fomen ten-thousand character appeared at the center of the palm.

A beam of Jin Guang shot forth from that palm, enveloping Yin Zhong within it.

Yin Zhong, bathed beneath the Jin Guang, discovered that the terrifying wound on his chest was indeed gradually fading away.

"Excellent!"