Please, Young Master, Slay the Demon!
Chapter 1003 - 71: The Traitorous Son [Seeking Monthly Votes!]

Chapter 1003: Chapter 71: The Traitorous Son [Seeking Monthly Votes!]

Deep into the night at Shu Mountain, a sudden burst of heavenly fire illuminated the sky, creating a purple-gold mushroom cloud above Silver Sword Peak.

The Jiuli Divine Beast, Chu Liang, hugged his little bamboo and shivered, unsure where such intense fire had come from. He could only curl up into a ball and bury his face within it, as if by doing so, no one could find him.

The Golden Fur Beast lay on the ground, its large eyes wildly spinning, as if pondering whether it should fulfill its duty as a guardian beast. "Life, I desire; home, I also desire." But even if it were to risk its life to protect its home, could it really keep it safe? The limited wisdom in its head quickly arrived at an answer: obviously not.

The Koi sisters were shaken awake from their beds. They held hands, terrified to open the door and step outside, looking at the divine fire filling half the sky. If they even touched a little of it, the best scenario would see them turn into roasted fish, and a slightly worse one might reduce them to ashes.

The Raging Dragon Colt, however, was quite excited. Being a fire-attribute demon beast, he greatly enjoyed this kind of atmosphere. But just as he thought about venturing out, a hot wave pushed him back. Among fire attributes, there were also hierarchies, and such divine fire was not something his level could withstand.

The long night was bright as daylight, and all of Shu Mountain was shocked, causing widespread anxiety in a short time.

Only Empress Feng, sitting in the attic of her Peak Master, remained silent on her couch, seemingly pondering something.

She alone could clearly feel what was happening. The pervasive atmosphere was undoubtedly the unique Samadhi Divine Fire of the Divine Fire Life, descending from the heavens onto Shu Mountain, not for anything trivial... This divine fire had come to acknowledge its master.

Because Empress Feng had long since reached the Peak of the Seventh Realm, standing on the threshold of commanding the Dao of Ash Burn, she was qualified to challenge the Daoist Master. The descent of endless divine fire at this moment meant she didn’t need to challenge anymore; she had already obtained the qualification for Daoist Master.

But her expression was somewhat gloomy.

The good news was that she had been promoted.

The coveted Eighth Realm, which she had long striven for, no longer required her own effortful schemes. With the sudden descent of heavenly Daoist Rite, it was as if she had suddenly been adorned with a yellow robe and surrounded by Burn the Blue Dao Yun, effortlessly elevated. No need to find what was hard to find; it all came without effort.

The bad news was, her father was gone.

The only reason for this situation could be that Mingde, the current guardian of the Ash Burn Daoist Master, had fallen, and no other Ash Burn Daoist Masters could compete with Empress Feng. Always standing at the threshold, Empress Feng was thus able to effortlessly become the master of the Dao of Ash Burn.

One father, in exchange for a great Dao.

If it were the younger Empress Feng, she might have made this trade without hesitation, even complaining why everyone could only have one father, wishing she could trade several times more.

But the current Empress Feng wasn’t like her past self; influenced by her time in Shu Mountain, she had also acquired some humanity. Although she always claimed that she wanted to compete with Mingde for the Dao, she had never actually acted on it.

Even though sometimes feeling weaker than Jiang Tiankuo, weaker than Yan Zi, or even weaker than her disciple was anxiety-inducing, she was reluctant to take action against Mingde, regardless of win or loss.

Yet today, the Dao of Ash Burn had come to her.

She gazed toward the direction of Yu Capital City, wondering what had happened inside the Imperial City that even a guardian of the Royal Family, close to the peak of the Eighth Realm, had fallen.

Immediately, she picked up the token of the Immortal Sect Circle and indeed saw it exploding with news, overwhelming with one shocking piece of news.

"The Supreme Evil Ksitigarbha has emerged, Yu Capital City’s living beings are obliterated."

Bang—

A loud explosion, and the Peak Master’s attic was reduced to nothing again.

...

On Pagoda Peak, Tuntun had finished a day of learning and was lying in her small bed resting, clutching a delicately made plush doll, which seemed to be a pink little bunny.

Little Yi said that the people of Shu Mountain liked little bunnies the most, especially regarding the bunny head... "Not one meal less," and then she had given her this doll. Tuntun liked it very much, holding it every night as she slept.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes.

She felt as if an aura was remotely locking onto her, giving her a sense of threat from its source. She had no concept of the strengths and weaknesses of the various paths in the Mortal Realm, but this was the first time she had felt the presence of danger.

This threat made her somewhat uneasy.

But now, there were no longer the Fox Demon Caiyi at Shu Mountain to accompany her, and Chu Liang was also absent. She didn’t know whom to look for. After some thought, she decided to go find her best friend, Little Yi.

But just as she stepped out of the attic, that strong aura had already arrived, a black light like a meteorite fell from the sky and suddenly struck towards her!

Boom—

The black meteorite fell, and Pagoda Peak shattered in response.

Tuntun instinctively dodged, her figure landing on a nearby mountain. The strong wind from her rapid evasion lifted her black hair. Her eyes were full of confusion and blankness, not understanding why the other party would suddenly attack her.

Her education on Shu Mountain had always been about being kind to others, believing that the world should be filled with goodness. But this sudden malice left her at a loss on how to react.

Among the shattered peaks of Pagoda Peak, a terrifying figure, like it was forged from black metal, stood proudly, looking at Tuntun with a cold gaze.

This was the sanctity of the Mortal Realm nowadays; by killing her, there would no longer be anyone in the Human Clan to rival himself. He could then plunder the spiritual energy of this region without any resistance.

This had been done tens of thousands of years ago, but at that time, because a Nameless Ancient Buddha had emerged, cutting the Demon Seed and becoming a saint with the cultivation of the Ninth Realm, he strongly suppressed the Supreme Evil Ksitigarbha.

But that was the Nameless Ancient Buddha, who was also one of the foremost in the history of the Ninth Realm.

This young girl who looked like a Lord Demon God, even if she possessed the cultivation of the Tongxuan Realm, could not possibly have such capability, for her eyes disclosed that she simply did not know how to fight.

This realm was hers for the taking.

When he destroyed Yu Capital City, Evil Ksitigarbha did not feel anything significant, as both mortals and those of the Eighth Realm were nothing but dust and dregs in his eyes, barely able to withstand a single blow. The reason he attacked there first was merely that the Venerable Wanfa said it would distract the attention of various Immortal Sects.

If he had directly confronted the Lord Demon God, and a standstill ensued with many powers of the Half-Eighth Realm intervening, it might actually become the straw that broke the Supreme Evil Ksitigarbha’s back.

Now that the Divine Artifacts of various Immortal Sects were overwhelmed in Yu Capital City, his sudden attack on Shu Mountain would allow an even battle with the Lord Demon God.

"Lord Demon God!"

The Grand Priest, the Shu Mountain Head Master, the Zhenshan Elder, and others landed behind Tuntun.

"Evil Ksitigarbha has suddenly revived and has destroyed Yu Capital City. Now the Four Seas and Nine Continents are in grave danger," Master Wen Yuan said gravely, "His arrival here naturally aims to eradicate the Ninth Realm of this world and then act recklessly. Please, Lord Demon God, lend your aid."

The distress message from Yu Capital City had earlier also reached Shu Mountain, but since Jiang Tiankuo had taken the Shu Mountain Divine Boat to Shenxu Temple, he had not gone to the rescue. Even so, the upper echelon of Shu Mountain had gathered to discuss how to handle the current situation.

But before they could discuss much, Evil Ksitigarbha had already reached their doorstep.

However, since the foe had brought himself to their door, it did save some effort; there was no need to think about how to persuade the Lord Demon God to act, given Chu Liang’s absence, since the foe had brought the fight to them, and the Lord Demon God had to fight whether she wanted to or not.

But the problem was...

Tuntun frowned as she looked at the ugly Evil Ksitigarbha across from her. She indeed felt somewhat angry, but upon hearing Master Wen Yuan’s words, she suddenly asked in a daze, "Lend my aid... how so?"

This question, indeed, left everyone present at a loss for words. In order to blunt the Lord Demon God’s fangs, the Human Clan had previously only taught her about love and peace, about being civilized and polite, about how to be kind to others; no one had ever taught her how to fight, and now suddenly throwing her into battle inevitably left her bewildered.

If it were against others, perhaps the Lord Demon God—with her superior realm—could utterly overpower them. But facing a nearly equal being, how could a child-like mind immediately know what to do?

Shu Mountain’s upper echelon inevitably felt some regret. Previously seeing the Lord Demon God as the sole threat to humanity, they had tried various means to weaken her, not thinking she would now become the only savior.

Before anyone else could speak, a blazing firelight suddenly thundered towards the direction of Evil Ksitigarbha, accompanied by a resonant phoenix cry.

"You cur! Come meet your fate—"