Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 1016: The Third Master declares that Qi Mountain is sealed, Puppets do not leave, no creatures may enter!

Chapter 1016: Chapter 1016: The Third Master declares that Qi Mountain is sealed, Puppets do not leave, no creatures may enter!

Josh heard Qin Mei’s weak voice and his smiling face changed slightly as he asked, "How did you get hit?"

Qin Ruan snatched the phone from his hand, her voice filled with urgent concern, "Second Brother, where are you? I’m coming to find you right now!"

Qin Mei’s voice exclaimed in shock, "Ruanruan?!"

Amidst the noisy bickering on the phone, Qin Ruan, clutching the phone, headed toward the Yejue Club, "It’s me."

Qin Mei quickly said, "I’m at the Yejue underground bar, don’t worry, I was just teasing Josh, I’m really fine!"

Compared to the weak tone he had used with Josh, his voice now sounded loud and clear, not at all like someone who was unwell.

Hearing the loud arguing from the phone, Qin Ruan asked him, "Is there a fight going on over there?"

Qin Mei reassured her, "There were some bumps and knocks because of the earthquake just now, and some customers started fighting, but it’s not a big problem."

Qin Ruan, not reassured, pressed further, "Who else is with you?"

"Lu Yichen, Rong Jing, and those two irresponsible kids from the Fu Family who think they can reach for what’s beyond their grasp—those lowly toads wanting swan meat."

Knowing that it was because of Fu Ziqiu and Yin Tianlin that her second brother had come tonight, Qin Ruan didn’t know whom to blame as she sternly warned him, "Josh and I will be there soon, behave yourself!"

Qin Mei quickly promised, "Got it, got it, don’t rush, it’s pretty chaotic here..."

Before he could finish, Qin Ruan hung up the phone and hurried toward the underground bar.

Josh had been following her closely the whole time, his expression changing as he saw his little sister-in-law casually stuff his phone into her pocket.

Was he to reach for his phone directly, or should he ask the furious little sister-in-law for it?

While he hesitated, Qin Ruan quickened her pace.

Josh felt that neither option was good, so he resigned himself to catching up.

...

In Cloud City, atop Qi Mountain.

While Huo Yunjiao was reinforcing the barrier, Xia Yunchen was too weak to resist and could only let the surrounding forces suppress him.

His lips tightly closed, he swallowed the surge of blood, unwilling to show weakness in front of his former enemy.

Seeing his master enduring silently in his transformed body, Changyuan opened his huge mouth and held on to Xia Yunchen’s collar, placing him securely on the ground.

In the next instant, his scaly beast form charged toward Huo Yunjiao, with an air of mutual destruction.

Xia Yunchen saw this and his eyes reddened in urgency as he roared, "Changyuan! Come back!"

At this exclamation, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, dripping onto his blue robe and staining it with speckles of plum red.

But Changyuan, once riled up, refused to heed his command.

Impervious to blades and spears, his beast form had a tail with two poisonous hook-like ends. To ensure a direct hit, his flexible tail whipped toward Huo Yunjiao.

The tail, as thick around as a grown man’s waist, looked as if it would strike the third master at any moment.

Changyuan’s beastly eyes churned with ferocity and excitement.

But the next second, his hefty beast form uncontrollably ascended into the void.

Huo Yunjiao slid the Buddha Beads from his wrist, lifted his fingertip lightly, and the Kun Tian Nether Buddha Beads suppressed Changyuan.

With a bang, Changyuan crashed heavily to the ground, forced to reveal his human form.

The entire Qi Mountain trembled with him.

Changyuan’s black robe was tattered into shreds by Wind Blades, and bloodstains marred his face, presenting a scene of disarray and despair.

Xia Yunchen walked over to Changyuan, helped him up from the ground, and looked coldly at Huo Yunjiao, "Do you truly wish to push me to this point?"

Huo Yunjiao’s clear, icy eyes locked onto him. With thin lips curving up, he spoke with a chilly voice, "You forced me! The fate of all beings and creatures is in my hands to control, including ancient divine beasts. How dare you try to steal my heart!"

"Very well!" Xia Yunchen, knowing he had no power to change the situation and unable to contain his rage, proclaimed, "What you’ve done today, I will, surely, when my soul is restored, battle you to the death."

Huo Yunjiao’s eyes, cold as the moon, sparkled with iciness, his demeanor indifferent and mocking, "Then we shall wait until your soul is restored!"

He withdrew the Kun Tian Nether Buddha Beads, placing them in the palm of his hands, closed them together and declared, "Netherworld spirits all serve my bidding, the Ghost Emperors of the Five Directions, the six ghost gods of Fengdu, the Ten Yama Kings, where are you?!"

In an instant, the sky changed color, and thunder boomed from a cloudless heaven.

Represented by Chu Zifeng, the leader of the Ghost Emperors, as well as the Underworld King, embodying the Ten Yama Kings, along with the six ghost gods of Fengdu, descended from the heavens.

They looked fierce, each holding a Magic Artifact, arriving at the summons of the supreme deity of the Netherworld.

Ming Tianheng led the Netherworld deities, kneeling on one knee before Huo Yunjiao.

"We await the Divine Monarch’s soul’s return respectfully!"

"We welcome the Divine Monarch’s soul’s return respectfully!"

The twenty-five Netherworld deities, their expressions solemn and dignified, spoke with powerful voices.

Huo Yunjiao’s red eyes deepened, bewitching and cold, as he scanned his subordinates with a monarch’s frosty, merciless gaze, "It seems you’ve all had it quite easy these thousand years."

His voice was as cold as ice, mingled with a trace of anger, sending chills down everyone’s spine.

The Underworld King kneeling closest to him seemed to have cold sweat dripping from his forehead, his voice tense, "We are in trepidation!"

Huo Yunjiao lifted his long leg, wearing combat boots, and kicked at his shoulder socket, demanding, "Knowing the Nine-tailed Fox Clan exists, why did you not annihilate them? Have you forgotten my orders?!"

Ming Tianheng was sent reeling backwards, landing on his rear, his pretty and effeminate face showing a very ugly expression, panic flickering in his eyes.

He was puzzled. When had the Emperor ordered them to kill the Nine-tailed Fox Clan?

The Underworld King deftly climbed up from the ground and knelt once again at Huo Yunjiao’s feet, saying with sincere trepidation, "Emperor, they are the relatives of the Fox Clan’s Aruan. We dare not rashly make a move."

Third Master didn’t buy it at all, the corner of his mouth holding a sinister smile, his voice cold and biting, "It’s precisely because of your mercy that a thousand-year plan was almost ruined!"

Ming Tianheng immediately said, "This subordinate is terrified!"

Kneeling beside him, Chu Zifeng, seeing his old friend trembling in fear, didn’t know whether to feel sympathy for him or to take the opportunity to watch the drama unfold.

Huo Yunjiao suddenly called out to him, "Where is Chu Zifeng?"

Chu Zifeng’s body jolted, and he immediately bowed his head, respectfully responding, "This subordinate is here!"

Huo Yunjiao, "Where is the foremost of the Six Nether Spirits of Luo Fengdu?"

The man in the black robe covered with a grim expression, kneeling on the other side of the Underworld King, answered, "This subordinate is here!"

Huo Yunjiao, "Underworld King?"

Ming Tianheng immediately said, "This subordinate is here!"

Huo Yunjiao’s eyes held a tempestuous storm within, and his entire bearing exuded an imperial presence that instilled a sense of awe in others.

He surveyed Xia Yunchen and Changyuan with a disdainful and lofty gaze.

Amidst their resentful stares, his thin lips quirked slightly, "Let The Ghost Emperors of the Five Directions, the Six Nether Spirits of Luo Fengdu, and the Ten Judges of Yama heed my command! By the decree of heaven and earth, seal Qi Mountain for me—let no demon out, let no living being in!"

"We shall heed the Emperor’s decree!"

Ming Tianheng, Chu Zifeng, and others responded in unison.

They rose and faced Xia Yunchen and Changyuan, who were trapped by the barrier.

Twenty-five divine beings of the Netherworld activated simultaneously, and the overwhelming chill of yin and evil energy rapidly spread throughout every corner of Qi Mountain.

The colors of the world faded, and the force capable of shaking heaven and earth enveloped the entire Qi Mountain.

In almost a few seconds, the divine beings of the Netherworld had sealed the vast Qi Mountain in ice.

The spirits and malevolent beings within Qi Mountain wailed and howled, while Xia Yunchen and Changyuan, with no power to resist, remained trapped on Qi Mountain.

With no malevolent beings departing and no living humans entering, Qi Mountain would completely disappear from the world.

It had become a forbidden zone of the Human Realm. Unless the twenty-five divine beings of the Netherworld acted together to unseal it, Xia Yunchen and the others would be imprisoned here for eternity.

After the divine beings like Ming Tianheng and Chu Zifeng withdrew their powers, Huo Yunjiao slowly approached Xia Yunchen.

He stood in front of the other, his calm, red eyes staring at Xia Yunchen, "Does the Divine Monarch still remember? Back at the Netherworld River, you sacrificed yourself to spirits—hundreds of unforgivably wicked puppets?"

Xia Yunchen’s handsome face twisted slightly, "Of course, I remember!"

He sacrificed himself to the wicked puppets to save the Emperor of Fengdu, leading to the fall of the ancient Divine Clan.

Such a dire price was enough, not just to repay the debt Qin Ruan owed to the Emperor of Fengdu but also due to the circumstances at that time.

The heart of the Emperor of Fengdu, the lives of two from the Nine-tailed Fox Clan, and the fall of many ancient Divine Beasts—all formed a heavy price that should suffice to repay the debt.

He thought that in this life, with Huo Third Master and Qin Ruan together, there would be some lingering sentiments from back then.

But now, it seemed he had miscalculated, and he shouldn’t have staked his sister’s lifeline on the man before him.

Huo Yunjiao asked him, "Does the Divine Monarch have any regrets?"

Xia Yunchen’s gaze flickered slightly. Just as his expression was about to reveal something different, the next moment, Huo Yunjiao’s one hand grasped his neck with a fierce and violent energy, demanding, "Answer me!"

"No, no regrets!"

Xia Yunchen’s voice was weak, but the words he uttered were firm and decisive.

His eyes, swirling with confusion, were fixed on the man’s bewitching face, revealing a sense of inquiry.

Huo Yunjiao seemed satisfied and let go of his neck.

He narrowed his eyes, his demeanor returning to being gentle and refined as if the one who had just been violent was not him.

Huo Yunjiao scoffed ambiguously and turned to leave.

A sense of inborn imperial authority faintly leaked from him. His retreating figure was rebellious and unconstrained, proud and imperious.

Standing behind, Xia Yunchen lightly touched the red marks on his neck, calling out in a deep voice, "May I ask, what does the Emperor intend to do with Aruan?"

Huo Yunjiao didn’t even turn his head as he responded, "The Fox Clan’s Aruan took out my heart. She has to pay for that act of heart extraction. Let her exchange it with her own heart."

The voice was clear and lazily melodious, like music.

However, the content of his words sent chills down one’s spine.

Xia Yunchen supported the fierce-looking Changyuan, watching Third Master’s departing figure, his eyes dark and unclear, flickering on and off.

As the party with the twenty-five divine beings of the Netherworld set off, he suddenly shouted, "Whether you are Huo Third Master of the Human Realm or the Supreme God of the Netherworld, if you dare hurt Aruan in the slightest, I will engage you in a fight to the death!"

No one in the departing group paid any attention to him.

This feeling of being ignored made Xia Yunchen very irritable.

He raised his hand and swore by his status as the Monarch of the Fox Clan, "By the name of the Nine-tailed Fox Monarch, I vow here that if you dare to harm Aruan, the Tu Mountain Nine-tailed Fox Clan will awaken fifty-two ancient Divine Beasts to attack the Netherworld, and we will surely cause utmost chaos!"

"I’ll be waiting for that day to come."

Huo Yunjiao’s indifferent voice drifted slowly.

His casual response made it clear he didn’t take Xia Yunchen seriously at all.

Suddenly, in the east, the sound of thunder rolled, as if responding to Xia Yunchen’s recent oath.