First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1085 - Explosive Fury

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress’s red dress blazed like fire, and her skin was as fair as snow. She was like a peerless, unearthly immortal beauty, utterly charming.

But Su Yi couldn’t help but laugh. How could he fail to realize that her earlier display of anger was just an act?

She was trying to get him to ask her to stay!

After a moment’s silence, Su Yi said, “I can help you, but you have to promise me something.”

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress batted her beautiful eyes. “Big Brother Su, never mind promising you one thing. Even if you asked for a hundred promises, I’d be willing. Go ahead and ask.”

She looked attentive.

Su Yi beckoned to her. “Come a little closer.”

Who knows what kind of embarrassing acts the Heavensdeath Demon Empress was picturing, but she froze, and her fair face flushed red. When she spoke, her voice was charming, soft, and timid. “You’re not going to hit me like you did before, are you?”

In the blink of an eye, this ancestral figure amongst the world’s Demonist cultivators transformed into an unparalleled enchantress. Her eyes were like limpid pools, and she was timid and meek. Her charm ran bone-deep, and it was enough to set even a Buddha’s most basal desires ablaze.

As she spoke, she walked up to Su Yi in light airy steps and lowered her head. She held her hands in front of her, as if she were offering herself up to him.

A moment later, the Heavensdeath Demon Empress felt a stinging pain.

Su Yi was pinching her delicate, crystalline right ear, and he ruthlessly twisted it. The pain made her frown, and she furiously raised her leg to kick him.

Su Yi tightened his grip on her ear and said out of nowhere, “If you dare fight back, I won’t help you.”

The founder of the Demons’ Elysium instantly gave up the struggle, but her beautiful eyes shone with vexation as she sputtered, “Su Xuanjun, how immature are you!? Let go already!”

She was frantic with anger, and her ample chest heaved beneath her red dress.

“If you try and sneakily use charm arts against me again, I won’t stop with simply pinching your ear,” Su Yi snorted coldly as he let go.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress had already lost to him seven times. He’d long since learned the unpredictable demoness’s quirks.

For instance, that her right ear was her most sensitive spot, followed by her buttocks…

Now, although all Su Yi had done was pinch her ear, her face flushed bright red, and her delicate figure quivered. She looked utterly bashful and vexed.

But she learned her lesson, and she indeed started behaving herself.

Su Yi had finally vented his irritation, too. He launched into questions about the Nine Heavens Pavilion.

Before long, he learned that nine experts of the Nine Heavens Pavilions had appeared in the Wilds. Their leader was a Warden!

There were also three Executioners and five Jailers.

Their forces were currently stationed in Thousand Net City, not far from the Demons’ Elysium’s ancestral ground.

The Nine Heavens Pavilion had three Heavenly Libationers, Seven Wardens, Eighteen Executioners, and a throng of Jailers.

The Warden who’d come to the Wilds was ranked sixth!

According to the Heavensdeath Demon Empress, the Sixth Warden was a mighty expert of the Profound Unity Realm, and he was extremely shrewd.

It seems a portion of the Nine Heavens Pavilion’s forces went to the Netherworld, while the rest came to the Wilds, thought Su Yi.

Back in the Netherworld, he slew a group of Nine Heavens Pavilion experts led by Executioner Hong Ying. He wasn’t at all surprised to learn that their forces had appeared in the Wilds, too.

“Now that we’re on the subject, I heard those Nine Heavens Pavilion people talking about how your youngest disciple has long since started working with the Church of the River of Stars,” the Heavensdeath Demon Empress said suddenly.

“Furthermore, they said experts of the Church of the River of Stars have long since taken up residence in the Grotto of Abstruse Force.

“But I’m not sure if that’s true or not. After all, that little disciple of yours is quite impressive. I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to take her down without fully unsealing my cultivation base.”

Su Yi’s brow furrowed.

He wouldn’t have guessed this. Pi Mo was colluding with the Studio of the Heart, while Qing Tang was working with the Church of the River of Stars! After a moment’s silence, Su Yi said, “I’ll be sure to get to the bottom of this.”

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress said, “Do you need my help?”

Su Yi laughed derisively. “What a sham. So much happened in the Grotto of Abstruse Force after my reincarnation, but I didn’t see you getting involved.”

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress laughed dismissively. “Those are the Grotto of Abstruse Force’s affairs. Never mind me, not even Bald Donkey Inkstone Heart of the Little Western Paradise got involved, right?”

She paused, her eyes sparkling and her voice full of laughter. “Besides, I only care about you, Su Xuanjun. I’ve never concerned myself with anyone else. When word spread of your death, I was certain that you wouldn’t just up and die so easily.

“And indeed, when I went to the Little Western Paradise to see Buddhist Master Inkstone Heart, the bald donkey warned me not to get involved in the Grotto of Abstruse Force’s affairs.

“He’d have died before explaining why, but how could I not guess?

“In the time that followed, I continuously sought out information. When I learned that your eldest disciple had sent his forces to the Netherworld on multiple occasions, I grew increasingly certain that you were still alive!”

Here, the corners of her lips curved into a smug grin. “Now, it seems I was right on the mark.”

But Su Yi was in no mood to discuss any of this. “Once I’ve resolved these enmities, I’ll naturally help you deal with the experts of the Nine Heavens Pavilion. When the time comes, all you need to do is split the Dark and Gold Treasures with me. I’ll help you absorb and refine Dark and Gold Essence. That will be enough to resolve the difficulties with your cultivation.”

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress straightforwardly agreed.

A moment later, she couldn’t help but say, “You really don’t need my help?”

Su Yi shook his head. “This is my business.”

His tone was casual, but his words seemed incontrovertible.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress said, “Very well. Should you ever need my help, all you have to do is call. No matter where I am, I’ll come running.”

Su Yi waved. “That’s all for now, then.”

With that, he turned and left.

But before he’d gotten far, he paused and frowned. “Why are you following me?”

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress was indeed following him.

“I’m just seeing you off. I absolutely won’t interfere in your affairs,” she sighed. “After all, it’s been a long, long time since we last saw each other. It was only after you left that I realized that, throughout the Wilds, there was no one else I could really bare my heart to. Now, we’ve finally reunited. Can you… can you truly bear to send me away?”

Even her gaze was melancholy.

Su Yi felt a headache coming on. He paid her no heed, but he continued without argument.

Behind him, a smug grin tugged at the Heavensdeath Demon Empress’s lips, and she followed him.

A bonfire blazed beneath the night sky.

When they saw Su Yi return, Bai Yi, Ye Luo, and the others sighed in relief.

Earlier, they’d worried that Su Yi and the Heavensdeath Demon Empress might fight. The thought was truly anxiety-provoking.

“I just knew that demoness wouldn’t dare oppose His Excellency Su!” The Blue Ox Yao Emperor laughed heartily, a toadyish look on his face.

“Which ‘demoness?’” A cold, aloof, dignified voice rang out.

The Blue Ox Yao Emperor froze, then stiffened. A waterfall of cold sweat poured down him, and he was so scared that his soul almost left his body.

Only then did they see the fair woman in a red dress following Su Yi. She was like a peerless immortal beauty of her generation, an unearthly stunner, and a formless majesty emanated from her.

Ye Luo, Bai Yi, the Red Pine Yao Emperor, and the others gasped. Their hearts shook.

Earlier, the Heavensdeath Demon Empress had been covered in dirt, and her long hair was a mess. She’d looked like a young refugee, a pitiful sight. She even sounded timid when she spoke.

But now, she seemed like a completely different person. She was like a sovereign overlooking the landscape, and her every gesture contained suffocating majesty.

The Blue Ox Yao Emperor almost cried. He wanted nothing more than to slap himself across the face.

He’d just barely escaped the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force’s wrath, only to offend the demon ancestor of the world’s Demonist cultivators!

This feeling really left him on the verge of a mental breakdown. He finally understood what it meant to want to cry, yet find no tears.

But then, the Heavensdeath Demon Empress laughed. “Of course, you’re right. I truly wouldn’t dare oppose ‘His Excellency Su.’”

Everyone was startled and bewildered. They couldn’t quite figure out her intentions.

Su Yi naturally couldn’t be bothered to explain. “Come on, let’s go to the Middle Province.”

He’d learned quite a bit from the Heavensdeath Demon Empress, and he had no desire to linger in the Ten Directions Yao Mountains any longer.

“Master, is Her Excellency Heavensdeath going to travel with us?” Bai Yi couldn’t help but ask.

“No need to pay any attention to her,” said Su Yi. His hands were behind his back, and he was already walking off.

Bai Yi, Ye Luo, and Wang Zhuofu hurriedly caught up.

The Red Pine, Dark Mountain, and Blue Ox Yao Emperors saw them off. It was only when they reached the edges of the Ten Directions Yao Mountains that they stopped and waved farewell.

After Su Yi and company faded from view, the Blue Ox Yao Emperor collapsed, his butt hitting the ground as he breathed in ragged gasps.

It was a pathetic, amusing sight, but neither the Red Pine Yao Emperor nor the Dark Mountain Yao Emperor laughed at him.

Had anyone else offended both the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force and the Heavendeath Demon Empress at once, they likely would have died a long time ago!

The Blue Ox Yao Emperor was extremely fortunate to have escaped with his life.

“The Wilds are in for quite a spectacle!” sighed the Red Pine Yao Emperor.

“The legend has returned. Who knows how many waves he’ll stir up? I can see it now: he’ll soon settle the score with the entire Abstruse Force Alliance!” The Dark Mountain Yao Emperor said gravely.

The elaborate, multi-layered deathtrap Pi Mo had arranged in the Ten Directions Yao Mountains had obviously been intended to destroy his master’s reincarnation. No matter his reasons, this was certain to provoke his master’s wrath!

“If Pi Mo sends anyone to the Ten Directions Yao Mountains to blame or chastise us, kill them!” The Red Pine Yao Emperor immediately made his choice, and he boiled over with murderous intent.

It was on that very night that word of the grand battle deep in the wilderness of the Ten Directions Yao Mountains spread as if it had grown wings. It soon reached the Abstruse Force Alliance.

When word arrived, Pi Mo was alone and enjoying a drink.

After hearing this news, he sank into silence.

His expression gradually darkened, and the veins bulged on his forehead.

In the end, he flung and shattered his cup, then kicked over the table.

He’d descended into an unprecedented fit of rage!

Murderous intent filled the entire grand hall.