âYouâre right. How smart a scheme is depends on how smart the schemer is.â
âHowever, if you think you can control me simply because you have some extraordinary powers, thatâs stupid.â
Looking at Long Xing, who couldnât even move, Jiang Chen spoke in a very calm tone.
He wasnât showing off or deliberately trying to attack Long Xing. After all, Long Xing had always been a special person for him.
The thing was, people changed.
Long Xingâs apprentice Xiao Hongxue had gotten too big for his boots since heâd become a Venerable Sovereign. Heâd even looked down on his master aunt and grand master.
Long Xing had been in a paramount position for a long time. How could it be possible that he was willing to become ordinary again?
The more highly people thought of him, the less he could accept Jiang Chenâs return, because Jiang Chen would take everything away from him.
Long Xing couldnât speak, although he was trying very hard to open his mouth.
However, the crystal had taken all of his strength. He could only express himself with looks.
âYou want to know where you lost?â asked Jiang Chen.
Long Xing tried his best to blink.
âBecause, whether it was going to be you or Yuâeru, be it either betrayal or exploitation, Iâd already thought of all of the countermeasures,â Jiang Chen said.
Although he couldnât adopt a different facial expression, it was obvious that Long Xing was greatly shocked by Jiang Chenâs speech.
He instantly felt as if it was 500 years ago again, when heâd held Jiang Chen in awe. Jiang Chen had known everything and was capable of everything.
âYou! Will! Die! By! My! Hand!â
In the end, Long Xing made an enormous effort to speak, gnashing his teeth and struggling, regardless of everything.
The divine crystal flew out of his body as soon as heâd finished speaking.
âOh?â Jiang Chen had a hunch that something wasnât right. In Long Xingâs state, his extraordinary power shouldnât have been absorbed so quickly.
âA transformation body?â
Seeing Long Xing dispersing throughout the world, Jiang Chen tumbled to the facts of the situation. He began to understand how the killers of the Nether World School had felt when theyâd realized they had only killed a practicing body despite the great effort theyâd made.
Jiang Chen threw the divine crystal to Lin Yueru to give her all of the extraordinary power it had taken in.
With the addition of this extraordinary power, Lin Yueruâs state had a great leap. She was almost a Martial Sovereign now.
âFlowers in Mirror and Moonâs Reflection in Water!â
With her strength improved, Lin Yueru took advantage of this crucial moment to throw her sword over. A bleeding hole appeared where the Shadow Yamaâs heart had been.
If it hadnât been for the Blood Slavesâ strong vitality, this sword attack wouldâve killed the Shadow Yama.
âWhat a terrifying person.â
However, it wasnât Lin Yueru that the Shadow Yama was most afraid of. It was Jiang Chen.
The tide had turned in an instant.
âBlood Demon Dissembles!â
The Shadow Yama knew that if he didnât leave as soon as possible, he would die here. He paid a huge price to exert a unique theurgy to run away. He exploded and turned into a bloody fog. Then he vanished.
Xiao Hongxue had even less reason to stay for a desperate fight.
He had been retreating farther and farther away while fighting Xiao Nuo from the beginning. Smoke was rising from him.
âJiang Chen, I donât believe youâll be able to hide behind a woman forever,â Xiao Hongxue shouted loudly as he turned tail and fled.
Xiao Nuo wasnât going to let him go. There was only coldness in her pretty eyes.
Just as she was about to kill him, Jiang Chen stopped her.
âSave your energy. We have the Demons and the Blood Race to deal with later. He is after all a Venerable Sovereign. Heâll cause Long Xing a bunch of trouble when he goes back.â
Jiang Chen wanted to kill Xiao Hongxue himself, but he knew it wasnât time to do it yet.
âThis is great.â Tt this moment, Lin Yueru touched his face with her delicate hand, exultant.
Jiang Chen hadnât discussed anything with her beforehand, so she was as surprised as Long Xing had been.
âElder brother, how do you know about these extraordinary powers so well?â asked Lin Yueru.
Long Xing had had the nerve to scheme against Jiang Chen because he thought the latter knew nothing about the extraordinary powers.
Not even Divine Kings could have extraordinary power. Only real Heavenly Gods could have it.
Even though Jiang Chen was the First Young Master of the Sacred Zone, he shouldnât have known anything about extraordinary power.
How would she and Long Xing have known of the holy soul Jiang Chen had?
Jiang Chen took the divine crystal back. This was a useful weapon to deal with Long Xing.
Lin Yueru was obviously very afraid of the divine crystal.
âLong Xing and I got the extraordinary power to stay ageless and immortal from the divine crystal. We split the extraordinary power 50-50.â
âI got the immortal part, but Iâll get old. Especially when my state canât be improved anymore, Iâll fall asleep every once in a while. A few months at first, and then a few years, and then dozens of years.â
âEvery time I fall asleep, Iâll be an old lady.â
Lin Yueru stopped here. She looked very sad. She didnât like having an immortal body.
âBeing ageless and being immortal are actually the same extraordinary power. They shouldnât have been split at all. Itâs a secondary effect that makes you fall asleep. Itâs the same for Long Xing. Thatâs why he wants the immortal part back. You and Long Xing, only one of you can survive.â
âI feel the extraordinary power of being ageless has been functioning in me. I havenât gotten old or fallen asleep at all over the last 100 years,â said Lin Yueru.
She meant she didnât want to antagonize Long Xing. She mustâve heard what Long Xing had said earlier. Being a woman, she would feel sentimental.
âPeople are greedy. Do you think Long Xing will allow this?â Jiang Chen asked helplessly.
It was something simple. He didnât have to make a big effort to explain it.
âI canât go back to the Sovereign Spirit Palace anymore,â Lin Yueru said with a sigh.
âCome to my Ling Long Celestial Palace,â offered Xiao Nuo, standing next to them.
âElder Sister Xiao Nuo.â Seeing Xiao Nuo, Lin Yueru beamed.
âNow youâre calling me elder sister again? Who didnât want to speak to me and called me a b*tch?â Xiao Nuo asked with a smile.
Lin Yueru looked awkward. She said, âIt was because I didnât know about the Sovereign Spirit Project. I thought my elder brother had died that way.â
âAhem, ahem.â Jiang Chen recalled his cause of death that Xiao Nuo had announced to the world. He was so embarrassed that he cut in immediately.
âWe should focus on the current problems, which are the most important things at the moment,â said Jiang Chen.
Both Xiao Nuo and Lin Yueru understood what he was talking about.
Then they went to find the Demon Slayers Palaceâs team. The Demon Slayers Palace hadnât let Jiang Chen down. They had gotten a lot of information.
âThere are Ghost Sovereigns above the Yamas and a Great Sovereign above the Ghost Sovereigns. This is the line-up of the Nether World School and the Blood Slaves.â
âThe Demons are a smaller threat. They have nine Demon Kings and a General Demon.â
They had learned every detail about the Alien Battlefield after a desperate fight.
âHave you found the Demon Fetusâs location?â
This was the most important thing.
âSome people sensed the energies of these creatures. Theyâre scattered in three places. Theoretically, only one of the three places is real. The other two are just traps.â
âEven so, weâll have to investigate each place to rule out those two.â
âI agree with you.â
After speaking to Ye Qiu, he sent reinforcements to the three places.
Putting the grudges between Jiang Chen and the Sovereign Spirit Palace aside, their ultimate goal was to frustrate the scheme of the Demons and the Blood Race.
The Heavenly Palace and the celestial palace headed for one of the three places to investigate.
By then, the movement of the Alien Battlefield had made the entrance of the Realm of Nine Heavens drift.
On the other side, it was also docking with the entrance of the Three Middle Realms.