Chapter 1484: Yearning for Battle!

Yin Ji answered calmly, “Because I am the Clan Chief of the Demon Fox Clan. He discovered it.”

Wu Chang visibly froze.

He seemed not to believe her and asked each word distinctly, “Elder Sister is the Clan Chief of the Demon Fox Clan?”

Yin Ji nodded.

Her lips moved slightly, releasing a soft “wu-wu” sound. Though quiet, the sound carried with extraordinary clarity, almost like chanting.

Wu Chang, who had been staring at her, suddenly turned his head from side to side.

All around them, movement erupted across the swamp.

One demon fox after another emerged.

Each stood quietly facing the meadow, gently swaying its tail.

There had to be more than a thousand of them.

It was as though the two people on the meadow had been completely surrounded.

When Yin Ji stopped chanting, the demon foxes churned back into the marsh one after another.

In the blink of an eye, they had all disappeared.

The scene seemed almost like a dream.

Wu Chang slowly turned back, his gaze deepening as he stared at Yin Ji. “Elder Sister is a fox demon?”

Yin Ji nodded in silent confirmation.

Wu Chang said, “The woman Luo Qiu and I both loved was a fox demon?”

“In your eyes, does merely being human make you inherently superior to my Demon Fox Clan?”

“How could Elder Sister be a fox demon? If you are, then what about the daughter you had with Luo Qiu?”

Yin Ji herself did not know how to explain it.

Nor did she want to.

She merely flicked both sleeves lightly.

Demonic qi began rising from her body.

The demonic aura she had always suppressed with the Demon Fox Clan’s methods gradually emerged—or rather, she simply stopped suppressing it.

Wu Chang’s pupils contracted sharply.

He stared fixedly at her for a long moment before suddenly asking, “Why did Elder Sister ask me here?”

“To discuss cooperation.”

“I know you have always wanted to become overlord of all beneath Heaven.”

“I am willing to lend you my strength and help you eliminate the other Sacred Venerables.”

“But I have one condition.”

“Humans and cultivators must withdraw from the Fox Immortal Realm.”

“This realm belonged to my Demon Fox Clan in the first place. It should be returned to us.”

“The reason I went into the mortal world all those years ago was precisely to find someone with whom I could cooperate.”

Wu Chang said, “And what will you use to help me? These fox demons of yours who spend their lives hiding?”

“I will let you see the strength of my Demon Fox Clan.”

Wu Chang’s gaze flickered slightly.

Then he said decisively, “Fine. I agree. But I have a condition of my own.”

“Becoming overlord of all beneath Heaven still isn’t enough for you?”

“If I give the Fox Immortal Realm to your clan, then one corner of all beneath Heaven will no longer belong to me. How could I still call myself overlord of all beneath Heaven?”

Yin Ji asked, “What condition?”

“You, Elder Sister. Become my woman.”

Yin Ji choked on her words.

Anger rose in her face. “You already know I’m a fox demon. Why still speak such outrageous nonsense?”

Wu Chang said with domineering certainty, “Whether you are a fox demon does not matter.”

“What matters is this: what I have lost, I will take back.”

Yin Ji was genuinely angered. “Wu Chang, I am not an object. I have never belonged to you.”

“The Fox Immortal Realm can be given to the Demon Fox Clan, but the queen of the Demon Fox Clan must become my woman. Otherwise, what meaning is there in calling myself overlord of all beneath Heaven?”

“Wu Chang, you are far too arrogant.”

“Arrogant?” Wu Chang repeated.

Then his voice turned cold. “I think I understand why Yuan Se seized Luo Qiu’s daughter.”

“Yuan Se returned to the Sacred Realm once, and afterward he seized Luo Qiu’s daughter.”

“You met Yuan Se before you met me. Yuan Se learned your identity, so he went after your daughter...”

His expression changed abruptly.

“What are you trying to do?”

Yin Ji said, “I don’t understand what you’re talking about.”

Wu Chang suddenly snapped his head upward and stared into the sky.

His furious shout cracked like thunder.

“Who’s skulking around?”

A mass of cloud and mist was drifting through the sky.

That by itself was nothing unusual.

But after approaching this area, it had gradually lowered in altitude and had not been blown away for a long time.

That had already drawn his suspicion.

The instant he noticed it, Wu Chang’s first reaction was that Yin Ji had set a trap to harm him.

“Hahaha! Two old lovers meet in secret, yet you still have the attention to notice this old woman?”

A laugh like an old owl’s cry came from inside the cloud.

The cloud began to churn.

At last the wind scattered it, revealing a figure standing suspended inside.

Granny Xue.

Still laughing, she looked down from above. “I only wanted to see what the little devil had come sneaking back into the Sacred Realm to do.”

“I never imagined I would witness something this interesting.”

“Yin Ji, you really are still alive?”

Wu Chang rapidly studied both women’s reactions.

He realized he might have misunderstood.

This did not seem to be a trap.

Yin Ji stared upward and murmured, “Use your Boundless Demon Domain to trap her. I’ll help you eliminate her.”

Suspicion rose in Wu Chang’s heart.

He replied quietly, “The Boundless Demon Domain cannot hold her.”

“Even if I trap her, with her strength I have to devote myself to controlling the Domain and cannot fight her with my full strength.”

“You should know that.”

She truly should.

Back then, when Wu Chang and Luo Qiu had joined forces to protect Yin Ji, they had relied on the Boundless Demon Domain to contend with the others.

Every time they faced Granny Xue, however, the technique became somewhat awkward to use.

Yin Ji said, “Didn’t you ask what my Demon Fox Clan can use to help you?”

Then she raised her voice toward the sky. “Old demoness, you are not welcome here.”

Wu Chang’s gaze flickered.

He was tempted.

“Demoness?” Granny Xue burst out laughing. “I was a little too far away earlier and couldn’t tell who summoned that crowd of hopping fox demons.”

“Wu Chang doesn’t seem to have that ability, does he?”

“Yin Ji, what is all that demonic qi pouring off you?”

“Looks like I truly came to the right place this time.”

The mockery was obvious.

You yourself are a demon, yet you still have the nerve to call me an old demoness?

Just then, Wu Chang’s figure flashed.

He shot into the sky, charging straight toward Granny Xue.

Granny Xue gave a strange cry. “What? Planning to kill me and silence the witness?”

The staff in her hand struck out like thunder, smashing toward the oncoming Wu Chang.

At the instant their attacks collided, the thunderous staff struck Wu Chang—and his body dissolved into black mist and escaped.

The exploding cloud of darkness swallowed Granny Xue in an instant.

She had fought Wu Chang often enough to know exactly what was happening.

She immediately fled backward at high speed.

Yet she could no longer retreat into the light.

No matter how quickly she flew backward, she remained shrouded within the endless black mist.

Realizing the effort was useless, she stopped and held her staff ready, watching her surroundings with extreme vigilance.

A streak of blood-red light suddenly bloomed inside the darkness.

Granny Xue quickly turned toward it.

Within the radiance, Wu Chang’s immense figure appeared among the rolling black mist like a heavenly god.

The towering manifestation was a hundred zhang high.

His long hair streamed behind him.

A crimson glow like a dying sun hung at his back.

His hands were pressed together as he murmured.

“Enter... my... Demon... Domain.”

“Enter... my... Demon... Domain!”

The vast voice rolled through the darkness.

It made one feel as though one had accidentally stepped into the realm of gods and demons—mysterious, immense, and terrifying.

This was not Granny Xue’s first time seeing the technique.

She was utterly unafraid.

Instead she threw back her head and laughed. “Wu Chang, this little trick of yours may frighten other people, but don’t show it off in front of this old woman.”

“Oh, I understand.”

“You’re trying to cover your old lover’s escape, aren’t you?”

“Don’t worry. I’m in no hurry to kill her.”

“I’d actually like to have a good talk with her.”

“What exactly is the meaning of this dead woman suddenly coming back to life?”

Wu Chang’s vast demon-god manifestation gave no response.

He merely looked down coldly, regarding all living beings as ants.

The surrounding black mist stretched into strands.

They twisted forward like vines, yet also like venomous snakes, wrapping toward Granny Xue’s limbs and body.

Granny Xue swept out her staff.

Powerful spiritual force shattered the mist-chains apart.

Yet the entanglement simply repeated itself without end.

At last, it began to anger her.

Since they refused the offered wine and insisted on drinking the penalty wine, she would stop being polite.

She swept the staff in her hand.

Vast spiritual power spread around her, and a faint blue radiance began glowing from the staff.

In an instant, strange changes appeared throughout the surroundings.

Endless water vapor began converging toward her...

On the meadow below, Yin Ji looked up at the enormous mass of churning black cloud overhead.

Then she saw water vapor rising from all directions and gathering toward it.

She immediately raised one foot and stamped down on the meadow.

Boom!

The meadow trembled.

Like a stone dropped into water, ripples spread outward from the meadow through the surrounding swamp.

It was a signal.

Bang!

A figure burst up from beneath the marsh and landed beside Yin Ji.

Kunlin Shu.

His face, however, had been smeared in an assortment of colors, making his true features impossible to distinguish.

Kunlin Shu lifted his head and stared at the roiling black cloud overhead.

Yin Ji looked at him. “Afraid?”

Kunlin Shu did not answer.

But unmistakable excitement rose in his eyes.

Or rather, yearning.

A yearning for battle!

Yin Ji understood.

“Go.”

Whoosh!

Kunlin Shu shot into the sky and plunged directly into the churning black cloud.

...

Controlling the Boundless Demon Domain, Wu Chang’s cheeks gradually tightened.

He knew Granny Xue was using that method again.

The interior of his Boundless Demon Domain resembled a kind of formation.

Anyone trapped within it was like someone who had fallen into a limitless expanse and could no longer find the way out.

But the Boundless Demon Domain he created still occupied a finite area.

Granny Xue could use her art to gather immeasurable quantities of water vapor until she burst his Boundless Demon Domain apart from within.

The method was crude and straightforward.

It was also extremely effective.

This was precisely why Wu Chang always wanted to kill Granny Xue whenever an opportunity appeared.

Then Wu Chang’s gaze abruptly shifted.

He sensed someone entering.

At a glance, he saw the gaudily painted face that had charged into the Domain.

Kunlin Shu, meanwhile, immediately saw Wu Chang’s vast demon-god form towering inside the Domain.

He could not help feeling alarmed.

He had never seen anything like it.

Fortunately, Yin Ji had warned him beforehand.

He knew this was only an illusion inside the Boundless Demon Domain.

He also knew Wu Chang was not the opponent he had come here to fight.

Yin Ji had already explained everything that needed explaining in detail beforehand—Wu Chang, Granny Xue, the Boundless Demon Domain created by Wu Chang’s art, and more.

Kunlin Shu immediately turned his gaze around, searching for Granny Xue.

Yet he had no idea where she was.

Granny Xue could not see him either.

She too could only see Wu Chang’s colossal dharma manifestation.

Wu Chang alone remained unaffected by the Boundless Demon Domain.

He could see every person inside it clearly.

Not even the slightest disturbance escaped his awareness.

Wu Chang’s dharma manifestation swept one hand outward.

Kunlin Shu and Granny Xue turned their heads almost simultaneously.

The black mist churned apart, and each suddenly saw the other beyond it.

“Playing ghostly tricks—who are you?” Granny Xue shouted sharply.

A Nascent Soul cultivator had suddenly appeared.

He was clearly not one of the other Sacred Venerables.

Her vigilance instantly rose.

She already sensed that something was wrong.

Seeing Granny Xue’s state, Kunlin Shu remembered Yin Ji’s warning and knew she was casting the art that would break the Boundless Demon Domain.

Yin Ji had repeatedly emphasized one thing beforehand.

Once Granny Xue escaped the Boundless Demon Domain, with the vast waters of the swamp surrounding them, there would probably be no one beneath Heaven who could stop her.

Kunlin Shu did not answer.

His hands rapidly formed seals.

Buzz!

Flames exploded from within his body.

In an instant, raging fire engulfed him from head to toe.

He looked like a god of fire.

The bursting blaze released a wave of dim golden light that swept outward in every direction, surging into the water vapor flooding toward him.

[End of Chapter 1484]