BOOM!

The hundred-zhang flame swallowed Xu Lai and then violently shot upward, burning a massive hole in the 'Sky' of the underground world where the Lower Crescent Moon Clan resided. Through that hole, one could vaguely see the real starry sky, with countless stars twinkling.

The Moon Clan members all fell back, their expressions filled with horror. What a terrifying flame! Moreover, this was from a single shard of the Pill Furnace. At this moment, everyone began to believe what Supreme Elder Deng Tianbai had said before—that a complete Pill Furnace could refine an entire star system.

"No matter how strong you are, you will be reduced to ashes by the Pill Fire," Deng Zhe remarked with a sigh, a sense of exhilaration rising within him.

With this method in hand, how could the Lower Crescent Moon Clan not rise to become an Upper Crescent? Even becoming the Royal Clan was no longer an impossible dream!

"It's over."

As the dwarf Li Wushuang muttered, he, Deng Tianbai, and the third Supreme Elder suddenly spat out a large mouthful of blood. As the Pill Fire was released, the life force of the three Supreme Elders rapidly drained away. In at most three breaths, they would die of old age.

"This is fine, too. Born on this land, dying on this land." Deng Tianbai was shrouded in an undeniable aura of death. He sighed softly, "My only regret is not being able to conquer new lands like our ancestors did."

"Indeed. When our ancestors arrived on the Moon 10,000 years ago, there were only a mere seventy thousand of them. It took them two hundred years to occupy this place. What a magnificent feat that was!" another Supreme Elder said with a sardonic laugh. "We were about to take Earth and have countless Zhu Lang to use for the Blood Moon Technique, but now we won't live to see it."

They should have been able to see it. If not for the sudden appearance of this young man whose pressure washed over the entire Moon, the three Supreme Elders could have lived for another thirty or forty years. They would have definitely witnessed history being made!

What a pity. the three of them sighed in their hearts.

Zheng Yu, Zheng Ding, and the other members of the Moon Clan all knelt, their faces etched with misery, preparing to respectfully bid farewell to their ancestors.

"Ancestors, when we conquer Earth, I will surely execute his nine kin!" Deng Zhe dropped to his knees and cupped his fist, his expression utterly solemn. "I will offer the heads of his blood relatives to commemorate your heroic spirits!"

Although he did not specify who, every member of the Moon Clan knew that "he" was Xu Lai, who had just died in the flames.

"Mm." Deng Tianbai nodded in gratification. This descendant of his was quite good.

However, Deng Zhe's head suddenly exploded, splashing blood all over the faces of the stunned Moon Clan members around him. From within the Pill Fire that seemed capable of incinerating the heavens and the earth, a calm, sneering voice drifted out. "Heh."

BOOM!

The three dying Supreme Elders suddenly trembled. They… weren't dead? Impossible!

That was a hundredfold Pill Fire! No living being could possibly survive within it!

"You… Who in the world are you!" Deng Tianbai's aged face was a mask of terror.

Xu Lai smiled. He sent three wisps of life force into the Supreme Elders' bodies and said with a grin, "Don't be in such a hurry to die. I'm a very petty person."

BANG.

BANG.

BANG.

As he spoke, a series of explosions echoed across the plain. The three Supreme Elders turned their heads, their eyes threatening to split with rage. All their clansmen and descendants…

Had been turned into a mist of blood!

In just the span of a dozen breaths, not a single member of the Moon Clan survived within a radius of tens of miles.

"You… You're a Devil!" Li Wushuang collapsed to the ground, his heart consumed by endless regret. He regretted it. He truly regretted it. The man before them was clearly not someone to be trifled with. He had spared their three lives only so they would be forced to watch their people die one by one before their very eyes.

Despair. Suffocation. And utter powerlessness!

This grief caused him to weep tears of blood, staining the green grass red.

"Our Moon Clan is noble and great! Even if you can annihilate our Lower Crescent Moon Clan, the other Upper Crescents and the Royal Clan will never let you go!" Deng Tianbai let out a wretched, mournful laugh. "The Royal Clan has a genius of the Alchemy Dao! One day he will realize that the Moon Pits are fragments of a Pill Furnace, and on that day—you will surely die!"

A Pill Furnace capable of refining an entire star system. If that genius Alchemist from the Royal Clan were to discover it, the Royal Clan's strength would soar to new heights!

"Even as a fragment, it's still a supreme Immortal Artifact. Leaving it on your Moon would be a waste." Xu Lai beckoned with his hand.

At that moment, the Moon trembled violently.

Across the vast gulf of space, Earth's Heavenly Dao sensed that terrifying aura and was momentarily stunned.

"Aiya, I told you not to get involved in this war, so why did you still go?" The three-year-old child formed by the Heavenly Dao, wearing a red bellyband, squatted on a cloud, biting into a candied hawthorn with profound sorrow.

"Hmm?"

The Heavenly Dao suddenly stood up, forgetting even to take another bite of his favorite treat. He exclaimed in shock, "This aura is shattered… no, wait, it's a supreme Immortal Artifact!?"

Then again, that is The Supreme Emperor. Restoring a shattered Immortal Artifact is child's play for him… The Heavenly Dao's eyes turned green with envy. He wiped the corner of his mouth, thinking that he needed to visit Haitang Court more often. Even just touching an Immortal Artifact would be worth it.

「...」

With a single thought from Xu Lai, the Moon Pits spread across every corner of the Moon erupted. Countless streams of Pill Fire converged into a single beam of light that, for a brief instant, even outshone the sun.

RUMBLE—

The Moon Pits, regarded by the Moon Clan as forbidden lands, transformed into streaks of light that soared into the heavens.

Ultimately, they all landed in the Tangshan area.

Deng Tianbai, Li Wushuang, and the other Supreme Elder of the Lower Crescent Moon Clan saw the flawless Pill Furnace under Xu Lai's feet. It was only the size of a human head, yet it flowed with a brilliant, multicolored light. All three of them fell into a long, profound silence.

They finally understood the gap between them and this mysterious expert.

It was the gap between heaven and earth.

Between the sun and a firefly.

Xu Lai did not kill the three Moon Clan elders, who had only two hours of life remaining. To die in the despair of having lost everything was the cruelest punishment of all.

Xu Lai went to Chang'an City. After placing Luo Chu and the three other human Martial Artists he had rescued before the city gates, he vanished in a flash and returned to Earth.

The four of them were not only unharmed but could even be said to have received a blessing in disguise. After all, they were saved by Xu Lai. The wisp of life force he had infused into them was enough to benefit them for the rest of their lives.

In a blur, Luo Chu opened her eyes. She vaguely saw a fleeting back that was both familiar and yet incredibly strange. Though she tried her best to see clearly, exhaustion overwhelmed her, and her heavy eyelids fell shut once more.

"There are people at the gate!" a Martial Artist on the walls of Chang'an City shouted. When he got a clear look at their faces, he yelled in shock, "It's Luo Chu, Qian Song, Liu Dazao, and Lian Cheng!"

"Quick, open the gates!"

「...」

「Haitang Court.」

Xu Lai casually tossed the repaired Pill Furnace into the backyard, right where Ruan Tang happened to be hanging laundry.

She checked the time. Less than two hours had passed.

She couldn't help but tease him, "Didn't you go to the Moon? How are you back so quickly?"

"I'm done with it."

"Heh." Ruan Tang pursed her lips. Her beautiful eyes lit up when she saw the radiant and gorgeous Pill Furnace on the ground. "Where did you buy this vase? I was just thinking of buying one."

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