Beneath the Spirit Vein of Harbour City.

Within the cage, the Faceless Demon wore a thin, green chiffon dress, her incredibly beautiful face slightly cold. The annihilation of a wisp of her divine soul had inflicted her with a severe Dao-injury.

"Xu Lai."

No-Face clenched her palm, shattering the crystal-clear jade. Word by word, she said, "I will make you regret not cooperating with me today!"

Her heart was filled with indignation. Today, she had been just one step away from breaking free; all she needed was to persuade Xu Lai to sacrifice those 2,700-odd lives. Then, she could consume the two Pseudo-Spiritual Veins of Mount Fu and Harbour City, and, by appealing to reason and sentiment, devour the Spirit Vein of Mount Haitang.

No-Face was confident that she would completely emerge from the sunless depths of the earth! At that time, with her mid-stage Golden Core Realm strength, wouldn't she reign supreme on Earth? After all, in Hua Country, the strongest martial artist known to the public was at the peak of the Divine Gate Boundary, but that was only equivalent to an orthodox Cultivator's early-stage Golden Core.

But her yearning for freedom was brutally shattered by Xu Lai.

Should I use the trump card Jing Ke left for me? Hesitation surfaced on No-Face's face.

Many, many years ago, when Jing Ke departed, he had left her a trump card. He never specified what it was, only leaving behind the words 'to be used for preserving life.'

I wonder if this trump card can help me escape.

No-Face let out a breath of turbid air and narrowed her attractive, slender eyes. Just as she was about to weigh the pros and cons, she suddenly felt the world spin and instinctively closed her eyes.

Screams of agony and the familiar scent of blood filled her ears.

It's my Blood Pool Divine Skill.

No-Face's heart raced. She clearly hadn't used her Divine Skills within the cage, and a bold guess suddenly formed in her mind.

Could it be… I've arrived at Mount Fu!?

Amidst her shock, No-Face carefully opened her eyes. Her pupils shrank. It was indeed Mount Fu! And she was at the very peak.

In front of her were Xu Lai; the ordinary woman, Su Daiyi, whom she had scolded; Dongfang Xun, whose foundation she had broken but who had fortuitously benefited from the disaster; and the physical body whose soul had awakened despite being possessed.

No-Face stared blankly at the scene before her. She lowered her head, her delicate body trembling slightly as she let out a strange laugh. "HEH… HEH… HEH…"

…

「Half a minute earlier.」

Following Xu Lai's words, "Just bring her here," Gao He and the others had no time to think before a light flashed before their eyes.

When their vision cleared, all the Martial Ancestors gasped in unison. A woman had really appeared out of thin air!

Although her face was unfamiliar, they all shared a strange intuition: this woman was the previously arrogant Faceless Demon. She kept her head down, her body trembling continuously as she emitted a ghastly laugh.

Dongfang Xun's hands and feet went cold, and his scalp tingled. This woman is laughing madly! We're doomed. Utterly doomed. How did Senior Xu Lai let this demon out?

Wait a minute. Everyone suddenly realized something else. How did Xu Lai manage to snatch someone from a thousand kilometers away and bring them here in an instant?

Gao He and the others were terrified of Xu Lai. Just how horrifying was this Boundary!

"After so many years, I have finally come out." No-Face looked up, greedily taking deep breaths. "The air is so sweet. I'm so happy! If only there was sunshine…" She commanded, "Disperse!"

Light rain was still sprinkling from the sky. Through the dense clouds, a single ray of sunlight was faintly visible. Following No-Face's command, the clouds suddenly parted. Dazzling light poured down on her, making her incredibly conspicuous and radiant.

Words transforming into law!? Dongfang Xun almost bit off his tongue. He had only read about this Boundary in ancient texts, something only Earth's ancient Cultivators who had set foot on the Immortal Path could achieve.

"Now that I have broken the seal, I am the strongest being on this planet—the strongest!"

No-Face lightly tapped her toe, her body floating in mid-air. Her skirt fluttered in the wind, reflecting the dazzling sunlight, exuding an aura of immortality as if a Fairy had descended to the mortal realm. The irony was that her Divine Skill was the Blood Pool, a technique used by sinister cultivators.

The strongest…

Atop Mount Fu, no one doubted the truth of that claim. The oppressive aura radiating from No-Face was so overwhelming that they could barely breathe, and space itself seemed to solidify.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Mount Fu mountain range could not withstand it and sank three centimeters. The ground shook violently, causing the citizens of East Sea City and nearby Hangcheng to cry out in fear.

Is it an earthquake?

Those who could, hurriedly fled their homes, while those who couldn't took shelter in the triangular spaces formed by reinforced concrete walls. Yet these ordinary people could never have imagined that the trembling ground in two cities was not caused by tectonic movement, but merely by the pressure emanating from a single woman.

This apocalyptic, terrifying pressure awakened many of Hua Country's slumbering old guard, who hastened toward its source without hesitation. Among them were two Watchmen. If Xu Lai could have released his Divine Sense, he would undoubtedly have recognized them. They were none other than the Storyteller and the young cashier from the teahouse in the furthest corner of Yuhua Alley.

They were Zhang Henshui of the noon watch and Zhang Suzi of the afternoon watch.

…

No-Face was unaware that her casual act had attracted many significant figures from Hua Country's Martial Dao. She was also unaware of the aggrieved gaze watching her from within the dissipating clouds above—a gaze belonging to a three-year-old boy wearing a red bellyband and holding a stick of candied hawthorn.

She was frantically absorbing Spiritual Energy, her limbs and bones filling with an unimaginable, terrifying power.

No-Face looked to the sky and howled, "At last, I am free!"

Her gaze suddenly turned to Xu Lai. She smiled. "If I'm not mistaken, Xu Lai, it was you who freed me from that cage, wasn't it? I didn't expect you to choose to ally with me after all."

An unexpected joy. Truly, an unexpected joy.

No-Face didn't know how Xu Lai had managed to break her seal, but she was very satisfied, pleased with his pragmatism.

"Didn't you say earlier that you were going to kill my entire family?" Xu Lai asked.

No-Face was taken aback. She nonchalantly waved her hand. "That's a minor matter, all in the past. Since you've chosen to pledge your allegiance to me, I won't hold your past transgressions against you."

Xu Lai nodded. "Oh, so you're not going to pursue it..."

"That's right," No-Face said, her words arrogant and her attitude lofty, as if she were bestowing a great favor upon Xu Lai.

She indeed felt that way. Her clone's Boundary had been insufficient, forcing her to be meek. But now that her true self had broken the seal, she had no more concerns!

"In that case, I will have to pursue it with you." Xu Lai spoke with a smile that, while warm, was filled with endless coldness. "Tell me, how do you plan to die?"

If that wisp of No-Face's divine soul hadn't made those threats before dissipating, Xu Lai would have let her languish in her cage, never pursuing the matter. But when it came to his family, the situation was far more serious. The scales under a dragon's chin must not be touched; for Xu Lai, the topic that must not be touched was his family.

"You… want to kill me?" No-Face was stunned once more, and then she laughed out loud.

Ah, ignorance is truly terrifying.

Xu Lai's presumptuous statement was even more laughable than his claim that the Immortal Domain was his.

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