"Don't look so terrified, Asura True Inheritor. It was rather exciting when you were domineering and arrogant before." Ao Heilan teased with his arms now folded, his posture relaxed like a victorious hunter who had his prey locked in a cage.

The other Supreme Jiao Clan members who appeared snickered or outright chuckled malevolently in response to that, finding the whole show quite amusing.

Surprisingly though, Zhen Xueren seemed to be woken up by those words and rapidly calmed down, her expression becoming grim. "I can surrender myself and my belongings to you four, but trying to kill me is not worth it."

This caused Ao Heilan and his peers to pause with surprise as well as slight skepticism. "Oh? And why is that? How come you can kill me but I suddenly cannot kill you?"

Zhen Xueren sucked in a deep breath with her eyes closed before opening them once more and speaking. "Because, if you must know, our sect has already lost one True Inheritor recently and cannot enact revenge for that due to stability and macro politics. However, you killing me would be a perfect way to vent the stifled anger, leading them to launch either a war on your entire clan or a manhunt for you four specifically."

The four shared a look and seemed slightly moved, but Ao Heilan did not relent easily. "Well said, but still. When it was just me you didn't fear the retaliation of my Supreme Jiao Clan, so why should I fear the retaliation of your sect? It's not like our peak powers are that vast."

Zhen Xueren nodded and pointed to herself. "That is because I grow through killing, so taking down a foe at the same level as me and refining their blood has such great benefits that any form of fallout, even being hunted, is worth it. However, you do not gain such benefits from killing me minus enmity, and you can make much more use of me in your captivity until I'm ransomed."

The four shared a look and seemed to communicate rapidly through voice transmission before Ao Heilan stepped forth and nodded. "Your words make sense. We will accept your surrender and guarantee three things: that you will not be killed by us or anyone affiliated with us during captivity, you will not be humiliated nor disgraced while in our custody, and that you can be freed as long as you fulfill our demands."

Zhen Xueren visibly relaxed upon hearing this, understanding that it was now about negotiating the terms of her surrender, so she naturally asked: "I understand. What are your demands?"

"We have five demands. The first is that you are to divulge and share everything you know about our Ancestor's Treasure Land that you discovered during your inspection." Ao Heilan began with a raised index finger.

Zhen Xueren nodded. "Naturally, I will furnish you with all memories for you to browse at your leisure."

Ao Heilan smiled and raised another finger. "Secondly, we demand that you provide us with around 90% of your current Blood Energy without harming your foundation."

This made Zhen Xueren pause as her expression became ugly. "May I ask what for?"

"Of course. It is for the True Dragon Ball my ancestor left behind, which you must be aware of since you had your agents hide it. In order to refine it and be able to revive the dormant spirit of our ancestor within the True Dragon Ball, we need a huge amount of blood." Ao Heilan revealed with a chuckle.

Zhen Xueren's eyebrows rose. "So that explains it. You guys must have always known about your ancestor's treasure land being in this region but wanted to revive his spirit. So you commandeered the Black Heaven Sect to report false information to us to trigger a War of Annihilation in order to gather the blood energy of all the slaughtered beings in this area."

Ao Heilan sighed. "It's not as amazing as you make it sound. We only knew it was around here, so I sent one of my weaker descendants who couldn't awaken his bloodline to form a sect here to scout the region. Thankfully, the force grew stronger under his hands and was even able to find the treasure land through a stroke of luck."

At that, a familiar face to Li Ling and those of the Black Heaven Sect slowly rose into the sky, coming to hover beside Ao Heilan.

"Shi Poyun of the Supreme Jiao Clan greets the Noble Asura True Inheritor." The Sect Master of the Black Heaven Sect cupped his fists respectfully to Zhen Xueren, a slight smile on his face.

Zhen Xueren raised an eyebrow in surprise and understanding. "So it was you! Here I thought you were my pawn that would panic and summon the righteous sects, but it seems that I rather overshot my goals."

Shi Poyun shook his head respectfully. "The Noble Lady cannot say it like that, because there were many wrenches you threw into our plans that almost caused things to fall apart."

Zhen Xueren looked puzzled by that. She threw wrenches in their plans? When had that happened? She hadn't even been anywhere near this zone during most of the war, only appearing now before the final siege, so she had little idea what happened on the ground.

"Our third demand is for you to be willing to bear a child for each of us Four Point Jiao Brothers!" Ao Heilan said, a bit of greed and lust that he had struggled to conceal showing on his face, his three brothers also unable to maintain modesty as their serpentine characteristics began to show.

Zhen Xueren surprisingly did not respond angrily to this, seemingly having expected it. "Who doesn't know the lustfulness of you draconic species? If you hadn't demanded this, I'd have known for sure you were lying and aiming to kill me after lowering my guard."

The four fellows chuckled lecherously, not caring about her sarcastic words. This made Zhen Xueren harrumph coldly and rebut. "But I also have counter terms to that. Firstly, you must perfect your human transformations because I am not bedding any of you with the ugly features you possess right now. Secondly, make sure to purchase the highest-quality version of the Yin Boosting Balm beforehand because I don't want to spend time endlessly trying for success. Thirdly, I will choose the order of conception and which of you gets to conceive!"

The four fellows shared a look, scratching their heads as they communicated rapidly. In the end, Ao Heilan shrugged. "Whatever you say. If it makes you feel more comfortable, then we shall prioritize your requests."

Zhen Xueren's eyes narrowed with satisfaction, as them conceding this point showed that she had a lot of room to maneuver when captivity occurred. As for things like shame and unwillingness due to being forced, she didn't feel that strongly about it.

Yes, she wasn't the type to sleep around as she had her own pride and ego, but in the face of death, what did that amount to? Not to mention her prospective partners were all same-realm powerhouses from a clan of equal importance and power as her own.

In fact, she was thinking about using this chance to forge political ties with the Supreme Jiao Clan. If she could be the mother and lover of four of their seventh-realm powerhouses, she could be able to call upon their power and even access the plentiful resources of the Endless Sea Region to rise to the peak of the Essence Path!

With that in the bag, what was a mere womb for? She was even thinking about how to manipulate the affections of the four and turn them against each other so that they would show her more favor.

"Our fourth demand is that you allow us to execute all your remaining disciples here to form part of the blood energy requirement for our ancestor. The more you allow us to cleanse, the less Blood Energy you yourself have to provide." Ao Heilan continued with a happy smile, feeling that everything was going well.

Indeed, Zhen Xueren simply rolled her eyes. "Just do what you must, I don't care about a single one of them. What's your final demand?"

"Naturally, it is to hand over the True Dragon Ball that you hid before the war began." Ao Heilan stated with his arms behind his back.

But this is where the first hiccup came, because Zhen Xueren confusedly shook her head. "You said this earlier and I thought you misspoke, but it seems you actually think I hid a Dragon Ball belonging to your ancestor? If so, then I have to clarify that I did not do such a thing."

Immediately, the atmosphere changed as the faces of the so-called Four Point Jiao Brothers changed significantly. Ao Heilan glanced at Zhen Xueren skeptically and with a hint of suspicion as he verified.

"You don't have it? How is that possible? You explored the Treasure Land before us, did you not?"

Zhen Xueren seemed amused. "Explored? I see, there is a lot of misunderstanding going on, because I barely even took two steps within. I don't care about your dragon family treasures; I just wanted the opportunity to ambush a same-realm powerhouse to further my power."

The faces of the Jiao Brothers became ugly as they knew that at this juncture, the chances of Zhen Xueren lying were low, as they were very detrimental to her. As such, they temporarily believed that she didn't know where the True Dragon Ball was, to which Ao Heilan turned to Shi Poyun.

"What is the meaning of this? I thought you said she had someone hide it from you?" he asked with a cold tone, almost releasing his aura down upon Shi Poyun.

However, Shi Poyun remained calm as he clasped his hands together and bowed respectfully. "Please calm your anger, Ancestor. I tricked a local of this region into hiding the True Dragon Ball using our clan's special restriction to hide its aura, in order to prevent any third parties from interfering in your plan."

Hearing this, all but Zhen Xueren had an expression of surprise and weirdness on their faces.

"Heh, it seems as if your descendant thinks of himself as some sort of scheming strategist. He thinks his intelligence and ability are higher than yours, so the secret would be safer with him until the last moment rather than divulge it to you." Zhen Xueren cruelly pointed out, which wiped the calm smile off Shi Poyun's face.

For that matter, Ao Heilan and his three brothers also glanced at Shi Poyun darkly, having also realized this point but not having realized how terrible it was until Zhen Xueren vocalized it. Meanwhile, Shi Poyun had an expression of terror on his face as he sweated profusely, cursing Zhen Xueren in his mind a hundred times.

"Hmph, forget about it, we will deal with such a thing later. What is more important is to quickly retrieve the Ancestor's True Dragon Ball lest any unwanted changes occur." Ao Heilan waved a hand with impatience and made a suggestion that was well received by his peers.

Meanwhile, Li Ling was currently sweating from all orifices as he realized that things were not looking good for him at all. He had finally pieced together the whole matter through the mouths of the chess players, and now that he knew, he understood that he had meddled in something he was not qualified to touch.

It would be one thing if these fellows went over to Majin Three's location and found him there still protecting the True Dragon Ball, but the truth was…

The fellow was long gone!

Well, it was obvious, wasn't it?

Anyone with room-temperature IQ would have made Majin Three use this chance before the final siege to move the True Dragon Ball from where it was to another hidden location in order to see what changes it would bring to the plan of the previously unknown hidden mastermind.

Well, now the masterminds had outed themselves, come to an understanding, and were about to inspect the goods.

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