Lan Jun was quite displeased when he heard that, thinking, this old Qiao looks down on me too much.

Gazing at Qiao Hu, he pressed on, "You're not going? Old Qiao, are you sure you don't want to join me?"

Qiao Hu flatly refused, "No! I'm going to meet up with Luo Zhan and the others, report Xiao Mu's whereabouts, and join forces with them to deal with Xiao Mu."

"You really are timid, even needing to inform Luo Zhan and the others, don't you know that the more people involved, the more the merit will have to be shared?"

Lan Jun was disdainful of Qiao Hu's plan, "Forget it, since you don't want to go, I won't force you. When the time comes, if I kill Xiao Mu and present the achievement to the Emperor, just don't come to me expecting to share the merit, Old Qiao."

Share the merit with you? This Lan Jun really is crazy with the desire to earn merits.

Forget it, some people are stubborn; they won't turn back until they hit the south wall. There's no point advising him!

Feeling disheartened, Qiao Hu decided not to persuade Lan Jun any further.

"Kui Mountain, Kui Mountain, which direction is Kui Mountain in? Old Qiao, since you are unwilling to join me, then let's part ways here."

Lan Jun looked off into the distance towards Kui Mountain. After a moment, he turned back to bid farewell to Qiao Hu.

Qiao Hu's cowardice and timidity were disappointing and also deeply contemptible to him.

Just one Xiao Mu, look how terrified Old Qiao is, what a spineless display!

If that's the case, I'll go alone. Xiao Mu is only famous by name; he may not truly possess the strength.

Qiao Hu waved his hand as a way of bidding farewell to Lan Jun.

"Haha!"

Lan Jun laughed out loud and initiated his Escape Art towards the direction of Kui Mountain, eventually leaving behind only a trail of Five-color Escape Light.

Idiot, moron, I'm really unlucky to be grouped with such a fool. You think you can kill Xiao Mu? If Xiao Mu were that easy to kill, someone else would have done it already, why would it be your turn?

Watching the Escape Light of Lan Jun disappearing into the distance, Qiao Hu couldn't help but harshly criticize him.

This Lan Jun is too foolish, really believes he's invincible, capable of killing anyone?

An utter fool with not even a modicum of self-awareness!

After cursing vehemently, Qiao Hu too activated his Escape Art and took off in another direction.

He needed to meet up with his fellow sect members from the Five Elements Sect first. Knowing that Xiao Mu had reached the Ancestor's Sealed Land, they would have to figure out how to deal with Xiao Mu.

After all, Xiao Mu is the one whom Emperor Taija personally sought. Encountering him, no one would want to let him go.

Whether acting alone or joining forces with Lan Jun might not be enough to stand against Xiao Mu, but what about all sect members joining forces?

No matter how strong Xiao Mu is, could he really be stronger than a group of Mutated Beings at the Divine Spirit Level from his side?

Qiao Hu's thoughts were much more mature than Lan Jun's. He was well aware of Xiao Mu's strength and had never intended to face Xiao Mu alone from the start.

With more than a dozen fellow sect members joining forces, they should be able to kill or capture Xiao Mu, right?

Lan Jun wasn't wrong about one thing—the task Emperor Taija assigned was to capture Xiao Mu. And now that he's encountered, how could he not be seized?

Not to mention, Xiao Mu entering this world is probably for the matter of the Ancestor's emergence.

Therefore, whether it is to offer Xiao Mu to Emperor Taija or to prevent Xiao Mu from sabotaging the Ancestor's emergence, Xiao Mu is undoubtedly an enemy of the Five Elements Sect.

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"Report, informing Grand Elder Zhou, a message has come from the Three Emperors' Tomb!"

A young messenger dressed in green appeared at the entrance of Zhou Xuanmen, with a transparent jade slip in his hand.

"Three Emperors' Tomb? Why would the Three Emperors' Tomb suddenly send a message? Hand it over for me to see." Zhou Xuanmen felt a touch of unease in his heart upon hearing about the Three Emperors' Tomb.

The Three Emperors' Tomb is currently contending against the Five Elements Sect, trying to prevent the emergence of the Five Elements Ancestor. Why would there suddenly be a message at this time? Could it be that something unexpected has occurred?

"This is the information jade slip sent from the Three Emperors' Tomb, please review it, Grand Elder."

The green-clad young messenger placed the transparent jade slip on Zhou Xuanmen's table, then withdrew.

"Sending a message at this time, what could it be?"

Zhou Xuanmen picked up the jade slip, murmured to himself, and then rested the slip on his palm, channeling his Divine Sense into the slip, probing the information contained within.

The jade slip was akin to a USB drive, storage for messages that can be explored with Divine Sense.

Moments after browsing through the information in the jade slip, Zhou Xuanmen's expression changed drastically.

The task at the Three Emperors' Tomb actually failed, how could this be?

The failure of the task was due to the collapse of the passageway.

Why is it such a coincidence that the passage collapsed neither earlier nor later, but precisely when Lv Liangping and his group were planning to follow the Five Elements Sect into the Ancestor's Forbidden Area of the Five Elements?

Is this too much of a coincidence?

Could it be that the heavens intend to annihilate the human world?

Impossible!

Zhou Xuanmen furrowed his brows, showing a wry smile on his face.

The so-called heavens don't actually exist, or rather, the heavens are not something material and do not manifest physically.

It's the various Divine Spirits and Heavenly Gods who truly govern luck and fate, not the so-called heavens.

If one insists on talking about the heavens, perhaps these Divine Spirits are what 'heaven' refers to.

Could it be that with such bad luck, the pathway collapsed just as Lv Liangping and his group were about to enter due to Emperor Taija exerting the Power of Destiny, influencing their action?

Impossible!

Zhou Xuanmen quickly discarded his speculation.

The human world is sealed, and the Heavenly Emperor's authority still looms high in the sky. If Emperor Taija truly intended to reach into the human world, the Heavenly Emperor Authority would not permit it in the first place, let alone without any disturbance happening here.

If it wasn't Emperor Taija's doing, then why did the passage collapse?

Zhou Xuanmen suddenly felt a headache coming on. It couldn't really be a mere coincidence, but if so, Lv Liangping and his group's luck would be just too bad.

Woowoo!

In the high skies, suddenly came the sound of Cloud Mist stirring, as someone stepped on Cloud Mist above their location.

Someone riding clouds appeared above their station, who could it be? A Venerable? Lv Liangping?

Zhou Xuanmen suddenly felt a strong unease. In the human world, there weren't many who could ride clouds and mist, apart from himself, only a few like Venerables and Lv Liangping.

On the side of the Heavenly Court, however, there were many who mastered the art of Riding Clouds and Mist. Facing them, there were at least three, including Meng Xuantong, the Divine Monarch of Guobao from the Yuan Men, and the Lord of the Nether River, Yu Tong.

All three True Gods possessed the art of Riding Clouds and Mist. This didn't even count the powerful beings who had not yet entered the human world.

It can't be that the Heavenly Court is attacking the human world, right?

Zhou Xuanmen stood up abruptly, ready to go out and check.

"Little Zhou, Haha, I'm here!"

The loud laughter of Divine Monarch Wu De descended from the high sky, followed by the shaking of Cloud Mist, and a bundle of Five-color Caixia dropped from the sky, appearing right outside Zhou Xuanmen's door.

"Turns out it's Divine Monarch Wu De, you gave me quite a scare!"

Zhou Xuanmen hurried outside to welcome him, with Divine Monarch Wu De's arrival, he felt significantly more at ease.

With this, there were now two True Gods standing guard on the human side, negating the need to over-worry about the Heavenly Court's forces.

"Little Zhou, even you can be frightened, curious, curious, did you mistake me for someone from the Heavenly Court?"

Divine Monarch Wu De retracted the Five-color Cloud Mist and walked into Zhou Xuanmen's room with hands behind his back.

"Greetings, Divine Monarch Wu De, it's been a while. Your strength has recovered quite a bit, congratulations," said Zhou Xuanmen, clasping his hands in salutation. After many days without seeing him, the aura around Divine Monarch Wu De had changed dramatically, and his power seemed to have significantly increased. Clearly, his recent seclusion had allowed the recovery of a considerable portion of his strength.

"Thanks to your blessings, Haha!" Divine Monarch Wu De laughed heartily. "If it weren't for your help, providing a batch of Divine Treasure fragments, I wouldn't have recovered so quickly."

"Speaking of which, my quick recovery is largely thanks to the merits of your human Alliance."

"You're too courteous, Divine Monarch. You've helped the human world against the Heavenly Court; it is only right for the human world to assist you in your recovery. Please, take a seat," Zhou Xuanmen gestured.

After Divine Monarch Wu De took a seat, Zhou Xuanmen asked, "Divine Monarch, since you've just come from outside, have you seen the situation over at the Heavenly Court? Did you see Meng Xuantong?"

Divine Monarch Wu De nodded, "The Heavenly Court is so ostentatious, I saw it from thousands of miles away."

"That Meng Xuantong may be strong, but I am not afraid of him."

"Without a tiger in the mountains, the monkey is king. If it weren't for my 50,000 years of imprisonment and consequent drop in strength, which has not fully recovered, he'd mean nothing to me."

Having said that, Divine Monarch Wu De paused and then added, "Even now, with the strength he possesses, he still means nothing to me. One on one, he can't do anything to me."

"Your summoning me this time must be for me to help deal with this man, right? Rest assured, once the Great War begins, just leave this man to me."

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