"Do I even have a choice? Xiao Luo is my sworn brother. Whoever dares to touch him has to ask my fists, Kuang Pi's fists, if they agree!"

"..."

"Chen Shuisheng is Dou Dou's best friend. If anyone wants to hurt him, Dou Dou won't allow it!"

"..."

"The Azure Emperor is invincible in this world. What the hell is this Emperor Hao compared to him?"

"..."

Empress Di Xuanji, moved to tears, looked at the numerous people and demons making their stance clear.

"Thank you all."

Xiao Luanzi waved his hand. "No need for thanks, we're all family here!"

"However, Netherworld Empress, we still need to prepare and discuss our strategies."

「The Upper Realm. Lingtian Plateau.」

Inside a magnificent golden palace, Luo Hao sat elegantly on a luxurious throne, dabbing the sweat from his face with a handkerchief before carelessly tossing it aside for Mei Nu to catch.

With a worried look, Mei Nu said, "Your Majesty, using the 'Universal Spirit Transmission' to send your voice to all the Lower Realm mortals must have been taxing on your Divine Sense."

Luo Hao smiled. "But using the 'Universal Spirit Transmission' just this once was well worth it."

Mei Nu chuckled. "That is true. Such Divine Skills can exert pressure directly on the spiritual level. Anyone with a slightly weak will can be easily subdued and brainwashed. There couldn't have been a better time to use it."

He continued, "By now, all the Lower Realm mortals must be plunged into panic. And with the Netherworld Empress bereft of the Xuanyuan Sword, we face no further threat."

Luo Hao replied, "Effortlessly killing a Heavenly Azure Battle Puppet is indeed no small threat."

Mei Nu spoke, "Still, Chen Xuanbao and those Upper Nine Deities were really useless. If that dog Chu Yiguan were still around, perhaps we wouldn't have needed to go to such lengths."

Luo Hao said indifferently, "It's of no consequence. They were just a few dogs we raised in the Lower Realm; I didn't expect them to accomplish anything significant."

"But that waste Chen Xuanbao did manage to do something meaningful before he died: trigger the Shu Poison."

Mei Nu laughed. "Next, all we need to do is watch the show... as these Lower Realm mortals slaughter each other."

Suddenly, Luo Hao furrowed his brows as if in deep thought.

Mei Nu asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, what's troubling you?"

Luo Hao muttered, "Why can't I sense Tian'er's presence in the Lower Realm at all?"

He stood up abruptly and walked toward the palace exit.

"Tian'er, could you be hiding?"

"But where do you think you can hide?"

"This is your fate. You can't escape it!"

"..."

Time flowed like water, and three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On the border of Henghai Province, at the crack of dawn, a thunderous explosion suddenly echoed through the sky, waking all living things from their dreams.

A mysterious force descended from the heavens, like an invisible hand tearing a huge rift in the Forbidden Heavenly Barrier.

The masses who had been waiting outside immediately erupted into cheers, scrambling to enter the breach. They bathed in the faint purple mist and fell to their knees, shouting.

"Emperor Hao!"

"We are willing to follow Emperor Hao and eradicate the demon faction!"

"Emperor Hao, please grant us strength!"

"..."

In a very short time, the people who entered the barrier and bathed in the purple mist began to mutate.

Meanwhile, many Holy Boi Religion cultists who had been in hiding emerged and began to stir up trouble. They quickly formed a large army, calling themselves the "Party of the Heavenly Lord" and declaring their support for Luo Xiu, their Heavenly Master.

The Party of the Heavenly Lord acted with great speed and decisiveness, immediately launching an attack on the factions supporting Emperor Hao.

In the eyes of the Party of the Heavenly Lord, anyone who supported Emperor Hao or demanded that Di Xuanji hand over Luo Xiu was a despicable member of the Emperor Hao Party who deserved to die.

Di Xuanji watched her former comrades and subjects slaughter one another, her heart aching with sorrow.

But whether it was the so-called Party of the Heavenly Lord or the so-called Emperor Hao Party, she couldn't bring herself to strike them down.

...

"This Emperor Hao hasn't even shown himself, yet he has already caused the people of the Lower Realm to start slaughtering each other... He is undoubtedly a terrifying enemy."

Amidst the ruins, Lu Nianjiao walked up to Di Xuanji and sighed.

Di Xuanji looked up at the Green Lotus that remained suspended in the sky. "There's no way for us to stop what's happening now. We should first think of a way to bring down that Green Lotus."

Lu Nianjiao nodded. "Master once said that this era would inevitably face a great calamity, and whether we survive or perish depends entirely on Little Mule."

"Does it really have to depend on him?"

"..."

Suddenly, an ear-piercing whistling sound tore through the air. An old figure, moving with incredible speed, landed with a crash in front of everyone.

Upon seeing him, Xu Qianqing hurried forward to greet him.

"Grandfather, why have you come? Weren't you overseeing the Capital City?"

The newcomer was the Old Master of the Chu Family, Chu Aoran.

Chu Aoran looked at Xu Qianqing with pained affection before walking straight to Di Xuanji. After a bow, he said, "Your Majesty, I come with a message."

"Speak."

Chu Aoran said, "Yesterday, Chu Qingchan awoke. She told me that this purple mist is known as Shu Poison, a substance from the prehistoric Three-Star Civilization of Ancient Shu. This poison is inescapable."

Upon hearing this, everyone frowned.

Lin Xiyue asked, "Old Master, does that mean we will also be poisoned?"

Chu Aoran nodded. "Marshal Yue is correct. The Shu Poison has already lain dormant in our bodies, ready to erupt at a critical moment. It's only because everyone present has profound cultivation that we did not suffer the immediate outbreak like the others."

He continued, "Chu Qingchan's suggestion is that we leave the Forbidden Heavenly Barrier immediately."

"Your Majesty, there's no time to lose. Now that the barrier has been breached, we must leave at once!"

...

「Meanwhile, in the Upper Realm. Lingtian Plateau.」

Luo Hao looked at the screen of light before him, his lips curving into a slight smile. The scenes within it showed the people inside the Forbidden Heavenly Barrier slaughtering each other.

"Fear, anger, despair, madness... Lower Realm vermin, kill to your heart's content!"

"Kill until not a single one is left!"

For Luo Hao, these bloody and horrific scenes were a beautiful sight.

As body after body fell, wisps of murderous energy, invisible to the naked eye, quietly merged into the Void. This energy was carried high into the sky by the wind, absorbed by the Forbidden Heavenly Barrier, and finally fed back to the Construct Wood.

A vague Divine Sense Shadow suddenly appeared beside Luo Hao, speaking in a hoarse voice, "The time is almost upon us. Begin immediately."

"If you fail this time, you will cease to exist."

"Yes!" Luo Hao hurriedly responded with respect.

The Divine Sense Shadow snorted coldly and disappeared.

Luo Hao looked toward the place where the shadow had vanished, a slight smile on his lips and a barely discernible glint of malice in his eyes.

Thinking of using me as a dog… Just you wait. Before long, I will trample you all underfoot!

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