Calamity Extermination Island.

Luo Hao stood in the cold wind, watching Jiu Ye lead Luo Xiu away, feeling overwhelmed with a myriad of emotions.

Tian'er, the Creation Green Lotus was your greatest asset. If only you had devoted yourself to studying the Fortune-Forming Power, perhaps you could have stormed the Celestial Realm and overthrown the orthodox Heavenly Dao back then. There would be no need for me to be involved now. Unfortunately, you've lost your chance.

Just then, a figure flew over swiftly. After landing, they rushed to Jiu Ye and whispered something to him. Then, Jiu Ye, still holding Luo Xiu, hurried before Luo Hao.

Luo Hao frowned slightly. "Is there a problem?"

Jiu Ye's expression turned grim. "I just received a report from the jailer. He said... Emperor Xian has escaped. She left only a decoy body in the cell."

Hearing this, Luo Hao's gaze darkened.

A moment later, Luo Hao walked into the cell and looked at the decoy body tightly bound by chains. He suddenly raised his hand and waved, and an invisible Qi Force instantly disintegrated the decoy into ash.

Jiu Ye asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

Luo Hao took a deep breath. "Never mind. The only reason I brought her here was to strip the Companion Green Lotus from her body, and that has already been done."

"Besides, I have now captured Tian'er and am about to obtain a Life-bound Green Lotus."

"We are siblings, after all, and blood is thicker than water. There's no need to be utterly ruthless. I just hope she can live in peace from now on... and not oppose me again."

...

「Meanwhile.」

In a remote part of the Lan Sea, Luo Qingxian walked across the water's surface, carrying Luo Xian on her back.

"Xian'er, how did you get here?"

"I discovered a spatial rift in the Tianhe Secret Realm that connects to the Jialan Realm. It must be a channel the ancient people of Jialan used to draw out the power of lightning. I came through that rift."

Luo Xian coughed weakly. "Did Grandmother help as well?"

"Yes," Luo Qingxian said. "It was thanks to Grandmother's Construct Wood Power that I was able to cross the spatial rift."

Luo Xian asked weakly, "By the way, who was that senior who helped us escape the prison?"

Luo Qingxian shook her head, a blank expression on her face. She had used the Construct Wood Power to penetrate the Barrier and infiltrate Calamity Extermination Island. Although she found Luo Xian easily enough, getting her off the island was another matter entirely. Not only were there many jailers, but there were also detection Formations. To make matters worse, Luo Hao had come to the island for some unknown reason. If she made the slightest move, Luo Hao would have detected her immediately.

But then, a powerful Divine Sense unexpectedly suppressed the monitoring Formation, blocked Luo Hao's own Divine Sense, and guided her past the jailers. It was only with the help of that powerful Divine Sense that she managed to escape the prison with Luo Xian.

"I don't know who he is either."

Luo Xian said, "In any case, if we ever have the chance to meet that senior again, we must thank him properly."

"Yes." Luo Qingxian nodded lightly. "Aunt Xian, was the Companion Green Lotus that the Azure Emperor gave you really stripped away by Luo Hao?"

Luo Xian nodded weakly. "Perhaps it's for the best. I used to rely on its power too much, which blinded me from seeing my own path and finding my own Dao."

...

「Somewhere on Calamity Extermination Island.」

Inside a cell.

Jiu Ye looked at Luo Xiu, who was bound tightly in chains and suspended from a stone pillar. A slight smile played on his lips.

"It's hard to believe. Even the once-invincible Azure Emperor has become my prisoner."

SNAP!

As his words fell, a whip of condensed lightning materialized in The Void and mercilessly lashed Luo Xiu's body.

Luo Xiu's body convulsed. His eyes bulged as he threw his head back and let out a piercing scream.

Watching this unfold was a delightful sight for Jiu Ye. He smiled and said, "Well then, Azure Emperor, for the coming days, please make yourself at home and savor the taste of the Refining Thunder Whip."

"Before the Refining Thunder Whip can extract the Green Lotus from your body, please enjoy the last moments of your life."

After saying his piece, Jiu Ye turned and left. The heavy, ancient Stone Gate swung shut behind him.

Outside the cell, Jiu Ye took out a meditation cushion and sat down cross-legged.

After Luo Xian's escape, he didn't dare to be careless, so he decided to stand guard personally.

If he let the Azure Emperor escape, or if anything else went wrong, his only option would be to atone with his life before Emperor Hao.

...

"AHHHH—!"

Each vicious lash from the peculiar and cruel Refining Thunder Whip made Luo Xiu let out a heart-wrenching scream.

Hua Muyan's exasperated voice suddenly echoed in Luo Xiu's mind. "Master, he's already left. You can stop pretending. You're making it sound like it actually hurts."

At her words, Luo Xiu stopped screaming.

In truth, being struck by the Refining Thunder Whip was actually quite comfortable for Luo Xiu. It was even strengthening his Thunder Path Physique.

Hua Muyan asked, "Did you let Luo Hao capture you on purpose?"

"Not exactly on purpose," Luo Xiu said. "It was more of a spur-of-the-moment decision. I hadn't anticipated that Luo Hao had progressed so much. It seems he was right... the era of the Azure Emperor is long past."

"People improve, Master," Hua Muyan said. "You were asleep for forty years, while he must have been cultivating diligently that entire time."

Luo Xiu hissed sharply, his tone pained. "The damage from the Three Thousand Vermilion Heavenly Prisons Sword is indeed terrifying, but it's not enough to defeat me... What I didn't expect was that he would use the Blood Ban Technique on me."

"So what's the plan now?"

"Right now, my only choice is to cultivate the Reaper's Art," Luo Xiu said.

"But you've only cultivated the Reaper's Art to the Mahayana Realm. You're not even an Earth Immortal yet."

Gritting his teeth, Luo Xiu's body suddenly flared with an eerie red flame. It was the Indestructible Divine Flame!

Although the Blood Ban Technique suppressed his Cultivation, his powerful Divine Soul was unaffected. The restraints piercing his collarbones and the chains that bound him were both considered Magical Treasures.

And the Indestructible Divine Flame was the perfect counter to any Magical Treasure.

In just a few moments, the chains binding Luo Xiu were smelted into scrap metal. They broke apart with a light struggle.

Luo Xiu then sat cross-legged and took out the Death God Inner Pill he had acquired from the Ancient God Ruins years ago. He began to absorb the Aura of the Dead it contained and cultivate the Reaper's Art.

"Yan'er, stand guard for me. I need to find someone."

Hua Muyan asked curiously, "Are you looking for Luo Xian?"

Luo Xiu shook his head. "She's already been rescued by Luo Qingxian."

He was the one who had used his powerful Divine Sense to help Luo Qingxian and Luo Xian escape the prison earlier. At that same moment, his Divine Sense was locked onto by a mysterious entity. That individual had communicated with him via Divine Sense, asking for a meeting.

The aura of that mysterious individual emanated from deep beneath Calamity Extermination Island.

That was why he had, on the spur of the moment, allowed himself to fall into Luo Hao's hands.

A short while later, Luo Xiu's Divine Sense plunged deep underground. He followed that wisp of aura into a pitch-black space.

Inside the dark space, there was only a single Ancient Coffin.

"Brother, we meet again."

Suddenly, a blurry Divine Sense Shadow floated out of the Ancient Coffin. It was the image of an old man with white hair.

Luo Xiu asked curiously, "Were you the one who asked me to meet you here?"

"Indeed."

"Who are you?"

"I am the Emperor of Calamity Extermination. Or to be precise, I am now merely a Residual Soul of the Emperor of Calamity Extermination."

Luo Xiu asked, "Do you know me?"

The Emperor of Calamity Extermination chuckled. "You and I walked side by side for a hundred years. How could I not know you?"

"Azure Emperor, it seems you have no memory of the past at all."

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