He looked up and saw Ji Rong and Li Cangyan fighting fiercely with swords and blades.

And in under, the black and golden, the snake and the dragon, clashed and fought fiercely.

Chong Yan’s eyelashes blinked slowly.

That was her brother. The snake she had encountered. They had now become his companions.

She filled his entire world.

In the distance, that enormous heart seemed to tremble slightly.

Chong Yan clenched his fist.

He would take it back.

Chong Yan looked at Li Cangyan.

His elder brother from many years ago.

Chong Yan could feel inferior in front of anyone.

But he couldn’t.

He relied on his eyes, his heart, his spine to become a divine dragon. He seized countless resources, harmed countless living beings, all for the sake of that precious divine bloodline.

This was wrong.

Chong Yan lowered his head and looked at the arm that is wrapped around his wrist.

The most precious thing is here.

Chong Yan slowly lifted his eyes again, and the cold and eerie aura of the ancient demon spread unchecked in the underground space.

Even if it rots away, he must retrieve his belongings in front of Yao Yao.

“Wait, wait…”

Li Cangyan dodged Ji Rong’s relentless sword strikes and glanced at the black snake entwined with the golden dragon, which directly plunged into the water.

The snake was cunning, taking advantage of the water to gain the upper hand. How treacherous.

Yao Yao didn’t expect the Great Black Snake to be so clever. She anxiously watched the water’s surface.

No one could see the specific situation underwater at the moment, but the water’s surface was violently churning. The black snake tail and the golden dragon tail alternately appearing. Soon, specks of golden light, scraped off the golden dragon, floated out from underwater.

Those were the merits scraped off from the golden dragon’s body.

Li Cangyan was filled with frustration. While receiving Ji Rong’s attacks and trying to absorb the golden light, he realized that the golden body only remained for him. This meant that if someone else scraped off the merits, the golden light would be voided.

It was the same principle as the Hourglass of Azure Feathers leaking at the extreme of the Eastern Sea not falling into his hands, preventing others from borrowing that power.

Selfishness and wickedness would be met with retribution.

Li Cangyan’s heart, already fatally wounded, was gradually unable to withstand Ji Rong’s increasingly fast sword strikes.

Why does it seem like he never gets tired?

He has clearly inflicted many wounds on him, so why doesn’t it affect his movements?

It wasn’t until he was knocked away that Li Cangyan suddenly saw the shallow golden spirit flowing in Yao Yao’s palm continuously protecting him.

It was also protecting the black snake and Chong Yan at the same time.

The spiritual net she constructed was imperceptible, yet highly effective. It should be noted that this was the deepest part of the imperial tomb, devoid of any spiritual energy, only filled with dense yin energy and the aura of trapped souls.

Yet she was able to continuously produce a golden spirit like this.

Li Cangyan’s heart shook violently.

Her bloodline’s spiritual power was unexpectedly so powerful.

The sealed letter only informed him that Yao Yao’s blood could be directly used, able to heal both humans and gods, and expel demonic forces. He thought that he could only obtain it by extracting her blood.

He didn’t expect that she would…

A feeling of losing a precious treasure swept over Li Cangyan’s heart.

Meanwhile, Su Yilin had already collapsed.

“Brother Cangyan, we can’t wait any longer.”

She sat on the ground, crushed a transmission jade in tatters.

People from Jun Capital, hurry!

If it weren’t for the strong temptation of the underground demon’s heart, fearing that other cultivators would have ulterior motives, they would have let them come in long ago. So many high-level cultivators outside, they sure can kill these few people.

At this moment, Li Cangyan only wanted to break free and save the golden dragon underwater.

Finally, two giant creatures surged out, causing massive splashes of water.

Both of them were injured, but apparently, the black snake underwater was agile and powerful, while the golden dragon’s reconstructed golden body was already spotted and had many parts deteriorating.

That was why it desperately rushed out of the water, otherwise, it would truly have been entangled to death underwater.

As it emerged from the water, the black snake seemed somewhat exhausted and began to be torn apart by the dragon’s claws.

Li Cangyan breathed a sigh of relief.

It didn’t matter if he was injured; his golden body of merits was still intact.

However, the next moment, a bluish-green ice flame ignited and blasted towards the magnificent golden body.

Li Cangyan couldn’t believe it. Was that devil so reckless? He actually dared to attack his dragon form.

Didn’t he feel that his soul would shatter?

In an instant, the ice flame of the ancient demon created a huge hole in the golden dragon’s abdomen. Through the hole, the heart was revealed behind its form.

Countless specks of golden light scattered and fell in the underground palace. They were the merits forcibly contributed by the trapped souls.

At this moment, those souls trapped in the nine-layer deep stairs became restless, almost forming a mountain. Yao Yao looked up at them and gradually had an idea in her mind.

But suddenly, she smelled a heavy scent of blood mixed with a putrid odor.

She lowered her head again and found that Chong Yan’s hand. From the fingertips to the forearm, it had all rotted away.

Blood forbade him. The blood forbade imposed on him by the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Phoenix. Once he attacked his elder brother, it would spread from inside to outside, causing severe damage. Yao Yao pursed her lips and surrounded him with the golden spirit light.

It must be very painful, but Chong Yan didn’t show any expression.

He pressed his lips, which had lost their color, and lowered his sleeve to partially cover the decaying wrist bone.

“It’s okay.” Chong Yan hugged her with his intact arm and even gently patted her head to comfort her.

Then, he raised his amber-colored eyes and looked up at the sky above the underground palace.

People from outside. They had arrived.

A vast crowd of people appeared in the depths of this imperial tomb.

There were numerous high-level cultivators nurtured by Jun Capital’s spiritual veins.

There were disciples of the entire Wuji Sect who deeply resented the ancient demon.

These people stood densely behind Li Cangyan and Su Yilin, quickly forming a protective formation to tightly guard Li Cangyan inside.

“Sword Saint.”

“We are here under the orders of our Lord, ready to follow your commands.”

Li Cangyan finally managed to catch his breath and commanded them with a grim expression.

“Kill that snake. And as for Young Master Ji, who trespassed into the forbidden area, you know what to do.”

As for that thing, after he absorbed the golden light and obtained the heart, he would make sure it tasted the consequences.

“Yes.”

“Yes.”

Thousands of cultivators moved simultaneously. This time, Ji Rong and Wen Yu, who had been fighting fiercely for a long time, finally found it difficult to defend themselves.

The entire imperial tomb fell into chaos.

Until, slowly, a layer of ice formed on every extending wall.

The boundless water surface also gradually solidified.

A man with silver-white hair hanging down to his waist appeared silently in front of thousands of cultivators.

Only he could do this.

The ancient, ancient demon.

Among these cultivators, many were the ones who had surrounded the demon when it broke the seal. They instinctively felt fear when facing the ancient demon that hadn’t appeared in a long time. But they soon realized that this time, with the formidable power of Li Cangyan the Sword Saint, they no longer needed to fear this devil.

Chong Yan turned around and sent Yao Yao to Ji Rong’s side.

Take care of her. He silently expressed.

Ji Rong hesitated and spoke, “You…”

Then, the giant demon raised both of his long arms simultaneously.

His silver-white hair fluttered in the wind.

With one hand, he ignited a blazing ice flame, which roared like a wall of fire towards all the cultivators protecting Li Cangyan.

With the other hand, he aimed at the transformed golden dragon and, enduring immense pressure and pain, burst forth once again.

“No!”

That hand attacking the golden dragon quickly decayed.

Soon, the pale flesh on the back of his hand and arm disappeared entirely.

Revealing stark white bones.

The decay continued to spread, almost reaching his collar. Maggots-like creatures crawled up his neck.

He was rapidly being consumed, all to protect her, to protect his companions.

Yao Yao’s fingertips trembled. Even though she had been healing him all along, she truly couldn’t bear to watch anymore at this moment.

She broke free from her brother’s grasp, and her spiritual power suddenly surged to its peak. Then, she stepped on her tiptoes, soared into the air, and, when no one was aware, directly crashed into the exit of the nine-layer deep stairs.