Chapter 32:

His heart belonged to her.

Yao Yao blinked her eyes.

The dazzling light from the hearts of the demons filled the surroundings, making everything a bit blurry.

But Chong Yan’s expression was very serious.

The silver-white light seemed to soften as it fell on his deep features, casting a dim glow on his brows and eyes, with a hint of tenderness.

At this moment, he didn’t resemble her little demon but rather an exceedingly handsome man.

Filled with explosive male hormones.

Yao Yao touched her face and felt a bit hot.

What, what’s going on?

They were all just kids. She hadn’t been interested in Chong Yan’s abs for so long.

She knew that Chong Yan was very, very good-looking. But why did her heart race? It must have been influenced by his heart.

But Yao Yao understood the meaning behind his words. Throughout their journey, she had been almost inseparable from him. Now they had retrieved the eye, retrieved the heart, and between them, there were also 30,000 years of unknown time.

To Chong Yan, she was undoubtedly very special and someone he could rely on.

Just like he was to her.

Yao Yao blushed and smiled, a whirlpool forming on her cheek.

“Okay.” Yao Yao’s eyes curved as she softly spoke, “Then may I ask, how does my heart feel now?”

Chong Yan, not very skillfully, lifted the corner of his lips.

Then he raised his hand and touched it. “I don’t know.”

There were some emotions that didn’t belong to him, but at least his heart had no memories. He didn’t need to carry the traces of others.

More importantly, there was a growing sense of intensity.

His heart, at this moment, beat steadily and fervently next to the frozen heart. Chong Yan knew that this regained heart harbored his innate demonic nature.

Stronger than the compassionate divinity, boundless, difficult to control, and easily lost control of power.

But as Chong Yan looked at the pure and clear Yao Yao, he knew that as long as she was by his side, the protruding bones would slowly retract, and the boiling emotions would find their place.

He pressed his lips, and his tail emerged restlessly, curling around her from behind.

It appeared both protective and like an embrace, exuding the primal nature of a beast.

The feeling of power brought back by his heart was not surprising to him.

What concerned him was the increasingly intense desire to be close, to touch, to melt.

To want more.

To want even what he himself didn’t understand.

Chong Yan closed his eyes, slightly impatient.

“Boom!”

At this moment, the nine-layer deep stairs, whose prohibition had been shattered by Yao Yao, began to collapse from above. From this point, the entire palace started to tremble and collapse.

When the hearts of the demon were completely restored, the entire imperial tomb lost the divine power it relied on.

The golden light that the devoured souls had retrieved gradually dissipated within their souls.

As the imperial tomb collapsed and the divine power dissipated, they could finally leave this massive prison, one by one entering the cycle of reincarnation, welcoming the four seasons anew.

When the “divine statues” crumbled, true merits began to emerge.

Yao Yao looked at the relieved expressions on those once ferocious and desperate faces, and her heart lightened.

She reached out her hand and waved to them.

“Not good.”

“This place is collapsing.”

“Forget about those things.”

Huge stones began to fall from above, crashing into the water.

The Black Snake’s tail was almost hit, and it quickly moved away with a howl.

“I can’t add any more scars! Ahhh!”

His tail, his beautiful tail, was going to become like White Fur.

Ji Rong swung his sword to shatter some falling boulders and looked at them. “Let’s go.”

The Jun Capital people and and Wuji Sect disciple began to panic.

“What about Sword Saint? Why can’t we find Sword Saint?”

“And what about Junior Sister Su?”

Ji Rong looked at the chaotic Imperial Tomb and knew that it would be difficult to resolve things after leaving.

In the Four Region of Spirit Continent, the ruler reigns supreme over all realms and sects.

Since Li Cangyan has such a background and identity, the ruler has always protected him. The situation today cannot be resolved through negotiation.

However, Chang Sword Sect’s position has never changed.

Family is the most important.

Since Li Cangyan intended to shed his own blood, Chang Sword Sect and him became enemies.

“Boom”

“Roar”

The nine-level deep ladder collapsed completely, and the murals depicting the miracles of the Golden Dragon turned into rubble. Just like the golden body made of merits, in the end, it was all in vain.

“Be careful.”

As the deep ladder collapsed, the entire dome of the underground palace cracked.

If that dome were to fall, it would be like a mountain crushing everyone in the underground palace.

They had just entered through the deep ladder, which had now collapsed. They could only leave from where the cultivators had come. But now chaos reigned inside the palace, with some cultivators rescuing people and others searching for a way out. The previous entrances seemed to have collapsed in several places, making it seem like they were about to be trapped here.

Someone started to despair, “Will we be buried here?”

They watched as a mountain, as big as several training grounds, began to tremble and sink, causing panic among everyone.

Ji Rong drew his sword horizontally and said to Chong Yan behind him, “You make a way out for everyone.”

Chong Yan looked at him quietly.

The Black Snake asked, “What about me?”

Ji Rong calmly replied, “You hold it up.”

Why? Isn’t someone no longer a child after experiencing a growth of twenty thousand years in one night?

The Great Black Snake transformed into a pitifully huge snake tail.

Just as the dome was about to collapse in large sections and the underground palace was collapsing, people started jumping into the river, hoping to avoid being crushed.

However, at that moment, a silver-white light burst out.

A tall man stood with one hand behind his back and raised the other hand upwards.

And in such a casual manner, he held up the entire dome.

Under his silver-white long hair, his expression was calm, showing no signs of exertion. Yet with one hand, he supported the entire mountain.

This is the power of ancient demon.

After retrieving his heart, the ancient demon’s power became even more terrifying.

This was no longer something that mortal cultivators could contend against.

The crowd instinctively wanted to accuse and criticize him, but after uttering a single word, they suddenly realized that he had saved them by holding up the dome.

Just like that time in the Extreme of the Eastern Sea, when the boundless flames were about to ignite, the ice flame conquer the flames.

They were saved again.

Everyone’s expression was caught in an awkward state.

They needed his power to be saved, but also feared that his power was too strong.

However, Chong Yan didn’t care about those people.

He only had someone he needed to protect in this underground place.

Chong Yan turned back to look at Yao Yan and then at his companions.

“We can go now.”

Suddenly, everyone understood how to “go” as he had said.

Ji Rong said, “Wait.” As he looked to Wen Yu, “There’s one more thing we need to do.”

They had discovered that as long as Chong Yan made a move against that Sword Saint, his body would decay.

So Ji Rong and the Black Snake personally went over, pulling out the scattered and broken body of Li Cangyan, giving him a few more cuts, and then burying him.

Ji Rong and the Black Snake coordinated perfectly to clear the surrounding cultivators and used the fallen boulders to create a makeshift stone tomb for him.

“Rest in peace.”

“Farewell.”

Yao Yao watched from a distance and couldn’t help but laugh, remembering that she had also buried the male lead before.

Ji Rong and the Black Snake clapped their hands and walked back. “It’s done.”

Chong Yan glanced at them, and the corners of his lips seemed to lift slightly.

Then he slowly raised his palm.

The dome, the foundation that supported the entire mountain, was lifted bit by bit by him. The entire mountain was under his control, and not even a single piece of rubble could fall.

Only Li Cangyan was buried underground.

The gazes of everyone changed from complex to hesitant, and finally turned into astonishment.

What shocked them more than the ancient demon holding up a mountain with one hand was, with a loud rumble, he lifted the mountain.

The power of the ancient demon had surpassed all species.

Chong Yan retracted his hand and held Yao Yao’s wrist.

“Let’s go.”

Daylight appeared, different from the darkness of the underground palace.

Outside, the forces of the ruler were arrayed. Originally, they had come to assist the Sword Saint and gain fame, as well as punish those who trespassed into the ruler’s forbidden grounds.

However, they never expected that the mountain would collapse, and the ground would crumble, instantly throwing their formations into disarray.

“Who’s so bold? Trespassing into the forbidden grounds and daring to destroy the Mountain.”

The person in the lead rode a tall spiritual horse, kicking up the scattered dust and gazing sternly at them.

In fact, they already knew the answer. The intrusion of Chang Sword Sect Young Master Ji with his companion into the ruler’s territory was a fact, and conflict between the two realms was inevitable. They only needed to say a few words to intimidate them.

Chang Sword Sect had been struggling alone for years and was already weakened. They were completely powerless against the prosperous and powerful ruler.

“This is a clear evidence, irrefutable. You can only be put under arrest and come with me to the ruler to apologize in order to escape punishment.”

In the Four Region of Spirit Continent, the ruler occupied the highest spiritual vein resources, and its position commanded universal obedience.

No one dared to oppose the ruler.

However, at the forefront of the crowd, Chong Yan held Yao Yao’s hand with a calm and ordinary expression.

It was a calmness in the face of absolute power.

Ji Rong also crossed his arms, considering the power of the entire Northern Region.

The Northern Region was indeed not prosperous due to its harsh climate. The development of each sect varied, and only a few martial sects had strong combat capabilities.

In the Spirit Continent, the East Sea had always been on good terms with the ruler, while the west was the territory of the Wuji Sect. They had beaten Li Cangyan to such a state, so it was natural that the Wuji Sect would not let them go.

The situation was indeed not optimistic.

The Black Snake looked left and right behind Chong Yan, not understanding the situation in the human world. He only had a simple sense of alertness. After White Fur became stronger, his charm had also increased. He hoped that White Fur wouldn’t become more attractive than him. Otherwise, wouldn’t Little Pearl like him more?

Wen Yu’s sense of competition suddenly increased. He turned his head, and finally noticed his presence.

He transformed into a giant snake in place, and indeed, the people from the Eastern Sea immediately knelt on the ground.

“The God of the Deep Sea.”

“The God of the Deep Sea is really here.”

The Eastern Sea should not have interfered in the conflict between the ruler and the Northern Region, but the people of Qiongyan Island had already heard the news. The giant black snake had appeared in the ruler’s forbidden grounds, fighting against other creatures.

Because they had obtained the ruler’s tacit approval during the Canglan Grand Assymble, they had offended the God of the Deep Sea. This time, they would definitely choose their own ten thousand years of faith.

When Lan Congsu, accompanied by the people from the Eastern Sea, hurried over, they not only discovered the presence of the God of the Deep Sea, but also found that the God of the Deep Sea was with their sacred envoy, Yao Yao.

The Sea God hadn’t abandoned them because of the sacred envoy.

Lan Congsu’s heart was filled with excitement.

The person riding the spiritual horse recognized Lian Congsu and naturally assumed that the people from the Eastern Sea had come to assist the ruler. So he bowed and said, “Master Lan, you have come from afar. I will report to the ruler. Now these criminals are here. The Eastern Sea can join me.”

“What criminals?” Lan Congsu was shocked and quickly reprimanded, “Show some respect to the God of the Deep Sea and the sacred envoy of the Eastern Sea.”

The Great Black Snake exuded an imposing presence, hissing venomously.

Yao Yao blinked her eyes and also tried to look very noble.

The person on the horse was taken aback, and then his expression became strange. He chuckled, “Is the Eastern Sea also going against the ruler?”

The threatening tone in his words was quite obvious.

Although the Eastern Sea was prosperous, there was no spiritual energy in the sea, and the spiritual ore was also scarce. In the cultivation world, spiritual veins and spiritual ore were the most important core resources. These resources were all controlled by the ruler, which gave the ruler authority over the entire Spirit Continent.

That was why a guardsman from the ruler dared to speak to Lan Congsu in such a manner.

“But, as long as master Lan voluntarily puts these criminals in restraints, I can refrain from reporting these words to the ruler.”

Lan Congsu exclaimed, “You still want to put restraints on me, the representative of the gods of the Eastern Sea?”

The Great Black Snake hissed, raising its snake head high.

That’s right, that’s right.

Yao Yao had a vague understanding of its snake body language, so she also lifted her head.

All the Eastern Sea cultivators behind Lan Congsu were filled with indignation, showing hostile expressions. This was an insult to their faith.

This triggered heightened tensions between the two factions.

The person on horseback wore an unpleasant expression. “Master Lan, is the Eastern Sea planning to go to war with the ruler?”

Lan Congsu looked at the deity that had been worshipped by his ancestors and proudly said, “In the Eastern Sea, we follow the God of the Deep Sea.”

Both sides began provoking each other, and eventually, the situation escalated into a fight.

Ji Rong, the leader of Chang Sword Sect, held his sword with a gradually solemn expression.

Thanks to his sister’s influence, they unexpectedly gained the support of the Eastern Sea.

In that case, let’s run.

The scene was chaotic, with the ruler’s people having just an injured group of people in the Imperial Tomb, and the remaining numbers were evenly matched with the Eastern Sea. Both sides felt insulted. They were both powerful and prosperous regions, so they engaged in a fierce battle.

Ji Rong led them to turn around and flee.

Leave this place first, find a place to regroup, and then return to Chang Sword Sect.

The Great Black Snake transformed back into its human form, looking very moved as it glanced at its descendants from the Eastern Sea, then turned and ran with them.

In a touched and proud tone, it said, “How about it, Little Pearl? Am I very impressive?”

Yao Yao, holding hands with Chong Yan, nodded and smiled, “Yes, very impressive.”

After all, this was helping Chang Sword Sect.

Ji Rong glanced at the noble black snake and pondered the power of the entire Northern Region. The Northern Region was indeed cold and not prosperous. The development of each sect varied, and only a few sects have weapons and strong combat capabilities.

The situation was indeed not optimistic.

The Great Black Snake laughed disdainfully, having left the dangerous situation in the Imperial Tomb. It resumed its mocking tone towards Ji Rong, “How many sword sects are there in the North?”

Ji Rong, “…”

Ji Rong continued, “Only one.”

Yao Yao held back her laughter and encouraged them as they ran, “That’s still very impressive.”

By her side were the ancient demon that people feared, the Great Black Snake worshipped as a deity, her powerful sword cultivator brother, and the sword spirit sister who was knowledgeable.

They were truly incredible.

At this point in the main story, Chong Yan had already been killed multiple times and was on the verge of death. In the main story timeline, Yao Yao had also been drained of blood, resulting in the downfall of Chang Sword Sect.

But now, the situation had improved significantly.

Yao Yao held Chong Yan’s hand and turned to look at him while running.