At the beginning, there was a fake eunuch, holding a dragon whip and torturing the empress until she

"Yes, Lei Bao." The Nine Mysterious Empress nodded, then stomped her right foot, and with a loud bang, the entire altar shook, and the floor tiles around the altar all shattered.

Then, a roar sounded, and a majestic energy gathered towards the altar.

The Nine Mysterious Empress took out a red bead and pressed the red bead into the groove in the middle of the altar. In an instant, a light gate emerged, emitting a dazzling red light, as if it was dyed with blood.

"Let's go." The Nine Mysterious Empress took the lead and walked into the light gate, and Lin Chen hurriedly followed.

When the two walked into the light gate, the light gate slowly closed and finally completely disappeared in the void.

...

Tianyan Star Region, the headquarters of the Divine Court.

In the towering palace, the lights were bright, the shadows were dim, and all kinds of talking and laughing came, full of noise and festivity.

There were two people sitting at the head of the hall, one of whom was a white-haired old man, wearing a luxurious purple robe, with a kind face.

This old man was the most senior person in the palace, the second elder of the God Court, and a strong man at the peak of the God Emperor Realm.

In addition to him, there was a middle-aged man who sat on the first chair on the left side of the hall, with a face full of anger.

This middle-aged man was tall and straight, with a slender figure, dark skin, and a full beard on his face, looking rough and fierce.

Although he didn't speak, no one dared to play around when they saw him, and they all stood respectfully aside.

"Asshole! You can't even deal with a guy of the sixth level of the God level, what's the use of you?" The middle-aged man shouted angrily, and the teacup in his hand slammed to the ground, and porcelain pieces flew all over.

"Report to the Lord God Emperor, this matter is not the fault of that guy, I was also careless."

The person who was scolded was so scared that he knelt down quickly, in awe.

"Hmph!"

The middle-aged man snorted coldly, then calmed down a little and said, "Forget it. I don't blame you."

He looked aside and ordered a guard-like person beside him: "Send someone to investigate this person's background and see what level his strength has reached. And the body of Lei Bao must be found as soon as possible!"

"Yes, sir."

The guard saluted and left. It was obvious that he was in charge of the matter.

Lin Chen turned to the Nine Mysterious Queen and said, "Your Majesty, can you tell me what the situation is with Lei Bao?"

The Nine Mysterious Queen said, "Wait until I finish speaking before making a judgment."

Lin Chen nodded hurriedly and listened to the Nine Mysterious Queen.

The Nine Mysterious Queen continued: "Lei Bao was the first general under my father, a powerful man in the Transcendent Realm. After my father died, he stayed in the Divine Court and guarded the border. He was very powerful, even among the top masters of the entire Tianxuan Continent, he was considered good."

"But he still died! And his death was miserable. According to the information he revealed before his death, this person was not a human, but a powerful beast, or even an ancient beast that turned into a human form!"

"He died seventy years ago!"

Lin Chen frowned when he heard this: "If that's the case, then the Divine Court should have discovered his abnormality long ago. Why didn't they arrest him now, but chose to kill him directly?"

The Nine Mysterious Queen sighed: "Because this man is not easy to catch. Not to mention the ordinary army, even the elite army of the Divine Court can't do anything to him, but may suffer heavy losses."

"He is very strong, even I only have an 80% chance of winning."

Lin Chen was surprised when he heard this. He originally thought that the strength of the Nine Mysterious Queen should be ranked high in the Divine Court, but he didn't expect that she was only better than Lei Bao.

Then the strength of Lei Bao is too amazing.

"However, although Lei Bao is powerful, he is a member of the Divine Court after all. Even if he dies, someone will go to collect his body instead of leaving it exposed in the wilderness. Therefore, during this period of time, I have been tracking his body, hoping to find his body and bring it back to the Divine Court to be handed over to the Punishment Department."

The Nine Mysterious Queen continued, "Unfortunately, his body is gone and we can't find his body at all."

Lin Chen asked in confusion: "Since the body of Lei Bao is unlikely to be exposed in the wilderness, why are you still looking for him? Moreover, since he is a member of the Divine Court, will the Divine Court ignore him?"

"He is not a member of the Divine Court, but a traitor of the Divine Court. His strength is too strong, and the people in the Divine Court can't do anything to him."

The Nine Mysterious Queen said: "His master is a great saint king of my Divine Court, and he is the disciple of the Lord of the Divine Court."

"Great Saint King?"

Lin Chen was stunned. He had never heard of the title of Great Saint King.

The Nine Mysterious Queen said: "The Great Saint King is a saint!"

"Saint!" Lin Chen was shocked.

The Lord of the Divine Court is actually a saint, how powerful should he be?

Lin Chen's heartbeat quickened, and he became excited. If this Lord of the Divine Court was really that powerful, then perhaps he could help him recover from his injuries.

The Nine Mysterious Empress said, "A saint is a strong person who is superior to the transcendent, much stronger than the Divine Ability Realm. Even when my father was in his prime, he was no match for a saint!"

"Hiss!" Lin Chen inhaled.

The Nine Mysterious Empress shook her head and said, "My father didn't want to provoke a saint, so he never fought with a saint."

Lin Chen thought, no wonder, such a strong person was willing to give up ruling the Tianxuan Continent.

He said, "Since the Lord of the Divine Court is so powerful, then what about your father? Could it be that the Lord of the Divine Court has broken through to the peak of the Saint Realm?"

The Nine Mysterious Empress smiled bitterly and said, "My father is still far from that realm."

Lin Chen nodded, that's true.

"My father was injured at the beginning, so he never broke through to the peak of the holy realm. However, even so, it is not that easy for even an ordinary saint to defeat my father." Empress Jiuxuan continued.

"Where did that Lei Bao die?" Lin Chen asked.

"What do you want to do?" Empress Jiuxuan looked at Lin Chen warily.

Lin Chen rolled his eyes and said: "I can't see the people from your divine court, so I'll kill them. Aren't I stupid? I want to save your grandfather's life, so naturally I have to find Lei Bao's body first. , go find your father again!”

"Yes." Empress Jiuxuan nodded slightly, and after her face changed a bit, she said, "I just found out that Lei Bao's body is in the Northern Xinjiang Dynasty! Come with me."

She led Lin Chen towards the depths of the valley, and stopped soon after.

In front of them was a huge stone door, which was tightly closed.

There are various runes carved on the stone gate, densely textured, and it looks like a formation.

Lin Chen could feel that there was a strong spiritual energy here, but there was no life at all. It was obvious that this was an empty tomb with no one buried there.

"Are you sure that Lei Bao's body is here?" Lin Chen asked.

"Sure! My perception is definitely not wrong." Empress Jiuxuan said.

Lin Chen said: "So, how do I enter this empty tomb? Do you have any idea?"

"This..." Empress Jiuxuan hesitated.

Seeing her hesitation, Lin Chen said, "If it's inconvenient, then let's move to another place?"

In this case, it is better to think of another way.

"Wait!" Empress Jiuxuan shouted, "You don't have to leave. I specially selected this place. No one can enter except me and Lei Bao."

Lin Chen looked at Empress Jiuxuan suspiciously: "Are you sure your father doesn't know that you killed Lei Bao?"

Empress Jiuxuan nodded.

Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief. If the Lord of the Divine Court knew that Lei Bao was killed by Empress Jiuxuan, then the entire Tianxuan Continent would probably be shaken.

Empress Jiuxuan continued: "Come with me."

After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the stone door, then pressed her right hand on the stone door.

Rumble——

Suddenly, there was a violent vibration from the stone door, and it slowly moved away, revealing a dark area inside, like the open mouth of a ferocious beast that devoured all things.

"Come in with me, I need to borrow your blood."

Empress Jiuxuan gave Lin Chen some faint instructions, then stepped into the stone chamber first, and Lin Chen quickly followed.

After entering the stone chamber, Lin Chen was stunned.

I saw that it was filled with skeletons. The height of these skeletons basically reached four or five meters, and some even reached more than ten meters high!

There are so many corpses, just like a hill, it looks extremely spectacular!

"I once heard my father mention that thirty-six powerful eighth-level Mahayana warriors were buried here. Every skeleton here should be from the eighth-level Mahayana."

Empress Jiuxuan pointed to the row of bones next to her and explained to Lin Chen.

Lin Chen was startled when he heard this.

Thirty-six Mahayana eight levels, what is this concept? Even if it is a super sect, it is impossible to have so many strong men!

He asked curiously: "Where did your divine court come from? Could it be that there were other super sects in this Tianxuan Continent before?"

Empress Jiuxuan said: "No, you are wrong. Tianxuan Continent used to have many powerful sects. However, since the establishment of the Divine Court, a disaster struck, causing the demise of those powerful sects."

"So, your divine court's background is very powerful?" Lin Chen frowned.

"Not very strong."

Empress Jiuxuan shook her head and said in a somewhat lonely tone: "There are only thirty-two people left in our Divine Court."

Lin Chen was startled: "Thirty-two people? How come there are only thirty-two people left?"

He was surprised. You must know that even the top sect cannot only have thirty-two people left, and the Jiuxuan Palace is only a third-rate force.

Could it be that this divine court is a little weird?

Empress Jiuxuan shook her head and said, "You misunderstood."

Lin Chen was stunned. He had just met this girl, but he heard her say the word "misunderstanding". He was really embarrassed, and he cursed in his heart, this girl is really indifferent.

Then, Empress Jiuxuan said: "You should know that the further you go in your cultivation, the more difficult it becomes. Especially after you reach the realm of transcendence, every step forward is filled with difficulties."

"Yes." Lin Chen nodded. He knew about this.

Empress Jiuxuan sighed: "However, it is recorded in the classics of the Divine Court that after cultivating to the realm of transcending tribulation, if you want to take another step forward, you need to cut off the seven emotions and six desires, abandon the seven emotions and six desires, turn into a ruthless and unjust puppet, and then set foot on immortal!"

"What? Immortality?" Lin Chen exclaimed.

At this moment, Lin Chen's heart was filled with panic.

What the Jiuxuan Empress said made him a little suspicious, whether she was lying to him, and what kind of contract she wanted him to sign with her.

immortal?

What is that concept?

That is equivalent to the Holy Lord in the Holy Realm, and even a hundred times more powerful than the Holy Lord!

An existence of this level, in the holy realm, can definitely be called a person who stomps his feet and makes the entire holy realm tremble.

But now, Empress Jiuxuan told him that if he wanted to step into immortality, he had to abandon his emotions and desires.

At this moment, Lin Chen felt that the Jiuxuan Empress in front of him was crazy.

Empress Jiuxuan glanced at Lin Chen and saw the surprise on his face, obviously understanding what Lin Chen was thinking.

Nine Mysterious Empress said: "Don't worry, I won't joke with my life. This immortal realm is not what you understand. What we have to do is to cut off the seven emotions and six desires, abandon love, and thus reach the realm of eternal immortality."

"Uh..." Lin Chen was a little dumbfounded, thinking, did I understand it wrong? The gap between the immortal realm and eternal immortality is not very far?

Nine Mysterious Empress didn't care what Lin Chen was thinking. She said: "You can close your eyes now. After I use the secret method, I can help you unlock the seal."

"Oh!" Lin Chen reacted, nodded, closed his eyes, and muttered in his heart, what kind of secret method is this, could it be that I want to sacrifice my soul?

"Huh!" Lin Chen was thinking about it, and suddenly a surprised voice sounded in his ears.

Lin Chen opened his eyes and saw an old man standing in front of him, staring at him.

The old man was wearing a gray robe and had short hair, which looked a little funny.

But Lin Chen couldn't laugh at all.

He felt the other party's profound cultivation and was shocked.

Although he didn't understand the formation, he knew that the old man's strength was so terrifying that it suffocated him!

"Who are you?" Lin Chen couldn't help asking.

"Haha! I didn't expect that after so many years, there are still people who know the name of the Lord of the Divine Court." The old man stroked his snow-white beard for a few times, and then smiled and said: "I am the Lord of the Divine Court."

Lord of the Divine Court!

Hearing this title, Lin Chen's mind emerged with rumors about the Divine Court.

It is said that the Divine Court is a force created by the owner of an ancient relic. It suddenly descended on the Tianxuan Continent tens of thousands of years ago and established such a huge organization to rule the Tianxuan Continent.

However, this Divine Court has never shown its face. Many people have never even seen the Lord of the Divine Court. Only the heads of the major dynasties or a sect have the honor of seeing the Lord of the Divine Court and being granted the identity of the Divine Court by him.

"Are you the Lord of the Divine Court?" Lin Chen exclaimed.

Lin Chen's voice attracted the old man's attention. He looked at the Nine Mysterious Empress and smiled, "I am indeed the Lord of the Divine Court, but I am only a temporary one."

"I see."

The Nine Mysterious Empress nodded. She was no longer worried about whether the Lord of the Divine Court would leave here to pursue immortality.

Since the Lord of the Divine Court was willing to help, her safety would be safe. In this world, apart from Lin Chen, it is estimated that no one can destroy this formation and rescue those people.

"I have a request. I wonder if you are willing to agree?" The Nine Mysterious Empress hesitated for a moment and looked at Lin Chen.

Lin Chen's heart jumped. Is this woman going to make a condition?

The Nine Mysterious Empress continued, "I hope that after things are done here, you can return to the Divine Court with me and become a member of the Divine Court."

"What! You want me to go back to the Divine Court with you?"

Lin Chen's eyes widened, and he almost suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

The Nine Mysterious Empress nodded: "Yes. You have seen that the Divine Court is now divided into two factions, and I have to stay here, so I need to train you as the right-hand man of the Lord of the Divine Court."

"I... I can't! How can I leave my hometown and run to a strange place?" Lin Chen quickly refused.

This Nine Mysterious Empress looks young, but she is actually a Saint Venerable and the Lord of the Divine Court!