Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Jun Wuxie emerged from the shadows, his figure materializing as he said, "I am here."

This time, he didn't use divine sense to communicate, but his voice.

Under the dark eaves, a shadow merged with the night trembled fiercely.

"It's you, it really is you..."

The shadow also emitted a delicate and moving voice, filled with uncontrollable excitement and exhilaration.

She stepped out of the darkness, her eyes sparkling with tears, and abruptly pulled down the mask on her face, revealing a delicate and charming face, rushing over like a gust of wind.

Jun Wuxie smiled and opened his arms.

The woman in black rushed over, her hands embracing his neck, her entire body lifted off the ground.

"My Lord Jun, I miss you so much. I didn't expect to see you in Qingzhou, wuwu～"

She looked up at him with her delicate and charming baby face, her beautiful eyes flickering, both crying and laughing, the smile on her brows and corners of her mouth very sweet.

"Let's talk somewhere else."

Jun Wuxie's figure flashed, and he disappeared with her.

The next moment, they appeared in the back garden of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Yan Ning, aren't you coming down yet? How long are you going to hang on me?"

Jun Wuxie looked down at her. This girl was holding his neck with both hands, her whole body hanging on him.

She was relatively petite, only about 1.6 meters tall, but her body proportions were quite good, with curves in all the right places, and she had a delicate and flawless baby face with a hint of charm.

"I don't care～ I want to be Lord Jun's neck accessory～"

"My Xu Great Saintess, are you becoming more and more unrestrained now?"

Jun Wuxie smiled and brushed the green strands of hair on both sides of her face, feeling very emotional in his heart, and said, "I didn't expect to meet you in the border city. Do you know any of the other old friends?"

Hearing him mention other old friends, Xu Yan Ning's expression darkened, and a look of sadness appeared in her eyes.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing her expression, Jun Wuxie's heart sank, knowing that something bad must have happened.

"Zhou Lin... Junior Brother Zhou Lin is dead..."

Xu Yan Ning's eyes were filled with both sadness and anger.

"Zhou Lin..." The image of the young man who was always a little shy in front of him, but always showed ardent admiration when he saw him, appeared in Jun Wuxie's mind, "How did he die?"

"He was killed while being hunted down by the sect..."

Xu Yan Ning said that after they all came to the Upper Realm through the passage from the Lower Realm, they were all separated, and only she and Zhou Lin were teleported to adjacent areas.

Coincidentally, they were both discovered by the people from Seven Killings Tower and taken back.

At the beginning, they didn't understand what kind of sect Seven Killings Tower was.

Later, they learned that Seven Killings Tower practiced assassination techniques, constantly taking on assassination missions in the process of cultivation, their hands stained with the blood of innocent people.

At that time, they wanted to quit, wanted to leave quietly, but they were discovered and almost beaten to death. They were locked in a dark prison for several months, suffering the torment of the magic array before being released.

"Later, once, Zhou Lin received an assassination mission. This time, a middle-level member of the sect led him to assassinate a half-step Overlord Saint Realm expert and his family."

"That assassination was not very successful. The half-step Overlord Saint Realm expert died, but the middle-level sect member who participated in the assassination was also killed by his dying counterattack. In the end, only a six-year-old girl remained of the assassination target..."

She said that it was because of that little girl.

Zhou Lin was unwilling to kill the little girl, but the people who went with him insisted on killing her. Zhou Lin stopped them, forcibly stopped them, and let the little girl go until the little girl's family arrived.

Since Zhou Lin did not take action to kill anyone throughout the entire mission, the people from the assassinated family did not attack Zhou Lin after the little girl told the truth, while the other assassins escaped in time.

Zhou Lin knew that he could not go back, so he stayed in that family.

After Seven Killings Tower learned of this, they issued an arrest warrant.

The strong man of that family got the news and wanted to send Zhou Lin out of Hanzhou, but he was killed by the strong man of Seven Killings Tower on the way.

The two half-step Overlord Saints of that family and Zhou Lin all died at the hands of the strong man of Seven Killings Tower.

"According to the sect, they gave Zhou Lin a chance at the time, allowing him to return to Seven Killings Tower to repent in the dark prison, but Zhou Lin refused to return to the sect, so they killed him on the spot..."

"Seven Killings Tower!"

Jun Wuxie's face was full of frost. There was actually such a sect that made its disciples constantly take on assassination missions, not even letting go of little girls, and even killed their own disciples because of it.

Xu Yan Ning had also been tortured by the magic array of Seven Killings Tower.

With their talent and growth strength, it was unbelievable that they would be treated like this.

"Have you been frequently tortured in the past few years?"

"It's okay." Xu Yan Ning's eyes dimmed, and she said in a low voice, "Anyway, every time a mission is not completed to the sect's satisfaction, I will be thrown into the Seven Killings Soul Piercing Magic Array to endure the pain and torment of having my three souls and seven spirits pierced through."

When she said this, her body trembled slightly.

"Okay, don't be afraid, there will never be such days again in the future."

Jun Wuxie gently patted her back. He could see what kind of shadow the Seven Killings Soul Piercing Magic Array had left in Xu Yan Ning's heart.

She was the Saintess of the dominant force in the Lower Realm. Her talent and growth strength in this Upper Realm, even in Hanzhou, was definitely considered to be among the top ranks.

When she arrived at Seven Killings Tower, she was actually treated like this.

"Does Seven Killings Tower have many amazing talents? You and Zhou Lin were in the legendary realm back then, how could you be treated like this."

"Because Seven Killings Tower is relatively special, they basically don't recruit disciples from the outside. They all look for orphans to cultivate, instilling ideas and brainwashing them from an early age, making them killing tools that absolutely obey their orders. People like us are difficult to obey them absolutely, so we are treated specially. They initially valued our talent and growth strength, so they brought us back to Seven Killings Tower, and when they found that we were difficult to control, they tried to disintegrate our will with torture."

Jun Wuxie was silent. It seemed that the suffering Xu Yan Ning and Zhou Lin had suffered was much more than he had imagined.

Xu Yan Ning was still well now, but Zhou Lin was no longer here.

After the cataclysmic torrent in the Lower Realm, he had spent so much effort to preserve these old friends and send them to the Upper Realm.

He didn't expect that now an old friend had been killed!

"Lord Jun, Seven Killings Tower secretly supports the Wu'an Dynasty. The assassination of the border army generals on the battlefield this time was done by the assassins of Seven Killings Tower. The few who were looking for me before were part of them."

"Our Seven Killings Tower is a force in Hanzhou, far away from the Wu'an Dynasty, and Qingzhou's level is relatively low. It shouldn't be involved in the affairs between the two countries of Qingzhou in theory, so there must be something strange about this matter."

"Also, I got internal news that the Soul Severing Valley and Ten Thousand Poisons Sect of Hanzhou know that Seven Killings Tower has sent people to participate in the national war between Wu'an and Dagan in Qingzhou, and they can't sit still either. People from those two sects have already gone to Wu'an Royal City. I'm worried that the Wu'an Dynasty will eventually be linked to the three top sects in Hanzhou. At that time, your Dagan will probably..."

"It seems that Qingzhou is indeed not that simple, especially Dagan..."

After listening to the news brought by Xu Yan Ning, Jun Wuxie became more convinced that Dagan hid a coveted secret.

As for why it hadn't attracted the forces of Hanzhou in the past, it was hard to say. Perhaps those forces didn't know about it before, and only recently got the news through some channel.

"It seems that this water will be very muddy. Some forces in Hanzhou have chosen to covet the things existing in Dagan through the Wu'an Dynasty. Then it is difficult to guarantee that someone will not directly try to control Dagan to achieve their goals."

Jun Wuxie couldn't help thinking. To say that directly controlling Dagan would be more convenient and less troublesome than going through Wu'an, but Seven Killings Tower didn't choose to do so.

Soul Severing Valley and Ten Thousand Poisons Sect were also the same, both choosing the Wu'an Dynasty.

There was probably a reason for this.

Combining the previously speculated possibilities, then was there a force secretly restraining them, making it impossible for them to directly control Dagan to achieve their goals?

If this was the case, then how many Hanzhou forces would be eyeing Dagan behind the scenes?

"The golden age has begun. In such an era, some things will suddenly appear. Perhaps the secret about Dagan was suddenly transmitted to the ears of those forces because of this..."

Jun Wuxie guessed. As for how the secret of Dagan was suddenly learned by those forces, it was hard to say.

Some things are silently operating in the way of heaven and earth. It is a kind of rule. It seems that it has been arranged long ago in the dark. When will news of something be transmitted, and when should it appear in the eyes of the world.

It seems that there is a mysterious force in an invisible place, which makes certain opportunities appear at the right time according to the changes of the times.

"Lord Jun, Qingzhou will become a place of right and wrong, and Dagan is even more unsafe. Those great forces from Hanzhou are something we cannot contend with now. Why don't you leave Qingzhou for the time being?"

"Yan Ning, I can't leave. My sect is in Dagan. This will become the cornerstone of my development in the Upper Realm and become my home in the Upper Realm."

"But..." Xu Yan Ning was a little anxious. Looking at his firm eyes, she gently bit her bright red lips and said, "I know you are a prudent man, and you wouldn't make such a decision without certainty. Then you must be careful no matter what. If things can't be done, then leave Qingzhou for the time being, okay?"

Looking at her worried eyes, Jun Wuxie couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Okay, I promise you, if things can't be done, I will leave Qingzhou."

"Lord Jun must keep your word～" Her eyes smiled like crescent moons, but the smile didn't last long, and there was a dimness in her eyes, and she said, "Lord Jun, I'm leaving, you must take care～"

She stepped forward, hugged him tightly, wiped away her tears, and turned to leave.

“Where are you going?”

“I don’t know.”

She didn’t know where she was going either. She only knew that she had to go far away, the farther away from Lord Divine, the better, so as not to bring him danger.

“Yan Ning!”

Jun Wuxie sat down at the jade table, quietly watching Xu Yan Ning's back.

Her delicate body trembled slightly. She suddenly turned around, her eyes blurred with tears.

“Come here, stay by my side, you’re not allowed to go anywhere!”

“Lord Divine, that’s not possible…”

Her tears streamed down. What beautiful words, what heartwarming words! Although they sounded a bit domineering, she liked them so much.

Since coming to the Upper Realm, she hadn't had any old friends except for Zhou Lin.

A year ago, Zhou Lin died, leaving only her.

Living in the Seven Killing Tower, she was always on tenterhooks, constantly enduring inhuman torture.

She had long forgotten the warmth of the human world. Every time she was about to give up, the figure of that man would appear in her mind, before her eyes. She seemed to see him smiling at her, telling her to keep going, to persevere.

She had persevered through these years like this.

She had left the Lower Realm like that back then, not even knowing his final life or death.

She was not reconciled. She often told herself in her heart that no matter what kind of hardships she experienced, she had to live on, at least until she could see him again, or hear definite news about him.

Perhaps the heavens were taking care of her.

She finally received news that seemed to be about him, so she rushed to the border city, regardless of everything, and indeed saw him.

She also wanted to stay, but she knew she couldn’t. She couldn’t put him in danger for the sake of the warmth and security of staying by his side.

“What’s not possible? Don’t cry.” Jun Wuxie pulled her to sit beside him, wiping the tears from her face, and said, “The experiences in the Lower Realm made me understand how important those people and events in the process of growing up are. I won’t mention the others for now, as I don’t know where they are, but since I’ve seen you, I definitely can’t let you be alone and helpless again, facing the Seven Killing Tower alone.”

“But the Seven Killing Tower…”

“You want to say the Seven Killing Tower is strong, right? Don’t worry, I’m not afraid of the Seven Killing Tower.” Speaking of this, he couldn’t help but smile confidently, and said, “Who am I?”

“Lord Divine~”

“Yes, would Lord Divine be afraid of a mere Seven Killing Tower?”

“Not afraid!” Xu Yan Ning smiled through her tears, and said, “Lord Divine is not even afraid of the Dark Torrent, what is the Seven Killing Tower!”

“That’s right then.” Jun Wuxie stared at her seriously, and said, “Don’t think about running away secretly. Without my permission, you can’t go anywhere. Stay by my side obediently. When the border city matters are over, come back to Qingyun with me to cultivate. In the future, you will work for me in the Great Qian, helping me manage the country together with Princess Anning.”

“Ah?” Xu Yan Ning lightly covered her red lips, “Lord Divine, are you planning to be like in the Lower Realm…”

“That’s right, in the future, there will also be an invincible dynasty in this Upper Realm.”

“Mmm, ah~ People want to be a female prime minister~ Ah, no, people want to be a majestic female general~”

“As long as you are willing to learn, with your intelligence, you can do anything.”

Hearing this, Xu Yan Ning’s bright eyes seemed to ripple with autumn water, “Really, anything is possible?”

“Of course, as long as you are willing, I won’t object.”

“Mmm, ah~ What if people want to be an imperial concubine?”

“What?”

Jun Wuxie was stunned. He really didn’t expect Xu Yan Ning to become so unrestrained, asking this directly to his face.

It was also his fault for not considering this and giving a promise directly.

If she repeats the question, how should he answer?

“You stingy ghost, you have so many imperial concubines, it’s not like you lack a seat.”

Seeing Jun Wuxie’s expression become a little serious, Xu Yan Ning giggled and said, “People are just joking with you, I don’t want to be your imperial concubine. You already have so many imperial concubines, I don’t want to wrong myself.”

“Come with me.”

The night was very deep, and the garden was silent.

Jun Wuxie led her towards a separate small courtyard.

This was the residence arranged for him by the City Lord’s Mansion.

“Don’t wear this black assassin outfit anymore. Do you still have the clothes you used to wear in the Lower Realm?”

“Yes, if you like it, then people will wear the clothes and skirts from the Lower Realm every day from now on.”

Xu Yan Ning’s eyes were bright and gentle, full of affection.

After she finished speaking, she actually started taking off her clothes directly in front of him, which made Jun Wuxie dumbfounded.

“Yan Ning, this is not good, right?”

“It’s okay, people and Lord Divine are so familiar, it’s just changing clothes, people are not afraid of you seeing it, hee hee.”

Her movements were quite bold, directly using true energy to shatter all the black assassin clothes on the outside, leaving only a thin set of close-fitting clothes inside, outlining her exquisite and fiery figure exceptionally prominently.

She even turned around in front of Jun Wuxie, showing off her good figure, which made Jun Wuxie quite speechless and almost caused him to have a nosebleed.

“Yan Ning.”

Jun Wuxie turned his back to her.

How could he bear this? Even if his willpower was amazing, it was difficult not to feel hot-blooded with such teasing.

Since coming to the Upper Realm, he had always been a vegetarian monk.

Xu Yan Ning covered her mouth and giggled, stepped on her crystal-clear bare feet, walked to the bed and lay down, pulled up the quilt to cover her waist, revealing a pair of snow-white long legs, and softly called out, “Lord Divine, aren’t you coming to rest yet?”

Jun Wuxie looked back, and the first thing that caught his eye was that pair of slender, long legs, and his eyebrows twitched fiercely.

He took a deep breath, originally to calm the heat in his heart, but felt that the air seemed to be filled with the special fragrance belonging to Xu Yan Ning.

As a result, the fire not only did not extinguish, but instead burned even more vigorously in an instant.

“Damn it!”

Jun Wuxie cursed himself inwardly. When did his concentration become so weak?

He hurriedly rushed out of the room, leaving only a sentence echoing in the room: “Yan Ning, tonight’s matter was too much, one day I will take care of you!”

He sat cross-legged under a tree in the courtyard, his body’s Extreme Cold Source flowing through his limbs and bones, for dozens of times, before slowly suppressing the heat.

In the room, Xu Yan Ning, who had been boldly seducing Jun Wuxie earlier, was now blushing, her ears and neck were red, and even the skin below her neck was crimson.

Her eyes were so shy that they were almost dripping with water, and there was an unspeakable sense of shame in her heart.

She never dared to imagine that she could do this for him. Perhaps it was because she didn’t want to be alone anymore, or perhaps it was because she wanted to seek a perfect ending for the feelings she was pursuing. In short, she had to fight for it and couldn’t give up!

The courage she had mustered just now was suddenly used up, and now that she thought about it, she was so ashamed that she wanted to cry.

However, Jun Wuxie’s words kept echoing in her mind.

He said that one day, he would take care of her.

What does "take care of" mean? Does it mean that?

“Lord Divine, is Lord Divine saying that one day in the future he will accept me?”

She hid in the quilt and murmured, constantly imagining, sometimes giggling, sometimes making moaning sounds, perhaps thinking of what he said about taking care of her, the ten crystal-clear and rounded toes exposed outside the quilt curled up forcefully.

…

The dark night gradually faded away, dawn was approaching, and there was a hint of light belonging to the day between heaven and earth.

In a remote and deserted street in the city, several men in black stopped, and then walked into a nearby house together.

“The sect sent a letter saying that Junior Sister Xu has become a traitor. This time, she has secretly inquired about the sect’s secret news, and now she has come to the Great Qian border city without authorization. No matter what her purpose is, we must kill her!”

“But what if we can’t find her now?”

“Don’t worry, the people who were sent later to provide assistance will soon sneak into this city. We will immediately change out of our assassin outfits and put on ordinary people’s clothes. Today, we will assassinate Yue Wuxie, find and kill Junior Sister Xu, and proceed at the same time!”

“Senior Sister, this is after all a border city, and Prince Ning is still in the city, with a large number of Great Saint Extremely Heavenly Position realm experts. What if we fail?”

“What are we afraid of if we fail? If we fail, Prince Ning can’t do anything to us. We are people from the Seven Killing Tower. Even if he had ten guts, he wouldn’t dare to touch us in the slightest.”

“That’s right, even if he had ten guts, he wouldn’t dare to touch a single hair on our heads!”

The disciples of the Seven Killing Tower were full of confidence.