Divine Emperor of Heavenly Destiny

Cheng Yunsu was completely bewildered...

They had only been in the Dragon Flame Kingdom for a few days. How could some mysterious people already be targeting her father?

’There are other people with the surname Cheng among the Descendants of Azure Flame,’ she thought. ’Could Yu Xiaoping be talking about someone else?’

But Yu Xiaoping nodded seriously and explained in detail, ”It’s definitely Uncle Cheng Chuming. The group looked incredibly noble, and they even had powerful Demon Beasts pulling their carriage. The moment they appeared, they asked for Uncle Cheng Chuming by name.”

”As soon as he came out, they tied him up. We’ve surrounded them now.”

”But it seems like they have powerful connections in the Dragon Flame Kingdom. We don’t know what to do.”

As she said this, fear was written all over Yu Xiaoping’s face. She was afraid of becoming homeless and displaced once more.

Cheng Yunsu grew tense and quickly looked toward Lu Chao...

”Let’s go. We’ll head back and see what’s happening.”

Without hesitation, Lu Chao pulled Cheng Yunsu up and headed toward Azure Flame Town. Before leaving, he said to Marquis Jilong, ”Marquis, my apologies. It seems my father-in-law is in trouble, so I can’t entertain you right now.”

Lu Chao didn’t care about the Marquis’s status; right now, he just wanted to know what was going on.

He couldn’t understand it either. They had just arrived in the Dragon Flame Kingdom. Why would someone target his father-in-law, Cheng Chuming?

Was this a move by the Six Great Flame Countries against him, or was it Li Wumian?

’Logically, even if they were going to make a move, it couldn’t have been this fast,’ he mused. ’Making a scene here would be a slap in the face to Marquis Jilong.’

On the small mountain...

Only Yin Ye and Yin Qixing remained, staring at each other in bewilderment.

Yin Qixing said, ”Marquis, there’s no way he’s the real Lu Chao. He actually has a Life-taking Bone.”

The legendary Great Martial Emperor Star Lu Chao was supposed to have a Heavenly Destiny Saint Bone.

Compared to a Life-taking Bone, the two are worlds apart.

Yin Ye’s expression flickered, and a bitter smile slowly formed on his lips. ”The Azure Flame Sect... they really have a penchant for the Life-taking Bone, don’t they.”

Yin Qixing nodded at this. He, too, knew that the Azure Flame Sect had been annihilated because of a Life-taking Bone.

”Such a brilliant performance, such strong leadership ability... It would be a real shame to give up on him.”

At that moment, Marquis Jilong, Yin Ye, wore an expression of extreme reluctance. ”That old fox Fan Changcun really knows how to make things difficult for me. Sheltering the Descendants of Azure Flame was tacitly approved by the Dragon Flame King... But a Life-taking Bone... that’s a tough one!”

Why did he owe Fan Changcun a favor?

Because Fan Changcun had given him pointers on the Soldier Dao, allowing him to achieve victory in a battle that was nearly impossible to win.

That was what led to his promise to shelter the Descendants of Azure Flame.

And now, another major problem had arisen...

Although Cang Changcun hadn’t been the one to intentionally throw this problem at him, Yin Ye was very passionate about the Soldier Dao, and his appreciation for talent was exceptionally strong.

To put it bluntly, the way Yin Ye felt right now was as if...

...Fan Changcun had dangled a huge temptation in front of him, one that was agonizing to accept, yet just as agonizing to refuse.

”Forget it. Perhaps he’s just a flash in the pan.”

”Let’s go see what trouble they’ve run into. We’ll see who dares to slap me in the face right here in Jilong State.”

He was the one protecting the Descendants of Azure Flame. He was the one who established Azure Flame Town. For someone to come and cause trouble just a few days later was, of course, a direct slap in his face.

And with that, Yin Ye took Yin Qixing with him, and they walked step by step back toward Azure Flame Town.

...

The atmosphere in Azure Flame Town was tense, as if a great battle was about to erupt at any moment.

Cang Jinhu and the few old disciples of the Azure Flame Sect had not yet returned from Jizhou City.

Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu were still on the small mountain, so currently, only the two thousand Descendants of Azure Flame, led by Luo Wendeng and Tan An, were surrounding an incredibly luxurious Beast Vehicle.

Surrounding the Beast Vehicle were a hundred black-clothed guards, every single one of them an Innate Realm master.

Next to the Beast Vehicle, Cheng Chuming’s face was pale...

He was being held down by two Innate Masters. He couldn’t help but ask, ”Who in the world are you? Why have you captured me?”

He had already asked this question several times.

But no one, neither inside nor outside the Beast Vehicle, gave him an answer.

Similarly, Luo Wendeng also demanded, ”Where are you from? If you don’t answer, don’t blame us for charging.”

Although the other side had many masters, they had two thousand Descendants of Azure Flame who had just fought their way through a trial of blood and fire. Luo Wendeng still had a degree of confidence.

But it was useless. The people inside and outside the Beast Vehicle still refused to answer...

Instead, they each curled their lips into faint, cold sneers, their expressions full of contempt and disdain for Luo Wendeng’s words.

It was as if they were thinking, ’A bunch of trash.’

The hot-tempered and impulsive Tan An finally couldn’t hold back anymore and roared, ”What are you trying to do? You won’t answer, you won’t leave, and you won’t release Uncle Cheng! Are you all fucking mute?!”

At these words, a middle-aged, black-clothed man sitting atop one of the Demon Beasts pulling the carriage glanced over slightly.

Finally, he looked at Tan An and spoke. ”Doesn’t Cheng Chuming have a daughter? Didn’t you send someone to get her? We’ll wait for her to arrive, capture her as well, and then we’ll leave.”

The chilling voice swirled in the ears of the two thousand people, and Luo Wendeng and the others stared with wide eyes.

They actually wanted to capture Cheng Yunsu, too.

They wouldn’t leave, wouldn’t answer, and wouldn’t engage, all just to wait for Cheng Yunsu to arrive.

Hearing this, Cheng Chuming struggled and yelled, ”Let me go! How have my daughter and I offended you? We just arrived in the Dragon Flame Kingdom!”

He truly couldn’t understand...

The next moment, Cheng Yunsu’s voice finally drifted over from the distance. ”Father...”

Cheng Yunsu had finally returned.

Led by Lu Chao, she rushed quickly into the crowd of two thousand Descendants of Azure Flame. The two of them soon reached the front where Luo Wendeng and Tan An were, their gazes fixed on the people with the Beast Vehicle and on Cheng Chuming.

When Cheng Chuming saw his daughter and son-in-law, he quickly shouted, ”Lu Chao, protect Yunsu! They want to take Yunsu, too!”

As his voice fell, the middle-aged, black-clothed man on the Demon Beast’s back said coldly, ”She’s here. Seize her and let’s go.”

A black-clothed guard standing closest to Lu Chao and Cheng Yunsu immediately lifted his gaze, then vanished in a flash, transforming into a dark shadow that shot straight toward Cheng Yunsu.

The black-clothed guard was extremely fast. Without any unnecessary words, he unleashed the True Qi of an Innate Fifth Layer master.

With Fan Jinhua and the few old disciples of the Azure Flame Sect not yet back, not a single person among the two thousand Descendants of Azure Flame had reached the Innate Realm.

Although Luo Wendeng and the others had progressed rapidly during this time, they were still too young, after all.

None of them had reached the Innate Realm...

Among the Descendants of Azure Flame, every master at the Innate Realm or above, aside from Fan Jinhua, had been killed by Lu Hanyan.

In other words, the moment the black-clothed guard made his move, almost no one was able to react...

But Lu Chao was the exception!

CLANG! The instant the black-clothed guard neared Cheng Yunsu, the sword in Lu Chao’s hand sang out, slashing forward with his True Qi to intercept the guard, instantly separating him from Cheng Yunsu.

But the black-clothed guard merely scoffed, ”Postnatal Ninth Layer? Trash!”

With that, he slapped a palm toward Lu Chao’s sword.

The True Qi of an Innate Fifth Layer master seemed powerful enough to shatter the light of Lu Chao’s sword.

But instead of retreating, Lu Chao advanced, stepping in front of Cheng Yunsu to face the guard’s palm strike head-on. ”Ninth Primordial Yang Sword—Kill!”