Fei Ji sat upright on the sofa, holding a crystal glass in her hand, her silver eyes coldly gazing out the window. The words Li Xiaonan had spoken before leaving lingered in her mind.
"I am a demon, he is human; we ultimately cannot be together, right?"
She scoffed lightly, shaking her head. In one swift motion, she drained the glass and grimaced, forcefully smashing it onto the floor. In her heart, she vowed: I will not let you leave me! Absolutely not!
"Crack—" Li Xiaonan stared blankly at the shards scattered across the floor, genuinely feeling that he should have come in later.
Fei Ji glanced back slightly, her hands brushing over her cheeks to wipe away the faint traces of tears. "What? You’re willing to come back now?"
"Heh heh, drinking is bad for you; it’s harmful to your health." Li Xiaonan grinned as he walked around Fei Ji, picking up a broom from the corner to start cleaning up the mess.
Fei Ji furrowed her brows slightly and grabbed Li Xiaonan's wrist.
"Ouch! Ouch! It hurts! It’s broken!" Li Xiaonan cried out, clutching his hand and crouching down like a shrimp.
Fei Ji narrowed her eyes slightly and said coldly, "I can let you go, but you must swear that for this lifetime, you will stay by my side without leaving!"
"You let… let… let go… ow ow ow, you let… let go! I’m not going anywhere; look at me like this—where could I possibly go…"
With a muffled grunt, Fei Ji finally released Li Xiaonan's hand. "I’m tired; I’m going to sleep!"
With a slight smile at the corners of her mouth, she removed her outer clothing and stepped toward the bed.
Li Xiaonan pouted and muttered to himself: Damn it, she’s tempting me again! Do you believe I won’t just push you down right here?
"Get up here!"
"Ah?" Li Xiaonan rubbed his ears, doubting whether there was something wrong with them. This seemed to be the rhythm of being pushed back!
Fei Ji raised an eyebrow and said, "What? Are you afraid I might eat you?"
"Heh, how could that be!" He would say he was worried about her catching some illness and passing it on to his Wives!
Li Xiaonan hesitated as he climbed onto the bed, a silly grin on his face. "Ugh... it's so cold, time to sleep!" He immediately curled up at the edge of the bed.
"You idiot!" Fei Ji softly cursed, tossing the blanket over Li Xiaonan. She leaned closer to him, pressing her warm body against his back.
Li Xiaonan's body tensed up, thinking: What the hell! Is this a provocation? A righteous man is still a man, and he has desires too. Besides, I'm not even a righteous man; aren't you afraid I might lose control?
In his mind, the Spirit Tree stirred, and he immediately sensed the situation of another Li Xiaonan. His heart leaped with joy; great! Ling Kui had been rescued!
It seemed that for tomorrow's council meeting, he would have to sacrifice his dignity! Hmm!
He cleared his throat and said, "Fei... Fei'er..."
"Mm?"
Li Xiaonan felt the warmth radiating from behind him and the soft breaths brushing against his ear. His face flushed, and he began to feel hot all over.
Taking a deep breath, he stammered, "You... tomorrow... I..." After struggling for a while, he still couldn't form a complete sentence.
"What do you want to say?"
"I... I want to talk about tomorrow's council meeting regarding the expedition. You shouldn't be the first one..."
Fei Ji propped herself up, looking at Li Xiaonan with confusion. "Why? Didn't you say that if it were you, you'd be the first to charge into the Cultivation world?"
"Back then, with so many Demon Emperors around, of course I said that. You've been to the Cultivation world; it seems prosperous yet fragile, but that's not all. The first one to venture into the Cultivation world is definitely cannon fodder!" As he spoke, he turned his body to face Fei Ji, glancing at the round flower room and unconsciously touching his nose to check for blood.
"Are you worried about me?" Fei Ji smiled as she scooted back, pulling Li Xiaonan away from the edge of the bed.
"Uh..."
"Don't worry, I'll be fine! I believe what you said about benefits being proportional to risks!"
Li Xiaonan looked at her confident demeanor and sat up angrily. "How can you be so clueless! Anyway, I've said my piece; whether you listen or not is up to you! Just don't come crying to me when you don't know how you died! And I absolutely won't collect your corpse!"
He nimbly climbed off the bed, leaving Fei Ji stunned. "Where are you going?"
"I need to go urgently!" Li Xiaonan waved his sleeve and walked outside, muttering to himself: Silly woman! I don’t want to be the first one to hit you a month later! Why can’t you just listen? Huh? Is the boss calling me?
In the quiet corridor, a figure suddenly vanished. By the time Fei Ji rushed out to chase after Li Xiaonan, the corridor was already empty, except for a long shadow stretching behind.
Meanwhile, in the castle's basement, Li Xiaonan shouted fiercely and struck back against East Emperor with a palm, then swiftly flew towards the castle's exit.
Jack and East Emperor both froze in surprise, not expecting that Li Xiaonan had been hiding such strength.
"Boom!"
In a panic, Li Xiaonan couldn't find an escape route and directly used the Seven-Level Pagoda to blast open a large hole, shaking the entire castle in the process.
As he fled, he muttered to himself, "Damn it! How did my cultivation level increase again? I'm already at the late stage of integration; one more step and I'll reach Tribulation Stage! Damn it! I barely managed to suppress my level, and now it's so easy to increase? Didn't they say that breakthroughs rely on levels? Why is it happening so fast?"
He had already comprehended the realm of Fusion Stage long ago. It was during the breakthrough to the Harmonization Period with the Harmony Technique that he hadn’t deliberately cultivated the Martial Soul Technique, which kept his cultivation level suppressed. However, after fighting for so many days in the Underworld Demon Sea with his two clones, not only did his combat experience increase, but he also continuously broke through using the Martial Soul Technique, naturally raising his cultivation level.
“It’s you!”
Li Xiaonan was momentarily distracted and was blocked by three figures—none other than the Southern, Western, and Northern Emperors. The one speaking was Ouyang Feng.
He and the Northern Emperor looked at Fei Ji in confusion, clearly questioning how the useless person they had brought suddenly became so powerful!
“Stop him!” The East Emperor and Jack had just chased out as well.
Damn it, how did everyone gather here!
Fei Ji looked at Li Xiaonan in disbelief and muttered, “You lied to me?”
Li Xiaonan surveyed the current situation, thinking to himself: What kind of melodrama is unfolding now!
He knew very well that if he said even a couple of wrong words, all these demons would surely turn their attention to Fei Ji. At that point, he could escape back to the Cultivation realm while Fei Ji would likely be dealt with on the spot.
After a moment of contemplation, he decided that this woman had treated him fairly well; he couldn’t drag her down. He needed to divert everyone’s attention first.
His expression turned cold as he looked at Fei Ji and mocked, “Who told you to be so foolish? Did you really think you could ruin my cultivation? I merely used your connections to infiltrate the demon clan. I didn’t expect that as the Southern Emperor, you would be so naive as to develop feelings for me. Tsk tsk tsk, but your skills in bed are truly impressive; I enjoyed myself!”
Every word from Li Xiaonan pierced Fei Ji’s heart like a dagger. She seethed with rage, “You bastard! I’ll kill you!”
Sixteen silver wings glimmered beautifully under the hazy moonlight as thousands of ice spikes shot towards Li Xiaonan.
His gaze tightened as he thought: The most poisonous heart belongs to a woman! Just a moment ago we were sweet on each other…
He blocked with one hand, and the Seven-Level Pagoda suddenly appeared in front of him, fending off Fei Ji's attack.
As the saying goes, one must go all out in a performance. He grinned menacingly and said, "Kill me? Do you have that ability?" With a swift movement, he thrust the Carefree Fan into Fei Ji's shoulder. Blood trickled from the corner of Fei Ji's mouth as he staggered back, though it was unclear whether he was more enraged by Li Xiaonan or injured by the blow.
Fortunately, Ouyang Feng appeared just in time to catch her.
Everyone's gaze finally shifted from Fei Ji's face back to Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan glanced at Fei Ji out of the corner of his eye and thought to himself: If I don't leave now, once the other half, East Emperor, returns, escaping will be impossible!
He bit his lip lightly, steeling himself as he darted into the Seven-Level Pagoda. Inner Thoughts: As long as I find that passage, I can return to the Cultivation Realm. I'll figure out the rest later!
"Don't even think about running!" Northern Emperor moved, striking towards the tower.
A low hum resonated as the attack was surprisingly neutralized. The demons momentarily lost focus, giving Li Xiaonan enough time to escape. He rode the Seven-Level Pagoda and swiftly departed.
The demons fell into silence. They had thought that after so many years of stability in the Cultivation Realm, there would be no one left. They never expected such a cultivator to suddenly emerge, and even the Demon Realm Five Emperors couldn't stop him.
It wasn't that Li Xiaonan was too strong or that the demons were too weak; rather, each demon had their own agenda.
If they had worked together, not only could they have dealt with Li Xiaonan, but even the Seven-Level Pagoda could have been destroyed by the combined might of the Five Demons.
"Fei'er, are you alright?" Ouyang Feng feigned concern.
"I'm fine! It's dawn; we shouldn't delay in deciding our advance into the Cultivation Realm!" Fei Ji wiped away the blood at the corner of her mouth with her hand and coldly walked back to the conference hall.
Once everyone was seated, the empty chair continued to provoke everyone's nerves.
Fei Ji let out a low grunt, her five claws grasping the air, and the chair instantly shattered into powder. She said calmly, "Who will lead the charge in a month?"
Silence. Endless silence...
Jack lowered his eyelids, contemplating Li Xiaonan's words. His goal was no longer the Cultivation realm; instead, it was Ouyang Feng's territory, even that of the East Emperor. However, the current situation had changed, and everyone's gaze was focused on Li Xiaonan and Fei Ji, making it unnecessary for him to pretend to take the lead.
So...
He smiled slightly, like a cunning fox, and looked up. "How about you take the lead, Fei'er?"
Everyone's eyes turned to her face as she grinned wickedly. "Good! That’s exactly what I intended!" Her heart burned with resentment, having long since cast aside Li Xiaonan's previous instructions.
"Ha! Here we go!" Li Xiaonan exclaimed from the seventh level of the Seven-Level Pagoda. Before him was a crack filled with a swarm of dark demons.
With a flicker of his consciousness, he noticed that Ling Kui on the bottom floor was still in meditation and decided not to disturb him. He called upon Ni Zhi, determined to devour all the demons before him—there were at least five or six thousand!
The tower of the Seven-Level Pagoda radiated the Six-Character Great Bright Mantra, causing demons to vanish one by one wherever it passed.
Li Xiaonan piloted the Seven-Level Pagoda through a path he created and dove into the Spatial Rift. Just as he was about to fly out of the crack, he withdrew the Pagoda into his body and stepped onto the Carefree Fan to soar out.
As he emerged from the rift, a dazzling array of colorful spells shot towards him. He exclaimed in surprise, "Wow! A rainbow! Am I still in the Demon Realm, ambushed?"
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