Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Nine men and women, their expressions icy, turned their gaze toward Xiao Yi, all of them warriors of the Tao Tribulation Realm.

Among them were even two at the peak of the Tao Tribulation Realm.

Every look they directed at Xiao Yi was predatory, and at a word of command from the young man in white, they would all strike, besieging Xiao Yi.

Hiss! Hiss!

Little Lin wriggled out from Xiao Yi's embrace, standing up on its hind legs, its vigilant gaze fixed on the group.

Jiang Tianchen and the others wore grave expressions, yet they stood resolute by Xiao Yi's side.

Xiao Yi gripped Fang Qingzhu's delicate hand tightly, his eyes growing increasingly solemn. This time, the opponent they faced was even more terrifying than Xue Mantian. This entity known as Baiyu was unheard of before, but unimaginably powerful.

Merely from the nine Tao Tribulation Realm warriors, one could discern quite a bit.

What mattered more was...

That unfathomable young man in white, a being even stronger than Xue Mantian.

At least according to what Xiao Yi knew, even for the Great Qian Dynasty's foremost sect, Tianjian Sect, deploying such a lineup would not be an easy feat.

In a tense standoff,

The hitherto silent Fang Qingzhu suddenly tore off her red wedding veil.

The moment the white jade pendant fell into her hand, her mind was flooded with everything about Baiyu, including her own ancestry, leaving her in a daze. Only now did she regain her senses, barricading herself in front of Xiao Yi, glaring angrily at the young man: "I'd like to see who dares to make a move!"

The white jade pendant had already merged into Fang Qingzhu's body, and at her brow, it congealed into an icy blue lotus rune.

The instant they saw this icy blue rune,

The nine warriors knelt on one knee, their faces filled with reverence: "We pay homage to Her Holiness the Holy Maiden!"

Upon seeing Fang Qingzhu's face, the young man in white also flashed a hint of amazement in his eyes, his right hand covering his left chest as he bowed slightly and said with a deep voice, "Ye Qingyu has seen Her Holiness the Holy Maiden. I am here by the Holy Master's command to escort you back!"

"I will not return!" Fang Qingzhu shook her head.

That white jade pendant had already revealed to her the secrets of her birth.

Baiyu.

Located in the extreme north, it was one of the most powerful sacred places of the Human Race.

Her parents were once hunted by a powerful enemy during the fight for the position of Holy Master of Baiyu, and in the chaos, they accidentally lost her just after she was born. They had searched for her for years until not so long ago when she awakened the Bloodline Divine Ability, which allowed Baiyu to locate her.

They sent Ye Qingyu and others to bring her back.

Ye Qingyu frowned slightly, glancing at Xiao Yi: "Does the Holy Maiden refuse to return because of him?"

Fang Qingzhu nodded, enunciating each word: "I am already married to brother Xiao Yi, becoming his wife. To follow where my husband goes, as a wife, how can I travel far alone?"

"Absolutely not!"

Ye Qingyu's expression changed slightly, his gaze towards Xiao Yi filled with intense killing intent and profound disdain, "Her Holiness the Holy Maiden is a precious gem of heaven, with an exalted status and supreme bloodline. How could she be with such a common man? Absolutely not!"

"Silence!"

Fang Qingzhu shouted sternly, "Xiao Yi is my husband, and I won't allow you to insult him!"

Ye Qingyu's face darkened: "If the Holy Maiden insists on not returning with me, then I have no choice but to take offense!"

Fang Qingzhu's eyebrows knitted tightly: "What are you going to do?"

Ye Qingyu said expressionlessly: "Kill them all, then take you back! In Baiyu, we possess the supreme bloodline, how can we allow commoners to tarnish it? They all must die to atone for their offenses!"

Fang Qingzhu was furious: "You dare!"

Let alone her bond with Xiao Yi, stronger than gold, she would never allow anyone to harm Xiao Yi.

Even if it were just Jiang Tai, Niu Dali, Gu Junhe, and the others, she absolutely couldn't stand by and watch them die.

Ye Qingyu said indifferently: "What I do is all to uphold Baiyu's dignity."

Hum!

The nine Tao Tribulation Realm warriors had their vital energies rising and falling around them.

Murderous intent filled the sky.

Jiang Tianchen and the others were on high alert.

Fang Qingzhu tightly clenched Xiao Yi's hand: "Whoever wants to harm brother Xiao Yi will have to step over my dead body!"

Xiao Yi's expression changed slightly: "Qingzhu..."

Fang Qingzhu cracked a smile: "Brother Xiao Yi, no one will separate us!"

Witnessing their resolve, Ye Qingyu's eyes brimmed with killing intent, and he let out a cold sneer: "Then I must apologize but..."

Hum!

Ye Qingyu suddenly raised his hand, and time and space itself seemed to come to a halt.

Everyone's eyes were wide open in shock.

They watched helplessly as Ye Qingyu, with a casual gait, approached Xiao Yi, his fingertips swirling with drifting snowflakes, forming a sword of ice aimed straight for Xiao Yi's brow. Everyone was rendered motionless under the crushing force of the world controlled by Ye Qingyu, frozen as if bound by a Binding Spell.

Xiao Yi's eyes were wide with rage, yet he was completely helpless.

Even when facing Xue Mantian, he still had the courage to fight, and could fight.

But facing Ye Qingyu, he couldn't even muster the most basic resistance. It was as if there were thousands of mountains weighing down on him, immobilizing him.

"Stop!"

Fang Qingzhu's body shone with a white light, allowing her to ignore Ye Qingyu's bindings, her eyes filled with anger.

Ye Qingyu was expressionless.

Panic written on her face, Fang Qingzhu knew she couldn't stop Ye Qingyu, her eyes brimming with a profound sense of helplessness and reluctance. With a soft sigh, she looked at Ye Qingyu: "I'll go back with you!"

"Hmm?"

Ye Qingyu was taken aback, the ice-cold killing intent that had shrouded the grand hall disappeared without a trace, and a faint smile appeared on his face, "Your Highness, please board the ship!"

"Wait!"

Fang Qingzhu took a deep breath and said gravely, "I will leave, but you must agree to several conditions!"

"Please speak, Your Highness!" Ye Qingyu said.

Fang Qingzhu said solemnly, "You are not allowed to harm anyone from the Tianqing Kingdom."

Ye Qingyu frowned.

Fang Qingzhu said, "If you disagree, I would rather die than comply!"

"Alright!"

Ye Qingyu nodded helplessly, his mocking gaze falling on Xiao Yi, "Boy, consider yourself lucky. Since Her Highness the Saintess has pleaded for you, I will spare your life!"

Fang Qingzhu looked at Xue Mantian not far away and said coldly, "The second condition, help me kill them!"

Xue Mantian: "..."

He looked at Ye Qingyu with an apprehensive face, but he didn't dare to run away.

The tactics Ye Qingyu had displayed just now had already exceeded his imagination.

Ye Qingyu said with a frown, "Please forgive me, I cannot take action!"

"Why not?"

"Those are the rules of Baiyu!" Ye Qingyu said indifferently.

Fang Qingzhu was silent for a moment, staring at Xue Mantian, "Xue Mantian, I give Blood Shadow Tower three years. Within those three years, you must not set foot in the Tianqing Kingdom. Otherwise, I, Fang Qingzhu, will do everything in my power to flatten your Blood Shadow Tower!"

The narrowly surviving Xue Mantian quickly nodded, "Rest assured, Your Highness the Saintess, for three years, Blood Shadow Tower will not set foot in Tianqing Kingdom!"

Fang Qingzhu exhaled a long breath.

She turned around to face Xiao Yi, their eyes locking onto each other's.

Pop!

Fang Qingzhu suddenly embraced Xiao Yi, the two of them kissing passionately.

This scene made Ye Qingyu's murderous intent boil over, but he forcibly suppressed it.

After a long time.

The two separated.

Xiao Yi said solemnly, "Qingzhu, no matter where you are, I will definitely come to find you!"

"Mm! Brother Xiao Yi, I'll be waiting for you!"

Fang Qingzhu said earnestly.

"Your Highness the Saintess, please board the ship!" Ye Qingyu urged.

Fang Qingzhu took one step and then looked back, unable to take her eyes off Xiao Yi, until she eventually ascended the towering ship, leaving behind only her voice that slowly drifted, "Brother Xiao Yi, I'll be waiting for you, waiting for you..."
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Xiao Yi clenched his fists tightly, "I will definitely come to find you, and when that time comes, no one will ever separate us again!"

"I suggest you not daydream!"

Ye Qingyu spoke indifferently, his cold gaze assessing Xiao Yi, filled with utter disdain, "Baiyu is the sacred land of the Human Race, and Her Highness the Saintess is even the inheritor of the holy bloodline. Such a person is not to be tainted by someone insignificant like you. Between you and Baiyu, it is as if an ant is looking up to a true dragon…"

Xiao Yi took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, "How old were you when you began cultivating?"

"Hmm?"

Ye Qingyu was stunned, then said with pride, "I began cultivating under the Holy Master at the age of five, and now at merely twenty-six, I have reached the Image Manifestation Realm!"

He looked smug, expecting Xiao Yi to be overwhelmed by this revelation.

However...

Xiao Yi responded calmly, "A year ago, I was merely at the Physical Body Realm."

Ye Qingyu's pupils slightly constricted, "Impossible!"

Physical Body Realm a year ago?

And now at the Tenth Layer of the Golden Core Realm?

Able to kill someone at the First Layer of the Tao Tribulation Realm with a single punch?

How could that be possible?

Even Baiyu didn't have such a genius!

Xiao Yi said indifferently, "A butterfly must break out of its cocoon, and a golden-scaled fish shall have its day as a dragon. Though I may not match you now, by the time we meet next year, I shall step on you!"

"Humph, then I shall see how you'll tread on me!"

Ye Qingyu's expression flickered between light and shadow, and with a dark laugh, as he brushed past Xue Mantian, he ominously said, "Her Highness ordered Blood Shadow Tower not to set foot in the Tianqing Kingdom for three years, but she didn't restrict other forces related to Blood Shadow Tower. Understand?"

Xue Mantian was startled, then quickly nodded, "This subordinate understands!"

"This is the Heaven's Remnant Elixir, it can make your severed limbs grow back. I bestow it upon you!" Ye Qingyu threw an elixir over, then trod the air, stepping onto the ship and soaring away.

The ecstatic Xue Mantian immediately swallowed the elixir.

Crack, crack, crack!

Amidst a surge of blood-red light, his arms began to regrow.

He clenched his fists, which emitted a snap, crackle, and pop.

Xue Mantian's venomous gaze skimmed over Xiao Yi and the others, his voice thick with malice, "Xiao Yi, Tianqing Kingdom... this is just the beginning!"