When Ye Zhen returned from the Heavenly Castle, there was still no news from the Queen Mother. Shang 'er and the Holy Beast were basking in the sun in the courtyard. Ming Xi was next to them. The two people and the beast looked very harmonious. The light of the setting sun dyed the whole courtyard with a golden color, making people feel warm and comfortable.
"Awooo." The Holy Beast seemed to like Shang'er very much. It always liked to sleep in her arms.
Shang'er had been afraid of Holy Beasts from the beginning, but now she could get along with them. She probably didn't expect that the Dragon Clan could get along with Holy Beasts like this.
"How did the Dragon Slayer Clan become natural enemies with the Dragon Clan?" Ming Xi suddenly asked.
"I don't know either." Shang'er shook her head, "This should be something that happened many, many years ago. Grandpa Black Dragon doesn't seem to be very clear about it either. However, I heard that the Dragon Slayer Clan didn't live in the Nine Heavens in the past, but in the human world.
Ming Xi sat down beside Shang'er and stroked the sacred beast in her arms. "Perhaps, perhaps the Dragon Slayer Clan was only a mortal in the past."
"No matter how much mortals cultivate, they will never be a match for the Dragon Clan, but you Dragon Slayer Clan … are our nemesis." Shang'er said seriously.
"You've never seen the Dragon Slayer Clan before, so how do you know that I'm their nemesis?" Ming Xi asked in amusement.
Shang'er laughed. "That's true."
"If that Du Xing comes again, I will kill him." Ming Xi said in a low voice.
"Can you kill him?" San 'er looked at Ming Xi worriedly. Her spiritual power had disappeared and her cultivation had been sealed, but she knew that Du Xing was not an ordinary supreme deity. He had killed all the sacred beasts.
The Holy Beasts' original forms were so huge. To be able to kill so many Holy Beasts was enough to show how powerful Du Xing was.
Ming Xi shook his head. "I don't know, but we have to give it a try. We can't let him capture the sacred beast."
"The Grand Emperor actually wants to destroy the mortal continent." Shang'er shook her head in disbelief. "Why would the Dragon Clan join forces with him to deal with Wen Tian? It's simply ridiculous."
"Because of you," Ming Xi said. "You might have been captured by Wen Tian. It was all the Grand Emperor's plan."
Shang'er nodded vigorously. "You're right."
"Yao Yao, Yao Yao!" Fire Phoenix quickly ran in and angrily shouted, "Do you want to form an alliance with Wen Tian?"
"Don't make a fuss." Ye Zhen pressed his shoulder when the fire phoenix rushed over. "Say it slowly."
The fire phoenix shouted angrily, "I heard that we're going to fight the Grand Emperor with the Heaven Castle Alliance. Yaoyao, they're my enemies."
Wen Tian killed his parents, so how could he ally with Wen Tian!
"Huo 'er, if they don't help us, we can't compete with the Nine Heavens." Ye Zhen whispered. "I know you hate the Heavenly Citadel, they …"
"My parents were killed by them!" Flamephoenix shouted.
Ming Xi walked over, "Once we overcome this crisis, if you want to take revenge, I will accompany you."
Ye Zhen frowned at Ming Xi, "Ming Xi …"
"Are you going to help me kill Wen Tian and Wo Sheng?" Fire Phoenix asked.
No matter what, Wolsheng was still his uncle.
Ye Zhen couldn't persuade Flamephoenix to let go of the hatred in his heart. His parents were indeed killed by Wen Tian and Wolsheng, but who could have done anything about that?
He was just fighting for his own sake.
"If you must take revenge, I will help you," Ming Xi said.
The anger in Flamephoenix's heart was extinguished, and he gradually calmed down.
He lowered his head and didn't speak.
Ye Zhen patted his shoulder. "The Grand Emperor wants to destroy the human continent, so we have to do this."
"Yao Yao, do you have a chance of winning against the Nine Heavens?" Flamephoenix asked.
"No." She was very clear about the disparity in power between them and the Nine Heavens. Even though Mo Rongzhan and Wen Tian's cultivation wasn't low, they had to protect not only this place but also the mortals.
How could mortals be a match for god generals?
Flamephoenix said worriedly, "Let's not go against the Grand Emperor. He might …"
"It's not because of us. Even without us, he can't tolerate the mortals living on the human continent," Ye Zhen said solemnly. "Back then, he let the demon beasts wreak havoc here and didn't even care about the mortals as food. This is the best proof."
Unfortunately, none of them could see through the Grand Emperor's intentions.
Flamephoenix heard this and didn't say anything more.
Suddenly, a thunderous voice came from the horizon. It was deafening, and the entire human continent was filled with this voice.
"It's a sacred order from the Nine Heavens," Flamephoenix said. "The Grand Emperor gave it."
Ming Xi frowned and said, "Grandmother and father betrayed the Nine Heavens?"
Ye Zhen was so angry that she laughed. "The Grand Emperor can only do such things now. He can't find any reason to deal with them, so he said they betrayed."
"Protecting the human continent is betraying the Nine Heavens?" Ye Zhen snorted. "Even after so many years, the Grand Emperor's shamelessness hasn't changed at all."
"You're right. The Grand Emperor's shamelessness is more shameless than we thought." Empress Dowager of the West's figure teleported in the air and appeared in front of Ye Zhen and the rest in a few moments. "The Grand Emperor has ordered the activation of the Five Thunder Divine Cauldron. He wants to completely destroy the human continent and rebuild another one."
Ye Zhen's expression changed. She had heard of the Five Thunder Divine Cauldron. If the five heavenly thunders fell on the human continent, there would be all kinds of natural disasters. Landslides, sea-splitting, earthquakes, and tsunamis were all disasters that could destroy mortals.
Coupled with the power of expiation, mortals could easily be infected with fatal diseases.
The Grand Emperor wasn't a god, he was a devil.
"Mother, you're back." Ye Zhen hurried forward and found that Empress Dowager of the West's expression wasn't good. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. The Grand Emperor wants to keep me in the Nine Heavens," Empress Dowager of the West said plainly. "I'm afraid he'll find an excuse to take us back soon."
Ming Xi said, "It won't be that easy to take us back."
Ye Zhen helped Empress Dowager of the West into the hall and prepared a cup of spirit spring water for her. "I thought we could stall for some time. I didn't expect it to be so soon."
She originally wanted to stall for time until Mo Rongzhan returned.
"He knows that Ah Zhan went to the Flame Region, so he can't wait," Empress Dowager of the West said mockingly. "However, the gods of the Nine Heavens might not listen to the Grand Emperor."
"But they won't go against the Grand Emperor for us," Ye Zhen said. "If the Grand Emperor really sends a god general to capture us, we can only fight him head-on."
Empress Dowager of the West said, "He needs time to activate the Five Thunder Divine Cauldron. He needs the power of at least two Gods. He won't be able to convince them to help him in such a short time."
Therefore, they still had a chance to save the human continent.
"Mother, do you know where the Gods are?" Ye Zhen asked.
"They're in the Nine Heavens, but no one knows which celestial island they're on." Empress Dowager of the West frowned and shook her head. Otherwise, she would have found them long ago.
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