The Black-flamed Explosive Ape Quasi-emperor vanished forever into the dark and lonely s.p.a.ce.

When the other Quasi-emperors witnessed this scene, they felt a chill shoot uncontrollably from the base of their spines, all the way up to their heads and chilliness surged so powerfully that it could have blown their minds. As incredibly powerful beings who have dominated over others wherever they went for many years, this was the most shocking and terrifying scene that they had witnessed. As they watched the Black-flamed Explosive Ape vanish in this manner, they seemed to see themselves coming to the same end.

Roar!

The only one who continued to attack was the Quasi-emperor level Invader who seemed absolutely fearless.

The eight-winged cicada flapped its bony wings and ripped the void into shreds. Instantly, these ripped shreds transformed into countless blades that formed a tempest that roared through s.p.a.ce, sweeping toward Ye Qingyu. This chaotic and piercingly sharp blade tempest was incredibly terrifying; it seemed like this eight-winged cicada was exceptionally suited for battling in s.p.a.ce.

"How irritating," the young man in white said in exasperation. He turned around and grabbed at the void.

Instantly, formation chains that were made up of Dao laws circled around his palm and rapidly expanded exponentially with no end in sight, transforming into a humongous white palm; it seemed like it could destroy countless large planets in a single pinch. This white palm stretched out from the nebula, grabbed hold of the entire chaotic and piercingly sharp tempest in its palm, and it crushed it with a gentle pinch as though it were crus.h.i.+ng a black ball of mist. Then, the large palm that was like a fiendG.o.d stretched out once again, caught that gigantic eight-winged bone cicada and crushed it into fine powder.

A gigantic Quasi-emperor level Invader was killed just like that, crushed into pieces as if it were nothing but a helpless chicken.

The humongous palm retreated and rapidly shrank. It ultimately made its slow retreat, back into the fair and supple palm of that young man in white.

The young man in white finally smiled after he crushed the eight-winged cicada, revealing a set of pearly white teeth. He said warmly, "Dear all, it's been a while since I've last seen my girl, so could you please move aside and give us some privacy?"

All of the Quasi-emperor level experts, and even the two who seemed to fear nothing at all, remained frozen in s.p.a.ce as though a body-binding spell had been cast over them. No one dared to take another step forward, neither did anyone dare to move.

Song Xiaojun immediately blushed furiously.

The lofty Emperor of the Unmoving City of Darkness was now as shy as a young girl who had just received a love confession from the boy-next-door for the first time. The ferocious giant fiery bear beneath her feet was also surprisingly quiet and tamely retracted its aura.

"Am I right to say that you still remember and recognize who I am?" Ye Qingyu said as he looked at Song Xiaojun.

He realized after he saw her, and noticed the expression on her face when she spotted him, that the situation seemed better than he had expected. Song Xiaojun had clearly gotten her memories of the past back and she had also recognized him, but he wanted to hear her admit it herself.

"Yes, Brother Qingyu," Song Xiaoyu said with a small nod.

Ye Qingyu froze for a moment before elation washed over him.

The moment she addressed him as 'Brother Qingyu'. he felt like he had been transported back to that bright sunny morning at the White Deer Academy when a lively girl who tripped because her robes were too long looked up and an innocent but charming smile spread across her childish and chubby face as she asked, "Are you Ye Qingyu?"

Yes, the girl from his past had truly returned.

She had truly recovered her memories.

Her voice that called him 'Brother Qingyu' seemed to have traveled through countless years and reached his ears from that bright sunny morning.

He didn't know how Song Xiaojun managed to overcome the power of her blood to recover her memories after she had merged completely with the dark bloodline, but that wasn't important. What mattered most to him was the fact that the lovely girl that he knew was truly back.

Love once begun, will never end.

He didn't know when he had fallen for this adorably naive and silly girl and everything that happened after, when she had approached him as a stranger at the restaurant at Youyuan Pa.s.s and drank together, and when she had protected him at the Palace of the [Formation Emperor Luosu] only served to deepen their bond without him realizing. As time pa.s.sed, his love for her only grew deeper and more intense.

Time and s.p.a.ce seemed to recede at that moment.

They seemed to be the only two people who existed in this world.

Although Ye Qingyu was an Emperor and his heart was impervious to the pa.s.sions of mankind, he could not help but be moved when she called him 'Brother Qingyu'.

He gently stretched out his hand with a tender smile.

A blush still stained Song Xiaojun's gorgeous face, but she did not hesitate and also stretched out her hand. Her slender and smooth fingers seemed to have traveled through time and s.p.a.ce as she gently raised her hand to take his.

The moment he held her hand, he felt as though he was holding the entire world or the entire universe in his hands.

There was no need for words since they understood how the other was feeling at that moment.

A warm and tender atmosphere hung in the air between the two of them.

"Roar?" the fiery giant bear beneath them seemed a little bewildered.

It couldn't understand why its normally aloof master would allow a stranger to stand on its head and also thought that there was something strange about this atmosphere that hung in the air, so it growled softly and it sounded like a soft-spoken maiden. Then, it obediently retracted its aura.

In the distance.

Screech—!

The ancient fiery Phoenix let out a long whistling sound.

The fiery Phoenix sounded angry and it opened its mouth to unleash flames that filled the sky, then rushed toward Ye Qingyu and Song Xiaojun. It had refined more than half of the void.

The scorching flames and the long screech interrupted the silence between the two lovers.

Ye Qinguyu frowned and told Song Xiaojun, "I guess I'll have to chase these obnoxious guests away first."

Song Xiaojun nodded with a smile.

He turned around and opened his mouth, exhaling at length. Then, the flames of the True Phoenix that were rus.h.i.+ng toward them immediately scattered across s.p.a.ce and could no longer move forward.

Screech!

The ancient fiery Phoenix screeched and transformed into a fiery flowing light that charged toward Ye Qingyu.

"You must be courting death," Ye Qingyu's eyes flashed with killing intent. He raised his hand and his fiendG.o.d-like huge palm appeared once more; the Dao laws surged while the formation chains swirled around his palm. His five fingers turned into claws and stretched out to grab at this fiery Phoenix. This had been the same move that killed the eight-winged bone cicada earlier.

The ancient fiery Phoenix was possibly very strong, but it was still not yet an Emperor.

It was soon captured by Ye Qingyu.

Screech!

It screeched loudly and its voice was full of anger.

A bizarre and cruel qi that couldn't be described in words circulated around it. It seemed to resemble the Invaders and didn't seem to be able to think logically, but its aura was more powerful than most living creatures. Strangely, it cut with its Phoenix wings and shook its Phoenix claws as it frantically tried to counter-attack.

Unfortunately, everything was all in vain and it failed to escape from Ye Qingyu's grip.

The giant fiendG.o.d palm started to close in and was about to destroy it when Ye Qingyu suddenly felt a strange sensation that flashed across his shoulder. There was a slight but sudden change to his expression as he muttered, "Hmm? Could this be..." His expression was extremely odd and he also seemed slightly surprised. The giant fiendG.o.d palm did not close completely, but a force gushed out from it and gently sent the fiery True Phoenix away.

"Run!"

The remaining Quasi-emperor experts who witnessed this scene turned pale and swiftly turned into dozens of flowing light that fled in all directions. They could tell that the young man in white was extremely powerful, able to kill Quasi-emperors as effortlessly as killing dogs. This person was definitely not their match and he was most likely a Martial Emperor.

"Would you be able to escape?" Ye Qingyu said with a cold laugh. "You attacked and attempted to kill my girl and you're all full of evil intentions. You've sacrificed yourselves for the interests of the camp. There's not a single decent man amongst you... I shall sentence all of you to death and will carry this sentence out immediately."

This voice was like a divine edict.

Immediately, the power of Dao laws surged and there was a manifestation seeming like orderly chains that sealed the surrounding million kilometers. The Quasi-emperors who were trying to flee collided against these chains like flies against a gla.s.s panel and they were flung back by the shock...

Once a Martial Emperor spoke, his words were like a mandate from heaven.

The surrounding area with a radius of a million kilometers had completely turned into an impregnable prison.

"Shrink!" Ye Qingyu said and the prison formed by the power of laws started to shrink.

The Quasi-emperors who had collided against the laws of this prison were dragged back; as the prison continued to shrink, they were quickly sent within merely thousands of meters from Ye Qingyu.

"Who... who are you?" a foreign race Quasi-emperor yelled in fright.

"Are you a true Martial Emperor? Impossible... you... may I know which sovereign are you? We were merely carrying out the camp's sovereign's orders, so there must be a mistake," another Quasi-emperor who took on a human form yelled and attempted to explain his actions.

The remaining two Quasi-emperor level Invaders were completely enraged and attacked Ye Qingyu ferociously.

The Invaders were creatures of Chaos and they were extremely ferocious; they only knew how to kill since they were born in darkness. They had killed countless members of their own kind in order to be as strong as Quasi-emperors. Although their instincts were extremely powerful and had already sensed how terrifying Ye Qingyu was, they were still beasts that would put up a desperate struggle. After they unleashed their ferocious and violent nature, they threw all caution to the wind and looked as though they wanted to bring Ye Qingyu down along with them.

Ye Qingyu shook his head and his fingers were like swords as he gently slashed across the void.

The sword will of the [Life Sword Mantra] that also contained the force from the [Blood Drinker Sword] ripped through the air and burst forth.

Swis.h.!.+

The sword radiance slashed the two Quasi-emperor level Invaders and there was a loud pop, as though two bubbles had been p.r.i.c.ked by the sword. Then, the two Quasi-emperors that had destructive power disappeared mysteriously from the world without a single trace. It was just like they had never existed before since all traces of their existence had been wiped so cleanly.

The two rays of silver sword radiance turned back, their splendor even more dazzling as they returned to Ye Qingyu's palm and wriggled back under his skin.

"It's time for the rest of you to die." Ye Qingyu turned his attention to the remaining Quasi-emperors and his murderous spirit surged. He reached out to drag one of the Quasi-emperors to him and planned to search this Quasi-emperor's memory to find out who was the true instigator who ordered them to kill Song Xiaojun.

However—

Boom!

There was an explosion; the Quasi-emperor's mind immediately exploded and turned to ashes.

"Hmm?" Ye Qingyu froze for a moment but quickly realized that a Martial Emperor must have planted this restraining force within that Quasi-emperor's mind to prevent this Quasi-emperor from leaking any news. This was why the Quasi-emperor had turned into dust when he was about to forcibly search the Quasi-emperor's memories.

There was definitely a sovereign-level person behind the scenes who controlled everything.

Ye Qingyu realized that the incident today was not as simple as it seemed.