Master of the Demon Emperor

Three days later, they came across another lizard monster, which Su Yie resolved effortlessly.

Watching Su Yie, who was absorbing crystal energy, Sun Qitian sighed and turned to walk toward the riverbank.

Looking down, his reflection on the river surface appeared so fierce.

Especially his pupils, crimson like those of a ferocious beast.

Though he was a Monkey Demon, he had always maintained the handsome appearance of a man from the Human Clan, barely revealing any signs of being a Demon when he suppressed his Demon Qi.

"What's wrong with me..."

Sun Qitian murmured to himself, his hands clenched tightly.

He didn't want to admit it, but he felt somewhat scared inside.

He felt like there was another him hidden inside his body.

He had actually kept something hidden from Su Yie, and in the few battles before, he lost control and couldn't remember what happened, but after one particular awakening, finding the corpse of an enemy lying next to him, he nearly went mad with fright.

Because that enemy had previously claimed to be a Supreme of the Great Dao.

He wasn't Su Yie, even with all his powers, he could not slay a Supreme of the Great Dao.

He even suspected that Tai Su Celestial Lord had planted some powerful evil being inside him.

That was why he refused the kindness of Su Yie.

"What are you looking at?"

Su Yie's voice came from behind, having finished absorbing two crystals, fresh and clear.

Sun Qitian turned and smiled, saying, "I was thinking of washing my face."

As he turned back again, preparing to scoop water with his hands, he suddenly shivered.

Reflected in the river, his face was covered in monkey fur, looking monstrous, like a Fierce Demon.

Startled, he subconsciously touched his face, found no monkey fur, and relaxed a bit.

Looking again, the reflection in the river had reverted to normal, as if it had been an illusion before.

He quickly scooped up water to wash his face, hoping to clear his mind.

Su Yie came over and said, "Let's go, we should get moving. You might encounter something later on to help you conquer your Heart Demon."

There were many ways to eliminate Heart Demon, and Emperor Su's Sect also had specific Cultivation Techniques for purifying the spirit and exorcising demons, which he had already taught to Sun Qitian, but still to no avail.

Sun Qitian nodded, got up, and followed Su Yie.

The two walked along the river.

After about a kilometer, they came across a corpse.

It was a man with eight arms, sucked dry of blood, dying a miserable death; his eyes were lifeless and without pupils, his soul had been extracted.

"That's really vicious."

Sun Qitian muttered, though he was not outraged; anyone daring to enter the Saint Realm's Chess Game must face such dangers.

Su Yie said nothing and continued moving ahead.

After they had moved on, the dried-up eight-armed corpse suddenly sat up from the ground, eyes rolling back, revealing a pair of green pupils, looking in the direction Su Yie and Sun Qitian had gone.

He clapped his hands toward the ground nearby, and all vegetation within ten kilometers instantly withered.

Streams of black Qi leaked from his body, seeping into the earth.

Suddenly, he too sank into the soil and vanished without a trace.

...

Seven days later.

Su Yie came across another acquaintance, Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

As one of the Ancient Wilderness Seven Killers, Eastern Emperor Taiyi did not greet Sun Qitian, but nodded at Su Yie, turned around, and left, neither wanting to stay with Su Yie nor to fight him.

"Where's your brother?"

Su Yie asked teasingly, his previous attempts at stirring up trouble between Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun apparently having no effect.

Eastern Emperor Taiyi stopped, glanced back at him, and said, "Haven't met him yet."

Just as Su Yie was about to continue talking, at that moment, a loud bang!

The ground beneath their feet suddenly cracked open, and a massive creature burst from the earth, catapulting them toward the sky dome.

Su Yie looked down, his eyes widening.

It was a lizard monster, far more gigantic than any he had encountered before!

Just the half of its body that popped out of the ground was a thousand feet tall. How big was its entire body?

And how immense must the energy contained within its crystal be?

Su Yie's thoughts raced like lightning. He quickly grabbed Sun Qitian and Eastern Emperor Taiyi and took them to a distant place.

In the presence of this lizard giant, they, being in the Saint Realm, were far too insignificant. A slight mishap could easily lead to their deaths.

"Hiss—"

The lizard giant ceaselessly flicked its tongue, making a sound that sent shivers down everyone's spine. It turned its head toward Su Yie, clearly regarding him as prey.

A lizard monster of regular size had already injured Su Yie, let alone one this enormous.

Su Yie was not daunted by battle. He transformed directly into a Three-legged Golden Crow, his wings spanning ten thousand feet, soaring in the sky.

This scene, captured by satellite before the Heavenly Prison Era, caused a huge sensation on Earth! At that time, the Golden Crow had shocked the entire world, and now, it turned out to be Su Yie!

"So it was him!"

"No wonder! He's not an Earthling after all!"

"May the divine bird protect our Earth!"

"That's the Three-legged Golden Crow, the protective deity of Hua Xia!"

"What a majestic bird!"

"Is that a Phoenix?"

The entire Earth erupted in exclamations, but Su Yie was unaware of all this.

Transformed into the Three-legged Golden Crow, he flapped his wings, and countless True Sunflame fell like a rain of fire.

Boom—

The lizard giant turned and dove into the ground, plunging the land into a towering inferno.

Suddenly, ten thousand meters away, the ground cracked open, and the lizard giant soared into the sky, lunging at Su Yie.

It was like Mount Tai crashing down. Even Su Yie could not dodge in time and was struck head-on.

The massive body generated a world-ending gale.

This lizard giant evidently had extremely strong defenses; even the True Sunflame could not penetrate its scales.

Su Yie crashed into the ground, flattening a swath of the forest.

The lizard giant began tearing at him, but he quickly reverted to human form, causing the lizard giant to miss.

Su Yie deployed the Arcane Battle Techniques and Battle Will, rapidly rushing beneath the stomach of the lizard giant. His eyes emitted two Golden Crows, thrusting the lizard giant into the air.

But in the next moment, the lizard giant trembled, dispersing the two Golden Crows, and lunged at Su Yie again.

Thud—

A colossal golden fist appeared out of nowhere, standing a thousand feet tall. It came crashing from the side, blasting the lizard giant away.

The huge body rolled along the ground, crushing mountains and scattering lakes.

"Such a massive Creature of Primordial Genesis is mine now!"

A voice, majestic and commanding, rang out. A heroic man dressed in a dragon-patterned black robe appeared, walking on air. A young man, equally spirited, followed behind him.

Su Yie frowned. This person was very powerful, and could very likely be a being who had surpassed the Realm of the Supreme Great Dao.

"Xia Shenwu, if you desire this Creature of Primordial Genesis, you must first confront me," came the voice of Tian Cheng Divine Monarch.

Indeed, the heroic man was the peerlessly renowned prodigy of Chaos, Xia Shenwu.

Xia Shenwu's strength might not be top-tier, but his talent was considered the highest among the Human Clan, ranking alongside Tian Cheng Divine Monarch and the Child of Chaos.

Seeing Tian Cheng Divine Monarch approaching from the horizon, Xia Shenwu slightly frowned, and the youth behind him grew even more nervous.

When two top prodigies of Chaos met, it was naturally like the clash of spear and shield, neither willing to concede.