Dominator Emperor

Chapter 483: Chapter 481: Shen Ran Phoenix Lady

“Surrender quietly—” the junior brother said with a sinister smile. But before he could finish, his words caught in his throat!

“PUFF—” An arrow’s shadow flashed past, and only then did the sound of its flight follow. In that instant, the disciples of the Insect Emperor Dynasty surrounding Qiu Rong Wanxue were pinned to the ground, dead before they could even scream.

As for the Ghost Insect Demon Child’s junior brother, his neck was caught in a grip, dangling him high in the Void, completely immobilized. He had fallen into his enemy’s hands before he could even finish his threat.

It all happened so fast that before anyone could react, all the disciples from the Insect Emperor Dynasty had been shot dead. Only the Ghost Insect Demon Child’s junior brother remained alive.

“W-w-who are you!” the junior brother stammered, his face pale with fright. He was still caught by the neck, unable to move a muscle.

“Weren’t you looking for me?” The young man holding him by the neck gave an innocent smile and said, “Since you were, I decided to deliver myself to your door.”

“Li Qiye!” The junior brother trembled in fear. He had only been putting on a brave front, borrowing his senior’s prestige. He never imagined Li Qiye was actually nearby.

This was, after all, the man who had slaughtered a genius like Qing Jinzi without a second thought. This was a terrifying fiend!

“Young Master!” Seeing him arrive in the nick of time, Qiu Rong Wanxue cried out, a mix of shock and delight in her voice.

“I-I-I’m a disciple of the Insect Emperor Dynasty!” the junior brother shouted, his face draining of color.

“The Insect Emperor Dynasty? So what?” A melodious and pleasant voice rang out. “For the Defender of the Faith of my Qianli River, killing one of your disciples is as simple as crushing an ant. The same would be true even if your Sect Leader himself were here!”

A woman floated over, her bearing graceful and ethereal, her elegance otherworldly. Her beauty was enough to topple nations, dazzling all who laid eyes upon her.

“The heir of the Qianli River, Lan Yunzhu!” A cultivator from Yao Yun, hiding nearby, recognized the woman. His expression changed drastically as he cried out in shock.

Qiu Rong Wanxue and the disciples of the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan stared in astonishment at the peerless beauty who had just arrived, their hearts trembling. This was Lan Yunzhu, the renowned genius from Yao Yun, a woman with the aptitude of a Dual Saint who had once reigned supreme!

The junior brother’s face went deathly pale, and he stammered incoherently, “I-I-I’m a disciple of the Insect Emperor Dynasty… and m-my eldest senior brother is the Ghost Insect Demon Child…”

“And who might that be? Never heard of him,” Li Qiye said nonchalantly. “Even if he were the son of a god, I’d kill him without hesitation if he crossed me.” With that, he tightened his grip. With a *SPLAT*, the disciple was crushed into a mist of blood.

Li Qiye dusted off his hands, then looked at the just-arrived Lan Yunzhu. “Shouldn’t you be in Yao Yun? What are you doing all the way out here?”

Li Qiye’s words left Peng Zhuang and the other Snow Shadow Ghost Clan disciples completely dumbfounded. The heir of the Qianli River, Blue Fairy, was a figure countless people looked up to. Yet, the way Li Qiye spoke to her, you would think she was a mere junior.

“I came to support you, of course,” Lan Yunzhu said with a lovely smile. “I heard someone was targeting the Defender of the Faith of our Qianli River, so I hurried over. The Elders will be arriving shortly, too.”

“The Defender of the Faith of the Qianli River!” Qiu Rong Wanxue was startled to hear this. She knew nothing about it and could never have imagined that her Young Master had become the Defender of the Faith for the Qianli River at such a young age.

The disciples of the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan, including Peng Zhuang, stared at Li Qiye with eyes wide in disbelief. The Qianli River was a famous Emperor Immortal Gate; in their eyes, it was an untouchable behemoth.

In their imagination, the Defender of the Faith for an Emperor Immortal Gate should be an ancient, white-haired master. Yet here was the young Li Qiye, holding that very title for the Qianli River. It was enough to shock them into speechlessness.

“The Defender of the Faith of the Qianli River?” Even the many cultivators hiding in the vicinity were stunned by this revelation.

Li Qiye glanced at Lan Yunzhu and nodded. “Fine. Since you’re here, watch over them for me. I’m going to go kill a few people.” As he spoke, his eyes narrowed.

Hearing him say “kill a few people” made even Lan Yunzhu’s heart skip a beat. She knew Li Qiye better than anyone; when he decided to kill, it was never a matter of just “a few people.”

“If need be, the Qianli River can resolve this matter for you,” Lan Yunzhu offered with a radiant smile.

Li Qiye just smiled. “A trivial matter. They’re nothing but a bunch of rabble. If I don’t kill thirty or fifty thousand of them, they’ll never learn that making an enemy of me ends badly.”

Elder Zhi and the others were terrified by Li Qiye’s declaration. ‘Kill thirty or fifty thousand of them?’ What kind of terrifying arrogance was this? What kind of ruthless ferocity? They could almost smell the stench of blood already thick in the air.

They all drew in a sharp, cold breath, a chill seeping into their bones. ‘Before, we might have thought he was just bluffing,’ they thought. ‘But he’s the Defender of the Faith of the Qianli River! Could someone hold that title without some truly Heaven-Defying abilities?’

News of Li Qiye’s appearance spread like wildfire inside and outside Fengdu City. Upon hearing that he had shown up, countless Great Teaching Territories and powerful experts grew eager for a fight, and the blood of many cultivators boiled with anticipation. A hefty reward is sure to attract brave men, after all. The Key of the First Evil Tomb in Li Qiye’s possession was already enough to make anyone salivate with greed, to say nothing of the reward offered by the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady, which was lavish enough to tempt anyone.

BOOM! With a deafening roar, Li Qiye instantly manifested his Dharma Heaven and Earth. In that moment, he became like a giant standing upon the Celestial Vault, looking down upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. His eyes blazed like Divine Lamps, casting their light across the world. When his gaze fell upon the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan’s territory, the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady, who was present there, sensed it and shot to her feet.

“Very good. Since you were looking for me, let’s settle our accounts.” Li Qiye’s voice boomed across the heavens and earth, domineering and absolute. “I don’t care how many people your Divine Burning Country has brought; I alone am enough to slaughter you all! But mark my words: do not touch a single hair on anyone from the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan. Otherwise, tomorrow, I will annihilate your entire Divine Burning Country!”

These incomparably tyrannical words thundered endlessly, echoing long between heaven and earth.

Hearing this, many people exchanged uncertain glances. Some couldn’t help but sneer, “The fool is courting death. He has no idea who he’s just provoked!”

“Annihilate my Divine Burning Country?” The illusory figure of the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady appeared beneath the Nine Heavens. Her sharp gaze was filled with an immense, imposing majesty, as if she were a phoenix surveying her domain. She spoke coldly, “For those words alone, I should first exterminate the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan, then slaughter your entire clan!”

The Shen Ran Phoenix Lady’s outburst startled everyone, and Qiu Rong Wanxue’s group was even more terrified. No one doubted her resolve, and no one doubted her strength. She absolutely had the power to back up her threat.

“Slaughter an entire clan?” At that moment, a pleasant voice rang out, followed by laughter like silver bells, like the call of a celestial spirit. An ethereal shadow materialized upon the Celestial Vault.

Lan Yunzhu smiled from across the void, her beauty unparalleled. “Phoenix Lady,” she said, “I wonder what gives your Divine Burning Country the audacity to speak of slaughtering the clan of someone from my Qianli River! Slaughter our clan? Are you relying on the Ten Thousand Bones Throne at your back? I would love to see what trump card you’re holding that makes you think you can touch the clan of the Defender of the Faith of my Qianli River!”

“The Defender of the Faith of the Qianli River!” At that moment, countless gazes fell upon Li Qiye. The Defender of the Faith of the Qianli River… The title alone was enough to make many people draw a sharp, cold breath.

The Qianli River’s reputation was legendary. As an Emperor Immortal Gate, it was far from weak; in fact, its power had always been a source of dread for others. The sect was shrouded in mystery. In his time, the Qianli Immortal Emperor had swept across the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands. It was even rumored that he had once set foot in the Ancestral Realm, and his presence alone silenced all creation. Even the supreme Ancestral Realm, which stood above all in the Ghost Sacred Realm, had to give way before the Qianli Immortal Emperor.

In the Age of Emperors, the Qianli Immortal Emperor had been the final Immortal Emperor from the Ghost Sacred Realm. To this day, his influence still surpassed that of any other Immortal Emperor from that realm!

The Qianli River had always been a power to be feared, and the Thousand Carp Lake it presided over was particularly mysterious. Though countless lineages had coveted its treasures over the years, not a single one had ever dared to act on that greed!

“Phoenix Lady, the rules are simple,” Lan Yunzhu’s melodious voice drifted between heaven and earth. “The Defender of the Faith of my Qianli River will challenge your Divine Burning Country alone. It doesn’t matter how many people you bring or how many allies you summon; our Defender will face you all by himself! However, you are not to lay a single finger on the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan. Otherwise, the Qianli River can guarantee that tomorrow will be the day your Divine Burning Country is wiped from existence. Not even the Ten Thousand Bones Throne will be able to protect you then!”

Lan Yunzhu’s voice echoed between heaven and earth, and countless people held their breath to listen. Hearing her terms, many exchanged glances and drew in sharp breaths of cold air.

By now, the various Great Teaching Territories understood this was no idle threat. The Divine Burning Country was indeed powerful, but compared to the Qianli River in Nanyao Yun, the difference was night and day. The Qianli River absolutely possessed the strength to annihilate the Divine Burning Country, and even if the Ten Thousand Bones Throne wished to intervene, it was too far away to be of any help.

“Fine!” the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady replied, her expression frigid. “Let him come alone! I will await him outside the mountain gates of the Snow Shadow Ghost Clan!” As soon as she finished speaking, her image vanished.

Following that, the figures of Li Qiye and Lan Yunzhu also vanished from the sky.

This exchange of challenges across the void immediately ratcheted up the tension. Everyone knew that a storm was about to break, and that the coming battle would be world-shaking.

At this moment, many onlookers began to hesitate. Before this, countless people had been planning to move against Li Qiye, not only for the Key of the First Evil Tomb he possessed, but also because the reward promised by the Shen Ran Phoenix Lady was simply too alluring.

But now, things were different. Everyone knew that Li Qiye was the Defender of the Faith of the Qianli River, which meant he had a behemoth like the Qianli River for a backer. Anyone who wanted to make an enemy of such a person—even other Emperor Immortal Gates—would have to seriously reconsider their own capabilities.

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