The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

With a sufficient supply of Demon Beast Blood, inside the great hall with Chen Dong, threads of light crudely connected the damaged sections of the majestic Realm Passage. This crudeness was only an illusion from afar; a closer look revealed the threads of light to be incomparably complex, forming intricate array patterns and inscriptions.

Just a little more. Once the last few parts were done, the main construction would be complete.

Suddenly, a premonition washed over Chen Dong. 'It's over! There's no time!'

Success or failure hinged on this one move. The Six Paths of Radiance in his sea of consciousness evaporated in an instant, not a single one remaining, as he strained with all his might to deduce the final Array.

'It's no use! Still no use!'

Chen Dong was covered in sweat! There was too little time; even after consuming all the radiance, he couldn't deduce it. It was like being at ninety-nine percent completion, stuck on the final one percent.

'I can only leave it to fate!'

"Xiaoli, Zhang Jun, and everyone else outside, get in here! Quickly!"

Chen Dong took out a Transmission Talisman with one hand, preparing for the final construction. If it failed, his only option was to flee immediately with the others.

The moment everyone entered the hall, a vast expanse of Xia Fire engulfed it, burning fiercely all around.

Instantly, terror seized them all!

How could Feng Fu have arrived so fast?

Feng Fu's voice confirmed their fears. A surge of majestic Spiritual Qi erupted. "A pack of ants, you dare murder my You'er! I will shatter your souls so that you may never be reincarnated!"

He didn't unleash a devastating technique or a swift, ruthless strike. Instead, he cast a spell to trap them all. Chen Dong was surprised for a moment, but he quickly figured it out. 'He's afraid of being seared by Karmic Fire.'

Chen Dong didn't stop his work. 'I'm betting it all!' he thought, steeling himself. The threads of light produced by the Sacrificial Array swiftly filled in the last damaged sections of the Realm Passage.

Wreathed in Xia Fire, Feng Fu walked out from the raging flames and stepped into the great hall, his eyes narrowed with chilling killing intent as he stared at the group.

With a flick of his hand, he cast a spell. A streak of Xia Fire instantly killed a Golden Core Cultivator. The Technique was so fast and sharp that the Third-Layer Golden Core Cultivator had no chance to resist—they couldn't even self-destruct their Golden Core before being annihilated by the Xia Fire.

Chen Dong's heart sank. 'It's a failure.' The Six Paths of Radiance were completely gone, and while the Realm Passage was largely complete, it remained inert.

After killing one person, Feng Fu's hatred only intensified. His figure flickered and vanished. At the edge of the group, three Golden Core Cultivators collapsed, their bodies incinerated in an instant. He didn't even need to use a Technique to slaughter these cultivators with their Low-grade Golden Cores.

"Stop!" Zhang Jun roared. "Feng You died to a lightning technique! I was the one who killed him! It has nothing to do with them!"

Feng Fu's gaze hardened, and he said coldly, "Except for Chen Dong, you will all die! But you, Zhang Jun... to think you would dare betray me!"

He casually tried to crush the sliver of Zhang Jun's soul he held. "Die!" he commanded, but found that nothing happened to Zhang Jun.

He let out a contemptuous laugh. "Heh, no wonder! You think you can betray me just because your soul is safe? Killing you now would be letting you off too easily. I will rip out all of your souls and torture them day and night as an offering to my son!"

Beads of cold sweat appeared on Li Zhixuan's forehead. He sent a voice transmission, "Chen Dong, are you done yet? This isn't working! We have to use the Transmission Talisman and get out of here! Feng Fu is terrifying like this!"

Inside the Jade Embryo within him, Mu Qingzhu was also frantic. "How did I get stuck with such a jinx? Let's just run, run! I don't want to be sacrificed to the heavens before I've even finished developing!"

Chen Dong tightened his grip on the Transmission Talisman. A single use would only transport them a thousand li at most—a distance Feng Fu could cross in moments. Even with multiple jumps, they would eventually be caught. And if by some miracle they did escape, they would likely never get another chance to access the Realm Passage.

'This is the only way!' he resolved. 'It's only lifespan, after all!'

'Fuck it! Take the sacrifice!'

The Sacrificial Array beneath his feet instantly flared, casting a crimson radiance that reflected the raging inferno outside the hall.

Feng Fu's brow furrowed. 'What is this Array? I can't see through it at all. A trap?' Without a moment's hesitation, his figure flashed out of the hall, merging into the great fire.

What little lifespan Chen Dong had was instantly drained away. The golden lotus in his sea of consciousness immediately lost its divine luster and began to wither.

Chen Dong's eyes went vacant. 'No... I overestimated. My lifespan isn't enough to correct and stabilize the Array.'

Just as he thought he was about to die, a tremendous surge of life force emanated from the Jade Embryo inside him.

Immediately after, the Realm Passage emitted an astonishing Power of Space that enveloped everyone.

"Jump!" Chen Dong immediately transmitted to the others.

The window of opportunity was only half a breath. Even if the Array on the Realm Passage was incomplete, they had no other choice.

Only then did Feng Fu realize what was happening. He had never imagined that Chen Dong's group could repair the Realm Passage in such a short amount of time.

Several blasts of Xia Fire bombarded the Realm Passage. The already damaged passage shattered into pieces, but Chen Dong and the others were nowhere to be seen in the hall.

"AHHHHHHHH!"

Feng Fu let out a world-shaking roar. A few ants had actually managed to escape from his grasp. He had let his son's murderers go, despite the absolute gap in their cultivation levels.

Feng Fu's face twisted with uncontrollable rage. Unleashing his power, he sent the vast expanse of Xia Fire crashing down upon the entire hall in a mad frenzy.

Explosions and rumbles echoed without end. The entire hall was blasted to rubble, but it still wasn't enough to vent his fury.

In the Three Thousand Great Realms and their countless smaller worlds, finding these few people now that they had left through the Realm Passage would be like finding a needle in a haystack. How could he not be enraged?

His brows knitted together. A radiant beam of light shot down from the heavens, cleaving the entire mountain peak and leaving a deep chasm in its wake.

When Feng Qing and the others arrived, they saw that Supreme Elder Peak had vanished. They breathed a sigh of relief; now that the Realm Passage was gone, the Yun Gu Sect's cultivators from the Upper Realm would be unable to arrive.

By now, Feng Fu had calmed down, but his face remained a mask of frost. He stared coldly at the spot where the peak had once stood, silently mouthing a name: "Chen Dong!"