Chapter 518: Hordes of Wives and Concubines (1/2)

As the Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign emerged, the very earth began trembling. A heavy presence oozed in all directions like mercury, sending countless yin spirits fleeing and crushing those too slow to escape.

“The demon sovereign has exceeded the dao immortal realm!” Lu Yun dashed out of the oncoming danger with the Wandering Step.

If the demon sovereign’s eternal true spirit in death exceeded the dao immortal realm, it must have ranked among the mightiest when it were alive, rivaling at least the Azure Dragon King, if not Empress Myrtlestar.

The inscription on its tomb was in the primordial writing system, indicating that the demon sovereign must have been a powerhouse from that era, or that it’d died from having its dao heart shattered back then.

With the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals sealed by the power of hell, Lu Yun couldn’t contact Empress Myrtlestar or the Azure Dragon King to find out more about the Venerated Sacrosanct Demon Sovereign. Su Xiaoxiao didn’t remember this demonic personage either.

In less than a breath, he moved several thousand kilometers away, but didn’t dare move out of the explored area.

The East Sea court had spent the past tens of thousands of years exploring the ghost realm, paying the price of numerous dao immortals, but only managing to map out the terrain five hundred thousand kilometers from the barrier.

Those who’d gone further into the unknown had never returned. Even the brand of their nascent soul had disappeared.

Outside the explored land was an area of darkness.

Lu Yun stopped in a mountain col [1] near the celestial master tomb and dropped off the little nun and Star Demon Sect’s holy girl. He casually attached a few healing talismans to them to address their injuries.

“What are the two of you doing here?” Lu Yun asked, frowning at the two girls.

“Servant Yu Hengluo greets the sect head!”

Lu Yun stopped the holy girl before she could get to her feet. She hadn’t yet made a full recovery and should refrain from moving at the moment.

The little nun stared unblinkingly at Lu Yun, face flushed and eyes bright. She idolized Lu Yun and had claimed to be his dao partner in the last Sovereign Meet. Now that he was in front of her in the flesh and had even rescued her like a knight in shining armor, her heart was threatening to jump out of her chest.

Lu Yun rubbed his forehead. That’s right, the little girl still had no idea who he was.

A month ago, Xing Chen had put in an appearance when the geniuses of the world attacked Dusk Province. Almost everyone now believed Lu Yun and Xing Chen were two different people. The little nun was no exception, and her admiration for Lu Yun had reached new highs after that battle.

“I, I...” she struggled to put her thoughts into words, her eyes glued to Lu Yun.

“I hear that I’ve gained a dao partner,” Lu Yun blinked. “Back in Destiny City, a young girl dressed like a nun went around telling people she was my dao partner. Is that true?”

The little nun’s face became as red as an apple.

“That’s not… I...” she continued to stutter.

“That wasn’t you?” Lu Yun snorted. “Good.”

Yu Hengluo snuck a few glances at Lu Yun. This was her first time meeting the sect head. She’d always pictured him as a burly man of three meters in height with ruthless eyes and a rugged appearance, but Lu Yun had turned out to be the fair, slender, scholarly type.

Thinking back to what the Star Demon Sect and the world at large said about Lu Yun, Yu Hengluo couldn’t stop her heart from racing either.

Lu Yun rubbed his forehead and repeated, “So what are the two of you doing here?”

“In response to the sect head,” Yu Hengluo broke out from her trance and hurried out. “We’re here for the Ingress Path of the Nephrite Court. This servant isn’t the only one here, either, as many elites from the sect have come as well.”