Chapter 1127: A String of Beads (1/2)

Of Lu Yun’s four disciples, the only one to truly learn his craft and be able to practice the Method of Life and Death was Tianqi.

Once the ruler of the human hell, he’d controlled hellfire back in the day. Now with a second Karmic Tree as his nascent spirit, he could control hellfire again. The flame of the Hadal Hell was part of hellfire, so it naturally feared Tianqi.

As for the purple qi circling around him, Violetgrave had helped him refine it. It’d all become part of his body and one with his being. This qi was a product of the third realm that helped chaos creatures evade the energy of the worlds and enter them with impunity.

……

“Who are you?” Hellfire burned in Tianqi’s eyes as he stared into the reaches of the chaos, searching for the purple figure.

On the eve before the destruction of human hell, a pillar of purple flame—similar to what he’d just witnessed—shattered hell with one blow during a massive battle. Though the fall of human dao was part of their plans, the ruin of its hell was a complete accident.

“Who was that just now?” The little fox resumed human form and stood next to Tianqi.

“He left.” Tianqi shook his head. “He’s the one who destroyed the hell of human dao… but I sense no malice from him. Auntie, you can refocus on overcoming the tribulation. I’ll stand guard over you.”

“Fine, fine,” grumbled the little fox, then asked wryly, “and how should I do that? Keep running for dear life?”

“…just sit tight and don’t move. I’ll handle the rest,” Tianqi chuckled ruefully. It was his first time seeing such a weird earthly tribulation. It could communicate with the Hadal Battlefront and use that hell as an origin point?

Given his previous authority over human hell, Tianqi was familiar with the Hadal Battlefront and the hell it’d become. The existences kept under lock and key there could make all of the chaos tremble.

However, there was no time to consider any of that now. He released his nascent spirit and summoned hellfire to subdue the quaking of the earthly tribulations.

All three of the heavenly, earthly, and human tribulations came from the third realm, so only power from the third realm could be used against them.

The ten Yama Kings, as summoned by the Tome of Life and Death, had dispelled Lu Yun’s heavenly tribulation. Since the Tome of Life and Death came from the even more sophisticated fourth realm, resolving that tribulation proved to be an easy task.

Qiu Luoyu possessed the creation seed and the even more terrifying dark fire from Violetgrave, which effortlessly dismantled the human tribulation.

Though Qing Han was only as strong as a sovereign, her true cultivation realm went beyond the chaos. Lu Yun had thought that she would be the perfect guardian for the little fox, but hadn’t realized that she wouldn’t be able to physically interact with the tribulation. Thus, he’d had to send Tianqi as hasty reinforcement.

……

The little fox’s earthly tribulation didn’t last long after Tianqi arrived on the scene. Hellfire didn’t dare approach them, and the bones from the Hadal Battlefront couldn’t contend with his purple qi.

The ripples of the earthly tribulation fully faded away after roughly three hundred breaths.

“Mistress, are you alright?” Qing Han asked with great concern after everything quieted down.

“Eh? Mistress?” Tianqi blinked. “So master took you to his bed, after all?”

“I. am. still. a decent. and. unmarried. fox!” The little fox glared Tianqi into silence.