Chapter 1688 - Devil Crystal of Eternal Darkness (1/2)

“Wu’er, obey!” Yan Tianxiao warned seriously.

Yan Wu took off, but her footsteps were unusually stiff and slow… Yan Jie had hurt her pretty badly, but it obviously wasn’t so bad that it would slow her this much.

In the end though, no matter how slow she was walking, it was only a matter of time before she arrived before Yun Che. She bowed toward him and asked in a chilly tone, “What are your instructions, my lord.”

Instead of answering, Yun Che extended his hand and sent a wisp of black energy toward Yan Wu.

Yan Wu’s eyes immediately turned icy, but her father growled at her from behind. “Do not resist!”

So Yan Wu forced herself to stay still and gritted her teeth. Her entire body was shaking slightly in trepidation. Meanwhile, the black energy had invaded all the way into her profound veins, utterly uncaring if she consented to the act or not.

However, her trepidation and her hostility only lasted several breaths. Her eyes grew unfocused when she noticed the changes within her body, and her excitement and disbelief grew exponentially when the full scale of her transformation slowly dawned upon her…

Yun Che withdrew his arm and the dark energy after he was finished.

Yan Wu stood where she was and stared at herself for a very long time. Her disbelief looked like a permanent fixture on her face, and she looked like she had fallen into a dream.

Suddenly, the proud woman bowed again, but this time she had dropped to one knee instead of just bending her waist. The chilliness in her voice had been completely replaced by a kind of excitement that could only come from the bottom of one’s soul. “Yan Wu… Yan Wu thanks you for your blessing, my lord!”

Yan Wu had a legendary temper. There was no one in the whole realm who didn’t know about it.

Even Yan Tianxiao himself seldom saw such a deep look of gratitude and respect coming from Yan Wu.

Surprised and puzzled, Yan Tianxiao walked up to Yan Wu and put a finger to her shoulder. In that moment, disbelief and excitement overcame his expression just like Yan Wu’s, and he muttered to himself in a daze, “The… the rumors regarding the Witches are actually true…”

“Hmph. One of the reasons the Burning Moon Realm submitted as quickly as it did was because they had seen the Witches’ transformation with their own eyes.”

Yun Che said indifferently while his hand glowed with devilish light. “This probably looks like a miracle to you people, but to me… it is just something I can do anytime I feel like it.”

Yan Tianxiao also knelt next to Yan Wu, and this time it didn’t feel nearly as difficult as the previous times. “Please grant your blessing to the Yama Devils, my lord. We will forever remember your favor and serve you with everything we have!”

Once again, he was made to witness the true power of Eternal Calamity of Darkness.

The power to manipulate the dark energies of the Bone Sea of Eternal Darkness however he liked, the power to create miracles that transcended common sense itself at the wave of a hand...

He was sure that this wasn’t all the Eternal Calamity of Darkness could do.

In this moment, he even started to feel like… it was his duty to serve the new master of the Northern Divine Region.

“I will give my blessing to most Yama Devils. But in exchange, I want your loyalty!”

Yun Che spoke very slowly so that no one could miss his words. “Don’t say I didn’t warn all of you, once you’ve sworn to serve me, there is no...”

“Turning… back!”

Yan Tianxiao looked up and stared at Yun Che directly. He knew how he should act in a situation like this. “My lord, you are the only inheritor of the great Devil Emperor... you are also the only person ever to have beaten us completely. There is no one else who deserves our loyalty besides you, my lord.”

“Very good.” Yun Che praised him before rising to his feet. When he walked away, the Three Yama Ancestors followed him closely so as to protect him from any danger.

“I have two things I would like you to do.”

“Please share with me your thoughts, my lord,” Yan Tianxiao said seriously.

“One, you will order everyone to keep today’s occurence a secret, especially… from the Soul Stealing Realm.”

These days, he couldn’t think of Chi Wuyao without feeling a surge of black emotions.

“Hmm…” Yan Tianxiao frowned a little before replying, “My lord, I think it’s already too late. Your power has shaken the world itself, and there are countless spies from Soul Stealing Realm in our lands. I highly doubt the lockdown will be in time at all.”

“It doesn’t have to be. The appearance of trying is good enough.” Yun Che narrowed his eyes a little.

“...” Yan Tianxiao thought to himself for a moment before answering, “It will be done, my lord.”

“Two.” Yun Che shot Yan Tianxiao a sideways glance. “You will send someone to the Imperial Heaven Realm and bring a man to me. I would prefer it if you can keep it a secret, but it doesn’t matter in the long run if you fail.”

Imperial Heaven Realm?

Yan Tianxiao raised his eyebrows slightly… that was where Yun Che had killed the leader of the Yama Ghosts, Yan Sangeng.

At the time, he was so angry that he ordered his men to capture Yun Che at all costs. He even went so far as to send three Yama Devils to the Soul Stealing Realm and demand Yun Che… at the time, he had no idea what an absolute monster Yun Che was, of course.

“Who is this man you wish for us to escort, my lord?” He asked cautiously.

Yun Che looked up before replying in a quiet tone, “Tian Guhu.”

Not only was Tian Guhu the strongest profound practitioner of the younger generation, he could even fight opponents who were several levels above him. It was so that even Yan Tianxiao, a god emperor had heard about him and taken the effort to study him.

Yan Tianxiao didn’t ask any further questions. He simply turned around and ordered his men. “Yan E, head to Imperial Heaven Realm yourself and bring Tian Guhu over.”

“You will go immediately.”

Usually, it was beneath Yama Devil to bring a normal denizen of an upper star realm to the Yama Realm themselves.

However, the Imperial Heaven Realm was inferior only when compared to the king realms of the Northern Divine Region, and Tian Guhu was extremely famous among his juniors. Finally, the order had come from Yun Che himself… so it wasn’t surprising nor excessive to send a Yama Devil to retrieve Tian Guhu.

“Yes!”

Yan E accepted his orders and flashed out of the room.

“Yan One, Two, Three, follow me,” Yun Che ordered.

Yan Tianxiao said, “Where are you heading to, my lord?”

Yun Che walked past him without pausing his footsteps. He merely said, “Focus on performing your duties and don’t ask unnecessary questions!”

In the past, Yan Tianxiao was the one who did the admonishing, not the other way around. But since he hadn’t recovered from Yan Wu’s great transformation, he was able to enter his role quickly and answer, “You are right, my lord… best wishes to you, my lord.”

Yun Che and the Three Yama Ancestors left the hall without a word. They seemed to be heading to the Bone Sea of Eternal Darkness.

For a time, the imperial hall was oppressively silent. A while later, Yan Tu finally spoke up carefully, “Your Majesty, are we really going to… to…”

For now, it looked like nothing had changed in the Yama Realm.

The Yama Emperor was still the Yama Emperor, the Yama Devils were still the Yama Devils, Yama Imperial District wasn’t occupied or held hostage by the enemy… they didn’t even lose any freedom whatsoever.