Tianming still knew nothing about the innate godchild and the Demon City. And now, the Demon City was gone. The Tomb of the Ancients, which had existed for hundreds of thousands of years, had disappeared into Feilingâs body. But he still had no idea why this happened.
But he couldnât be bothered with it now with the second Divine Capital collapsing. He immediately carried Feiling and started avoiding the falling mud and bricks.
âAttach yourself to me,â Tianming spoke softly by Feilingâs ears.
âBig brother, I canât attach to you with the innate godchild around. Iâll tell you more about it later. I know something about Xuanyuan Chi and the Demon City. I obtained a portion of her memories when we fused,â replied Feiling.
âXuanyuan Chi? Thatâs the name of that person?â
âYeah.â
It was an emergency, and since Feiling couldnât attach herself to him, he could only avoid the falling objects while carrying her. Fortunately, the Tomb of the Ancients was ten times the size of the Second Divine Capital. So they had a lot of room for evasion when the Second Divine Capital collapsed.
Many Saints fell when the capital collapsed, causing chaos everywhere.
Tianming wrapped the Three-Thousand Starfield around Chen Jinghong and the other two. Just when he was still thinking of dealing with this situation, he could hear Bai Moâs voice coming from above, âTianming, where are you?â
âHall King, right here! Iâm over here!â Tianming immediately felt at ease, knowing that Bai Mo and Ye Yi were still here. Thanks to the radiance emitted by the Three-Thousand Starfield, Bai Mo instantly saw them. In less than ten breathsâ time, Bai Mo and Ye Yi followed the radiance and found them. When they came over, they saw the weapon with ninety-nine saintly heavenly patterns, along with the Soulfiend.
âWhatâs that?â Bai Mo frowned.
âA mount that Feng subdued. Donât worry about it,â said Tianming.
âIt looks like you gained a lot this time. This kind of saint beastial weapon is a peerless treasure.â Ye Yi smiled. He brought out the Decimo Ark, allowing Tianming and the others to get on it.
âAre all six of you here? Itâs good that you guys are fine. Weâll talk later.â Bai Mo examined the wounds on Tianming and Ye Lingfeng before controlling the Decimo Ark and flying out.
âItâs a serious matter that the Tomb of the Ancients suddenly disappeared. Tell me what happened as soon as possible when we get out. We have to make preparations for it,â said Ye Yi. Everyone was dumbfounded by the Second Divine Capitalâs collapse.
Even now, he and Bai Mo were baffled. After all, the Tomb of the Ancients had existed for a hundred thousand years, creating the Decimo Dao Palace and the Ancient Theocrats.
âHall King, thereâs something that you should know immediately,â Tianming said solemnly.
âHurry up with it,â replied Bai Mo.
âI killed Dongyang Fengchen. If we include those Feng killed, we have nearly twenty lives on our hands. I have no idea how the others died, but all of them were almost dead,â said Tianming.
âWhat?!â Bai Mo and Ye Yi were shocked. The Decimo Ark nearly fell from the air.
âAre you serious?!â Ye Yi widened his eyes.
âMaster, what he says is true. We were there when it happened. I even killed Meng Qingqing,â Chen Jinghong immediately explained. He didnât dare to shirk his responsibility in this matter.
âTianming, just what kind of monster are you? You only went in for a few months!â Ye Yi smiled bitterly.
âItâs a grave matter that the crown prince is dead. Leave Tianmingâs improvements aside. Is there anyone who slipped through the net?â Bai Mo asked with a serious face. He was already numb to Tianmingâs growth rate. So even if he was shocked, he didnât forget the important matters.
âThereâs one. His name is Jiang Yanwu. I spared his life the first time I saw him, and he ran when I was fighting the crown prince,â replied Tianming.
âDoes he know that you killed the crown prince?â
âHe didnât see it. But if the crown prince is nowhere found, Jiang Yanwu might link it to me,â said Tianming. He didnât kill Jiang Yanwu because the latter went as far as going down on his knees.
Huang Ziting was the one who forced Jiang Yanwu to act, and Tianming had chosen to spare his life. But right now, it seemed that he had brought troubles to himself.
âThen letâs return to the dao palace immediately!â Ye Yi and Bai Mo exchanged a look.
The Decimo Ark charged out of the underground space and arrived in the Abyssal Battlefield. The Grand Sky Marshal, Zhao Shenhong, appeared before them along with a few hundred people.
âAre the two of you leaving immediately after finding your people? Why donât you guys stay here and find out what happened in the tomb? This is an important matter of the Theocracy, so shouldnât we discuss it?â Zhao Shenhong said. He had the advantage of numbers with him.
âThereâs no need for that. You can ask your juniors about it,â replied Bai Mo.
âWeâve not found anyone yet. Itâs so dark here, and Iâm surprised that you managed to find your juniors. Whereâs the crown prince?â Zhao Shenhong frowned.
âDongyang Fengchen? With his strength, does he need the disciples of my Decimo Dao Palace to care about him?â Bai Mo replied.
âThereâs no need to waste any time with him. He wonât dare to stop us,â said Ye Yi, summoning his lifebound beast immediately. His lifebound beast was an enormous black eagle, three times bigger than Chen Jinghongâs. It was shrouded with a demonic aura, and it could cover the sun when it unfolded its wings. It was a mature eighth-order empyrean beast, the Evernight Eagle.
Abandoning the Decimo Ark, Ye Yi brought everyone to the Evernight Eagle. Looking at Zhao Shenhongâs group, he barked, âOut of the way!â
âYe Yi, donât take it too far!â Zhao Shenhong raged.
âThe Theocrats are already half-crippled with their internal fights. Yet you still dare to provoke me? You want to try stopping me?â Ye Yi replied. Before Zhao Shenhong could even speak, the Evernight Eagle flapped its wings, blowing the crowd away. Its enormous body charged out and disappeared over the horizon.
âDecimo Dao Palace!!â Zhao Shenhong raged.
âMarshal, thereâs nothing we can do about it. The fight between Autarch Yun and Jiang Ling is too intense. So many people died, and the Theocrats are at their weakest right now. Itâll be a surprise if the Decimo Dao Palace isnât domineering right now. After all, no one can deal with them now,â Zhao Shenhongâs subordinates comforted.
âGo down and find them quickly!â Zhao Shenhong roared.
But after a long while of searching, only Jiang Yanwu could be found. His face was pale, seeming as if heâd lost his soul.
âWhereâs the crown prince and the rest?â Zhao Shenhong questioned.
âYou canât find them?â Jiang Yanwu asked.
âWhat do you think? Do you think Iâd ask you if Iâd found them?â
âWhy donât you search again?â
âNo need. Weâve already searched, and thereâs no one,â said Zhao Shenhong.
âT-then he mightâve been killed by Li Tianming. Li Tianming is too terrifying. He killed everyone. When I escaped, only His Highness and Meng Qingqing were left fighting with them. Since Li Tianmingâs group managed to leave safely, that means His Highness has.â¦â Jiang Yanwuâs voice was trembling from the nervousness he felt.
âWhat the hell are you talking about?!â Zhao Shenhong took three steps back. Jiang Yanwuâs words had dumbfounded everyone.
âHis Highness might be dead.â¦â Jiang Yanwuâs eyes flashed with a trace of resentment. He didnât expect that he would survive by running away.
Zhao Shenhong suddenly slapped Jiang Yanwu and roared, âYou escaped?! Why donât you die instead!â
âIf I died, how would you know that His Highness is dead? Why are you still here instead of taking revenge for His Highness?â Jiang Yanwu roared hysterically.
âChase them!â Zhao Shenhong shouted at the people around him. But when he thought of the Evernight Eagle, he sighed. âForget about it. Return to the Divine Capital immediately. Thereâs no need for us to stay here anymore, with the Second Divine Capital gone. The younger generation of the Theocracy is almost gone!â
âAll of you die! Dongyang Fengchen is dead. Li Tianming, youâll die in the hands of the Theocrats!â Jiang Yanwu muttered to himself.
âJiang Yanwu!â Zhao Shenhong grabbed him. âYouâd better report everything that happened to Autarch Yun when we return. Otherwise, youâll die a horrible death!â
Upon hearing that, Jiang Yanwu trembled. He was too nervous earlier. If he knew, he wouldnât have said that heâd fled from the battle. He didnât know if Autarch Yun would spare him.
â¦â¦
The group rode on the Evernight Eagle and were finally safe. Ye Yi and Bai Mo were both standing before Tianming. Tianming pondered briefly to arrange his thoughts, because Chen Jinghong and the rest had witnessed the Demon City entering Feilingâs body. Furthermore, before Tianming moved out, he told the elders that Feiling had had a reason to enter the tomb.
Therefore, since he couldnât silence Chen Jinghong and the others, he could only be honest about what had happened.
âS-snatched a godâs body?â Ye Yi slapped himself and reaffirmed, âTianming, are you sure youâre not joking with me?â
âI also hope that itâs a joke,â Tianming replied.
âYouâre saying that you guys have the Tomb of the Ancients?â Bai Mo asked.
âYeah.â
The two of them were dumbfounded as they looked at Feiling.
âCan you take it out for us to look at?â
âI canât,â said Feiling.
âAlright then. Letâs just keep it between us for now, especially the two of you, Xiaozhu and Yiyi. You guys arenât allowed to speak about it, understood?â Bai Mo said with a stern tone.
âYeah, I got it,â replied Situ Yiyi.
âYiyi, Iâll tear your mouth if you canât keep your blabbermouth shut,â Bai Mo added.
âIs that how you treat your granddaughter-in-law? I'll complain to my grandfather!â Situ Yiyi replied indignantly.
âGrandpa, please give me some face,â said Bai Xiaozhu.
âYou make sure that your mouth stays shut as well.â Bai Mo glared.
Tianming then proceeded to share more, like the inheritance he and Ye Lingfeng had gotten. His stories left the two elders confused. They could only conclude that Tianmingâs group had seized a godâs body.
âTianming, protect Lingâer well. Iâve never seen someone with a physique like hers. Even if she isnât showing any abilities, itâs still the body of a god.â Bai Mo and Ye Yi exchanged a glance and sighed, âItâs good to be young.â
Bai Mo and Ye Yi did not further enquire about the godâs body. After all, Feiling was a woman, and it wasnât appropriate. They made up their minds to ask the palace lord, Weisheng Yunxi, about it.
Tianming and Feiling then went to a corner. He finally had the time to ask about Xuanyuan Chi and the Demon City.