The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Yun Yici and Shen Huaichuan had already heard Zhong Tu's words through the communication talisman in Wan Nian's sleeve.

The two looked surprised, never expecting to hear the whereabouts of the Heavenly Demon's head from Zhong Tu!

Furthermore, the mastermind behind the attack on Juexian City was a demon named Moxiao, whose true purpose was the imperial edict!

Yun Yici looked at Shen Huaichuan, who nodded slightly, indicating that he found Zhong Tu's words credible.

However, the emperor was not present at the time, and letting these demons into the city was like letting tigers into a sheepfold.

Unlike the Immortal City, which has sophisticated arrays and magical artifacts specifically designed to combat demons, the Demon Palace of the Emperor's Edict relies entirely on the Emperor himself to maintain order.

Wan Nian was completely dumbfounded on the spot.

Before he could react, Zhong Tu heard a woman's voice coming from the crowd gathered together.

"It is precisely because His Majesty the Emperor already knew Mo Xiao's purpose that he sent us to Jue Xian City to assist him."

Zhong Tu hadn't even reacted to the woman's voice when she saw Yun Yici walking out from the crowd, and she completely lost her composure.

She was the white-clad female cultivator who fought Tao Jiang on the city of Juexian!

She was actually someone sent by the Emperor?!

Zhong Tu's face stiffened for a moment, then turned extremely ugly. She finally understood why the Emperor's edict had not reacted at all despite their previous actions.

It turns out they were plotting against each other, secretly joining forces with Juexian City.

It's likely that their movements in the Demon Realm have already been relayed back to Juexian City by the Emperor's decree via spirit birds.

Wan Nian never expected Yun Yici to step forward directly. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but his back straightened considerably.

Although the cultivators behind them were confused, since the imperial edict had been given, no one would dare to contradict Yun Yici now.

Yun Yici deliberately went along with Zhong Tu's words. Seeing that Zhong Tu's expression changed, she added, "Your Majesty, if we accept this demon's allegiance, I'm afraid the Demon Sky's plans will change."

Wan Nian cooperated fully, deliberately mimicking the tone of the imperial edict: "Since that's the case..."

Zhong Tu was terrified and turned pale. If she could not prove her usefulness, given the Emperor's nature of only tolerating human cultivators, he would probably burn her and her subordinates to ashes on the spot.

With gritted teeth and a will to survive, she called out again, "Your Majesty the Emperor!"

Of course, there is no phoenix fire in Wan Nian. Even if he were to conjure up the phoenix fire of the imperial edict, it would be an obvious fake.

Fortunately, Shen Huaichuan stepped forward at this moment, deliberately challenging Yun Yici: "Although we already know about Moxiao's plan, Zhongtu Demon Lord was, after all, Moxiao's former subordinate."

"Her words might be worth listening to."

"Furthermore, the conflict between us and Mo Xiao is irreversible. Since Zhong Tu Demon Lord is willing to abandon darkness and embrace the light, why should we push her back?"

Wan Nian pretended to be in a difficult position, but poor Zhong Tu, who was clever all his life, was completely fooled by Yun Yici and the other two, and didn't even realize that he had handed over the initiative to others.

Zhong Tu waited anxiously for the reply to the "imperial edict".

To everyone's surprise, the other party simply flicked his sleeve and said, "If you are truly willing to submit, then sign a master-servant contract with me."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Tu's beautiful face twitched imperceptibly a few times.

She had already anticipated that the imperial edict might propose conditions for establishing a contract, so she wanted to use the head of the Heavenly Demon and Mo Xiao's secret plans as an exchange.

Zhong Tu's hesitant appearance provided an easy way out.

Wan Nian said with a forced smile, "Think about it carefully."

He left without looking back after saying that.

Once out of the demons' sight, Wan Nian's pace quickened, until he started jogging, as if a ghost was chasing him.

Chen Fan and the others looked at the "Imperial Edict" with shock.

Taking advantage of Zhong Tu's lack of reaction, Yun Yici quickly gathered all the cultivators together, explained the situation, assigned manpower, and personally led the men to wait for Zhong Tu's reply outside the palace.

Yun Yici's methods were forceful and she seemed fearless, leaving Zhong Tu completely bewildered that the imperial edict he had just received was a fake.

Meanwhile, the clever demon bird that had been lingering outside the demon palace and witnessed everything had already quietly flown away.

Within half an hour, the emperor returned after receiving the message from the demon bird.

Zhong Tu remained completely bewildered until he was knocked to the ground by the imperial edict.

She stammered, "Your Majesty, the Imperial Decree...!"

What happened to giving her time to consider?!

The emperor stepped on Zhong Tu's chest, the phoenix fire in his hand leaping and burning, and said looking down at him, "I regret it."

"Make a contract with me, or die."

"In the end, besides the Demon Realm, I can also go to the Human Realm and the Demon Realm. After I undergo Nirvana and ascend to immortality, I can go back and seek revenge on Mo Xiao for today's grudge."

"But you, you will die by my hand today, and that's the end of you."

The witch's eyes darkened completely at the threat of the imperial edict.

Her subordinates, under pressure from the imperial edict and the phoenix fire, had already fled in all directions in terror.

A force formed through collusion of interests and coercion will disintegrate as soon as external pressure is applied.

Just as Zhong Tu was about to back down, the leading white-clad female swordsman fanned the flames from the side: "Your Majesty, Demon Lord Zhong Tu is so unruly towards you, you should execute her!"

Zhong Tu was furious. When had she ever been disobedient to the imperial edict?

This human female cultivator has a pure and innocent face, but her methods of manipulating people are even more ruthless than those of the demonic cultivators!

Before Zhong Tu could defend himself, the phoenix fire in Di Zhao's hand had already begun to spread into a sea of ​​fire.

A terrifying heat swept over them, and Zhong Tu's subordinates who were too slow to run didn't even have time to scream before they turned into black smoke.

The fate of their own kind caused the demons who were still observing nearby to completely abandon their former followers, each one afraid of being too slow.

Zhong Tu, facing imminent death, closed his eyes in despair.

She made the wrong choice!

The witch lay peacefully with her fingers interlaced, quietly awaiting death.

However, the next moment, she was kicked.

"Stop playing dead, get up and make a contract with me."

The demoness sat up from the ground in a daze, only to realize that the raging phoenix fire was burning around her, creating a human-shaped clearing.

The joy of escaping death made her momentarily forget to investigate the meaning behind the imperial edict.

Fearing the emperor might change his mind, she quickly signed a contract with him.

The fire outside the Demon Palace spread out and became a sea of ​​fire, and Zhong Tu's men were all engulfed by the flames.

Zhong Tu obediently lowered his head, showing no concern for the life or death of his subordinates.

After the emperor had completely wiped out the remaining demons, he said, "Come in and tell me that I am very interested in the head of the Heavenly Demon."

Yun Yici breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing the imperial edict that he had successfully subdued Zhong Tu.

Today, Zhong Tu must "die," and her subordinates must also die.

Otherwise, news of Zhong Tu's defection to the Emperor would surely reach Mo Xiao and alert him.

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The human cultivators dared not disobey the Emperor's decree, but they couldn't help but cast hateful glances at Zhong Tu, the first demon to enter the Emperor's Demon Palace, wishing they could strangle him in public.

Zhong Tu, however, was quite calm. As long as she performed better than these cultivators, the Emperor would not be foolish enough to let them overpower her.

However, she needed to think about what use she was to the imperial edict now.

The Emperor already knew about the Demon Sky's plan, yet he claimed to be interested in the Heavenly Demon's head...

Before she could figure it out, the emperor and his entourage had already led her into the palace.

Zhong Tu slightly raised his eyes, and with a quick glance, he saw the Emperor sitting at the head of the table.

Next, it turned out to be the blind man who had spoken up for her earlier.

Then came the vicious white-clad female swordsman, and below that was a young boy I'd never seen before.

The emperor directly asked, "What exactly does Mo Xiao want to do?"

Zhong Tu almost couldn't help but curse, thinking the emperor knew about it.

However, the situation was beyond her control, so she lowered her head and said meekly, "Just as Your Majesty predicted, Mo Xiao has found the head of the Heavenly Demon."

"The head of the Heavenly Demon is inseparable from a legendary treasure of the Demon Realm."

Yun Yici and the others already knew that the Demon Realm's supreme treasure was the Mirror of Illumination, so they quietly waited for Zhong Tu to continue.

"Once the Heavenly Demon's head is separated from that treasure, Mo Xiao will devour the Heavenly Demon's head and then use that legendary magic artifact to seal the Emperor's symbiotic fire."

Emperor Zhao has been tyrannical in the Demon Realm for so many years, and the high-ranking demons have only tolerated him because of his Phoenix Fire.

Once the Phoenix Fire is sealed by the Mirror of Illumination, one can imagine what will happen to the Imperial Decree.

Wan Nian couldn't help but ask, "What is the purpose of Mo Xiao ordering you to besiege Jue Xian City?"

Upon hearing Wan Nian's words, Zhong Tu was stunned for a moment, and then she immediately realized that the people in the imperial edict group knew nothing at all!

She was scammed by them!

Zhong Tu was so angry at the belated truth that her blood boiled, but as soon as the thought of killing the group of people in front of her arose, her demon core began to burn faintly.

She slumped to the ground, utterly defeated, knowing that she was now completely in the hands of the Emperor and there was no turning back.

Zhong Tu paused for a moment, and after finally regaining her composure, she reported, "Because the Emperor decreed that Your Excellency is very kind to Renxiu."

"Mo Xiao ordered us to attack Juexian City in order to divert the attention of Emperor Zhao. Whether or not Emperor Zhao intervenes, we will push the blame for this battle onto him."

"At that time, the Emperor will be enraged and will definitely confront Mo Xiao. He has already prepared a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for the Heavenly Demon's head to be separated."

"Moxiao wants to corrupt your essence and subdue you as his mount."

Zhong Tu revealed everything he knew, and the emperor was already furious.

He jumped up and said several times, "Good, good, so that's what he was planning."

Yun Yici was covered in cold sweat. Without Shen Huaichuan, the Emperor wouldn't know that Mo Xiao possessed the Mirror of Illumination, and Mo Xiao's plan might very well have succeeded...

She asked Zhong Tu, "Has Mo Xiao found a way to separate the Heavenly Demon's head from that demonic artifact?"

Zhong Tu, feeling resentful towards Yun Yici for her repeated schemes, reluctantly replied, "I don't know about that."

If she knew how to separate the Heavenly Demon's head, she would definitely steal the Heavenly Demon's head and treasures. Why would she risk her life for Mo Xiao?

Shen Huaichuan said, "Originally, I didn't know the whereabouts of the Mirror of Illumination. Now that I know it's in Mo Xiao's hands and he wants to break the seal, then I know where it is."

Even Zhong Tu couldn't help but look over.

Shen Huaichuan didn't keep them in suspense and directly uttered three words: "Abyss of Ten Thousand Demons".

"Unsealing requires a large amount of demonic energy to awaken the Mirror of Illumination."

“Fellow Daoist Emperor, your subordinates are all human cultivators. This matter can only be resolved through strategy.”

The emperor, his anger burning, replied with icy coldness in his eyes: "I know."

"Since human cultivators can't be used, isn't there a Demon Lord here?"

Zhong Tu flinched under the Emperor's gaze, then heard Yun Yici say, "I deliberately said that outside just now to conceal the fact that Zhong Tu had joined you, so as not to alarm Mo Xiao."

“Now that Zhong Tu is considered dead by the demons, I do have someone to choose from.”

Zhong Tu looked at Yun Yici, puzzled.

Yun Yici got up and closed all the doors and windows, then took out the Seven Emotions Gourd from her sleeve.

Fu Chen has been inside her gourd for several days now, and there's been no movement from him at all.

With the imperial edict and Zhong Tu present, she wasn't worried about being unable to subdue Fu Chen if she released him.

The moment Yun Yici removed the lid, the chaotic demonic energy inside the gourd finally found an outlet and surged out.

Immediately afterwards, this illusory demonic energy was refined into a stunningly beautiful and alluring young man.

Fu Chen's appearance was just as alluring as the Emperor's, but unlike the Emperor, Fu Chen, being a demon, had an even more decadent and seductive appearance.

However, at this moment, Fu Chen was dressed in tattered clothes, smelled bad, and his face showed no hatred or resentment. Instead, he looked bewildered and innocent, like a human youth.

Fu Chen looked around and his gaze fell on Yun Yici. He asked happily, "What's your name?"

I've been thinking about you.

The precious table belonging to the emperor's subordinates cracked on the spot.

Zhong Tu was dumbfounded, even after ten thousand years.

Yun Yici was shocked: "Could this demon have been driven mad by the smell of farts?"

Shen Huaichuan pondered for a moment and said, "I remember you told me that this magical artifact is called the Seven Emotions Gourd. As the name suggests, it can absorb a person's seven emotions and six desires."

"He may have been inside the gourd for too long and had his memories wiped away."

As for why he felt he was thinking about Yun Yici.

Naturally, it was because Yun Yici had captured him, and he remembered her appearance out of resentment.

Later, as his memory faded, he forgot why he remembered such a person. He instinctively felt that Yun Yici was very important to him, which led to this misunderstanding.

Once the misunderstanding was cleared up, the frost between the emperor's brows began to melt away.

He said with a look of disgust, "It stinks like this, would Moxiao accept it?"

Zhong Tu thought to himself, "If Fu Chen won't go, then it'll have to be her."

She flattered, "Mo Xiao has no one under his command, and Fu Chen didn't participate in the battle of Jue Xian City, so Mo Xiao won't hold a grudge against him."

“We can make up a reason to convince Mo Xiao.”