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

The demon cultivators of Ximing City were so intimidated by the Emperor's decree and the Nine Phoenixes that they kept their distance.

Mu Yunjian wasn't afraid that his words would get out.

Yun Yici said knowingly, "If such a celestial artifact truly exists, Xue Tao will certainly not allow it to fall into the hands of others."

"But why did the curse fail?"

Rong Xuan described the curse mark they saw still on the necks of the cultivators.

He speculated, "According to what Senior Shen just said, perhaps it's because of the special nature of the Mirror of Illumination."

"After the owner of the artifact dies, the artifact becomes ownerless and can be contracted by others."

"But Xue Tao is not completely dead in his current state, and his connection with that cursed artifact has been blocked by the Mirror of Illumination."

Yun Yici clicked her tongue and asked, "So, is the curse mark on the human cultivator from the Yellow Spirit Domain lifted or not?"

Shen Huaichuan: "Xue Tao can't escape the Mirror of Illumination, so let's find that kind of immortal artifact first."

Xie Qianjue sighed, "We don't even know what such immortal artifacts look like. If I had known, I would have followed the people of Huangling Domain to cultivate."

Yun Yici: "Then there's no need. It's our duty to provide necessary assistance, but we can't take on everything."

Huang Lingyu escaped the clutches of the Xue family.

If they interfere too much at this time, the weak will become dependent, while the strong will suspect their ulterior motives.

Even when offering help, one should only go so far as to do so.

Yun Yici thought for a moment, then looked at Jiufeng on the ground, who was only breathing and not exhaling: "Jiufeng Wuwang may know more than we do."

The premise is that Jiufeng can survive.

As soon as Yun Yici finished speaking, she suddenly caught a glimpse of silver light flashing in the Emperor's hand.

Without a second thought, she darted over and grabbed Di Zhao's wrist.

"what are you doing?"

At this moment, Di Zhao squatted on the ground, looking at the dying Jiu Feng with unwavering eyes: "Feed him my essence and blood."

“He is a benevolent spirit, right? So he was not involved in the theft back then.”

"You want to find the immortal artifact, but I want to know about my parents. They can't die yet."

With his eyelids tightly closed, Wu Wang, unable to speak, shed silent tears.

His tears seeped into the dust from his disheveled face.

Ordinary elixirs are useless to a divine bird like the Nine-Phoenix. The Emperor had already fed all the medicines he brought to the Nine-Phoenix.

He only thought of using his own blood essence when he had no other choice.

Yun Yici tightened her grip on the Emperor's edict's wrist.

The emperor raised his head to look at her, his gaze unfathomable: "Xiao Ci, I will not die."

She said, "Trust me, I'm sure I can find another way..."

"and many more!"

Yun Yici suddenly said, "I've got an idea!"

She quickly pulled out the Villain's Happy Ball, which she hadn't used in a long time, from her sleeve.

The vibrating liquid inside immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The Emperor and Jiufeng subconsciously sniffed the scent of the ball... it seemed somewhat familiar...

Yun Yici didn't have time to explain.

She released Di Zhao's hand, held the ball, and knelt beside Wu Wang's ear, saying, "Can you shrink again? Shrink your original form so that you can fit inside this ball."

She listened to Wu Wang's words without hesitation.

Nine Phoenix's massive body twitched, and then its jet-black feathers turned into black ash and began to dissipate into the air.

The already dying Wuwang used up his last bit of demonic power to shrink himself to the size of a palm.

At this moment, Jiufeng looked like a little black chicken lying at someone's feet.

Yun Yici said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

She deliberately avoided the gaze of the demon cultivators of Ximing City, and with one hand picked up Jiufeng Wuwang and stuffed him into the villain's pleasure ball.

The moment the cold liquid hit Jiu Feng's still-bleeding wound, it stopped.

The emperor's expression was complex as he thanked Yun Yici, saying, "Thank you."

Yun Yici: "No need. Just as you said, it's good for us all if he's alive."

The main villain, Happy Ball, hasn't been used in a long time.

She almost forgot if she hadn't been in such a rush.

The nine phoenixes vanished into thin air, startling the surrounding winged demon cultivators.

The emperor turned around and warned them sternly: "Nine Phoenixes are recuperating. Take this message back to the other demon kings in the demon realm."

"If you think you can take advantage of the chaos in the human world to do something, you're mistaken."

The Demon King of Ximing City was now like a frightened bird, his usual arrogance completely gone.

Upon hearing his name called, he nodded repeatedly: "The Divine Lord is right."

“I immediately sent a letter from my clansmen.”

After seeing off Xi Mingcheng and his group, Yun Yici and the others did not intend to wait any longer.

Once aboard the Sun and Moon Shuttle, they immediately set off to check on the movements of other human cities.

As expected, among the cultivators of the Yellow Spirit Domain whose curses were lifted, there were quite a few with courage and spirit.

The cultivators of the Yellow Spirit Domain in every city rose up in rebellion, forming a massive force.

With the master and slave positions reversed, the Xue family became a universally despised rat in the entire Huangling Domain.

As for Xuedu, Yun Yici left a letter for Xu Ding and Xue Ziyan.

The imperial decree also instructed spirit birds to keep a close watch, so that they would be informed immediately of any news about immortal artifacts.

Meanwhile, Jiufeng, who had been sleeping in the villain's Happy Ball, woke up on the third day after being repaired by the divine beast egg liquid.

Of course, he is only sober; he can't leave the ball for the time being.

The moment Jiu Feng regained consciousness, Yun Yi Ci summoned everyone over.

Surrounded by a crowd and soaking in a ball of happiness, the little yellow chick looked rather pitiful at first glance, but its head seemed rather eerie.

Wu Wang poked his neck and head out of the ball of joy.

Judging by his face alone, he seemed to be a gentle and friendly young man.

Wu Wang sincerely said, "Thank you all."

He had previously noticed a very strange smell in the egg liquid, like a fusion of the scents of many mythical beasts.

He thought Yun Yici was an even more vicious egg thief than himself.

But after absorbing it, he discovered that the liquid inside seemed to be something extraordinary, like an extremely precious divine medicine.

The fact that these people were willing to use such a precious medicine to save him, along with the Emperor's previous act of being willing to give up his own life essence, moved Wuwang to tears.

The emperor ordered everyone to look him over and determine that Wu Wang was not going to die.

He asked, "Where are the Xue family's magical artifacts? And who are my parents?"

Unconsciously, the two tiny paws hidden in the egg liquid scratched at the water.

Wu Wang: "The Xue family's magical artifact... is inside my belly..."

Everyone:? ? ?

Yun Yici even doubted that she had heard correctly.

Wu Wang revealed a mask of pain: "Back when I fought Xue Tao, he took out the Nirvana Pearl, wanting to enslave me and then possess my body."

"As a result, my third head accidentally swallowed the Annihilation Pearl."

"The magic array you see is not only to restrain me, but also the place where the Xue family draws blood."

"The curse is in my womb. Xue Tao is the original owner of the Annihilation Pearl, so he is unaffected."

"They used a magic array to extract my blood, refine it into red candles, and then cast them onto the necks of cultivators."

"At first, those human stakes were just ordinary cultivators. Later, they accidentally discovered that the blood of the Xue family could facilitate Xue Tao's possession, so they replaced them with members of the Xue family."

"You don't need to worry. Give me two more days and I will be able to expel the Nirvana Pearl from my body and give it to you."

If Jiufeng dares to swallow it, then of course she has the confidence to get it out.

He just didn't expect that, due to his unfortunate capture, he would have no chance to retaliate.

Everyone turned their heads away, not wanting to know how Jiufeng planned to expel the immortal artifact from her body.

Jiufeng didn't want to go into details, so he coughed twice and started talking about the imperial edict.

"Imperial decree, I apologize. I am the benevolent spirit of the Nine Phoenixes. I should have stopped the evil deeds of the female spirit, but I fell into a deep sleep at the time, and by the time I woke up, it was too late."

"I only learned what exactly happened from my other spirits."

"Your father is the patriarch of the Phoenix Clan, and both your parents are top-tier powerhouses."

Mu Yunjian asked suspiciously, "If that's the case, how did your evil spirit steal the egg?"

How did they manage to steal the eggs right under the noses of two phoenixes and actually succeed?

Jiufeng was able to withstand two phoenixes, so how did Xue Tao manage to make her suffer so miserably?

Wu Wang lowered his head guiltily: "Our divine race is different from the lower realm. Newborn eggs or offspring are sent by the clan chief to the Divine Bath Land to receive the blessings of the Heavenly Dao."

"At that time, I was originally sending the Nine Phoenix Eggs of the clan to the Land of Divine Bath to receive blessings."

"It just so happens that your father brought you along."

"Because the phoenix is ​​beautiful and powerful, and the young of the Feather Clan have a characteristic that they develop a dependence on the first caregiver they see after hatching."

“And I happened to be in a dormant period, so Nüqi had wicked ideas.”

"She didn't initially intend to steal you away; she planned to take your place as the mother after you hatched."

"Because of the special status of the Divine Bath Land, only the clan leader can enter, and the cubs usually stay there until they are about to hatch before they are taken away."

"so......"

So the simple, furry creatures marked out their own territories, tacitly agreeing to send their cubs here, and then come back to pick up their own cubs when the time came.

For tens of thousands of years, everyone lived in peace.

Unexpectedly, this time Jiu Feng's mind was possessed by an evil spirit.

As soon as the phoenix left, Jiufeng took the phoenix egg and began to incubate it in her bosom.

Little did anyone know that the Emperor's father, who was also the Phoenix Clan Chief, loved his son dearly and returned after only a few days, feeling somewhat uneasy.

The first thing I saw upon returning was the bare branches of the sacred parasol tree.

In its fury, Phoenix's first thought was that its eggs had been stolen. In its frantic pursuit of the thief, it completely overlooked the fact that Nine Phoenix was incubating the eggs right under its nose.

By the time they realized something was wrong and confronted Jiufeng, the phoenix egg had already been thrown to the mortal realm by Jiufeng, who was terrified and wanted to escape punishment.

The Phoenix Clan went to war with the Nine Phoenix Clan because of this incident, and the Golden Crow Clan Chief, who was closer to the Phoenix Clan, mediated between them.

Wu Wang, along with the other eight souls within him, was exiled to the mortal realm, both to atone for his sins and to find the imperial edict.

Wu Wang arrived in the Yellow Spirit Realm first, and became the Demon King in order to find people more easily.

As for descendants, Wuwang felt utterly hopeless.

"Although we are one, we share the same nine souls. Fortunately, by taking human form, we can separate for the time being."

“Those are not my descendants, but the descendants of my other souls, in a sense, our common descendants.”

Unexpectedly, before the imperial edict could be found, the Xue family suddenly appeared.

Later, when the Xue family set their sights on him, he no longer had the energy to search for the imperial edict.

Wu Wang: "I originally planned to let the demon cultivators of Huangling Domain continue to search for you, while I went to Xuanling Domain to look for you."

"Fate is cruel."

“If I had gone to the Xuanling Domain first, you would be growing up by your father’s side by now.”

Yun Yici said, "Senior Wuwang, you just said that you would send the phoenix egg to the lower realm, and then you said that you would go to the Xuanling Domain."

"Could it be that you can cross between two regions?"

Wu Wang pursed his lips: "Yes, the talent of our Nine Phoenix Clan is that we can freely travel between the two worlds."

“I was once the chief of the Nine Phoenix Clan, and I could travel between the realm of gods and the mortal realm.”

"But, all nine souls must be present, and I can't do that now."

It turns out that Xue Tao was determined to create the Sun and Moon Shuttle to return to the Heavenly Spirit Realm.

But the moment he possessed Jiufeng's body, a readily available solution slipped through his fingers.

After hearing the imperial edict, the emperor remained silent for a long time.

Yun Yici then asked, "Can the Nine Phoenix Clan travel between the Upper and Lower Realms without a Celestial Ladder?"

Jiufeng recalled the conversation between Yun Yici and Xue Tao.

He smiled wryly and said, "Of course not, that's the connection between the upper and lower realms."

"Our talents are bestowed by Heaven; how could we possibly be above Heaven?"

Yun Yici understood a little; the Immortal Ladder was like a ladder connecting the upper and lower realms.

Only cultivators in the lower realms who have ascended to immortality have one chance to climb back up.

The Nine Phoenixes are a special breed that can climb back and forth.

However, if the ladder breaks, this talent naturally becomes ineffective.

Yun Yici asked, "Back when the Heavenly Ladder still existed, did your Nine Phoenix Clan frequently travel to the lower realm?"

Wu Wang replied decisively, "No."

"The lower realm is filled with turbid air, and the demon cultivators and beasts of the lower realm are not worthy of our attention."

"If the other gods knew that we were associating with the lower realms, they would look down on us."

The Nine Phoenixes envy other divine birds the most, for the phoenix is ​​naturally incomparably beautiful and possesses the fire of rebirth.

The Golden Crow wields the blazing fire of the sun, along with the elegant Azure Phoenix and the Kunpeng, whose combat power is off the charts...

Otherwise, they wouldn't have bothered to get close to the phoenix eggs.

In fact, there are also marriage alliances between divine birds.

Jiufeng's initial wicked intention was to get close to the newly hatched phoenix chicks; who knows, the little phoenix might fall for one of the little Jiufengs later on.

It was just a momentary lapse in judgment that led to harming both myself and others.

Wu Wang, currently immersed in the villain's happy ball, apologized, "I'm sorry, young friend Di Zhao."

"I'm sorry to you, and I'm sorry to your parents."

"I've told you everything you wanted to know."

"If you want to kill me now, I won't complain at all."

The emperor exhaled his pent-up anger: "I should have killed you, but killing you would have done nothing to change anything."

"Your survival is more helpful to me, so please live well first."

Rationally, I know that one body has nine souls, and the one who should have made the decision was Wu Wang, who was asleep at the time and was also a victim.

However, emotionally, Di Zhao did not know how to face him.

More importantly, now that the celestial ladder is broken, Wu Wang, who knows the situation in the upper realm, is even more useful alive.

He had no intention of kneeling down to apologize, but he couldn't do it now.

He lowered his head and promised, "From now on, I will protect you until I return you to your parents."

After talking for a while, Jiufeng, who had finally emerged, was clearly exhausted.

He quickly apologized and then dived back underwater.

Yun Yici looked at the little yellow chick soaking in the water, sighed, and then put away the villainous Happy Ball.