The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

Chu Xiu was immediately startled after hearing Chi Xiao's explanation of the Rakshasa Clan's sacred artifact and the deeds of that ancient demon race supreme being.

"Could this supreme demon be a stone monkey...?"

Chu Xiu asked a probing question.

Chi Xiao gave him a questioning look: "How did you know, Master?"

"This supreme demon is indeed a monkey born from a stone. Although he is a demon, he is also the supreme leader of both Taoism and Buddhism in the human world. Such heroic deeds are rare even in the ancient times!"

Chi Xiao's words further solidified Chu Xiu's belief in the identity of that demon race supreme being.

Although this supreme demon has now been destroyed for reasons unknown, his true body still stands at the pinnacle of the demon realm. When he returns from the demon realm, he will naturally go to the demon realm to resolve the matter entrusted to him by Emperor Yao.

Then, go to the top of the demon realm to confirm your thoughts.

Chu Xiu glanced at the Rakshasa woman: "Since that's the case, then spare her life for now."

"Oh, right, Chixiao."

"Can the extreme Yang power contained in your sword help others who are either Yin or Yang in constitution to overcome their physical limitations?"

Chu Xiu did not continue to communicate with Chi Xiao using his divine sense, but instead spoke directly.

Chi Xiao pondered for a moment, "So, how about resolving the Yin-dominant constitution? That's not a problem, but it will take a sustained period of time, at least three or four years, and at most ten years."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chongyang, Chu Xuanling, and even the Supreme Elders of the Lin and Chu families were all startled.

Chu Xuanling suddenly turned her head and looked at Lin Chongyang.

She originally thought that if the physical body of Lin Qingyao, who possessed the Yin Body, was captured by Chu Xiu, she would definitely not be able to seize any assets from Chu Xiu.

In this way, his Yin-type body would become a physical constraint, just like Lin Qingyao's.

But to her surprise, Lin Chongyang had such a close relationship with Chu Xiu that he had even told him the secret of her close friend's constitution...

Surprisingly, Chu Xiu was willing to offer advice to this stranger he had just met.

Thinking of this, Chu Xuanling's gaze toward Lin Chongyang became even more tender.

When Lin Chongyang heard Chu Xiu's words, he was overjoyed. It seemed that even though the witch had been captured alive by Chu Xiu, Chu Xiu still had a way to help Chu Xuanling and his aunt resolve the Chongyin crisis.

But how did Chu Xiu know the secret of the two women's physiques?

He learned it from his own mouth? But he really had no recollection of this person whatsoever!

Could it be... that Chu Xiu is truly like a brother to me?

Lin Chongyang turned his head and his eyes met Chu Xuanling's affectionate gaze. He could only scratch his head and accept Chu Xiu's favor.

Very well, since Chu Xiu, as the successor of the Human Emperor, is willing to befriend an unknown nobody like me, and even willing to solve the physical problems of me, my aunt, and Xuan Ling, treating me with such great courtesy, it would be ungrateful of me to act foolishly again.

"Brother Chu! Thank you!"

Lin Chongyang clasped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu returned the smile and nodded slightly.

The reason he was willing to help Lin Chongyang and Chu Xuanling was simply because their stories were quite similar to his own.

Furthermore, given their cultivation aptitude and potential, the achievements they will attain in the future may not be much weaker than mine.

Befriending these two geniuses before their rise to prominence was one of Chu Xiu's methods to build his network and influence in the Tianlu world!

Chi Xiao looked at Lin Qingyao, who had suffered from the invasion of Yin energy for hundreds of years, and transmitted a stream of extremely Yang energy into her body, saying:

"Now that you have left that heavy Yin body, as long as you find a normal body and use your own strength to supplement this extremely Yang power, you can eradicate the Yin energy that is lingering in your primordial spirit in less than five years."

Lin Qingyao was overjoyed upon hearing this and thanked him repeatedly.

"And you..."

Chi Xiao looked at Chu Xuanling and said, "If you want to break free from the shackles of the Yin Body, you only have two options."

"Firstly, I will refine another strand of primordial yin energy to achieve an extremely yin body. Before that, I can use my extremely yang power to reduce the damage caused by the yin energy attacking my body."

"Secondly, I will use my extreme Yang power to extract a wisp of Yang energy each month and refine it into my body to maintain the balance of Yin and Yang within me. However, in doing so, you will lose your superior physique,"

"As far as I know, the Primordial Yin Qi only exists in the Demon Realm of the Heavenly Continent. No matter which direction you choose, you will have to stay by my side for ten years."

"As for you..." Chi Xiao looked at Lin Chongyang, "you also have two choices."

Chu Xuanling and Lin Chongyang pondered upon hearing this. After discussing it with their own Supreme Elder, they finally made up their minds and looked at Chu Xiu and Chi Xiao.

"Thank you both. We are willing to follow Brother Chu and Sister Chixiao!"

Chu Xiu nodded and looked at Lin Chongyang: "After this matter is settled, I will go to the Demon Realm, and the two of you will travel with me."

"But before that, I was very interested in the ancestral secret realm of your Chu family..."

That night at the banquet, with Chu Xiu's intervention and the mediation of Lin Chongyang and Chu Xuanling, the Lin and Chu families finally made peace and formed an alliance.

The reason Chu Xiu wasn't in a hurry to use the Lin family's teleportation array to go to the Eastern Continent was because he wanted the Chu family's ancestral secret realm to open the next day.

Chu Xiu is currently only at the Shattered Void Realm, a level of strength that is far too weak in the Heavenly Continent.

He can't hide behind Chixiao forever.

Chi Xiao also knew this ancestor of the Chu family; he was once a great cultivator in the Reincarnation Realm.

He possessed a secret skill that once made him a force to be reckoned with in the Southern Continent, and even the former ancestor of the Li family was no match for him.

However, the conditions for learning it depend on fate, and to this day, no one else in the Chu family has learned it.

Chu Xiu's purpose in this trip to the secret realm was to obtain the secret technique of the Chu family ancestor that Chi Xiao had mentioned!

If one is fortunate enough to learn it, it will surely elevate one's abilities to a higher level.

Nothing happened that night after the banquet.

The next day, the secret realm officially opened!

The location of the Chu family's ancestral secret realm is in the bottomless abyss behind Yu City, at the junction of the Southern and Eastern Continents.

Legend has it that beneath the bottomless abyss dwell countless demonic beasts that have lost their minds after being corrupted by the demonic energy.

The reason why the ancestors of the Chu family chose to build their tomb inside the cliff of the bottomless abyss was to use the terrain to create a net that would prevent the monsters of the abyss from climbing up and invading the Southern Continent!

Holding the Crimson Sky Sword, Chu Xiu, led by Chu Xuanling, did not enter the secret realm through the gate like ordinary people, but instead underwent the test set up by the Chu family ancestors.

Chu Xuanling felt that with Chu Xiu's strength and status, he did not need the test of the Chu family ancestor who had once served under the Human Emperor.

Chu Xiu followed Lin Chongyang and Chu Xuanling. After stepping into a bottomless well, he felt as if he had fallen more than a thousand feet before finally touching the bottom.

At the bottom of the well, it was pitch black.

Chu Xuanling slowly groped her way to a stone tablet, cut her fingertip, and dripped a drop of blood onto the tablet.

Suddenly, a crystal ball, about the size of a rubber ball, hanging from the top of the stone wall, shone with brilliant white light, like an artificial sun, completely illuminating the world at the bottom of the well.

What came into Chu Xiu's view was an ancient ruin.

A series of collapsed and broken ancient steles surround a stone tomb, resembling a massive array.

"This is..." Chu Xiu exclaimed in amazement.

"Demon-Locking Formation." A red light flashed from the Crimson Sky Sword in Chu Xiu's hand, and the Crimson Sky Sword revealed its sword spirit form, coming to Chu Xiu's side.

"These stone tablets are inscribed with the words of immortals and gods from the ancient heavenly court in the primordial era."

"Countless years have passed, and these stone tablets are already dilapidated. When the stone tablets are completely destroyed, this Demon-Locking Array will also collapse and lose its former power."

"The Chu family ancestor... actually set up his tomb right at the core of the Demon-Locking Array!"

Chu Xiu used his Qi-gazing technique to quickly discern the flow of energy within the Demon-Locking Array.

He suddenly remembered what Li Yunhao had said yesterday about the ten-thousand-year-old mysterious ice that had preserved the remains of the Chu family's ancestors for countless years.

Could it be that the Chu family ancestor used the remaining power of the Reincarnation Realm in his body to maintain this Demon-Locking Array?

Chi Xiao and Chu Xiu were of one mind, so they naturally heard Chu Xiu's thoughts.

She nodded slowly: "This person cared deeply for the common people during his lifetime and was skilled at using formations to defeat enemies. It seems that even in death, he is still protecting the Southern Continent in his own way."

Chu Xiu immediately felt a deep sense of respect and bowed respectfully to the tomb from afar.

Such a hero deserves our utmost respect!