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

"The next Human Emperor..."

Upon hearing this, Tu Shan Mingyue's fox-like eyes swept over Chu Xiu from head to toe.

"A mere brat at the peak of the Shattering Void Realm?"

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow.

He only knew that the Tushan Fox Clan possessed the innate skill of creating illusions, but he never imagined that a powerful figure like Tushan Mingyue could see through Chu Xiu's concealment technique and discern his true cultivation level at a glance.

Chi Xiao shook his head and chuckled: "Improving cultivation is not difficult for our lord."

"Moreover, you are well aware that for an emperor who is qualified to stand at the highest point of a clan, cultivation level is not within the scope of this so-called qualification factor."

Tu Shan Mingyue was speechless. Clearly, as an old friend of Yao Huang, she was well aware of this.

She was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that the amount of imperial aura within him is comparable to that one?"

Chu Xiu did not answer, but simply smiled and stretched out his palm, letting the thousand strands of imperial energy that he could now control swirl around his arm before gushing out.

It gathered into a golden dragon of imperial aura in front of Tu Shan Mingyue and roared at her.

"Such abundant imperial aura... I underestimated you."

Tu Shan Mingyue directly felt the oppressive aura emanating from Chu Xiu's imperial golden dragon.

Even though she and Chu Xiu were of completely different races, her domineering aura was enough to transcend the barriers of race and bloodline and have a direct effect.

Only then did Tu Shan Mingyue truly acknowledge Chu Xiu's identity as the "future Human Emperor".

After all, her old friend Yao Zhong, and even the Heavenly Emperor who once banished the entire Tushan Fox Clan to the lower realm, was once a human emperor.

This alone is enough to foreshadow that Chu Xiu's future achievements are absolutely limitless.

"Why are you trapped here, senior? According to Senior Yao, you should have lived in seclusion in the ancestral land of Tushan."

Chu Xiu casually retrieved the Imperial Aura Golden Dragon, walked up to Tu Shan Mingyue's true form, and told her everything Yao Zhong had entrusted to him.

After hearing this, Tu Shan Mingyue avoided eye contact and remained silent.

Chi Xiao felt displeased: "He's tens of thousands of years old, and he's still so stubborn."

"Yao Huang's death was his own choice, not entirely for your sake. Why are you so stubborn and insist on taking the blame upon yourself?"

Halfway through his sentence, Chi Xiao reached under Tu Shan Mingyue's true form and pulled out a fire phoenix feather radiating extreme yang energy, spitting it out:

"How many years has it been? Hiding in your Tushan clan's ancestral land, you've been researching forbidden techniques to seize the power of heaven and earth, but to no avail. Now you're pinning your hopes on a mere fire phoenix feather. Do you think that will work?"

"Emperor Yao's physical body has long since collapsed. Even if the Phoenix Clan were to offer up their own essence and blood, they could only leave his primordial spirit in this world for a maximum of a hundred years!"

"Don't you understand yet?"

Chi Xiao's words of disappointment and frustration struck Tu Shan Mingyue's psychological defenses one by one.

"Emperor Yao's days are numbered. I hope that after you leave here, you will not again harbor any delusions or attempt to revive him!"

"Resurrection? The Immortal Emperor will not allow it, nor will the Heavenly Dao. His fate is to die and his Dao dissipate!"

After saying all this, Chi Xiao turned and nodded to Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu immediately understood and used his Qi Observation Technique to decipher the energy of the formation in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

He walked up to Chi Xiao, took the Fire Phoenix Feather, and stored it in his storage space. The Demon-Locking Array that had enveloped the three of them dissipated as the Fire Phoenix Feather disappeared from this plane.

The source of the energy of this demon-locking array that has trapped Tu Shan Mingyue here for a thousand years is that fire phoenix feather.

The formation can be broken if Tu Shan Mingyue drops it.

Unfortunately, Tu Shan Mingyue's previous obsession was too strong, which led to her being trapped for thousands of years.

"You have wasted too much time. The current Emperor Yao only has a hundred years left to live."

"After you leave here, go and see him."

Chi Xiao's earnest advice finally paid off.

Freed from the constraints of the formation, Tu Shan Mingyue's true form transformed into human form after a burst of golden light, appearing before Chi Xiao and Chu Xiu, and accepting Chi Xiao's advice.

"The most urgent task now is to find a way out of here."

Seeing that the atmosphere was tense, Chu Xiu changed the subject and asked Tu Shan Mingyue, who was dressed as a noblewoman in palace attire:

"Senior, do you know who the owner of this tomb and palace is?"

Tu Shan Mingyue nodded. "He was the Demon Emperor of the Fire Phoenix Clan in the ancient era."

"The Demon Emperor?" Chu Xiu asked in confusion.

Tu Shan Mingyue explained, "The Phoenix lineage has several branches with extremely powerful bloodlines, such as the Fire Phoenix and the Ice Phoenix. Each branch is led by a Demon Emperor, which is similar to the status of the emperor in the mortal kingdoms of the lower realms."

"And the master of this tomb is the Demon Emperor of the Fire Phoenix Clan, who now resides in the Demon Realm and once lived in the Southern Continent."

Chu Xiu continued, "But what about that lake filled with extreme Yin energy and that altar? If I'm not mistaken, this fire phoenix belongs to the extreme Yang category!"

Tu Shan Mingyue pondered for a moment and said, "According to the information I have received, the legendary Demon Emperor perished here after a hundred years of great battle with some being in the Misty Sea."

"Legend has it that after that great battle, the Demon Emperor's temperament changed drastically, becoming extremely violent. Even after his death, his body, without a soul, rose up on the night of his death and slaughtered many of his own kind."

"Therefore, the Fire Phoenix Clan had no choice but to suppress the Demon Emperor's corpse with the power of extreme Yin, while the previous Immortal Emperor used the power of extreme Yang within the Demon Emperor's corpse to set up a Demon-Locking Array to protect the Southern Continent from the invasion of the Misty Ghosts."

"But this demon-locking formation is losing its original function..."

Chu Xiu picked up the thread, "Now, outside the tomb, a large number of ghosts from the Misty Sea have appeared!"

Tu Shan Mingyue frowned upon hearing this: "Is that so! Before I entered this place, the Demon-Locking Array was perfectly normal. That man surnamed Chu even assured me that as long as he was there, the ghosts of the Misty Sea would not be able to enter the Southern Continent even a little bit..."

"Didn't you see that guy surnamed Chu before you stepped onto the altar?"

Chu Xiu and Chi Xiao shook their heads. The person Tu Shan Mingyue was referring to must be that ancestor of the Chu family.

"A demon-locking array personally set up by the Celestial Emperor has now lost its effectiveness..."

"This place is overrun with ghosts, and the Chu family ancestor who volunteered to guard this place has disappeared..."

"What exactly happened here...?"

"The answer to this question can only be found after leaving here."

Tu Shan Mingyue nodded. "I do know a way to leave this place."

She reached out and flipped through the pages, revealing an ancient book in her hand.

"When you entered this place, you must have been sucked in by a vortex teleportation spell, right?"

Chu Xiu nodded slightly.

Tu Shan Mingyue continued, "What I have is that vortex teleportation technique. It seems to have been left by the person who built this tomb and did not want to be buried with it. Only by studying this technique can one possibly leave this place."

“This is a spatial magic created by the human race. Among the three of us, only you are qualified to study it.”

After saying that, Tu Shan Mingyue threw the ancient book at Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu took the book and looked closely. Three large characters were clearly visible on the ancient book:

"Spinning Technique!"