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

boom!

Countless bolts of lightning locked onto the demon race's Reincarnation Realm expert who had been hovering in mid-air, intending to block Chu Xiu and the others from leaving, and struck down fiercely.

Faced with the lightning tribulation that was moving at an extreme speed, even a Reincarnation Realm expert could not take any precautions without being prepared in advance, and was struck hard on the body by the lightning tribulation!

Suddenly, screams erupted.

The powerful demons, including the Demon King Luanxi, were all forced to reveal their true demon forms under the onslaught of the lightning tribulation, unable to maintain their human forms.

However, even the strongest form of the demon race, which revealed its true form, was still no match for the Heavenly Tribulation of the Reincarnation Realm, and even more so, the Imperial Thunder Tribulation.

After being struck by two rounds of lightning, these dozen or so demon race Reincarnation Realm experts, their bodies charred like coals, fell from the sky with blurred consciousness and crashed to the ground.

The human warriors under the cover of the tribulation clouds, though terrified and having unleashed their strongest defensive spells, remained unharmed.

Seeing that all the demon clan experts who had tried to stop him earlier had been struck down by the lightning tribulation, Chu Xiu, who was high in the sky, finally grinned with satisfaction.

He looked in the direction where Chi Xiao and Tu Shan Mingyue were.

The two left in time, without attracting the attention of the lightning tribulation.

Chi Xiao knew that Chu Xiu came from the lower realm and was unaware of the prerequisites for a cultivator from the Heavenly Continent to gain a foothold in the Reincarnation Realm. He immediately transmitted his voice to Chu Xiu:

"My lord, Chixiao knows that although your cultivation was only at the peak of the Shattering Void stage before, your mental state had already entered the Transcending Truth stage, so there is no danger for you to directly enter the Transcending Truth stage."

"But if you want to go directly into the cycle of reincarnation, you need to understand one thing—"

"The realm of reincarnation is the enlightenment of life and death!"

"If one enters the cycle of reincarnation without fully cultivating the Dao of Life and Death, there is a very high chance that one will be stuck in this state forever!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu's gaze sharpened, and his expression turned solemn.

"The enlightenment of life and death achieved through perfect cultivation..."

Chu Xiu understood very well that his life had been extremely stable, and he had rarely experienced the kind of life-or-death test. When he experienced the life-and-death struggle of being destroyed and rebuilt in the lower realm, he did not have to worry because the system had him backed up.

But after arriving in Tianlu, the system disappeared without a trace.

Chu Xiu didn't know whether it was forced into hiding or had completed its mission and left him completely.

Therefore, he has always relied on the art of concealing his breath to act cautiously, all because of two words: cherishing his life.

Chu Xiu understood that if his understanding of the Dao of Life and Death was not perfected, then forcibly entering the Reincarnation Realm would only be a way for him to forcibly raise his cultivation level by relying on the pure energy he had obtained by chance. He would gain some benefits in the short term, but the consequences would be endless.

Chi Xiao's statement about stopping the cycle of reincarnation is probably just an understatement of the potential dangers.

Chu Xiu knew that the enemies he would face were not limited to those in the Reincarnation Realm. If he stopped here, he would be nothing more than a slightly larger ant to those unknown enemies.

Chu Xiu looked up at the cloud of calamity, his eyes gradually clearing.

He took a deep breath, circulated his imperial energy, and suppressed the pure energy that filled his body back into his middle dantian, personally dispelling the opportunity that was right before him—the chance to directly enter the cycle of reincarnation.

This opportunity, which would drive countless powerful individuals in the Heavenly Continent, who had long been trapped in the Reincarnation Realm and unable to break through, was something he regarded as worthless.

High above, the imperial tribulation clouds that had almost covered the entire Eastern Continent of the Southern Lands lost their target and slowly dissipated after Chu Xiu withdrew his aura...

In the end, Chu Xiu's cultivation steadily broke through to the first level of the early stage of the Transcendent Realm!

Everything Chu Xiu did was observed by Chi Xiao, Tu Shan Mingyue, and other powerful figures who were on good terms with him.

Tu Shan Mingyue clicked her tongue in praise: "This kid really resisted the temptation... Yao's taste is truly excellent."

Chi Xiao smiled. She had always known that her master was not an unrealistic person.

The flower fairy Aman crouched down, holding her younger sister Anu in her arms, and muttered, "Strange, why did my legs go weak when Venerable Chu looked this way just now, and why did I feel like I wanted to prostrate myself in worship..."

"It's like... worshipping the statue of the clan's emperor..."

Hua Yuan, the patriarch of the Blood Burial Flower Demon clan, looked at Chu Xiu with a complicated expression.

Not to mention Aman... even she, the Blood Burial Flower Clan Chief at the mid-stage of the Reincarnation Realm, felt as if she were facing the remnant soul of the Emperor after connecting her divine sense with the statue of the Emperor when she saw Chu Xiu unleash his imperial aura to the extreme...

Ah Nu covered her mouth and chuckled, the reason for which was probably only known to her.

The drop of Fire Phoenix essence blood within her body also reacted in an unprecedented way when Chu Xiu's aura reached its peak.

"Could it be that the Emperor... bestowed his own essence and blood upon Chu Xiu without Chu Xiu's knowledge... and completely fused it with Chu Xiu's physical body, soul, and even imperial aura...?"

Now, Chu Xiu, having unleashed his imperial aura, stood before the Blood Burial Flower Demon Clan, shining as if the Fire Phoenix Emperor in their hearts had personally descended upon them.

Chu Xiu himself was completely unaware of all of this.

After dispelling the calamity clouds, he completely concealed his aura and returned to the group.

But Hua Yuan and A Man inexplicably took a few steps back, keeping a certain distance from him.

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow upon seeing this, puzzled.

Only A'Nu came forward, hugged Chu Xiu's leg, and chuckled.

"What are you laughing at?" Chu Xiu asked with a smile as he looked down.

Anu asked directly, "Do you remember what good things the Emperor ever gave you?"

"When we Blood Burial Flower Demons see you now, it's as if the Emperor himself has arrived. If you hadn't concealed your aura before you came back, they would have already knelt down."

Chu Xiu exclaimed "Ah!" and glanced at the flower fairies' expressions. Just as A Nu had said, none of them dared to meet his gaze normally.

Even the Blood Burial Flower Demon Clan Chief of Huayuan would avert his gaze when faced with direct eye contact.

Chu Xiu thought for a moment and said, "Your emperor only gave me a feather, it shouldn't have such a big impact..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chu Xiu suddenly thought of something and transmitted his voice to A Nu: "Your Emperor once ignited his divine soul and burned his essence blood in front of me. Could it be related to this matter?"

"Ignite the divine soul, burn the essence of blood?!"

Chu Xiu's words immediately excited A Nu.

So this is the reason why the Emperor's soul was so weak!

What kind of formidable enemies did Chu Xiu and the Emperor face that forced the Emperor to ignite his divine soul and burn his life essence?

But that shouldn't have caused Chu Xiu to also acquire the Emperor's aura...

Could it be that their Emperor, while Chu Xiu wasn't paying attention, signed some kind of contract with him, creating a connection between them, which is why they, the Emperor's servants, felt like they were facing the Emperor when they faced Chu Xiu?

Although A'nu already had a guess in her heart, she did not intend to tell Chu Xiu about it.

Since Chu Xiu is the benefactor of both the Flower Fairy Clan and the Emperor, the Emperor would never do anything to harm his benefactor.

Chu Xiu noticed the change in A Nu's expression and asked, "Do you know something?"

Anu smiled and said, "The Emperor has his own reasons for doing things, and I don't need to ask about them."

"You only need to know one thing: the Emperor would never do anything to harm you."