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

"Next up, a member of a branch of the Demon Dragon Clan, Long Xue, at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm."

Chu Xiu asked doubtfully, "Dragon Clan, aren't you Yaksha Clan allies with the Dragon Clan? Why do you want to kill Long Xue too?"

Ye Wujiang sneered, "Just a minor branch, killing him is fine."

"Of course you're right, so I don't plan to intervene. You can do it yourself."

Chu Xiu rolled his eyes.

The two stopped atop a beautiful, dormant volcano.

"This Dragon Jade is hidden in the Dragon Palace at the bottom of this lake." Ye Wujiang pointed to a pool of crystal-clear lake water below.

Chu Xiu nodded. It was merely the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm. With his current strength, which was infinitely close to the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm, it was a piece of cake.

Holding the Formless Sword, he unleashed the Myriad Swords Return to One technique—the same one that had shattered the Blood Demon Emperor's body—directly towards the lake below.

In an instant, a towering giant sword descended from the sky and plunged into the lake. If Chu Xiu had not been reluctant to destroy the beautiful scenery, the giant sword would have cleaved the entire mountaintop in two.

"Who has destroyed my residence!"

A delicate shout came from the depths of the lake, followed by several enormous demonic dragons bursting out of the water and soaring into the sky, pouncing straight towards Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu pointed his sword, and countless sword lights appeared behind him, shooting down towards the demonic dragon below and annihilating it.

"You killed my guardian dragon! You deserve to die!"

A graceful dragon girl with dragon horns on her head responded and stepped forward with a sword, unleashing countless sword energies at Chu Xiu, clashing with the sky full of sword light.

"It's actually a dragon maiden..." Chu Xiu tilted his head slightly and asked Ye Wujiang, "Why is this Long Xue on the wanted list?"

Ye Wujiang rolled his eyes. "What, you're suddenly showing mercy to a beautiful woman?"

"This Long Xue has not committed any heinous crimes; he is simply wanted by his enemies."

“Then let’s find a vicious and ruthless person to kill, and do the same for the next seven people.”

Ye Wujiang complained, "Why didn't you ask that old demon from the South China Sea earlier..."

Chu Xiu pretended not to hear, and after repelling the dragon girl who was attacking with a sword, he clasped his hands in apology and said, "Miss Dragon, I was impolite. I will compensate you for destroying your mansion and killing your guards with this celestial treasure, how about it?"

Chu Xiu took out the Thousand-Machine Umbrella, which had been given to him by the sect leader of the Holy Origin Sect, from his storage space and threw it to the Dragon Girl who was not far away.

"What do you mean? Are you making fun of me?"

Long Xue deflected the Thousand Chance Umbrella thrown by Chu Xiu with a single sword strike, glaring at Chu Xiu with a face full of anger:

"Those three dragons, though my pets, have been with me for a hundred years and are like family to me. How can any so-called celestial treasure make up for that?"

Chu Xiu frowned upon hearing this; this was a difficult situation...

This dragon girl is a sentimental person, and she probably won't let things go easily.

With things having come to this, Chu Xiu was too lazy to waste words with her. He reached out and retrieved the Thousand Chance Umbrella, which had been knocked away by the Dragon Girl, into his hand. Then, he raised his right hand and once again used the Ten Thousand Swords Return to One technique above his head, condensing it into a giant sword that reached the heavens.

"Those three demonic dragons only had their physical bodies destroyed, their souls are still intact. Don't be ungrateful, young lady, this time I won't show any mercy!"

Long Xue stared intently at the giant sword. Her intuition told her that if this sword were to fall, the impact would be far more severe than the slight tremor she had experienced in the mansion earlier.

Rather, it means death and the annihilation of one's spiritual essence!

"Two choices: either take the celestial treasure or fight me." Chu Xiu gave his final ultimatum. He had no other choice but to do this to avoid getting entangled with this woman any further.

After much deliberation, Long Xue nodded angrily, "Give it to me!"

"Get out of here, and never let me see you again!"

Chu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and threw the Thousand Chance Umbrella out again. This time, the Dragon Girl caught it and turned to disappear into her water palace.

Chu Xiu withdrew his supernatural powers and flew back to Ye Wujiang's side. "Let's go, to the next place."

"Wait, look what's that?" Ye Wujiang stared intently at the mountainside below.

After enduring Chu Xiu's Ten Thousand Swords Return to One, the mountainside suddenly snapped in half, and a dazzling light emanated from the broken cliff.

Previously, Chu Xiu's view of the area was obscured by clouds, so he did not see the dazzling light.

"That's... a secret realm?" Chu Xiu's eyes lit up.

The so-called secret realm is an unclaimed cave hidden by mountains and rivers, usually connected to the tombs of ancient powerful people and some paradises where rare and precious materials grow.

The dragon girl, who had previously returned to her water palace, seemed to sense the precious light emanating from the entrance to the secret realm and flew out again.

"Judging from the dragon girl's expression, she probably didn't know that there was a secret realm hidden beneath her mansion."

Ye Wujiang said, "This is an unexpected surprise. Come, let's go inside and take a look."

"it is good!"

Ye Wujiang went first, followed closely by Chu Xiu. They passed by the Dragon Girl and passed through the entrance to the secret realm first.

Long Xue was taken aback upon seeing this. He hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and set up a formation around himself to conceal the secrets of heaven. After blocking the light from the entrance to the secret realm, he stepped into the entrance.

After Chu Xiu and Ye Wujiang entered the secret realm, the first thing they saw was an extremely large beast skull.

Ye Wujiang frowned, then leaped thousands of meters above the giant beast's skull, finally getting a complete view of its massive body, which stretched for hundreds of miles.

Chu Xiu also arrived in the sky, followed closely by the dragon girl.

"This..." Chu Xiu exclaimed in astonishment, staring at the colossal remains of the beast before him, "What kind of creature is this? Its true form is so enormous!"

The remains of this behemoth were several times larger than the Blood Demon Emperor that Chu Xiu had encountered before.

If this giant beast were still alive, just how terrifying would its cultivation level be?

"Judging from the skeleton, it should undoubtedly be a demon." Ye Wujiang's eyes were solemn. A demon with such a huge body must have been a master above the Qiankun Realm in life.

But now he died in a secret realm, and after countless years, his body has turned into nothing but bones.

Chu Xiu glanced at Long Xue behind him, noticing her furrowed brows and melancholy, bewildered expression, and asked:

"Does the young lady recognize the remains of this giant beast?"

Long Xue nodded slightly: "If I am not mistaken... this skeleton should come from my Demon Dragon clan."

Ye Wujiang frowned upon hearing this: "How is that possible? Even your Demon Dragon Ancestor's true form is only about ninety miles long, while this skeleton is a full three hundred miles long!"

Knowing the power of the Demon King Sect Master, Long Xue dared not show dissatisfaction in the face of his questioning and rebuttal, and could only mutter, "My bloodline has an extremely weak connection to it..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Wujiang examined the skeleton below carefully several more times: "No, it's not a demon dragon."

"Oh right, I remember, you're a mixed-race person, right?"

Ye Wujiang suddenly looked at Long Xue: "Do you know who your parents are?"

Long Xue shook his head: "I only know my mother, not my father."

“I know your mother, Princess Longyao of the Demon Dragon Clan,” Ye Wujiang pondered.

"Legend has it that ten thousand years ago, Princess Longyao married a descendant of the Yinglong while traveling in the demon realm. Later, due to a war between the demon and monster realms, the loving couple was forced to separate. The Yinglong descendant died on the battlefield, and Princess Longyao chose to commit suicide after giving birth to a dragon egg..."

Ye Wujiang looked at Long Xue, who was bowing his head and remaining silent: "If I remember correctly, that dragon egg was sealed for ten thousand years, and it was only unsealed a hundred years ago that a dragon girl was born..."

"You must be that dragon maiden?"