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

Just as Long Xue gritted his teeth and hardened his heart, preparing to forcibly open the coffin and take his mother's body out of the coffin made of blood-soaked phoenix tree, he was stopped by Ye Wujiang.

"What are you doing? If you forcibly destroy the coffin now and expose your mother to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it will only accelerate her transformation into a corpse demon!"

Ye Wujiang sternly stopped him, "Let's find a place first, let me think of a solution!"

Ye Wujiang frowned deeply. He had personally witnessed the ferocity of the Asura Corpse Demons during their rampage years ago.

It was impossible to simply take Long Xue and her mother's coffins back to the territory of the Demon King Sect.

He and Princess Longyao were acquaintances, and now that Longxue had joined the Demon Sect, he could not stand idly by.

Looking back now, if I hadn't agreed to Chu Xiu's suggestion and let Princess Long Yao's body completely dissipate in the aftermath of the secret realm's collapse, I would have avoided this troublesome situation.

Long Xue nodded and put the coffin away.

Just as the three were about to leave, Long Xue suddenly stopped and turned pale.

"What's wrong?" Chu Xiu asked, puzzled.

"What are you still standing there for..." Ye Wujiang, who was leading the way, turned around impatiently, only to see the coffin containing Princess Longyao's body floating behind Chu Xiu.

At that moment, a sound of rubbing against the coffin wall came from inside the coffin, making the three of them feel a chill run down their spines.

Chu Xiu reacted quickly, grabbing Long Xue's hand and fleeing towards Ye Wujiang's location.

The very next second after they left their original location, the lid of the blood-soaked phoenix tree coffin was violently ripped open from the inside by a tremendous force, releasing a chilling aura of death from within.

In an instant, Chu Xiu and the other two sensed that they were being locked onto by a strong killing intent. Chu Xiu and Long Xue, whose cultivation levels were lower, were immediately filled with a chilling feeling.

"This is bad..." Ye Wujiang took two steps forward, protecting Chu Xiu and Long Xue behind him, his eyes fixed intently on the coffin that was constantly emitting death energy.

"It must have been the aftershocks of the explosion in the secret realm that alerted her..."

Before Ye Wujiang could finish speaking, a dark figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

A flash of red light appeared, and the black shadow swung its hand to strike. Ye Wujiang managed to block the attack by channeling his magic power in time.

The aftershocks of their collision forced Chu Xiu and Long Xue back several hundred meters, and also dispersed the layers of deathly aura that enveloped the dark figure.

A pale-faced noblewoman dressed in a long black dress appeared before Ye Wujiang.

The flash of red light earlier was the fierce glint in the noblewoman's vertical pupils.

"Mother!"

Long Xue cried out, and Chu Xiu hurriedly grabbed her arm to prevent her from forgetting that her mother was extremely dangerous at this moment and could be easily killed with a casual wave of her hand.

"Princess Longyao has become a corpse demon! You all stay away!"

Ye Wujiang roared and threw a punch, colliding with the claws of Princess Long Yao, who had become a corpse demon.

But the result of the collision was that Ye Wujiang frowned, quickly withdrew his fist, and retreated dozens of meters, shaking his numb arm with a solemn expression.

Chu Xiu was dumbfounded. Ye Wujiang, who was at the Great Perfection of the Qiankun Realm, had actually lost in his first direct confrontation with this Corpse Demon.

"Damn it, this corpse demon is too tough..."

Ye Wujiang waved his hand, and an ancient-grade spear suddenly appeared. He grabbed it, stomped his foot, and thrust it towards the Corpse Demon.

"Mother! Mother! Mother..."

Several hundred meters away, Chu Xiu saw that Long Xue was overwhelmed with grief and somewhat irrational. To prevent any untoward incidents, he knocked Long Xue unconscious and temporarily stored her in his storage space.

He then moved further away, using a concealment technique to hide his aura, preparing to provide assistance to Ye Wujiang, who was engaged in a fierce battle with the Corpse Demon.

Every time Ye Wujiang's attacks collided with the Corpse Demon, they stirred up a violent fluctuation of heaven and earth energy.

With Chu Xiu's current strength, if he were to rashly enter the range of their battle's aftershocks...

Let alone providing assistance to Ye Wujiang, Chu Xiu's survival is a testament to his incredible luck.

The only option now is to try to force Princess Longyao back into her coffin using a long-range attack, temporarily sealing her away, and then we can think of something else.

After pondering for a while, Chu Xiu finally made up his mind and flew towards the aftershocks of the previous explosion in the secret realm.

Although Ye Wujiang saw Chu Xiu's actions during the battle and didn't understand why, he didn't say anything to stop him.

He allowed the young sect leader and son-in-law, whom he had personally chosen, to do whatever he wanted.

Chu Xiu moved to a point where the aftershocks would not seriously affect his life. He immediately focused his mind, held his breath, and used a demonic secret technique to gather the surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) to construct an energy longbow.

He then drew back the Demon God's Bow, condensing the Heaven-Slaying Arrow.

The reason he risked his own safety to come here was to use the terrifying energy generated by the explosion of the secret realm to unleash the strongest attack he could deliver so far.

After noticing the strange energy gathering on Chu Xiu's side, Ye Wujiang glanced at it briefly. But this one glance gave him a long-lost sense of impending death, a feeling that the spell Chu Xiu was casting was bringing him.

"Good boy!"

Ye Wujiang burst into disbelief and laughed out loud.

This kid was far beyond his expectations. With his cultivation at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm, he was actually able to use the energy from the explosion of the secret realm to unleash a killing move that even he, at the Great Perfection of the Qiankun Realm, found terrifying!

"Demon Yama's Prison!"

Ye Wujiang used his strongest binding technique to imprison Princess Long Yao, who had transformed into a corpse demon, in place for three breaths.

Chu Xiu seized the opportunity and fired the Heaven-Slaying Arrow that had been fully formed!

A devastating golden beam tore through the void, shattering the prison erected by Ye Wujiang, and striking Princess Longyao squarely on the forehead!

Even with such power, the Heaven-Slaying Arrow could not break through Princess Longyao's defenses; it merely stunned her and forced her to retreat.

"Brother Ye, the coffin!" Chu Xiu shouted.

Ye Wujiang immediately understood, reached out and grabbed the coffin and lid not far away, and followed Princess Longyao, who had been forcibly taken away by the Heaven-Slaying Arrow.

The power of the Heaven-Slaying Arrow only gradually dissipated after it had chased the target for thousands of miles.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Ye Wujiang retrieved the unconscious Princess Longyao into the coffin and then tightly closed the lid.

They then cast hundreds of different binding and sealing spells on the coffin, which temporarily calmed the corpse demon that had awakened inside and was struggling to leave the coffin.

"Phew..." Ye Wujiang let out a long sigh of relief, plopped down on the coffin, and even lay down directly on the coffin lid.

"Long Yao... Back then, we made a bet, and I reached the Great Perfection of the Qiankun Realm before you, but you reneged on the bet... Now you've reached the Qiankun Realm and above before me, but it's because you've become a Corpse Demon... Alas!"

Ye Wujiang lay on his back, staring blankly at the sky for a moment, then closed his eyes and sighed helplessly.

When Chu Xiu arrived, he saw Ye Wujiang lying motionless on the coffin with his eyes closed. He quickly went over and touched Ye Wujiang's breathing.

Ye Wujiang suddenly sat up, startling Chu Xiu.

He glanced at Chu Xiu from head to toe:

"That move just now, was it called... the Heaven-Slaying Arrow?"

"Where did you learn your demonic magic?"