Chapter 162: The Grand Assembly Approaches, Human Factions Make Their Move

"By the way, have you found that kid Ye Fan? With that black-hearted fellow around, our chances would be much greater, wouldn't they?" the Black Emperor suddenly asked.

Duan De shook his head and said, "I've searched many places, but there's no news of him!"

"Do you think if that senior were still around, and he made a move, would the Primordial race still dare to be so arrogant?" the Black Emperor said with a sigh of emotion.

"It's useless. Haven't you noticed? Unless someone provokes him, that senior rarely makes a move," Duan De said helplessly.

"But this is a great calamity for the human race! It concerns the future of the human race. How can he bear to just turn a blind eye?" the Black Emperor shouted somewhat agitatedly.

Duan De rolled his eyes and retorted irritably, "If you're so capable, why don't you go find them and ask him to intervene!"

"But didn't we already go look? They've already left, and nobody knows where. Alas!" the Black Emperor said dejectedly.

As it turned out, the two had indeed visited the Chen residence in Yandu before, hoping to trick someone out to confront the Primordial race. Unfortunately, they didn't run into Ye Fan; otherwise, they would have known that Chen Xing and the others had gone to the Ancient Forbidden Land.

As for whether they would have had the courage to enter, that was hard to say.

The Black Emperor had even thought about using food to lure the two little ones out and take them straight to the Jade Pond Sacred Land!

They knew how much Chen Xing cherished the two little girls. If the Primordial race dared to provoke them, there would be a good show to watch.

As for whether the two of them would have their skin stripped off by Chen Xing! They didn't worry too much about that. Based on their past experiences dealing with Chen Xing multiple times, as long as the two little ones were unharmed, the worst they would suffer was a severe beating.

The Black Emperor had even boasted that if Chen Xing really came to cause trouble, it would take the beating upon itself as a dog! It certainly couldn't shame Emperor Wu Shi.

As for its relationship with Wu Shi, Ye Fan and Duan De had figured it out many years ago. Who told this fellow's eyes to light up whenever Wu Shi was mentioned? Any fool could guess it.

"I just hope nothing goes wrong for the human race this time. If the human race is completely overshadowed by the Primordial race this time, we'll have to prepare for a bloody battle," Duan De said with some worry. Though he didn't know his own origins, he was still human after all.

Seeing that the Black Emperor remained silent, Duan De couldn't help asking, "Speaking of which, why are you, a black dog, so worried about the affairs of the human race?"

As he spoke, Duan De had already prepared himself to be bitten by the large black dog. To his surprise, the Black Emperor fell silent for a moment before speaking leisurely:

"If I told you that when I was a puppy, I almost starved to death, would you believe it?"

Duan De found it a bit inexplicable, but still replied casually, "I believe it. With a wicked fellow like you, even the heavens wouldn't want you to survive!"

"Woof! You dead priest actually dare to curse your Lord Black, I'll bite you to death!" The Black Emperor, whose expression had previously been filled with sorrow, instantly pounced on Duan De and began biting him wildly.

"Hey! You dead dog, where are you biting! Ouch! My backside! You dead dog, I'll choke you to death!"

Duan De hadn't expected the Black Emperor to suddenly fly into a rage and was caught off guard. With a sharp pain in his rear, he was already clamped in the Black Emperor's jaws.

Seething with anger, Duan De turned back, grabbed the Black Emperor's dog neck, and gritted his teeth as he exerted force.

After a long while, the two finally stopped their scuffle and lay on the ground, panting heavily.

"I'm telling you, you dead dog, are you playing for real? You bit my backside until it bled! Have you lost your mind?" Duan De complained between breaths.

The Black Emperor ignored him, waiting a moment before continuing what it had been saying earlier:

"It was the Great Emperor who scooped me up, and that was how I managed to survive. Ever since then, he taught me cultivation, and he never once treated me merely as a dog!"

Watching the Black Emperor lost in memories, Duan De quieted down, continuing to listen to its narrative. Although he and Ye Fan knew the Black Emperor had once followed Emperor Wu Shi, they truly didn't know the details.

"Pity! The Great Emperor was already old by then. He only accompanied me for a short while before telling me his lifespan was coming to an end. After sealing me in source fluid, I never saw him again."

At this point, tears welled up in the Black Emperor's eyes, looking deeply sorrowful.

Duan De silently patted the Black Emperor's back and comforted it:

"It's fine. Didn't Senior Chen Xing say so? Emperor Wu Shi is still in this world; it's just that we can't enter that place right now!"

"Right! That's why I must become an emperor soon. When that time comes, I, the Black Emperor, will go and help the Emperor annihilate the Undead Emperor! Those bastards of the Primordial royal lineage dare to deal with the human race protected by the Emperor, I'm going to undermine and destroy them! Woof woof woof! That's right! Bite them to death!" Sweeping away its previous depression, the Black Emperor barked excitedly and chaotically.

Seeing this, Duan De looked at the Black Emperor with disdain and sarcastically said, "I was wondering when a dead dog like you learned to be sentimental. Turns out it was all an act!"

Hearing this, the Black Emperor grew angry out of shame and snapped, "Dead priest, how dare you mock this Emperor, I'll bite you to death!" With that, it charged toward Duan De.

"Who's afraid of you, dead dog! If you have the guts, come catch me!" Seeing this, Duan De took to his heels and ran, taunting the Black Emperor as he fled.

"Ah! Ahhh! Woof! You fat bastard, I'll definitely bite you to death!"

"Catch me if you can!"

"You can't escape!"

"You..."

As the two ran further and further away, their direction heading precisely toward the Northern Domain, only a few indistinct sounds lingered, carried by the wind.

Meanwhile, on the barren earth of the Western Desert, an old man and a youth were setting out toward the Northern Domain! The old man was wrapped in animal skins, holding a bone club in his hand, walking with large strides.

The youth also wore a smile, gracefully following behind! Yet amidst his smile, a trace of murderous intent flashed, and he muttered to himself, "The Jade Pond Sacred Land, eh? We have arrived!"

The major powers of Beidou were also making preparations. Every faction possessing an Imperial Weapon had aimed it at the Northern Domain, ready to unleash a devastating strike at any moment!

The Ji family of the Southern Domain! The head of the Ji family, accompanied by Ji Haoyue and a group of figures who looked extremely decrepit, stepped out of the Ji family grounds.

The Jiang family of the Northern Domain! The White-clad God King Jiang Taixu stood in mid-air, looking down at the Jiang family members who had already set out. Murderous intent flickered across his face, and with a flash of his figure, he sped ahead toward the Jade Pond Sacred Land.

Immediately following! The Yaoguang Sacred Land of the Southern Domain, the Feng family of Zhongzhou, the Wanchu Sacred Land, the Zifu Sacred Land, and other human forces all poured out en masse, their target pointing directly at the Jade Pond Sacred Land in the Northern Domain.

In the starry sky above Beidou, a sickly old man stood in the void with a young girl.

The old man muttered to himself, "This time it's the Primordial race, next time it will be your turn, right? The forbidden zones? Heh! With the presence of those few individuals, do you still wish to cover the heavens with a single hand?"

With that, a dense murderous intent appeared on the old man's face, and the strength of his vital blood was terrifyingly shocking!

At this time, less than a year remained until the All-Clan Convention, and all the factions of Beidou had already set off toward the Jade Pond Sacred Land!

Yet no one noticed that a strange group was leisurely heading toward the Northern Domain. Most of them were old people, their bodies exuding an air of deep senescence.

Yet among the dozen or so old men and women, there was an exquisitely beautiful woman, chatting and laughing merrily with a white-haired old man!

This group looked completely ordinary. Even if a cultivator happened to pass by their path, they wouldn't be able to sense the slightest trace of cultivation from them.

"Alas! How many years has it been since we've seen such beautiful scenery, isn't that right, junior sister?" a white-haired, white-bearded old man dressed in Daoist robes sighed emotionally to an old woman beside him.

"Hmph! All of this is thanks to that Wang Tianhe!" the old woman said bitterly.

Hearing this, the white-haired old man smiled bitterly and said helplessly, "Alright, junior sister! What's the use when the person is already dead?"

"Tianxuanzi, if you hadn't listened to that fellow's slander back then, would the Tianxuan Sect have been destroyed? Would we have been trapped for six thousand years? Would Wu'er have served as an ancient slave for all those years? Would my grandson... would my grandson have gone mad? You must take responsibility for all of this. I want to see how you will account to Master and the others when you reach the underworld in the future!"

Hearing the old man's words, the old woman grew furious and lashed out.

At that moment, as if hearing someone call her name, the only exquisitely beautiful woman in the crowd turned her head, looked at the old woman with curiosity, and asked in a gentle voice, "Master, did you call me?"

This group was none of others than the members of the Tianxuan Sect who had just emerged from the Ancient Forbidden Land, and the woman was none other than the Tianxuan Saintess Mo Xiaowu, whose seal had just been lifted by Chu Ningdie, reuniting her with her sect members!