Chapter 544 491: The Yin Yang Saint Master's Invitation to the Sword Immortal Dao Companions

Pei Yuhang's expression darkened. He calmly took half a step forward, shielding Ye Liyuan behind him.

"What brings you here so suddenly, Business Saintess?"

Shang Miaoyan felt Pei Yuhang's distrust. She then recalled the affection he had shown her when she approached him as Fan Xuan, and the stark contrast left a bitter taste in her mouth.

She tucked a strand of her dark hair behind her ear to hide her awkwardness and took a gilt-edged invitation card from her sleeve. It was embroidered with the insignia of the Yin Yang Sacred Land.

"Palace Master Pei, you must have heard that our Saint Master is visiting the Dao Sect."

When Pei Yuhang heard Shang Miaoyan mention the Yin Yang Saint Master instead of flirting with him in front of Liyuan, a sense of foreboding immediately washed over him.

Behind Pei Yuhang, Ye Liyuan peeked out curiously. Seeing the invitation Shang Miaoyan was handing to Pei Yuhang, she asked, "Sister Miaoyan, are you inviting us to a banquet?"

Shang Miaoyan nodded and said softly, "Our Saint Master has long heard of Palace Master Pei's peerless talent and beauty, and she specifically requested to meet him at this evening's banquet."

As she spoke, she looked at Ye Liyuan beside Pei Yuhang, hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Our Saint Master also said… she wishes to meet Fairy Ye."

Pei Yuhang's pupils contracted, and his expression instantly turned grim.

He had already mentally prepared himself for the Saint Master wanting to see him.

After all, the Skill of Concealing Celestial Secret his master, the Nameless Daoist, had used was nothing short of miraculous. However, it certainly couldn't affect someone of the Yin Yang Saint Master's caliber.

Unlike Shang Miaoyan, whose perception had been clouded, preventing her from finding him, the Saint Master had known his exact location from the very beginning. She just couldn't act on it. With the Dao Sect protecting him, she couldn't simply come and drag the runaway Cauldron Slave back to the Yin Yang Sacred Land for punishment.

So when Pei Yuhang learned that the Yin Yang Saint Master, Yin Wanqing, had arrived at the Xuanyuan Dao Sect, he knew they would have to meet sooner or later.

'But… why does that woman want to see Liyuan?'

A flicker of uncertainty crossed Pei Yuhang's eyes. Just as he was about to refuse outright...

Shang Miaoyan sent a mental transmission:

[Xiaohan, I know you don't want Ye Liyuan to see her, and I know you despise that woman...

But besides her, your Dao Sect's Taoist Lord and many other experts will be at the banquet tonight. Even if she wanted to do something to you, it would be impossible.

On the contrary, if you disrespect her this time and ignore her summons, with that woman's pettiness—even worse than mine—and her arrogant personality, I won't be able to help you if she decides to move against you in private...]

Shang Miaoyan pleaded earnestly, as if she were genuinely afraid that Pei Yuhang would disrespect the woman and cause trouble.

Pei Yuhang looked at Shang Miaoyan's normally domineering eyes, which now held a rare pleading look. After a moment of silence, he reached out and took the invitation.

Seeing Pei Yuhang accept it, Shang Miaoyan breathed a sigh of relief.

She chuckled softly. "Well then, Palace Master Pei, Sister Liyuan, I'll see you at the banquet tonight~"

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Meanwhile, in the Kunlun Mountain Secret Realm, inside the Imperial Palace of the Asura Race—which hadn't completely crumbled to dust in thirty thousand years.

The Profound Celestial Bishop, clad in a platinum-gold robe, was suspended high in the air. Below him, Chaos Qi rose from the ground, where four huge Ancient Bronze Nails—each taller than a man—were bound by Divine Iron Locks, suppressing the four cardinal directions.

A copper nail carved with an Azure Dragon stood in the eastern position. The White Tiger Copper Nail occupied the West Pole position. The Vermilion Bird Copper Nail was in the Southern Nether position, and the Black Tortoise Copper Nail guarded the North Abyss position.

And in the center of the four Divine Beast nails, there was an Ancient Bronze Mirror, half-buried in the earth's ley lines.

The Profound Celestial Bishop looked at the cracks on the Ancient Bronze Mirror, the Azure Dragon Divine Nail that had already been pulled out, and the Vermilion Bird Divine Nail that was halfway out, and fell silent.

'Why do I feel... like many people have been here?'

'Didn't the leader say no one had set foot in this place sealing the Asura Empress for ten thousand years?'

Out of respect and trust for his leader, the Profound Celestial Bishop suppressed the unease in his heart and slowly descended to the ground.

Behind him, a black-clothed man, his trusted subordinate, spoke cautiously:

"Profound Celestial Bishop, should I go test the waters first?"

Seeing the Profound Celestial Bishop's tacit approval, the black-clothed man immediately led the three successive-generation Sect Leaders with him to the Ancient Bronze Mirror that stood dozens of feet tall.

"Asura Empress Ji Shenyun, we have come to make a deal with you."

"Do you hate the Human Race? Do you yearn for freedom?"

"As long as you cooperate with us, the Chosen One, you can have everything you desire~!"

The black-clothed man spoke with passionate fervor, but his only response was dead silence.

"..."

The somewhat embarrassed black-clothed man turned back to the Profound Celestial Bishop and said, "My Lord, the leader said this Ancient Divine Mirror suppressing Ji Shenyun contains a dual Ice and Fire Hell.

Even if Ji Shenyun is a Saint in the Saint Realm, after being refined in the Ice and Fire Hell for thirty thousand years, she might have already passed away..."

Hearing this, the Profound Celestial Bishop's brow furrowed as well.

The leader had finally given him an important mission, and he had no intention of returning empty-handed.

He was silent for a moment, then decided to break the seal first and see what happened.

'If there's nothing there after the seal is broken, it just means Ji Shenyun was refined into dust long ago. It would mean we came for nothing, but it's not like we'd have lost anything.'

'In any case, I am confident. We, the Chosen One, are blessed by the Celestial Gods and endowed with great fortune. Even without the help of a Saint from the Saint Realm, we can still overturn this world and welcome the return of All Gods.'

'If we break the seal and find that Ji Shenyun is still alive, we can bring her back to the leader and report our success. That would be even better.'

'The Empress who once dominated an era is now so weak she can't even respond to the outside world. This means her condition has hit rock bottom. Once she's released, she'll be mine to control~'

'At that point, even if I carve the most debased slave seal on her, the noble Empress will likely have no choice but to be mine for the taking...'

At this thought, the Profound Celestial Bishop revealed a smile that said everything was under his control. With a grand wave of his hand, he ordered the black-clothed man to have the three Sect Leaders pull out the Divine Nails first.

"Did you hear the Bishop's command? Hurry up and pull out those three nails!"

Hearing the black-clothed man's words, the three Mahayana Stage Sect Leaders' stiff bodies trembled once. Then, like puppets, they moved before the Southern Nether Vermilion Bird Divine Nail, the North Abyss Black Tortoise Divine Nail, and the West Pole White Tiger Divine Nail.

They placed their hands on the three Divine Nails and then simultaneously unleashed the terrifying Spiritual Qi from their bodies, a power as vast as an abyss and as torrential as a flood.

BOOM—!!

The entire Secret Realm trembled like a small sailboat in a violent storm, rocked by the power unleashed by the three Mahayana Stage experts.

The black-clothed man's face turned purple from the pressure of the Spiritual Qi leaking from the Mahayana Stage Great Powers. He instantly lost his earlier bravado and scrambled to hide behind the Profound Celestial Bishop.

The Profound Celestial Bishop shot his subordinate a contemptuous glance but still opened a Spiritual Energy Shield to alleviate the pressure for him.

CRACKLE—

Gradually, the Vermilion Bird Divine Nail, which Qing Yueqiu had previously pulled out partway, was the first to be shaken.

Raging Divine Fire erupted from the Vermilion Bird Divine Nail, burning and distorting the very void as it tried to force back the third-generation Jade Pool Sect Leader who was shaking it.

However, even as the arms gripping the nail began to dissolve, the third-generation Jade Pool Sect Leader seemed to feel no pain, silently continuing to pull.

Meanwhile, the strongest of the three, the third-generation Dragon Roar Sword Sect Leader, was pulling even faster.

He fearlessly faced the Geng Metal Divine Qi released by the White Tiger Divine Nail in his hands, allowing it to cut his body to ribbons. Instead, he deployed his own Dragon Roar Sword Qi to fight back against the White Tiger.

Amid the roars of a dragon and a tiger, the third-generation Dragon Roar Sword Sect Leader could even temporarily suppress the White Tiger!

For a time, the Dragon Roar Sword Sect Leader was pulling out his nail even faster than the Vermilion Bird Divine Nail was being extracted.

CRACK—!!

With a sharp crack, just before his arms were nearly severed by the Geng Metal Sword Qi, the third-generation Dragon Roar Sword Sect Leader was the first to pull out the West Pole White Tiger Divine Nail.

Immediately after, the Southern Nether Vermilion Bird Divine Nail in the hands of the third-generation Jade Pool Sacred Land's Sect Leader was also pulled high into the air!

At this moment, the North Abyss Black Tortoise Divine Nail in the hands of the fourth-generation Martial God of Martial God Mountain was also halfway out.

Just as the Profound Celestial Bishop was preparing to wait for it all to end, the Ancient Bronze Mirror, which had been silent all this time, suddenly began to tremble!

[Yuan Tianming, you finally kept your promise for once! Thank you for sending people to break my seal~ Hahaha!!]