The protagonist is obviously strong but very cautious

A door leading to an unknown destination has been opened in the vast world of puppets.

Upon seeing this, Zheng Tuo immediately became wary!
suddenly!

He sensed a familiar presence behind the door.

next moment.

The Dark Evil Emperor descended upon the Puppet World.

"Lord of the Immortal Slayer City, we meet again."

Upon seeing Zheng Tuo, the Immortal Slayer, the Dark Evil Emperor's previously depressed mood completely lifted.

Instead of succeeding in targeting the demon race, they enabled the demon race to achieve unification and establish the Demon Court, truly shooting themselves in the foot.

I never expected this.

Good news has come from the Puppet World: the Lord of the Immortal Slayer City has actually ventured into the Puppet World alone.

The Dark Emperor, along with the members of the Dark Temple, descended upon the Puppet World.

In the blink of an eye, Zheng Tuo was at a disadvantage.

The Dark Temple's overall combat strength is not weak, not to mention the Dark Evil Emperor, a powerful figure at the third level of the Breakthrough Realm.

For a moment, Zheng Tuo was surrounded and had no way to escape.

"Lord of the Immortal-Slaying City, your luck is really bad!"

The Dark Evil Emperor looked at Zheng Tuo, the Immortal Slayer, but did not rush to make a move.

"Lord of the Immortal Slayer City, I truly admire you. At such a young age, you possess such combat power and have even established a top-tier Immortal Court. Impressive, truly remarkable."

Looking at the Dark Evil Emperor who had praised him, Zheng Tuo was puzzled.

Logically speaking, the Dark Evil Emperor had just suffered a great loss at the Demon Court. Not only did he fail to suppress the demon race, but he also lost a fourth-order divine array and offended the entire demon race.

Under such circumstances, the Dark Evil Emperor should have attacked him directly, seeing him suppressed here, or even killed him. Since he did not do so, could it be that he has secretly set up an array, and that is why he is delaying time at this moment?
With a thought, he scanned his surroundings but did not sense any fluctuations from the formation.

Simultaneously.

He saw Blackhorn, who was in charge of the formation in the Dark Temple, among the crowd.

Obviously.

The Dark Emperor did not secretly set up any formations.

“Dark Emperor, just say what you want to say directly, no need to beat around the bush.”

"readily."

The Dark Emperor smiled.

"Lord of the Immortal-Slaying City, you should know that there is no real deep-seated hatred between us. Don't you agree with what I'm saying?"

These words were spoken.

Zheng Tuo immediately understood what the Dark Evil Emperor was going to do.

"Dark Emperor, judging from your words, do you perhaps wish to cooperate with me?"

"Hahaha... I knew you were smart."

The Dark Emperor's words revealed his thoughts, proving that Zheng Tuo's deduction was correct; the Dark Emperor actually wanted to cooperate with him.

Zheng Tuo looked at the Dark Evil Emperor and thought that this guy was really good at changing his tune depending on the situation.

When he was able to suppress me, he attacked relentlessly, wanting nothing more than to kill me.

Now that they possess the Demon Court and are powerful themselves, they want to cooperate with them.

No wonder the Dark Emperor has lived so long; with a personality like that, it's hard for him not to live a long life.

"You want to cooperate with me? Tell me, why should I cooperate with you?"

Zheng Tuo was not in a hurry.

His decision to come was not made rashly, but rather he was well-prepared.

“Fellow Daoist Slayer, I know what you want.”

“You know what I want, tell me, what do I want?”

"You want to unify the primordial immortal realm, am I right?"

Zheng Tu remained silent.

He never thought about unifying the original immortal realm.

"If you want to unify the Primordial Immortal Realm, I can help you do it, but you have to do me a favor."

"What kind of help?"

"I can't tell you. With your current strength, it would be useless to tell you. I will tell you when you are strong enough."

The mysterious demeanor of the Dark Evil Emperor piqued Zheng Tuo's curiosity.

Is this guy lying, or is he telling the truth?

“You’re wrong,” Zheng Tuo said.

"I was wrong?"

“That’s right, you were wrong from the beginning. I never thought of unifying the original immortal realm.”

"If you don't want to unify the Primordial Immortal Realm, then why did you establish the Immortal Court? Wasn't the purpose of establishing the Immortal Court to unify the Primordial Immortal Realm?"

The Dark Emperor was puzzled by his misjudgment.

"I said you were wrong, and that's it."

"Okay, I admit my mistake. So, I can help you with whatever you want. As long as you're willing to help me, I won't become your rival."

The Dark Emperor spread his arms wide, appearing incredibly generous.

"I don't need to tell you what I need. And since you want to cooperate with me, let me leave. I'll come back to you once I've thought things through."

Zheng Tuo stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly.

"No, no, no, I've finally managed to trap you here, I can't let you leave."

"Are you sure you've trapped me here?" Zheng Tuo asked doubtfully.

"Of course, don't be fooled by the fact that this place is the Puppet World. In reality, there is only one exit leading to the Primordial Immortal Realm, and that exit has been suppressed by me with the Dark Temple. Unless you are willing to traverse the Black Void, you will not be able to leave."

Crossing the Black Void!
The black void has no boundaries.

Even beings at the level of Wall Breakers dare not linger in the Black Void for long, for they would lose their way and completely sever their connection with the Primordial Immortal Realm.

In the Black Void, the Wallbreaker cannot replenish its power, and ultimately, the Wallbreaker will die in the Black Void due to insufficient power.

Zheng Tuo doesn't have any coordinates right now and doesn't want to wander in the dark void.

"Dark Emperor, you want to cooperate with me, yet you surround me now and intend to kill me. I don't understand you. What do you really want?"

What do I want?

Upon hearing these words, the Dark Emperor was awakened to some ancient memory.

His eyes were filled with rage, like a lion that had been provoked.

But soon, the Dark Emperor returned to calm.

"You don't need to know what I want."

"Hatred?"

Zheng Tuo's words immediately alerted the Dark Evil Emperor!
What do you know?

"I know what I should know, or rather, I know what you don't want me to know."

The Dark Emperor fell silent as he gazed at Zheng Tuo.

After a while.

"You little rascal, trying to trick me with such a low-level trick at a time like this. Too bad, too bad, I saw through it. You know nothing."

“You’re right. I didn’t know anything just now, but now I know that something happened to you. That thing planted the seeds of hatred. You want me to help you take revenge because you saw my potential, but I’m not strong enough. So you want to cooperate with me and help you take revenge when I’m strong enough. Is that what I’m deducing?”

silence.

The Dark Emperor fell silent.

No one knew whether Zheng Tuo was right or wrong, but judging from the Dark Emperor's silence, it seemed that Zheng Tuo had hit the nail on the head.

"The Primordial Immortal Realm has never lacked geniuses and prodigies. Dark Evil Emperor, you must have seen many geniuses and prodigies as well. Yet you chose me. Based on my understanding of my own cultivation, your enemy is very strong, extremely strong. Could it be that he has reached the ninth level of the Breakthrough Realm?"

Zheng Tuo said this intentionally or unintentionally.

The Dark Emperor, who was not far away, was all smiles.

"Lord of the Immortal-Slaying City, please continue your deduction. I find it very interesting."

Obviously.

The Dark Emperor will not reveal any information.

For him now, there is still room for reconciliation between his Dark Temple and the Celestial Court. After all, the two major powers have not yet truly gone to war.

Unlike the Sword Sect and the Undying Mountain, which had fought a great battle and suffered heavy losses on both sides, and had become sworn enemies.

His Dark Temple and the Celestial Court were not in direct conflict in essence.

The reason why the two forces are now hostile is entirely due to his grudge against the Lord of the Immortal-Slaying City.

If the feud between the two can be resolved, the Dark Temple will naturally be safe and sound.

“Dark Emperor, it’s not impossible for you to cooperate with me.”

"how do I say this."

“It’s simple. As long as your Dark Temple takes action and destroys the Undying Mountain, I will agree to cooperate with you. What do you say?”

Such words were nothing but a joke to the Dark Emperor.

"What nonsense are you spouting, Lord of the Immortal Slayer City? If my Dark Temple were to attack the Undying Mountain, I'm afraid your Celestial Court would come and take advantage of the situation. Wouldn't that be you getting the benefit?"

"Now that things have come to this, it seems that you, Dark Emperor, do not wish to cooperate with me."

These words immediately created an extremely tense atmosphere.

The two sides could clash at any time, and given their current strength, Zheng Tuo is clearly at a disadvantage.

But the Dark Emperor did not rush to make a move.

In the eyes of the Dark Emperor, the current situation is beyond his control.

The current situation is too sudden, all because of the inner demons of the Puppet God.

He couldn't tell whether the current situation was a trap or not.

It's better to be safe than sorry. The Dark Evil Emperor has survived to this day entirely because he has been extremely cautious.

well.

After confirming that this was not a trap, the Dark Emperor immediately attacked Zheng Tuo's location.

The two had faced off before, with no clear winner.

Now, upon colliding again, the spatial barrier of the Puppet World was torn apart in an instant.

The Black Void was shrouded in darkness.

Zheng Tuo and the Dark Evil Emperor clashed head-on.

Clang!

Zheng Tuo's Dao Fist clashed with the Dark Evil Emperor's Evil Emperor Battle Blade.

After the powerful collision and subsequent separation, the Dark Evil Emperor was startled!
It hasn't been long since the last battle on the Ancient Road to Ascension.

The fact that this guy, Shi Xian, had improved so much was truly astonishing to him.

If he continues to cultivate at this pace, this guy, Shi Xian, is probably not far from breaking through to the second level of the Breaker Realm.

The world's number one prodigy is truly exceptional; his cultivation talent is so powerful that it's simply enviable.

well.

The Dark Emperor has his own judgment.

He used the Dark Temple to freeze this space, preventing the Immortal Slayer City Lord from opening his own Great World.

in contrast.

He can open his own vast world, and with the power of his vast world, he will have the ability to suppress it.

I didn't suppress the demon race, but I'm lucky today. I'll suppress you, the Lord of the Immortal Slayer City, and then use your identity as the Lord of the Demon Court to control the entire Immortal Court. Wouldn't that be even easier than controlling the Demon Court?

The Dark Evil Emperor made a powerful move, attacking Zheng Tuo.

Zheng Tuo remained unfazed by this.

For him, there was only one thing that mattered most: spiritual practice.

That's right.

He knew from the moment he stepped into the world of cultivation that power was always the solution to everything.

Faced with absolute power, all schemes and tricks are nothing but paper tigers.

As long as he is strong enough, no force will dare to act recklessly in front of him.

This is the most basic and fundamental logic in the cultivation world: power is greater than everything.

Clang!

Clang!

Clang!

Fists and knives.

Dao Fist and Evil Emperor's Battle Blade.

The two sides fought fiercely, clashing and clanging, going back and forth, neither able to gain the upper hand.

Despite the intense battle, Zheng Tuo found it quite enjoyable.

That's right.

He thoroughly enjoyed the intense battle, because to him, this moment was a form of spiritual practice.

The way to cultivate Daoquan is through combat—constant combat, constantly seeking out and fighting beings stronger than oneself.

With the strength of his Dao Fist, even a second-level Breaker could not provide him with any pressure in his cultivation.

Only battles against powerful cultivators at the third level of the Breakthrough Realm could make him feel the pressure that was almost enough to destroy him.

At this very moment, amidst the fierce battle against the Dark Evil Emperor, he is methodically refining the power of Dao patterns.

He possessed a large amount of Daoist power, numbering around two hundred.

These Dao patterns primarily originate from two sources.

One is the ancient artifacts in the Immortal Palace of Immortality.

As he left his mark on those ancient beings, he quietly refined their power.

Since they are all Dao patterns from the first level of the Breakthrough Realm, refining them is not difficult.

Then there are the remains left by those ancient relics who were killed.

The three—the fluffy creature, the giant dragon, and the god-slayer—are teaming up and methodically devouring one great world after another.

In those great worlds, there are not only various spirit stones, spirit iron, magic treasures, and spirit plants, but also various powerful Dao patterns.

He collected all these Daoist runes and incorporated them into his Daoist Fist.

All told, he still has nearly two hundred kinds of Dao rune power.

If one can integrate the power of these two hundred Dao patterns into one's own Dao Fist, one should be able to raise one's realm to around the third level of the Breaker Realm.

In his current calculations, the power of one hundred Dao patterns can help him advance his cultivation by one level.

The battle between the Immortal Slayer Zheng Tuo and the Dark Evil Emperor was a fierce and seemingly endless struggle.

Simultaneously.

Under the guidance of Buddha Zheng Tuo, the five divine bodies controlled by Zheng Tuo battled the inner demon of the puppet god.

The Puppet God's inner demons were clearly no match for him.

Under these circumstances, the Dark Temple finally made its move and attacked.

Black Lotus Saint Mother and Black Forest are two beings at the second level of the Wall Breaker realm.

Black Abyss, Scorpion God, King of Ten Thousand Poisons, God of Curse, God of Plague—five powerful figures—faced off against five divine bodies, and the great battle between the two sides immediately began.

In contrast, the Puppet God, the Heart Demon, controls thousands of puppets to assist the five in their battle.

A battle far more brutal than Zheng Tuo's fight against the Dark Evil Emperor is raging on.

Faced with such an attack, among the five divine bodies, only the Buddha Zheng Tuo and the Thunder Emperor's divine body were able to withstand the combined assault.

The Golden Emperor's Divine Body, the Ice Emperor's Divine Body, and the Flame Emperor's Divine Body, though still fierce, were suppressed by the enemy's superior numbers.

Under such circumstances.

The Buddha Zheng Tuo chanted the Buddha's name.

"Amitabha Buddha, the many bullied the few, luckily I was prepared."

He raised his hand and waved it.

Swipe!

Two more powerful individuals have joined the fray.

Upon closer inspection, the two were none other than Jian Shisan and Ye Xian from the Sword Sect. (End of Chapter)