Eternal madness

Chapter 212 Deceives the Soul Emperor
Burial Sky Mountains

This place is located in the northwest region of Zhongzhou. People in Zhongzhou may be unfamiliar with this area now, but for some elders among the ancient races, it is still a well-known place. This is because it was the site of the war between the Soul Clan and the Xiao Clan. That great battle once made Zhongzhou tremble.

The Soul Clan chose this location simply to annoy Xiao Li. Xiao Li learned from Xiao Kong that the Xiao Clan and the Soul Clan had fought countless battles, large and small.

The battle in the Burial Sky Mountains was extremely fierce, and the Xiao Clan ultimately won a pyrrhic victory. It was precisely because the Burial Sky Mountains won that the Xiao Clan underestimated the Soul Clan. As a result, when the entire clan mobilized to help Xiao Xuan break through to the Dou Di realm in the Heavenly Tomb, they were caught off guard by the Soul Clan's true power.

Deep within the Burial Sky Mountains lies an ancient battlefield. The battlefield is extremely vast and is usually teeming with magical beasts, making it a dangerous place and thus quite remote.

shhh-

Two figures arrived at this ancient battlefield. Xiao Li and the Heavenly Sound Elder appeared here, while Xiao Kong was in the void not far behind them.

"Looks like we're early," Xiao Li said, looking around.

boom--

Just as Xiao Li finished speaking, the sky seemed to shatter, splitting open a huge crack, and then nine figures quickly darted out from the crack.

Boom boom boom——

Nine figures appeared, each with a different build, but they all shared one thing in common: they wore black robes and exuded an eerie aura.

"Hmm? Is that guy?" Xiao Li recognized a familiar face: Demon Flame Heavenly Venerable, the Sixth Heavenly Venerable of the Soul Palace.

There are exactly nine people here, so these must be the nine Heavenly Venerables of the Soul Palace.

Xiao Li's gaze swept across the scene, and at the head of the group was a hunched figure that looked like a skeleton. He was dressed in a black robe, and his aged face appeared extremely withered. His eyes were sunken, and two ghostly flames flickered in his eye sockets, giving off a slightly eerie feeling.

"This must be the Grand Celestial Venerable of the Soul Palace, a Dou Sheng powerhouse."

At this moment, Elder Tianyin's face was solemn, because he sensed that this Great Celestial Venerable's cultivation was a notch higher than his own, and he should be a late-stage One-Star Dou Sheng! However, he was surrounded by murderous aura, clearly a ruthless character.

The Soul Palace Celestial Venerables opposite stood in two rows, with the Great Celestial Venerable in the middle. The nine of them bowed and proclaimed in unison towards the crack in the sky:

"Welcome to the palace master!"

"Welcome, Lord of the Palace!!!"

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An extremely powerful aura emanated from the crack!
A figure in black robes slowly descended from the crack. This person looked like an ordinary middle-aged man with no outstanding features on his face. At first glance, he looked just like an ordinary person. His hands, which slipped out of his sleeves, were only slightly rough.

However, it was this seemingly ordinary figure that made Xiao Li pause suddenly, feeling an unprecedented sense of danger sweep over his entire body.

Soul Palace Master, Soul Destroys Life!

In that distant era, this Lord of the Soul Palace once massacred dozens of sects in a single night. That night, blood flowed like rivers, and corpses littered the fields. Five peak experts with the strength of two-star Dou Sheng perished in his hands.

That night, the Soul Palace Master gained a bad reputation and made the Soul Palace the undisputed overlord of Zhongzhou. Even Danta did not dare to confront him easily!
Hun Miesheng looked Xiao Li up and down, and said indifferently, "I didn't expect that the fallen Xiao Clan could still produce a clansman like you, and even grow up under the nose of the Soul Palace. It is the Soul Palace's dereliction of duty." Hun Miesheng landed slowly. In his eyes, Xiao Li's existence was dispensable, because he had already received some news that the ancient clan had already gotten ahead of the Xiao Clan's Ancient Emperor Jade.

With a wave of his hand, Hun Miesheng erected a courtyard on the land, with tables and chairs set up inside. Hun Miesheng was the first to sit down inside.

Xiao Li raised an eyebrow and followed him into the courtyard.

"Speak, tell me the specifics of the ancient jade. My time is precious, don't waste it." Hun Miesheng rested his head on one hand, looking completely uninterested.

"Lord of the Soul Palace, is it you who wants to know the whereabouts of the Ancient Jade, or is it the person behind you who wants to know the whereabouts of the Ancient Jade?" Xiao Li said with a smile.

"Hehe, you've got some nerve. You don't want to see me, do you? Well then, I'll grant your wish."

Suddenly, a jade piece floated out from Hun Miesheng's body, and then a figure was projected onto the jade piece. It was a young man dressed in gray and white clothes, who looked to be about thirty years old, with a slender figure and handsome face.

He had a pair of exceptionally bright eyes, as if they could see right through people's hearts. His first impression was one of refinement; if he were holding a book, he would probably look no different from a scholar.

"Hehe, little fellow of the Xiao clan, I am the Soul Emperor. You must already know of my existence from Xiao Xuan, right? Hmph, your face is quite interesting; it really looks like Xiao Xuan's."

"I'd actually like to peel off your face and keep it as a keepsake, but alas, you are not Xiao Xuan after all. Although you look alike, you lack Xiao Xuan's overwhelming aura. What a pity."

The Soul Emperor's soul projection looked at Xiao Li in front of him and spoke slowly. His voice was gentle, giving people a feeling of being bathed in a spring breeze, but Xiao Li was already drenched in sweat.

The true big boss of the Dou Qi Continent, the Soul Emperor, was right in front of him. Although it was only a soul projection, it was still very intimidating.

Xiao Li swallowed hard. The person in front of him could really kill him with a single glance. He felt like he had been too arrogant. He had originally just been trying to bluff whether Soul Extinction had brought anyone with him, but it turned out he had brought a big boss. Xiao Li really wanted to slap his own mouth. Why did he have to be so presumptuous and talk so much!
"Hmph, you must be the patriarch of the Soul Clan, the Soul Emperor, right? You're the one who wants to collect the Ancient Emperor Jade, aren't you?" Xiao Li couldn't back down now that he'd already put on a show of bravado.

"So what if they are? It's not just me. Don't the other races want to collect the Ancient Emperor Jade? Doesn't Gu Yuan want to? They're just a bunch of hypocrites. I disdain playing their games." Soul Emperor sneered.

“That’s true. The ancient races are such hypocrites. I wonder how much benefit you gained when my race fought against your Soul Race a thousand years ago and was defeated?” Xiao Li said slowly.

Soul Extinction, the Great Celestial Venerable, the Heavenly Sound Elder, and Xiao Kong in the void all looked at Xiao Li with shocked expressions.

The Soul Emperor raised an eyebrow: "Heh, you are indeed different from others. Our advantage? That is to defeat the Soul Clan's most powerful rival, the Xiao Clan! To make that madman Xiao Xuan eternally silent, only able to eke out a living in that wretched place, the Heavenly Tomb."

Xiao Li smiled slightly: "Our Xiao Clan is the Soul Clan's greatest rival? Aren't the Ancient Clan the same?"

Soul Emperor: "Ancient Clan? The withered bones in the tomb are of little use. Gu Yuan is a worthy opponent, but no match for me. Alright, I'm in a good mood today, so I'm saying all this. Don't try any tricks in front of me. Tell me, where is the Ancient Jade?"

Xiao Li smiled slightly: "The ancient jade is on Gu Yuan's person; I gave it to him personally."

The members of the Soul Palace raised an eyebrow but said nothing; they would simply wait for their clan leader's instructions.

The Soul Emperor re-examined Xiao Li: "Give it to Gu Yuan? Hmph, I think I know what you're planning. You want to let the two fight while you reap the benefits, is that how you put the ancient jade on Gu Yuan for safety?"

Xiao Li shook his head: "No, no, no, I don't think Gu Yuan is your match. I have seen both of you supreme experts. If I had to choose between the two of you, I would definitely choose you."

(End of this chapter)