Enduring humiliation for three years, seizing the elixir, the treasure, and the holy maiden.

Su Chen took a sip of tea.

"It was just a small favor."

"However..."

Su Chen put down his teacup.

"Then Qinglin will probably hate me even more now."

"What you say is true, young master."

Yue Li nodded, then seemed to remember something else.

"Oh, right."

"Since you're idling here, young master..."

"I do know an interesting story."

Su Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Tell me about it."

Yue Li leaned forward a little.

"Have you ever heard of the Ruins of Return, young master?"

"The Abyss of Return to Nothingness?"

Su Chen shook his head.

"That is a legendary secret realm for my demon race."

Yue Li lowered her voice.

"It is said that at the deepest part of that abyss lies the legacy of an ancient demon emperor."

The ancient demon emperor.

inherited.

Su Chen paused for a moment, holding the teacup in his hand.

An opportunity has arrived!!!

Originally, this trip to the demon clan was entirely unexpected.

It's all risk and no benefit.

But I never expected to encounter such an opportunity.

When will this Ruins of Return open?

Su Chen tried his best to make his tone sound nonchalant.

"It's quite a coincidence."

Yue Li counted on her fingers.

"This Guixu Abyss only opens once every sixty years."

"If you do the math, it just happens to be in the next few days."

"At that time, the young prodigies of all races of my demon race will have to enter the abyss to train and compete for fortune."

"As a princess, of course I must go."

Su Chen's lips couldn't help but curl upwards.

What luck!

That's fucking good.

I had just been tied up and brought in.

Shortly after, the inheritance of this ancient demon emperor was delivered to him.

...

That Elder Qinglin was indeed cunning and shrewd.

Su Chen had just figured out the ins and outs of Guixu Abyss.

Meanwhile, Elder Qinglin went to speak with the Grand Elder.

"Elder."

"In my opinion, this time the princess will fall into the abyss."

"Why don't we send that kid along too?"

Elder Qinglin said something.

"Firstly, it would also allow him to accompany and watch over the princess, keeping her by her side at all times."

"Secondly..."

"He is a human cultivator who has ventured deep into my demon race's secret realm."

"If anything goes wrong."

"Then you can't blame anyone else."

That's what I meant.

Watertight.

Ostensibly, the plan was to have Su Chen accompany the princess and keep an eye on her.

In reality, they wanted to use the dangers within the Ruins of Guixu to kill someone else.

He schemed to eliminate Su Chen, a thorn in his side, along with the princess who protected him.

The elder stroked his beard, pondered for a long time, and then nodded.

...

"Young master."

Upon receiving the news, Yue Li rushed over.

Her jade-like foot, hidden in the hem of her skirt, almost slipped off her shoe as she ran so fast.

"Something terrible has happened!"

"Elder Qinglin, I will take you with me into the abyss."

"This is clearly..."

"Using someone else to do the dirty work?"

Su Chen took over the conversation.

Yue Li was stunned for a moment.

"Young master, you already saw through it?"

Su Chen sat up from the couch and stretched.

The perilous Guixu Abyss, and Qinglin's treacherous schemes.

Su Chen saw through it at a glance.

But he wasn't angry at all.

On the contrary, he agreed immediately.

"go."

"Why don't you go?"

Su Chen laughed heartily.

Yue Li grew anxious.

"Young Master!"

"The Guixu Abyss is extremely dangerous."

"Elder Qinglin, it's obvious you're trying to harm him."

"Why are you still..."

Before the girl could finish speaking, Su Chen smiled.

"Someone is practically offering me a chance."

"There's no reason not to go."

Su Chen said with a smile.

For Su Chen, this trip was a must-win situation.

Moreover, it's a golden opportunity for me to turn things around.

The cunning of demon cultivators is no less than that of humans.

They're all very simple.

Su Chen could figure out what the Azure Scales meant even with a fool's eyes.

He clearly wanted to kill himself in the Ruins of Guixu, leaving no one to testify against him.

Skillful!

As far as Su Chen was concerned, he had no way of investigating the fact that he had seized opportunities in the Ruins of Return and killed several demon cultivators.

Yue Li stared blankly at the man in front of her, increasingly unable to understand what Su Chen was thinking.

...

Black vines grew all over the rock walls on both sides of the rift valley.

The wind passed.

The vines rustled softly.

Su Chen stood at the mouth of the abyss and glanced down.

It was pitch black down there, and you couldn't see anything clearly.

Only a surge of demonic energy rose straight up from the bottom of the abyss.

At the mouth of the abyss, a number of young prodigies of the demon race have already gathered.

Elder Qinglin also arrived.

"The time has come!"

A fierce wind raged, and sand and gravel blotted out the sky.

A violent surge of spiritual energy rose from the depths of the abyss!

Activate the formation!

Su Chen pulled Yue Li along and stepped inside...

The next moment, a dense forest of ancient, towering trees appeared.

The tree canopy blocked out the sun, with only a few pale rays of light filtering through the gaps.

More importantly, no divine sense can detect the surroundings here.

It seemed to be some kind of formation that isolated divine sense.

It seems there's a lot more to this abyss than meets the eye.

"Young master."

Yue Li followed behind, her voice a little strained.

"This abyss is filled with the remnants of ancient ferocious beasts, as well as deadly restrictions."

"We must be extremely careful."

Su Chen nodded.

The group of demon cultivators had only traveled a short distance.

The few pro-war demon cultivators that Elder Qinglin had secretly planted came over.

The one in the lead was a burly fellow with a face full of scars and a curved horn on his forehead.

"Princess."

That one-horned demon cultivator gave a forced, insincere smile.

"There is an ancient cave ahead, which is said to hold many wonders."

"We, your servants, are willing to guide the princess."

Yue Li hesitated for a moment.

Su Chen gave him a look.

go!!!

Go see what those bastards are up to.

...

Those demon cultivators led Su Chen and Yue Li into a valley.

That valley was a dead end.

The four sides are sheer cliffs, as if cut by a knife.

There's only one path, and you can get in.

Su Chen's boots stepped on the stones at the bottom of the valley. The stones were slippery, as if they were covered with something.

Su Chen looked down.

Good guy.

That's not a stone.

It was clearly a pile of white bones.

Countless unlucky souls have fallen victim to this place.

"arrive."

The one-horned demon cultivator suddenly stopped in his tracks.

A sinister smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Princess."

"Excuse me, gentlemen, we apologize."

Before he could finish speaking...

The one-horned demon cultivator took out a black token from his pocket and threw it to the ground.

Boom!

Deep within that deadly place, a massive soul-suppressing stone tablet shattered upon impact.

The phantom of a colossal creature slowly rose from the pile of rubble.

That was the remnant soul of an ancient ferocious beast.

It has nine tails and its body is shrouded in black death energy.

Though it was only a wisp of a soul, on the verge of death.

That aura was so oppressive that Su Chen and Yue Li could hardly breathe.

"broken."

Yue Li's face turned pale.

"This is... an ancient nine-tailed soul-devouring beast!"

"They want to use this remnant soul to kill us!"

Those few pro-war demon cultivators threw down their tokens and then retreated to the valley entrance in a flash.

Each of them wore a smile that suggested they were watching a good show.

The meaning is quite clear.

They were just waiting to see Su Chen and Yue Li torn to pieces by the remnant soul of this ferocious beast.

Go back and tell Elder Qinglin to ask for credit and reward.

The remnant soul of the Nine-Tailed Soul-Devouring Beast let out a silent roar.

Nine black tails, shrouded in deathly aura, swept fiercely towards Su Chen and Yue Li.

Wherever that deathly aura passed, the white bones at the bottom of the valley crackled and turned to dust.

Yue Li gritted her teeth, about to unleash her spiritual power to stand in front of Su Chen.

Su Chen pulled her behind him.

...