Soul Town: Claiming the throne? You've asked my Tian Ce Army, haven't you?

By the time he arrived, it was already a day later. Before he even stepped into Tianluo Abyss, he saw the smoke of gunpowder billowing over Qianji City in the distance.

"This is……"

Looking at the gruesome scene of corpses scattered throughout Tianluo Abyss, Jiang Ciyou hurriedly clutched her chest, a sense of unease welling up inside her.

None of the corpses were intact, attracting many wild animals. Some had their heads bursting open, while others had their intestines torn out of their stomachs by wild beasts...

Li Moxuan silently bypassed the corpses and hurried towards Qianji City; he had no time to worry about them now…

"Wait for me……"

Jiang Ciyou hurriedly followed, and when they arrived at the city gate, they stopped. They saw that the city wall was covered with corpses.

Flames roared atop the city gate, and the faint aroma of roasting meat wafted through the air…

Before the city gate, Tang Wusheng, disheveled and kneeling, was pierced by dozens of sharp swords from behind, while he held Mo Lan's corpse in his arms...

"how so?"

Jiang Ciyou was stunned. Wasn't it said that there was a seventh-level immortal being in charge? Even if they couldn't win, wouldn't they have no chance to escape?

Seeing this, Li Moxuan clenched his fists. Noticing that he was not in a good mood, Li Shimin comforted him, "Don't think too much about it. This is not something you can interfere with!"

"That swordsman has now entered the realm of immortality and inherited the divine status of the Sword God. Strictly speaking, he is no longer someone that the people of the Great Thousand God Realm can deal with!"

"Even I would have a hard time beating him without breaking the rules, and I might even lose your life if I'm not careful..."

"Besides, this is a feud between him and the Tang Clan. It's a dog-eat-dog world, that's their fate. It has nothing to do with you, so don't take it too seriously..."

"I know……"

Li Moxuan took a deep breath and suddenly asked, "Emperor Taizong, how long do you think I can stay here?"

Why are you asking this?

"I've made up my mind. I'll stay as long as I can. I need to become stronger quickly so that I can protect the people around me when I go back!"

Li Moxuan's gaze swept over Tang Wusheng and Mo Lan in his arms, "I will not let such a tragedy repeat itself on myself..."

What a pleasant surprise!

Li Shimin never expected that this encounter would actually spur Li Moxuan to become stronger. "Don't worry, you can stay here for a few more years. I just hope you won't miss home then..."

"No, it won't happen..."

Li Moxuan calmed himself down, turned around and said to Jiang Ciyou behind him, "Ciyou, can you do me a favor?"

Jiang Ciyou was stunned for a moment. This was the first time she had heard Li Moxuan address her like that; he had always called her Hall Master Jiang before…

"You go first..."

"Keep an eye on Sister Lan and Sect Leader Tang, make sure the wild animals in the forest don't target them..."

"no problem!"

Even if Li Moxuan hadn't said anything, she would have done it anyway, since she had a good relationship with Molan before, and she was also "indeed" that the location of Qianji City was exposed.

"how about you?"

"I'm going inside to take a look. You stay here and don't move..."

Li Moxuan drew the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword. He was going to find Tang Xiaoxiao, but he wasn't sure about the situation in Thousand Machine City...

"Then be careful..."

Jiang Ciyou gave a word of advice, then came to her senses and felt a little strange. She was clearly at a higher level of divine power, so why was she being left behind?

She looked up, but Li Moxuan had already disappeared from her sight...

Here in Thousand Machine City, the scene was even more horrific. There were many heads and headless corpses with terrified expressions on the ground, and vultures stood on their heads, tearing at them wantonly.

The entire Thousand Machine City resembled a blood-red inferno, with mutilated corpses lying everywhere, and even the fountains were stained red with blood...

Li Moxuan searched the city amidst the strong stench of blood, and during his search, he found several terrified teenagers sitting on the ground in a daze. Jian Wushuang let them go...

Searching like this isn't going to work. Sister Lan will definitely put Tang Xiaoxiao in a safe place. Li Moxuan closed his eyes and began to use the power of the Xihe Divine Pearl to scan the entire Thousand Machine City.

He soon discovered a secret passage beneath Thousand Machines City that led directly outside the city, with the entrance located in the Wanji Hall of the Tang Clan Master.

Li Moxuan used spatial jump to arrive at the Wanji Palace. The entire palace had been cleaved in two by a single sword strike, and half of it had collapsed...

No, there seems to be a faint breath coming from below...

With a wave of his hand, Li Moxuan moved away the large pebbles and pieces of wood. Only when he stepped forward did he discover that the person buried there was Tang Wunian, who was on the verge of death.

Tang Wunian had not awakened his guardian spirit before, but Li Moxuan could now sense the aura of the guardian spirit within him. Perhaps that's why he's still alive?

After pulling him out of the rubble, Li Moxuan noticed that his right leg was covered in blood and debris.

Judging from his current condition, he's most likely lost too much blood, which means he's awakened his guardian spirit; otherwise, he might have died long ago...

Li Moxuan did not leave Tang Wunian behind, but instead used spatial jump to bring him to Jiang Ciyou.

At this moment, Jiang Ciyou was trying to pull the sword out of Tang Wusheng's body when he was startled to see Tang Wusheng suddenly jump out from behind him. He then noticed Tang Wunian, whom Tang Wusheng was holding.

"Save him..."

After leaving Tang Wunian in front of Jiang Ciyou, Li Moxuan returned to Wanji Palace. After some searching, he successfully found the entrance to the secret passage.

Stepping into the secret passage, Li Moxuan arrived at the back mountain. Near the exit of the passage, he found many more corpses that had been killed with a single sword strike, and a pool of blood appeared on the ground.

The clothing on these corpses was unusual. Li Moxuan remembered them; Tang Tiannan had once told him that these were assassins trained by the Tang Clan to protect the sect leader.

Since they didn't go to protect Tang Wusheng, they were probably sent by Mo Lan to escape with Tang Xiaoxiao through the secret passage. But judging from the current situation, they didn't escape...

Li Moxuan's heart tightened. Could Tang Xiaoxiao be alright? If she really was the future Iron Soldier, she wouldn't go so far as to harm a newborn child...

Following the trail of blood and corpses, Li Moxuan arrived at a small house by the river, where the sound of a baby crying could be heard.

Could it be Tang Xiaoxiao?

Li Moxuan stepped into the house with his sword in hand. What came into view was an old man wearing a white Taoist robe and with long white hair.

On the table in front of him lay a baby in swaddling clothes, crying as if from hunger...

Seeing Li Moxuan walk in, the old man sitting cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed) glanced at him, then his gaze fell on the child on the table. "You've come to take this child away, haven't you?"

Chapter 351: Taking her away from the Great Thousand Divine Realm

Li Moxuan didn't rush to answer. He first sensed the old man's aura. There was no aura; he was as calm as a stagnant pool, like an ordinary person...

Nevertheless, he remained vigilant and cautiously approached the baby, where a delicate jade pendant lay nestled in the infant's arms.

Li Moxuan recognized it as a talisman Tang Wusheng had given to his daughter, which confirmed that the baby on the table was Tang Xiaoxiao.

He breathed a sigh of relief, at least he had kept his promise, and thanked the old man, saying, "Thank you, senior!"

The old man exuded an air of otherworldly grace. Li Moxuan didn't think he was an ordinary person; perhaps it was because he was stronger than him that he was able to conceal his aura.

Seeing that the old man seemed to have no ill intentions, Li Moxuan sheathed his sword and took out a bag of spirit coins, placing it on the table.

"Consider these as a token of my gratitude. They may not meet your standards, senior, but I don't have anything else of value to offer!"

"If you feel it's not enough, senior, you can find me in Thousand Machine City. I have other matters to attend to now, so I must take my leave..."

After saying that, Li Moxuan carried Tang Xiaoxiao out of the house, intending to take her back to Qianji City.

Li Moxuan had only taken a few steps out of the house when she felt her hands were wet. She was stunned for a moment. Could it be that she had wet herself after crying for so long?

Li Moxuan checked and found it to be true. In addition, he also found a letter next to Tang Xiaoxiao...

He opened the note, on which was written Mo Lan's message to him: "Ling Yan, I know you will definitely find Xiao Xiao and see this!"

"And by the time you see this, the Tang Clan will likely have already fallen, and I may no longer be able to protect Xiaoxiao..."

"If what I say is true, I hope you can take Xiaoxiao away from the Great Thousand God Realm. The Tang Clan has enemies all over the Great Thousand God Realm, and she is the daughter of the Tang Clan's leader..."

"Many people in the Tang Clan know her. Once the clan falls, those people will be sought after for revenge and will definitely use this information to save their lives. Xiaoxiao might be assassinated..."

"You are not a member of the Tang Clan, and you usually act chivalrously. You have no enemies and will be sought after by others. So take Xiaoxiao and make her disappear from the Great Thousand God Realm!"

"When she grows up, please don't tell her anything about us. Don't let her live in hatred. Please..."

The envelope turned to ashes in Li Moxuan's hand. After a moment of silence, he seemed to understand everything, shattered space, and stepped into the Great Thousand Human Realm.

Just after he left, the white-haired old man came out of the house, holding the waist token that Li Moxuan had unintentionally dropped, and glanced back at the spirit coins left on the table.

"interesting……"

On the other hand, after Li Moxuan entered the Great Thousand Human Realm, he bought Tang Xiaoxiao new clothes and diapers, and also bought her a sufficient amount of suitable milk powder.

That means he had experience taking care of children; otherwise, if he had asked the shop assistant about these things, he would probably have been mistaken for a child trafficker...

After booking a hotel room, Li Moxuan spent some time giving Tang Xiaoxiao a bath, changing her diapers and clothes, and feeding her formula before finally coaxing her to sleep.

After finishing everything, Li Moxuan was exhausted and lay down on the bed. "Cao Yanbing, consider this what you owe your godfather..."

After resting for a while, Li Moxuan left the hotel with the sleeping Tang Xiaoxiao and stepped back into the Great Thousand God Realm, then shattered the space again.

However, this time the other side of the space was not the Great Thousand Human Realm, but the Wasteland of the Desolate God. As he expected, he could still step into the Wasteland of the Desolate God.

The Wasteland of the Desolate Gods is now in ruins. Li Moxuan felt that he could revive this world with a single thought, but he did not do so. Instead, he shattered space once again.

This time, the other side of the space is the long-awaited underworld...

Li Moxuan used the divine power of the Xihe Divine Pearl to control Tang Xiaoxiao, who was suspended beside him. He tried to reach out his hand, but as soon as he touched the boundary of space, he felt a powerful electric current surge into his body.

He was startled and tried to pull his hand back, but it was as if he was being sucked in; no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull it back, and the divine power within his body seemed to be annihilating...

Fortunately, Li Shimin intervened in time, and a purple divine power enveloped his entire hand along his arm, allowing him to pull his hand back.

"Are you out of your mind, kid?"

Seeing that he was unharmed, Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. "This is divine punishment lightning, specifically designed to prevent people from the Great Thousand Worlds from descending to the mortal realm!"

"If I hadn't been here, you probably would have been electrocuted into a pile of charcoal!"

After a short while, the numbness in Li Moxuan's body finally disappeared. "Then why didn't you stop me, Emperor Taizong?"

He didn't just suddenly reach out; he only dared to try because Li Shimin didn't stop him...

Li Shimin said irritably, "I'm very busy. If I have to keep an eye on you all the time, wouldn't I be exhausted?"

Of course, this was just his excuse, but Li Moxuan didn't know that. He got straight to the point, "Emperor Taizong, with your strength, could you let me go there for a while?"

"no!"