Jue Yi turned back around to stare at Lu Yin. At the moment, the man looked both entirely alone and completely miserable. "You knew I'd attack you?"

Lu Yin clasped his hands behind his back. "I knew that you wanted to try it, and there are very few places you could do so in the entire Fifth Mainland."

Jue Yi closed his eyes. "You are the God of Death’s heir. Kill me if you want."

At this moment, Yao Di finally woke up.

Lu Yin turned around to look at the emperor, interested to see how things would play out.

Hen Xin, Jue Yi, and the jiao all looked at Yao Di as well. The Celestial Demon was large enough to draw even the jiao’s attention.

Everything fell silent as everyone stared at Yao Di.

His consciousness returned, and his eyes opened to see the jiao.

Confusion filled Yao Di’s eyes as he stared at the massive beast, certain that there was a mistake with his vision.

The jiao stared back, raised its claws, and then let out a terrifying roar. At the same time, it released the pressure of a Progenitor, and the beast’s aura swept through the universe.

Hen Xin and Jue Yi had both been born during the Heavens Sect era, and they had met more than one Progenitor before. Such powerhouses were far from unknown to the two men. On the other hand, Yao Di was completely different, and he reflexively curled up as a Progenitor’s might swept out. None of the dignity of the emperor of the Celestial Beast Empire...