CHAPTER 549: CHAPTER 549: EMPEROR REALM STRIKES! (PLEASE FOLLOW)

That vast intent to kill shattered little Taotie, and without losing any momentum, in an instant slammed into the black-gold Taotie.

Ziran looked on in shock, scrambling to dodge.

But the black-gold Taotie was only at Tier Four Saint Realm, how could it possibly avoid a sneak attack from a Quasi-Emperor Realm Peak?

Layers of golden seals appeared across the black-gold Taotie’s surface. That murderous force blasted against the seals, but not even a single ripple appeared, like a stone sinking in the sea.

"I’m... I’m okay?" Ziran said in surprise.

Xiao Ye, controlling the black-gold Taotie, collected the shattered soul body of little Taotie into the Soul Capturing Pearl.

"Bai Mao, let you show off, now look what happened!"

he snapped.

Controlling the black-gold Taotie, he withdrew into the Zi Family ranks. His human body condensed in mid-air, holding the Soul Capturing Pearl, his eyes full of exasperation and fury.

Ziran also reverted to her human form, dressed in a purple skirt.

She asked anxiously, "How’s Bai Mao?"

"The body is completely destroyed, the soul body is shattered too," Xiao Ye said darkly.

He quickly took out a supreme treasure for soul repair and placed it inside the Soul Capturing Pearl’s soul space.

But within the soul space, Bai Mao’s shattered soul still showed no sign of recovering.

She had already reached a point of certain death, her soul body too gravely shattered—even a supreme treasure for soul repair couldn’t save her!

"Dead... dead?"

Grief welled up on Ziran’s pretty face, her beautiful eyes filled with pain.

Her body suddenly shuddered.

*Her precious disciple had been raised by her own hand. Since Huangfu Xiangling was twelve, Ziran kept her by her side—caring for her as her own daughter, fussing over even her every need. She’d shepherded her all the way to today.*

*And now, she died right in front of her eyes!*

Tears streamed down both cheeks.

"Xiao Ye, you definitely have a way to save her, don’t you?"

"Xiangling can’t die!"

"She can’t!"

Her eyes went bloodshot, unwilling to accept the truth.

Xiao Ye went silent. With both a supreme soul repair treasure and the Soul Capturing Pearl’s soul space powerless to save her, he truly had no way!

The Zi Dao couple, transformed into savage beasts, together with the ten Zi Family Elders and their spouses’ beast forms, came closer for a look, and said,

"When the soul is shattered to this degree, it’s already dead,"

"Unless there’s some way of bringing the dead back, not even someone at the Emperor Realm could save her."

"Exactly, this kid was too reckless. The battlefield isn’t a joke; how can you just enter to show off? She’s paid the price for flaunting herself."

Ziran blamed herself, saying, "It’s all because I spoiled her too much before, this is all my fault."

Zi Dao spoke up, saying, "The dead can’t come back to life. We just have to accept it."

Xiao Ye suddenly spoke, saying, "Wait, her will hasn’t faded yet—there seems to be some lingering intent keeping her soul body from dispersing immediately."

"Bai Mao, what’s your last wish? Say it quick, or there won’t be time!"

Inside the soul space, an extremely frail soul wave flickered.

Everyone could sense what it meant with their divine sense.

"M-master, next life, I won’t be your disciple anymore. Being your disciple, I can’t even get myself a husband."

Ziran burst into tears. "I shouldn’t have stopped you from getting close to Xiao Ye. Xiangling, it’s all my fault."

"Don’t die—we’ll both marry Xiao Ye as master and disciple!"

The Zi Dao couple and the Zi Family Elders’ beast forms stared at one another. The Saintess’s disciple wanted to marry the Young Master too?

*This was outrageous. Not even a novel would dare write this.*

That weak soul wave pulsed again, intermittently.

"Xiao Ye, I, Bai Mao, didn’t marry you this life. Next life—I’ll definitely marry you."

"Damn it, up till now, I’m still a pure maiden—haven’t even known what a man tastes like..."

Xiao Ye frowned. "Bai Mao, if you don’t die, I’ll marry you."

That soul wave flared up fiercely. "Hehe... next... next life then..."

There was a soft puff.

Inside the soul space, that last intent faded. The soul space could no longer support the soul body’s dispersal, and within seconds, Bai Mao’s soul body vanished without a trace.

Xiao Ye: "..."

"We’ll avenge you!"

he said solemnly.

*Ziran was racked with grief.*

The Zi Family members stood in silence.

Xiao Ye gripped the Soul Capturing Pearl, his expression murderous, saying, "Jiang Xue’an, slaughter the Ouyang Imperial Race for me."

"I want them wiped out!"

"Go all-out! I don’t care what divine spirit stands in the way, at all costs—exterminate the Ouyang Imperial Race!"

Jiang Xue’an floated out from the void, her face serious, saying, "Got it!"

"Sister Qingcheng, can you wipe out everyone in the Ouyang Imperial Race in three seconds?" Xiao Ye sent his divine sense into the Space-Time Hall.

Gu Qingcheng stepped out from the Golden Light Gate, nodded, saying, "Yes."

Xiao Ye’s face stayed clouded. "Do it—no reservations!"

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

Ancient and earth-scorching beast roars erupted.

A Starry Sky Giant Beast, towering ten thousand meters high, and a Qilin Divine Beast—ten thousand meters as well—appeared above heaven and earth.

The overwhelming pressure of two Quasi-Emperor Realm Perfection experts blanketed the whole field.

The Qilin Divine Beast’s aura suddenly skyrocketed—from Saint Realm Perfection, surging straight to Quasi-Emperor Realm Perfection, and that wasn’t the end—a crackling sound signaled its breakthrough into Emperor Realm, soaring all the way to Emperor Realm First Stage Perfection!

The intimidating aura of a surface-level Emperor Realm Perfection weighed down, leaving every member of the Ouyang Imperial Race gasping for breath.

The Zi Family’s beasts were stunned.

"That’s... that’s Quasi-Emperor Realm Perfection?"

"And that Qilin—just looking at it makes me feel like I’ll explode! What kind of realm is that?"

"Since when did we get such badass allies?!"

The Zi Dao couple’s beasts were flushed with excitement; in that monstrous Qilin, they could sense the Origin of the Laws.

The aura of the Emperor Realm!

"The Qilin Divine Beast—it’s at the Emperor Realm!"

"Holy shit, the Young Master’s ally is actually Emperor Realm!"

"This time, the Ouyang Family will be annihilated; it’s time for a new ruler in the Rule Realm!"

The Zi Family Elders were ecstatic.

Xiao Ye glanced up at the two titanic beasts who eclipsed heaven and earth with their pressure, but only felt a deep, unbearable heaviness in his heart.

*This was the first time someone had died by his side.*

*Though Bai Mao wasn’t his Beast Girl—just a friend—even as a friend, he would still avenge her and ensure the Ouyang Imperial Race paid a devastating, exterminating price!*

*What he didn’t know was that high in the sky, a mysterious and unfathomably beautiful figure had appeared, raising her hand to cast a Time Rule, which blanketed the Soul Capturing Pearl in his grip.*

*If Xiao Ye had paid attention, he would have seen the time inside the Soul Capturing Pearl slowly reverse.*

*The soul body of a Taotie gradually took shape, as if rewinding—its shattered soul body returning to wholeness.*

*A small Taotie’s body, too, began to slowly reform inside the soul space!*

*Individual Time Reversal!*

High above, that mysterious and beautiful shadow smiled faintly, muttering, "Space Empress, you still haven’t figured out the Human Emperor’s preferences. Lucky break for me this time."

Her beautiful eyes lingered on Xiao Ye’s tall figure for a moment, then she vanished.

Xiao Ye clutched the pearl tightly, saying, "Little maid, Sister Qingcheng—kill for me!"

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The Starry Sky Giant Beast and Qilin Divine Beast fell from the sky like crashing planets, charging directly at the Ouyang Imperial Race’s Quasi-Emperor Realm Elders and above.

One was Mythical-Level Quasi-Emperor Realm Peak; the other, temporarily Emperor Realm First Stage Perfection.

With a thunderous boom, thousands of kilometers of surface collapsed ten miles downward!

All those in the Ouyang Imperial Race beneath Quasi-Emperor Realm—died instantly!