Chapter 1400 - 1404: You Are Not Qualified to Know

"Ignorant, your sister has long since become my slave! If you want to join her, I'll turn you into a slave too!"

Shi Wuge was furious. Despite having given the other party a warning earlier, he hadn't expected her to dare charge at him again. In his view, this was nothing short of a challenge to his authority!

Poof!

Shi Wuge struck Zhao Ya with his palm, causing her to spew fresh blood while still mid-air, plummeting downward...

However, in his fury, Shi Wuge apparently did not intend to let Zhao Ya off so easily, striking her again, determined to kill the woman who dared to challenge his authority!

Seeing Shi Wuge's palm about to hit her, Zhao Ya found herself powerless to resist!

She had already been injured while trying to seize the Black Crystal Ball from Divine Venerable Mo Chou.

Then she suffered two consecutive blows from Shi Wuge...

It seemed this time, she was truly going to die!

Facing death, Zhao Ya wasn't afraid.

However, she had regrets — regret for not having shared her deepest feelings with Yun Hao, not telling him that her relentless pursuit of inheritance was solely so Feng Yin could return to the Celestial Phoenix Race at ease.

That way, she'd have ample time to stay with Yun Hao!

But, everything seemed too late…

"Wait for me outside the barrier!"

Yun Hao didn't have time to think twice; he quickly instructed Chu Yan beside him and disappeared from the spot!

Boom!

A muffled sound echoed in Zhao Ya's ears, followed by a gray-white figure appearing beside her!

Feeling a strong hand wrap around her waist, Zhao Ya's eyes finally welled with tears.

Was her husband coming to save her at this critical moment?

"Husband, did you come to save me after all?"

As her feet touched the ground, Zhao Ya looked at Yun Hao, who was holding her, and spoke softly.

Without even sparing Zhao Ya a glance, Yun Hao casually tossed her aside, landing her next to Chu Yan.

"Who are you? How did you manage to cultivate the Power of the Starry Origin?"

Shi Wuge glared at the gray-white-haired Bai Xiaofan standing before him and loudly questioned him.

"Who I am is not for you to ask at random. I don't care who you are, scram!"

Clad in a golden glow, Shi Wuge was fiercely stared down by Yun Hao's roar.

"Arrogant, it has been many years since this Emperor had someone dare speak to me in this manner, and now you are one!"

Shi Wuge scorned, tossing aside the lifeless Feng Yin he had drained of the Primordial Spirit's power, madness reflecting on his face!

"Sister..."

Seeing Feng Yin deceased, Zhao Ya couldn't help but cry out, trying to rush over to hold Feng Yin, but Chu Yan stopped her.

"Stop being reckless. If it weren't for waiting for you, my husband and I would have already left, avoiding this pervert Shi Wuge entirely. Do you really want our husband to die?"

Listening to Chu Yan's words, Zhao Ya slowly turned her head, her delicate face wet with tears, eyes filled with despair!

"But she's my sister! Failing her, can I not even bring back her body? I'm no longer Zhao Ya, I'm Feng Yu, the princess of the Celestial Phoenix Race. I owe it to my sister and to hundreds of thousands of Celestial Phoenix people!"

Zhao Ya tore away from Chu Yan's grip, screaming desperately, almost as if she had gone mad.

Finishing her words, Zhao Ya rushed to Feng Yin's corpse, picking it up without hesitation, preparing to run back!

Yet, at this moment, a sudden change occurred...

A wisp of black energy emerged from Feng Yin's body, rapidly entering Zhao Ya's body.

Ah…

Zhao Ya felt a sharp pain in her Dantian, dropping Feng Yin's body as she collapsed, cold sweat dripping down…

"Corpse Demon Qi? Which Elder of the Corpse Refining Sect are you?"

Yun Hao glanced at Zhao Ya, then turned to Shi Wuge and asked.

In that instant, Yun Hao's mind was flooded with countless memories, many fragmented pieces flickering continuously in his mind.

And at that moment, Zhao Ya was injured by Shi Wuge...

From these fragmented memories, Yun Hao learned that the black energy emerging from Feng Yin and entering Zhao Ya's body was a secret technique cultivated by an Elder of the Immortal Realm's Corpse Refining Sect!

This black energy, once entering a person's body, quickly erodes the cultivator's Primordial Spirit, turning them into a fool!

The pale energy Su Jiuzi injected into his body earlier was also a secret technique of the Corpse Refining Sect, more insidious than this Corpse Demon Qi, called Fossil Force!

However, Su Jiuzi's cultivation was too weak, weakening the Fossil Force's inherent dominance and malice!

"I am Shi Wuge, the Third Elder of the Corpse Refining Sect, who fell at the Sea of Ten Thousand Corpses during the war with the Divine Realm ninety thousand years ago, my last wisp of the Primordial Spirit entering this body. Who are you to see through that I am an Elder of the Corpse Refining Sect?"

Shi Wuge said with hands clasped behind his back, arrogance on full display, eyes briefly lighting up with nostalgia at the mention of the war with the Divine Realm!

It seemed this past held an extraordinary place in his memory.

"I've told you that you don't have the qualification to know. Why do you keep asking? If that old specter Shi Jiuying were here, perhaps he could recognize me!"

Yun Hao slowly shook his head, his words still laced with disdain for Shi Wuge, yet mixed with a subtle hint of reminiscence.

"You're an arrogant fellow. I don't care who you are, but you're no match for me now. If you don't want to die, take your women and leave!"

Shi Wuge squinted slightly, loudly addressing Yun Hao.

He wasn't suddenly being kind, reluctant to kill Yun Hao and the others.

It was because Yun Hao could mention Shi Jiuying's name, which instilled fear in him!

Shi Jiuying was the first Grand Elder of the Corpse Refining Sect. For hundreds of thousands of years, the Corpse Refining Sect had replaced numerous Sect Leaders and Elders.

Yet the Grand Elder's position was never replaced, from the beginning to the present...

And before he perished, Shi Jiuying hadn't revealed himself for hundreds of thousands of years!

Aside from every generation of Sect Leader, Second Elder, and Third Elder, no one even knew of his existence in this world!

And these people only had one chance to meet the Grand Elder when they took office, receiving guidance from the Grand Elder to advance their cultivation further!

So within the Corpse Refining Sect, all disciples were ignorant of the Grand Elder's existence, believing the position was unfilled, for some reason!