novelraw Chapter 1121 - 1121 Defeated Subordinate
Chapter 1121 - 1121 Defeated Subordinate
Jiang Luoli could openly throw herself into Jun Xiaoyao's arms and pour out all her longing.
But Ling Yuan could not.
She was the imperial daughter of the Nuhuang Immortal Lineage, the young empress of the Immortal Court.
And in this battle against the foreign domain, the Jun family had risen to overwhelming prominence.
It almost felt as though they were on equal footing with the Immortal Court, splitting the immortal domain in half.
So given her position, it was impossible for Ling Yuan to show Jun Xiaoyao any sign of her feelings.
Not to mention hugging him like Jiang Luoli did.
She couldn't even bring herself to say "you're back" out loud in front of everyone.
But Ling Yuan was more than just Ling Yuan.
She also carried the soul of the Celestial Maiden Kite.
So at this moment, Ling Yuan's gaze was incredibly complex.
Looking at Jiang Luoli, she felt a deep envy.
As if sensing Jun Xiaoyao's gaze, Ling Yuan quickly looked away.
Jun Xiaoyao said nothing.
Even out of consideration for the Celestial Maiden Kite, he wouldn't do anything toward Ling Yuan.
Though afterward, he did intend to seek her out.
Because he needed to obtain from her one of the Five Divine Arts — the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art.
With that, Jun Xiaoyao would have all five sword dao divine arts, and perhaps he could achieve a complete understanding of the sword dao, even comprehending the laws of the sword.
"Jun Xiaoyao……"
On the foreign domain's side, the imperial sons and celestial maidens of the various imperial clans, along with the dark seeds of the ultimate imperial clan.
The gazes they fixed on Jun Xiaoyao were filled with hatred, laced with threads of fear.
This was someone who had deceived every living being in the foreign domain and then turned around and slain the ultimate calamity.
"Still going to resist?"
Jun Xiaoyao swept his gaze across the foreign domain's geniuses, his expression carrying a cold edge.
Although he had spent a long time in the foreign domain and had formed bonds with some of its geniuses, like the Five Beauties of Tushan,
that didn't mean Jun Xiaoyao had changed his view of the foreign domain in any way.
Invaders were always invaders.
Just as Jun Xiaoyao was about to make his move,
the sky suddenly darkened.
A massive hand of laws, radiating overwhelming immortal power, pressed down directly toward the battlefield.
It was actually trying to crush Jun Xiaoyao to death with a single palm!
Clearly, Jun Xiaoyao's appearance had stirred the killing intent of the foreign domain's immortal kings!
"Hmph……"
Jun Xiaoyao's expression remained cold and indifferent. He didn't move.
The next moment, an aged roar rang out.
"This old one would like to see who dares make a move!"
An elderly man with a turtle-shell back silently appeared in the void — it was the Divine Turtle King.
Boom!
Immortal fluctuations erupted and shook the heavens and earth.
Witnessing this scene, the geniuses of both worlds on the battlefield were left momentarily speechless.
A quasi-immortal as a mount, and a true immortal king accompanying him as a guardian.
What kind of treatment was this?
One word.
Prestige!
The other immortal kings, and even the kings of the ultimate imperial clan, all became aware that Jun Xiaoyao had returned from the foreign domain.
They wanted to vent their fury and strike him down.
But they were still blocked by the likes of the Divine Universe Emperor.
"Your momentum is spent. What's the point of continuing to fight?" the Divine Universe Emperor said coldly.
If the ultimate calamity were still alive, the foreign domain would indeed hold an absolute advantage.
But now, the calamity was destroyed, and even if the foreign domain wanted to launch a full-scale invasion of the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain,
it would be a case of losing eight hundred to kill a thousand.
Not to mention how much hidden strength the immortal domain still had in reserve.
Even within the foreign domain, the truly catastrophic immortal-level beings were still in slumber, not yet awakened.
So now was not the time for the final great war between the two worlds.
"Jun family, don't celebrate too soon. The calamity curse will keep eroding your bloodline as time goes on."
"Let's hope you can hold on until the true final war between the two worlds arrives!"
The king of the ultimate imperial clan spoke with a cold and cutting tone.
"Hmph, is this what you call powerless rage?" the Divine Universe Emperor sneered in return.
The calamity curse might have some effect on the Jun family.
But as time passed, they would naturally find a way to dispel it.
After all, the Jun family's bloodline was no ordinary thing.
"We retreat."
The kings of the foreign domain all withdrew.
A battle of this scale could never reach a decisive conclusion.
As for killing Jun Xiaoyao?
They wanted to, badly, but the immortal domain's side clearly wasn't going to let that happen.
On the border wasteland,
as the foreign domain's kings retreated, the geniuses of all clans, along with the foreign domain's armies, began to pull back as well.
With this retreat, the foreign domain would be unable to launch any large-scale offensive for at least a short period of time.
It would likely return to the kind of small-scale skirmishing that existed before.
Time was on the immortal domain's side.
Many people believed that as long as they waited for Jun Xiaoyao to fully grow,
he would become the immortal domain's unshakable pillar!
The foreign domain's army receded like a tide.
Compared to the high battle spirits they had arrived with, their retreating figures looked rather disheveled.
"We won, we won!"
"The immortal domain held!"
"Long live the Jun family, long live the Divine King, long live the divine son Xiaoyao!"
Countless immortal domain cultivators erupted in cheers, chanting the names of the Jun family and the father-son pair Jun Wuhui and Jun Xiaoyao.
After all, anyone with eyes could see that it was primarily the Jun family and the father-son duo who had held back this calamity from the foreign domain.
Other forces weren't without merit, but compared to the Jun family, they paled in comparison.
The great emperor of the Immortal Court furrowed his brow slightly.
Though he did feel a faint trace of admiration for Jun Wuhui,
from the standpoint of faction and position, this kind of situation was not what the Immortal Court wanted to see.
On the battlefield of the border wasteland, all the immortal domain's geniuses let out a collective sigh of relief.
"Brother Xiaoyao, you're a great hero."
Jiang Luoli gazed at Jun Xiaoyao with deep affection.
The one she loved was a peerless hero.
"A hero?"
Jun Xiaoyao was noncommittal.
He had merely carried out his own plan.
Saving the world was never Jun Xiaoyao's goal.
Of course, if he could use it to gather the power of faith, then Jun Xiaoyao was more than happy to do so.
From then on, whether it was the people of the border wasteland or those at the frontier pass, they all made their way back to the Primordial Emperor City.
For the time being, the immortal domain should remain peaceful, with no great tribulation to worry about.
All living beings in the immortal domain let out a sigh of relief, filled with boundless joy.
And everyone, even cultivators who hadn't set foot on the battlefield, was converging on the Primordial Emperor City.
Because they wanted to see the great heroes who had protected the immortal domain.
Jun Wuhui and Jun Xiaoyao.
……
The Primordial Emperor City, upheld by the corpse of a Black Tortoise, stood towering in the cosmos.
Its walls were vast and mighty, rising as high as the heavenly palace, stretching for countless miles with no end in sight.
The emperor city, as large as an entire continent, was now surging with crowds, shoulder to shoulder.
Countless cultivators poured into the Primordial Emperor City.
And at that moment, the teleportation arrays within the Primordial Emperor City lit up, and great numbers of immortal domain troops returned.
Along with them came the powerful experts of various clans, young geniuses, and more.
Everyone craned their necks in eager anticipation.
The members of the Jun family were also waiting there.
Soon, a radiance appeared in the void.
A great azure roc spread its wings and emerged, radiating the aura of a quasi-immortal, that is, a quasi-emperor.
"That's a quasi-emperor level being!"
"The divine son of the Jun family has returned, back to the immortal domain!"
When they saw the white-robed figure standing atop the azure roc's head,
the entire Primordial Emperor City erupted!
And just at that moment, the sky suddenly began to rumble.
Divine thunder cracked and roared, hundreds of millions of bolts of lightning flashing, as if the heavens themselves were in fury!
"What's going on?"
Countless immortal domain cultivators were utterly stunned.
Jun Xiaoyao curled his lips into a faint cold smile and tilted his head back to gaze at the sky.
Earlier in the border wasteland, it had not yet been within the immortal domain's territory.
Now, having returned to the Primordial Emperor City, he was back within the immortal domain's boundaries.
The will of the immortal domain had designated the seven rebel emperors to eliminate Jun Xiaoyao as an anomaly.
But in the end, it had been played by Jun Xiaoyao, and even the heavenly dao crown had been bestowed in vain.
Did heaven have no pride?
So now, as Jun Xiaoyao returned to the immortal domain, the heavens raged and the tribulation lightning surged.
Jun Xiaoyao looked up at the sky, his white robes billowing, his black hair dancing in the wind.
"Heaven is nothing more than a defeated foe of mine."
"Again and again — I, Jun Xiaoyao, don't mind defeating you one more time!"