The Buddha Lord’s eyes shifted slightly, his expression solemn: "You’re saying... Tongyuan Realm Master?"
The Fengdu Domain Lord said weakly, "He failed to possess the Supreme Ancient Saint’s corpse, so he had to settle for second best and seek the body of the Lord of the Nine Domains..."
"And my injuries... I can’t hide them from him..."
The Buddha Lord and the twelve Buddha Venerates all wore grim expressions.
The return of Tongyuan Realm Master’s Remnant Soul was a great joy for the Hell Realm, but it also brought an enormous problem.
Whose body would he seize to rebuild his cultivation?
This was a Saint Realm existence. He wouldn’t even look at an ordinary Asura Emperor’s body; only the Lord of the Nine Domains could barely catch his eye.
Now that the Fengdu Domain Lord was on the verge of death, her body was about to be left vacant.
However, if the Fengdu Domain Lord’s body were to be possessed by one of her own clan, that would be one thing; but if Tongyuan Realm Master possessed it, would Tongyuan in the future be counted as a member of the Youmei Asura Clan, or of the Creation Asura Clan?
This concerned the future fate of an entire race; naturally, the Fengdu Domain Lord was unwilling to hand her remains over to Tongyuan Realm Master.
The Buddha Lord pondered and said, "We’ll block him. What about you?"
The Fengdu Domain Lord tremblingly took out from her sleeve a black dagger, identical in shape to the Angel Blade.
"I will destroy this body myself and shatter his hopes!"
The Buddha Lord said no more, pressing his palms together: "We will do our best."
Though he was only a Remnant Soul, he had once been a Realm Master. How much influence he still held upon returning to the Youmei Asura Clan was hard to say.
If he summoned an Asura Emperor of the clan, then things would become unpredictable.
The Fengdu Domain Lord said weakly, "I won’t make things difficult for you. Once I’ve finished explaining the aftermath to my clan, I will end myself at once."
"Now... remove the Buddha Light..."
The Buddha Lord revealed a trace of sorrow, slowly withdrawing the Buddha Light, and said, "May the Domain Lord be reborn in Ultimate Bliss, free of illness and calamity. Amitabha."
The twelve Buddha Venerates all withdrew their Buddha Light one after another.
Without the support of the Buddha Light, what awaited the Domain Lord was the collapse of her consciousness and death.
But just then—
A calm and indifferent voice drifted over.
"No need. I’m already here."
Before them, the figure of a white-robed youth turned from illusion to solid, revealing himself.
His brows and features were delicate, his expression tranquil, his gaze gentle, yet he carried a sense of loneliness as though overlooking heaven and earth.
Who else could it be but Tongyuan Realm Master?
The Buddha Lord’s face changed slightly. He immediately joined with the twelve Buddha Venerates to shield the Fengdu Domain Lord in the center and said:
"This poor monk greets Tongyuan Realm Master."
Tongyuan Realm Master said indifferently, "Step aside."
As his voice fell, nine Asura Emperors and over a hundred Asura Kings appeared one after another around them!
The leading Asura Emperor’s aura was powerful and awe-inspiring, fully at the level of the Eighth Hell!
Moreover, he looked strange, bearing an enormous tiger head.
It was none other than the Red Sun Asura Emperor!
With his arms crossed over his chest, he stood proudly at Tongyuan Realm Master’s left side and said, "If you want a war between Asura Emperors to break out here, I’ve got no objections."
The Fengdu Domain Lord’s face shifted.
Her arrangements had been made too late; Tongyuan Realm Master had long since mobilized the Youmei Asura Clan’s powerhouses to Fengdu.
Once battle erupted, regardless of who won or lost, Fengdu would be blasted into ruins.
As the main battlefield of this great war, Fengdu had already suffered unprecedented devastation; the strong had withered, and the clansmen’s casualties were disastrous.
Another calamity now would only add insult to injury for Fengdu.
It was entirely possible they would follow in the footsteps of the Dark Shura Clan back then and be erased from the Hell Realm.
The Fengdu Domain Lord’s beautiful face showed a look of pain. She said weakly, "Don’t fight..."
"Let the Realm Master have this body... but please agree to one condition of mine..."
Tongyuan Realm Master stood with his hands behind his back, overlooking her, and said indifferently, "Speak."
The Fengdu Domain Lord said, "In this war, all my elder brothers and sisters have fallen. The bloodline of the Creation Asura Realm Master is about to be cut off."
"I earnestly beg Tongyuan Realm Master to make a trip to Central Earth and find the fetus in my mother’s womb from a thousand years ago."
The Buddha Lord silently sighed.
The Fengdu Domain Lord knew she could not stop Tongyuan Realm Master, so she could only take a step back and seek that little Saint Heir in the waters of rumor.
A thousand years ago, the Dugu Empress had been pregnant when she pursued them to Central Earth. Whether the fetus had died in her womb was unknown; how could there be talk of finding it?
Tongyuan Realm Master said, "I’ll send someone to look."