“Peak Immortal Emperor!” Su Qingxue nearly shouted when she heard that.
“That’s way too impressive…”
Xia Zhiyao was also quite surprised, but she wore an expression of clear agreement.
“If the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor has reached the peak Immortal Emperor realm, then in the entire Immortal Realm right now, so long as no Transcendent Immortal appears, I’m afraid no one can match him.”
“It’s hard to imagine what he must have gone through to change so much.”
“After all, the Dao Palace Lord is only at the eighth-realm Immortal Emperor stage, while the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor was said to have been only at the sixth-realm Immortal Emperor stage back then. Yet in such a short time, he has already reached the peak. Truly shocking.”
“Even she felt inferior by comparison.”
“That’s true. No wonder it ended so quickly…”
Only after saying that did Su Qingxue realize what side she was taking.
She immediately changed her tone. “…But that still isn’t a reason for him to act like no one else matters!”
Xia Zhiyao rolled her eyes at Su Qingxue, worried that one day Su Qingxue might betray her own side. Su Qingxue’s heartfelt admiration could not escape her eyes.
But there was nothing that could be done. Setting aside her stance, the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor was indeed worthy of Su Qingxue’s admiration.
Leng Jueshuang shook her head helplessly.
“I really don’t know what happened to him, but his strength can’t be fake. In that case, the various immortal sects can only let it go and stop pursuing the matter.”
“That Eternal Night Immortal Emperor even told many Immortal Emperors to get lost!”
“Just thinking about it makes me furious!”
“Because among those Immortal Emperors was me!”
“Get lost?”
Xia Zhiyao and Su Qingxue both froze for a moment. Even a dignified peak Immortal Emperor had to curse? Was the matter really that serious?
This was a blatant slap in the face to the whole group.
If nothing unexpected happened, even the Palace Lord had probably been cursed too. No wonder the Palace Lord was so displeased.
“Then, Palace Lord, why did the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor do that before?”
“I don’t know.” Leng Jueshuang said quietly. “The Eternal Night Immortal Emperor did not want to explain, so there is no way to find out.”
Xia Zhiyao and Su Qingxue also understood that the strong do not need reasons to act. So… the Palace Lord not only made a wasted trip, but was also scolded…
She got nothing out of it, let alone recovering Supreme Emperor Palace’s face.
“…”
Su Qingxue’s pretty face creased in anger. “Ridiculous. Truly excessive!”
“It seems there must be some hidden reason. And combined with the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor’s transcendent strength, he can simply do as he pleases,” Xia Zhiyao guessed.
Leng Jueshuang could not deny it.
“Regardless, let this matter pass. Supreme Emperor Palace cannot afford to offend the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor, and absolutely must not provoke him. Not to mention we still have other troubles…”
“But the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor does seem somewhat different…”
“Palace Lord, what change has he shown?” Su Qingxue asked curiously.
“He said he has lost interest in everything in the Immortal Realm. He also said that among the immortal sects, there is his enemy, an enemy with an irreconcilable blood feud!” Leng Jueshuang was also somewhat baffled by this, completely confused.
Who knew what someone at the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor’s level was thinking?
“No interest? Maybe after reaching that realm and going through those experiences, he has seen through everything,” Su Qingxue guessed.
“As for the enemy with an irreconcilable blood feud… I don’t remember any top immortal sect having open friction with the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor…”
Xia Zhiyao was also seriously thinking and gossiping.
“Maybe there is some hidden story we don’t know. And the way the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor said it, it felt like even he wasn’t sure who his enemy was?”
“Otherwise, since he is already so powerful, he wouldn’t have merely warned them instead of dealing with it directly.”
“Or perhaps he still has some other concern…”
“How could that even be possible!? He doesn’t know who his enemy is?” Su Qingxue’s beautiful eyes widened.
“Then does an existence that can make him cautious really exist?”
Xia Zhiyao gently shook her head. She could not imagine it at all.
In contrast, Leng Jueshuang suddenly looked as if she had been struck with sudden enlightenment.
“Zhiyao is right. Both possibilities exist. But his enemy definitely won’t be our Supreme Emperor Palace, and we must absolutely not get involved!”
“For now, ignore him and focus on dealing with Barren Emperor Hall and Futian Holy Land!”
Xia Zhiyao nodded solemnly.
But Su Qingxue could not keep quiet. “That said, I rather hope the Eternal Night Immortal Emperor’s enemy is Barren Emperor Hall or Futian Holy Land…”
“…”
“Don’t look at me. That’s just a beautiful hope in my heart.”
Then they began discussing how to take the initiative and resolve this shameless trouble called Barren Emperor Hall.
…
Backhill Immortal Sect.
After handling some of his own matters, Chen Junye had already rushed back.
The major immortal sects had moved fairly quickly, or else they would have wasted his time.
This matter could be considered settled. At least after he had shown himself, the various immortal sects would have to think carefully about their own strength.
He did not need to take it too seriously.
At this moment, Chen Junye was waiting for his wife to return not far from Backhill Immortal Sect. A perfectly devoted husband.
Before long, a few passing cultivators came over.
They stared dumbfounded at the huge plaque. “Backhill Immortal Sect? Never heard of it.”
“A sect was added here, and we didn’t even know?”
“When did that happen?”
Then they asked Chen Junye, who was very much alive, “Daoist, do you know about this Backhill Immortal Sect?”
Chen Junye replied calmly, “Of course I do. It just opened.”
Inside, he thought: This was built by my wife after painstaking effort just to cheer me up!
“Just opened? Are founding a sect and establishing a school really this casual?”
Chen Junye smiled and said nothing, because it really was very casual.
“Then, Daoist, are you a member of this Backhill Immortal Sect?”
“Sort of.” Chen Junye did not know how to answer, because technically he should count as the Dao companion of a Backhill Immortal Sect disciple.
“That’s great. Since you are a disciple of Backhill Immortal Sect, may I ask whether you are still recruiting disciples? The few of us are worried about where to stay…”
“Not recruiting.” Chen Junye refused at once.
This was part of the act he and his wife were putting on. Having just the two of them as normal people was enough.
“…”
“That’s too bad. Your Backhill Immortal Sect has lost a few geniuses.” The cultivators walked away with regretful expressions.
They were also a little puzzled. A newly opened sect does not recruit disciples? Then why found a sect at all?
Weird!
Chen Junye continued waiting quietly, looking forward to his wife’s return to warm the bed.
With him here, not a single disciple could sneak in!
Night fell.
Xia Zhiyao finally appeared.
“Husband~”
“Wife.” Looking at that graceful figure, Chen Junye also showed a faint smile.
After Xia Zhiyao approached, she saw that her husband had not gone off to cause trouble and was perfectly fine, so she felt relieved.
“Husband, why are you here?”
“Just taking a walk. Of course, I was also waiting for you, wife…” Chen Junye said.
Xia Zhiyao smiled. “Husband, you’ve waited a long time. Let’s hurry back. We’ll stay in the sect tonight.”
As she spoke, she pulled Chen Junye along.
“Wife, is that appropriate?” Chen Junye asked, pretending to be polite.
“Of course it’s appropriate! Our Backhill Immortal Sect allows a disciple’s Dao companion to stay. Rest assured, husband.”
Xia Zhiyao thought to herself: As if I’m not the one calling the shots?
Chen Junye naturally did not dare to say anything else about his wife’s thoughtful arrangements. “Then your Backhill Immortal Sect is quite humane…”
“Of course.”
The husband and wife walked side by side under the moonlight, arms linked, toward a mountain peak.
Before long, they sat down on a large stone atop the mountain, leaning against each other, basking in the moonlight, feeling the breeze, and enjoying the tranquil time that belonged only to the two of them.
At this moment, Chen Junye’s state of mind was incomparably calm and content, as if everything from the past was not worth mentioning.
It was funny to think about. All cultivators pursued the path of becoming stronger and stronger, even at any cost and by any means necessary. But now he only felt that… the scenery along the way was more beautiful and more worth cherishing.
And in this unexpectedly established Backhill Immortal Sect, the two of them, husband and wife, were dating here, so of course it was extremely safe.
Across the entire Immortal Realm, no one could disturb them in the slightest… or so he said!
“Husband, what are you smiling about?” Xia Zhiyao tilted her head and blinked her large eyes.
Her slender, snow-white hand rested on Chen Junye’s palm, and their fingers interlocked.
Chen Junye lowered his head slightly and met Xia Zhiyao’s gaze.
“Wife, I’m smiling… We should be dating, right…”