Chapter 112: Dog Bucket

Yue Hongling ran away.

The grief Lu Ye had been holding back surged forth with even greater force.

He lowered his head and looked at the figure manifested by the system, unable to resist rubbing his temples.

The woman conjured by the system was indeed beautiful—deservedly the number one under the heavens. But Lu Ye, at this point, had absolutely no interest in women.

Mm, even if the system smelled sweet—he wasn’t interested.

“Was that fun?”

Now that Yue Hongling was gone, the system dropped the act entirely.

“Ding ding ding—so fun, especially fun!”

“Then shall I play with you?”

“Ding—what kind of delusion are you having?”

Shen Xitong’s figure turned into a stream of light and merged into Lu Ye’s body.

Lu Ye...

Had a headache.

This damn system had said before it wanted to become a woman. He had refused. Yet she still transformed.

So what was the point of rejecting her? A waste of breath?

The system didn’t have a gender. During his tribulation in his past life, when she manifested, she had taken on the form of the Ancient Heavenly Venerable.

That was only because the system had borrowed the Temporal Dao of the Ancient Heavenly Venerable and couldn’t be bothered to take on another form.

“You turned into a person... don’t tell me you’re going to find Sun Ruowei to play with her too?” Lu Ye asked.

“Ding—of course! We’re kindred spirits!”

Lu Ye couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.

If the system turned into a man, she might actually be able to wrap Sun Ruowei around her finger.

“For now, stay quiet. I need to cultivate. Don’t start pulling any weird stunts.”

“Ding—hmph!”

Lu Ye took a deep breath, wiped his tears, and pressed down the bitterness in his heart.

He wanted to cultivate, but his heart was already thrown into chaos once more.

“You turned into a human. Are you going to give yourself a name?” Lu Ye asked.

“Ding—I already chose one.”

“You even know how to name yourself?”

“Ding—this system’s intelligence is unparalleled. Naming myself is child’s play. From now on, my name is Shen Xitong!”

Lu Ye...

“That’s awful. I think, as your master, I have the right to give you a better-sounding name.”

“Ding—You think it’s awful? Then go ahead, give it a try.”

Lu Ye pondered for a moment.

“Gou Xitong. How’s that sound?”

“Ding—Dog host! Dog host! DOG host!”

“Ding ding ding ding...”

Cursing out the damn system, Lu Ye finally felt his thoughts clear.

Time to cultivate!

Northwest of the Great Wilderness.

The great battle had already come to an end. The foreign coalition army truly lived up to its reputation for ferocity—wiping out Jiuli Heavenly Dynasty, the Supreme Empire, and the Mountain River Pagoda Sect all in one breath.

The Yin-Yang Dharma Sect was trembling uncontrollably. If not for the fact that they weren’t located in the northwest, they likely would have already been destroyed as well.

“What did you say?”

The Heavenly Demon Emperor’s eyes, like copper bells, locked onto Elder Danqing.

Behind him, the black flag flapped wildly. Lately, that black flag had grown even more terrifying—so many souls now drifted in and out of the black mist, each one writhing in pain, their faces twisted.

Originally, most of the souls had been demons.

Now, more and more humans had been added to the mix.

“Our Mountain River Pagoda Sect truly has no innate spirit treasures left,” said Elder Danqing bitterly.

It could only be said—at this moment, the Mountain River Pagoda Sect was at the poorest point since its founding.

Even the Mountain River Pagoda, an innate spirit treasure with little actual function but famed for its beauty, was gone. What could possibly remain?

Boom!

The Heavenly Demon Emperor struck instantly, slamming a palm down viciously on Elder Danqing’s body. The elder coughed up blood and was sent flying.

“I’ll give you one more chance,” the Demon Emperor growled through gritted teeth. “Now—answer me. Where are the spirit treasures of the Mountain River Pagoda Sect?”

They’d already surrendered, yet still tried to take him for a fool?

Who the hell gave this bastard that kind of nerve?

Elder Danqing did not get angry.

He only felt... a little pathetic.

In the end, he had gambled and lost. He had originally planned to kill Shangguan Huanling and then self-detonate—at least he would’ve gone out with some backbone.

But Shangguan Huanling had escaped. And now, even the courage to self-destruct had slipped away.

Pitiful. Pathetic.

“She deceived me,” Elder Danqing said calmly.

The Heavenly Demon Emperor’s expression grew even more twisted.

“She deceived you? All of it?”

“All of it. Not just the spirit treasures of the Mountain River Pagoda Sect, but also those of the Supreme Empire. All were taken by one person.”

“You’re trying to get into my Ten Thousand Souls Banner, aren’t you?”

Another punch from the Demon Emperor sent Elder Danqing flying again, blood spewing from his mouth. His aura had grown feeble.

Elder Danqing gave a resigned smile. Perhaps entering the Ten Thousand Souls Banner wasn’t such a bad end.

He truly didn’t know what face he would have left to meet the ancestors of the sect if he were to walk the road of reincarnation.

But entering the Ten Thousand Souls Banner? At least that meant he wouldn’t reincarnate. He’d no longer need to face such torment.

Despite his outward rage, the Heavenly Demon Emperor was a man of both brute strength and cunning. He had been carefully observing Elder Danqing all along.

It seemed... this old bastard hadn’t been lying.

But how could that be?

You’re still the Sect Master of the Mountain River Pagoda Sect, no matter what. Even if nothing else, you should still have a brain. And yet you’re telling me that one person managed to con away all the spirit treasures—including innate spirit treasures?

Come on—who has such high-level scamming skills?

“Speak. What exactly happened?” The Demon Emperor’s savage expression calmed, his eyes narrowing into slits, sending a chill down anyone’s spine.

A glint passed through Elder Danqing’s eyes.

Fine—if you want me to talk, then I’ll talk.

Anyway, judging from that escape technique Shangguan Huanling used, he would never be able to catch her himself.

Let someone else do it.

As long as she ended up miserable, then that counted as revenge.

“It’s like this. Shangguan Hongtian had a daughter, named Shangguan Huanling. She claimed to be the reincarnation of a Great Emperor.”

“She demonstrated a terrifying cultivation technique—one that allowed her to devour the origin essence of treasures to rapidly increase her strength. It was called the Origin-Swallowing Heaven Scripture. She had a secret method that could let her jump an entire major realm in power instantly.”

“She knew everything—whether it was the hidden events of the past or what was to come in the future. She knew it all. So, when we reached utter desperation, we believed her.”

Yes, the claim about knowing past and future was something Elder Danqing had fabricated—just to make himself seem not entirely stupid, and to boost the credibility of Shangguan Huanling’s claims.

He laid out the events in full detail—eight parts truth, one part lie.

A strange look surfaced in the Demon Emperor’s eyes.

Reincarnated Great Emperor?

He would go ask Shangguan Hongtian personally.

At this moment, Shangguan Hongtian was staring blankly, imprisoned inside the Heavenly Prison.

He had never imagined that the day would come when the Supreme Empire’s own Heavenly Prison would confine... him.

“Your daughter is a reincarnated Great Emperor?” the Demon Emperor asked.

Shangguan Hongtian’s head snapped up.

But he didn’t say a word. He simply lowered his head again.

“Hahaha—how pitiful. Scammed so badly by your own daughter. Truly pathetic.”

Shangguan Hongtian’s fists clenched tightly.

Veins bulged.

“As her father, you should know her better than anyone. So tell me—do you really think your daughter is a reincarnated Great Emperor? Is it true or false?”

Shangguan Hongtian finally made his decision.

“You want to know?”

The Demon Emperor grabbed Shangguan Hongtian by the throat and lifted him off the ground.

“You still think you’re the Supreme °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° Emperor of the Supreme Empire?”

“Be honest with me!”

A torrent of killing intent enveloped Shangguan Hongtian entirely.

Never in his life had Shangguan Hongtian been humiliated so thoroughly.

Shangguan Huanling!

Shangguan Huanling!!

It’s all your goddamn fault!

“I can confirm Shangguan Huanling’s location... through the Supreme Empire Seal!”