One year.
Within a year's time.
He would use the City Lord of the Wronged's heart to exchange for the City Lord of the Wronged's heart in the Eternal Hell.
If Long Chen went, the City Lord of the Wronged's power would increase greatly. At that time, the Three Regions and Nine Worlds would no longer have the power to resist him.
At that time, the death toll would be the highest.
But if he did not go, Yang Lingqing would definitely die.
The City Lord of the Wronged had given Long Chen the most difficult decision.
Or rather, it had always been too smooth for him. He had rarely failed so badly. In fact, he had already won. Not only had he foiled the City Lord of the Wronged's plan, but he had also destroyed the City Lord of the Wronged's eye, which had accumulated 50 million life force. The only thing he had lost was the last step. It was not that he was careless, but that the City Lord of the Wronged was just too strong.
This kind of method that could directly shake a Divine Kingdom was just too heaven-defying.
After the City Lord of the Wronged left, everyone looked at each other.
At this time, the thick miasma between heaven and earth actually began to dissipate. Everything in the air that did not belong to the Shadow Demon World was also in the process of quickly disappearing.
Wenren Xi was the first to react. He saw that Long Chen's face was gloomy and his eyes were bloodshot. He knew that although Long Chen had destroyed the City Lord of the Wronged's eye, he had definitely suffered an irreversible defeat.
The others in the Great Yin Demon World felt like they had just survived a disaster. The City Lord of the Wronged had left. This time, the Great Yin Demon World had escaped from danger, and more deaths had been avoided. The only regret was that only one of his eyes had been destroyed.
But they were very confused. Who was this guy?
Why did Long Chen seem to know him?
Ye Guyu had a lot of questions in her heart, but seeing Long Chen's gloomy face, like a volcano that was about to erupt, she did not dare to ask more. Instead, she came in front of Long Chen and stood with Wenren Xi. She looked at Long Chen with some worry.
"Long Chen," Wenren Xi asked softly.
"It seems that when that guy left, he said … Could it be that something happened to Yang Lingqing?" Ye Guyu reacted quickly.
The heart that the City Lord of the Wronged wanted was in Long Chen's Divine Kingdom. He had forced open Long Chen's Divine Kingdom to take the heart, but Long Chen had stopped him. At the last moment, the eyeball seemed to have done something to Long Chen's Divine Kingdom.
In order to protect Yang Lingqing completely, Long Chen had allowed Yang Lingqing to enter his Divine Kingdom!
From the words of the City Lord of the Wronged as he left, he could infer that Yang Lingqing hadn't died. Wenren Xi realized the gravity of the situation and hurriedly said, "Did something happen to your sister? He wants you to use his heart to exchange for your sister's life. In other words, she can still be saved. Don't worry, let us understand the situation first, and we can also rush back to the Imperial Palace. The Emperor is experienced and knowledgeable; he should know what to do."
In reality, Long Chen also knew this.
However, as the elder brother, he had allowed his sister to suffer so much. Every time he saw the statue in the Divine Kingdom and saw the frozen fear on Yang Lingqing's face, he felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.
He fell into self-blame.
Even if he was injured, he wouldn't blame himself like this.
Although Yang Lingqing hadn't died, he was still in extreme pain.
"It's because I'm not strong enough. Father once said that strength is the foundation of everything. In this world where the weak are prey to the strong, strength is everything. I'm not strong enough, but I tried to show off. Today, I finally learned a painful lesson, and I even harmed Lingqing …"
"Long Chen."
Wenren Xi shouted softly, jolting Long Chen back to his senses. He said sternly, "I know something happened to your sister, but self-blame is a sign of weakness. If you're a man, quickly wake up and don't waste my time. If you don't find a solution, you'll lose your sister forever."
This was the first time Wenren Xi was so agitated.
What had happened today was far more serious than he had expected.
With a disaster approaching, he had no choice but to speak to Long Chen in such a tone.
Long Chen closed his eyes and exhaled.
When he opened his eyes the next time, his bloodshot eyes were strangely filled with calmness, or perhaps it should be said that he was callous.
Wenren Xi was right. Self-blame was a sign of weakness. What had happened had already happened, so there was no point in blaming himself. He should put everything at the back of his mind and think of a solution.
"From today onwards, you're a great enemy that I must kill. Old devil, old bastard."
Long Chen had never hated a person so much.
Or rather, the City Lord of the Wronged was not a person at all.
Today's hatred was deeply engraved in his heart. One day, he swore that he would make the City Lord of the Wronged pay a heavy price for what he did today.
After strengthening his conviction, Long Chen gently carried Yang Lingqing out of his Divine Kingdom. He carefully looked at his sister, then said to the shocked crowd, "This was caused by that guy's counterattack before he died. Do you two know if there's a solution?"
Wenren Xi looked at her for a while, then had to say, "I'm sorry, I've never seen such a secret technique, but her signs of life have disappeared. However, he asked you to meet him in the Eternal Hell within a year. Perhaps there's a chance for you to come back to life. I suggest you let the Emperor take a look. The Emperor has lived for tens of thousands of years, so his knowledge is not something we can compare to."
Ye Guyu didn't say anything at first.
After Long Chen took care of Yang Lingqing, she said with a serious expression, "Emperor Sheng Wu, and Wenren Wu Zun, what happened today was beyond my expectations. Emperor Sheng Wu's sister was in danger, and even I was almost killed. This is my fault, and I'm really sorry. However, I have no way of repaying you. I can only say that if the Supreme Shadow Demon Realm and Ye Guyu need your help in the future, I will definitely support them with all my might."
The others from the Supreme Shadow Demon Realm also came up to express their apologies to Long Chen.
"It's not your fault. I'm more arrogant than I thought. This is my own fault, so please don't blame yourselves. My hatred will only be directed towards the people who hurt me and my sister." Long Chen was a person who could distinguish right from wrong, so he wouldn't cause trouble for the Supreme Shadow Demon Realm because of this.
"Speaking of which, Ling Qing is the Realm Emperor of the Supreme Shadow Demon Realm. Her matter is also our matter, so we definitely can't miss out on revenge or saving her. However, we have a big doubt in our hearts. Who is our enemy? You two seem to know, so I don't know if you can tell us."
Ye Guyu said very sincerely.
Long Chen and Wenren Xi looked at each other.
The incident of the City Lord of the Wronged would be reported to the Three Realms and Nine Realms one day. They didn't say it at first because they were afraid of causing panic, but now that the City Lord of the Wronged had killed 80 million people here, it was time to inform them.
Long Chen looked around and saw that the miasma in the entire Snow Wind Demonic Region was dissipating. It would recover one day, so he said, "We still have to hurry back to the Imperial Palace. Let's talk on the way."
Ye Guyu was very grateful and hurriedly said, "Farewell."
With that, the group started their journey back.
There were still a large number of ghosts left in the Snow Wind Demonic Region.
Not long after Long Chen and Ye Guyu left, they discovered an extremely important matter in the Snow Wind Demonic Region.
There were actually ghosts that were transforming back into humans.
Those who could do this accounted for about one-tenth of all ghosts. Of the eighty million ghosts, about eight million were already in the process of metamorphosis. The iron chains that grew out of their bones were beginning to shatter, and their bodies were beginning to return to their original state.
"This should be an ancient curse. The caster is an expert in curses. Curses have long been lost in the Three Realms and Nine Realms. I'm afraid that only the Eternal Sacred Territory has such an ancient curse." Seeing that 8 million people were actually recovering, Ye Guyu's beautiful eyes were filled with tears.
"Realm Lord, why is only a portion of the people recovering?" One of the Third Tier Nirvana Tribulation warriors asked.
Long Chen seemed to be deep in thought, and said: "Previously, when I cut off one of his eyeballs, it released a large amount of white-colored odor. Half of this white-colored odor was absorbed by him, and the other half spread out, I reckon that this white-colored odor should be their life force. When their life force returned, the curse seemed to have disappeared, but unfortunately, it was only eight million, only such a small portion."
Hearing this, Ye Guyu was excited.
The people of the Shadow Demon Realm all looked at Long Chen with great gratitude. Under Ye Guyu's lead, they all knelt on one knee in front of Long Chen, their eyes exuding endless fanaticism.
"Everyone, what are you doing?" Long Chen hurriedly went to help Ye Guyu up.
She was the Realm Lord of the Shadow Demon Realm. In terms of status, she was at least at the level of the Three Great Martial Venerables.
How could the Realm Lord of a realm kneel to him?
Ye Guyu stubbornly refused to get up. She looked at Long Chen with great respect and sobbed, "I don't represent myself, but on behalf of at least 8 million people of the Shadow Demon Realm who survived, I thank Imperial Lord Sheng Wu for saving their lives. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. Imperial Lord Sheng Wu has saved the lives of 8 million people. His merit is immeasurable, and he should be respected and worshipped by the foreigners of the Shadow Demon Realm. A mere bow from Ye Guyu is nothing."
The others also said, "8 million lives are saved because of Imperial Lord Sheng Wu. We, the people of the Shadow Demon Realm, will never forget such a great merit and kindness. From now on, no matter what, we will definitely listen to Imperial Lord Sheng Wu's orders. Today's bow is only to show our gratitude."
Seeing that they were stubborn, Long Chen could do nothing about it.
This feeling was actually very good.
Looking at the fresh lives below gradually awakening.
Long Chen realized that he had really done something immeasurable today. This made him feel that he had no regrets. As for Yang Lingqing's suffering, this might be something that was destined to happen.
This fate really made him not know whether to laugh or cry.