With a flip of his palm, a crystal coffin appeared. "I see that you are very bored inside the painting. I will send this crystal coffin in so that you can have a companion."
"No, Ye Xingchen, I swear, I swear, okay?
Quickly keep the crystal coffin. "A look of terror appeared on Ming's face as he hurriedly spoke.
Seeing the fear on Ming's face, Ye Xingchen felt puzzled. Why was Ming so afraid of the crystal coffin? Was he afraid of the coffin itself or the infant inside?
Ye Xingchen glanced at the infant in the coffin. The infant was still sleeping and drool could be seen at the corner of his mouth. His skin was pink and tender, appearing extremely adorable.
Ming hurriedly swore that he was willing to serve the Daheng dynasty for a hundred years.
Ye Xingchen put away the crystal coffin, and in the instant that he did so, the infant in the crystal coffin suddenly opened his eyes. His pitch-black eyes reflected the boundless abyss, and his entire body flowed with an aura that could destroy all Daos. It was as though all Daos were mourning, wailing, the world was rotting, and the universe was collapsing.
However, it only appeared for an instant before the infant closed his eyes and fell into a deep slumber.
Ye Xingchen didn't see any of this. After keeping the crystal coffin, he started to study the seal on the painting.
After a long while, he made a decision. He activated his God's Domain as the projections of the gods appeared, transforming into God's Hand that shot towards the devil painting.
God's Hand shone resplendently as the sound of the Great Dao rang out. This palm was flawless and extremely exquisite, as though it was meticulously carved by the heavens. It exuded a noble aura.
Chi, chi!
When the devil painting came into contact with God's Hand, the seal on it transformed into wisps of green smoke that dissipated with the wind.
After roughly a period of time, the true force in Ye Xingchen's body was depleted by more than half. God's Hand finally broke through the seal.
"Haha, I'm finally free, free." Ming laughed maniacally.
A moment later, a terrifying aura gushed out from the painting, blotting out the sun. It was like a supreme devil had crawled out from the depths of hell, wanting to destroy the world.
Instantly, Ye Xingchen's hands streaked out rays of light, sealing the hall. If not, the entire hall would collapse and the guards outside would be crushed to death by the violent aura.
Even so, the guards outside could faintly feel the terrifying aura seeping out from the hall. But without Ye Xingchen's order, they didn't dare to enter and disturb him.
Ming struggled free from the painting and descended into the palace, causing the entire palace to tremble. He was 3m tall, and his entire body was covered in pitch black scales. There were two curved horns on his head that were shaped like crescent moons, and his eyes shot out two brilliant rays of light that were like two immortal swords that emitted clanging sounds in the sky while emanating boundless killing intent.
"Little Kid Ye, you dared to make me work for you for a hundred years, and you even used that … cough cough, to threaten me. I'm going to teach you a good lesson." Ming was in high spirits as she looked down at Ye Xingchen.
Ye Xingchen said calmly, "Don't forget our oath to the Immortal Realm. If you want to die, do it."
"You …"
Before Ming could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed. He sensed that his cultivation base was weakening. The power that the demon painting was absorbing, the power that could evaporate the sea, the power that could grab the moon and stars, was continuously disappearing.
Sovereign King Realm, Connecting Heaven Realm … Greater Heaven Realm, all the way down to Middle Heaven Realm before stopping.
"My cultivation …" Ming wanted to cry, but no tears came out. Without his cultivation, what was the point of coming out? He might as well return to the painting and sleep.
Ye Xingchen was also surprised. The demon scroll had actually absorbed Dark's strength. His heart stirred. It seemed that the person who had sealed Dark was very smart and had left behind a trump card. Whether Dark broke the seal himself or someone else accidentally broke the seal, the demon scroll would absorb Dark's strength to prevent him from doing evil.
Ye Xingchen comforted her. "Don't be sad, Ming. You still have a middle Demi-Immortal cultivation base. You can cultivate it back in the future."
Ye Xingchen's eyes were listless. She seemed like a little girl who had been abandoned. She said, "It's easy for you to say. But how can I cultivate it back in the future?"
Ye Xingchen tossed the Devil Painting to Ming and said, "Your cultivation is still within the painting. Once you've cultivated to your original realm of cultivation and extracted the energy sealed within the painting, then perhaps you'll be able to advance a step further and charge into an even higher realm."
"You're right." Ming instantly stopped feeling sad and put the demon scroll away.
Ye Xingchen glanced at Ming and said, "Come with me to the Outer Seas tomorrow."
"I'm going to the Outer Seas as well."
Yue Wuxia's pleasant voice resounded in the hall. After that, a beautiful woman in a black dress appeared in the hall.
She didn't use her own strength this time, so Ming saw her and cried out in surprise, "Evil God …."
Although his cultivation base had been sucked away, his vision was still there. He had lived for countless years and had seen many things. Naturally, he could see that Yue Wuxia was a new divine soul born from the Immortal's corpse.
Yue Wuxia glanced at him and said with a smile, "Ye Xingchen, I was wondering why you sealed the hall. So you were playing with this little demon."
Ming's heart trembled when she looked at him. The Evil God was a creature even more terrifying than the Evil Demon Clan. Even the strongest clan in Hell was afraid of the Evil God.
He didn't expect that Ye Xingchen had a terrifying Evil God by his side.
"Yue Wuxia, don't mess around," Ye Xingchen said.
"Forget it. Demons are boring. It's not fun." Yue Wuxia glanced at Ming and lost interest.
"Ye Xingchen, you're going to the Outer Seas. I'm going too. I just got out of the seal and haven't had a good time yet. You must take me with you this time." Yue Wuxia ran over and hugged Ye Xingchen's arm, putting it between her breasts.
Ye Xingchen felt the softness on his arm and pulled it back without a trace. He said, "Yue Wuxia, you can go, but you have to listen to me."
"No problem. I'll go back and pack my bag." Yue Wuxia happily disappeared from the hall.
Ming was dumbfounded and thought, "Amazing. He can even subdue the Evil God. I'm not as good as him. It's not degrading to follow him."
The next morning, Ye Xingchen took Yue Wuxia and Ming to the Eastern Prefecture's port and set off for the Outer Seas.
This time, Yue Wuxia didn't hide her body. However, in order to not affect others, under Ye Xingchen's strict reprimand, she unwillingly used her supernatural power to make her body hazy so that others couldn't see through her.
There were many powerful and fierce sea beasts in the Outer Seas. Many of them were as strong as Lesser Celestial Realm warriors. Sometimes, there were even Greater Celestial Realm and Nirvana Realm sea beasts.
Fortunately, they had a safe route that allowed them to avoid many powerful sea beasts.
The ship sailed for more than twenty days and finally reached the Jade Nation.
In front of them, a huge island appeared in front of Ye Xingchen's eyes.
That huge island was so huge that one couldn't see the end of it. From afar, one could see the dense Jade Spiritual Qi.
Some trees had been nourished by the Jade Spiritual Qi for many years and had gradually turned into jade.
Jade Island, where the Jade Nation was.