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The Xuanhe Venerable of the Patching Heaven Sect huddled in the crowd, his face deathly pale, barely daring to breathe.

Watching Shi Yi being repeatedly pounded like a sandbag by those three fierce-looking guys, he felt a chill run down his spine and dared not even think of helping him.
Didn't you see what happened to Demon Lake?

He now only hopes that those three scoundrels will not notice him.

Shi Hao stood not far away, watching the figure in the dust being blasted away time and time again, only to be scrambled back up with difficulty by using the Heaven-Mending Technique, only to be met with an even fiercer attack. His feelings were complicated and hard to describe.

His clenched fist loosened slightly without him realizing it, and the hatred churning in his eyes was gradually replaced by an indescribable sympathy and pity.

It's too awful.

Xiao Yan and his group's attacks were ferocious and fierce, yet extremely precise.

Not fatal, but enough to bring the greatest pain and humiliation.

Every attack they launched landed precisely on Shi Yi, either breaking his bones, injuring his internal organs, or burning his flesh.

When Shi Yi is about to collapse, they will stop or slow down their attack, giving Shi Yi a chance to catch his breath and use the Heaven-Mending Technique.

But just as Shi Yi began to recover, their next attack would follow.

This isn't a battle at all!

It was clearly a long and cruel punishment!

This is the most brutal trampling of Shi Yi's previous arrogant attitude!
As Shi Hao watched Shi Yi's demeanor shift from initial defiant roars to gritted teeth and endurance, and finally to the undisguised despair and numbness in his eyes, he suddenly felt that the overwhelming hatred that had been building up in his heart for many years had quietly melted away.

Perhaps, rather than killing him with one's own hands, making him suffer such unbearable torment in front of the world, his dignity shattered, is a more thorough form of revenge!

“——Buzz!”

While everyone's attention was drawn to the one-sided "violence" in the ruins.

Above the training ground, the once clear sky suddenly rippled with distinct spatial ripples without warning.

The ripples were different from the vortex that appeared when Xiao Yan and the others appeared; they looked calmer, yet carried an indescribable Daoist charm.

It was as if an invisible door was being slowly pushed open.

This unusual movement immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Everyone looked up.

Under the focus of countless gazes, the center of that spatial ripple slowly parted to both sides, like waves.

Without any earth-shattering noise, a tall and slender figure calmly stepped out of the void and stood steadily in the sky.

He was a boy who looked no more than ten years old.

He was dressed in simple white clothes, yet he possessed an extraordinary, untainted air about him.

The other person simply stood there, and it was as if they had become the center of the world.

"Big brother?"

Xiao Yan was the first to react, and a surprised smile instantly bloomed on his face. The fire lotus in his hand was extinguished with a "poof".

"Big brother! Why are you only arriving now?"

Lin Dong shouted excitedly, and all the lightning around him disappeared.

With a thought, Luo Feng instantly transformed the massive golden-horned beast's body into a stream of light and returned it to his body, transforming it back into a human form.

"Big brother..."

"Brother, you are finally here!"

"We thought you would miss this showdown between the Shi Hao brothers!"

Han Li, Wang Lin, and the others flew up from outside the arena and immediately arrived in front of Zhu Chen, greeting him.

However, their calls to each other were like thunderclaps, instantly exploding in the silent training ground!
Big brother? !
These incredibly powerful beings, capable of intimidating Venerable of Demon Spirit Lake and the Heaven-Mending Sect to the point of silence, and even using the double-pupiled Shi Yi as a punching bag... actually have a 'big brother' behind them?!

Judging from their attitude, their genuine respect and closeness were absolutely genuine!

Who exactly is this young man who suddenly appeared at the scene? How could these people willingly call him "Big Brother"?
"Why does this person look somewhat familiar...?"

The Stone Emperor suddenly stood up from the dragon throne again.

This time it wasn't out of anger, but out of utter shock!
His gaze was fixed on the boy in the air, his mind buzzing.

The person who can make this group of ruthless individuals willingly call him "Big Brother"...

How terrifying must their power and status be?

And why does this person look so familiar?

I seem to have seen it somewhere...

Just as everyone was surprised.

Among the crowd on the viewing platform, a cultivator from the border of the Fire Kingdom who had once had the good fortune to see Zhu Chen suddenly widened his eyes and exclaimed in shock, as if he had seen a ghost: "Heavens! That...that's the former Human Emperor of the Fire Kingdom, Zhu Chen!!!"

That exclamation instantly ignited the atmosphere!

--boom!

The entire training ground erupted in cheers!
"What? The Fire Emperor? He was the previous Fire Emperor?"

"Which Fire Kingdom? Could it be the Fire Kingdom's Human Emperor who suddenly rose to power, shook the eight regions, and was said to dare to challenge even the upper realm's Dao lineage?"

"Yes, that's him! I saw his portrait from afar at the border, it's exactly the same!"

"My God... Zhu Chen, the Emperor of the Fire Kingdom... is actually the elder brother of these people?"

"Isn't he...wasn't he supposed to have left the lower realm and gone to the upper realm? How could he be here?!"

"No wonder these people are so brazen! It turns out that this ruthless figure is behind them!"

"Shh~, keep your voice down. That Zhu Chen is no pushover either. He was the kind of person who dared to destroy even the immortal lineages of the Upper Realm... We can't afford to offend him."

Everyone was talking about it.

For a moment, the entire training ground was filled with gasps of astonishment.

At this moment, everyone's face was filled with disbelief and shock!

Because they never dreamed that Zhu Chen, who had left the lower realm for the upper realm, would reappear in the territory of the Stone Kingdom.

Moreover, he became the elder brother of these mysterious powerful figures!

"No wonder he looked so familiar. He was the former emperor of the Fire Kingdom. But why has his aura changed..."

The stone emperor trembled violently, and his hand gripping the armrest of the dragon throne tightened involuntarily.

His gaze was fixed on the young man's figure in the air, and his heart was filled with turmoil!

Zhu Chen, the Emperor of the Fire Kingdom!

That legendary figure who created countless legends in the lower realm, caused great losses to the Heaven-Mending Sect, and finally mysteriously disappeared, and is rumored to have ascended to the upper realm!
He is back!

“Your Majesty, I once visited the Fire Kingdom and met Zhu Chen. In my memory, although this person's appearance is very similar to Zhu Chen's, his aura is completely different. I suspect that he is very likely not Zhu Chen himself, but rather someone from the Upper Realm has possessed his body…”

Just then, a voice suddenly rang out from behind the Stone Emperor.

The other party's suspicions also made Shi Hao realize something was amiss.

Both the Fire Kingdom and the Stone Kingdom are human powers in the desolate region. When Zhu Chen ascended the throne, he had visited the Fire Kingdom and met it once.

The other person was not very old at the time, so it's normal for their appearance to change, but their aura should not have changed.

The aura emanating from the person before him was completely different from that of Zhu Chen, whom he had seen before.

This is so strange!

Could it be that the other party has really been possessed by someone from the upper realm?

...(End of chapter)