Bitter Realm: My Feet Step Through the Flames of War

"Then it's up to you to handle."

After Su Huanzhen saw off the three men, Kuang Dao and Rong Bainian came out coughing: "Now that we have the 'Black Death Book,' when do we make our move?"

"I wish to make another trip to Tiandu and join forces with Luo Hou to eradicate the Netherworld."

"Ahem, Su Huanzhen, I can't afford to wait."

"I apologize, Su. Once I return from Tiandu, I will begin to attend to your matter."

Su Huanzhen arrived in Tiandu in a hurry.

Upon meeting Luo Hou, he first spoke of the strange events in the Netherworld: the twin cocoons of heaven and earth had reappeared, and even Jian Feidao, the number one expert in the myriad realms, had been beaten until he vomited blood. If this continued, it would surely bring disaster to the martial world.

Luo Hou shrugged: "There are no troops available to lend in the heavens; everyone has gone out on missions."

"What mission?"

Luo Hou did not answer his question, but instead revealed another piece of information: "The Tiandu Intelligence Network has received news that your junior brother, Yue Caizi Tan Wuyu, encountered a problem on his way to Japan."

Why would he go to Japan?

"You should ask him this question yourself. It is said that the place he arrived at was an island located between Japan and China, called Shiryu Island."

"Shiliu Island? Ha, Wu Jun is probably joking with me. I've heard that in ancient times, eight warriors slew an evil dragon on Shiliu Island."

"So you've heard this legend too, what a coincidence."

It's not easy to lie.

Su Huanzhen may not know about things that haven't happened yet, but he has almost never missed anything that has already happened in the Bitter Realm, whether it's ancient secrets or current privacy.

He had naturally heard about the story of slaying the dragon on Shiliu Island.

"Hmm? Tan Wuyu went to Shiliu Island. Could something have happened there? Are the rumors from back then true or false?"

"A fisherman found a man from the Central Plains who seemed to have no desires on the beach. He was said to be seriously injured."

"Thank you for telling me, Lord Wu... A scourge can last for a thousand years. I trust my junior brother's abilities more than I trust myself."

Luo Hou really wanted to tell him that not only his junior brother, but also his sworn brother had appeared. He should hurry to Shiliu Island to rescue people and deal with Xie Ran while he was at it.

Having failed to borrow any troops and received bad news, Su Huanzhen smiled bitterly and prepared to take his leave.

"Wait a minute."

Judging by the timeline, Su Huanzhen should have disappeared by now.

Without Su Huanzhen's bitter realm, even the most bustling place would lack a certain charm.

“Su Huanzhen, I observed the heavens last night and discovered that you are destined for death.”

"Huh, when did Wu Jun become a charlatan?"

"The calamity of death should be in one place, the Dark Realm of Mud Vajra."

The moment the Mud Goddess exited the Dark Realm, thunder roared outside the palace, and bolts of purple lightning as thick as buckets struck down, as if they were about to pierce through the heavens.

Thunder in broad daylight infuriates Heaven.

Su Huanzhen had experienced life and death many times in his life, and he had never taken the words "death calamity" to heart. But seeing such an unusual phenomenon in the heavens, he immediately understood what was going on.

The Mud Goddess's Dark Realm is the place he is going to assist Rong Bainian in. Half of Rong Bainian's body was left there, and the two of them plan to use their souls to leave their bodies and go to the Mud Goddess's Dark Realm to find it.

"If this is Heaven's will to destroy me, I might as well fight against Heaven. I promised my friend that I would definitely go to the Dark Realm of Mud Woman."

"What about Tan Wuyu's side?"

“I will arrange for someone else to go.”

Su Huanzhen suddenly bowed deeply and said, "Since I met Lord Wu, I have never known how much trouble you have caused me. If I really do not return from this trip, I hope you will take action to resolve the chaos in the Netherworld."

Luo Hou flicked his sleeve and helped Su Huanzhen to sit up straight: "The Netherworld is a small matter, but the Bitter Realm will face an even greater disaster. Su Huanzhen, I have no time to wipe out the Netherworld for you, so you should leave it to you to deal with when you return."

"The Martial Lord has always been stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside."

"In short, I won't take care of your relatives and friends. If you die, you die."

"Ha, I'll go and speak with the Father of Fantasy again. Goodbye."

"Take care of yourself."

The round sky covers the vast sea, the black water carries the lone boat, the mountains are nowhere to be seen, and only clouds are visible on the horizon.

Xi Yan'er rested her chin on her hands, gazing at the endless waves that seemed to sink below the shore, and murmured to herself:

"Juejun has been gone for several days and hasn't said when he'll be back, which means all the food I cook every day is going to go to waste."

“The Court Master came several times, wanting to freeload a meal. Juejun, I treated him well as you instructed, but he left as soon as he saw you weren’t there.”

"Juejun is strange, calling this sea Juehai Mijin. The sea is the sea, although the water is a bit dark, it's not as dark as Xi Yan'er's face."

The waves crashed against the shore alone, creating a pile of foam that would break and then gather again, gather and then break again.

Xi Yan'er didn't return indoors until the blood-red sunset had completely sunk into the sea. She then began washing vegetables, starting a fire, and cooking rice.

Besides these, Xi Yan'er had nothing else to do.

He had once asked Juejun to teach him to read and write. He could read books and write some characters, but Xi Yan'er wasn't very interested. He would take a break while learning, and Juejun didn't force him. He just patted his head and smiled.

He once asked Juejun to teach him martial arts. Juejun chose the most complicated internal energy cultivation method for him to memorize. Xi Yan'er memorized the last part but forgot the first part. A month later, he had completely forgotten both the first and the last part.

Xi Yan'er knew that Jue Jun would always protect her, so it didn't matter if she didn't learn martial arts.

Juejun still patted his head and smiled.

The only thing Xi Yan'er really enjoyed was cooking. From some unknown day, Jue Jun stepped down and handed over all the tea-making and cooking duties at home to Xi Yan'er.

Juejun doesn't have many guests; it's just the two of them eating every day. But Xi Yan'er still likes to cook four or five dishes and enjoys watching Juejun eat them all up.

After Juejun finished eating, Xi Yan'er brewed another pot of Qianri Gan tea and watched Juejun lying happily in the courtyard enjoying the cool air.

As he watched, Xi Yan'er fell asleep. When he woke up, it was already the morning of the next day.

Juejun said that children need to sleep more, so he never woke him up in the morning. Therefore, Xi Yan'er never knew whether the bright moon over the sea would never sink.

A gentle night breeze blows, and the waves ripple softly.

Under the bright moon, a person holding a golden umbrella slowly entered, walked into the courtyard, and then gently closed the umbrella, casually placing it under a phoenix tree.

"Xi Yan'er".

"Juejun!"

Xi Yan'er ran out of the kitchen wielding a wooden spatula, almost slashing Fei Changjun's face.

"Ah."

"We can eat after cooking one more dish."

"I'm not hungry, so I won't eat today."

Xi Yan'er lowered the wooden shovel in her hand in disappointment. She could tell that Fei Changjun's expression was not good, and he must have encountered some difficulties.

He asked cautiously, "Juejun, are you in a bad mood?"

"No, you eat it yourself."

As usual, Juejun patted Xi Yan'er's head.

This made Xi Yan'er feel a little better.

Afterwards, Fei Changjun turned and went into the inner room. He did not light any lamps and sat alone in the darkness, quickly becoming one with it.

Xi Yan'er returned to the kitchen listlessly. He didn't have the energy to cook another dish. As he had for the past few days, he ate a couple of bites without any appetite and then poured all the food into the wooden bucket.

Later, these leftovers will be poured into the sea of ​​ignorance to feed the fish.

That night, Xi Yan'er didn't wait for Jue Jun to come out, so she had to climb into bed and go to sleep by herself.

Alone in the darkness, Fei Changjun reflected on his schemes step by step. The treasures of the wonders of the mountains and seas were stolen, and the Father of Illusion was bound in the city by Su Huanzhen. A thousand years of planning had come to naught.

What went wrong?

The Life Trainee severed Kuahuan's Elf Triangle, and Feichangjun already knew that Tianji was behind it, but since Kuahuan's rebirth, there has been no movement from Tianji's side.

The earliest change began when Su Huanzhen and Luo Hou met with Kua Huan separately. Soon after, Luo Hou seized Yuan Gongzi's authority and changed the list.

It was because he overestimated the abilities of the Father of Kuahuan, thinking that he could use the city's formation to kill or seriously injure these representatives of the righteous path, so that Kuahuan could never return to the righteous side, that he agreed to the list.

The result was that these people joined forces within the wonders of the mountains and seas.

From the mountain peak outside the Eight-Sided Exquisite, Fei Changjun watched the entire process and also saw Luo Hou outside the city gate of the Mountain and Sea Wonder, an unshakable figure.

"Luo Hou, you keep pressing me, do you really think that the Extraordinary Lord won't fight back? I can already see that shadow of what I despise in you."

"Su Huanzhen, what exactly is your plan in trapping Kua Huan?"

"And Ye Xiaochai and Ying Shuangqing, I despise you most of all for posing as pillars of the righteous path and treating money like dirt. Heh, Ye Xiaochai, how many sins have your sons and grandsons committed? Ying Shuangqing, is your Confucian school, which is full of filth and corruption, really clean? What makes you think you represent the righteous path? What makes you worthy of the admiration of the world!"

Kua Huan was trapped, but Chang Jun was not worried about being exposed. Back then in the Beast King's Tomb, Hao Xing Tan Long did not know who ambushed him, not to mention that there was Yue Jiao Zi, a substitute body who could take the blame at any time.

He was worried that he had fewer and fewer pieces in his hand, and that after the Horizontal Piece, the Hateful Peak had also lost its value.

Let's rewind to a few days ago:

At the foot of Kuigu Mountain, the Ghost Qilin, who was transformed from Feichangjun, waved his white bone fan, forming a triangular confrontation with Henwufeng and Xiao Liuguang.

"You can only choose one: your wife or your brother."

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, because I want both."

The tense atmosphere between Hen Wufeng and Xiao Liuguang was immediately abruptly broken, as they leaped up simultaneously, unleashing their twin blades to slash at Gui Qizhu.

As expected, Fei Changjun easily blocked both attacks with a flick of his left hand and a deflection with his right.

"Hate Wufeng, I will give you another chance. Tonight at midnight, bring me Xiao Liuguang's head."

That night at midnight was the time when Henwufeng's wife had her attack. Without Guiqizhu's antidote, she would have died without a doubt. Feichangjun was certain that Henwufeng would not watch his wife die.

However, he did not expect that Xiao Liuguang carried with him a celestial elixir made from the Panlong Night-Shining Gallbladder, which could cure all poisons in the world.

After waiting all night, Fei Changjun realized that things had changed. Although it would still be several days before the emergence of the Trayastrimsa Dragon Blade, Fei Changjun still rushed to Benjue Zen Forest to retrieve the blade.

However, in the Hall of Welcoming Buddha, he was greeted by five experts: Henwufeng, Xiao Liuguang, and three from Tiandu.

A fierce battle.

If it weren't for the sudden appearance of the Abandoned Gods and Hate Wufeng and Xiao Liuguang chasing after them to the Abandoned Gods Valley, Fei Changjun might have been injured before he could escape the encirclement.