# Chapter 829: Yuluo's Poisonous Heart
"Let's go!" Sea Emperor Qu Fengyi coldly left behind a single word, flicked her sleeves, and walked away coldly... At least Xuanyuan Wentian had the courtesy to say goodbye, but she didn't even bother to look at Feng Hengkong again.
The bodies of the three Venerables killed by Yuluo had been destroyed by poison, and Mo Chenfeng had turned into flying dust — even if they wanted to take them away, they couldn't.
The Sea Palace Venerables and elders immediately followed behind. Zi Ji stayed until the end, clasping his hands toward Feng Hengkong: "Phoenix Sect Master, I take my leave."
"I won't see you far," Feng Hengkong quickly returned the gesture.
"Hmph!" Ye Meixie snorted coldly, then led the Sun Moon Divine Palace people away.
Huangji Wuyu glanced at Feng Hengkong, then gave Gu Cang a plain look. Gu Cang spoke up: "Yuanba, we should also bid farewell."
"Ah?" Xia Yuanba turned around: "Master, Holy Lord, Brother-in-law and Sister Xue'er just got engaged. I'd like to stay a few more days."
"This is a matter between the two of them, and also the Phoenix God Sect's family affair. What business do you have staying here?" Gu Cang shook his head solemnly.
"Yuanba, go back," Yun Che said with a smile, then transmitted quietly: "After I leave this time, I should be returning to the Illusion Demon Realm immediately. In the coming years, it might be hard for us to meet again. But you absolutely don't need to worry about my safety — even if Xuanyuan Wentian comes to the Illusion Demon Realm tomorrow, it won't matter. My master personally said that even if all Four Sacred Masters joined forces, they might not be able to defeat Xiao Yaohou."
Xia Yuanba clenched his fist, then finally nodded lightly: "Brother-in-law, I will definitely train hard these years. When we meet next time, I'll definitely surprise you."
"Hahaha, I absolutely believe that," Yun Che laughed. Over the years, Xia Yuanba had brought him too many miracles and surprises.
Huangji Wuyu led Xia Yuanba and everyone from the Huangji Sacred Domain away as well, likewise not saying goodbye to Feng Hengkong.
The Four Sacred Grounds had all left in the blink of an eye, the atmosphere extremely awkward. Seeing this, the other forces could only step forward to take their leave one by one.
Before long, the Tian Xuan Continent forces that had traveled thousands of miles to attend the grand banquet were all gone, leaving only a mess — the Phoenix City where even the central Phoenix Grand Hall had been flattened into the ground.
Feng Hengkong closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and from his throat came a sigh heavier than anything.
He had been the Phoenix Sect Master and Shenhuang Emperor for a full hundred years. Today, for the first time, he felt so keenly what reality truly was.
Before and after Mo Li left... the difference in circumstances was like heaven and earth.
"Alas." Feng Tianwei and Feng Zuokui also sighed heavily. The elders and stewards of the sect all looked pale and at a loss.
Feng Hengkong looked at Feng Tianwei and Feng Zuokui, their eyes filled with helplessness. Feng Hengkong sighed silently and walked toward Yun Che and Feng Xue'er.
"Yun Che, you should go," Feng Tianwei said indifferently. "Your identity as the Illusion Demon Emperor and the Lunhui Jing you carry ensure that the Four Sacred Grounds won't let you go. Now that your master has left, no one can protect you... Leave immediately. Go to a place you consider safe. Otherwise..."
Feng Tianwei looked up at the sky: "Once the crowd disperses, they might come right back."
Clearly, Feng Tianwei had seen through this as well. After all, at the Demon Sword Assembly, he had witnessed firsthand the Four Sacred Grounds' attitude toward the "Demon Emperor" and their expressions toward the "Lunhui Jing."
"I'll leave right away," Yun Che said, having already made up his mind. He grabbed Feng Xue'er's hand: "But not alone. I'll take Xue'er with me."
Feng Hengkong's gaze sharpened, and he said angrily: "No! Do you want to drag Xue'er into the mud too?"
"No," Yun Che shook his head firmly. "On the contrary, for Xue'er's safety, I must take her away. Xue'er is now my fiancée. If those who want to deal with me can't find me, they might target Xue'er... Especially Xuanyuan Wentian. That despicable old fox would absolutely do it!"
"Our Phoenix God Sect is protected by the Phoenix God, and Xue'er is the Phoenix God's successor. Who would dare lay a hand on Xue'er!" Feng Hengkong growled, but as soon as he finished, his momentum suddenly weakened by three parts... because he suddenly remembered that Yun Che had long known the Phoenix God was dead.
"Rest assured. The place I'm taking Xue'er to will be the safest place. It won't pose the slightest threat to her safety. Otherwise, I wouldn't choose to take her with me. Also..." Yun Che's voice was calm, clearly confident in his plans. "I have a way to accelerate Xue'er's power growth. After I take Xue'er away, we might not be able to return for several years. But the day we do return, I guarantee Xue'er's Phoenix power will have grown to a level that will shock you."
Yun Che's calm voice carried a momentum that made it impossible to doubt. Feng Hengkong stared at him for a moment, then turned his gaze to Feng Xue'er: "Xue'er, do you want to stay home, or go with him?"
"Father..." Feng Xue'er said softly. "Wherever Brother Yun goes, I go."
"..." Feng Hengkong's lips twitched. For a long time, he said nothing. Then he turned around, let out a long sigh, and said faintly: "Yun Che, you killed my son... That was my own doing, and I can force myself to forget it. But if anything happens to Xue'er, I will haunt you even as a ghost!"
"Father..." Feng Xue'er's tears came instantly. She choked out: "Xue'er has been unfilial, always making you worry all these years... Brother Yun and I will definitely return early... We definitely will... Father, please take care of yourself..."
Feng Hengkong waved his hand behind him, not speaking, as if urging them to leave immediately. Feng Xue'er's feelings for Yun Che went beyond deep-rooted love — it was almost like she was under a spell. Though he was filled with reluctance, worry, and deep hatred for Yun Che, perhaps for a woman to meet someone she could give herself to so completely and unreservedly was a kind of happiness.
Feng Tianwei and Feng Zuokui had been silently listening to their words, not interrupting, nor stopping Feng Xue'er and Feng Hengkong's final decision. Feng Zuokui said to an elder beside him: "Qingshan, go get all the Three-Stripe Phoenix Spirit Pills and let Xue'er take them."
"Yes." The elder called "Qingshan" turned and left.
"Brother Yun, are we leaving now?" Feng Xue'er asked, tears blurring her eyes.
"Mm." Yun Che nodded lightly. "Now that she's gone, both my identity and the Lunhui Jing on me mean I have to temporarily leave the Tian Xuan Continent. But that's fine — I already promised to take you to the Illusion Demon Realm to meet my parents... After we leave here, we'll go to Cangfeng Imperial City to pick up your sister Cang Yue, then to Liu Yun City to pick up Grandfather, Little Aunt, and Xiao Yun and the others. Then we'll go to the Ice Extreme Snow Domain to bring everyone from the Bing Yun Fairy Palace... Then for the next few years, maybe more than a decade, you'll stay with me in the Illusion Demon Realm."
Before returning to the Illusion Demon Realm, he had to bring everyone related to him — including the Bing Yun Fairy Palace. Otherwise, they would surely face great disaster because of his departure. He had accepted Gong Yuxian's dying entrustment, and moreover, he had developed deep feelings for the Bing Yun Fairy Palace. He couldn't abandon them.
And with the vast inner world of the Primordial Mystic Ark, even bringing tens of thousands of Bing Yun Fairy Palace disciples would be effortless.
"As long as I'm with Brother Yun, anywhere is good," Feng Xue'er gazed at him and said softly. She had no worries or confusion about the unknown Illusion Demon Realm.
But just as she finished speaking, she suddenly felt Yun Che's entire body stiffen. She asked instinctively: "Brother Yun, what's wrong?"
The calm on Yun Che's face suddenly vanished, replaced by a grave expression. Even his gaze turned sinister and dark.
This feeling...
Why did he suddenly feel a lethal sense of danger...
This terrifying sensation was even stronger than when he first encountered Shiyue Mojun in the Slay Moon Demon Cave...
What is it?
Where is it coming from?
He had an almost terrifying sensitivity to dangerous auras. And just now, a dangerous aura from an unknown source made every hair on his body stand up, every nerve strain to the limit... That terrible feeling was like the maw of a sky-swallowing giant python just inches above his head.
But the surrounding land had been flattened by Mo Li's destruction. Besides the people of the Phoenix God Sect, there was no one else, no one approaching, and no one showed any killing intent. Yet this terrifying dangerous aura existed so eerily, as if coming from an invisible void.
Yun Che tightly gripped the confused Feng Xue'er, shielding her behind him. His teeth clenched as he continuously scanned his surroundings... Then, on the empty ground, there was a very faint reflection — so faint that ordinary people couldn't see it with the naked eye.
After forcibly picking the Netherworld Brahma Flower in the Slay Moon Demon Cave, he had inexplicably gained a massive increase in soul power upon waking. This extremely faint reflection entered his spiritual perception and locked his gaze.
It was a long strand of hair... the strand that had slipped from Yuluo's fingers before she left.
A long black strand, faintly tinged with a hint of dark green.
Yun Che stared at it fixedly. Suddenly, his expression changed drastically, his pupils dilating nearly to bursting. With all his strength, he violently shoved Feng Xue'er away.
"Xue'er, run!!"
Pff!!
Before Feng Xue'er, who had been suddenly pushed away, could even react, a sound of flesh being viciously pierced echoed behind her...
The strand of hair left by Yuluo transformed into a thick beam of dark green light, shooting with a speed Yun Che couldn't even respond to, let alone comprehend. It pierced into his chest, through his back, and exploded outward, sending sprays of... green blood billowing through the air.
Bang!
Yun Che was flung far away, landing a hundred zhang away. The green light vanished, but from his heart to his left chest, a massive bloody hole had appeared... His heart had been completely destroyed.
Green poison spread along the edges of the blood hole... But it was quickly purified by the Heavenly Poison Pearl, until it vanished entirely.
Yun Che lay on the ground, his face deathly pale, his pupils unfocused, his lips moving with difficulty...
"Ho..."
Yun Che's pupils completely lost focus. No more sound came from him.
Throughout his life, Yun Che had suffered countless injuries, many of them severe. But his body and will were extraordinary — no matter how grievous his wounds, he never let himself lose consciousness. After his brutal battle with Shiyue Mojun, his entire body had split open and his profound power depleted, yet he had forced himself to stay awake.
But this time, he couldn't even finish calling out "Hong'er's" name before losing consciousness, his life or death unknown. The hole in his chest, the pool of blood beneath him — it was a shocking sight.
Yuluo had promised Mo Li that after returning, she would never mention Yun Che to anyone. She had promised, and she would keep her word... because she had promised not to mention Yun Che, but she had never said she wouldn't kill him.
The moment she made that promise to Mo Li — or rather, the moment she detected Mo Li's aura on Yun Che — Yun Che was already a dead man in her eyes.
What she had left behind was only a single strand of fine hair, but within it was contained terrifying poison and divine power. And whether it was the poison or the divine power, either could easily poison and shatter anyone on the Tian Xuan Continent.
There was absolutely no chance of survival.
Yun Che possessed the Heavenly Poison Pearl, so Yuluo's poison was purified.
He had the Dragon God's Body and the protection of Desolate God's Power. His body wasn't directly shattered, but that was still divine path power. Not only had a large hole been pierced through his chest, the force that had burrowed into his body had nearly split him into a thousand pieces from the inside, severing all his meridians completely.