After laughing heartily, Sikong Jiu quickly looked at his arms.

He was relieved only after confirming that the Chaos Three-leaf Clover was still quietly lying in the Heavenly Wood Divine Gold Box.

"Cough, cough cough."

Once his spirit relaxed, Sikong Jiu felt an excruciating pain all over his body, as if his limbs and bones were about to fall apart, with no part free from pain.

"Supreme Emperor, what just happened?"

Sikong Jiu recalled the terror dominated by that scorching airflow and asked in a grave tone.

"Just now? That was three days ago." Xu Lai spoke leisurely.

"!!!"

Sikong Jiu's heart pounded wildly.

Luckily, the Supreme Emperor was here; otherwise, during the three days of unconsciousness, he truly wouldn't have known how he died.

Looking around.

The Spiritual Energy was incredibly dense, obscuring the starry sky, yet they were not at the North Sea, but rather on a star relatively close to it.

From here.

One can clearly see the vast, boundless North Sea, with liquefied Spiritual Energy continuously forming streams that fall into the Sea Eye.

However.

The North Sea, which used to appear calm but was full of rampant creatures, was terrifyingly quiet today; Sikong Jiu could neither see nor sense any demonic beasts.

"Supreme Emperor, there's something odd about the North Sea."

Sikong Jiu hesitated and said: "The Spiritual Energy of the North Sea is dense; the creatures long living here are typically erratic and violent. Why is it so quiet?"

"Since we left the Sea Eye, the North Sea has remained like this." Xu Lai spoke meaningfully.

Sikong Jiu furrowed his brows deeply.

Something feels off.

Very off.

When they arrived, a Quasi-Emperor of the Cloud Fish Clan had been killed, and other demonic creatures in the North Sea still charged fearlessly; it was a gathering of reckless beings.

Now the North Sea was oddly quiet.

"You just asked me what the scorching airflow spraying from the well was."

Xu Lai spoke softly: "I don't know either, but I have some vague guesses."

Sikong Jiu's expression froze.

The Spiritual Energy fell into the deep well, absorbed by the wall holes, while the well spewed out a pungent airflow, coupled with the Chaos Three-leaf Clover's mention of its old neighbor...

Sikong Jiu awkwardly said: "Could we have entered some creature's body? And possibly... its nostrils."

"Not necessarily nostrils."

Xu Lai, feeling melancholic, said: "Not all creatures in the Immortal Domain have noses."

"Uh."

Sikong Jiu started trembling.

He recalled that in the Immortal Domain, many large creatures did their swallowing or excreting through...

"Ugh—"

Sikong Jiu directly vomited, not food residue but Heavenly Dao Laws.

If it were usual times.

Xu Lai would definitely joke: "Even the Heavenly Lord vomits differently than others."

But now he indeed lacked the leisure to tease Sikong Jiu, feeling somewhat sad, he said: "You say..."

"Impossible!"

Sikong Jiu retorted firmly: "Supreme Emperor, stop overthinking, it's absolutely impossible! Moreover, why don't we ask the Chaos Three-leaf Clover?"

The top treasure of heaven's riches was once re-exposed to daylight, intending to angrily scold the deceitful attack by the Human Race Great Emperor, but the words stuck in its throat, accompanied by a shiver.

Two faces approached it.

The Human Race Great Emperor Xu Qingfeng and that distorted-looking child in the red bellyband.

"What, what do you want to do..."

The Chaos Three-leaf Clover was very anxious, its two legs were trembling uncontrollably.

Could they be intending to eat it now?

Not following any rituals?

At least it should be bathed in incense and fed some Spirit Plants, filling up before hitting the road!

"Three-leaf."

"???"

The Chaos Three-leaf Clover's head was filled with question marks: "I'm called Chaos Three-leaf Clover, not Three-leaf!"

"Three-leaf."

Sikong Jiu called again, holding a dagger that appeared out of nowhere.

It emitted an eerie luster.

The Chaos Three-leaf Clover's two root-like legs trembled even more. The dagger was tipped with venom specifically targeting Spirit Plants, and once it hurt the roots, it would take three to five eras to recover.

"Ah, Three-leaf is here."

To survive, there's no shame; the Chaos Three-leaf Clover consoled itself this way.

Xu Lai cast a sidelong glance at Sikong Jiu, noting this guy had quite a lot of tricks up his sleeve, seemingly having committed no small number of bad deeds.

"Three-leaf, what is going on with the Sea Eye?" Sikong Jiu asked casually.

"...I can't say. Saying it out loud will get me killed." The Chaos Three-leaf Clover shook its head repeatedly.

"Hmm, Supreme Emperor, the Chaos Three-leaf Clover's old neighbor's Boundary is likely above yours."

Sikong Jiu pondered.

"..."

The Chaos Three-leaf Clover stared blankly, swearing it hadn't revealed anything.

"Above Emperor Realm?"

Xu Lai raised an eyebrow, his gaze filled with uncertainty.

Emperor Realm.

Is currently known as the peak of the cultivation path.

Though during cultivation, Xu Lai could still sense the growth of Spiritual Energy within him.

But that thin trace is akin to a drop of water in the ocean, incapable of stirring any waves, making further advancement as challenging as reaching heaven.

Xu Lai even doubted whether Emperor Realm had any possibility of further breakthroughs.

The Chaos Three-leaf Clover drooped its head: "Please spare me; I really don't have a close relationship with that little fish. It's just a lazy fellow, sleeps more than I do."

"Fish demon!"

Xu Lai and Sikong Jiu extracted a very important piece of information from Three-leaf's words.

The Chaos Three-leaf Clover's neighbor is a fish demon!

Cloud Fish?

Tianxing Fish?

Ink Jade Fish?

Dozens of infamous species in the Immortal Domain flashed through Sikong Jiu's mind, but none of them had ever produced an Emperor Realm being, seeming not to fit.

"Ugh..."

A wails echoed from the North Sea Eye, spreading across the entire Northern Immortal Domain and then to the other three Immortal Domains.

Even in the remote part of the Immortal Domain, on Earth, that very ancient and sorrowful wail was heard.

"What does your old neighbor little fish mean by this?"

Sikong Jiu raised an eyebrow: "Could it be provoking me and the Supreme Emperor!"

The Chaos Three-leaf Clover murmured quietly: "You think... Ptooey, Ptooey, Ptooey, that accursed little fish, how can it be so outrageous! Two seniors, I suspect the little fish is provoking; please do kill it."

Xu Lai sneered.

Sikong Jiu held the Chaos Three-leaf Clover's foot and lifted it upside down, laughing coldly:

"Three-leaf, you've got a lot of petty schemes, actually trying to incite me and the Supreme Emperor to court death, wanting to let that little fish take us down?"

"...No, absolutely not."

The Chaos Three-leaf Clover shivered: "Senior, about your past willingness to make a Heavenly Dao pledge; can it still be counted? I'm willing to condense a perfect Hundun body for you, just to seek a way out."

"Too late."

Sikong Jiu, like holding a cabbage, lifted the Chaos Three-leaf Clover, feeling immensely pleased.

Coming to the Immortal Domain this time.

Though the Eight Desolate Cauldron Emperor Artifact wasn't acquired, I obtained the coveted Chaos Three-leaf Clover and a Divine Skill imparted by the Supreme Emperor.

Only two words could describe this trip.

Blood Profit!

"But I don't know what kind of existence that little fish is; if captured and boiled into soup, it should be quite nourishing, right?"

When Sikong Jiu was imagining this, he felt the star beneath his feet start to shake.

Earthquake?

No, it's not.

It's not just the star beneath his feet, the entire Northern Immortal Domain where the North Sea is located was trembling.