The Qingfeng Sword was originally in a bit of a bad mood, and now it vented all its emotions on Sikong Jiu, poking another ten holes in him.

This left Sikong Jiu, the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, with dozens of holes, unable to recover in a short time.

"Stop stabbing."

Xu Lai said with a bit of a headache.

"Fine, I'm leaving!"

The Qingfeng Sword transformed into a stream of light and flew into the distance.

Xu Lai shook his head helplessly, not knowing when the prideful and capricious little temper of the Qingfeng Sword Spirit would change.

"I'm the branch of the Heavenly Dao on Earth, no one dares to touch me..."

Sikong Jiu cried, "Supreme Emperor, you must stand up for me!"

"Alright, I'll get you a few ten-color immortal-grade spirit stones to fix yourself up later." Xu Lai said casually.

"I think Qingfeng Sword's stabs were justified. Truly worthy of an Emperor Artifact—her Qingfeng Sword Intent is masterful. A daughter should be like the Qingfeng Sword!"

"?"

Xu Lai's forehead was covered in black lines.

Thinking that the Qingfeng Sword could actually stab a few more times.

"Woo—"

Suddenly, the colossal jellyfish beast trembled violently, its almost completely transparent body swiftly changing.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a very eerie sky blue, hiding the souls and the broken Samsara Sea in its tentacles.

Amidst its wails,

The jellyfish beast swam towards the depths of the Boundless Sea, and how could Xu Lai and Sikong Jiu let it get away?

This was a ticking time bomb.

If not dealt with now, in the future, this beast alone could destroy the entire Immortal Domain without needing Tian Gui Yuan Yan to act!

The two quickly gave chase.

However, at the bottom of the sea, the jellyfish beast's speed was so fast that Sikong Jiu was quickly left behind.

Even Xu Lai needed to activate his spells and wield his Sword Intent to barely keep up.

"Slow down, Supreme Emperor, wait for me... I haven't even mounted the sword yet!" Sikong Jiu shouted loudly from behind.

Xu Lai could only grab Sikong Jiu's body and continue the pursuit.

"Is it trying to run?"

Sikong Jiu spoke nervously, "It's aware, and it knows we want to kill it."

"Hmm."

In Xu Lai's mind, he recalled that woman with the teardrop mole.

Clearly, his divine sense detected that she was a mere mortal with no cultivation, yet she could control all the tentacles inside the jellyfish.

If only his attention hadn't been caught by that little girl's soul, and he had dealt with her sooner...

Xu Lai shook his head, dismissing those unrealistic thoughts.

The jellyfish beast swam for a long time, diving to depths unknown, while Xu Lai's spiritual energy was continuously eroded by the seawater.

During this time,

He swallowed two drops of essence blood from the Snowflower.

Sikong Jiu watched with envy.

The Snowflower survives for one samsara, and it takes an era to condense one or two drops of essence blood. Losing even one drop requires a long time to recover.

He wanted some too...

But considering their current situation at the bottom of the Boundless Sea, Sikong Jiu stifled his strange thoughts.

He could only restore his cultivation level by consuming the essence blood of the Snowflower.

But Xu Lai consuming it could save his life, and by extension, save Sikong Jiu's life as well, so it was obviously more worthwhile for Xu Lai to consume it.

"Supreme Emperor, should we keep chasing?"

Sikong Jiu hesitated, "We need to reserve enough spiritual energy to leave the Boundless Sea, otherwise, we'll die here without needing the jellyfish beast to attack."

"But isn't there still you?"

Xu Lai kept his eyes on the rapidly swimming colossal jellyfish, not looking at Sikong Jiu, but his words brought a continuous bitter smile to the latter:

"Supreme Emperor, as for me... there's not a trace of spiritual energy in my body, I'm purely a body of laws, so I can move freely within the Boundless Sea, but my combat power is nearly zero. If the jellyfish beast turns to attack us, I definitely won't be able to escape."

"I see."

Xu Lai understood.

As they chased, a vast area of deep blue sand gradually appeared ahead, looking magnificent.

Sikong Jiu's heart tightened.

It was Yunmeng Blue Sand!

Flowing in the Netherworld, from the path of death to the path of life, crossing the cycle of life and death.

Divine sense spread out, and within tens of thousands of miles, there was nothing but the deep blue sand, and the water was a murky yellow color.

This was the Netherworld.

Unlike the shock on Sikong Jiu's face, Xu Lai was much calmer: "It's swimming toward the Realm Gate."

Last time he entered the Boundless Sea, he knew that the Netherworld lay at the seabed, the two distinctly separate and unaffected by each other.

Not far ahead,

Was one of the places where Xu Lai discovered the three Realm Gates, where once remained decaying divine metal chains.

As Xu Lai had speculated,

The jellyfish beast swam to the spot where the Realm Gate used to be and stopped, seemingly looking for the gate.

But the gate had long been taken by Xu Lai back to the Heavenly Court, so how could it find it?

"Woo—"

The wailing of the colossal jellyfish was no longer eerie but carried a touch of madness.

"Hey, is this really a beast from The Other Shore?"

Sikong Jiu uttered his amazement, his voice hiding deep apprehension for The Other Shore.

Xu Lai deeply agreed, whenever something involved The Other Shore, no matter the matter or the being, it was never simple.

For example—

The No Righteous Sword hiding thirty-six Cloud Water Rust Characters.

The former Emperor Realm assassin Gu Yan and the female giant named Li Hua, as well as four other unknown and missing cultivators from The Other Shore.

The Elder from the Netherworld of The Other Shore, Huang Zhongtian.

Even that nameless Giant Whale from the Northern Immortal Domain could be from The Other Shore, adding to this jellyfish beast...

Xu Lai suddenly spoke, "In the Eastern and Western Immortal Domains, could it be that beneath them lie beasts also from The Other Shore?"

Sikong Jiu instinctively wanted to deny it, but on careful thought, it wasn't entirely impossible.

Even during the First Era, when emperors arose in numbers, no one knew that the Northern Immortal Domain was carried by a Giant Whale.

"Supreme Emperor, that's not a funny joke."

Sikong Jiu tried to console himself, yet the jellyfish beast began to change again, lowering its body to devour the broken, decaying divine metal chains.

Then,

It started devouring the Netherworld and Yunmeng Blue Sand!

Sikong Jiu's expression turned ugly, sensing that the beast's aura was gradually rising, and its size increasingly growing, prompting him to say:

"Oh no, we can't let it continue consuming, we need to think of a solution."

"It's your daughter, Nannan."

Xu Lai kicked Sikong Jiu away, spreading his divine sense out.

"???"

Sikong Jiu was baffled.

Although he didn't understand what the Supreme Emperor was saying, an inexplicable sense of unease welled up in his heart, making him want to flee this place.

"Woo!"

The jellyfish beast stopped devouring the Netherworld. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Supreme Emperor, let's go, I sense something's wrong with it..." Sikong Jiu panicked.

"Escape."

Xu Lai said softly, "Hold onto this drop of blood and hang on for a while, I'll go out to find help."

Looking at the fragrant, drift-white Snowflower essence blood floating towards him, Sikong Jiu felt no joy and instead jumped up, cursing:

"Supreme Emperor, Xu Qingfeng, Xu Lai... can't you be a decent person!"

"If I were you, I wouldn't spout nonsense but would run quickly and pray for my quick return with reinforcements." Xu Lai said.

"!!!"

Sikong Jiu swallowed the Snowflower essence blood whole and turned around, sprinting so fast he was nearly overtaking Xu Lai while he was flying on his sword.

"Tsk."

Xu Lai smirked, Sikong Jiu never uttered a truthful word, didn't he claim to have no spiritual energy?

At this speed.

Even Xu Lai had to concede.

However, the jellyfish beast was not going to take it lightly either; its speed increased significantly, frenzily chasing after Sikong Jiu.

Faintly, Xu Lai could hear the sobs of the teardrop-mole woman:

"Nannan."

"My Nannan..."