"What are you waiting for?! If we waste any more time, we're going to lose!" Su Xiangnan anxiously looked at Yun Qinghong and Greatest Ambition, who were suppressing Jiufang Kui, now on the verge of defeat. He shouted at his teammates, who were only defending with no iion of attag Mu Feiyan.

  "..." Bai Yi was expressionless as he sshed with his sword, the wind howling and slig through the blue beam rushing at him. He khat Su Xiangnan was right, but he still had to keep his guard up against them.

  "I know for myself that I am not a traitor! How I believe you two?!" Chiyang Bailie shouted, feeling anxious. He could barely resist the attacks from Mu Feiyan; if Mu Feiyan hadn't had to split his firepower among the three of them, Chiyang Bailie would have already been dead.

  "I am not a traitor either!" Su Xiangnan said with a straight face while defending against Mu Feiyan. Suddenly, a blue beam struck him, sending him flying toward Bai Yi. He shouted, "If I were a traitor, I would be doily something like this!"

  When he finished his words, he thrust his sword toward Bai Yi! A sharp yellow light shot from the tip and rushed toward him!

  "Damn, bastard! I k would be you!" Chiyang Bailie cursed as he rushed to help Bai Yi.

  "Where are you going? Daddy is here to give you some tough love!" Mu Feiyan appeared in front of him, pung him and sending him crashing to the ground.

  "Bastard Su!" Bai Yi's expression sank as wings appeared on his back. With a fp of his wings, he flew high, dodging the attack. However, the beam was incredibly fast; although he avoided a fatal blow, the yellow beam still pierced through his leg.

  The Bai 's inal form is the Cloud-winged White Tiger, simir to the Xiao . They cultivate wind profound strength, making them quite agile and fast.

  "Fuck! I took a beating for nothing, damn it!" Su Xiangnan cursed under his breath. He had been putting on an act, taking a beating from Mu Feiyan just to find the perfect opportunity to unch a sneak atta someone. Unfortunately, these two old foxes were already very vigint.

  He was anxiously eager to make tributions in front of the Little Demon—oh no, the Demon Empress; she was no longer 'little'.

  "Agh!" At this moment, Jiufang Kui's pained cry rang out as Yun Qinghong's spear pierced him miserably.

  Why the hell is everyone being pierced by a spear?!

  "Father-in-w, Brother Su! Let me help you!" Yun Qinghong shouted as he rushed to support Su Xiangnan in dealing with Bei Yi.

  While Greatest Ambition also rushed to help Xiao Xifeng and Yan Zijing deal with Nangong Zhi.

  Soon Su Xiangnan and Yun Qinghong crippled Bei Yi and Mu Faiyan alone crushed Chiyang Bailie.

  The Chiyang was a very strong race of true dragons. Unfortunately, the gap between realms was vast, and Chiyang Bailie didn't stand a ce of winning against Mu Feiyan.

  With the help of Greatest Ambition, Nangong Zhi also suffered a miserable defeat.

  After dealing with the six s, they turheir attention to the Dukes.

  "Fuck! Father! Where is Father?!" Seeing that the situation had bee very dangerous, Duke Huai cursed anxiously. His only hope was his father, who was at the peak of the Sn Profound Realm. As long as he appeared, everything would be settled.

  "Argh!" The battle raged on as Mu Feiyan pointed his fi Duke Han. A drop of water shot out, and when it hit him, it felt as though a mountain came crashing down, breaking all his bones.

  This attack was Mu Feiyan's favorite teique, 'Heavy Water'. It denses a rge amount of water into a tiny single droplet with immense weight.

  "Please have mercy!" At the same time, a Duke let out a shriek, Su Xiangnan was fighting with everything he had. His earlier performance had been disappointing, so he risked injury to quickly deal with his oppo. He sliced through the duke's body, cutting off his lower half and then stabbing his profound veins and crippling him.

  Greatest Ambitio with Duke Xiang and Duke Long.

  *Wait! Duke Long?!*

  "Noo! Agrh!" Finally, Yun Qinghong's spear pierced through Duke Huai's body stabbing him directly through his profound veins, crippling him as well.

  He dragged Duke Huai by the colr and brought him in front of Huan Caiyi, asking respectfully, "Your Majesty, what should I do with this scum?"

  "Huan Caiyi! You 't kill me! If you do, my father will make yret it!" Duke Huai raised his head and desperately shouted at Huan Caiyi, his body trembling with fear. His only hope was to use his father as a deterrent to save his own life.

  Right at that moment, a cra space opened, and from it, an old man stepped out, dragging a bloodied unsan behind him.

  "Father!" Yun Qinghong called out when he saw his father approag.

  "Demon King!"

  "Father!" Duke Huai looked at Duke Ming, who was being dragged by Yun ghai, and shouted in despair, his body trembling and his eyes turning red.

  "You! Why are you alive?!" Duke Huai shouted at Yun ghai, disbelief g his voice.

  "..." Yun ghai ignored him, not answering. He turo Huan Caiyi and said, "Your Majesty, I didn't disappoint you. I brought back this treacherous bastard!" He threw Duke Ming on the ground at Huan Caiyi's feet.

  While Huan Caiyi was dealing with the six s and the Duke Paces, Yun ghai y in ambush for Duke Ming.

  Uhe suppression of the formation and with the help of Yun ghai's profound handle, he easily defeated Duke Ming.

  Duke Ming tried to flee, but unfortunately for him, the formation ecifically desigo prevent anyone from esg.

  "Hhm, good," Huan Caiyi here were ions on her expressionless face.

  "Why? Why did it e to this?!" Duke Huai k on the ground, staring at everything before him, his eyes hollow. Just a few dozen minutes ago, he was the high and mighty Duke Huai, half a step away from being the ruler of this realm!

  But in just a short time, he had fallen from cloud o the mud! All his supporters were defeated and his greatest bag, his father, had bee a cripple!

  "As the Patriarchs of the Guardian Families, your sacred duty is to protect the Illusory Demon Emperor. Yet, not only did you fail in this duty, you colluded with a traitor for many years to rebel against your ruler!" Huan Caiyi looked at the six s and spoke slowly and sharply.

  The six patriarchs y crippled and severely injured on the ground. When they heard her voice, some of them squirmed like worms.

  Lin Guiyan twisted his body and struggled to move, managing to prostrate himself on the ground with great difficulty. Pleading, he said, "Your Majesty! We are indeed ungrateful, wretched bastards, but this is our doing alone. I am ready to bear your wrath! But, please, spare my ! My will be eternally loyal to you!"

  "You are indeed a wretched, pathetich. However, this empress is magnanimous and shall grant you o ce! If you open your souls and allow me to impnt a sve imprint on you, not only will I spare your lives and s, but I will also heal your veins so you will no longer be crippled," Huan Caiyi said, her cold gaze pierg through them as she uttered those cruel words.

  Silenveloped the entire hall. The six s stared at her with horrified eyes, while eveher s who had sided with her felt a chill run down their spihe same was true for the tens of crippled dukes, their expressions refleg shod fear.

  "Impossible! Even if I die, I will never do that! How I, Helian Kuang, bee someone else's sve?!" Helian Kuang struggled to lift his head, gring at Huan Caiyi as he shouted, vehemently rejeg her offer.

  "Good! I respect your ce! You go and die then!" Huan Caiyi smiled, her expression cold and cruel. She waved her hand, and a gust of wind lifted Helian Kuang into the air.

  "Argh!!!! Stop!" While suspended in the air, golden fmes began to e his legs. The pain was so inte felt as if not only his body was burning but his soul as well! Veins bulged out of his ned forehead, and his eyes threateo pop out of their sockets!

  He begged for fiveness, but Huan Caiyi turned a deaf ear to his pleas. The fire slowly advanced, burning his lower body all the way to his chest.

  "Little Demon Empress... spare me... Little... Demon Empress... spare me... Ah... UWAAAAHHHHH...! I'm... willing to bee... your... sve!" No one could fathom the immense pain that drove a level five Monarit such a wretched scream and plead so pitifully, but Huan Caiyi was indifferent; she watched him struggle and kick with cold eyes.

  She tio ie his body slowly until the golden fmes spread across his entire body, gradually, all of his struggles and screams were pletely devoured by the fmes.

  After dealing with him, she turo the other patriarchs and asked, "So, what is your choice? Do you want to be a ceous hero who disregards the safety of his for his own dignity, or a lowly sve?"

  Silence fell once again in the hall, with only the sounds of loud gulps and shatterih breaking the stillness.

  "I... I am willing to atone for my sins and bee a sve to Your Majesty!" Lin Guiyan was the first to submit. He gritted his teeth until blood seeped from his mouth, tears and snot streaming down his face. After uttering those words, strength was drained from him and he colpsed onto the ground.

  If it was between the sve imprint and a simple death, he might have choseh. But followed by his death, it was a sequeen thousand times more cruel than a simple death.

  "Good! You indeed have the potential to bee a good sve," Huan Caiyi nodded, mogly praising him before turning her cold gaze to the others. "And what is your choice?"

  "...I am also willing to bee your sve and atone for my sins!"

  "I am... I am also willing!"

  "Me... me too! I am willing!"

  After witnessing the gruesome end of Helian Kuang, and with Lin Guiyan's example, the other patriarchs chose to submit.

  If Lin Guiyan hadn't taken the initiative to bee her sve, it's likely that at least half of them wouldn't have been willing to accept her cruel offer, especially in front of all the guardian families and duke paces.

  After impnting the Sve Imprint on them all, Huan Caiyi handed each of them silver pills glowing with a soft white light.

  "Thank you, Your Majesty, for wasting this precious pill on your sve!" Upon using the pills, they discovered that their injuries and profound veins were rec at an incredible speed. They k on the ground, kowtowing to her in gratitude.

  After being sves, their life goal and mission was to serve Huan Caiyi loyally for the rest of their lives. Their own well-being and that of their s became sedary.