Fairy Ling Ling couldn't help but look at Immortal Lord Luo Fan more closely. Immortal Lord Luo Fan glared at Xing Jie, "I am willing, and it's none of your business! To be able to fight side-by-side with Ling Ling is my greatest honor, that's all!"
Xing Jie said, "Oh? Showing compassion for those around you will make it difficult to advance on the path to godhood. This is a major taboo in cultivation, don't you know?"
Immortal Lord Luo Fan said, "If I don't even dare to protect the one I love, what's the point of cultivating and becoming a god? It's just cultivating with an empty shell. Such brainless cultivation is not worth pursuing. Those who have no hatred in their hearts will also be destined not to dare to follow, not to dare to love or hate. Even if they become gods, so what? Those without love or hate in their hearts are just killing machines. Such absurd godhood is not worth achieving."
Xing Jie said, "That's a saying for the weak. The strong are respected. Keep your words for yourself, assuming you can survive."
An invisible hand waved out!
"Be careful!" Fairy Ling Ling used her "Charm Art!"
Xing Jie smiled faintly, "This charm might have some effect on mortals, but for this Venerable One, for a true god, it's just passing dust. Playing around."
Seeing her charm recognized at a glance, Fairy Ling Ling was helpless. She was flicked aside by a single hand, separating the two.
Xing Jie said, "Kid, you will pay the price for your insolence and arrogance towards this Venerable One. I'll send you to meet the Buddha!"
"No!" Fairy Ling Ling cried out.
Just as Immortal Lord Luo Fan was about to be crushed into a pulp by a palm strike, "Stop!"
Heavenly Emperor Hong Xuan arrived, his purple invisible hand enveloped Immortal Lord Luo Fan, and then clenched into a fist, shattering Xing Jie's invisible palm.
Usually, it's rock-paper-scissors, and rock cannot win against paper, but in the face of all power, all rules become weak and powerless.
The people from the three Great Divine Mansions and ten Great Immortal Mansions saw the Heavenly Emperor return, as if they had found their backbone, "Greetings, Heavenly Emperor!..."
Xing Jie's lips curled up, "Heavenly Emperor, we meet again. I recall the last time we met was a hundred years ago."
Seeing Immortal Lord Luo Fan heavily injured and Fairy Ling Ling lightly wounded, Heavenly Emperor Hong Xuan chose to ignore Xing Jie and flicked two moist pills into the mouths of Immortal Lord Luo Fan and Fairy Ling Ling.
Xing Jie, being ignored, seethed with anger. Heavenly Emperor Hong Xuan said, "We are all family, no need for formalities."
"Thank you, Heavenly Emperor!..."
Heavenly Emperor Hong Xuan then turned to Xing Jie, "A mere seedling of a lamp wick, you dare to pull up a seedling to encourage its growth. Did you injure Immortal Lord Luo Fan and Fairy Ling Ling?"
Xing Jie wanted to explain, "Heavenly Emperor, please do not misunderstand, we were merely sparring..."
Heavenly Emperor Hong Xuan's authority was challenged, as Xing Jie treated him like a fool. Instantly, his divine sense, spread across the ninth level of the Floating Void Realm, permeated the area, causing Xing Jie's divine sea to stagnate.
With a raise of his hand, Heavenly Emperor Hong Xuan conjured an invisible purple hand and struck at Xing Jie!
Xing Jie raised both hands, conjuring two invisible hands, but they were shattered by the purple invisible hand. He himself then took a palm strike!
"Bang!"
"Pfft!..."
Heavenly Emperor Hong Xuan then withdrew his hand, "Hmph, a mere early-stage first level Floating Void Realm, and you dare to be arrogant before this Emperor. This time, I'll teach you a lesson. If there's a next time, I will not show mercy!"
Xing Jie, however, did not feel he was in the wrong. He stood up, patted his disheveled clothes, and then summoned the Heavenly Calamity-grade magical artifact, the Dragon Abyss Sword!
"Heavenly Emperor, putting aside the fact that this brat repeatedly obstructed me from apprehending him, I heard that the Heavenly Emperor possesses a divine artifact named 'Gui Xu Meng Yan.' I, though untalented, wish to test its power."