Not just expansion.
Besides Yuan Zun, everyone else.
Their eyes were filled with deep shock.
After all, everyone knew that the most terrifying aspect of the Book of Life and Death was its ability to erase lives by writing them and their birthdates on it.
Even gods would perish before the Book of Life and Death.
But...
Chen Nan stood there with a smile.
Was this reasonable?
Yuan Zun remained calm.
Because he knew Chen Nan came from the mortal world.
Unless Tuozhan knew Chen Nan's birthdate in the mortal world.
Otherwise, even if he mastered the Book of Life and Death, he wouldn't be able to erase Chen Nan's life.
"Are you a Saint?" Tuozhan's pupils trembled violently, recalling that only Saints could ignore the divine abilities of the Book of Life and Death.
"No, no, no, you can't be a Saint."
"Saints have already leaped out of the Three Realms and are beyond the cycle of the Five Elements."
"If you were a Saint, why would you come to the Underworld?"
"Speak, who exactly are you?"
"Why can't the Book of Life and Death erase your life?"
Chen Nan asked calmly, "Could there be such a possibility?"
"The birthdate you wrote does not match my true birthdate?"
Tuozhan's heart trembled violently.
He didn't believe his intelligence was wrong.
But.
He was even less convinced that Chen Nan was a Saint.
Before he could react.
Chen Nan extended a palm.
Space annihilated and surged towards Tuozhan.
"Die!"
Tuozhan was enraged.
That page of the Book of Life and Death seemed to come alive.
It transformed into a golden light and slashed towards Chen Nan.
Even though Chen Nan had obtained four Books of Life and Death.
He didn't believe Chen Nan could control the power of the Book of Life and Death in such a short time.
"Still!"
Chen Nan uttered a cold voice.
The next moment.
That Book of Life and Death froze in mid-air.
As if a immobilization spell had been cast upon it.
"Although I cannot control the power of the Book of Life and Death."
"My strength has increased dramatically after controlling four Books of Life and Death."
"With just you, how can you harm me even a little?"
Chen Nan showed a hint of disdain on his face.
Then he reached out and directly grabbed that Book of Life and Death.
He erased Tuozhan's soul imprint and forcibly absorbed it into his body.
Puff!
Tuozhan vomited blood.
He never expected Chen Nan to erase his soul imprint from the Book of Life and Death.
This caused his cultivation to plummet.
Instantly returning to his previous level.
At the same time.
Qiye appeared before Tuozhan like a ghost.
The long saber in his hand was directly placed on Tuozhan's neck.
At this point.
Tuozhan accepted the fact that he was no match for Chen Nan.
"Chen, I underestimated you!"
"However, you'd better not be happy too soon."
"Even if I die, you won't have a good end." He smiled maniacally and directly charged into the long saber in Qiye's hand, his head severed from his body.
The Tuo family knew that once the secret of the Book of Life and Death was revealed.
The Tuo family would face utter destruction.
Rather than face the interrogation and punishment of the imperial court.
It was better to die.
"I never imagined that the Commander of the Demon Suppression Division died bizarrely because the Tuo family was excluded from the Hundred Family Surnames!" Qiushui sighed lightly.
Resentment towards the Commander of the Demon Suppression Division solely because of a surname ranking.
Even killing over eighteen thousand innocent Commanders of the Demon Suppression Division.
The Tuo family's methods were despicable.
Chen Nan opened his right hand, and five Books of Life and Death floated quietly in his palm: "Sir, these are five lost Books of Life and Death. Please send them back to Fengdu City!"
The Book of Life and Death was a treasure.
If Chen Nan continued to control these five Books of Life and Death, no one could become his opponent.
However...
Such a treasure was not something he could covet.
And the moment he summoned the Books of Life and Death.
His cultivation rapidly dropped to the first level of the Soul Devouring Realm.
Returning to his true realm.
Yuan Zun nodded slightly: "I will head to Fengdu City now and inform the Great Emperor of everything that happened today."
Chen Nan solved the bizarre case of the Commander of the Demon Suppression Division.
And found five lost Books of Life and Death.
Either of these two cases was an unprecedented achievement.
As for how the Great Emperor would reward Chen Nan.
He was also looking forward to it.
Afterward, Chen Nan gave a few brief instructions.
Then he rushed home in a hurry.
"Quick, quick, help me suppress the fire poison in my body!"
Upon returning home, he immediately took off his clothes.
He forcibly pulled the Lu sisters into his embrace.
"Young Master Chen, are you that impatient?" Lu Qingqing blushed and whispered, "I thought you didn't have such intentions towards us!"
Lu Bailing noticed Chen Nan's abnormality and asked with concern, "Young Master Chen, why is your body so hot?"
Lu Qingqing giggled and said, "Isn't it Young Master Chen's inner fire acting up?"
"Qingqing, don't talk nonsense, Young Master Chen's condition is more critical than last time!" Lu Bailing's eyes were serious, she could clearly feel the heat on Chen Nan's body.
It was even stronger than last time.
"Stop talking, I want to be quiet!" Chen Nan closed his eyes to recuperate.
He had once again suffered a backlash from the fire element laws.
The reason was simple.
Before he controlled the Book of Life and Death.
He had forcibly controlled 0.08% of the fire element laws.
He thought this would be enough to kill Tuozhan.
But he had underestimated the power of the Book of Life and Death.
And at his current realm.
He could only control 0.06% of the fire element laws.
En.
Yes.
Forcibly controlling 0.08% of the fire element laws.
Caused him to suffer a backlash from the fire element laws again.
But it was not a big problem.
This way, he could legitimately hold the Lu sisters while sleeping, right?
A faint coolness spread from the Lu sisters.
Making him feel a bit more comfortable.
At the same time.
He was also sensing the changes in his body.
After all, he had been seriously injured during the fight with Tuozhan.
If not for the wood element laws.
The consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Wait!"
"I clearly controlled 0.08% of the fire element laws."
"Why does it feel like I control more than 0.08% of the fire element laws?"
Chen Nan suddenly sat up.
His heart was in turmoil for a long time.
"Based on the current situation."
"I control at least 0.09% of the fire element laws."
"That's not right!"
"I didn't forcibly control that much fire element law either!"
"What exactly is going on?"
Chen Nan was a little panicked.
He never expected such a strange thing to happen to him.
Then he discovered.
The wood element laws had weakened by a quarter.
"In the Five Elements, wood generates fire."
"If I'm not mistaken."
"The missing wood element laws are precisely the extra fire element laws."
"If the remaining wood element laws are burned away."
"I will surely die!"
Chen Nan felt a chill run down his spine.
He never expected that after resolving Tuozhan.
The factor that truly threatened his life.
Came from within himself.
At this moment.
He finally understood why Tuozhan had said he wouldn't have a good end before he died.
At this time.
Lu Qingqing's alluring voice sounded: "Young Master Chen, you are getting hotter and hotter. Do you need me to suppress the fire poison in your body from the source?"