Chapter 975: Luohou Appears, A Deal

It was unknown how much time had passed before that phantom, which was on the verge of collapse, finally managed to steady itself with great difficulty. It stopped fading. By now, the aura it emitted was almost non-existent, looking completely like a lamp running out of oil.

After recovering for a good while, Immortal Emperor Donghua, who was weak to the extreme, laboriously waved his sleeve and collected that solid body, which was full of vitality, into his sleeve.

Seeing this scene, Qi Yuan, as a bystander, was momentarily stunned, a look of surprise appearing on his face. Clearly, he had just mistaken which one was the main body.

Originally, he thought that phantom was one of the three corpses the Immortal Emperor had severed, but he hadn't expected it to be the exact opposite—that materialized powerful body was the three corpses!

From the whole process, it was clear that Immortal Emperor Donghua had paid an unimaginably high price to strip away his "true self," nearly perishing on the spot.

Of course, severing the "true self" was originally the most difficult step in the secret technique of severing the three corpses. Once completed, stripping away the remaining two corpses would be relatively much easier…

While Qi Yuan was secretly contemplating, a hint of relief from surviving a disaster appeared on Immortal Emperor Donghua's usually dignified and solemn face, along with a trace of uncontrollable joy.

Only those who have actually experienced it can understand how difficult it is to complete this step.

"Who?!"

However, in the next moment, the expression of Immortal Emperor Donghua, who had just relaxed, changed drastically. He looked toward a certain part of the Void Realm with a horrified gaze.

What was going on?

Seeing the Immortal Emperor suddenly look in his direction, Qi Yuan was startled, thinking the other party had discovered him. Unexpectedly, the scene before him changed drastically as a mass of indescribable, eerie darkness descended out of thin air, causing the entire Void Realm to fall into a desolate Chaos.

Cold, filthy, evil, calamity… all sorts of negative energies almost materialized, sealing off the entire space in an instant. Even across endless time and space, it still gave Qi Yuan a hair-raising feeling.

On the other side, facing this sudden uninvited guest, Immortal Emperor Donghua's expression became solemn to the extreme. Without hesitation, he summoned the reward body he had just severed, looking completely as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

"Luohou, there are still a million years before the Great Tribulation begins, yet you have trespassed into my Lingxiao Palace for no reason. Do you intend to defy the laws of heaven?"

As he spoke, Immortal Emperor Donghua's gaze was as sharp as a knife, staring fixedly at the Chaos Demon God not far away, clearly wary of him to the extreme.

Hearing the name the Immortal Emperor called out, Qi Yuan's heart jolted, and he instantly understood who this fellow was.

The leader of the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods, Luohou!

Because the timeline was too far back, the Luohou before him was still in his original form as a Chaos Demon God and had not yet become the Reincarnation, Xuanyuan Hao.

No wonder Immortal Emperor Donghua reacted so violently upon seeing him. One must know that he had just forcibly severed one of his corpses not long ago and was currently at his weakest. If a notoriously fierce Chaos Demon God took advantage of his weakness, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Jie jie jie…"

Unlike Immortal Emperor Donghua who was facing a great enemy, Luohou, who was surrounded by Chaos Devilish Qi, let out a strange laugh and spoke in a casual tone:

"Donghua, you're overthinking it. If I wanted to harm you, I would have made my move while you were severing your three corpses. Why would I wait until now?"

"Even if I killed you, it wouldn't be long before another Immortal Emperor emerged. I wouldn't waste my energy doing such a thankless task."

Hearing this, Immortal Emperor Donghua couldn't help but frown, still maintaining enough vigilance in his tone:

"Then why have you come unannounced this time? What exactly do you intend?"

Luohou let out a light laugh, his voice tinged with a bit of playfulness:

"The reason I chose to appear before you at this time has no other meaning; it's just to prove my capabilities."

"As long as I wish, I could completely take advantage of your vulnerability. At the very least, I could make your grand plan for transcendence crumble!"

As he spoke, Luohou suddenly changed his tone, becoming serious:

"Now you don't want to make a move, and I have no intention of doing so either. We can finally have a calm talk about a deal, how about it?"

"A deal?"

Hearing this, not only did Immortal Emperor Donghua's expression change slightly, but even Qi Yuan couldn't help but be surprised, a trace of curiosity flashing in his eyes.

After just a bit of thought, he understood Luohou's intention.

This Chaos Demon God had deliberately broken into Lingxiao Palace just as Immortal Emperor Donghua had severed his "true self" and was unwilling to start a major conflict. It was actually a show of force to pressure the Immortal Emperor into making a deal with him.

Furthermore, in such a situation, even the Immortal Emperor would have to weigh the consequences of a falling out, giving Luohou an automatic advantage…

Sure enough, after a brief moment of hesitation, Immortal Emperor Donghua asked in a heavy voice:

"Speak plainly. What deal do you want to make with me?"

Although he didn't verbally agree, asking the question itself already indicated a willingness to talk.

If it were any other time, even if it were a deal, he would never have given up the initiative so easily.

"Good."

Luohou chuckled, very satisfied with the "cooperative posture" shown by the Immortal Emperor, and said slowly:

"You have only just attained the Dao as an Immortal Emperor and established an order where the mortal world and the Immortal Court coexist. Why are you in such a hurry to leave, even resorting to the method of severing the three corpses to seek transcendence? You must have discovered something, haven't you?"

After a moment of silence, Immortal Emperor Donghua did not answer the question directly but said expressionlessly:

"Whether I stay or leave is entirely up to my own will. What does it have to do with you?"

Luohou didn't seem to mind the Immortal Emperor's avoidance and just said directly:

"Having finally reached the Peak and ruling the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Realms as the esteemed Immortal Emperor, only to end up as a Puppet of the Heavenly Dao, restricted in everything, and possibly even completely devoured by the will of the Heavenly Dao to become its nourishment."

"Tsk tsk tsk, if I were you, I would probably also be disheartened and would escape this world at all costs to find a new way out…"

Speaking to this point, Luohou paused, his tone becoming even deeper:

"Within the scope of the Heavenly Dao, only one Creation Realm powerhouse is allowed to exist. As the first Creation Realm powerhouse in the world, while you were breaking through, you were also transported to a place called the Great Void, where you faced that great dao divine tree."

"The great dao divine tree is the starting point of all Daos in this world, containing the most fundamental secrets of the Origin."

"Once there, the great dao divine tree first asked if you were willing to take a Great Dao Seed and go to other space-times to overcome obstacles and spread the branches and leaves of the great dao divine tree."

"But you had just reached the Peak and were still burdened with many missions and Karma. You were simply unwilling to give up the achievements you had worked so hard to gain and go to some unfamiliar space-time to start from scratch and re-evolve the Great Dao."

"Therefore, at that time, you rejected the proposal of the great dao divine tree without hesitation and chose to stay in this space-time…"

Hearing this, Qi Yuan's spirit was jolted, feeling as if he were about to touch the truth.

He never expected that his impulsive decision to peer into Duanmu Xi's past would actually allow him to hear such a significant secret.

The reason Immortal Emperor Donghua could later tolerate the existence of Xuanyuan Hao was likely related to this conversation.

Facing Luohou's provocative remarks, Immortal Emperor Donghua was clearly affected. His expression darkened instantly, and he said coldly:

"Luohou, if you came here just to say this nonsense, then you can leave now. I can't be bothered to waste any more time with you!"

Realizing the timing was right, Luohou finally chuckled and got straight to the point:

"Don't you regret not choosing to accept the Great Dao Seed back then, thus missing the Opportunity to become a Creator, and now wanting to return to the Great Void but finding no way in?"

"It doesn't matter. I have two Tokens made from fragments of the great dao divine tree. With these Tokens, I can help you bypass the repulsive force within the Great Void so you can go and ask for another Great Dao Seed. Are you interested?"

Hearing this, Immortal Emperor Donghua's pupils suddenly constricted, revealing a shocked expression:

"Where are the Tokens?"