“What would happen if Master Kurong refused to go back?” The Demon Emperor let out a soft chuckle.

"Refused to go back? Then he wouldn't need to go back, unless he wanted to die."

"So he can just not go back? What do you think this is? This is the Great Dao."

"Even those in the Great Dao Realm cannot defy the Great Dao. This is the rule," Lin Moyu pressed.

"Who set the rules?" The Demon Emperor chuckled. "How would I know who set them? If you want to know, strive to become a Dao Lord. Only a Dao Lord can stand on equal footing with the Great Dao and be qualified to know these things."

There was a hint of envy in the Demon Emperor's tone.

He, too, deeply envied beings at the level of a Dao Lord.

A beam of light descended from the sky, landing with absolute precision on Master Kurong.

Master Kurong was still cloaked in flames and remained somewhat frantic, but under the illumination of the light of the Great Dao, he began to calm down.

He did not defy the Great Dao and was slowly ascending with the light of the Great Dao.

Chapter 3309: Fellow Daoist Lin, do you have any plans?

While caught within the light of the Great Dao, the Fire of Heavenly Punishment on Master Kurong gradually extinguished.

Lin Moyu could feel that Master Kurong was staring intently at him.

"He wants to remember you firmly," the Demon Emperor said. "It seems he has truly remembered you. If you become a Great Dao Realm expert in the future, be careful."

Lin Moyu smiled. "No matter. If he still can't let it go by then, I'll just kill him."

Lin Moyu made it sound easy, but to the Demon Emperor's ears, it was not that simple.

He felt that Lin Moyu was speaking very seriously—so seriously that it felt somewhat terrifying.

He believed that with Lin Moyu's ability, if he truly reached the Great Dao Realm, he would absolutely be able to kill Master Kurong.

Watching Master Kurong drift away, the Demon Emperor sighed, "Countless years of effort, all ending in failure."

Lin Moyu asked, "Senior Demon Emperor, what exactly is the reason you all remain on the Origin Continent?"

The Demon Emperor said, "We are not staying here; we are here because we exhausted every means to reach this place. As for why, you will naturally know in the future. It is the same. However, I can tell you that I, the Three Ancestors, and that person in the Boundary Sea—while our methods differ, our goal…"

Lin Moyu grasped the key point in the Demon Emperor's words.

They were not staying on the Origin Continent; they had exhausted every means to enter it. Clearly, their entry into the Origin Continent was not easy and must have come at a great cost.

It stood to reason; if it were so easy to enter the Origin Continent, many more Great Dao Realm experts would have come in.

As for their purpose on the Origin Continent, it was not actually important to Lin Moyu.

Lin Moyu knew clearly that they would all do things harmful to the Origin Continent, because that would invite the punishment of the Great Dao, which even they could not withstand.

The few of them had spent who knows how many years in the Origin Continent, preparing for who knows how long, all for the same goal.

Unfortunately, Master Kurong had made a mistake and was expelled by the Great Dao. It was truly frustrating.

Lin Moyu would naturally be held in hatred; he would certainly not let Lin Moyu go.

However, looking at Lin Moyu, he showed no fear at all and was instead thinking about killing Master Kurong.

The Demon Emperor could only sigh for Master Kurong and wish him good luck.

After Master Kurong departed, the Demon Emperor smiled. "Can you tell me now?"

Lin Moyu said, "It's a long story. Let's talk as we walk. While you're at it, please tell me what is so miraculous about the treasure land of Spirit Plant Reincarnation."

He began from the destruction of the Nether Race, though he omitted some information about the Nether Black Pool, stating only that he had obtained two hell fragments.

On the way back, Lin Moyu gave a rough account of the entire process.

Adding that he already had a feud with the Nether Race and they had attacked him with their entire clan, he had simply wiped them out.

The survival of the Nether Race meant nothing to the Demon Emperor; he would not care at all.

What the Demon Emperor was more concerned about was how Lin Moyu had held on until he arrived after being discovered by Master Kurong.

Although he had sped up his arrival, it had still taken nearly an hour. During that time, what exactly had Lin Moyu done?

Not only was Lin Moyu unscathed, but Master Kurong had actually fared worse.

When Lin Moyu recounted the entire process, the Demon Emperor listened in a daze.

The things Lin Moyu had done were beyond his imagination; he had utilized almost everything available to him, turning one disadvantageous condition after another into advantageous ones.

The Demon Emperor put himself in Lin Moyu's shoes and realized that he could not have achieved this level of success either.

Especially at the end—luring Master Kurong into attacking, damaging the Origin Continent, invoking the Fire of Heavenly Punishment, then using words to enrage Master Kurong, forcing him to unleash all his power, which ultimately led to Master Kurong being expelled by the Great Dao.

These things, when spoken by Lin Moyu, seemed effortless, but in reality, they were absurdly difficult. No one else could have done it.

Thinking back now, Lin Moyu had actually been prepared to face Master Kurong from the very beginning.

The Demon Emperor said, "Master Kurong lost his reason and attacked you with all his might until he was expelled by the Great Dao; there was a process to that. Have you considered how you would have handled it if I hadn't arrived in time?"

Lin Moyu laughed nonchalantly. "Don't I still have a great dao undying pill? At the very least, I could have held on for a while longer, right? Besides, I trusted that Senior Demon Emperor would definitely arrive in time—only earlier, never later."

The Demon Emperor chuckled. "I didn't expect you to have so much confidence in me?"

Lin Moyu was very certain. "That goes without saying. Although my realm is low, my judgment is not bad. I have a good idea of what kind of person Senior Demon Emperor is."

This flattery made the Demon Emperor feel quite comfortable. Indeed, what he, this Emperor, promised, he would certainly fulfill.

Lin Moyu ended this topic at the right time. "Senior Demon Emperor, if possible, tell me about that treasure land of Spirit Plant Reincarnation."

Clearly, what Master Kurong cared about most was that treasure land of Spirit Plant Reincarnation. It was precisely by using that treasure land as an excuse that he had been able to successfully enrage him earlier.

The Demon Emperor chuckled. "That treasure land of Spirit Plant Reincarnation actually has some history; it is not something from the Origin Continent."

Lin Moyu's expression turned strange. "Not something from the Origin Continent? Could it be…"

He thought of the formation in the territory of the Hundred Herbs Alliance. If it did not come from the Origin Continent, then it was possible it came from the Outer Sky.

The Demon Emperor said, "You guessed right. That treasure land was indeed drawn down from the Outer Sky via a formation.

I do not know which Great Dao Realm expert this treasure land once belonged to, but it later fell into Kurong's hands. Kurong obtained the method of Spirit Plant Reincarnation from the treasure land, and so he passed down the method of Spirit Plant Reincarnation, though he made some modifications to make the method of Spirit Plant Reincarnation serve himself."

"Now that he is gone, this method of Spirit Plant Reincarnation can be considered useless. From now on, those Plant Dao Venerables will never be able to rely on this method to reincarnate infinitely."

After the Demon Emperor's explanation, Lin Moyu finally understood that the method of Spirit Plant Reincarnation, including the required treasure land, truly came from the Outer Sky.

Lin Moyu said, "Does that treasure land have any other uses besides being used to perform Spirit Plant Reincarnation?"

The Demon Emperor said, "It has some use for plant-type life forms, but it is of no great use to others. Fellow Daoist Lin can take it away. Perhaps in the future, when you reach the Great Dao Realm, you can sell it to those guys, or sell it to the Three Ancestors; the Three Ancestors will surely offer a good price."

"Within the Outer Heaven Great Dao, there are quite a few plant-type Great Dao Realm experts. You could use the treasure land to trade for some good things from them. This time, Master Kurong left in such a hurry that he didn't even have time to take this treasure land with him, which shows that he was nearly insane at the time."

Lin Moyu said, "Over so many years, Master Kurong must have obtained quite a few good things from the Outer Sky, right?"

The Demon Emperor said, "There are indeed many good things in the Outer Sky, but they are not easily obtained. That guy would activate a grand formation every few hundred years, but most of the time, he gained nothing."

"Actually, the Three Ancestors gained more. The Three Ancestors can personally travel to the Outer Sky Ruins, which is better than him blindly activating the formation like that."

Lin Moyu was slightly stunned. "Master Kurong cannot go to the Outer Sky Ruins?"

Chapter 3310: I will give you some advice.

The Demon Emperor said, "Naturally, he can go, but a trip is very troublesome and comes at a significant cost. He is not like the Three Ancestors. The Three Ancestors possess a treasure that makes traveling to the Outer Sky relatively simple."

Lin Moyu chuckled. "And what about you?"

The Demon Emperor laughed heartily. "Naturally, this Emperor can also go. You will understand in the future."

Fine, dismissed with another sentence, Lin Moyu couldn't be bothered to ask further. The two quickly approached the land of the Western Continent.

The Demon Emperor asked, "With Master Kurong gone, the territory of the Hundred Herbs Alliance is now vacant. Adding that to the territory of the Nether Race, Fellow Daoist Lin, do you have any plans?"

The area was not small, but the territory of the Hundred Herbs Alliance was quite extensive; combined, these two territories were much larger than Yudao City.

The Demon Emperor continued, "These two pieces of land are now ownerless. Fellow Daoist Lin also knows that on the Origin Continent, occupying territory is actually very important. Do not waste this."

There seemed to be a deeper meaning in his words. Lin Moyu immediately asked for guidance, "I ask that Senior Demon Emperor please enlighten me."

The Demon Emperor said, "There are some things I cannot explain in too much detail. With your intelligence, you should be able to understand my meaning."

Lin Moyu immediately had a realization: occupying territory seemed very important.

The Demon Emperor occupied a huge territory. Although the entire Northern Continent could not completely belong to him, it was still his word that was law. The same was true for the Three Ancestors; the Three Ancestors occupied a large area in the Eastern Continent and then had influence in every continent.

While it seemed they were not the leaders of the various forces, in reality, if one added up the territory of the Lufeng Chamber of Commerce, the area occupied by the Three Ancestors was in no way less than that of the Demon Emperor.

As for the King of the Boundary Sea, there was no need to mention him; the entire Boundary Sea was vast, and the territory was enormous, far exceeding that of the Demon Emperor and the Three Ancestors.

Besides this, Lin Moyu also thought of Antares. Antares had become the new Emperor of the Dongling Empire and was secretly occupying a large territory as well. These few Great Dao Realm experts must have known some information, which is why they did this.

With the Demon Emperor's reminder, Lin Moyu naturally understood what he should do.

Lin Moyu said, "There are quite a few Dao Venerables in the Hundred Herbs Alliance."

The Demon Emperor smiled, "…"