It wasn't just the main hall that was weathered, but also the thirty-odd Blackwater Palace's four lower-ranking deities who were holding a meeting inside.

The four Grand Venerables are busy cultivating, and unless the Palace Master of Blackwater Palace or an Ancient-level Grand Venerable like the Thousand-Eyed Grand Venerable appears, they will not participate in anything within Blackwater Palace, so they rarely enter the Grand Venerable Hall.

Of course, the four supreme beings below them are not rotten cabbages picked from the ground. If they can gather in the hall once a year, it is considered that they are diligent in their duties.

However, because one of the top four Grand Venerables touched the threshold for advancement, a total of thirty-eight other Grand Venerables were celebrating in the Blackwater Hall...

"Old Mother Gaiyue, how dare you undermine the foundation of my Blackwater Palace!"

Because he was not present, the Thousand-Eyed Great Venerable was unable to protect the thirty-eight lower four Great Venerables.

His face turned green. He raised his hand, and the entire Blackwater Palace suddenly rose half a foot. The mountain-protecting formation began to operate, and countless blood-red and black eyes lit up within a radius of three hundred miles.

The Old Mother of the Moon was also startled.

After reading Fang Zong's memories, she thought they made sense. When a relationship between a man and a woman encounters obstacles, they need to take strong measures, even drastic ones, and it will definitely cause a big scene.

However, in her haste to cause a scene, she didn't check the situation or realize that so many of the lower four Great Venerables had gathered in the Blackwater Hall, which angered the Thousand-Eyed Great Venerable...

"I... Old Blackwater, are you just going to stand by and watch Thousand Eyes bully me?!"

Within the protective array of the Blackwater Palace, the Old Mother Gaiyue was no match for the Thousand-Eyed Great Venerable.

She really cried, her face streaked with tears, a pitiful sight. I raised the hand that was holding Fang Zong's radiant form and cried out, "I used countless treasures to raise Fang Zong's spirit to this size, just to share it with you. It's okay if you don't remember me, but I've never forgotten our past romance and your sweet words... Old Blackwater, are you really going to have the Thousand-Eyed Venerable kill me? You might as well kill me yourself!"

"Tsk. Beautiful." Fang Zong couldn't help but chuckle.

In Fang Zong's view, Jiu Mei had already conjured up popcorn, cola, and fried chicken wings, and was munching on them while striking a pose as if watching a movie.

It's rare to see an ancient-level Grand Venerable perform a crying drama!

Just as the Old Mother of the Moon was weeping, a sigh echoed from the sky, and the earth trembled, forcefully suppressing the Blackwater Palace's protective array. The Blackwater Palace Master appeared behind the Thousand-Eyed Venerable, pressing down on his shoulder while staring at the Old Mother of the Moon with a conflicted expression.

The Blackwater Palace Master's handsome face was etched with bitterness, yet his starry eyes held affection, like a beautiful man deeply entangled in the mortal world, unable to extricate himself.

He walked toward Old Mother Gaiyue and sighed softly, "But you killed thirty-eight lower-level and four great venerables of my Blackwater Palace. What am I supposed to do? Ah Yue, how... how will you make amends to my Blackwater Palace? I am, after all, the master of the Blackwater Palace!"

Is it enough to just make amends?

No need to pay with one's life?

The Moon Goddess still looked like a pear blossom in the rain, but her heart was filled with joy.

Although Fang Zong's memories are terrible, the things inside are still quite useful.

When it comes to matters of the heart, you need to use strong medicine. Isn't this the right thing to do? As long as Old Black Water doesn't have the heart to kill her, she can use Fang Zong's soul to cooperate with Old Black Water. When the cooperation ends, won't her relationship with Old Black Water be restored to normal?

A red veil, a grand wedding dress, and the powerful alliance of two opposing forces...

In that brief moment, the Moon Goddess had already thought of many, many things.

“Old Blackwater, they’ve already nurtured Fang Zong’s soul to the level of a Great Venerable with a heart tinged with crimson and yellow. He’s just a hair’s breadth away from surpassing the lower four Great Venerables and becoming one of the upper four Great Venerables. This has allowed me to see many of Fang Zong’s memories, but none of them are about the small world passage… If we connect the souls together, we might be able to get the entrance to that small world.”

Will it?

The Blackwater Palace Master inquired and pondered, and with a final wave of his hand, the scene changed.

This is a pool of black water, in which a dark stone platform is submerged, as is a disheveled girl covered in whip marks.

Xiuhua was already unconscious, yet she still clung to the edge of the stone platform. Her once delicate hands, untouched by the elements, were now bloodied, the skin peeled off. She still held a ball of spiritual light in her hands, murmuring in her unconscious state, "Master..."

"Xiuhua is also a good disciple of my Blackwater Palace, but it's a pity that Fang Zong has made a solemn oath to heaven and acknowledge Fang Zong as his master."

As the Blackwater Palace Master spoke, he waved his hand, and a gust of wind, like a sharp arrow, was about to pierce Xiuhua's forehead.

"Bang!"

The strong wind shattered it.

The Thousand-Eyed Great Venerable appeared a hundred meters ahead, looking at the Blackwater Palace Master with displeasure for the first time.

"You're going to protect her?" the Blackwater Palace Master asked.

“If it were before, I wouldn’t have protected her, but Senior Brother, the Old Mother Gaiyue killed four of my thirty-eight subordinates, do you really intend to let her go?”

The eyes of the Thousand-Eyed Great Lord truly turned red.

For the benefit of the Blackwater Palace, he could disregard Fang Zong, but the fall of four Grand Venerables under the thirty-eighths shook the foundation of the Blackwater Palace. Even if he obtained the small world where Fang Zong was located, even if he added 1,000 talents, it would not be worth it.

He was loyal to his senior brother, but even more loyal to the Blackwater Palace!

"From today onwards, you are the direct disciple of my Blackwater Palace."

"From today onwards, only you can bully others, no one can bully you..."

"From this day forward, your past is gone forever. You are no longer someone to be manipulated!"

Three thousand two hundred years ago, the Thousand-Eyed Great Venerable was merely a plaything of a fallen nobleman in a kingdom and a city. He clearly remembered his father being beaten to death, how his sister died fiercely when she was sold, and how he endured humiliation and wanted to take revenge, only to be trampled underfoot by that fallen nobleman.

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