Gong Yujia carefully observed Yun Qi's reaction, but in her heart she knew that what Li Muge had told her back then was right.

For the past five hundred years, she has lived in fear every single day and night.

If possible…

You could have a child with the Demon Lord, but what if one day the secret comes out and the Demon Lord finds out?

Gong Yujia believed that the Demon Lord would show her some pity, even if it was just for the sake of the child.

Yun Qi noticed something was wrong as soon as he drank the chicken soup, and his voice deepened slightly.

"What did you add here, Yufei?"

"Demon Lord, I only love you too much." Gong Yujia suddenly hugged Yun Qi and loosened her sash.

Gong Yujia called out Yun Qi's name affectionately.

"Yun Qi, please, favor me. I truly love you so much."

"How dare you, Gong Yujia, you are truly disgusting." Yun Qi raised his hand and slapped Gong Yujia across the face.

Yun Qi lazily raised his hand and pressed several acupoints on his body.

He forced the chicken soup he had already drunk out of his mouth, put down the bowl, and grabbed Gong Yujia's chin with a sinister look in his eyes.

"They really are becoming less and less alike, Gong Yujia, tell me, why is that?"

“What do you mean, ‘not like’? Demon Lord.” Gong Yujia cried, her face streaked with tears, looking pitiful.

"She wouldn't be as despicable as you. If anyone should be despicable, it should be me who is despicable towards her."

Yun Qi carefully examined Gong Yujia and felt that something was wrong.

Gong Yujia's palms were sweating with nervousness: "Demon Lord, what are you saying? I don't understand!"

Yun Qi sneered: "I don't understand. What I hate most is people trying to harm me."

"Guards, from this day forward, confine Consort Yu to Changchun Palace. Without my permission, she shall not leave Changchun Palace."

Yun Qi effortlessly extinguished Gong Yujia's hopes.

"No, Demon Lord, you can't treat your concubine like this! Don't you like her? Does everything really change once we return to the Demon Realm?"

Gong Yujia hugged Yun Qi's leg. She really didn't understand why Li Muge and Yun Qi were so in love in the mortal world.

Even when Yun Qi was undergoing her tribulation, she was instigated by Li Muge, who then destroyed her eyes.

Why did everything change so suddenly after she finally won Yun Qi's heart?

Yun Qi remained unmoved, a gentle smile in his eyes. "Gong Yujia, I am being so lenient with you today because I cherish the bond we shared in the mortal realm."

"But if you continue to be so ungrateful, then you might as well give up your title of Rain Consort."

"I admit that my feelings for you are not of this mortal realm, but haven't you changed too?"

Gong Yujia released Yun Qi's leg in a daze, lowered her head, and followed the guards of the Demon Palace out.

After tonight.

She will only become a laughing stock in the Demon Palace.

She didn't understand why, even though she loved the Demon Lord more than Li Muge, she could never replace Li Muge's position.

Jingfeng rushed off to report something and just happened to brush past Gong Yujia.

He was puzzled, but noticing the Demon Lord's gloomy expression, he dared not ask any more questions.

"Reporting to the Demon Lord, everything is ready, and we can offer the sacrifice to obtain the Boundary-Breaking Pearl."

"Good." Yun Qi was overjoyed that his long-cherished wish was about to be fulfilled. Once the Immortal-Demon Barrier was broken...

He is about to cleanse the immortal realm with blood, and all living beings in the three realms will look down upon him.

The sacrifice was chosen to take place in Ghost Valley, a place said to be outside the Three Realms, where the Boundary-Breaking Pearl is hidden.

Yun Qi placed the ten hearts on the altar, raised his hand to form a hand seal, and a faint purple light swirled around the jar filled with the ten hearts.

Suddenly, dark clouds covered the sky, and a wisp of green smoke rose from Ghost Word Valley.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the green smoke transformed into the shape of a skull, which seemed quite satisfied with Yun Qi's offering.

He opened his mouth, and a black bead immediately emerged.

"It's the Boundary-Breaking Pearl." Jingfeng clenched his hands nervously. His Demon Lord's grand plan was about to succeed, and as the Demon Lord's trusted general, he couldn't help but feel happy for the Demon Lord.

Just as Yun Qi was about to obtain the Boundary-Breaking Pearl, someone else beat him to it and took the pearl before Yun Qi could.

Li Muge easily obtained the Boundary-Breaking Pearl with a mid-air flip, and also shattered the skull in the process.

Yun Qi's voice was unusually tense: "Li Muge, stop fooling around and quickly give me the Boundary-Breaking Pearl."

Jingfeng and the other guards drew their swords, waiting for the Demon Lord's order.

"Nonsense." Li Muge found it amusing: "Yun Qi, who's joking with you? You cruelly cut off my wings back then, so naturally I can't let you off so easily."

The Boundary-Breaking Pearl is formed from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so naturally no one can easily destroy it.

Yun Qi was simply furious. He had endured for so many years, finally managing to make his last move, only to have Li Muge appear out of nowhere and disrupt his plans.

"Li Muge, I'm warning you, return the Boundary-Breaking Pearl to me, or I will not let you off the hook."

"I won't let go, I won't let go, this protector is really scared." Li Muge laughed freely, and with a wave of her hand, purple primordial power appeared in her palm.

"Yun Qi, do you think this broken bead can withstand the power of my essence?"

"You dare?" Yun Qi had been plotting for tens of thousands of years, and even his gentle appearance showed signs of panic.

"Li Muge, you can't."

“Why not?” Li Muge rolled her eyes, her nonchalant expression vanishing, replaced by a sharp look.

"Thanks to you, I have become the first phoenix without wings. Yun Qi, you know perfectly well that I would be heartbroken if even a single feather were to fall out."

"Yet you personally cut off my wings, which is simply unforgivable."

"Yun Qi, today I, the Protector, am going to destroy the Boundary-Breaking Pearl so that you can truly understand the pain I suffered back then."

Li Muge's red lips curled slightly as she casually used her primal power to destroy the hope that Yun Qi had finally gained.

She patted the powdery substance off her hands and feigned innocence, saying, "Ah! I'm so sorry, Demon Lord, look at my strength, but you can't entirely blame me."

“These beads are too fragile,” Li Muge said.

Yun Qi gripped the prayer beads tightly, his expression one of utter hatred as if he wanted to devour Li Muge: "Li Muge, I swear, I will never show you any mercy again."

Li Muge's heart skipped a beat, but his face remained calm and composed: "Perfect, this protector will never be soft-hearted towards you again."

Yun Qi circulated his cultivation and unleashed several sword techniques towards Li Muge's side.

But Li Muge now possesses a primordial power capable of destroying the heavens and the earth.

He raised his hand and flicked a finger, breaking Yun Qi's sword move.

Yun Qi bit his fingertip and drew a talisman, trapping Li Muge in a circle.

Li Muge smiled disdainfully, summoned his bone whip, and with a flick, destroyed all of Yun Qi's talismans.

Li Muge silently cast a spell and teleported to Yun Qi's side.

With a slight lift of his index finger, Yun Qi was instantly bound like a rice dumpling by the power of origin.