"Is Fourth Brother out of his mind? Of course we must continue investigating. The Nine Heavens Divine Palace is doing this to avenge Ji Jiuying, while we are doing it for the entire Feng family. If Ji Jiuying is framed, how can she remain the Holy Maiden of our Feng family? Wouldn't that be a huge loss for the Feng family!"

Feng Cang nodded. "Yan'er, what your elder brother said is exactly what I wanted to say. You should continue investigating the person in the shadows."

"yes."

At this moment, the shadow guard, who had been unable to get a word in edgewise, spoke up again.

"Master, I have another matter to report..."

"What's up."

"It's the Julong Lake Secret Realm, it's closed, and no one inside has appeared."

Those present were stunned for a moment. With a crash, the teacup in Feng Jun's hand fell to the ground, shards scattering everywhere, but Feng Jun didn't care at all.

"What did you say."

"Patriarch, the Julong Lake Secret Realm closed not long ago, and no one inside has come out."

Feng Jun slumped into his chair in disbelief, "How could this be!"

Feng Cang thought of that clever little girl, and a trace of regret flashed in his eyes. Could it be that the heavens were going to destroy his Feng family?

Feng Yan remained silent, but a hint of worry appeared in his eyes. It was unclear whether he was worried about Ji Jiuying or the Feng family.

Although Feng Luo was initially alarmed and worried upon hearing the news, she quickly regained her composure.

"Father, Second Brother, don't worry too much. Ji Jiuying has many trump cards up her sleeve. Besides, if she has formed a contract with the Azure Dragon, then the secret realm is the Azure Dragon's territory. How could it possibly be difficult for it?"

Hearing Feng Luo's words, the group felt relieved, but they were still somewhat worried. After all, it was a secret realm from tens of thousands of years ago, and it was hard to imagine that it hadn't been altered.

——

The Nine Heavens Divine Palace.

Looking at the portrait Tao Zhi brought back and listening to her report, Xin Yao's red lips curled up slightly. "Ying Yue and the others are indeed after the person in the secret realm. But since that person has already been imprisoned in the secret realm, let's leave him alone for now."

Xin Yao conjured a flame in her hand and burned the portrait. She guessed that the boy in the painting might be Ji Jiuying. However, since she was imprisoned in the secret realm, that was naturally for the best. It was highly likely that such an ancient secret realm would not be opened again.

Xin Yao was in a great mood. Could it be that her luck was about to change? The Venerable One had lost his memory, Ji Jiuying's fate was unknown, her restraints had been lifted, and even Zi Yu, who had been hiding in the shadows, had been removed.

"Taozhi, have you found anything at the Feng family's place?"

"Aside from the return of Third Master Feng and Fourth Master Feng, there's nothing wrong for the time being."

Xin Yao didn't pay much attention to this, after all, if Ji Jiuying died, she didn't need to put her energy into these unimportant people.

"Peach Blossom, let's go for a walk together."

Peach Blossom was stunned for a moment, "Fairy, you..."

Xin Yao's lips curled up slightly, "It was I who begged Your Majesty to help me lift the restraints."

Upon hearing this, Taozhi's eyes flashed with surprise, and she quickly stepped forward: "Congratulations, fairy."

"Alright, stop being so cheeky. This fairy hasn't been out in ages..."

Little did she know that no sooner had she left than someone followed her!

——

Not far away, the Nine Heavens Palace was filled with a dangerous aura. The air temperature dropped to freezing point, and the invisible pressure made it hard for the group to breathe. The surroundings were so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Gong Mingyue pressed his lips tightly together, his sharply defined face filled with a gloomy expression, and the coldness emanating from his deep eyes was like the frost of deep winter, icy and piercing.

The people kneeling on the ground instantly felt their scalps tingle, and fine sweat slowly seeped from their foreheads. Just when they were about to give up, Gong Mingyue's figure vanished from the hall.

The group of people, as if pulled from drowning, or as if they had survived a catastrophe, slumped to the ground, gasping for breath.

"The aura emanating from Master is terrifying; I almost couldn't hold on," Yin Han said, panting heavily.

“Master has probably gone to Julong Lake. He hasn’t fully recovered from the last incident. If he defies the heavens and challenges the Heavenly Dao again, his life may be in danger. Wuxin, you stay at the Nine Heavens Divine Palace. Yin Han and I will go to Julong Lake again.”

Yingyue frowned and said solemnly.

The group nodded and quickly disappeared from the spot.

——

In the secret realm.

Ji Jiuying looked at Dongfang Yao with disdain, as he recalled the events while casting a spell.

They have now moved to countless places within the Dragon Palace and tried countless spiritual spells, but they still haven't left the Dragon Palace even a step.

"Are you even capable of this?!"

Ji Jiuying frowned and looked at Dongfang Yao.

"This is my Dragon Palace. Trust me, this time it will definitely work."

"You've said that more than thirty times already. If you really can't do it, let me do it?"

Dongfang Yao paused, stopped what he was doing, and came to Ji Jiuying, his eyes full of disbelief.

"you?"

Ji Jiuying nodded: "Yes, me!"

Dongfang Yao snorted coldly. As the Dragon King of the Azure Dragon Clan, he didn't even know where to get out. How could she, a human who was visiting the Dragon Palace for the first time, possibly let him use his head as a stool?

"Fine, fine, if you can do it, then you do it."

After finishing his sentence, Dongfang Yao leisurely lay down on a coral chair, eager to see how she would embarrass herself.

Ji Jiuying gave him a meaningful look. As a bell rang, a woman in black appeared behind him in the blink of an eye. The aura of an ancient sacred beast swept over him, and Dongfang Yao's hair stood on end. He jumped up from the coral chair with a start, his pupils visibly dilated, and his eyes revealed a look of fear and disbelief.

He would never forget that oppressive aura emanating from his soul!

"You, you are the sacred beast Kunpeng!"

Dongfang Yao snapped out of his daze, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes. He would never forget the great battle between the Kunpeng clan and the Dragon clan tens of thousands of years ago. Countless of his descendants had suffered at the hands of the Kunpeng. If it weren't for the help of the Divine Phoenix clan and other divine beasts, his Azure Dragon clan would probably have been wiped out long ago.

"Old man, we meet again!"

"Kunpeng clan, how dare you show your face here!"

"Why wouldn't I dare? I've explored your entire Dragon Palace and I'm still completely unharmed," Hei Xiangling laughed.

Dongfang Yao sensed it for a moment and instantly understood the reason. So that's how it is! He turned his gaze to Ji Jiuying, never expecting that this human had even formed a contract with the arrogant Kunpeng. Back then, the Kunpeng clan didn't even put the Divine Phoenix clan in their eyes. He never imagined that after 30,000 years, the world had truly changed.

That's true, even a mighty Azure Dragon like him still has a contract with a human.

"Kunpeng, don't be too smug." Dongfang Yao's eyes flashed with a clear meaning as he looked at Hei Xiangling.

Hei Xiangling sneered: "Old man, I'll return those words to you verbatim."

Seeing the tension between the two, Ji Jiuying raised an eyebrow and interrupted this invisible war.

"Alright, stop arguing."

"Xiangling, tell me everything you know."

Hei Xiangling then glanced arrogantly at Dongfang Yao and said in a cold voice, "Old man, I remember that 30,000 years ago, your Dragon Clan had a Misty Swamp that connected to several exits, including those of the God Clan, Demon Clan, Monster Clan, and Human Clan..."