"Ziyun Domain is about to fall?"
Qin Chuan frowned.
But deep inside, he felt calm, without much concern. After all, as the saying goes, if it doesn't affect you, why worry?
His most important asset, Qin Zi, was right beside him. There wasn't anything of real value left behind to lose.
"What?! Ziyun Domain is falling?"
Qin Zi also heard the message and immediately grew anxious, muttering, "What about Qingrou, Senior Brother Jin, and Senior Brother Zhao? What will happen to them?"
"Let's go. We'll go take a look."
Qin Chuan said calmly.
Now that he was a Four-star Martial Emperor with more than 6,000 Dad Points in hand, his courage knew no bounds.
Moreover, the more complicated a situation became, the easier it was to stir up trouble and take advantage of the chaos…
"Whoosh!"
With a wave of his hand, Qin Chuan enveloped Qin Zi in energy, then took off at an unimaginable speed, breaking through the air.
"Zoom!"
All anyone saw was a long streak of light cutting through the sky, stretching to the horizon in an instant—so fast it defied belief.
With his current speed, Qin Chuan only took a day to cross more than a dozen regions and arrive back in Ziyun Domain.
"Rumble!"
At this moment, the sky over Ziyun Domain was thick with demonic energy, and dark clouds rolled across the sky as if the heavens themselves had been replaced.
The heavens and the earth have a fate.
This human-ruled region had now completely fallen, becoming the domain of the demon race, and even its destiny had shifted.
"Roar!"
"Howl!"
"Shriek!"
On the ground, massive beasts roamed wildly, and on the mountain ridges, giant wolves howled at the sky. In the air, enormous flying creatures soared, their cries echoing with a kingly authority.
As these beasts advanced, the dark demonic energy followed, as if they were dragging a great curtain of shadow behind them…
"Help! Please, someone save me!"
"I don't want to die!"
"No! No, please, no!"
Everywhere, people were fleeing, only to be quickly overrun by the beast hordes. Some stronger cultivators tried to fly away, but they were immediately torn apart by the monstrous birds above, their blood painting the sky.
This was a scene straight out of hell.
Wars between races were this brutal—once war began, it wasn't enough until the other side was completely eradicated!
"This is too cruel!"
Seeing this horrific sight, Qin Zi's fury boiled over. Gritting his teeth, he shouted, "Father, kill these beasts!"
Qin Chuan didn't respond immediately.
"Hummmm!"
A golden Martial Emperor divine sense surged from his forehead, spreading across the sky like a shimmering golden curtain.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Wherever the golden light passed, the beasts on the ground were crushed, and the flying creatures fell from the sky like rain.
In an instant, everything in sight was wiped clean!
"That... that aura... Is it a Martial Emperor?!"
"Greetings, Martial Emperor Senior!!"
"With the Martial Emperor here, Ziyun Domain is saved!"
The survivors below, filled with joy, fell to their knees. Some even wept tears of relief.
"Let's go."
Qin Chuan sighed softly and continued flying with Qin Zi toward the direction of Ziyun Academy.
Not long after, they arrived at Ziyun Academy.
However, the once grand and majestic academy had been reduced to ruins, and corpses littered the ground.
Some were human, and some were from the demon race.
"Cough, cough..."
Just then, a half-dead academy disciple lay on the ground, coughing up blood and convulsing slightly.
"Junior Brother!"
Qin Zi quickly rushed over, lifting the man up and urgently asking, "What happened here? Where is everyone?"
"Ugh... ugh..."
The disciple made weak, choking sounds, as if his throat were blocked with foam, unable to speak.
Qin Zi swiftly took out a high-grade pill and gave it to him. Immediately, the man's body glowed, and the blockage in his throat cleared.
"Ugh... ugh..."
The man began to speak again.
"Junior Brother, enough pretending. I know you're not that injured."
Qin Zi said with a blank expression.
The man coughed awkwardly, a look of embarrassment flashing across his face. Then, weakly, he said:
"Senior Brother Qin, the demon race invaded the academy and killed many people. The palace master realized we couldn't resist, so he activated a large random teleportation array to send the survivors away."
"This teleportation array is like throwing a handful of sesame seeds into the air—wherever they land is where people end up. It's a bit of a gamble."
"But this way, everyone was sent to different places, so there's no fear of the demon race hunting them all down. At least we avoided total annihilation."
"Most of the people made it into the teleportation array, but I... I love the academy too much, so I chose to stay and defend it!"
Qin Zi listened, his right hand unconsciously raising into the air.
The disciple instinctively shrank his neck back.
But in the end, Qin Zi didn't slap him across the face; instead, his hand fell on the man's shoulder and patted him a few times.
The disciple breathed a sigh of relief.
At least he wasn't dead!
Though it was a random teleportation array, Qin Zi believed that those important to him would have good luck.
After all, his own luck had always been pretty good.
With random teleportation arrays, he could close his eyes and step right in, and somehow, he always ended up finding opportunities or turning misfortune into fortune.
"Hey, there's still someone alive here?"
At that moment, a handsome demon race youth emerged from the depths of the academy ruins, strolling leisurely as if he owned the place.
Qin Chuan turned to look.
"Thud!"
The youth immediately fell to the ground, his face pale as he trembled, asking, "W-who are you?!"
He was terrified.
Because in Qin Chuan's eyes, he saw the vastness of the starry sky—an endless depth that filled him with horror.
A Martial Emperor!
This was a human Martial Emperor!!
"Die."
Qin Chuan said coldly.
A wave of mental pressure shot through his gaze, directly aiming to shatter the youth's soul.
"Whoosh!"
Just then, a blinding light erupted from the youth's mind, quickly expanding into the form of a towering shadow shrouded in demonic energy.
"I am the Demon Emperor Moyun. This is my descendant. Could you show me some face?"
The shadow smiled as it spoke.
"No."
Qin Chuan responded calmly.
"Thank you."
The shadow nodded, still smiling, and then it dissipated, seemingly having exhausted its energy.
Qin Chuan was taken aback.
Didn't he just say "no"?
He quickly realized that the shadow had no real intelligence—it was simply a preset recording.
In other words, this shadow hadn't "logged in" but had instead been set to play automatically. Its true form had no idea what was happening here. Overconfident, it had left this recording, assuming most would be too scared to refuse.
"Qin Zi, kill him."
Qin Chuan said calmly, speculating that since the youth had this shadow, there was likely a hatred mark or some other tracking method involved.
Perfect for attracting more enemies.
"Okay!"
Qin Zi, unaware of his father's scheming thoughts, was eager to vent his anger and ready to kill a demon!
"You think you can kill me? Keep dreaming!"
The demon youth was clearly a proud member of his race, but that didn't matter in the end.
"Aaagh!"
Soon, the youth let out a scream as Qin Zi's Fire Dragon Spear pierced through his chest, killing him swiftly.
"Hummm!"
At that moment, a streak of black energy shot out from the demon's body, bypassing all defenses and swiftly burrowing into Qin Zi.
"Father, what's this..."
Qin Zi asked, a bit panicked.
"Don't worry. It's just a hatred mark. If that demon emperor dares to come after you, I'll kill him too!"
Qin Chuan said, full of confidence.
Whoever dared to harm his son would be dead without a doubt. He said it, in the name of a loving father!