Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Time passed in the blink of an eye.

In these few days, Jun Wuxie spent his time laughing and talking with the women around him in the royal garden.

Meanwhile, the geniuses and imperial grandsons of the three ancient emperor families were toiling like dogs in the mine.

They received special "preferential treatment," doing the most strenuous work.

These were the pampered, high-and-mighty scions of aristocratic families, ninth-generation descendants of ancient emperors, and eighth-generation descendants.

Now, they were incredibly disheveled, covered in black grime, and so dirty that only their noses and eyes were visible through the mud.

These past few days had made them question their very existence.

Their immortal power and physical energy were sealed, making their physical recovery very slow, yet they were forced to mine at high intensity.

They felt an immense amount of anger and humiliation.

The managers of this mine were treating them like mules!

Several more days passed in this manner.

The geniuses and imperial grandsons of the three ancient emperor families were truly on the verge of collapse.

The double blow to their bodies and minds made them question their existence every moment.

On this day, Jun Wuxie arrived.

The instant they saw Jun Wuxie.

For some unknown reason, they felt a ridiculous sense of kinship.

Only this person could end their days of toiling harder than mules.

With their strength sealed, even their physical energy was suppressed.

Therefore, they were exhausted every day, working harder than mules, yet eating worse than pigs.

Yes, they needed to eat every day, or they would feel incredibly hungry!

With their immortal power and energy sealed, their bodies were unable to sustain themselves by absorbing the world's spiritual energy, and their internal energy was unusable, so they could only replenish themselves with food.

However, for such intense manual labor, they were only given bland, watery food that contained no spiritual energy.

They had observed that their food was completely different from that of others.

Although the others didn't eat well, their food was much better than theirs.

Sometimes, the food they were given was even rotten.

There were moments when they even felt that they would rather have their Dao fruits stripped than continue to live like this.

Every breath they took was a trampling of their pride and dignity!

"Jun Wuxie, just kill us!"

The moment they saw Jun Wuxie, one of the geniuses uttered these words, with an expression that begged for death.

"Wanting to die is easy enough?

I originally intended to set you free, but you are all so eager to die.

Since that's the case…"

"Wait! What did you say?"

The geniuses and imperial grandsons, although finding it hard to believe, were unwilling to miss this faint chance to regain their freedom.

"What tricks are you up to now? What methods will you use to humiliate us?"

They found it hard to believe.

This Jun Wuxie was ruthless, forcibly stripping others of their Dao fruits, and then torturing and humiliating them in this way.

Would he be so kind as to suddenly grant them their freedom?

"Six of you must stay, the other nine can leave."

Jun Wuxie pointed at the nine geniuses.

Instantly, the faces of the six imperial grandsons twitched violently, their fists clenched tightly, filled with unwillingness!

Why?

Their status in their families was higher, they were more valued, shouldn't Jun Wuxie release them first?

But they dared not ask, fearing they would provoke him, and then no one would be able to leave.

If the family geniuses gained freedom, they could at least return to their families and have the higher-ups find a way to protect them, which was better than all of them staying here as mules.

"Is what you say true?"

"Are you really willing to let us leave?"

The geniuses of the three ancient emperor families were dumbfounded, was he really going to release them?

Just like that?

It felt like a dream, so unreal.

"That's right, I'm letting you leave."

Jun Wuxie took out two runic memory stones, each containing three.

One runic memory stone contained the images of him stripping the Dao fruits from the geniuses of the ancient emperor families and the three imperial grandsons.

The other runic memory stone contained the records of the mine managers, documenting their hard labor in the mine these past few days.

"Take these runic memory stones back and hand them over to the decision-makers of your families.

Tell them that if they don't want the living imperial grandsons to have their Dao fruits forcibly stripped, then they should come to Shengu with sincerity.

I have a mutually beneficial business deal that I want to discuss in detail with the decision-making levels of your families."

A mutually beneficial business deal?

The geniuses of the three ancient emperor families were filled with doubt.

What exactly was Jun Wuxie up to?

What did he want to do?

He actually wanted to discuss business with the decision-making levels of their families?

They found it laughable!

A cultivator like Jun Wuxie, although possessing invincible strength in Shengu, where the Heavenly Dao order suppressed cultivation levels.

But his cultivation level was what it was.

With his cultivation, what good things could he offer to do business with the ancient emperor families?

They were doubtful, and found it laughable, but dared not say it.

They finally had a chance to escape hell, and if they provoked him and caused him to change his mind, they would continue to stay in this hell, which was absolutely unacceptable!

They had truly had enough these past few days!

"Alright, we will deliver your words verbatim, word for word.

You just need to wait in Shengu.

As long as we return to our families, our decision-making levels will definitely send people to Shengu to talk to you as soon as possible!"

The geniuses of the three ancient families took the runic memory stones, but dared not move their legs, looking at him hesitantly, "Are we really leaving?"

"What, do you want me to see you off?"

"We didn't mean that…"

At this time, they were not tough at all.

After saying that, they looked deeply at the imperial grandsons of their respective families.

Although they didn't say anything, their eyes had already communicated everything.

Jun Wuxie watched them leave, until they entered the starry sky and arrived at the domain gate of the Boundary Road.

The nine geniuses were uneasy all the way, their hearts filled with anxiety, and after being released from the seal, they were traveling at the fastest speed, fearing that Jun Wuxie would regret it and cause a change in their fate.

When they rushed into the gate of the Boundary Road, their hanging hearts finally fell, they breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and their whole bodies were almost exhausted.

Finally free, finally rid of that terrifying person like a devil!

… …

At the mine, Jun Wuxie also turned and left.

The six imperial grandsons saw this and hurriedly called out to him.

"Jun Wuxie, are you just leaving like that?"

They were extremely angry in their hearts.

"Otherwise, stay and watch you be mules?"

"You—"

The six imperial grandsons were almost angered to the point of fainting by this sentence.

"Since you want to discuss business with the higher-ups of our families, shouldn't you show some sincerity?

Are you still going to make us do hard labor here?"

"Don't be impatient, be calm, be down-to-earth, and do your job well.

You are usually accustomed to being pampered, and now you finally have the opportunity to get some exercise, you should adopt the right attitude and take this opportunity to temper yourselves.

When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a person, it always first frustrates his spirit and will, exhausts his muscles and bones, subjects him to hunger, leaves him poor, confounds his actions.

Thus, his heart is moved, his nature is hardened, and his abilities are increased.

Your mental strength is still too fragile, and you will not be able to take on great responsibilities in the future, so you still need to temper yourselves.

This mine is the stage for you to temper your body and mind, work hard."

Jun Wuxie spoke earnestly, and finally patted them on the shoulders.

The facial muscles of the imperial grandsons of the three ancient emperor families twitched violently, their teeth almost shattered, and they almost couldn't help but curse at him.

What bullshit about increasing their abilities!

Torturing and humiliating them, treating them like mules, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work, eating the worst food, and saying it so high-sounding and sanctimonious!

However, Jun Wuxie ignored their humiliated and angry expressions, and turned and left after speaking.

The mine managers were secretly rejoicing beside them.

Tsk tsk, who told these guys to be blind and choose to stand on the opposite side of Lord Jun.

Thinking that they can do whatever they want by relying on their status as imperial grandsons of some ancient emperor family, and using their power to suppress others.

Little do they know that Lord Jun has cleaned up countless people who claim to have status and background and use their power to suppress others, specializing in treating all kinds of disobedience.

… …

This evening.

The geniuses of the three ancient emperor families finally rushed back to their families at the fastest speed.

When the higher-ups of their families saw that only three people had returned, their hearts suddenly jumped.

Especially when they saw their disheveled appearance and expressions, they knew something was wrong.

Due to the one hundred and fifty times time difference, they had not yet discovered that the soul tablet of one of the imperial grandsons had cracked.

Before they could ask, the returning geniuses were eager to tell them about their experiences on this trip.

The higher-ups of the three ancient emperor families listened with faces of iron.

When they saw the images in the runic memory stone, they were even more shocked and angry, the veins on their necks and temples throbbing, so angry that they were shaking all over, and almost passed out!

Outrageous!

How dare that Jun Wuxie!

How dare he do such a thing, using such methods to humiliate their geniuses and imperial grandsons to the extreme!

Afterwards, they didn't say anything, and quickly left with the runic memory stone to meet with the people of the other two ancient emperor families.

After the decision-making levels of the three ancient emperor families met, no one spoke, their faces dark, and the atmosphere was frozen for a time.

After a long time, they broke the frozen atmosphere.

"What do you think that Jun is up to?

He actually said he wanted to discuss a big business deal with us!

It's laughable, he's overestimating himself!

With his cultivation and status, is he worthy of talking to us?

What qualifications does he have, what conditions can he offer that would move us to talk?"

"This matter is indeed laughable.

"A cultivator of such low realm dares to speak of doing business with us!"

However, we have no choice but to agree, as the Imperial Grandson is in his hands, needing our rescue.

We have seen the methods he used to forcibly extract the Dao Fruit from the rune memory stone.

Such methods, so easily employed, are simply unbelievable!

We don't know where this person obtained such a cruel secret technique!

But no matter what, the three great aristocratic families must make a trip to the Divine Ancient this time to meet this arrogant and ignorant person!"

"Going is a must, we absolutely cannot have any more Imperial Grandsons having their Dao Fruits extracted.

We have already suffered heavy losses, and if we lose two more Imperial Grandsons, it will be a huge blow to the family's future!

However, the Heavenly Dao Order suppresses the Divine Ancient.

If we go in person, our realms will also be suppressed.

If he fights us then, we might suffer losses.

But if we send people of lower realms, it will probably be even more difficult to deal with him, and it won't show sincerity. If we anger him, the situation of our Imperial Grandson will be worrying, and the consequences would be unimaginable!

I think we should invite our respective ancestral weapons to go together."

"This… I'm afraid it will be difficult…

The ancestors' weapons are afraid they won't agree to go to the Divine Ancient.

After all, with their status, participating in such events does not conform to the ancestors' principles of conduct.

Given the ancestors' principles, the ancestral artifacts will mostly refuse…"

"The ancestors' ancestral artifacts will refuse, but the ancient ancestors' ancestral artifacts may not!

The Heavenly Dao of the Divine Ancient World is at the Immortal Emperor realm.

Our ancient ancestors' weapons are Emperor Weapons, in the same realm.

Asking them to go to the Divine Ancient is only for contingency, and they don't need to take the initiative to attack, only passively defend in special circumstances."

"Then let's do that, invite the ancient ancestors' weapons to go together.

If we encounter special circumstances, with the power of the ancient ancestors' weapons, it will be enough to reduce the suppression of the Divine Ancient Heavenly Dao Order, so we can ensure stability."

"Okay, we'll meet at the World Boundary Crossing!"

… …

After the main decision-makers of the three great ancient emperor families finished discussing, they returned to their respective families to invite the ancient ancestors' emperor artifacts.

Their mood was very bad.

They felt like they wanted to vomit blood.

They originally thought that they had made sufficient preparations. With such a lineup going to the Divine Ancient, capturing Jun Wuxie would be a sure thing.

Who would have thought that in such a short period of time, Jun Wuxie's strength had greatly improved, leading to their complete annihilation!

So many Da Luo Golden Immortal Realm peak powerhouses were actually suppressed by Jun Wuxie alone.

In the end, even their Imperial Grandson was severely injured and captured alive.

What made them even more furious was that an Imperial Grandson had fallen, and his Dao Fruit had been forcibly extracted!

This meant that he would basically withdraw from the competition with his peers, and would remain in a weakened state for many years before he could recover to his previous state.

The years it would take to recover his strength would be enough for his peers to leave him far behind, so how could he compete?

Jun Wuxie!

The killing intent in their hearts was intense!

In the future, they would definitely settle accounts with him, making him pay a hundredfold price!

Now, this person is in the Divine Ancient World, suppressed by the Heavenly Dao Order, so even if they can't do anything for the time being, he will eventually leave the Divine Ancient.

When he goes to a world with a higher cultivation civilization, there will be no more Heavenly Dao Order restrictions!

Without this restriction, what is a mere Jun Wuxie? He can be destroyed with a snap of the fingers!

… …

After the leaders of the three great ancient emperor families sought an audience with their ancient ancestors' emperor artifacts and explained their intentions, their ancient ancestors' emperor artifacts were initially unwilling to go to the Divine Ancient.

Participating in the struggle of such low-realm cultivators, they were worried that the Great Immortal Emperor would descend his wrath after waking up.

Later, after hearing the leaders say that they did not need to take action, but only to deal with special situations as a precaution, they agreed.

If it was only like that, it shouldn't be considered directly targeting low-realm cultivators with Emperor Realm power.

The high-level members of the three great ancient emperor families, carrying the emperor weapons, quickly gathered at the World Boundary Crossing.

Each family only sent one person, an elder of the family.

They didn't bring many people with them.

This time, they were not going to attack Jun Wuxie.

With the ancient ancestors' emperor artifacts accompanying them, they could not take the initiative to attack. This trip was only for negotiation, which was the condition they promised the ancient ancestors' emperor weapons.

Besides, the Imperial Grandson was in his hands, so using force was not realistic. They had to use other methods to bring the Imperial Grandsons back completely unharmed.