Douluo: Starting with the Signing in of Goddess Xiaowu

"You, you are the Demon Abyss Empress?" Chu Qin exclaimed in surprise, with a hint of excitement in his voice. He hadn't expected that the person before him would be his future wife!

"Yes!" Ya Yue nodded, her voice full of remorse, "I'm sorry, Chu Qin, I didn't mean to deceive you! Don't worry, I harbor no ill intentions towards you."

How could his own wife have ill intentions towards him? Even if she did, Chu Qin, as long as he completed the Goddess Mission, Ya Yue would be his.

So, Chu Qin just smiled lightly, "Even if you did, you wouldn't be a match for me, right?"

Ya Yue didn't argue. Moreover, seeing Chu Qin's smile made her feel as if she had melted, and she was very happy deep inside.

"Ya Yue, so it really is you!" The Black Emperor, upon seeing Ya Yue's appearance, exclaimed angrily and in shock, then he spat out blood and fainted.

With a slight grasp of her hand, the Twilight Annihilation Sword in the Black Emperor's grip fell into Ya Yue's hand.

Immediately afterwards, Ya Yue handed the Twilight Annihilation Sword to Chu Qin, "Banish the Black Emperor, Chu Qin, otherwise he will recover soon."

Chu Qin took the Twilight Annihilation Sword without hesitation but smiled and shook his head, "Sorry, I don't practice the art of the Celestial Prison Cage."

"How can that be? Aren't all the powerhouses above the Imperial Honor Third Heaven capable of using the Celestial Prison Cage?" Ya Yue said, slightly startled.

"I'm only a Saint Lord!" Chu Qin said with a casual smile.

"What, you're just a Saint Lord!" Ya Yue was shocked to the core. Could a Saint Lord really defeat a Sovereign Venerate Second Layer fighter? Had the world changed?

"Yes, and only at the Saintly Venerable First Layer of Heaven," Chu Qin added.

Ya Yue was completely stunned, and just as the Black Emperor, who had been forcefully suppressing his agony, woke up again, he spewed out another mouthful of fresh blood.

He had been defeated by a Saint Lord at the First Layer of Heaven!

In an instant, the Black Emperor fainted once again.

"Apart from banishment, is there any other way to deal with him?" Chu Qin looked towards the Black Emperor and continued to ask. He no longer intended to try to destroy the Black Emperor, after all, even the mightiest strike had not eradicated him, rendering him without any other option.

"We can only imprison him for now," Ya Yue said.

"All right, then we'll imprison him for now!" Chu Qin nodded and immediately opened the Five Elements Purple Immortal Calabash, trapping the Black Emperor inside.

The Five Elements Purple Immortal Calabash, merely a weak Divine Master level artifact, wouldn't hold the Black Emperor for long, but Chu Qin temporarily did not have the time to deal with him.

Ya Yue licked her red lips, unsure of how to interact with Chu Qin now, given that she had deceived him.

She was also not certain whether Chu Qin would turn on her.

Then, Chu Qin turned his gaze to the Twilight Annihilation Sword in his hand, "What kind of artifact is this?"

"One of the artifacts left by the Old Demon Emperor Devil Xie after his death in the Devil's City!" Ya Yue immediately said, "All we know about Devil Xie's death is that it occurred in the Devil's City, and now it seems likely that his tomb is downstream of the Demon Ancestor Blood River. If we go there, Chu Qin, we might find something."

This was Ya Yue's conjecture, something she normally wouldn't reveal, but it was clear she was trying to curry favor with Chu Qin.

Because she, gravely injured, was no match for Chu Qin at all.

To kill her would be all too easy for Chu Qin.

"There likely isn't," Chu Qin replied with a nonchalant smile, "otherwise, the Black Emperor would have already consumed it."

"Not necessarily!" Ya Yue insisted, "The Black Emperor only has the strength of the Sovereign Venerate Second Layer, he couldn't possibly consume the entire Demon Ancestor's tomb. We are sure to find something."

"Even if there is," Chu Qin continued with a smile, "we still need to go back and return Jiuyin's Body to her first."

"Hmm!" Ya Yue nodded.

After Chu Qin finished speaking, he prepared to return to where Jiu Yin and the others were, while Ya Yue stood still, not following.

"What's wrong?" Chu Qin turned around and asked indifferently.

"I'm sorry, Chu Qin, I lied to you!" Ya Yue said apologetically and anxiously, "But there was a reason!"

"Then tell me, what's the reason?" Chu Qin said with a smile, "I really want to know why a former Demon Abyss Empress was cast into the Demon Ancestor Blood River and had to pass herself off as the Feather Demon Tribe's Chief."

"It's because I recognized Jiu Yin. I didn't know that Jiu Yin was seriously injured too, and I feared that she would bear a grudge against me for harboring the fugitives of Wanmo Palace and, upon knowing my identity, would want to kill me," Ya Yue confessed directly. "Chu Qin, no matter what, you saved me, and I won't harbor any ill intentions towards you!"

"Ah, you really know how to bend and stretch." Chu Qin laughed, "You even knelt to Jiu Yin and used the ruse of inflicting injury on yourself. Even I had no suspicions."

"So, how were you cast into the Demon Ancestor Blood River?" Chu Qin continued to inquire.

"It's quite laughable when I think about it," Ya Yue said with self-deprecating humor. "I cast the previous Demon Emperor, Black Emperor, into this Demon Ancestor Blood River, but then I was betrayed by my own subordinates. They joined forces to seriously injure me while I was cultivating and cast me down here!"

"So that's how it was," Chu Qin nodded and joked, "Maybe this is karma, huh?"

"It's not the same!" Ya Yue quickly replied, "Black Emperor feared my talent was too great and wanted to eradicate me, but I managed to kill him in spite of being at a lower level. But I never had the slightest intention to harm Gu Ying. I trusted him as a confidant, yet he wanted to usurp my position in secret!"

"What do you plan to do about it?" Chu Qin asked with a light smile.

"I want to kill Gu Ying!" declared Ya Yue. "But in my current state, I'm afraid I can't even defeat the Elders of Devil's City."

"Then come with me," Chu Qin said after a pause, with a smile. After all, she was his wife and he was definitely going to take her with him!

Moreover, by restoring Jiu Yin and completing Ya Yue's Goddess Mission, he would gain an ally of Imperial Honor Rank.

Based on Chu Qin's experience, this Imperial Honor's strength would certainly be no weaker than his own, and was likely to be female!

"Ah?" Ya Yue was momentarily taken aback, "Chu Qin, are you going to help me get revenge?"

"That's not a certainty," Chu Qin deliberately said, "But it's certainly better than hiding in the dark, sunlight-less depths of the Demon Ancestor Blood River."

"You're willing to trust me?" Ya Yue asked next.

"If I didn't trust you, I wouldn't have said all of this. Besides, with your strength, what could you do to me even if you deceived me?" Chu Qin said with a light smile.

"Alright, I'll follow you!" Ya Yue decided after a moment of thought.

She was alone and helpless at the moment, and perhaps, following Chu Qin was her only way out.

"Then Chu Qin, what should I say when I meet Jiu Yin later?" Ya Yue continued.

"Just answer truthfully. Do you plan to keep lying to her?" Chu Qin said with a faint smile, "This Twilight Annihilation Sword, I'll take it."

"Hmm!"

With that, Chu Qin finally led Ya Yue back to where Jiu Yin and the others were.

"Chu Qin, are you guys alright?"

"Did you run into that Old Demon Emperor?"

Seeing Chu Qin's return, Li Ji and Qing Yu asked one after another.