These humans are remnants of cultivators from the five nations of Dongling.
Unfortunately, they are soon to be refined into demon-human weapons.
Just as the Four-Eyed Ghost and Asura Ghost were about to begin the refinement, three bone demons suddenly rushed in from afar.
The Four-Eyed Ghost found it strange. Weren't these three bone demons supposed to be with the Moon Ghost in slaughtering the last nation of the five nations of Dongling?
Why had only they returned? Where was the Moon Ghost?
Just as the Asura Ghost was about to ask the bone demons what had happened, it suddenly sensed that the barrier set up by Lord Yuan Qing outside the Demon Yuan Realm had been broken.
Furthermore, it was three humans who had broken the barrier, and they were heading this way. The Asura Ghost's heart tightened.
The Four-Eyed Ghost's face instantly turned extremely grim. It hadn't expected humans to discover and intrude into their stronghold.
The Asura Ghost, however, immediately understood the reason.
Its crimson eyes fixed on the three bone demons, filled with rage, and it raised a hand to strike them down.
But the Four-Eyed Ghost stopped it.
"What do you mean? These insignificant creatures dared to lead humans here, shouldn't they be killed?!"
"Don't be rash. Don't you forget, these three bone demons went out with the Moon Ghost. Now that only they have returned, it means the Moon Ghost has died at the hands of these humans."
"What does that have to do with me wanting to kill these three bone demons?"
"They cannot be killed for now. Since those humans could kill the Moon Ghost, they can naturally kill us too."
"Lord Yuan Qing is not here, and we are no match for those three humans. It's better to let these three bone demons and the large number of low-level冥神 (ming shen - underworld gods) in the Demon Yuan Realm stop these three humans, giving us an opportunity to escape!"
The Four-Eyed Ghost's words immediately calmed the Asura Ghost.
It sensed that the three humans were indeed powerful, with one of them even reaching the peak of the Saint Emperor realm.
This was an existence that only Lord Yuan Qing could deal with!
Staying here would only be a futile sacrifice.
Moreover, they still had a backup plan, but they would only dare to use it after leaving the Demon Yuan Realm.
The intrusion of Mu Qingqing and her two companions forced the Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost to halt the refinement of the demon-human weapons.
Just as they were opening a spatial channel to the Demon Yuan Qing realm to escape, sixteen silver, shimmering chains descended from the sky without anyone noticing.
Caught off guard, the Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost were bound by the Sixteen Star-Moon Chains and dragged to the ground.
The Sixteen Star-Moon Chains were merely high-grade true artifacts and generally could not trap them.
However, Mu Qingqing, using her immense true essence as a peak Saint Emperor, channeled it through the Sixteen Star-Moon Chains, suppressing the 冥元 (ming yuan - underworld essence) within the Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost.
This prevented them from exerting even a sliver of their Saint Emperor power.
They could only remain firmly bound by the Sixteen Star-Moon Chains.
The faces of the Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost changed drastically, and they struggled to break free but to no avail.
Mu Qingqing and her two companions had already appeared before them.
"Damn human slave insects, how dare you trespass into our Underworld God Clan's stronghold!"
"This is Lord Yuan Qing's small world! If Lord Yuan Qing were here, you would never dare to be so presumptuous!"
Even though they were suppressed, these two members of the Underworld God Clan still glared fiercely at Mu Qingqing and her companions.
Yuan Qing!
For some reason, upon hearing the name "Yuan Qing," Luo Ning Shuang's expression turned somber, and a chill spread from her eyes.
Luo Ning Shuang gritted her teeth and said to the two Underworld Gods, "Quickly tell me! Where is that scoundrel Yuan Qing?!"
Seeing Luo Ning Shuang suddenly become so impulsive, Mu Qingqing felt something was amiss and couldn't help but frown as she looked at Luo Ning Shuang, "Senior Sister Luo, do you know Yuan Qing?"
"Know him? He was even our Asura Hall's former senior disciple!"
What!
Yuan Qing was actually the senior disciple of the Asura Hall!
Xin Ci and Mu Qingqing, hearing this in the consciousness space, were both greatly shocked.
Luo Ning Shuang continued, "The incident at Asura Hall twenty years ago was orchestrated by Yuan Qing. The Underworld God Clan's invasion of Asura Hall was not without Yuan Qing's instigation."
"All ten thousand disciples of Asura Hall died because of him. Even Master was injured by Yuan Qing."
"This despicable and sinister fellow is no longer our Asura Hall's senior disciple. One day, I will find him and avenge my deceased fellow disciples!"
Mu Qingqing hadn't expected that the Asura Hall incident twenty years ago was related to Yuan Qing.
This situation felt somewhat similar to Xuan Qi. They were both disciples of the five great sacred lands, had both betrayed their sects, and were cooperating with the Underworld God Clan.
The Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost, bound by the chains, looked up and burst into raucous laughter.
"Hahaha... You, a pathetic, weak human slave insect, want to deal with Lord Yuan Qing? What a pipe dream, you overestimate yourself!"
"Besides, Lord Yuan Qing is no longer human. He has now accepted the favor of Lord Xuan Qi and become a half-demon. I believe it won't be long before he fully integrates into our Underworld God Clan!"
Xuan Qi again!
Mu Qingqing heard more astonishing news from these two Underworld Gods.
"I'm very curious about Xuan Qi's relationship with your Underworld God Clan. I've met him several times and am sure Xuan Qi is human. Yet, your Underworld God Clan has always viewed humans as slave insects and ants. Why would you cooperate with Xuan Qi? You even heed his words." Mu Qingqing voiced her doubts.
However, the Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost merely sneered dismissively.
"You think we'll tell you?"
"Oh, you're quite stubborn, but I have plenty of ways to force you to speak."
Mu Qingqing said, conjuring a cluster of Unquenchable Phoenix Flame at her fingertips. A scorching flame danced on her fingertip.
At the same time, she manipulated the Sixteen Star-Moon Chains on the Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost to tighten.
The two Underworld Gods couldn't help but show expressions of pain, having to endure the burning of the Unquenchable Phoenix Flame and the crushing force of the Sixteen Star-Moon Chains.
But even so, they still refused to speak.
"I didn't expect you to have such backbone, refusing to speak no matter what. Then I will use soul searching to see what's in your minds."
Before she finished speaking, Mu Qingqing attempted to use her Star Wheel eye technique to examine the memories in their minds.
At this moment, the faces of the Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost turned ashen. They quickly begged for mercy, "Don't! Absolutely don't search our souls!"
"If you don't want your souls searched, speak quickly."
"It's not that we don't want to speak, it's that we genuinely don't know the reason."
"How could you not know? Are you perhaps afraid that I'll find something significant in your minds?"
However, the Four-Eyed Ghost and the Asura Ghost repeatedly shook their heads in denial.
"That's not it. It's because our souls have been implanted with a soul seed by Lord Xuan Qi. Once our souls are searched, this soul seed will cause our spiritual consciousness to collapse and we will die!"
"And even if you could successfully search our souls, we truly don't know the reason for the cooperation between the Underworld God Clan and Lord Xuan Qi."
Mu Qingqing was somewhat surprised upon hearing this.
"You don't know the reason, so why did you cooperate with Xuan Qi?"
"That's because of the order issued by Lord Underworld God King, who is sealed in the Land of Dusk. He commanded us to unconditionally obey Lord Xuan Qi. As for why we obey, we don't know."