Douluo: Starting with the Signing in of Goddess Xiaowu

"Master!" Upon seeing her indeed her own master, Xi E immediately ran up and hugged her, exclaiming with excitement, "I never thought I could see you again!"

Chu Qin and Xiaowu also remembered Empress Chu Yun's identity.

Now they were even more curious—how could Empress Chu Yun appear here!

"Xiao'e, how did you end up here? Where is this place?" Empress Chu Yun was also completely baffled.

"Master, I should be the one asking you that. Weren't you in the Life Forbidden Zone of the Inner Universe? How did you run off to the Infinite Heavens, to the Ancestral Demon Tomb?" Xi E asked, her face filled with surprise.

"Infinite Heavens, this place, is really the Infinite Heavens?" Empress Chu Yun asked in astonishment.

"Yes, Empress Chu Yun, do you still remember me?" Chu Qin asked, smiling at Empress Chu Yun.

"Xi E's man, the Chu Qin who defeated the Extremely Evil Aristocrat Family." Yundi quickly recognized Chu Qin, then frowned and said, "Wait, I can't sense your realm at all!"

"How did you reach the Imperial Venerate Realm?" Chu Qin asked back in surprise.

"Imperial Venerate!" Xiaowu, Xi E, and the others all said with faces full of shock. They hadn't expected Empress Chu Yun to have cultivated so quickly!

"Imperial Venerate?" Empress Chu Yun said, somewhat confused.

"Empress Chu Yun, let's talk about this matter later," Chu Qin said with a smile. "First, tell us how you appeared here?"

"It's a long story, one you might not believe. After I parted with you all in the Life Forbidden Zone, I intended to go to the Emperor Fu Mountain Range to find the Tree of Life," Empress Chu Yun explained. "Instead, I was drawn by a mysterious force at that time, and I entered a mysterious space."

"What space?" Chu Qin, You Yin, Gu Yin, and Huo Ninger asked in unison. Especially You Yin, Gu Yin, and Huo Ninger who came from the Life Forbidden Zone—they were extremely excited to hear news about it again.

"It's an extremely mysterious space; within it, there's an altar!" Empress Chu Yun said. "In that altar, I found an Ancient Spiritual Root!"

"What does the Ancient Spiritual Root look like?" You Yin pressed on. She felt that the altar and the Ancient Spiritual Root that Empress Chu Yun encountered were exactly where she had been reborn.

"Wait, why does your aura feel so familiar to me?" Yundi exclaimed, looking at You Yin in surprise.

"Master, Sister You Yin is the Life Progenitor Emperor you've always been searching for!" Xi E explained. "Now, she's also Chu Qin's woman, my sister!"

"Ah!" Yundi was a bit slow to react.

Yundi had not expected that the Tree of Life she had been searching for had already transformed into Chu Qin's woman, Xi E's sister.

"Empress Chu Yun," Chu Qin continued, "so, you came here from that altar."

"Inside the altar, I finally found my life origin," Empress Chu Yun said. "It turns out I come from the Infinite Heavens!"

"What? Master, you are from the Infinite Heavens?" Xi E said, astonished.

"Yes, although I can't remember everything too clearly, the words 'Infinite Heavens' emerged in my mind," Empress Chu Yun explained. "And that Ancient Spiritual Root, it was my past life! Even though I don't have the memories of my past life, it's true!"

"Ah!" Chu Qin and You Yin were both taken aback.

"Chu Qin, Sister You Yin, what's wrong?" Xi E asked.

"That, the power of that Ancient Spiritual Root, was absorbed by me!" You Yin admitted.

"What?" All the women were taken aback.

"So that's how it is," Yundi said, coming to a realization.

"I'm sorry, Empress Chu Yun," You Yin said apologetically. "I absorbed the power of your past life back then to save my own life!"

"Actually, Life Progenitor Emperor, you don't need to apologize," Yundi replied. "You absorbed only a useless part of my body. My soul had already taken refuge and reborn in my current body, becoming the current me. And my previous body's remaining physical part, fused with my power, propelled my strength to soar immensely!"

"I understand now!" Jiu Yin said. "Empress Chu Yun was also exiled to the Inner Universe. However, differently from me, whose soul could only reside in the prison outside the universe, Empress Chu Yun's soul, for some reason, broke free from the prison and was reborn in the Inner Universe!"

"Right!" Yundi said in agreement.

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"So, Empress Chu Yun, how did you manage to come here from the Life Forbidden Zone?" Chu Qin asked the question he had long wanted to ask.

"From there!" Empress Chu Yun pointed behind everyone as she spoke, and when the group looked back, they saw another well there!

"This well, it really does connect to the Inner Universe!" Jealousy exclaimed with excitement.

"Does that mean we can return to the Inner Universe from here?" Qin Sijing inquired.

"I fear it's not that simple," Empress Chu Yun shook her head and explained, "From here, one enters a void filled with layers of lethal traps. I nearly perished within it."

"Indeed, if it were so easy to move from the Infinite Heavens to the Inner Universe, the Inner Universe would probably have ceased to exist by now," Chu Qin nodded in agreement.

The strength of the Infinite Heavens far exceeded that of the Inner Universe; just one Deity Venerate or Saint Lord could completely annihilate the Inner Universe!

"Does that mean these bizarre stone statues could actually be something created by our ancestor Devil Xie in his attempt to invade the Inner Universe?" Ya Yue speculated as she looked around at the surrounding statues.

"With Devil Xie's power, he could obliterate the Inner Universe with a flick of his finger; there would be no need for such a massive mobilization," Chu Qin shook his head. "These statues must serve some other purpose."

"Could it be for the resurgence of the Demonic Path?" Jiu Yin suggested. "With the power of this Stone Statue Army, it's more than capable of destroying any of the Upper Domains, and even the Wanmo Palace at its peak would struggle to withstand the onslaught of these millions of statues!"

"If only we could control this Stone Statue Army," Zhu Yundi mused, "then we wouldn't have anything to fear."

"Hmm, Chu Qin, Xi E, from what you've said, you're not from here, are you?" Empress Chu Yun inquired.

"Master, it's a long story. This place is actually an Ancestral Demon Tomb, and we came here to release a curse placed on Sister Ya Yue. But these statues seem to regard us as intruders," Xi E explained.

"I see. Actually, I might have a way to control these stone statues!" Empress Chu Yun revealed.

"What!" Everyone, including Chu Qin, was somewhat incredulous.

Before Empress Chu Yun had a chance to elaborate, the ground suddenly began to shake.

Turning around, they saw the Demon Ancestor Statue, rising thousands of meters high, starting to move at that moment!

"Could it be that this, too, is a stone statue!" Jiu Yin said, slightly surprised.

The next second, the Demon Ancestor Statue was already swinging its kilometer-long sword at the group.

Chu Qin immediately drew the Primordial True Sword, ready to fight back, but before he could make a move, the giant sword in the hands of the Demon Ancestor Statue froze mid-air.

Looking up, the group saw that it was none other than Empress Chu Yun who had stopped the Demon Ancestor Statue!

"Master, how did you do that!" Everyone was astounded, with Xi E expressing disbelief.

"I don't know either," Empress Chu Yun shook her head, "but it seems I was born with the ability to control this kind of stone power. After all, I was born with the ability to use the Huasheng Emperor Technique!"

Chu Qin and Xi E were no strangers to the Huasheng Emperor Technique; it was a method that could turn stones into puppets.

"Wait, could these stone statues have been formed using the Huasheng Emperor Technique!" Chu Qin suggested a bold hypothesis.

"Chu Qin, is the Huasheng Emperor Technique the same as the Supreme Metamorphosis Law?" Jiu Yin asked.

"What is the Supreme Metamorphosis Law?" Chu Qin's brow twitched slightly.

"The Supreme Metamorphosis Law is an ancient decree possessed only by a long-gone race, the Demon Race of Metamorphosis. It could endow all things in heaven and earth with special powers, compelling them to obey their commands. However, the Supreme Metamorphosis Law has long been lost, and the last of the Demon Race of Metamorphosis has long vanished into the torrents of history!" Ya Yue explained.

"Could it be that Empress Chu Yun is from the Demon Race of Metamorphosis!" Yue Yina exclaimed.

"Correct, it's very possible. That would explain why Empress Chu Yun can control these stone statues!" Jiu Yin affirmed.

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gazes towards Empress Chu Yun, who was murmuring to herself, "The Demon Race of Metamorphosis?"

"Master, if you truly are from the Demon Race of Metamorphosis, that would be amazing!" Xi E remarked, "In that case, you could manipulate the entire Stone Statue Army!"

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