Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor

"You really do have quite the big mouth!"

A chill burst out from Deer God Venerate’s body, like a raging storm, surging toward Su Han’s side and blotting out the sky.

Even that Light Barrier was unable to block such cold intent.

"Do you really think that just because you killed that bunch of trash, you can kill this old man as well?" he spoke again, his tone eerie and cold.

"Deer God Venerate, being a long-famed Pinnacle Dao Sovereign Realm Super Powerhouse, how would I dare speak wildly? With the strength of a Seventh Grade Dao Venerable Realm, a single finger of yours would likely be enough to wipe out my Phoenix Star directly." Su Han cupped his fists and said.

"Since you know that, you still dare talk to this old man like this?" Deer God Venerate snorted coldly.

"Then how should I speak?"

Su Han suddenly raised his head, gaze straight and sharp, staring at Deer God Venerate as he said, "That safe zone was carved out by my Phoenix Sect at the cost of who knows how many Disciples’ deaths. Yet forces like yours come up without a word and want to seize this safe zone—where does that place my Phoenix Sect? Do you expect me to still speak politely, respectfully, meekly... and hand that safe zone over to you?"

"If you don’t hand it over, do you know what end awaits you?" Deer God Venerate narrowed his eyes.

"I do not know, nor do I wish to know." Su Han’s tone was neither servile nor overbearing.

"Enough!"

Deer God Venerate waved his large hand and said, "This old man is not the sort to forcibly plunder, and my Divine Dream Sect is even less so. Besides, just for the sake of the Young Miss, we can’t simply raise our hands against you."

"Since Du Xi has nothing to do with my son, then Deer God Venerate, you need not show consideration for Miss Du Xi anymore." Su Han said.

"Hm?"

Deer God Venerate frowned. "You do have a hard backbone. This old man already gave you a step down, and you actually refuse to take it?"

"I do not need a step down."

"You!"

Deer God Venerate almost exploded with rage. If not for Du Xi’s thousandfold warnings before he came, telling him he must not lay a hand on the Phoenix Sect, he truly wanted to slap Su Han to death.

"No wonder the Sect Master won’t allow the Young Miss to marry your son. Just from you as a father, it’s obvious that your son is no good either!" Deer God Venerate snorted.

"What did you say?!"

Su Han’s expression turned icy cold as he suddenly raised his head!

"Calling you a Venerable One is already giving you face. This matter of the safe zone has nothing to do with the younger generation anyway. As for what Qing’er is like, aside from me and his mother, it is not anyone else’s place to comment!"

"Hehe, did I hit a sore spot?"

Deer God Venerate let out a disdainful laugh. "Then tell me, if your Phoenix Sect were as strong as my Divine Dream Sect, if you Su Baliu were as formidable as the Sect Master, would the Sect Master refuse to let the Young Miss marry your son? All of this, is it not because your Phoenix Sect is too weak, and because you Su Baliu are too blind to the times?"

"What is yours is yours; what should not be yours, don’t even think about. That kind of thinking will bring you a fatal calamity, understand?"

"You’re full of crap!"

At this moment, an angry roar suddenly came from behind Su Han.

Su Qing was standing there, his face so dark it looked like water might drip from it.

"Are you scolding me?" Deer God Venerate stared at Su Qing.

"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. Old thing, you’d best... not bully the poor youth!" Su Qing gritted his teeth.

"Just by you? That’s nothing but sheer fantasy!"

Deer God Venerate snorted. "My Divine Dream Sect is a Sect that has been passed down for over billions of years. How could some petty little Sect like yours compare? To put it harshly, Sects like your Phoenix Sect under Divine Dream Sect are as countless as ants. What kind of thing are you, to dare dream of taking the Young Miss as your wife?"

"What kind of thing I am, you’ll find out in the future!"

Su Qing pointed at Deer God Venerate and said in a deep voice, "When the day comes that I marry Du Xi, don’t you dare forget to come before me and bow your head to apologize!"

"If that day truly comes, even if this old man kneels in front of you and apologizes, what of it?" Deer God Venerate’s face was full of contempt.

"Enough."

Just then, from atop the Immortal Sovereign Pavilion’s Starry Battleship, a faint voice drifted out.

"Deer God Venerate, you are one of the Pinnacle Dao Sovereign Realm, why bother locking horns with a brainless junior who only knows how to brag?"

As the voice fell, several figures stepped out from the ship’s hold.

At their head was a young man.

He was handsome in appearance, dressed in luxurious brocade, looking suave and debonair, a fine Junjie of his generation.

With both hands clasped behind his back, he looked at Su Qing and lightly shook his head. "This Young Master came here today just to see what kind of man this so-called Su Qing is. But now, I must say, I am thoroughly disappointed."

"Overestimating yourself, failing to recognize what’s good for you, blind as a bat, hot-blooded and reckless!"

"Originally, this Young Master still regarded you as a love rival. Now it seems, you’re not even qualified!"

Su Qing was likewise staring at this man, his eyes bloodshot.

He didn’t need to think much. From these words alone, he had already guessed this man’s identity.

The son of the Immortal Sovereign Pavilion Master, the Immortal Sovereign Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master—Xie Tianyi!

Du Tianlin had betrothed Du Xi to this man; they simply hadn’t held the wedding yet.

"So it’s you..."

Su Qing took a deep breath, trying his best to rein in his emotions, his voice trembling as he said, "Xie Tianyi, if you weren’t born in the Immortal Sovereign Pavilion, if you didn’t have the Immortal Sovereign Pavilion as your backing, in my eyes, what the hell would you be? Without this status, do you think the Sect Master of Divine Dream would even look at you?"

"Well, apologies then. Fate is such a thing—who can say for sure? The King of Hell just insisted on letting me reincarnate into the Immortal Sovereign Pavilion, what can I do?"

Xie Tianyi spread his hands, then added, "As for you, your status is so low that in this Young Master’s eyes you’re not even as good as an ant. If I were you, I’d have long found a rock and smashed my own head in!"

"Bastard!!!" The veins bulged on Su Qing’s forehead as rage flooded his heart.

"Look, everyone take a look."

Xie Tianyi chuckled. "Tsk tsk, just a few words and you’re already this furious. If you actually saw Du Xi marry me with your own eyes, wouldn’t you be angered to death on the spot? Talk about belly, you have none; talk about background, you have none; talk about Cultivation Base, you have none. Tell me, what exactly do you have that matches Xi’er? In my view, you only have that pretty Little White face of yours, and you want to rely on this face to perch on a high branch and become a Phoenix!"

"You!"

Su Qing was furious to the extreme and was about to retort, when he suddenly saw that white-clothed back ahead.

For some reason, the moment he saw that back, all the rage in Su Qing’s heart vanished.

His aura calmed, and that ferocious, skin-peeling glare slowly faded away.

"What, not arguing back anymore? Seems you admit it." Xie Tianyi continued to provoke him.

"No, I’m not admitting it. I’m feeling fortunate, because..."

Su Qing took a deep breath, then said, "I have the greatest father in all the world—and you don’t!"