What in the world was this!

A perfectly good fame-making battle, and it had ended up as nothing more than lending a hand to a Thousand Demon Den power struggle.

Yu Chao'an sighed, gave that lion a long, hard look, hastily packed up his formation, mounted a cloud, and turned tail and fled.

The presence radiating off this Gold-Eyed Lion Emperor was plainly not so mighty as the Dark-Tail Demon Emperor's — but that bone-chilling physical body of its left one utterly without the faintest notion of trying anything.

And it seemed to have mastered any number of methods that looked unremarkable yet were, in truth, thoroughly uncanny.

Compared to the Dark-Tail Demon Emperor, which had lost its tailbone, Yu Chao'an actually felt greater pressure coming off this lion.

Fortunately, the creature seemed to be one of vast ambition on the rise, intent on securing a foothold within the Thousand Demon Den.

With no notion, for the moment, of wasting too much of its strength on cultivators.

"This is not a good thing at all."

Riding his cloud, Yu Chao'an found an inexplicable unease welling up in his heart.

That pile of demon emperors in the Thousand Demon Den, enjoying the finest blessed grottos and paradises, with rare treasures of heaven and earth free for the taking anywhere they liked, were for the most part a thoroughly lazy, slothful lot.

And now, out of nowhere, an ambitious creature had come clawing its way up.

With a leap in strength like that, besides.

Could this stir up some sort of upheaval?

With that in mind, Yu Chao'an raced back to Wutong Mountain at top speed, then descended without the slightest hesitation toward that second log cabin.

"Senior Brother Nie, I'm back!"

Yu Chao'an knocked on the door.

Before the person inside could react at all, a cold laugh came from behind him instead.

He turned to find Tong Xinchuan staring sinisterly at his back.

Borrowing a formation from him, then coming back and going to Senior Brother Nie first — you've got some nerve, Yu Chao'an.

"Give it back."

Tong Xinchuan…