It was Princess Fei Ma’s aura. Demonic might surged towards them from the distant void, causing space to tremble and hearts to quake.
“What is happening? Is Wu Yue fleeing that quickly? Even Princess Fei Ma cannot catch her?” Xiu Chen grew tense. He sensed a terrifying divine thought locking onto him. Even hidden in darkness, chills ran through his entire body.
“Flee now! Our concealment methods have not deceived her perception.”
Zhang Ruochen had just met Princess Fei Ma’s demonic pupils across the void for an instant. It felt as if two demonic blades had pierced his divine soul. His expression changed dramatically. He seized Xiu Chen’s arm beside him and said, “We are both in the Grand Void Realm. You must have some confidence in escaping, right? Now it depends on you!”
Escaping was, of course, not difficult.
But it required burning the divine soul.
Xiu Chen’s divine soul had already suffered severe damage. He was extremely unwilling.
Whoosh!
Xiu Chen glared at Zhang Ruochen, snorted coldly. The divine soul flesh beneath his skin ignited, spilling points of flame light. He carried Zhang Ruochen and fled at extreme speed.
Sometimes flying, sometimes stepping out divine spirit steps. In an instant, he crossed millions of li of void.
In speed, Zhang Ruochen was clearly far inferior to the Grand Void Realm Xiu Chen.
Yet Princess Fei Ma was faster. From the crimson ocean of demonic qi beneath her feet surged a winding blood river. It crossed the sky and attacked the two ahead.
“Your escaping skills are rather ordinary!”
Zhang Ruochen’s face turned slightly cold. He stared at Xiu Chen with disdain. Xiu Chen nearly threw him away in fury, ready to part ways forever.
The blood river rolled in like a bolt of silk, like blade light. It caused space to tremble even more violently.
Whoosh!
Brilliant starlight erupted from Zhang Ruochen’s body. Divine qi activated the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze. Dense Heavenly Venerable divine patterns flew out, blocking the blood river surging from behind.
“The treasures on you would make even god kings and god venerables envious. No wonder so many powerhouses want you dead.”
Xiu Chen spoke these words, then glanced back. Princess Fei Ma’s body was exquisitely curvaceous. Her white skin emitted pink demonic light. The demonic pattern between her brows burned like a flame.
Yet with one step, she crossed the distance of three or four divine spirit steps.
“Something is wrong. She can actually display such profound speed divine techniques. Only pushing an Immeasurable-level divine technique to the limit could achieve this. She must possess her divine source!”
Xiu Chen looked at Zhang Ruochen. Shock and inquiry filled his eyes.
After all, Princess Fei Ma’s emergence was connected to Zhang Ruochen.
Who knew where he had unearthed her?
Xiu Chen truly could not believe that a god from the Chaotic Ancient era, surviving to the present, could still preserve her divine source.
This meant Princess Fei Ma could recover to peak condition in an extremely short time.
At their peak, the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods dominated the universe and swept across all realms. Princess Fei Ma ranked thirty-eighth. How formidable must her combat power be?
Seeing Zhang Ruochen remain silent, Xiu Chen added, “Why is she chasing us? The Universe Cauldron is not on us. Zhang Ruochen, quickly tell this god everything about her. Otherwise today will be exceedingly dangerous.”
“Can you manage or not? You were once the overlord of the Asura Clan. How can you lack even the skill to escape from a demon?” Zhang Ruochen felt that revealing Princess Fei Ma’s origins to him was meaningless. It would be a pure waste of time.
Xiu Chen raged. “You insult me too deeply. This god has endured enough. Let us part ways… ah…”
Zhang Ruochen took out the Sundial and channelled divine qi into it.
Instantly, Xiu Chen’s divine soul body felt as if struck by lightning. He could no longer control himself.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Large amounts of divine soul burned. Xiu Chen became a fireball. His speed doubled in an instant.
“If we continue burning like this, it will not be long before this god’s cultivation falls below the Grand Void Realm.”
Xiu Chen harboured murderous intent towards Zhang Ruochen, yet could not act on it. Her beautiful eyes glared fiercely. She turned into a streak of divine light and entered the Sundial’s inner space.
Zhang Ruochen stood on the Sundial. His speed was astonishingly fast. He used the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze to resist the forces attacking from behind.
“Hey, Xiu Chen, Xiu Chen. As an artefact spirit, you should share life and death with your master, honour and disgrace together. How can you cry to part ways the moment danger appears? Stop hiding inside. Come out quickly and help me fight.” Zhang Ruochen tapped the Sundial, trying to summon Xiu Chen.
But there was no response.
Xiu Chen was furious!
“Who are you? This king senses a trace of the Heavenly Demon’s power fluctuation on you. Is he still alive?”
Princess Fei Ma’s voice reached Zhang Ruochen’s ears.
This undoubtedly confirmed her identity as a Chaotic Ancient Demon God!
Zhang Ruochen drew a deep breath, striving to stay calm. “The Heavenly Demon turned to dust long ago. The Chaotic Ancient era ended tens of millions of years past. It is an era drowned in the river of history. All your old acquaintances have become bones beneath thick soil. Why do you still live? You should not exist in this world!”
Zhang Ruochen met Princess Fei Ma’s gaze with the Eyes of Divine Truth, seeking to pierce the secrets upon her.
No wonder the Great Venerable once sought immortals. The world truly held too many inconceivable things, beyond reason, beyond the permission of heavenly rules.
“Has so much time truly passed? To arrive in a strange era. Who exactly is manipulating all this?”
Princess Fei Ma lost control of her emotions. She howled towards the heavens. Demonic qi exploded outward from her body. Countless pink gems appeared in the surrounding void.
The gems were sharp, like knives and swords. They flew towards Zhang Ruochen from all directions.
The Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze could block Princess Fei Ma’s attacking power, but the consumption of divine qi was enormous. In mere moments, Zhang Ruochen felt his body hollowed out. His legs grew weak.
“Too strong. She has not fully recovered, yet her combat power already far surpasses Pu Chuanqi’s. Once she reaches the Immeasurable Realm, the world will gain another unparalleled ferocious demon.”
Puff!
As the divine qi surging from Zhang Ruochen’s body thinned, the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze’s defence weakened. A pink gem penetrated the light curtain and struck his shoulder.
Half of Zhang Ruochen’s body turned red, stiff as stone. Demonic qi ravaged within him.
“Yin Yang Eighteen Bureaus!”
Zhang Ruochen retracted the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze to wear upon himself. He used mental strength to activate the eighteen spatial divine arrays.
Beneath him, the Sundial burned. His speed was astonishingly swift.
Princess Fei Ma’s eyes were crystalline like jade, clearly beautiful yet filled with murderous aura. “The divine qi you cultivated is very strange. It divides into yin and yang, pure and turbid coexisting, as if obtained from the dawn of chaos. Is this why you can activate the Universe Cauldron’s spatial power?”
“You are too weak! You are no match for this king. Surrender. Take this king to retrieve the Universe Cauldron. This king knows there is some special connection between you and it.”
Zhang Ruochen understood in his heart. Princess Fei Ma had lost Wu Yue and realised he might locate the Universe Cauldron. That was why she attacked.
Yet with such profound movement speed, how could she lose track of a memory-lost Wu Yue?
Zhang Ruochen had no time to ponder further. Princess Fei Ma formed a Devouring Demon Palm Imprint. Bloody qi surged, demonic patterns dense. It covered the entire Yin Yang Eighteen Bureaus, crushing the eighteen spatial divine array worlds into constant collapse.
Wu Yue’s cold divine voice rang through the void. “Princess Fei Ma, this god is here!”
Divine light like jade shone upon Wu Yue. She flew out from the darkness, hands spread. With powerful mental strength she condensed an attacking divine array between them.
The divine array flew forth and collided with the Devouring Demon Palm Imprint.
A boom resounded. Divine array and palm imprint exploded together.
Princess Fei Ma no longer bothered with Zhang Ruochen. “So you value him so greatly. You had already escaped, yet returned to save him.”
A piercing demonic qi light pillar flew from Princess Fei Ma’s brow. It struck Wu Yue, shattering her body into a mass of divine mist.
“Illusion!”
Princess Fei Ma raged and turned instantly.
Wu Yue’s true body, graceful as a fairy treading waves, drifted onto the Sundial. Together with Zhang Ruochen, they crashed into the Nihility World and flew at extreme speed.
“Since the Moon God has returned, Zhang Ruochen, stop burning this god’s divine soul. If you continue, this god fears turning to nothingness.” Xiu Chen’s anxious voice emerged from the Sundial.
Wu Yue’s willow brows furrowed deeply. She stamped the Sundial and said coldly, “That demon’s cultivation is terrifying. I am no match for her.”
In peak condition, Wu Yue would naturally not fear Princess Fei Ma.
But now many of her powerful illusions and divine talismans were unusable. Her combat power was not strong.
Boom!
A mass of pink divine light pierced the barrier between real and Nihility Worlds. It fell from above Zhang Ruochen and Wu Yue. A demonic hand thousands of li long probed in. Its palm lines resembled mountain ridges.
Vast demonic flames burned in the palm, emitting overwhelming oppressive might.
Zhang Ruochen felt his blood as if frozen solid.
The earlier wound from the pink gem sent heart-piercing pain.
Wu Yue’s expression remained calm. She supported the Yin Yang Eighteen Bureaus, forming an array shield imprint. It blocked Princess Fei Ma’s strike from the real world.
Bang!
Bang!
…
Fleeing rapidly all the way, Princess Fei Ma’s demonic path divine techniques grew ever more powerful. Her cultivation seemed to rise again.
The eighteen spatial divine arrays were battered to ruin. Even with Wu Yue and Zhang Ruochen repairing them desperately, it was futile.
There was no choice. The opponent’s origins were too great. She was one of the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods that shook ancient and modern times, a powerhouse even among the Immeasurable Realm.
Even now, not yet restored to Immeasurable Realm, she was beyond their ability to resist.
Her divine body had endured tens of millions of years undestroyed. Her divine source was very likely intact. Demonic path great techniques came effortlessly to her. She was incomparable to Xiu Chen, who lacked both divine body and divine source, possessing only a strand of divine soul.
Wu Yue was struck by Princess Fei Ma’s Heavenly Venerable divine technique Thousand Spirits Blood Evil. Her injuries were severe.
Blood traced her mouth corners. Pink demonic light emerged on her flawless delicate body. Though she maintained a proud standing posture, under the demonic qi’s erosion she grew ever weaker.
Zhang Ruochen knew Princess Fei Ma’s ferocity. If they fell into her hands, they would surely become blood food to restore her cultivation.
“Give me the Universe Cauldron.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Wu Yue’s wonderful eyes fixed upon him. Long eyelashes framed her angry pretty face. “At a time like this, you still think of seizing the cauldron? If we fall into that demon’s hands, we all die.”
“Give it to me. There may yet be a chance to live.”
Determination filled Zhang Ruochen’s gaze.
“Take it!”
Wu Yue acted decisively. She produced the Universe Cauldron and undid the talisman patterns sealing its body.
“Enter the cauldron.”
Zhang Ruochen glanced up. The Devouring Demon Palm Imprint descended again, shattering the eighteen array worlds.
Zhang Ruochen, the Moon God, and the Sundial rushed into the Universe Cauldron one after another.
The next instant, the Universe Cauldron emitted ancient dim radiance. Ancient bell chimes and horn calls rang out. It crashed through the Nihility World back to the real world. Just as Princess Fei Ma reached to seize it, the cauldron vanished from its place.
Princess Fei Ma’s grasp struck empty air. She stood momentarily stunned.
The Universe Cauldron appeared in distant void, leapt several times, and vanished from her sight and perception.
“Why can only he use the Universe Cauldron?”
Such spatial leaping power clearly belonged solely to the Universe Cauldron. No one could pursue it.
“The Universe Cauldron can be used like this? Since you knew, why did you not activate it sooner?” Xiu Chen’s cold voice emerged from the Sundial.
Clearly, Zhang Ruochen’s unilateral decision this time had enraged him greatly, causing substantial loss of divine soul.
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze rested on the healing Wu Yue. Naturally he would not tell Xiu Chen that he had been cautious because he suspected Wu Yue had not truly lost her memory. He dared not reveal his secret ability to activate the Universe Cauldron.
Wu Yue’s injuries were grave. She sat cross-legged. Large patches of her white robes were dyed blood red, yet she remained beautifully radiant like jade. Enchanting fragrance emanated from her body. Snow-white skin, rosy lips. Every strand of hair held soul-seizing demonic allure. One could not look away.
Zhang Ruochen considered himself a man of strong willpower, yet now he seemed bewitched. He stared fixedly at Wu Yue and walked towards her step by step.
Demonic qi had entered his body from the pink gem wound on his shoulder, yet he remained utterly unaware.
Unbeknown to him, a talisman imprint had appeared on his chest, burning upon his skin. But wearing the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze, he could neither see it nor sense its heat.
At this moment, he only felt Wu Yue impossibly beautiful. Her slender neck, alluring collarbone. Blood-soaked white robes clung to her chest, forming a curve of fatal temptation.
So white!
Truly fragrant!
“Zhang Ruochen, what is wrong with you?”
Xiu Chen roared, yet Zhang Ruochen showed no reaction. He immediately sensed danger.
When Zhang Ruochen removed the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze, revealing his robust upper body, Xiu Chen saw the talisman imprint on his chest and understood everything at once.
This burning talisman imprint was precisely the one Wu Yue had struck upon Zhang Ruochen in the White Feather Peacock Holy Chariot, after Xiu Chen had undone her seal.
At the time, he had thought little of it, assuming Wu Yue had truly lost her memory, mistook herself for the Moon God, and was merely punishing Zhang Ruochen’s rudeness.
Clearly, Wu Yue had feigned memory loss. From the very beginning, her target had been Zhang Ruochen.
Xiu Chen had no idea what purpose lay behind Wu Yue’s scheme, but he dared hide his strength no longer. He controlled the Sundial, transformed into a mass of time light mist, and rushed out of the Universe Cauldron.
As a former supreme existence of the Asura Clan, possessing the Sundial body, Xiu Chen’s life-saving methods could not possibly be limited to burning divine soul. In truth, he too had concealed his strength, always wary in his heart, fearing precisely this kind of unpredictable danger.
Accompanied by Wu Yue’s pleading and pained cries.
The scene was indescribably erotic, yet eerie.
Eerie enough to terrify Xiu Chen.
