Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable

Chapter 442: Hell Red Lotus Fire

"Just that alone is enough to be shocking, but I suspect there’s probably even more. His potential and foundation are limitless—completely unfathomable! I’ve also heard some genius Cultivators say that he’s an existence even the Celestial Dao Rules can’t kill, as if he were the Celestial Dao’s own son..."

As Ye Enya spoke of this, her voice trembled.

HISS—

Even knowing that Ye Yuemei’s Dao companion was heaven-defying, hearing his own sister praise a Human Race Cultivator so highly still made Ye Enjun gasp.

"If only I could achieve one-tenth of what he has!"

A look of longing filled Ye Enjun’s face.

"One-tenth? I’d be thrilled to death to achieve even one-hundredth of that!"

An even deeper look of infatuation sparkled in Ye Enya’s eyes.

...

Inside the Hellfire Abyss, the very air was stained crimson by the essence of Flame.

The blood in Ye Tianling’s veins began to flow faster.

Upon entering this place, Ye Tianling seemed to sense a familiar Dragon Soul Aura.

’Huh? Why is Tianyu’s Dragon Soul Aura here? Could Tianyu and Tianmo be in this place?’

Ye Tianling was startled. He immediately pushed his Soul Talent to its limits, trying to sense it carefully. However, the familiar aura vanished in a flash, and he could no longer find a trace of it.

’Is this the influence of the Demon Heart’s Soul Energy?’

After a moment of careful Visualization, Ye Tianling realized it was indeed the influence of a wisp of the Demon Heart’s Charm, which had instantly stirred some long-buried memories.

Ye Tianling grew pensive. His gaze then shifted toward the gloomy abyss, shrouded in a blood-red mist.

It was a fantastically bizarre place, resembling a giant cavern.

The cavern, however, was shaped like a blood-red lotus flower—a fact he had become keenly aware of as he descended from above the abyss.

Ye Tianling currently stood on what would be one of the petals of this blood-red lotus.

And this single petal was so vast Ye Tianling couldn’t see its end—his line of sight here stretched for thousands of miles.

Farther in the distance lay a sea of blood-red fire. It was a true Mutated Dao Fire, so powerful that even Ye Tianling felt a tremor of apprehension.

This expanse of Mutated Dao Fire was over ten thousand times more powerful than the dozen or so Mutated Dao Fires Ye Tianling had previously collected combined.

Ye Tianling pushed his Soul Talent to its limit, locking onto that wisp of the Demon Heart’s Soul Energy. Then, he activated the Turtle Breath Technique to completely conceal his own aura and silently advanced toward the source of the Demon Heart Energy.

...

"Fairy Mu Yuxi, I advise you to submit. You are already shackled by my Soul Ban. This struggle is completely meaningless!

"Once I seize the Hell Red Lotus Fire and comprehend its Profound Meaning, you’ll become even stronger than before, even as my Tripod Furnace! So why not embrace it?

"You’ll experience pleasure and achieve a breakthrough. What could be better?"

Xi Junchang stared at the beautiful Demon Race girl before him, who was dressed in a shimmering, azure gauze gown. His eyes burned with flames of desire.

’This Mu Yuxi is truly a woman of the Golden Night Clan,’ he thought. ’Her beauty is a match for even the most supreme Goddesses of the Human Race.’

’If not for that, I would have killed and devoured her as soon as I caught her. Why else would I have kept her around until now?’

"Xi Junchang, and to think I trusted you! I treated you as a partner, I was even prepared to go to the Ten Thousand Beasts Demon Cave with you. But instead, you conspired with Yao Qiye and the Nine Demon Beauties to betray me!

"Aren’t you afraid this will incite a war between the Golden Night Clan and your Celestial Fire Soul Clan? You should know my standing in the Golden Night Clan!"

Mu Yuxi stared at Xi Junchang, her gaze incomparably cold.

Even now, she still hoped that Xi Junchang might stop.

Xi Junchang sneered. "Hah, with the Descent of a New World, countless brilliant geniuses have emerged. Geniuses are a dime a dozen these days. You really think you, Mu Yuxi, are that important to the Golden Night Clan?

"Besides, do you really think your Clan Leader will ever find out what happens here?

"Countless geniuses die violent deaths in this Hell Abyss every day. I’ll just pin your death on some other dead prodigy, and no one will be the wiser."

Mu Yuxi’s heart sank at Xi Junchang’s words.

She knew that if Xi Junchang said it, he was fully prepared to do it.

"Just give in. Once I acquire the Hell Red Lotus Fire and comprehend its secrets, I’ll shatter some of the fetters of the Heaven and Earth Laws, triggering an even more comprehensive change in the world. When that happens, I’ll have at least three chances for Origin Soul Refining! I promise you, if there are two chances, I’ll give you at least one!

"The only condition is that you cooperate with me wholeheartedly. When I seize the Hell Red Lotus Fire, we will join in Yin Yang Harmony. You will allow my Absorption, which will let me neutralize the corrosive Profound Meaning of the Hell Red Lotus Fire’s Supreme Yang Law."

Xi Junchang said again.

His tone was firm. This wasn’t a negotiation; he was stating a decision that had already been made.

Mu Yuxi had no choice.

Either agree willingly.

Or be forced to.

Mu Yuxi’s face was a little pale, but her expression grew even colder. "Say no more. I will never agree. Do what you will. If I let you have your way, then I, Mu Yuxi, am not worthy of the name!"

Mu Yuxi’s tone was just as resolute.

She would rather die with honor than live in shame.

Even in death, she would defend her honor.

"In that case, you’re of no more use to me. I’ll just imprison you and begin the Absorption right now! Let’s see if I can have my way!"

A cold, sinister sneer spread across Xi Junchang’s face.

But at that very moment, the distant Hell Red Lotus Fire—the central region shaped like the heart of the lotus—began to tremble violently.

’Hm? Has something changed deep within the lotus, inside the Hell Demon Gate?’

Xi Junchang’s expression changed.

He gave Mu Yuxi a thoughtful glance, then gritted his teeth and produced two incredibly powerful Space Prohibition Talismans, using them to imprison the area.

VMMMM—

The blood-red area immediately faded, disappearing from the world.

Mu Yuxi was still in the same spot, but it was as if she had been concealed in a spatial fissure. She became completely transparent—along with the Soul Restriction Energy that shackled her.

WHOOSH—

Xi Junchang’s Soul instantly dispersed into clusters of Soul Particles, which then formed into a Soul Cloud and shot off into the distance.

"When I get back, I’ll let you be a proper Tripod Furnace. I’ll make you thoroughly understand what it feels like to be a woman!"

After leaving behind those sinister and vile words, Xi Junchang’s figure vanished completely.

A moment later, a streak of Flowing Light silently rippled into view.

Ye Tianling’s figure manifested from within the Flowing Light.

His gaze immediately fell upon an area of faint ripples.

’The Demon Heart’s aura is being released from here, and I can faintly sense a Dragon Soul Aura... Is my Demon Heart’s resonance just stirring my Emotions, or is this place itself connected to Tianyu and Tianmo through fate?’

Ye Tianling muttered to himself.

He then carefully observed the rippling Imprisonment.

Incredibly complex Primordial Runes began to shift and manifest within Ye Tianling’s eyes.