13th April.
Liu Qiyue and Marchioness Plum Snow were stationed in Chu An City. As demons attacked cities almost every month, human Godfiends often swapped defense locations! This made the demons unable to figure out which Godfiends were guarding a city. Once the demons learned of the defense arrangements, they could deliver a targeted attack.
Swoosh.
One letter flew down from the sky towards Meng Chuan and Liu Qiyue—who were both eating breakfast in the hall. Meng Chuan reached out and received the letter. He glanced at the avian demon monarch outside, which had quickly left.
“It’s You’er’s letter,” said Meng Chuan with a smile. When he opened the letter, his eyes lit
up.
“What does it say?” Liu Qiyue asked immediately.
“You’er attained Greater Mastery of the Azure Lotus Divine Body. She asked Yan Jin and read a lot of books. She felt that it would take at least five to six years to reach the perfected Azure Lotus Divine Body, and she doesn’t have certainty of success.” Meng Chuan handed the letter to Liu Qiyue. “She doesn’t want to waste time as a mortal and asks if she should directly become a Godfiend. What’s your take?”
“Greater Mastery of the Azure Lotus Divine Body?” Liu Qiyue nodded slightly. “You’er spent two years on the mountain to reach Greater Mastery. To reach perfection, it will indeed take a lot of time. In fact, she might not even be able to attain perfection. Instead of spending a lot of time on the Azure Lotus Divine Body, it’s better for her to become a Godfiend as soon as possible. After becoming a Godfiend, her powerful body and Quintessential Essence will strengthen her soul. Her cultivation will also be faster.”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded. When he was young, he had condensed an Essence Soul. Due to his weak mortal body and weak Essence Soul, he couldn’t withstand accepting a fragment of the Lightning Devastator Saber legacy.
“Since You’er doesn’t wish to waste time, let her make a breakthrough,” said Meng Chuan. “It’s not good to force her if it’s against her will. She needs to make decisions regarding her cultivation matters according to her preferences.”
“Then, we’ll reply?” asked Liu Qiyue. “Are we in favor of her breaking through?”
“Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded.
A few days later.
Liu Qiyue and Marchioness Plum Snow strolled in the garden.
“Junior Sister Liu, your children have all become Godfiends. They also cultivate transcendent-grade Godfiend bodies. How impressive,” said Marchioness Plum Snow wistfully. “The bloodline of experts is indeed powerful. For example, a Regis Godfiend family clan will produce a group of Godfiends. The number of Godfiends produced by a Creation Supremacy family clan is even greater. There might even be Regis Godfiends among their descendants.”
The Wang family, the Xiao family, and the Yan family all had a bunch of Godfiends amongst their ranks. The imperial familythe Li family-weakened over the generations. Their weakening bloodline made it more difficult for them to produce Godfiends. However, they still had a Regis Godfiend, five Marquis Godfiends, and even more ordinary Godfiends. Two of Li Guan’s children had become Regis Godfiends back then. However, they had died long ago.
King Calm Sea’s newly risen Xue family also had outstanding children. King Calm Sea stood a chance of becoming a Creation Supremacy. Similarly, Xue Feng would soon become a Regis Godfiend.
One’s bloodline benefited their descendants. However, the juniors had to work hard. They even needed to surpass their predecessors.
The Meng family was an ordinary mortal family clan. The first Godfiend, Patriarch Yushan, appeared in the family 500 years ago from mortal roots. After a few hundred years, Fairy Meng appeared. She had also accumulated credits during many life-and-death battles on the battlefield before she became a Godfiend by chance. Meng Dajiang cultivated the Body Tempering Godfiend lineage. His cultivation path was extremely difficult.
At Meng Chuan’s generation, his father, Meng Dajiang, and his mother, Bai Nianyun, had high talent. However, under normal circumstances, it was already good enough for him to become a Marquis Godfiend. However, because he missed his mother, he cultivated crazily every day. Painting was his only form of enjoyment. He had been like this since he was young. In the end, he reached an unimaginable realm in painting. He sought answers from his inner self, and his Essence Soul improved rapidly. Due to his powerful Essence Soul, his cultivation speed was naturally much faster; thus, he easily became a Marquis Godfiend.
The risks he took and the credits he earned allowed him the rare chance to enter the World Gap. With his talent in painting, he managed to draw Fifteen Lightning Forms. He had a clear understanding of the essence of lightning. This metamorphosed his cultivation speed of the lightning lineage.
“Bloodline inheritance just gives an advantage at the starting point,” said Liu Qiyue with a smile. “What happens in the future will depend on the children themselves.”
“Yes. There are many cases with powerful parents, but much weaker children,” said Marchioness Plum Snow. “There are even some hedonistic children.”
Liu Qiyue was somewhat relieved. When the children were young, they had to protect their children due to Meng Chuan’s efficiency at demon-slaying. They disguised themselves as an ordinary family and raised their children with strict discipline. If they had known from a young age that they were children of Marquis Godfiends, Meng An and Meng You would probably have gone astray due to all sorts of flattery.
It’s said that King Calm Sea is very cold and heartless towards his children. They have suffered a lot. Could this have contributed to Xue Feng and Yan Jin’s rise as Marquis Godfiends? Liu Qiyue suddenly thought of this. The couple knew that Yan Jin and King Calm Sea were close to becoming enemies.
Huh? Liu Qiyue and Marchioness Plum Snow’s expressions suddenly changed. The two of them could sense demonic powers erupting in all directions.
1,200 demon monarchs? They are all at the third Firmament? Liu Qiyue and Marchioness Plum Snowfelt felt like something was amiss. After the demons’ first large-scale attack on the cities, they no longer sent second Firmament demon monarchs. Third Firmament demon monarchs were powerful and fast. They could only be killed by a Regis Godfiend’s Quintessential Essence threads. This forced humans to deploy those with the strength of a Regis Godfiend to defend the city.
“Meng Chuan isn’t here. What should we do?” asked Marchioness Plum Snow anxiously.In the past half a year, the demons attacked almost once a month!
Liu Qiyue and Marchioness Plum Snow had encountered two demon attacks on the cities. They were all night attacks! This time, it was a day attack. Meng Chuan was busy hunting for underground demon monarchs.
“Meng Chuan is 1,500 kilometers away. It will take him nearly 120 seconds to arrive. There’s no time.” Liu Qiyue flew up and swept her gaze across the city. A large group of third Firmament demon monarchs charged over from three kilometers away. As third Firmament demon monarchs, they could storm into the city in about 15 seconds.
“Our Quintessential Essence threads can’t kill these third Firmament demon monarchs from afar.” Marchioness Plum Snow flew up and looked around anxiously. “I’ve already requested help.”
“These demons are very shrewd and sly. They will flee after engaging in slaughter for 30 seconds. Requesting help is useless.” Liu Qiyue looked at everything calmly.
If over 1,000 third Firmament demon monarchs were allowed to engage in a wanton slaughter in the city, just how many mortals would be killed?
Boom!
The flames around Liu Qiyue’s body soared into the sky. Flames churned in all directions as a huge, flaming phoenix spread its wings and let out a phoenix shriek.
Chapter 332 - Liu Qiyue’s Appointment
Liu Qiyue had cultivated to the peak of the Darkstar realm, so her phoenix bloodline was naturally purer. She unleashed all her might.
Boom!
Her Essence Soul and body transformed continuously. Even her percep
tion and insights towards fire constantly surged as she remained in a state of epiphany. Her Quintessential Essence also underwent a qualitative change. It even burned with flames.
How good would it be if I had such strength all the time? Liu Qiyue’s eyes turned red as she looked at the demon monarchs running outside the city. Quintessential Essence threads flew in all directions, enveloping Chu An City in the blink of an eye.
How beautiful. Marchioness Plum Snow was stunned when she saw this. The phoenix spread its wings in the sky as countless flaming threads flew in all directions, enveloping the entire city. Marchioness Plum Snow felt that she could never forget this
scene.
“Regis Godfiend.” The attacking demon monarchs sensed a terrifying aura erupt. It was an aura that made them tremble. Without any hesitation, most demon monarchs began burrowing underground and fled. However, the flaming threads spread across the city walls at blazing speeds, stabbing into the demon monarchs’ heads.
Some demon monarchs died. Others fled quickly. When they sensed the aura erupting from afar, they immediately burrowed into the ground and managed to escape. Many corpses fell to the ground following the laws of inertia. Some were still twitching.
“So what if she’s a Regis Godfiend? In the city, she won’t be able to kill me from a distance.” Eight third Firmament demon monarchs—which had extremely strong bodies-continued charging forward with confidence. Some of them were comparable to fourth Firmament demon monarchs. Some had extremely high physical talent, while others had very strong life-preservation means. They were confident that they could face a Regis Godfiend’s Quintessential Essence threads.
Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! The eight flame threads drilled into the eight demon monarchs’ bodies.
“No.”
“How is that possible?” “My strength is comparable to a newly-advanced fourth Firmament demon monarch!”
Seven of the eight demon monarchs died on the spot. The remaining demon monarch transformed into three gray shadows and fled underground.
In terms of technique realm, Liu Qiyue hadn’t even reached the Dharma Domain realm. However, she had strength comparable to a peak Regis Godfiend after casting Phoenix’s Nirvana. This was because her Quintessential Essence had completely transformed into flames, making her strength terrifying. Ordinary Regis Godfiends were powerful due to being strong in many aspects. However, Liu Qiyue’s strength came from her flames. Liu Qiyue’s flames erupted with bursts of strength, making her comparable to a peak Regis Godfiend. Even a fourth Firmament demon monarch would suffer from her Quintessential Essence threads.
Whoosh.
Over 1,000 Quintessential Essence threads erupted. Although it felt wonderful to be in a constant state of epiphany, Liu Qiyue immediately stopped maintaining Phoenix’s Nirvana.
She looked around. Liu Qiyue had killed nearly half of the attacking demon monarchs
—591 of 1,200 attacking demon monarchs had died! The demon monarchs had become more cunning and cautious, so it was a very high death ratio for her to kill nearly half of the attacking demon monarchs.
When Meng Chuan discovered Chu An City’s request for help, he immediately flew out from the underground and rushed towards Chu An City at full speed.
Quick, quick, quick. Quick! Meng Chuan was extremely anxious. He knew very well that only his wife and Marchioness Plum Snow guarded Chu An City. If Liu Qiyue didn’t cast Phoenix’s Nirvana, there was no way they could defend Chu An City.
The request for reinforcements has been retracted? After flying for a few seconds, Chu An City’s request for help was withdrawn. After flying for nearly 120 seconds, Meng Chuan arrived at Chu An City. He saw a large number of demon monarch corpses outside the city. Soldiers were busy collecting the corpses. He quickly flew to his and Liu Qiyue’s residence.
“Ah Chuan.” Liu Qiyue and Marchioness Plum Snow were sitting in the courtyard.
“Marquis Eastcalm, it’s all thanks to Junior Sister Liu’s use of the forbidden spell, Phoenix’s Nirvana, that we held back the demons. She killed nearly half of the attacking demon monarchs. The remaining demon monarchs fled.” Marchioness Plum Snow stood up and said, “I won’t disturb the two of you any further.”
Meng Chuan nodded slightly. After Marchioness Plum Snow left, Meng Chuan sat down beside his wife and looked at her worriedly. “Qiyue, how long did you maintain Phoenix’s Nirvana? How much of your lifespan did you consume?”
“It wasn’t long, I stopped once I released over 1,000 Quintessential Essence threads,” said Liu Qiyue with a smile.
“How much of your lifespan did you consume?” asked Meng Chuan again.
Liu Qiyue smiled and said, “Five years. It’s not much.”
Five years? Meng Chuan was somewhat anxious. His wife was only one year younger than him. She had burned more than 35 years of her lifespan. To have the highest chance of becoming a Regis Godfiend, it would be best if she broke through before she was 90 years old! She didn’t have much time left.
“There’s good news from using Phoenix’s Nirvana this time,” said Liu Qiyue with a smile. “My insights into the Dao of Fire have deepened, and my Essence Soul has become stronger. Furthermore, I’m certain that my Quintessential Essence threads can reach up to 60 kilometers when I cast Phoenix’s Nirvana! They are much stronger than an ordinary Regis Godfiend’s Quintessential Essence threads, be it range or strength.”
Liu Qiyue had stood in the middle of the city during the attack. Since her Quintessential Essence threads could reach up to 60 kilometers, they could easily cover Chu An City. They even crossed the city walls and extended further.
“Yes.” Meng Chuan nodded and frowned. “However, the demons are attacking too frequently nowadays. On average, they attack once a month. They mainly attack the Great Zhou Dynasty and Black Sand Dynasty’s cities. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, large cities like Luo Tang City, Jiang State Capital, Wu State Capital, and the Imperial Capital are rarely attacked. Many cities with over ten million people are attacked. It’s very easy to attack the city you are stationed at. It’s only been half a year, but you have encountered three attacks.” Meng Chuan was worried. “It’s one too many.”
Liu Qiyue smiled and said, “A large city with a population of over 20 million is naturally more important. Since Regis Godfiends are guarding them, the demons will naturally not attack those cities.”
Make something real appear fake and vice-versa? Archean Mountain didn’t dare use such a strategy. If a city with over 20 million people were to be slaughtered, the losses would be disastrous.
“When you use Phoenix’s Nirvana, although you can release Quintessential Essence threads in a large area, you will consume five years of your lifespan each time.” Meng Chuan shook his head. “This can’t continue.”
Once, twice, thrice… Soon, his wife would quickly lose the chance to become a Regis Godfiend. After becoming a Regis Godfiend, she would become even stronger. She could deal with many situations with her normal strength. Only then could his wife live longer.
The environment for past Godfiends that had awakened the phoenix bloodline was relatively comfortable. Marquis Godfiends usually lived for 200 years out of their 300-year lifespans. If Liu Qiyue continued to fight like this, she would burn her lifespan too quickly.
“Godfiends are constantly dying in battle. It’s just burning a few years of my lifespan,” said Liu Qiyue with a smile.
There’s a perfect solution, Meng Chuan thought.
Archean Mountain.“Meng Chuan’s letter.” Li Guan, Luo Tang, and Qin Wu sat down. Li Guan placed the letter on the table.
“Why didn’t he come to us directly if he had something? Why did he deliberately write a letter?” Luo Tang picked up the letter and frowned. “He’s worried about his wife.”
Qin Wu took the letter and scanned it. He nodded. “The demons are indeed attacking frequently. If Liu Qiyue frequently casts Phoenix’s Nirvana, her lifespan will be consumed quickly. Her chances of becoming a Regis Godfiend will q
uickly be severed.”
“King Luyue hasn’t refined the 8,000 poisonous bugs yet. The negotiations with Black Sand Grotto-Heaven has yet to come to a conclusion. How can he help Liu Qiyue?” Luo Tang shook her head gently. “There are many problems with the cities guarded by Marquis Godfiends. Are we to awaken a Regis Godfiend just to replace Liu Qiyue?”
“We can’t. We can only last longer if half of the 25 ancient Regis Godfiends are asleep,” said Li Guan.
Qin Wu’s eyes suddenly lit up when he read the letter. “Meng Chuan says in the letter that when Liu Qiyue casts Phoenix’s Nirvana, her Quintessential Essence threads can reach a distance of 60 kilometers. Her strength far exceeds that of ordinary Regis Godfiends. Since that’s the case, transfer her to a large city with more than 20 million people! The demons seldom attack large cities. Occasionally, they attack one or two cities. Perhaps in five years, they might not even attack Liu Qiyue’s city once.”
Li Guan and Luo Tang’s eyes lit up.
Luo Tang smiled. “She has the strength of a peak Regis Godfiend when she casts Phoenix’s Nirvana. She’s more suitable for guarding a major city than ordinary Regis Godfiends.”
Chapter 333 - Collusion
“Senior Sister Chang.”
“Junior Sister Liu.”
In Chu An City, Liu Qiyue and Marchioness Plum Snow bade farewell. The two of them had been supporting each other for three years and had formed a close relationship.
“It was fate that allowed us to stand shoulder to shoulder for three years.” Marchioness Plum Snow’s snow-white hair fluttered as she said solemnly, “I’ve been fighting my entire life. I have to thank the heavens for letting me live to the end of my lifespan. As for you, you are still very young. You have to be careful with how you use Phoenix’s Nirvana. Even if you become a Regis Godfiend in the future, you have to be extremely careful with your forbidden spell! You might be able to kill powerful enemies once by casting it, but it might not be worth consuming decades of your lifespan. You can do more for humanity if you live a few more decades.
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