Central State, Myriad Dao Pavilion.
“Jie jie jie!! After all these years, my great blade can finally taste blood.”
“Charge, charge, charge!! Even if we die, we can always crawl out from the Ten Thousand Souls connected to the Nine Nether—ptui!—crawl out from the Human Emperor Banner!”
“For the Warden—no, for the Sun!!!”
“Loyal! And! True!!”
Dozens of [Divine Emperor Soldiers] shouted the slogan that had somehow been passed down, surging forward in unison toward that blood-red figure, as if moths throwing themselves into a flame, charging at the blood avatar!
The [Divine Emperor Soldier] wielding a massive shield blocked the path ahead.
With a single punch, the blood avatar pierced the giant shield and shattered him with one blow.
A [Divine Emperor Soldier] who looked like a sword cultivator slashed at the blood avatar.
The blood avatar’s jade-like leg lashed out, blasting his body to pieces in an instant!
A [Divine Emperor Soldier] dressed as an assassin suddenly flashed out behind the blood avatar, shouting, “Loyal! And! True!!”
The blood avatar pinched his tiny head with her jade-like hand, and then, blood light transformed into a blade—”swish”—beheading him in a single stroke.
These ancient ghosts had all been great powers of the demonic path in their past lives, at the very least at the Nascent Soul stage, and many had even reached the Spirit Severing stage. Their attacks were fierce, their methods cruel. Yet, what could they do now but be mere remnant souls inhabiting puppet bodies?
No matter how mighty their powers had once been, under absolute suppression of cultivation, they were nothing more than mantises trying to stop a chariot.
“Huu~”
Another squad of [Divine Emperor Soldiers] was wiped out. The Myriad Dao Pavilion was right before her eyes. The main body over there was holding back the Profound Heaven Heavenly Lord—though at the price of selling her beauty. But to achieve great things, one cannot be bothered by trifles.
Blazing a path through blood and slaughter, the blood avatar grew ever faster. In just a few breaths, she stepped into the Myriad Dao Pavilion, where a flash of formation light, enough to destroy an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator, shot at her—yet the blood avatar merely shifted back half a step.
The white light shrouding her face faded a little, revealing eyebrows arched like willow leaves and phoenix eyes atop a jade nose—a truly elegant and charming daughter of the clan!
Bang!
“Master, I’ve won.”
Zhou Xuan looked across at Su Bai with a bright smile.
He wore a resplendent green imperial robe on his upper body, while his lower body was clad in some black, delicate fabric that tightly hugged his legs. It looked plain enough, yet radiated an unusual allure.
Su Bai glared at the captured black stone, then at the smiling man across from him, and finally at the little boy beside him, eyes bright as he stared hungrily at Su Bai’s beautiful, long legs clad in black silk, almost drooling.
Damn it!
He really wanted to become the Chess Saint of the Han and teach this guy a lesson!!
But thinking of the blood avatar’s progress, he recited “to achieve great things, one cannot be bothered by trifles” three times in his heart, and only then did his expression soften.
“Take off your robe, and I’ll… I’ll…” At this point, Su Bai actually stammered a little, his face looking as if he was about to walk onto the execution ground.
Zhou Xuan’s lips curled in anticipation as he slowly undid his gold-embroidered white robe, revealing graceful, sculpted lines beneath.
The little boy next to him quickly gathered up the chessboard, blinking his black eyes excitedly.
Su Bai gritted his teeth, heart steeled, and stretched his long black-silk-clad legs onto Zhou Xuan’s lap, ready to take the next step.
But just then, Zhou Xuan reached out to stop her. Under Su Bai’s confused gaze, he unhurriedly took a vial of liquid from the shadows and poured it over her calf, spreading it evenly on the black silk.
A rush of indescribable pleasure spread from her feet to her whole body. Su Bai couldn’t help but ask in a sweet voice, “What is this?”
“Something good. Trust me, Master, you’ll be more attentive to matters in a moment.” Zhou Xuan replied with a mysterious smile.
“Huu~ Finally finished packing.”
The Myriad Dao Pavilion’s manuals were all bundled up, and piles of [Divine Emperor Soldier] remains surrounded her like mountains.
The heat gathering in her lower abdomen was building fast. The blood avatar was just about to dump all this weird, action-hindering heat over to the main body, then make a lightning-fast strategic retreat.
Suddenly, a wave of intense tingling numbness and weakness swept up from her feet—even her secluded valley grew wet, almost making her lose her balance and topple over.
Supporting herself against a nearby pillar, the blood avatar’s face darkened, and once again she sent a heartfelt inquiry:
“Main body, what are you doing now!!”
“Weren’t you using a honey trap? Why does it feel like you’ve ended up in bed again?!”
“That devilish thing, what’s it doing to your legs—don’t tell me it’s hugging and licking them!!”
“Hiss! Main body, don’t tell me you actually like being bent over. I remember in those gender-bending novels, eight or nine out of ten female MCs end up…hiss!!”
On the other side, Su Bai, whose foot was being toyed with up and down, almost wanted to drag the others off and start a fight then and there. Who knew what perverted stuff that little demon was smearing on her legs—it didn’t just make them a hundred times more sensitive, even the slightest friction brought waves of overwhelming pleasure.
It had only been a few minutes, yet while Zhou Xuan remained as upright as a pine, she herself was already soaked through—if she couldn’t find someone to share this burden, she’d never make it to the end.
Damn it!
She’d already sacrificed so much just to save herself!
With no response from the main body and unable to block the synched sensations from her other self, the blood avatar forcibly suppressed the unbearable tingling from her feet and shoved open the doors of the Myriad Dao Pavilion once more.
Before her, hundreds upon thousands of [Divine Emperor Soldiers] stood with spears at the ready, battle lines drawn.
A pillar of golden light soared up, forming a grand formation that sealed off the sky—a
—【Heavenly Emperor Soul-Locking Formation】!
Wild winds howled, sending everyone’s robes fluttering and leaving a faint trace of blood smoke in the air.
“Jie jie jie, little girl, you’ve nowhere left to run!!!”
“Hehehe~ It’s always been us of the demonic path being besieged, but this time, we get to surround someone else!”
“Girl, you can’t escape even if you grow wings!! Surrender your weapons and we’ll spare your life!!”
For a moment, thousands of demonic voices echoed, lingering endlessly between heaven and earth, shaking the eardrums and striking terror into hearts.
“No way out?”
A faint blood light swirled, once again masking her flawless face, as the blood avatar curled her lips into a mocking sneer.
“As long as I wish to leave, the road will always be under my feet!”
Her words cut like icy blades through the howling wind.
Though her figure remained still, a vast and mighty aura surged from within her. The ground at her feet began to crack and spiderweb outward.
From early Core Formation to mid Core Formation.
From mid Core Formation to late Core Formation.
From late Core Formation to peak Core Formation.
From peak Core Formation to early Nascent Soul.
From early Nascent Soul to mid Nascent Soul.
From mid Nascent Soul to late Nascent Soul!!
Only now did the blood avatar fully unleash the cultivation she’d been suppressing all along, making heaven and earth change color. The wild wind seemed to ignite, rampaging with blood-red light!
Late Nascent Soul stage, genuine and true!
“Tsk tsk tsk! Who would’ve thought that us old ghosts would get tricked like pigs eating a tiger!!”
“Late Nascent Soul disguised as early Core Formation! Good girl, that’s the style of my demonic path!”
“Jie jie jie! Enough talking—kill!!”
“For the Sun! Loyal! And! True!!”
The old ghosts shouted as they all attacked at once. Spells filled the sky, overwhelming spiritual power and blood light colliding, dimming the heavens and earth!!
At the same time, inside the Azure Emperor Divine Palace, a black treasure mirror silently played out all these scenes. Zhou Xuan watched with relish, then turned to gaze at Su Bai across from him, cheeks flushed as he “toyed” with her feet.
“The road will always be under your feet.”
“Master, those can’t possibly be your people, right?”