Chapter 1584: North Domain Demon Queen

Jasmine had once told him that the memories imprinted by the Heretic God's undying blood recorded the scattering of the Heretic God's seeds across the Blue Pole Star, which was one of the reasons Jasmine went to the Profound Sky Continent.

He didn't know if Jasmine had deliberately withheld information about the Northern Divine Region, or if the memories left by the Heretic God were incomplete, or for some other reason, but after the seeds of fire, water, lightning, and darkness, the fifth Heretic God's seed was actually located in the Northern Divine Region!

A world of devils.

If he hadn't first obtained the Darkness Seed and learned some ancient secrets of the Heretic God, he surely wouldn't have understood.

Yun Che gently waved his arm. Instantly, a storm swept across the world before him, roaring like ten thousand coiling dragons. The immense wind domain swirled and howled with incredible precision, controlled by Yun Che's will. When Yun Che withdrew his arm, it vanished without a trace in an instant.

"Wow!" Yun Shang exclaimed in surprise. "Senior, you also cultivate storm profound energy! That's amazing."

Everyone in the Northern Divine Region primarily cultivated darkness profound energy, with less than half also cultivating other profound energies. Yet, she had seen Yun Che utilize fire, thunder, and storm profound energy, which was unprecedented in her memory and understanding.

"Let's go."

Yun Che turned around and led Yun Shang back the way they came.

On his first day in the Central Ruins Realm, the sensing of his profound veins made him aware of the Heretic God's seed's existence. He also guessed that the eternal storms here were likely caused by the Heretic God's seed.

However, he didn't immediately seek it out. If its removal caused the storms here to stop, the anomaly in the Central Ruins Realm would easily attract others' attention.

In the past, finding a Heretic God's seed would have excited him for a long time. But this time, he was unusually calm. Perhaps this was the result of a heart deadened by hatred.

When he returned to Qianye Ying'er's side, the storms here had also subsided considerably.

Qianye Ying'er seemed about to ask something. Suddenly, she sensed a change in Yun Che's aura; what enveloped his entire body was clearly wind element, pure to the extreme.

Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and she stared at Yun Che with the eyes of someone looking at a monster once more. "You can't possibly perfectly control wind profound energy now, can you?"

Yun Che waved his palm... Instantly, within a hundred-mile radius, the storm completely ceased, and the world became eerily quiet for a moment.

"..." Qianye Ying'er took a soft breath. She said, "As expected of the Elemental Creation God. The three Divine Regions definitely haven't fully grasped what a terrifying monster they've angered. What's even funnier is that such a terrifying monster used to be a great savior who only wanted to retire to the lower realms, hahahaha."

She suddenly burst into laughter, every word and every laugh carrying deep sarcasm and sorrow.

"We should go," Yun Che said.

"Where to?" Qianye Ying'er glanced at Yun Shang. "Are we taking this little girl home?"

"Yes."

"Ah!" Yun Shang looked up in surprise. "Really?"

"Just half a step more, and I can break through to the Divine Sovereign Realm," Yun Che said. The terrifying progress of advancing from a fifth-level Divine King to the peak of the Divine King Realm in half a year — a feat that would scare Divine Emperors speechless — was uttered by him without any emotional fluctuation. "The resource level here is no longer sufficient... The Qianhuang Realm seems like a good choice."

"So, you want to avoid Nanhuang Chanyi?" Qianye Ying'er's golden eyes narrowed, and her lips suddenly curved into a dangerous arc. "On the contrary, I think we should meet her. Since she promised to come here in half a year, I don't think she'll break her word."

"What you most abhor is getting into unnecessary trouble, isn't it?" Yun Che said coldly. After speaking, his brow suddenly twitched, and he looked up. "You know her identity?"

"Perhaps," Qianye Ying'er said, pointing a finger. A soundproof barrier silently formed, isolating Yun Shang. She slowly continued, "The Northern Divine Region's isolation from news from other Divine Regions is far more severe than you imagine. I imagine that in your few years in the Eastern Divine Region, you never heard any specific rumors about the Northern Divine Region, probably not even the name of a single powerful devil from there."

"..." Indeed, that was the case.

"The Brahma Monarch God Realm's intelligence capabilities in the Eastern Divine Region are essentially second only to the Moon God Realm, which possesses the 'Soaring Moon' power. However, their knowledge of the Northern Divine Region's situation is extremely shallow. Even the information they obtain with their utmost efforts is basically focused on the Northern Region's Three King Realms. As for what geniuses appear among the younger generation, no one pays attention, nor do they need to."

"But, Nanhuang Chanyi knows of your existence. This is quite strange. Furthermore, her attitude towards you, and the few words she said that day, give me a feeling... she not only knows that you once attracted the nine-layered lightning tribulation and have a true god's prophecy, but she also seems to know about your Heretic God profound veins, and even... about the Devil Emperor's return to the world, she knows it all."

"Otherwise, I would find it difficult to understand why she uttered the words 'Darkness Dawn'."

"..." Yun Che's brows darkened.

"To be able to understand you to this extent and easily see through you... if anyone could do it, it would only be someone from a King Realm! But she is the daughter of a divine nation in a middle star realm."

"A King Realm existence hidden within a middle star realm, possessing such a flawless identity, plus she's a woman, and that subtle feeling..." Qianye Ying'er's brows unconsciously furrowed. "All these make me think of one name."

Yun Che: "Who?"

"A Demoness!"

"A Demoness... who is that?" Yun Che asked.

"Speaking of Demonesses, one person must be mentioned. This person is known as the most terrifying woman in the world. Even that old dog Qianye Fantian personally told me back then that if anything in this world truly frightened him, it would be this woman."

"Chi Wuyao!"

Qianye Ying'er slowly spoke the name... a name completely unfamiliar to Yun Che.

"Is she one of the Devil Emperors of the Northern Region's Three King Realms?" Yun Che asked. Only beings like Divine Emperors could make someone like Qianye Fantian wary.

"She is the Great Realm King of the Soul Stealing Realm, one of the Northern Region's Three Divine Emperors. But very few people refer to her as Divine Emperor. She has a title that transcends that of a Divine Emperor—'Queen of the North,' also known as 'Devil Queen'."

"Then who is the Emperor of the North?" Yun Che interrupted, asking.

"There is no Emperor of the North," Qianye Ying'er's eyes flashed with a hint of darkness. "And no one dares to become the Emperor of the North."

"Is her power far above that of other Divine Emperors?" Yun Che frowned.

"No," Qianye Ying'er said, "The men who were close to her, who were involved with her... all died."

Yun Che: "..."

"Rumor has it she possesses a face that can charm the world, and every frown or smile can devour one's soul... and even one's very bones and blood!" Qianye Ying'er scoffed disdainfully. "It is said that in her life, she married four men, ascending from a Lower Realm King to a Middle Realm King, then to an Upper Realm King... climbing upward by stepping on men. And all three of these men, who were Realm Kings, died—reportedly, from having their essence and blood drained by her."

"And the last man she married was the Divine Emperor Jingtian of the Jingtian Divine Realm."

Jingtian Divine Realm? Yun Che's brows twitched... The Northern Region's Three King Realms that Qianye Ying'er had mentioned—Burning Moon, Yama, and Soul Stealing—did not include the name "Jingtian."

"Heh, men are such lowly and pathetic creatures," Qianye Ying'er's lips curled into a cold, mocking smile. "A woman who climbed over the corpses of men, who knows how many men she's worn out, can still mesmerize countless men to the point of obsession. Even a dignified Divine Emperor would risk the opposition of his entire realm and the world's ridicule to marry her as his Queen... What a ridiculous and pathetic way to die."

"...You mean, Divine Emperor Jingtian also died!?" A look of astonishment finally flashed across Yun Che's face.

"Yes, dead," Qianye Ying'er's smile became even more sarcastic. "Just like the men she married before, there were no external injuries, no internal injuries, no potent poisons, no traces of a struggle, and they even had smiles on their faces... but they were dead."

"Not only were they dead, but no one knew what demonic means Chi Wuyao used. In just a century, the entire Jingtian Divine Realm completely submitted to her, and even the name of the star realm was changed to the Soul Stealing Realm. Heh, did she perhaps sleep with all the men in the entire realm?"

"And that deceased Divine Emperor Jingtian is simply a disgrace to Divine Emperors!"

Yun Che had never heard the name "Devil Queen of the North," and what Qianye Ying'er described was undoubtedly a chilling image. Yun Che asked, "You mean Nanhuang Chanyi is very likely Chi Wuyao's subordinate?"

"The Devil Queen has 'Nine Demonesses' under her command," Qianye Ying'er continued. "And these Nine Demonesses are called the Devil Queen's 'shadows.' The information I know speculates that these Nine Demonesses are either her soul clones or extraordinary women she chose. Judging by Nanhuang Chanyi, it's clearly the latter."

"The Nine Demonesses exist within the darkness of the Northern Divine Region, monitoring it, as well as heretics, and guarding against covert incursions from the other three Divine Regions. No one knows their true identities... or perhaps their identities are constantly changing. But what is certain is that to be a Demoness, they all undergo the Soul Stealing Realm's divine power inheritance, making them extremely powerful, especially their spiritual sense and perception, which are incredibly acute..."

"With my limited understanding of the Northern Divine Region, the Devil Queen's Demonesses... that's the most probable identity for Nanhuang Chanyi I can think of!"

Yun Che fell silent, his brows furrowed indifferently as he processed the information Qianye Ying'er had provided.

If Qianye Ying'er's guess was true, he had been in the Northern Divine Region for less than a year, yet he had already been recognized by an existence at the King Realm level... that was truly unlucky.

"It seems you truly are a jinx; no matter where you go, you're destined for trouble."

"What do you plan to do by meeting Nanhuang Chanyi?" Yun Che asked.

"Counterattack!" Qianye Ying'er's gaze turned cold. "I'm not someone who's used to being passive!"

"How will you counterattack?"

"Is it so hard to get leverage over a woman?" Qianye Ying'er gave a sinister smile. Her slender fingers slowly picked up a small, exquisite golden bell. "This is the 'Minor Brahma Soul Bell.' It can invade the soul sea and cause temporary unconsciousness. As long as it's not deliberately disturbed, they won't wake up for a very long time."

"Your Brahma Soul power is gone, how can you use it?" Yun Che asked.

"I am someone who always makes countless preparations," Qianye Ying'er said, closing her fingers around the bell. "Inside it is the Brahma Soul profound energy I infused before my power was crippled. I was able to escape here even after that old dog Qianye Fantian crippled my profound energy to the Divine Sovereign Realm, all thanks to it."

"The remaining power inside... can probably be used one more time. However, with the little soul power left and my current state, success isn't guaranteed; I'll need your help."

"Dragon Soul?"

"Yes."

"What do you want to do?"

Qianye Ying'er's lips moved slightly, and a wisp of soft sound entered Yun Che's ear.

"Heh, how despicable," Yun Che sneered.

"You've done things a thousand times more despicable to me, haven't you?" Qianye Ying'er sneered back. "So, are you going to do it?"

"Of course," Yun Che replied without hesitation.