Chapter 1802: Provocation

Cai Zhi's face instantly shifted from a blush to crimson, then darkened with fury. A murderous aura surged around her, and a pale gray wolf shadow exploded directly behind her. "Qianye... you're asking for death!"

"Cai Zhi!" Yun Che sensed great trouble and quickly reached out, but grabbed nothing but air.

The demonic wolf howled as Cai Zhi's fingers transformed into swords, causing the shadow behind her to violently rip five pale black claw marks through the air, as if she wished to tear Qianye Ying'er to shreds on the spot.

"Hee hee hee!" Qianye Ying'er let out a playful laugh, her long sleeves fluttering as she used Cai Zhi's momentum to fly out of the grand hall and escape far away.

At that moment, Cai Zhi's slender waist was firmly embraced by Yun Che, who had quickly lunged to hold her.

*Rip!*

A flash of black light erupted, and the Three Yama Ancestors stumbled in frantically. "Master, what happened...?"

"Get out!" Cai Zhi's starry eyes blazed with fury.

The Three Yama Ancestors retreated, cowering and scrambling back out.

"Cai Zhi," Yun Che said soothingly, "she's deliberately provoking you. There's no need to stoop to her level."

"Hmph!" Cai Zhi forcefully pushed Yun Che away, her beautiful face still flushed with indignation. She turned her back on him, refusing to meet his gaze. "Go play with your Qianye! Why are you still bothering with me?!"

"No! She's just provoking you! I... she... oh, Cai Zhi!"

He grabbed at empty air again as Cai Zhi, fuming, had already departed, stubbornly refusing to spare him another glance.

"Sigh..." Yun Che reached up and rubbed his forehead.

Qianye Ying'er had originally vowed that she would keep a wide distance from any place Cai Zhi was present. However, after successfully luring Cai Zhi back, it turned into an entirely different situation.

He looked towards the north, his gaze gradually deepening.

Chi Wuyao, even if you face the Blazing Dragon God, you will surely emerge unscathed, won't you...?

Inside the Sky Poison Pearl space, Hong'er and You'er were sound asleep, but He Ling was nowhere to be seen.

Another attempt to enter the world of the Primordial Seal of Life and Death had failed. After repeated attempts and brief stays, He Ling's figure appeared within the Cosmic Heaven Pearl.

A vast, pure white world stretched endlessly, without a single trace of impurity.

He Ling's eyes were closed, her mind focused. Within the pale world, invisible wisps of aura flowed silently, slowly gathering in her palm.

After the Profound God Convention in the Eastern Divine Region, the Cosmic Heaven Pearl had, as a last resort, opened the Cosmic Heaven God Realm for a full three thousand years.

The price for this was the extreme depletion of the Cosmic Heaven Pearl's power.

In recent years, the Cosmic Heaven Pearl had finally recovered from its depleted state, slowly regaining its power.

As the time was still short, He Ling couldn't yet fully control the Cosmic Heaven Pearl as she could the Sky Poison Pearl. However, she had been making strenuous efforts to guide and concentrate the residual power the Cosmic Heaven Pearl was recovering.

Although only scattered wisps, if fully gathered, it should be enough to briefly open the Cosmic Heaven God Realm once.

North of the Eastern Divine Region, at the border of the Northern Divine Region.

Upon receiving the news, the Blazing Dragon God departed immediately and decisively, without any stops. Such a swift, thunderous strike would leave the devils completely unprepared.

At this northern border, he intended to bury all the devils attempting to evade the Dragon God's wrath into a sea of blood stretching for thousands of miles, and only the two of them were needed—because they were supreme Dragon Gods!

Today, he would re-engrave the awe of Dragon Gods into the hearts and souls of all beings in this world.

Nearing the Northern Divine Region, even the powerful Dragon Gods felt an uncomfortable, dark aura assailing them, growing denser the closer they got.

The Blazing Dragon God and the Pure Heart Dragon God both stopped at this point.

They began to feel that something was amiss.

"Strange," the Pure Heart Dragon God said, looking into the distance, her light brows slightly furrowed. "We are already this close, yet there is no devil aura?"

"Could it be that we were too fast, and they haven't retreated here yet?" The Blazing Dragon God's gaze and divine sense swept through the more distant space.

"No," the Pure Heart Dragon God countered. "Although our speed far surpasses theirs, the distance implies they should have reached here. Furthermore, when the news arrived, they should have already been moving for a considerable time, and given their haste, their speed would certainly not be slow."

Yet, their vast spiritual perception range was completely empty. There was no sign of devil aura, neither to the east nor to the north.

Could it truly be that they were simply too fast?

The Pure Heart Dragon God suddenly thought of something, and her expression slightly darkened. "A while ago, Zhou Xuzi mentioned a concern of his. The Cosmic Heaven's strongest spatial profound artifact, the Boundless Cauldron, fell into the hands of the devils. If the devils managed to decipher its use and integrated the special energy left behind by the Cosmic Heaven, they might be able to construct a grand teleportation array connecting the Eastern Divine Region and the Northern Divine Region border."

"Could Zhou Xuzi's concern have already come true?"

"Impossible," the Blazing Dragon God said. "If such a thing truly existed, we would have no reason to be completely unaware of its spatial aura of that magnitude."

"And even if the devils truly did this, what of it? The array core cannot long endure in the dark devil aura of the Northern Divine Region; it can only exist at the northern border. Destroying it would be as easy as flipping one's hand! However many times they build it, we will destroy it that many times."

At that moment, both their hearts stirred simultaneously.

They exchanged a glance. The Pure Heart Dragon God waved her long sleeve, and a sound-transmitting profound array, radiating heavy dragon aura, unfurled before her.

"Brother, Pure Heart, we've been tricked." It was the voice of the Azure Dragon God.

The abrupt statement made the expressions of the already-dubious Blazing Dragon God and Pure Heart Dragon God subtly change.

"What's going on?" the Blazing Dragon God said in a deep voice, an invisible, breathtaking anger emanating from his body.

"The devils' retreat to the Northern Divine Region was a deliberate ruse they created. Those profound arks, overflowing with dense devil aura, actually contained only a very small number of devils. Even the scale was deliberately fabricated; what appeared to be a large-scale, hasty evacuation was actually concentrated in the most easily detectable locations, and the total number of arks was merely a few thousand."

"And all these profound arks stopped in the northern border of the Eastern Region an hour and a half ago. Upon investigation, they were completely empty!"

"Feigning an attack in the east... to strike in the west!" the Pure Heart Dragon God said slowly.

"Exactly!" the Azure Dragon God transmitted. "Ostensibly, they were withdrawing to the Northern Region to temporarily avoid the Dragon God's wrath, but in reality, they were transferring their forces into the Southern Divine Region!"

"The northern movement was quite noisy and prominent, but the southern transfer was exceptionally covert, only shedding its concealment and doubling its speed an hour ago. In a few more hours, they will likely all have completely escaped the Eastern Divine Region."

Once the devils' aura no longer easily spills out, they will undoubtedly be several times more terrifying—especially at a time like this.

"How... dare... they!" The Blazing Dragon God's fingers clenched, his fiery red hair stood on end like erupting flames, and the surrounding space wildly distorted.

He, the number one Dragon God of the Dragon God Realm, was enraged for the first time in years, making his first personal move, only to find nothing. To put it more unpleasantly, he had been made a fool of.

He was the Blazing Dragon God; who could trick him, who dared to trick him!

The Pure Heart Dragon God raised a hand to pat the Blazing Dragon God's arm. "Brother, the devils have always been cunning; there's no need to get angry. This time, we were indeed too eager for revenge for Ash, and thus lost our careful judgment."

The Dragon God race has always confronted challenges head-on and truly disdained using such underhanded tactics. Even if such treacherous methods succeeded, they would only consider them a disgrace.

This was the dignity and pride of their Dragon God race.

His angrily standing hair slowly settled. The Blazing Dragon God gathered his five fingers, forcefully destroying the sound-transmitting profound array the Pure Heart Dragon God had opened. He turned his body, his cold eyes fixed, and said in a deep voice, "You Northern Region devils, do you only know how to play such despicable little tricks?"

The Pure Heart Dragon God also turned around, her brow furrowed as she looked at the puff of dark cloud-like gray mist in the distant sky.

"Oh dear, we've been discovered."

A soft, lazy female voice drifted into their ears. Though it was only a brief sentence, it was so soft and enchanting, as if whispered from a dream, causing both Dragon Gods' bodies to feel a peculiar softness and their dragon souls to be gently stirred as if by a warm, downy breeze.

The Blazing Dragon God and Pure Heart Dragon God instantly became alert, and with a sharp focus, their minds quickly cleared.

Before them, as the gray mist gradually dispersed, three female figures slowly walked out.

The leading woman was enveloped in black mist, her face unseen, yet she exuded a dangerous, demonic charm.

The women following behind her appeared to be only seventeen or eighteen years old. Their faces were exquisitely beautiful and coldly detached, devoid of emotion, and their two jade-like faces were identical; even with the Dragon Gods' eyesight, no slight difference could be found.

Even more peculiar was that their auras were completely identical.

"The Devil Queen, and the Devil Maidens."

The Pure Heart Dragon God's eyes were filled with cold frost. She was seeing the person before her for the first time, yet the enchanting allure and danger, like an endless deep abyss, the dense and unfathomable dark devil aura, and those two young women releasing tenth-level Divine Master devil aura, instantly brought to mind the Northern Region Devil Queen and her strongest Twin Devil Maidens.

Chi Wuyao slowly walked forward, her steps ethereal as if treading on smoke, seemingly utterly unafraid of the two Dragon Gods' terrifying aura.

"I am Chi Wuyao, Empress of Yun Che, the Devil Master of the Northern Divine Region. I have long heard of the great renown of the Blazing Dragon God and the Pure Heart Dragon God, and have specially come to pay my respects."

"Hmph." The Blazing Dragon God forcefully suppressed the rage in his heart, his dragon eyes staring directly at the woman with the terrifying devilish reputation before him. "I had long heard that the Northern Region Devil Queen's cunning was as deep as an abyss, and her methods countless. To think it's merely such low, treacherous little tricks—it truly is disappointing."

"Why are you here?" the Pure Heart Dragon God suddenly asked. "Your purpose was to draw our attention here, thereby successfully transferring your forces to the Southern Divine Region. You have already succeeded, yet you chose to appear here. This seems quite contradictory."

A faint, shimmering light slowly gathered in her pale eyes. "Could it be...?"

Chi Wuyao stopped, facing the two Dragon Gods just half a *li* away, a shimmering smile playing on her lips. "Long Fei, the strongest Dragon God of the Dragon God Realm for a full two hundred thousand years. Though I am far away in the Northern Region, your name resonates like thunder."

"I originally only intended to lure a few minor dragons, but since the 'invited' one who arrived is the number one Dragon God, then why shouldn't I change my course and have a little test of your abilities?"

*Whoosh—*

A cold wind swirled, but as it reached the Dragon Gods, it abruptly froze solid.

The anger in the Blazing Dragon God's eyes slowly dissipated. A faint smile, seemingly playful yet mocking, appeared at the corner of his mouth. "You came here specifically to fight me?"

The Pure Heart Dragon God beside him also smiled faintly, but then her brows furrowed.

*Wait!*

It was an extremely long distance from the Cosmic Heaven God Realm to this place, yet the Devil Queen was already waiting here. This indicated that very early on—at least before they even set off—she knew it was the Blazing Dragon God who would be "lured" here.

After receiving the news, the Blazing Dragon God made an immediate decision, set off instantly, and made no stops along the way. Given their abilities, it was almost impossible for others to detect them en route... So how did she know in advance?!

Could the devil race's network of spies in the Northern Divine Region have infiltrated to such an extent?

Or...

"Of course," Chi Wuyao replied with a smiling face, her gentle smile captivating one's soul. Unfortunately, the devil mist concealed it, and no one was fortunate enough to glimpse it.

"Hehehe, hahahaha." The Blazing Dragon God chuckled softly, then burst into hearty laughter, a faint hint of anger underlying his mirth.

With his perception abilities, there was indeed no one else in this space. The Devil Queen, who clearly knew of his and Pure Heart's arrival in advance, could have fully concentrated her forces and laid down a massive encirclement... yet she only brought two Devil Maidens!

He laughed at the Devil Queen's ignorant arrogance, but was enraged that he, the Blazing Dragon God who had commanded awe in the God Realm for over two hundred thousand years, was actually being belittled by a devil woman.

It seemed he had indeed been dormant for too long.

"Devil Queen, aren't you afraid this will be the most regrettable decision of your life?" the Blazing Dragon God said, narrowing his eyes.

"The only one who could make me feel even a slight bit of regret, to this day, is but one person."

Amidst the devil aura, Chi Wuyao extended her jade hand, and a pitch-black vortex condensed between her fingers. The profound darkness, juxtaposed with snow-like luminescence, created a dazzling allure. "And you, Blazing Dragon God, I'm afraid you don't possess that capability."

"It seems you've grown accustomed to ruling the Northern Divine Region and trampling over the Eastern and Southern Divine Regions, making you believe that the heavens are only as vast as you perceive."

The Blazing Dragon God smiled; this time, the anger in his smile had completely vanished.

In this way, how could it be a bad thing?

He waved his left arm backward.

The Pure Heart Dragon God understood his intention and retreated far back.

Since the Blazing Dragon God ascended to the rank of Dragon God, he had never teamed up with anyone, not once.

He would not allow it, nor did anyone possess such qualifications.

"You three," the Blazing Dragon God declared, his dragon eyes arrogant. Though standing in the same void, he projected an air of looking down. "Come at me, all of you."