Chapter 735: Jasmine's Killer Instinct

The next morning, before sunrise, Flowing Cloud City was still shrouded in a thin layer of morning mist. Yun Che bid farewell to Xiao Lingxi and Xiao Lie, then entered the Primordial Profound Ark with Feng Xue'er, setting its course for the Extreme Ice Snow Region. He had originally planned to fly there with Feng Xue'er, allowing her to see all the mountains and rivers of the Azure Cloud Nation. However, considering the two thousand disciples of Frozen Cloud Asgard and how challenging it would be to transform them all before the Demon Sword Convention, he ultimately chose the Primordial Profound Ark.

"For thousands of years, my family has been exploring the secrets of the Primordial Profound Ark. Every time it appeared, they would devote all their energy to exploring it. Because whenever the Primordial Profound Ark manifested, not only the Spirit Kun Hall but even the Phoenix God would sense an extremely high level of spiritual energy, firmly believing that it must hide an extraordinary treasure. I never imagined that the treasure was the Primordial Profound Ark itself. It's truly incredible."

Inside the Primordial Profound Ark, Feng Xue'er's beautiful eyes wandered, taking in her surroundings. At that moment, she and Yun Che were in the mysterious ancient castle within the Primordial Profound Ark. She had clear memories of this place. Three years ago, hunted by Night Star Han, she had been carried by Yun Che right here... Although her profound energy had been sealed and she was utterly exhausted back then, she couldn't forget a single moment.

"I also find it incredible," Yun Che said. "Even though it's mine now, I have no idea about its origin. It must also hide other secrets within, of which I'm completely unaware... By the way, Xue'er, you must not tell anyone about the Primordial Profound Ark, not even your Imperial Father."

"Mm, I know," Feng Xue'er replied with a smile, her brows relaxing. "Big Brother Yun, is the place we're going now really all snow?"

"You'll know if you close your eyes," Yun Che said with a smile. The Primordial Profound Ark traversed space, arriving at the Extreme Ice Snow Region from Flowing Cloud City in just an instant. As Feng Xue'er spoke, they had already appeared above the Extreme Ice Snow Region.

"Close... my eyes?" Feng Xue'er whispered softly, then gently lowered her eyelids.

Immediately, the previously tranquil air turned sharp and biting, with a cold aura assailing them from all directions. The chill of the Extreme Ice Snow Region far surpassed the limits an ordinary person could withstand. However, for Feng Xue'er, who possessed Sovereign Profound Realm strength at the eighth level, it was not enough to cause even the slightest discomfort. But for Feng Xue'er, who had never left Divine Phoenix City before, this was the first time in her life her body had encountered a truly cold aura.

The icy touch across her body, the air purified by ten thousand years of ice and snow to a flawless purity, the chilling wind whistling strangely in her ears... Feng Xue'er opened her eyes. She gazed dazedly at the snowy-white world before her, her beautiful eyes trembling and sparkling with starlight.

More than half the year, the Extreme Ice Snow Region experiences snowfall. At this moment, the world of the Extreme Ice Snow Region was filled with swirling snow, like cotton tufts. The ground was white, the mountains were white, the glaciers were white, and the sky was dazzlingly white. The entire world was so pure white that the horizon was invisible. Feng Xue'er gently extended her hands; her jade-like hands glowed in this pure white world, their skin even more lustrous and pure than the ice and snow.

Lucky snowflakes landed one by one in her palms. After a brief touch, they melted under her Phoenix Flame energy. Feng Xue'er quickly suppressed her profound energy. Immediately, the snowflakes obediently settled in her palms, quickly covering them, as well as her long hair and phoenix robe.

She lightly waved her arms, and a puff of snowy mist instantly danced before her. Each crystalline snowflake reflected the joy and dream-like enchantment in her beautiful eyes.

"It's like a dream... There really is such a beautiful place in the world," Feng Xue'er murmured softly. When she was thirteen, Divine Phoenix City experienced its first snowfall in history, which was the most enchanting scenery she had ever seen in her life, unforgettable. Before meeting Yun Che, her greatest desire had been to see falling snow again.

And the boundless falling snow, the boundless snow region before her eyes, was truly a dream-like world to her.

"Wow!!"

Feng Xue'er's joy was fully unleashed, letting out an extremely delightful cry. She soared into the air amidst the snow, immersing her body in the seemingly endless flakes. Pure, ethereal laughter intertwined with the cold wind.

The Snow Phoenix Beast was summoned by her. Leaning on the Snow Phoenix Beast's snowy feathers, she flew back and forth amidst the falling snow. She was as happy as if she had entered a dreamlike fairy tale world. "Little White, Big Brother Yun said this is your hometown. You must be very happy to be home, right?"

"Chirp..." The Snow Phoenix Beast let out a clear, long cry, spreading its wings. It wove a large curtain of snow in front of Feng Xue'er, eliciting a soft cheer from her.

Yun Che smiled as he looked ahead, but his gaze wasn't on the snowscape; it was on Feng Xue'er. Anyone who had seen Feng Xue'er would likely believe that there could be no more beautiful scenery on the Profound Sky Continent than her. From their encounter three years ago to now, being able to stand by her side, even Yun Che still felt a vague sense of unreality.

"Three years ago, I thought I'd never be able to fulfill my promise to her," Yun Che murmured to himself.

"Hmph, one day you'll die because of a woman!" Jasmine said coldly. This was the third time she had said something similar. She was now increasingly convinced that if Yun Che ever met a tragic end, the greatest possibility... no, it would definitely be because of women!

Yun Che twitched his mouth. Just then, in his mind, Jasmine's voice suddenly lowered: "Just like... my brother..."

Her words were very, very soft, as if murmured unconsciously in a daze. They were so faint that they would have been hard to hear even if spoken right next to one's ear. But Jasmine shared a single body with him, and her soul voice, no matter how faint, was perfectly clear to him. Yun Che was instantly stunned: "Your brother?"

Yun Che felt Jasmine's aura suddenly fluctuate, and her entire demeanor turned cold. However, she stopped speaking to him, clearly unwilling to bring up the matter, having only murmured it unintentionally moments ago.

Yun Che thought for a moment and said, "Actually... you're not a man, so of course you wouldn't understand our world. For most men, conquering the woman they desire is more important than conquering the entire world. Even if a man is unrivaled under heaven and stands proudly over the entire world, if he can't conquer the woman he likes, then he's still a failure; he'd even see himself as pathetic. As for protecting one's woman, it's more like a man's instinct. Even if it means dying for it, he wouldn't..."

"Shut up!" Jasmine snapped coldly, cutting him off. Then she said chillingly, "Do you think everyone is like you? My brother only loved one woman his entire life; he was deeply devoted and completely disregarded other women. He's nothing like you... You're just an idiotic pervert who'd throw his life away for any beautiful woman!"

"Oh..." Yun Che had always readily accepted Jasmine's moniker of "idiotic pervert" for him. After a while, he cautiously asked, "You mentioned earlier that your brother's death... was it to protect the person he loved?"

"Protect?" Jasmine sneered, and a wave of killing intent suddenly spread. In just an instant, it completely filled Yun Che's mind, chilling him to the bone, and he felt a needle-like sting deep within his soul.

Yun Che's heart jolted with surprise... It wasn't the first time he had felt killing intent from Jasmine. However, all the killing intent she had accumulated during their nearly seven years together didn't compare to that single instant just now. Yun Che was all too familiar with killing intent; he knew very well that the killing intent Jasmine displayed in that instant contained bone-chilling, soul-piercing hatred and murderous intent to the extreme.

"My brother would have given his life for her. But what he received from that woman was malicious schemes and exploitation. My brother was so powerful, so smart, yet because of that woman..." Jasmine's voice trembled faintly. "One of the reasons I went to such extreme lengths, risking great danger and paying an enormous price to obtain the Evil God's Undying Blood, was to kill that woman!!"

"And in the end, it benefited you instead!" Jasmine's voice remained cold, but she had painstakingly suppressed her aura and killing intent. "I don't want to talk about this, and you're not allowed to ask again... And don't you dare compare my brother to a pervert like you!!"

"Oh... Your brother is so powerful, and even you always considered him the most perfect person in the world. So, the woman who made him so infatuated couldn't have been too bad, could she?" Yun Che asked, tapping his chin.

Jasmine did not respond.

However, Yun Che was more concerned about something else... Jasmine just said that one of the reasons she obtained the Evil God's Undying Blood at all costs was to kill that woman.

This meant... Jasmine was not a match for "that woman" she spoke of!?

"Hiss..." Yun Che involuntarily drew a sharp breath. Someone more powerful than Jasmine, and a woman...

"You have two months left until your fight with Fen Juechen," Jasmine said, forcibly changing the topic, clearly unwilling for Yun Che to press further. "Under normal circumstances, if you were to defeat him, you might have a slight chance using some despicable and shameless schemes, but in a direct confrontation, you'd have no possibility of winning against him. However, it seems there's now a way for you to defeat him head-on."

"Oh? What method?" Yun Che asked, surprised. For his promised fight with Fen Juechen, he had been contemplating methods of approach daily, and had some plans in mind... but none involved a head-on confrontation.

"It's Feng Xue'er!" Guided by Jasmine's soul voice, Yun Che's gaze fell upon Feng Xue'er, who was currently cheering in the falling snow with the Snow Phoenix Beast.

Yun Che froze, then realizing something, tentatively said, "You mean..."

"It's simple: obtain her Phoenix Primordial Yin!" Jasmine said calmly. "Although you're completely no match for her right now, she clearly doesn't repel you. Combined with your various lowly and shameless perverted methods, it shouldn't be too difficult."

"!!!" Jasmine, who had called him a "pervert" countless times, who had mocked, disdained, scorned, and even verbally abused him for harming women, was now actually *proactively* encouraging him to take a girl's virgin Primordial Yin! This was absolutely unprecedented, leaving Yun Che stunned and speechless for a long time. His reaction made Jasmine's voice noticeably unnatural; she gave a soft hmph: "I... I just don't want you to die at Fen Juechen's hands, that's all!"

"This... I don't think I can," Yun Che said weakly. "Feng Xue'er's Phoenix power hasn't fully awakened, and she's still in a crucial stage of rapid power awakening after the Phoenix Soul awakened. If she loses her Primordial Yin during this period, the awakening of her Phoenix power would significantly slow down, or even stop completely, which would severely impact Xue'er's future. Also, I promised Feng Hengkong... even if Xue'er was willing, I couldn't do it."

"She's the number one beauty on the Profound Sky Continent, and you, a super pervert, can actually restrain yourself?" Jasmine scoffed dismissively. Then she said faintly, "If it were anyone else on the Profound Sky Continent, losing her virgin Primordial Yin would indeed be as you described. But with you... not only would there be no negative impact, it would actually make her Phoenix power awaken even faster!"

"Huh? Really!?" Yun Che's face was filled with surprise.

Jasmine slowly said, "You currently possess three divine beast bloodlines, with the Dragon God bloodline being dominant. The Dragon God bloodline grants you formidable strength, physique, and long life, while the Phoenix bloodline and Golden Crow bloodline give you destructive flame power. Due to the presence of the Dragon God Marrow, coupled with countless destructions and rebirths of your body on the Primordial Profound Ark, your Dragon God bloodline is already extremely potent. However, even these three divine beast bloodlines of yours combined cannot compare to the potency of Feng Xue'er's Phoenix bloodline, because she received the complete inheritance of a Phoenix soul clone!"

"This is also why her strength is so exaggerated at just nineteen years of age. Furthermore, due to the restriction that the Phoenix soul spirit can only exist in soul form, it cannot exert its full power. Therefore, after Feng Xue'er, who inherited the complete bloodline and soul, fully awakens her power, her strength won't merely approach that of the Phoenix soul spirit; it will completely surpass it!"

"...That powerful!?" Yun Che said in astonishment. "Surpass the Phoenix spirit!? The Phoenix God of the Divine Phoenix Sect has a power level equivalent to the Little Demon Empress, half-step into the Divine Profound Realm. If what Jasmine says is true... then wouldn't there be no one left on this earth who could contend with Feng Xue'er! And it would only take a mere dozen or so years, with none of the cruel side effects endured by the Little Demon Empress."