Chapter 936: Heavenly Goddess Descends (Part 1)

Six months had passed in the blink of an eye.

After Xuanyuan Wentian was utterly destroyed, the Profound Sky Continent and the Illusory Demon Realm returned to peace. On the Profound Sky Continent, it was already common knowledge that the reigning power was no longer the Sacred Grounds, but rather Yun Che, the universally acknowledged "Number One in History." His dual identity as the Prince Consort of the Blue Wind Imperial Family and the Palace Master of the Frozen Cloud Asgard elevated the Blue Wind Nation and the Frozen Cloud Asgard to the highest echelons of power. Their status on the continent now firmly overshadowed the only two remaining Sacred Grounds: the Absolute Monarch Sanctuary and the Supreme Ocean Palace.

The hegemonic position among the continent's seven nations naturally shifted from the Divine Phoenix Empire to the Blue Wind Nation. Under these circumstances, the Blue Wind Nation rapidly rose to prominence, advancing by leaps and bounds. The Frozen Cloud Asgard, on the other hand, became a sacred place known to all profound practitioners on the continent. While the Ice Cloud Snow Region was rarely trespassed upon before, now no one dared to approach it.

Within these six months, the reconstruction of the Frozen Cloud Asgard was completed. The average strength of the Frozen Cloud disciples was now an entire major realm higher than that of previous generations. The efficiency of forming the Asgard from ice also increased severalfold, making the newly built Frozen Cloud Asgard twice the size of its original. However, its interior was much simpler; places like the Ice Goddess Shrine were destined not to reappear. Yet, the Frozen Cloud Cold Pond had regenerated itself from an underground cold vein during these six months.

North of the Ice Cloud Snow Region, despite being separated by the Phoenix Barrier, earth-shattering roars continuously echoed. Yun Che and Feng Xue'er had been engaged in a series of fierce battles, with Yun Che wielding the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword. Today's battle had already lasted for three full hours without a moment's pause.

Boom!!A Phoenix Arrow knocked the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword away and struck Yun Che directly in the chest. Yun Che was instantly sent flying like a cannonball, his back slamming hard against the Phoenix Barrier. He didn't stand up for a while, and the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword disappeared from his hand.

"Phew... That's enough for today," Yun Che said, then slumped weakly backward.

"Big Brother Yun, you're improving so fast! I used almost 70% of my strength today," Feng Xue'er said happily as she landed.

"Heh heh, after all, I just completed a breakthrough yesterday. As expected, every advancement in the Sovereign Profound Realm is completely different from previous realm advancements," Yun Che said, closing his eyes. Battling with a heavy sword for three hours, even his Dragon God's body was pushed almost to its limit.

Over the past six months, Yun Che had cultivated for four hours every day. With his exceptionally high talent and a perfect training partner like Feng Xue'er, his profound energy had advanced by four minor realms in just half a year... and these were four minor realms in the Sovereign Profound Realm!

Advancing from Sovereign Profound Realm Level 1 to Level 5 in six months was absolutely a growth rate worthy of being recorded in the Profound Sky's annals. Even Feng Xue'er, with her awakened Phoenix Soul, and Xia Yuanba, with his awakened Tyrant Emperor's Divine Veins, had never reached such a terrifying degree of progress.

In his normal state, without fully activating the Evil God's Art, he could already contend with nearly 70% of Feng Xue'er's power. If he were to fight Xuanyuan Wentian now, he was absolutely confident he could defeat him using only his strength in the Purgatory state, without activating Heaven's Might or using dark profound energy.

As he grew, Feng Xue'er's Phoenix God power was also further awakening. She was getting closer and closer to breaking through a bottleneck that no one on the Profound Sky Continent had ever surpassed, reaching the legendary Divine Way.

Just then, the Frozen Cloud Immortal Soul in Yun Che's arm flickered slightly, and a clear, cool female voice echoed in his mind: "Palace Master, Feng Hengkong of the Divine Phoenix Sect has arrived to visit."

Yun Che sat up from the ground and said to Feng Xue'er, "Xue'er, your Imperial Father is here. It seems he couldn't resist coming to see you after not seeing you for two months."

"Oh? Then let's go back to the Frozen Cloud Asgard first. I'm also a bit worried about Imperial Father and the others. I wonder how the new Phoenix City has been built."

Yun Che smiled slightly. "You go back by yourself first. I just thought of something and want to quiet down and think about it properly."

Feng Xue'er thought Yun Che had suddenly gained some insight and immediately nodded. "Okay, I understand. Big Brother Yun, keep up the good work!"

Feng Xue'er left, but did not retract the Phoenix Barrier.

Snowflakes drifted down from the sky, but they were kept out by the barrier. Yun Che sat on the ground, his eyes flickering as if he was struggling with something. After a long moment, he finally took out a pitch-black greatsword from the Sky Poison Pearl.

The Eternal Night Devil Sword!

The sword soul within the Eternal Night Devil Sword had completely vanished. The entire sword body, apart from faintly emitting a very faint but rather oppressive aura, held no other presence. It looked like a completely dead sword. However, Yun Che had repeatedly struck it with the full force of the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword during this time, yet he had never managed to inflict any damage upon it.

Even without a sword soul or spirit, and seemingly completely drained of power, this dead sword still could not be destroyed by the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword... After all, this was a genuine ancient devil sword. Its mere material was beyond the comprehension of this plane, the Profound Sky Continent.

Yun Che placed his right hand on the sword body, and his consciousness sank into the sword. The complete profound art of a profound cultivation technique then appeared within his mind.

The Eternal Night Illusionary Devil Tome!

During this time, he had been struggling with whether or not to cultivate the Eternal Night Illusionary Devil Tome – the terrifying profound art used by Fen Juechen and Xuanyuan Wentian after they became devils.

Its power was beyond doubt.

However, it was a demonic profound art fueled by dark profound energy!

Yun Che's strongest state currently was when he fully released the profound energy from the Devil Origin Pearl. Although the Devil Origin Pearl had fused with his profound veins, it also existed independently. The profound energy within his Evil God profound veins could be freely converted by Yun Che into the four elemental profound energies: water, fire, lightning, and dark. However, the power within the Devil Origin Pearl could only be dark profound energy... At least for now, Yun Che did not have the ability to convert it into other attributes.

Furthermore, the Devil Origin Pearl had been growing spontaneously. Even if he didn't cultivate at all, the power of the Devil Origin Pearl would silently increase, transforming into more powerful strength for him... Much like his Dragon God bloodline, which grew denser day by day without him having to do anything.

Using dark profound energy was his strongest state; if he were to add this dark profound art on top of that...

In fact, during this period, Yun Che had repeatedly probed the Eternal Night Illusionary Devil Tome within the Eternal Night Devil Sword. Its profound art had already been deeply imprinted in his mind, unforgettable, yet he had never cultivated it. After all, it was a demonic power that went against the righteous path, and Jasmine had clearly shown her aversion to dark profound energy.

Although power was just power, without right or wrong. However, both Fen Juechen and Xuanyuan Wentian, who cultivated the Eternal Night Illusionary Devil Tome, had experienced obvious personality distortions...

He feared that his own personality would also be uncontrollably twisted after cultivating it... The main reason, however, was his innate rejection of "devils" in his heart.

What's more, he had warned himself more than once never to use dark profound energy in front of outsiders. Even when he fought Xuanyuan Wentian, he deliberately dragged him to the bottom of the ocean before unleashing the power of the Devil Origin Pearl. Given this, why would he cultivate such a terrifying dark profound art?

"Master, what are you doing?"

As Yun Che was repeatedly agonizing over his decision, a lively girl's voice, like a skylark, suddenly sounded in his ear. Yun Che turned his head and saw Hong'er, who had appeared out of nowhere, grinning mischievously as she looked at him... and the Eternal Night Devil Sword in his hand.

"Hong'er? Why did you come out?" Yun Che subconsciously asked, then suddenly noticed her gaze...

"Because I suddenly smelled something delicious!" Hong'er's delicate face was beaming with smiles, and her eyes sparkled with a vermilion glow.

"You're not going to..."

Whoosh!!Before Yun Che could finish speaking, a red light suddenly flashed before his eyes. His hand instantly felt lighter, and the Eternal Night Devil Sword was gone. Hong'er had appeared to his right from his left, cradling the Eternal Night Devil Sword, which was much larger than her body. Her eyes gleamed with excitement, and a stream of saliva, without any warning, flowed from her lips, stretching down to the sword's body.

"Hong'er, you—you—you—you—you..." Yun Che's eyes widened. He pounced forward anxiously, shouting, "You can't eat that!"

"Wah-ah-ah-ah!" Seeing Yun Che suddenly lunge at her, clearly intending to snatch her "food," Hong'er shrieked and bolted.

Yun Che missed, then activated his full speed and chased after Hong'er. "That's a devil sword! You can't eat it! You're not allowed to!"

"I want to eat it! It clearly looks delicious!" Seeing Yun Che pursue her, Hong'er, while clutching the Eternal Night Devil Sword, shrieked, and her speed suddenly increased severalfold, becoming so fast that she seemed to transform into a streak of red light, instantly leaving him far behind.

On the first day he met Hong'er, Yun Che was astonished by her speed and couldn't catch up to her no matter what. Now, Yun Che was vastly different from back then. He frowned, activated "Purgatory," and stepped on the Illusory Lightning Flash, his speed instantly becoming a blur of light that seemed to tear through space.

But Hong'er in his sight was getting further and further away... further and further...

She was even faster than his maximum speed.

And she was carrying the Eternal Night Devil Sword, which weighed hundreds of times more than her body, in her arms.

"I! #¥..." Yun Che was completely dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, the sprinting Hong'er saw that she had shaken off Yun Che. She picked up the Eternal Night Devil Sword, opened her mouth wide, and bit into the pitch-black sword body with her small, crystalline teeth.

"Crunch!"A large, tooth-shaped chunk appeared missing from the Eternal Night Devil Sword's body.

The Eternal Night Devil Sword, just like all the other swords Hong'er had eaten before, had a piece bitten off directly by her in one bite.

This was an ancient devil sword from ancient times, belonging to a devil monarch, which had even withstood millions of years of the Evil God's sealing power without damage, and which he himself couldn't harm even slightly with the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword! AAAAAAHH!!

Yet, under Hong'er's teeth, it was as fragile as a mere biscuit!

"Wow! So delicious!"

The "deliciousness" of an ancient devil sword was incomparable to ordinary swords. With one bite, Hong'er's eyes instantly sparkled like stars. She continued to sprint while holding the Eternal Night Devil Sword to her lips, eating it at an incredibly astonishing speed... Both her running and biting speeds were so fast they would shock the heavens and make ghosts weep.

Yun Che had already stopped, his mouth agape, wider than a hippopotamus'.

Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch...Amidst a continuous series of loud crunching sounds, the Eternal Night Devil Sword rapidly disappeared into Hong'er's mouth. In just over ten breaths, only the pitch-black hilt remained. Hong'er made a large arc in the snow, then "whooshed" back, standing before Yun Che with her cheeks puffed out. She chewed blissfully, mumbling indistinctly, "Mmm... it was really delicious... I'm almost done, so chasing me won't help anymore, hehe... Hmph, Master was hiding such delicious things all this time."

Yun Che stared blankly at Hong'er, his mouth still wide open, unable to close it.

On the very first day they met, she had eaten the Dragon Fault, which scared him quite a bit at the time. But afterward, he quickly grew accustomed to it; he was no longer surprised by her eating any sword.

But the Eternal Night Devil Sword... that was an ancient devil sword! A sword from the era of gods and devils! And it was also eaten by her... in just a few bites, leaving only the pathetic hilt!

Hong'er casually tossed the hilt aside. She slightly narrowed her vermilion eyes, patting her small belly with a look of pure bliss. "I ate so much... Huh? How strange, I suddenly feel very sleepy... Waaah, Master, I'm full now, it's time for me to go back and sleep obediently."

Hong'er let out a big yawn, and a flicker of black light, which she herself didn't notice, flashed deep within her eyes. Then, ignoring Yun Che entirely, she transformed into a red light and returned to the Sky Poison Pearl, flopping onto her (Jasmine's usurped) small bed and falling into a deep slumber.

Yun Che reached up to rub his head, only managing to regain his senses with great effort.

Just what kind of monster is this little girl, Hong'er?!

Wait! Hong'er just ate the Eternal Night Devil Sword... Would the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword undergo any significant changes because of it?

With that thought, Yun Che quickly extended his hand. Disregarding Hong'er's recent slumber, he directly summoned the Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword.

The colossal vermilion sword body materialized in mid-air. Yun Che reached out to grasp the hilt, but just as he was about to lift it, he suddenly felt as if his arms had been burdened by ten thousand mountains, pulling him sharply downward.

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Heaven Punishing Ancestral Sword's body slammed heavily into the ground beneath Yun Che's feet. The surrounding Phoenix Barrier instantly shattered, and the entire Ice Cloud Snow Region trembled violently.

Yun Che desperately gripped the hilt, all the veins in his arms bulging prominently, and even his entire face turned pale.