Chapter 237: 悟

Liu Qiyue could feel her immense power at that moment. The Phoenix Nirvana was essentially an eruption of the true strength of her 'Phoenix Bloodline', which had grown increasingly pure with her cultivation.

As a practitioner of the Divine Phoenix Body, she could sense that the 'Phoenix Bloodline' represented an unparalleled and terrifying force. Although she was currently only a Great Sun realm Godfiend, she could only unleash a mere fraction of the Phoenix Bloodline's true power. Yet, even this fraction left Liu Qiyue feeling incredibly astonished.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle." Under this power, Liu Qiyue felt her physical body transforming.

Her soul was also transforming.

Indeed.

Though she hadn't yet condensed a Primeval Spirit, in this state of Nirvana, she could clearly perceive her 'soul' rapidly strengthening. It was evident that the longer she remained in this Nirvana state, the more astonishing the improvement to her soul would be.

"The Way of Fire, belonging to the Phoenix's power?" Liu Qiyue felt that with every movement, she could unleash terrifying flames. Her understanding of 'fire' was continuously emerging. In the state of Nirvana, she felt as if she were in a constant state of 'enlightenment'.

All of this had been recorded long ago: practitioners of the Divine Phoenix Body would find their Primeval Spirit, realm, and physical body strengthening in every aspect during Nirvana. This was also why they were destined to become Marquis Godfiends. The only cost was a constant drain on their lifespan.

The longer the Nirvana lasted, the more lifespan was consumed, until ultimately, death occurred.

"Kill!"

Liu Qiyue shot an arrow without hesitation.

The arrow was dazzlingly brilliant!

Meng Chuan was shaken by this arrow, and Liu Qiyue herself was filled with immense confidence. She could sense the extent of her transformation; it was a complete qualitative change.

Because the Blackrock Great Demon King was too close to them, the arrow's streaking light flew out of the flame domain, traveled only a few dozen feet through the surging water, and arrived before the Blackrock Great Demon King.

"Thump." The Blackrock Great Demon King swung its hammer with one hand, directly striking the streaking arrow.

The arrow shattered.

Flames scattered everywhere.

The Blackrock Great Demon King had blocked the arrow relatively easily head-on, but inwardly, it was quite surprised: "This Liu Qiyue, despite being a Great Sun realm Godfiend, possesses the strength of a top-tier Marquis Godfiend after performing Phoenix Nirvana. However, today, this couple must die."

It was the leader of all demon kings within the Great Zhou Dynasty, a true peak Fourth-Heaven demon king, whose strength was already close to that of a 'King Godfiend'. With the addition of the 'Dragon Water Domain', its power was further amplified.

"Dragon Water Domain, turn the world upside down!" As it drew closer, the Blackrock Great Demon King finally mobilized all the power of the Dragon Water Domain against the two in front of it.

"Rumble..."

All the water waves surged and converged, crashing towards Meng Chuan and his wife. This pressure caused the flames around Liu Qiyue to continuously shrink, until they stabilized at a mere ten-zhang radius.

No matter how the external water waves crashed, the ten-zhang radius was completely held.

"A'Chuan, he's too strong. My arrows can't threaten him. What should we do?" Liu Qiyue grew anxious. She pulled out three arrows at once. Because the opponent was rushing quickly, they were too close, leaving her only one last chance to shoot.

"Keep shooting arrows," Meng Chuan transmitted, ready at any moment.

"Die."

The Blackrock Great Demon King rushed to within less than a hundred zhang of the two, then eighty zhang, sixty zhang...

Liu Qiyue's three arrows shot through the air, carrying dazzling flames and terrifying power. The Blackrock Great Demon King still faced them with confidence.

But at that very moment—

"Go, Godslaying Thorn!" With a single thought, Meng Chuan activated the 'Godslaying Thorn', which had long been nurtured by his Primeval Spirit.

The Godslaying Thorn was a Primeval Spirit weapon; it was undetectable by the naked eye or even within a domain.

Neither demon power nor physical body could block it.

Its speed was beyond imagination, faster than lightning itself. It instantly infiltrated the Blackrock Great Demon King's body, finding its 'Primeval Spirit' within the sea of consciousness in its head—a dark, rock-like humanoid Primeval Spirit, quite powerful.

"What is this?" The Blackrock Great Demon King's Primeval Spirit also detected the Godslaying Thorn entering its sea of consciousness, and it was greatly alarmed.

"It's at the second layer of Primeval Spirit?" The moment the Godslaying Thorn entered and he caught a glimpse of the opponent's Primeval Spirit, Meng Chuan's heart sank slightly. Based on the opponent's Primeval Spirit strength, he realized that while it wasn't as strong as his own, it was still at the second layer of the Primeval Spirit realm.

"Thud."

The Godslaying Thorn pierced directly into the Blackrock Great Demon King's Primeval Spirit.

"Ah." The Blackrock Great Demon King felt an intense headache. At that moment, the three arrows also arrived. It could only manage to block two of them with its left-hand hammer. Another arrow struck its chest and exploded, with Phoenix flames burning on its body. The Blackrock Great Demon King casually hurled the hammer from its right hand; the hammer transformed into a black streak of light, shooting towards Liu Qiyue.

The distance was too short.

The hammer was too fast, and Liu Qiyue didn't have time to shoot another arrow.

Fortunately, Meng Chuan was right beside her. He had already unleashed a Godfiend forbidden art and, at that moment, unhesitatingly mobilized his Primeval Spirit power throughout his body, making his speed even greater.

"Boom—"

When Meng Chuan used the Red Lotus style of the Demon Slaying Saber to meet the hammer with a soft yet resilient force, he felt layers of profound and unfathomable power transfer from the hammer. This power pressed the Demon Slaying Saber against Meng Chuan's body with a deep thud—all the ribs in Meng Chuan's chest fractured, his back bulged, and blood instantly stained his clothes.

"Thump."

His entire body, a mere afterimage, was sent flying backward by the impact.

Watching this scene, tears welled up in Liu Qiyue's eyes. She even feared that Meng Chuan had been smashed to death by that single hammer blow!

"Demon King, prepare to die!" Liu Qiyue, eyes red, went mad. She shot three more arrows simultaneously.

Phoenix flames burned on the Blackrock Great Demon King's body, yet it took a deep breath, inhaling the flames directly into itself, and nodded in approval: "This flame, what a fine taste."

This made Liu Qiyue's pupils contract.

She immediately retreated rapidly! She retreated towards the direction Meng Chuan had been thrown, while continuing to shoot arrows.

Her flame domain could still be maintained at ten zhang, completely blocking the pressure from the Dragon Water Domain. Liu Qiyue now possessed the strength of a top-tier Marquis Godfiend, and with her pair of fiery wings, her speed had reached a new level.

"It's useless, you can't escape." The Blackrock Great Demon King caught the returning great hammer with one hand and continued to charge at Liu Qiyue. It wasn't in a hurry to deal with Meng Chuan, believing that one hammer blow had been enough to kill him.

As Meng Chuan flew backward as an afterimage, the terrifying impact force that swept through his entire body caused him to lose consciousness for an instant.

However, his third-layer Primeval Spirit instantly brought him back to consciousness. He felt the surging water waves of the Dragon Water Domain engulfing him, trapping him, binding him, and threatening to crush him.

"My Divine Power realm physical body is strong enough, but this Great Demon King is far, far stronger than me. One hammer gravely wounded me. If Qiyue hadn't held him up, I'm afraid two or three more hammers would have killed me." Meng Chuan felt the severity of his injuries: his chest was completely caved in, his heart and lungs were severely damaged and torn, but they were rapidly recovering. Bones swiftly knitted back together, and his heart, lungs, and other internal organs were restoring perfectly.

Such injuries would take only a single breath's time to fully recover.

As his body recovered, Meng Chuan also saw Qiyue being pursued in the distance.

"What do I do? I can't even withstand one hammer from him, and within his domain, my speed isn't even as good as his." At this moment, Meng Chuan was extremely anxious. As his Primeval Spirit thought rapidly, time seemed to slow down. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in every instant.

Liu Qiyue fled while rushing towards Meng Chuan's direction: "A'Chuan, A'Chuan."

She was worried about her husband; the horrific sight of him being sent flying by that hammer blow truly terrified her.

"Qiyue."

Meng Chuan watched the scene of his wife being pursued: the blazing flames burning around her body, swirling to maintain a ten-zhang radius, resisting the impact of the Dragon Water Domain. Phoenix flames, extremely Yang yet also extremely Yin, were flames possessing life.

The sight of the Phoenix flames resisting the Dragon Water Domain sparked an idea in Meng Chuan's mind.

He remembered a certain saber technique he had accidentally unleashed during his training.

"'Extreme Yin transforms into Extreme Yang, Extreme Yang transforms into Extreme Yin?' No, no, Extreme Yin is inherently Extreme Yang; they are merely two sides of the same coin." Meng Chuan suddenly saw everything clearly, feeling as if his comprehension of the 'Heart Intent Saber' from the Black Iron Heavenly Book had reached an entirely new realm.