Chapter 1630: Chapter 1320: Welcome Back, Heavenly Girl!
When the people of the Nine Heavens Institute saw me, they were stunned in place. Xuan Qingyun said coldly, "What, has it been so long since I returned that you can’t recognize me anymore?"
As the words fell, the terrifying Heavenly Demon Power on Xuan Qingyun was unleashed. Although the aura from Xuan Qingyun was only at the Immortal King Realm, this pure Heavenly Demon Power made everyone present feel an inexplicable heart palpitations, including that Immortal Venerate.
Baishui Immortal Venerate snapped back to reality, immediately saluting Xuan Qingyun, "Welcome back, Heavenly Girl!"
Upon hearing this, the Immortal King behind Baishui Immortal Venerate, and those Immortals within the small world, finally reacted, and everyone kneeled down uniformly, their voices echoing throughout the small world.
"Welcome back, Heavenly Girl!!!"
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Xuan Qingyun looked expressionlessly at Baishui Immortal Venerate, coldly saying, "The former Nine Heavens Institute was the overlord of the Tianyan Immortal Domain, and now it is huddled in this small world to survive, truly dishonoring me."
Upon hearing Xuan Qingyun’s words, people felt a burning sensation on their faces. Back then, even when their Heavenly Girl left the Tianyan Immortal Domain, relying on the foundation and numerous Immortal Venerates, the Nine Heavens Institute could still control the entire Tianyan Immortal Domain.
However, they fell into internal strife, ultimately leading to the rapid decline of the Nine Heavens Institute’s powers, and Immortal Venerates fell one after another in internal conflicts.
Now, there is only one Immortal Venerate left, and this Immortal Venerate’s end days are also fast approaching.
Baishui Immortal Venerate immediately said, "This subordinate is incompetent, unable to protect the Nine Heavens Institute, disappointing the Heavenly Girl. Please punish me, Heavenly Girl!"
Xuan Qingyun glanced at Baishui Immortal Venerate and said indifferently, "I am not inclined to hold a dying person accountable."
The matter has already happened; saying anything now is too late. However, the creation of the Nine Heavens Institute itself relied on Xuan Qingyun personally; as long as Xuan Qingyun is not dead, the Nine Heavens Institute will revive again.
Xuan Qingyun looked at Baishui Immortal Venerate, saying indifferently, "Baishui Immortal Venerate, your end day is near, and time is running out. You once suffered severe injuries, damaging your foundation, making it impossible to take that step."
"If you want to continue living, there is only one way."
Upon hearing Xuan Qingyun’s words, Baishui Immortal Venerate immediately understood what Xuan Qingyun referred to by that way, but Baishui Immortal Venerate hesitated to agree immediately.
Generally, when an Immortal Venerate’s end day approaches, they either consume Immortal Herbs containing vitality or break through the limit to become an Immortal Emperor.
However, within the Nine Heavens Institute, there’s another way to survive, which is to be transformed into a Heavenly Demon by Xuan Qingyun and become her Demon Slave.
Once they become a Heavenly Demon, they will be fully controlled by Xuan Qingyun, and as soon as Xuan Qingyun dies, they will also perish. Most importantly, they can never break through again, nor will they have any chance for reincarnation.
Although an Immortal’s Divine Soul also cannot withstand the erosion of the Power of Time and will gradually perish, there’s still a chance of reincarnation.
If they get a chance for reincarnation, they can live another life, but once transformed into a Heavenly Demon, there’s no chance for reincarnation anymore.
Unless there is no other option, no one at the Nine Heavens Institute wants to become a Heavenly Demon.
Additionally, there is another reason why people don’t want to become Heavenly Demons: whenever Xuan Qingyun needs power, she can absorb all the Heavenly Demons and convert them into her personal strength.
When Xuan Qingyun was still the Empress, the number of Heavenly Demons she transformed was considerable. But now there are not many Heavenly Demons around Xuan Qingyun; what happened to those Heavenly Demons is evident without thinking.
Baishui Immortal Venerate hesitated for a while before finally saying, "Heavenly Girl, I still want to try to see if I can take that step."
Seeing Baishui Immortal Venerate unwilling to be transformed into a Heavenly Demon, Xuan Qingyun said nothing more. She was also aware of her situation; when she cultivated, she couldn’t help but absorb the Heavenly Demon Power from those Heavenly Demons, causing the Heavenly Demons to become her nourishment instead.
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After Jin Yan fled, he escaped for a month straight, only calming down once he confirmed Xuan Qingyun hadn’t pursued him.
At this time, another Immortal King of the Demon Race came to Jin Yan’s side and asked: "Jin Yan, what’s with that woman? You seem to know her?"
Jin Yan said worrisomely, "It’s normal that you don’t know her; she has vanished for untold ages."
"She is the legendary Demon Emperor!"
Upon hearing Jin Yan’s words, the Demon Race present were stunned.
Demon Emperor?
Though they had not seen the Demon Emperor, they had heard some stories about her, as she was once the overlord of the Tianyan Immortal Domain.
A Demon Race member said, "Isn’t there a rumor that she entered the Chaotic Sea? How could she suddenly appear in Star Valley?"
Jin Yan said, "I sensed her aura is only at the Immortal King Realm, indicating her realm should have fallen. Perhaps she found some way to escape from the Chaotic Sea."
For a moment, the Demon Race was in disarray.
"It’s over. That female devil has returned, and the Tianyan Immortal Domain will surely be massacred by her!"
"What do we do now? Rumor has it she loves to devour the Essence Blood and Divine Souls of creatures to quickly regain her cultivation state and will surely launch a war!"
"We must inform the other factions and seal her before she regains her power."
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That is the Demon Emperor who oppressed an era, even though untold ages have passed, the mere thought of her incites spontaneous fear in people’s hearts.
Jin Yan thought for a moment and then said, "Let’s go to the Azure Dragon Hall. The news of the Demon Emperor’s return must be known to more people."
With these words, Jin Yan led the Demon Race toward the Azure Dragon Hall’s direction.
When talking about which faction holds the most hatred for the Nine Heavens Institute, it would undoubtedly be the Azure Dragon Hall. The Dragon Clan, due to their robust physique, were targeted by the Demon Emperor and had numerous members transformed into Heavenly Demons.
Later, after Xuan Qingyun departed from the Tianyan Immortal Domain, the Dragon Clan was the first to stand up and lead the overthrow of the Nine Heavens Institute’s rule.
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Lu Chen’s clone followed the soldiers of White Feather City back to White Feather City. When Lu Zhengze saw Lu Chen actually returned, he was somewhat surprised.
He thought Lu Chen, once gone last time, wouldn’t likely come back for a hundred years.
Lu Zhengze brought Lu Chen into a secret chamber where a Formation to isolate aura and block Heavenly Mechanism’s gaze was set up. After the Formation was activated, Lu Zhengze saluted Lu Chen, "Greetings, my King!"
Lu Chen said, "No need for formalities, tell me about the current situation in White Feather City."
Lu Zhengze proceeded to detail the development status of White Feather City to Lu Chen.
Currently, White Feather City has a population of ten million mortals, with two thousand Immortals, and among the mortal population, over a million are cultivators.
To have developed to this scale in such a short time, it clearly shows how hard Lu Zhengze has worked.
After detailing the development status of White Feather City, Lu Zhengze curiously asked, "Why did you return so soon, my King?"
White Feather City is close to the Chaotic Sea, with thin Spiritual Energy and devoid of Immortal Aura, occasionally invaded by Chaos Qi, making it unsuitable for cultivation.