Chapter 145 - 114: Under the Blood Moon

Chapter 145: Chapter 114: Under the Blood Moon

Ascend the Celestial Ladder, ignite a Dao Star, enter Yao Guang.

At this moment, the Nether Monarch wasn’t even climbing the Celestial Ladder anymore. The Nether River brought her a crown and an Emperor’s Robe. The robes, etched with the sun, moon, and stars of the Human Race, wrapped around the young woman’s delicate body, while Lu Changyuan held her supple waist from behind, becoming like a pair of wings for her.

"Suppress!"

The young woman’s voice was calm, but the Netherworld in the sky received its command, enveloping and trapping the Blood Demon.

Familiar streets formed, piece by piece. The Blood Demon stood before the Nether Palace, bewildered. It couldn’t sense where the Nether Monarch’s Dao was. Or perhaps, her Dao was everywhere.

The Netherworld—this vast kingdom was the Nether Monarch’s Dao, and it was also her Yao Guang Technique.

The Monarch now emerged from the Nether Palace, gazing calmly at the Blood Demon. Within her Netherworld, the young woman was an unrivaled existence.

Moreover, both were at the Yao Guang realm. But the Blood Demon was an imperfect one that had merely been granted a title. The young woman before it, however, was a true monarch who had built the Netherworld, created the Nether River, and ascended to Yao Guang on her own power.

The worm’s body was riddled with wounds. The Blood Demon tried to ignite the young woman’s Royal Blood once more, but it was useless. The moment its Dao entered her body, it was sentenced to death. A conceptual death, which meant it could no longer control her.

The young woman abandoned all weapons. Instead, with punch after punch, she used the most savage and direct form of attack to pummel the worm, breaking it apart piece by piece.

Lu Changyuan took the opportunity to circulate the Five Desires and Six Dust Heart Transformation Technique, absorbing the Magic falling from the Blood Demon. The heat in his blood gradually subsided. Not only that, but the injuries he had sustained earlier also began to heal.

That giant worm had been hammered completely flat by the young woman. It tried to let out a flattened roar from its position on the ground, but before the sound could escape, the Nether Monarch slammed another fist down, silencing it.

Lu Changyuan watched, wide-eyed, thinking it was utterly brutal. Each time her small fist descended, it thrummed with the Path of Death, seeking to drag the Blood Demon into oblivion. The Nether Monarch was relentlessly trying to brand the Blood Demon with the concept of death itself.

The young woman suddenly paused, then leaped lightly away, carrying Lu Changyuan from the center. The next moment, the Blood Demon’s huge body suddenly expanded as if it were about to explode.

"It’s trying to detonate its Blood Dao."

The young woman snorted coldly. A sword suffused with Nether Qi appeared in her hand, and she slashed down with an unstoppable beam of sword light.

The massively inflating Blood Demon was instantly cleaved in two.

The left half lunged toward the Nether Monarch, while the right half fled into the distance.

Lu Changyuan frowned and said, "It’s trying to escape. Can you kill it?"

"It’s not a single lifeform; it’s the entire Blood Race fused together through Blood Contracts. If you want to kill it, you must shatter every last Blood Contract binding it."

The Blood Demon wasn’t so easy to kill, especially one that has ascended to Yao Guang.

To truly kill the Blood Demon, one must wear down its Blood Contracts one by one. Then, while it endlessly regenerates, one must drain every last drop of its blood.

The Nether Monarch didn’t have that much time.

The young woman said calmly, "Rise!"

On the peak of Long Mountain, the giant word ’Netherworld,’ which had been carved there long ago, suddenly erupted with a dark radiance. It split into two streams of light that branded themselves onto the right and left halves of the Blood Demon’s body!

Amidst the Blood Demon’s soul-tearing shriek, its two halves were violently pulled together as if by invisible threads of fate. They slammed into each other and were then sealed beneath a phantom of the towering Long Mountain, pinned under the giant word ’Netherworld’ at its peak.

The sharp shrieks pierced the clouds, echoing endlessly, but were ultimately sealed tight by the Nether Qi.

The young woman turned her head, looked at Lu Changyuan, and then smiled gently. "Whether you get your fill next is up to you."

’What does that mean?’

Lu Changyuan was stunned for a moment. The young woman, however, walked gracefully before him, reached out, and caressed his cheek.

[Time and space are rejecting you]

Suddenly, the sky filled with lightning and thunder. A crushing pressure washed over him, as if the entire world were trying to squeeze him out of existence.

POP.

Lu Changyuan felt a moisture on his lips, tinged with the taste of blood. The young woman’s lips touched his for just an instant before pulling away, like an illusion.

The Nether Monarch said softly, "You and I should not have met at this time."

The moment she entered Yao Guang, she saw many things.

"I told you that you cannot leave me. So, after we reunite, the connection between us will be even stronger than before."

’And wasn’t that the truth.’

’The Heart-Devouring Demon Pattern, activated by the Supreme Pure Spirit Forget Immortal Technique at the Great Perfection level—not even the current Lu Changyuan could dispel it. Even for Qiu Yuehan, it would probably take until the end of time to cultivate enough to remove the Demon Pattern.’

Lu Changyuan wiped his mouth and said helplessly, "You figured it out?"

"I knew from the beginning that you weren’t from this time." She flashed a sly smile, one he’d never seen from her before. "The next time we meet, I’ll be human."

Lu Changyuan broke into a laugh.

The Nether Monarch said, "What name do you think I should have later? I’ve heard that in human legends, a full moon represents family reunion, so let’s pick a name related to the moon."

’Yuehan... Yuehan. To find a full moon, and no longer be cold and lonely. The name Qiu Yuehan itself belonged to a lonely person, one searching for the warmth and reunion symbolized by the full moon.’

"I hope that when we meet again, there will be a clear breeze and a bright moon, and not..." The young woman leaned forward and looked into the distance. "...this chaos where the Ten Thousand Races are slaughtering each other."

Lu Changyuan opened his mouth to speak, but before any words came out, the ’Netherworld’ word behind him suddenly blazed with light, and a massive doorway materialized at his back.

Netherworld smiled, reached out her hand, and pushed Lu Changyuan through the door.

"My Yu, you must know someone connected to time. She is definitely helping us."

’Who? The Little Fairy?’

"Wait..."

The young woman said, "Next, I’ll need you to save me one more time."

’Save you?’

’What do you mean, save you? You’ve already reached Yao Guang. Who could possibly defeat you?’

’Wait, are you talking about Qiu Yuehan?’

’Qiu Yuehan should be on Celestial Mountain messing around with the Little Fairy right now. With Jiang Jiayi and my rebellious disciple keeping an eye on her, what could possibly go wrong?’

The door swallowed Lu Changyuan.