Chapter 852: Marrying the Queen Mother, I Become the Celestial Emperor?

This didn’t make any sense at all!

“What, you’re not willing?” Sensing that something was wrong, a distinct layer of frost appeared on the Queen Mother’s face.

Her previous “kindness” vanished without a trace.

This immediately made Zou Feng realize that his reaction was wrong. He hurriedly looked up with a blank expression, continuously glancing around. “Am… am I dreaming?”

That dreamy expression finally made the Queen Mother revert to her “kindness.”

“You are not dreaming, nor did you hear incorrectly. The moment I leave the Turquoise Pool will be the day of our wedding!”

Aware of his limited acting skills and afraid of exposing a flaw by overdoing it, Zou Feng simply pretended to be so excited that he couldn’t speak.

“Go, come see me as soon as possible…”

The connection had lasted a long time, and the Queen Mother could no longer maintain it.

After sending off this mighty figure, Zou Feng couldn’t help but frown deeply. Originally, he was just cannon fodder beguiled by the Queen Mother, a pawn that might help her escape. But now, things were entirely different. Zou Feng could sense that because of his impressive performance earlier, the Queen Mother was getting serious.

Therefore, his current status had become incredibly formidable. He was the Queen Mother’s fiancé, the “Crown Prince” who was about to ascend the throne and become the Celestial Emperor.

He couldn’t mistake this for some empty title from a child’s game. The Cause and Effect derived from an existence like the Queen Mother could imperceptibly influence far too many things. With this identity, if Zou Feng were forced to fall into Reincarnation again, his starting point would be completely different. He would likely be born as the eldest legitimate son of the reigning Emperor.

There was another issue: the Queen Mother didn’t seem to fear the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect destroying the Celestial Court at all.

If the Ninefold Celestial Court was destroyed and the Nine Great True Immortals were killed, it would indeed make it easier for her to escape. But afterward, how could the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect possibly let her go?!

Although Houtu was merely sealed away, that was only because the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had too many powerful enemies to deal with right now, and many of their mighty experts couldn’t spare the time. But once the Dubhe Divine Domain fell, and the other Outer Realms serving as lapdogs were wiped out one after another, the Ninefold Celestial Court would be left standing all alone. Its fate would definitely be even worse.

By then, as the chief culprit who established the Celestial Court, the Queen Mother would either be completely obliterated in body and soul or tightly sealed away. Yet, she didn’t seem to care about any of this…

Was she really that confident that the mighty experts of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect couldn’t do anything to her? If she was truly that incredible, why had she been trapped by the Nine Great True Immortals for so long?

After pondering for a while, Zou Feng simply gave up. Blind guessing was useless anyway; he would just take things one step at a time.

With the List of Gods in hand, Zou Feng really didn’t believe the Queen Mother could control him. As for the Turquoise Pool, no matter what, he absolutely wouldn’t go there. When the Poison of Reincarnation grew strong enough, he should be able to use the List of Gods to send the Queen Mother into Reincarnation to enjoy herself as well.

Next, Zou Feng immediately threw himself into researching Meng Po Soup.

He wasn’t trying to replicate the Meng Po Soup of the Yama Underworld. Instead, he wanted to concoct a version more compatible with his Skill—perhaps even an upgraded version.

After researching for three days and three nights, as expected, the biggest difficulty lay in finding the right materials. But even finding usable materials wouldn’t be the end of it. Zou Feng would still need to nourish them with his Poison Skill and Poison Technique before they could be used as the main ingredients for concocting Meng Po Soup.

Zou Feng had no idea where the Yama Underworld obtained so many “main ingredients.” However, after numerous attempts, he found that the bone powder of an Ancient Holy Beast yielded the best medicinal effects. Since he still had some leftover Vermilion Bird Remains on hand, a simple test led him to this conclusion.

Although the Vermilion Bird Remains were massive, they actually wouldn’t last long when used to concoct Meng Po Soup. However, he already needed more remains of Ancient Holy Beasts anyway. With Yue Ya acting as a “detector,” finding a few more Holy Beast skeletons shouldn’t be difficult.

Pausing his research on Meng Po Soup, Zou Feng still didn’t rest. He prepared to clean up the List of Gods.

The List of Gods had too many names on it now, making it look cluttered. Furthermore, many of those “big brothers and sisters” were no longer qualified to be on the list. After all, if they were placed on the list, they would likely die instantly. If he couldn’t swap them out in time, Zou Feng would easily suffer the side effects himself.

Therefore, it was time to thoroughly clean up the List of Gods to make it look neater and more aesthetically pleasing. Perhaps there would even be unexpected pleasant surprises…

Acting on the thought, Zou Feng immediately began attempting to cultivate the “Path of Reincarnation and Poison.” At the same time, he activated the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Golden Body and the Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill. After all, he had collected at least some materials for cultivating the Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill during his trip to the Underworld.

Cultivating three Skills simultaneously like this was pushing reckless Cultivation to its absolute limits. Under normal circumstances, this would be courting death to the extreme. If it weren’t for his cheat of transferring side effects, he would likely cultivate himself into an indescribable, poison-covered monster. But Zou Feng intended to use this exaggerated, reckless Cultivation to rapidly purge the List of Gods.

Moreover, from another perspective, he wasn’t acting entirely blindly. The Poison of Reincarnation was still poison. Zou Feng wanted to see if he could combine the Poison of Reincarnation with the Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill to create an even more lethal Poison Technique. As for why he also threw in the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Golden Body, it was naturally because the Compatibility of the Body Refining Skill perfectly suited the “Golden Lotus” generated by the Holy Lotus Skill. Thus, adding this Skill to his Cultivation might also bring a pleasant surprise.

Next, Zou Feng’s reckless Cultivation naturally caused suffering for countless “big brothers and sisters.”

In truth, they were of little use anymore; strictly speaking, they didn’t even deserve to be called big brothers by Zou Feng. For the current List of Gods, these low-Realm pieces of trash could naturally be processed in batches.

As a result, just a few breaths into Zou Feng’s reckless Cultivation, a full ten names exploded directly off the List of Gods! That’s right—they didn’t slowly fade away; they exploded right off the list.

The individuals corresponding to the names experienced a similar fate. They had been perfectly fine, whether they were cultivating normally, chatting and laughing with their peers, or engaging in Dual Cultivation. Yet in the very next moment, their perfectly intact bodies suddenly exploded without warning!

There was no mist of blood drifting through the air after the explosion. Instead, colorful poisonous mist rose up, like a burst of brilliant fireworks. This kind of effect literally elevated explosions to the level of art.

Zou Feng had anticipated the rapid consumption and deliberately kept part of his attention on the List of Gods. Seeing ten names explode almost simultaneously, he immediately swapped in another ten.

But this time, as Zou Feng continued to cultivate, these ten names didn’t explode. Instead… they melted. For the individuals themselves, it meant their bodies suddenly dissolved without warning, turning into puddles of thick liquid in mere moments.

In an instant, another ten people ascended to heaven, and Zou Feng expressionlessly added ten more. He continued to harvest these enemies who had once harbored murderous intent toward him in all sorts of creative ways.

When he reached the fourth wave of harvesting, a pleasant surprise truly arrived. However, it wasn’t a surprise regarding his Skill, but rather one brought by the List of Gods.

Since the enemies he harvested had all previously held murderous intent toward him, the Cause and Effect involved was actually quite deep. Surprisingly, after they perished, the resulting Power of Cause and Effect could be entirely absorbed through the List of Gods for Zou Feng to use.

Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators fundamentally needed to continuously strengthen their mastery over the Power of Cause and Effect. Because Zou Feng had broken through too quickly before, coupled with being too busy, he had actually fallen quite far behind in this aspect of his Cultivation. Now, with the Power of Cause and Effect provided by these enemies who no longer deserved to be “big brothers,” he not only made up for his previous neglect in this area but was also propelled far ahead, instantly reaping massive gains.

The Power of Cause and Effect he now controlled surpassed even that of Cultivators who had been in the Nascent Soul Realm for centuries.

Despite his pleasant surprise, Zou Feng didn’t forget to keep harvesting.

By the time over a hundred pieces of trash on the list had been cleared out, the three recklessly cultivated Skills finally showed a reaction.

The Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill actually showed signs of being on the verge of fusing with the Poison of Reincarnation…