Chapter 262 : Yin Profound Phoenix Heaven Art
Chapter 262: Yin Profound Phoenix Heaven Art
Under the orders of the Demon Lords, if they wished to completely corrupt this cultivation world, then they first had to eliminate those with great destiny within this world.
Zhang Qingrou was one such person blessed with great destiny. She was one of the seeds planted by the Heavenly Dao. There were many others like her, and all of them had to be eliminated.
By doing so, they could continuously weaken the power of the Heavenly Dao of this cultivation world. Only then could the Evil Demons completely pollute this world.
At present, throughout the three remaining Spirit Domains of the cultivation world, stray thoughts and remnant souls had already been corrupted and transformed into Evil Slaves. As they continued to grow stronger, the Evil Demons would likewise become increasingly powerful.
When that time came, the entire cultivation world would become the Evil Demons' prey.
However, there had been one unexpected variable—one that even the Demon Lords had never foreseen.
That was the appearance of an unbelievably extraordinary individual within the Northern Spirit Domain, someone who had caused even a Demon Lord to completely fall.
Even the corruption and influence of the Evil Demons found it difficult to infiltrate that place. It was incomparably bizarre.
Most importantly, even when the Demon Lords observed the Heavenly Dao, they found no sign that it had offered any assistance to the Northern Spirit Domain.
That made the situation exceedingly strange, and they simply could not understand where that person had come from.
Fortunately, none of that had anything to do with minor Evil Demons like themselves. It was perfectly normal for them to know these secrets.
After all, within the world of the Evil Demons, there were no lies. Because of the Same-Origin Connection, all of their thoughts were linked. One could even curse a Demon Lord or openly oppose it without consequence, and the Demon Lord would never do anything in retaliation.
That was precisely what made them different from humans.
Humans would never behave like that. They constantly divided themselves, constructing an imaginary ruling class. Then those at the top, in the name of maintaining absolute stability and preventing disorder, suppressed countless things while calling it "stability."
Take the invasion of the Evil Demons as an example.
Clearly, the cultivation world already knew that the Evil Demons had appeared.
Yet when they fully invaded, whether in the mortal world or the cultivation world, there had not even been the slightest preparation.
The instant the three Demon Lords descended, countless people perished.
Zhang Qingrou's sect had been affected in exactly this way.
They knew nothing of the Evil Demons, nor of the mutated Evil Slaves.
As an ordinary sect, the villages beneath their protection worshipped them, while the sect eliminated evil ghosts and various malevolent spirits in return.
Since they knew nothing about the Evil Demons, they went about exterminating demons and ghosts as usual.
Instead, they encountered Evil Slaves and Evil Demons.
Through their bizarre methods, nearly one-third of Zhang Qingrou's sect was dragged into disaster.
In the end, her sect's ancestor personally intervened and only managed to preserve the sect after suffering grievous injuries.
As for those powerful sects that already knew of the Evil Demons, despite possessing that knowledge, they deliberately kept it hidden, seemingly afraid it would affect something.
In the end, they never even researched techniques or spells capable of dealing with the Evil Demons.
Clearly, they could have united together and studied the Evil Demons' weaknesses. There would surely have been a way to break the deadlock.
Yet for the sake of obtaining more resources and achieving Ascension without affecting their own influence, those experts whom others had placed upon lofty pedestals even chose to sell people to the Evil Demons.
That was precisely why the Evil Demons looked down upon humans.
Even Evil Demons would not kill their own kind.
Humans, however, would.
No matter how evil the Evil Demons were, they directed that evil only toward other races.
They would never turn it against fellow Evil Demons.
"Run? Do you really think you can escape?"
At that moment, the Evil Demons pursuing Zhang Qingrou, the one blessed with great destiny, directly revealed their true forms.
An overwhelming wave of malevolent intent, twisted and grotesque beyond description, ignored the distance between them and surged directly toward her.
Sensing the disturbance behind her, Zhang Qingrou's face instantly turned pale.
"Aren't you an Immortal Art? You came from an immortal, didn't you? Hurry and think of something!"
Faced with such a desperate situation, Zhang Qingrou could only place all her hopes upon the Yin Profound Phoenix Heaven Art hanging at her waist.
Through the jade pendant, the Celestial Spirit sensed the situation behind Zhang Qingrou and became equally flustered, unable to think of any solution for a moment.
"The Northern Spirit Domain is right ahead. As long as we escape across it, the boundary wall between the two Spirit Domains will be our chance to shake them off."
"Use that technique!"
The Celestial Spirit within the jade pendant spoke decisively.
In an instant, a terrifying power erupted from the jade pendant.
Zhang Qingrou no longer cared what consequences that technique would bring.
No matter how terrible it was, could it possibly be worse than dying?
"Nirvana Phoenix Heaven."
In an instant, a crimson mark appeared between Zhang Qingrou's brows.
It immediately spread outward, transforming into blazing flames as a surge of Yin Fire engulfed her entire body.
Her aura continued to soar.
Pale violet Yin Fire burned across her body, her strength skyrocketed, and her speed increased explosively.
For a brief moment, she even surpassed the speed of the Evil Demons' true forms.
"This is bad."
Seeing Zhang Qingrou ignite herself and charge straight toward the Northern Spirit Domain, the Evil Demons immediately panicked.
In truth, judging by their speed, they should have been able to catch Zhang Qingrou before she entered the Northern Spirit Domain.
Unfortunately, the terror associated with the Northern Spirit Domain caused them to hesitate for an instant.
Meanwhile, Zhang Qingrou desperately fled for her life, continuously burning away her own vitality.
At last, she reached the boundary wall of the Northern Spirit Domain.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, the Celestial Spirit within the jade pendant cast its spell, allowing Zhang Qingrou to pass through.
"What is going on?"
"Why did those Evil Demons suddenly look so terrified? Even their speed dropped so much."
"Could it be that the Northern Spirit Domain contains an existence that even the Evil Demons dare not approach?"
Watching the boundary wall recede farther and farther behind them, the Celestial Spirit recalled the panic on the Evil Demons' faces when they had almost caught up.
It could not understand it.
Unfortunately, it had no time to think further.
After that explosive outburst, the moment Zhang Qingrou emerged beyond the boundary wall, she plummeted straight downward.
Her face was deathly pale.
Even between her brows lingered the aura of death.
That was the price of using Nirvana Phoenix Heaven.
"This won't do. I have to think of something."
"Otherwise she'll die."
"But I'm only a Celestial Spirit... I simply don't have enough time."
The Celestial Spirit could only desperately pour Spiritual Energy into Zhang Qingrou.
Unfortunately, it changed nothing.
Zhang Qingrou's aura continued to grow weaker.
At that very moment, the Evil Demons they had believed they had escaped also crossed the boundary wall at all costs.
Originally, after Zhang Qingrou fled into the Northern Spirit Domain, the Evil Demons had intended to abandon the pursuit.
But after recalling the importance of their mission, they no longer cared about the terror of the Northern Spirit Domain.
At worst, they would simply be destroyed by that terrifying individual over there.
Besides, they would only enter briefly.
How could that person possibly notice?
Could his perception really cover the entirety of the Northern Spirit Domain?
Such boundless power belonged only to the Demon Lords.
How could a mere human possibly achieve it?
Thus, after repeatedly encouraging themselves, those few Evil Demons charged straight through.
Everything unfolded exactly as they had expected.
No one stopped them.
No danger descended.
"Hahaha! You can't escape now!"
Feeling that they had not been annihilated, the Evil Demons laughed loudly as they lunged forward.
Meanwhile, the unconscious Zhang Qingrou and the Celestial Spirit could no longer move at all.
According to the original plan, after crossing the boundary wall, that brief window would have been enough for Zhang Qingrou to use several techniques and completely widen the distance.
Unfortunately, because Nirvana Phoenix Heaven had been activated too early, Zhang Qingrou collapsed first.
"It's over... It's over..."
Watching the Evil Demons appear, the Celestial Spirit had already fallen into complete despair.