I became the demon of the female devil

Chapter 419 The Daoist Master Who Steals the Food for Himself! The Empress and the Queen Meet!

As soon as Chen Mo entered the pool, he understood why the person had been in so much pain.

The pool of water contained an immense amount of malevolent energy and sword intent, which was constantly eroding his physical body. The sword intent had been accumulating for nearly a thousand years and possessed extreme penetrating power, which even someone with a strong physique like him could hardly resist!

A pale red stream of energy surged into the body through the pores, rampaging through the meridians and constantly impacting the acupoints and internal organs, causing intense pain as if the liver and intestines were being torn apart!
He tried to suppress the sword energy with his true essence, but instead encountered an even fiercer counterattack.

"As the saying goes, 'No destruction, no construction.' Only by destroying our past selves can we truly usher in a new life." Jiang Zhiyun stood on the shore with her hands behind her back and said, "Don't resist; try to understand the mysteries within."

Chen Mo readily agreed, since he couldn't stop it anyway, so he simply opened up the gate completely.

As his meridians opened, endless sword energy surged forth, making him feel like a small boat in a raging storm, on the verge of capsizing at any moment.

click-

A faint crackling sound came from beside my ears.

The surface of the body was covered with a dense network of spiderweb-like cracks, making it look like a shattered piece of porcelain.

Within the dantian, the Golden Branch of Creation swayed uncertainly, releasing vital essence to repair its damaged meridians and physical body, only to be destroyed again...

As this cycle repeated itself, strands of sword intent seeped into his body, and his already nearly perfected physical body began to slowly move forward again!
"It's indeed a good thing!"

Chen Mo was overjoyed.

With the modifications made by "Hun Yuan Hong Lu Gong", "Xuan Tian Cang Long Bian" and "Tai Gu Ling Xian", his physical strength alone is comparable to that of a top-tier Celestial Master.

Having reached this point, it would be extremely difficult to make any further progress. Even the Class A rooms in the Heavenly Martial Arena had no effect on him.

And this Sword Washing Pool is an invaluable and excellent training ground!

In other words, he himself is the sword, and this thousand-year-old sword intent is the whetstone, constantly sharpening his physical body and allowing him to transform towards a higher level!
Noticing that Chen Mo's breathing was gradually stabilizing, a hint of surprise flashed in Jiang Zhiyun's eyes.

Normally, even a master of external martial arts would find it difficult to endure such excruciating pain when entering the Sword Washing Pool for the first time. Yet this person adapted so quickly, which shows that he not only has a strong physique but also an extraordinary temperament.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The martial artists who had been soaking in the Sword Washing Pool had all left, but Chen Mo was still immersed in it. Judging from his slightly closed eyes, he seemed to have entered a meditative state.

"It seems we underestimated him when we said he'd last an incense stick's time." Jiang Zhiyun shook her head and sighed, "No wonder the sect leader values ​​him so much. Zhixia, your fiancé is truly remarkable."

Shen Zhixia, biting into a pig's trotter, nodded vigorously and mumbled, "Of course! Brother Chen Mo is the best!"

"However, the Sect Master's method is indeed effective. It seems he has realized the power of the Sword Cleansing Pool. Its allure to martial cultivators is irresistible; he simply cannot refuse it." Jiang Zhiyun smiled, thinking to herself, "It seems my Martial Saint Mountain is about to gain another top-tier Grandmaster..."

boom!
Just then, a loud explosion suddenly came from the pool!

"Ok?"

Jiang Zhiyun looked up and was immediately stunned.

Chen Mo slowly rose into the air, the pale red water turning into a vortex that spun rapidly around him, with a black aura faintly visible within it.

"That is……"

Jiang Zhiyun's pupils shrank to pinpoints, her eyes filled with disbelief.

The ultimate sword intent is formless and shapeless; only those who have comprehended the fundamental principles of the Dao can sense its existence. How could it possibly be triggered by Chen Mo?!
"what's the situation?"

Chen Mo was also a little confused at this moment.

Just now, he felt his improvement speed slow down, it seemed that his body had adapted to the pressure, so he activated the "Azure Dragon Devouring Stars" Daoist rhyme, wanting to attract more sword intent to help temper his physical body.

The result seemed to have triggered something, as the pool water suddenly churned, and an indescribable, vast pressure spread out.

Each drop of water felt incredibly heavy, and his entire body was groaning as if it would crush him into dust!
"Lord Chen, come out quickly!"

"That's the sword intent left behind by our patriarch; it's not something you can withstand!"

Jiang Zhiyun cried out in alarm and leaped toward the center of the vortex, trying to forcibly drag Chen Mo out.

But the black aura seemed to possess sentience, gathering all the sword intent together to form a blood-red barrier, blocking her from entering.

It immediately soared into the sky, carrying a scarlet aura, and transformed into a blood-red dragon with its whiskers and hair clearly visible. It opened its blood-red maw and swallowed Chen Mo whole!
"Oops!"

Jiang Zhiyun's expression changed!
The ultimate sword intent contains the power to destroy everything, which is something that a third-grade grandmaster simply cannot withstand!
Chen Mo's identity is special. If anything goes wrong, not to mention how to explain it to the imperial court, just given Dao Zun's protective nature, he could probably turn Martial Saint Mountain upside down!

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, she immediately prepared to inform the sect leader.

But in the next moment, the situation suddenly changed.

call--

The breeze picked up.

Dark clouds gathered above the mountain peaks.

Layers of leaden-gray clouds piled up, densely covering the entire sky, turning the world into a dark and gloomy place.

Within the pitch-black clouds, two vertical pupils faintly appeared, one burning with crimson-gold light, the other emitting a bluish-green glow, their eyelids lowered, indifferently watching the sword-inspired dragon.

"Roar!"

The sword-intent dragon let out a low roar, sensing the danger. After hesitating for a moment, it turned and ran.

However, it was too late. A sharp claw covered in blue scales reached out from the dark cloud, grabbed it, and pulled it back!

Immediately afterwards, a chilling gnawing sound rang out, accompanied by a piercing wail, and the sword intent dragon quickly fell silent.

[Absorbing the ultimate sword intent...]

The Daoist technique "Azure Dragon Devouring Stars" transforms into the divine power "Reverse Scale Severing the Dao," with proficiency inherited simultaneously.

A prompt message flashed before Chen Mo's eyes.

At the same time, a ring-shaped sphere emerged from his dantian.

hum-

The blood core inside shone brightly, and as the nine-layered rings rotated, a tremendous suction force came, continuously drawing in the evil energy that had accumulated over hundreds of years.

On the outermost ring, the characters engraved on it, representing "war and calamity," lit up one by one.

Then the second layer, the third layer...

Chen Mo's aura also rose steadily.

Along with the malevolent energy, the accompanying intentions were also absorbed.

Countless bloody and bloody scenes flooded his mind, as if he were actually there. Under this intense impact, his consciousness gradually became blurred.

Chai Haochuan, who was traveling with him, realized something was wrong and hurriedly flew towards Lingxiao Peak.

When Huo Wuyai and his companions arrived, they were stunned by the sight before them—

The water in the pool had evaporated completely, and blood mist filled the sky. A pair of heterochromatic vertical pupils hung in the sky, as if the sun and moon shone together. The body was hidden in the dark clouds, and a huge shadow stretching for thousands of miles could be vaguely seen.

With each breath, the scarlet mist surged and billowed.

The ferocious crocodile held a black dragon in its mouth, making it appear extremely small in comparison.

No matter how much it struggled, it was all in vain. Its body slowly became thinner and thinner, and was eventually torn to pieces by sharp teeth, completely merging into the dragon's body.

"The sword intent left behind by the founder..."

"Been eaten?"

Huo Wuyai looked somewhat bewildered.

With his keen eyesight, he could naturally tell that the "dragon" before him was not a living creature, but a strange phenomenon created by the condensation of the laws of the Great Dao.

But this strange phenomenon is far too real!

With its prominent horns, azure-gold eyes, and fine scales, every detail is vividly depicted, making it almost indistinguishable from a real dragon!

Especially that disdainful gaze, filled with indifference and coldness, actually made him sense the aura of the Great Dao's origin, and not just one kind!
The last bit of sword intent was swallowed up, and the massive body slowly retreated until it disappeared.

The dark clouds dissipated, the sun shone again, and the weather returned to clear, as if everything just moments before had been an illusion.

Chen Mo's figure was revealed, his head drooping, falling downwards like a kite with a broken string.

Ji Hongxiu flashed away, reached out and hugged him. Seeing that he had already fallen unconscious, she turned her head and glared fiercely at Huo Wuyai, gritting her teeth and saying:
"This is what you meant by 'no problems'?!" "I haven't even settled the score with you from yesterday, and now you've messed things up like this again. Huo Wuyai, you'd better pray he's alright. If anything goes wrong, the entire Martial Saint Mountain will be buried with him!"

Having said that, he vanished in a flash.

"Master!"

Ling Ningzhi wanted to follow, but Dao Zun was too fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Shen Zhixia didn't even bother to eat the pig's trotters anymore. She ran to Huo Wuyai and asked anxiously, "Master, is it really possible that something has really happened to Brother Chen Mo?"

Huo Wuyai looked at the dried-up pool in front of him, a twitch at the corner of his mouth. "You're asking me? Who should I ask? Zhiyun, what exactly happened?"

Jiang Zhiyun came to her senses and told the other party everything that had just happened.

"I was just following your instructions to let Chen Mo experience the effects of the Sword Cleansing Pool. As a result, he not only refined the sword intent left by the patriarch, but also devoured all the baleful energy that had accumulated for nearly a thousand years..."

"..."

There was dead silence.

Zi Wenzhong and Tan Han exchanged a glance, their scalps tingling.

As first-class martial arts masters, they naturally knew what that ultimate sword intent represented.

Although thousands of years have passed and the power has been greatly weakened, the laws contained within it still exist.

Even at their level, if they could comprehend even a fraction of it, they would benefit greatly. Yet, in just a quarter of an hour, they were forcibly refined by Chen Mo?!

Moreover, judging from that terrifying phenomenon, the Dao principles that Chen Mo comprehended were no less advanced than the Extreme Dao Sword Intent!
"It seems to be the power of the Great Dao's origin, but he is only at the third rank, which makes no sense! And why doesn't he attract the malice of the Heavenly Dao?" Huo Wuyai was completely puzzled.

At this moment, Jiang Zhiyun asked, "Sect Master, what do we do now?"

Huo Wuyai turned his head and saw a noisy commotion outside, with a group of disciples gathered there, clearly attracted by the commotion.

If they discover that the Sword Washing Pool has been drained, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause!
"Seal off this place first. No one is allowed to enter. No one can let a word of what just happened leak out," Huo Wuyai said in a deep voice.

"Yes," Jiang Zhiyun nodded in response.

Huo Wuyai originally wanted to show off his muscles and demonstrate the sect's strength to pave the way for accepting disciples later.

Unexpectedly, he lost both his wife and his army, and his millennia of accumulation vanished into thin air. If Chen Mo were to suffer another accident, he might be held accountable by the Daoist Master and the imperial court.

"This is such a mess..."

"I hope he's alright."

Huo Wuyai rubbed his temples and sighed helplessly.

……

……

Tianlan Mountain.

In the courtyard, two figures appeared out of thin air.

Ji Hongxiu carried Chen Mo into the room, placed him on the bed, and carefully examined his wrist to make sure there was nothing wrong with his body before she breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, the moment she saw that strange phenomenon, she realized what had happened—

People only know that Chen Mo is the youngest Dao Integration Grandmaster, but they don't know what Dao he has integrated with.

Back in the Chaos Dao Domain, Chen Mo comprehended three primordial auras: Calamity, Return to Nothingness, and Cause and Effect.

In terms of level alone, each aura is almost on par with the Supreme Sword Intent. With the three combined, plus his own sword dao insights, it is not surprising that he could refine it.

This is a good thing for Chen Mo, but a huge loss for Huo Wuyai.

After all, that was the accumulation of Martial Saint Mountain over nearly a thousand years, but it was all taken away. That's why Ji Hongxiu "accused the villain first" and hurriedly left with her people, just in case the old man came to settle accounts with her...

"He's just a little disoriented, probably due to the impact of the evil energy. He should be fine after a few days of rest."

"Judging from the current state, he should be approaching the peak of the Dao Integration stage. As long as he finds the right opportunity, he may break through to the second rank at any time."

"Heh, Huo Wuyai still wants to take Chen Mo as his disciple. I reckon it won't be long before Chen Mo's cultivation level catches up with his!"

Ji Hongxiu muttered to herself.

Just then, Chen Mo's body suddenly became scorching hot, and a dazzling red light emanated from his dantian.

Immediately afterwards, a sphere composed of nine rings appeared out of thin air, with an amber-like blood core inside, slowly rotating.

Bathed in red light, the seal script on the rings lit up one by one until all five rings were illuminated.

Sensing that increasingly familiar aura, Ji Hongxiu's pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints.

"A calamity?!"

As one of the fundamental principles, calamity may not be the most destructive, but it is definitely the most murderous.

Because its very existence is to eliminate those "non-compliant" existences, and Supreme Realm cultivators, in their attempt to prove the Dao, have already exceeded the scope of Heaven's tolerance, which is precisely the main target of the calamity!

This is where the so-called "cost" comes from!

Under the influence of that aura, the karmic fire in Ji Hongxiu's spiritual platform, which had just been quelled, showed signs of reigniting!

She was now caught in a dilemma: if she got too close to Chen Mo, she would be targeted by the calamity; but if she stayed away from Chen Mo, she wouldn't be able to suppress the consequences...

"The antidote and the poison have both appeared on the same person. What a curse!" Ji Hongxiu bit her lip, steeling her resolve. Running away wouldn't solve anything. Since things had already come to this point, one more time wouldn't make a difference.

She reached out and untied the ribbon at her waist, her pure white Taoist robe slid down like flowing clouds, and she straddled Chen Mo.

Feeling that burning body temperature, her cheeks flushed crimson, and her eyes welled up with tears.

"Surely no one will bother us this time?"

However, what Ji Hongxiu didn't know was that Chen Mo would use a secret method to conceal the fluctuations of his Dao power every time he cultivated, so as not to be discovered by the Empress.

Under normal circumstances, a sundial is sufficient, but if the Dao power of both parties is particularly compatible, leakage is inevitable. When I first entered the Dao, I almost caused a major mess.

His current solution is to completely block perception using "Purple Extreme Grotto Heaven." He used this method when cultivating with Ye Zi'e in the Southern Frontier, and also when he and his disciple had fried rice last night.

But now he is unconscious and unable to activate his Dharma form...

……

……

Tiandu City.

Hanxiao Palace, inner hall.

He Yuzhi sat upright, looking somewhat reserved.

Yu Youhan picked up the teapot and personally brewed her a cup of tea, saying, "Madam, there's no need to be nervous. I invited you to the palace this time for no other reason than to chat with you out of boredom."

He Yuzhi picked up the teacup with both hands and forced a smile, saying, "I was just afraid of delaying Your Majesty's important business."

Yu Youhan shook her head and said, "This is the important matter for me."

"..."

He Yuzhi's lips twitched, her eyes looking somewhat strange.

Ever since she was caught red-handed at the Lu residence, the Empress has not only not been angry, but her attitude has become even more affectionate than before.

He first stayed at the Chen residence for several days, and then summoned her to the palace, as if they had endless things to talk about, and the content was almost entirely about Chen Mo and the women around him...

It's as if she practically has "I've taken a liking to your son" written all over her face.

What kind of magic does this boy possess that makes the Empress so concerned about him?

As He Yuzhi was pondering to herself, footsteps sounded outside the door, followed by Xu Qingyi's voice: "Your Majesty, the Empress has arrived."

"Ok?"

Yu Youhan frowned. "What's she doing here?"

(End of this chapter)