Recruit demons to become heroes, hunt demons to become gods

Chapter 285: Three Thousand Years as a Hostage, Awaiting Rescue from Powerful Reinforcements
Now, although Li Xing and Liu Shu lifted the restrictions on Dou Eqing's body, allowing him to move freely, they secretly placed a spatial lock on him.

This restriction is incredibly powerful. It was placed by an old monster who was proficient in spatial laws and restrictions during his tribulation. Even though Dou Eqing had a teleportation talisman, he was unable to move like a trapped beast.

His Purple Star Immortal Abode, which was originally an excellent hiding place, is now like a mirage, visible but untouchable.

Whenever Dou Eqing activated his magic technique, he felt as if the space around him was an iron plate, and no matter what he did, it was all in vain.

Su Muwan treated Dou Eqing like a stranger, and took the Ziyang Cauldron to help Li Chunlong overcome the tribulation of lightning, leaving Dou Eqing without the Ziyang Cauldron as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the Han Tang Immortal Dynasty, which resulted in him being placed under house arrest in the capital of the Han Tang Immortal Dynasty.

The imperial city was magnificent and heavily guarded, and he felt like a caged beast every day, his heart filled with anxiety and unease.

This fellow is quite a ruthless character. He has tried several times to spread the news that the Three Yang Gathering Dragon Dao Body is about to undergo a transformation, and to resume his old ways of using female cultivators to help him in the demonic path.

He thought to himself, "If I can attract the favor of those powerful female cultivators from the righteous path, perhaps I can manage things a bit."

The Three Yang Gathering Dragon Dao Body is a rare physique that appears only once every 100,000 years. Under normal circumstances, it would attract countless female cultivators vying for it.

But then he thought about it again, and realized that he was now prey targeted by the imperial family of the Immortal Dynasty, and imprisoned in this den of dragons and tigers.

What ordinary cultivator would dare to provoke the Grand Duke Jupiter?
Those who are truly capable may not even look down on the Three Yangs Gathering Dragon Dao Body.

Thinking of this, Dou Eqing couldn't help but sneer repeatedly, his eyes filled with uncertain emotions.

Furthermore, he has only been imprisoned for a short time, and if he acts rashly, he might alert the enemy.

Although Dou Eqing was anxious, he was also a calm person. He suppressed his emotions and waited to see what would happen.

He strolls around the courtyard every day, seemingly leisurely, but in reality, his mind is filled with countless thoughts and hidden wit.

Li Xing and Liu Shu had suggested releasing Dou Eqing, provided he made a vow of Dao heart that would benefit the Immortal Dynasty.

She saw through him clearly; Dou Eqing was a selfish and ambitious man who would never be truly loyal to the demonic path. He was merely plotting for his own path to immortality.

Moreover, he has no foundation in the demonic path, and with his astonishing cultivation speed, he will inevitably be suppressed and ostracized by the higher-ups of the demonic path sooner or later.

When the time comes, Dou Eqing and his combined forces will inevitably become mortal enemies with the top forces of the demonic path.

If the righteous path secretly supports him, he might actually be able to stir up an internal strife in the demonic path.

Li Xing and Liu Shu believe that the internal strife in the demonic path stirred up by Dou Eqing will definitely be more intense than the war between humans and demons in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave.

Initially, the officials of the Han Tang Immortal Dynasty all agreed with Li Xing and Liu Shu's views, and some forces even secretly sent their direct female cultivators to Dou Eqing's side, intending to make arrangements in advance.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Si Chen family even gave the entire He Ti clan to Dou Eqing, creating an opportunity for his later actions.

Unexpectedly, the Imperial Astronomical Bureau observed the stars at night and calculated that this child's fate was incompatible with the Han and Tang dynasties, but would greatly benefit the fortune of the cultivation world in the Kunlun realm.

This divination immediately changed the political situation in the court.

Therefore, the royal faction immediately changed its attitude towards Dou Eqing.

Because they used these celestial phenomena to deduce the fortunes of the Han and Tang dynasties, they discovered that the great calamity might be related to Dou Eqing.

This means, in a sense, that Dou Eqing might overthrow the Han and Tang dynasties in the future.

The most extreme members of the Li imperial family even considered nipping the risk in the bud—eliminating Dou Eqing as soon as possible.

However, there was a spineless faction within the Li imperial family who believed that destiny was unchangeable and that a way out should be left for the Li family.

Because when the Li family seized power, the duration of the Han and Tang dynasties was already determined.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of the Li family was not to dominate the world, but to strengthen the Li family's immortal clan by taking advantage of the Han and Tang dynasties, or to obtain the resources for their ancestors to become immortals.

As early as 100,000 years ago, the ancestor of the Li family ascended to immortality by taking advantage of the national fortune of the Han and Tang dynasties.

If those three immortals had stayed in the Kunlun Realm, the Li Immortal Clan might have been able to find a way to reverse the fate of the Han-Tang Immortal Dynasty. However, the immortals did not take this heaven-defying action, which further solidified the spineless faction's view.

After being placed under house arrest for a hundred years, Dou Eqing finally saw a turning point when the Li family, a spineless faction, transferred him to a royal family cultivation secret realm—the Time-Space Secret Realm.

Dou Eqing is a man who may one day bring about the downfall of the Han and Tang dynasties.

The ruthless members of the Li imperial family had long harbored murderous intent—this child must not be allowed to live; he must be eliminated before he gains power.

However, there was another group of spineless people in the clan who kept saying things like "fate is hard to defy" and actually thought of leaving a way out for the Li family.

That makes sense. When the Li family seized power, they knew that the fate of the Han and Tang dynasties was predetermined.

Their true plan was not to remain in the imperial court forever, but to use the dynasty's fortune to nourish the cultivators in their clan and create an opportunity for their ancestors to ascend to immortality.

Ten thousand years ago, three ancestors of the Li family ascended to immortality by taking advantage of the fortunes of the Han and Tang dynasties.

If those three immortals were still in the Kunlun Realm, perhaps they could still defy fate.

Even immortals dared not defy the will of Heaven, so these spineless cowards naturally dared not act rashly.

After being imprisoned for a century, Dou Eqing finally saw a turning point.

Those in the Li clan who advocated appeasement discussed the matter with Dou Eqing and eventually reached an agreement. Dou Eqing swore an oath to Heaven that if he ever became powerful, even if he overthrew the Han-Tang Immortal Dynasty, they would still have to be given a way to live.

Therefore, these people secretly transferred Dou Eqing to the royal family's secret realm—the secret realm of time and space.

This move was naturally intended to forge a good relationship with Dou Eqing.

That time-space secret realm was truly a wondrous place, where cultivation was more than ten times faster than in the outside world—a hundred years outside was already a thousand years inside.

The Li royal family all said that this secret realm was not originally from the Kunlun Realm, but a strange place that drifted in from outside the realm.

It was thanks to this secret realm that the Li family rapidly grew stronger and was able to eventually establish the Han-Tang Immortal Dynasty.

Not only did Dou Eqing make great progress in his cultivation here, but the Han Tang Immortal Dynasty also provided him with countless rare and precious materials for cultivation, practically treating him as a direct descendant of the Li imperial family and nurturing him into a genius.

This was something Dou Eqing never expected.

What is most astonishing is that the cold and aloof Queen Li Youbing of the Li royal family was willing to marry Dou Eqing and become his concubine.

This news shattered the hopes of countless talented cultivators in the capital.

Li Youbing stood on the jade steps, her long, black robe woven from ice silk cascading down like a waterfall. The Nine Netherworld Phoenix embroidered on the hem flowed with her steps, as if about to break through the air and fly away.

Her eyebrows were like swords drawn from their sheaths, slanting upwards towards her temples. Below, her phoenix eyes were like the moon reflected in a cold pool, with fine silver-blue glints at the corners, like frost and snow. Her gaze swept across the room like a sword blade, making it impossible for anyone to look directly at her.

The snow-white sash accentuated her sharp curves, while the suspended black jade sash swayed slightly with the flow of spiritual energy.

Her dark hair was tied into a cloud-piercing bun with twelve cold crystal hairpins, and the ice crystal head ornament hanging in front of her forehead made her skin almost transparent, but it showed no trace of blood.

Tiny ice crystals spontaneously condensed within three inches of her body, but they quietly vaporized upon touching her embroidered gold robe, as if even the chill yielded to the queen's majesty.

The faint curve at the corner of her lips was like the fleeting moonlight on a snowy plain—breathtakingly beautiful, yet chillingly cold.

Dou Eqing first met Li Youbing in her Cold Palace.

The moment he stepped through the palace gates, the sound of his boots crushing ice crystals was as crisp as tearing silk.

The silk gauze hanging from the nine-zhang dome moved without wind, revealing the figure at the end of the jade steps—Li Youbing. With a flick of her wide sleeves, the dark phoenix pattern on the hem of her robe suddenly came to life, and her wings stirred up three feet of frost that rushed straight to her face.

He looked up and met those phoenix eyes, their silvery-blue glints flashing like poisoned sword tassels across his throat.

The ice crystal pendant on the queen's forehead dazzled people, and her skin was so white that one could see the flow of dark blue spiritual energy beneath her neck veins. Yet, the little bit of color on her lips seemed to be borrowed from the sunset, as if it were about to be taken back by the chill emanating from her body.

The snow-white waist sash tightened around his body like a drawn sword, and the suspended black jade sash suddenly froze—Dou Eqing's neck hairs stood on end as he realized that the white breath he exhaled was being swallowed by the dark patterns on the black robe.

The light refracted by the twelve icy hairpins stung his eyes, and he vaguely saw the woman's lips curl up, like a crack suddenly appearing on ice, beneath which emerged a cold laugh from a thousand-year-old icy pool.

Li Youbing was born with a beautiful face and a fair complexion, which many heroes and warriors had longed for in the past. Yet now he was so devoted to Dou Eqing, which shows the good intentions of the Li family in their attempt to appease him.

Now, Li's actions were a brilliant plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Although Li Youbing reached the Integration Realm after only 50,000 years of cultivation, his cultivation level could hardly advance any further in the subsequent 10,000 years.

This was all because she made a mistake when she was cultivating the "Nine Cold Soul Immortal Scripture," which damaged her foundation.

If one cannot reshape their physical body, their lifespan will soon be over, and their appearance will wither away like autumn leaves.

Just then, she encountered the Imperial Astronomical Bureau's Master Bu, who offered guidance, saying that only Dou Eqing could help her resume her path to immortality.

When Li Youbing submitted to Dou Eqing and first received his favor, she realized the secret behind it—Dou Eqing possessed two extraordinary treasures: the Pure Yang Dao Body and the Fire Dragon Drill.

It was fate, really. Li Youbing damaged his spiritual root by practicing that extremely yin and cold technique.

Under heaven, only Dou Eqing's pure Yang essence, combined with the Fire Dragon Drill for dual cultivation, can awaken the dormant Yin essence within her body.

With this balance of Yin and Yang, the damaged foundation can be rebuilt.

Initially, Li Youbing only wanted to repay the life-saving grace.

Who knew that Dou Eqing was so skilled, after several rounds of lovemaking, he managed to tame this icy beauty completely.

The once aloof and glamorous queen has now melted into a pool of spring water in his arms, no longer showing any trace of coldness.

The two people's constitutions were incompatible, but they were complementary in terms of cultivation, which gave them a unique experience that was different from other people's when they practiced together.

After three thousand years of arduous cultivation, he emerges from his seclusion, only to find himself caught in a deadly power struggle amidst the changing imperial court!

"boom--"

The area of ​​the secret realm where Dou Eqing was located collapsed suddenly, forcing him to come out of the secret realm.

Three thousand years of arduous cultivation have passed in the blink of an eye, while only three hundred years have passed in the outside world!
Unfortunately, he was still half a step short of reaching the Integration Realm and was violently thrown out of the secret realm by the laws of heaven and earth.

Who would have thought that returning to the outside world would lead to such a devastating catastrophe!
The Li Dynasty has undergone a complete upheaval—radicals have purged the court in blood, while the heads of the appeasement elders are still dripping blood on the Vermilion Bird Gate.

The newly empowered jackals grinned maliciously as they dredged up old grievances: "Old Demon Dou, such a scourge, deserves to be utterly destroyed!"

However, just as the 100,000 Imperial Guards were advancing in formation, nine layers of dark moonlight suddenly exploded in the sky above the capital!

"Anyone who harms Dou Eqing shall die!"

The shadowy moon arrived on the moon, its mid-stage Mahayana power causing the clouds to shatter.

The legend of her single-handedly slaying the demonic cultivator undergoing tribulation has now materialized amidst the countless moons in the sky—wherever her sword finger swept, the souls of three thousand armored warriors were completely captured, leaving their bodies unable to move!

The ghostly moonlight poured down like a tide, turning the entire battlefield a ghastly blue.

The figure stood in mid-air, moonlight condensing into a three-foot-long green blade at his fingertips. The sword had not moved, but the chilling killing intent had already made the entire army of cultivators retreat three steps.

Suddenly, the pupils of the heavy cavalry at the front of the column dilated, and their black iron armor emitted a piercing scraping sound—their souls were forcibly pulled from the top of their heads by an invisible force, turning into wisps of green smoke that disappeared into the sword's edge.

The rear army was thrown into chaos. Warhorses reared up and neighed, but their horseshoes froze in mid-air just three inches off the ground, as if the entire world had been dragged into a ghostly illusion.

Nine crescent moons exploded in the clouds, each phase reflecting a different aspect of death: either soul and spirit annihilated, or flesh and blood withered and decayed.

The sword finally moved, making a simple horizontal slash. At the same time, spiderweb-like cracks appeared on three thousand bronze heavy shields, and the shield-bearing armored soldiers spewed blue flames from their seven orifices, instantly turning into charred corpses in a kneeling posture.

"Kneel down."

Amidst the cold shouts, the surviving Flying Bear Guards suddenly turned their guns around.

The moonlight, forcibly implanted in their eye sockets, flickered. When the tip of the black iron spear pierced the throat of their comrade, the blood droplet actually condensed into a tiny crescent moon in mid-air.

The entire army formation resembled a puppet show controlled by invisible threads, with every drop of splattered blood outlining a totem of the underworld.

The sound of shattering glass echoed from the sky as the overwhelming pressure of the Mahayana realm completely crushed the city's protective formation. The figure took a step forward, and the moon wheel beneath his feet suddenly expanded into a hundred-zhang vortex, engulfing all eight hundred cultivators who were attempting to form a formation.

From the depths of the vortex came a faint sound of gnawing at the soul, and after a moment it only spewed out bone powder that filled the sky.

Originally, the radical faction did not intend to use a Tribulation Transcending Realm expert, but You Yingyue's ruthless actions forced them to call upon a Tribulation Transcending Realm expert to suppress You Yingyue.

A dark crack suddenly appeared in the sky, and the pressure of the Tribulation Transcending Realm descended like ten thousand divine mountains. The old man shattered the void as he arrived, and with his withered hands, he summoned the Nine Heavens Tribulation Thunder, and thousands of purple lightning bolts transformed into writhing dragons that tore down.

Youyingyue's black robe fluttered in the wind, and a bone blade suddenly appeared from his sleeve. The blade was wrapped in chaotic energy, and when he swung it, he split the lightning into two scattered balls of lightning liquid.

The old man snorted coldly, and a strange phenomenon of the sun and moon shining together appeared behind him. A golden crow phantom materialized in his left palm, while his right palm transformed into a jade toad gleaming coldly.

Two forces of extreme yang and extreme yin converged to form a tai chi symbol the size of a millstone, freezing and then exploding the space wherever it passed.

With a light touch of her toes, Youyingyue retreated rapidly. Suddenly, her bone blade disintegrated into three hundred and sixty pale white bone nails, each tip shimmering with a ghostly blue Dao pattern, shooting towards the old man's seven orifices like a rain of pear blossoms.

The ground exploded into a crater hundreds of feet deep. The old man's Taoist robe billowed and shattered half of the bone nails, but three remained embedded in his shoulder blade.

The wound then spread out as a spiderweb of black Dao wounds, devouring the golden blood energy of the Tribulation Transcending Realm cultivator.

The old man, enraged, laughed and spat out a bronze bell. When the bell's sound echoed, all the vegetation within a ten-mile radius turned to dust.

Blood gushed from Youyingyue's ears and nose, but she used the momentum to detonate the remaining bone nails, and the ghostly blue flames instantly engulfed the entire battlefield in the sky.

As the flames were torn apart by the old man's sleeve, the Shadow Moon had already transformed into nine afterimages that were difficult to distinguish from reality.

Each afterimage formed a different hand seal, eventually coalescing into a blood-red net that blotted out the sky, with twisted ancient witchcraft appearing at each node of the net.

The old man's expression finally changed. The Dao Bell swelled to the size of a mountain amidst the wind and rain, and the Qilin patterns on the surface of the bell lit up one after another—this was the true innate divine power of a Transcending Tribulation Realm expert.

It turns out that not only has Youyingyue fully recovered from her injuries, but her cultivation and strength have also reached a new level.

After she saved Dou Eqing and refined the soul of the evil demon, she had nowhere to go for the time being. On the other hand, meeting Dou Eqing reminded her of the stone egg, and she couldn't bear to leave it in Broken Sword Gorge.

So they went back inside.

This time, Youyingyue made a new discovery in Broken Sword Gorge and obtained a great opportunity. Not only did she completely heal her injuries, but her cultivation also greatly increased.

The Shadow Moon has returned completely transformed.

When she saved Dou Eqing, she was seriously injured, but now she is full of energy and her spiritual power flows like a surging river, indicating that her cultivation has advanced to a higher level.

It turns out that after refining the evil spirit of the old demon that day, she originally intended to flee to another place.

But her unexpected encounter with Dou Eqing reminded her of the mysterious stone embryo in Broken Sword Gorge.

This stone egg was of extraordinary origin, and to some extent it could be considered her child. Even if she wanted to sever the karmic ties, it wasn't something that could be done so easily.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Youyingyue finally returned to the old place.

Who knew that this return to Broken Sword Gorge would bring such a wondrous encounter?

Youyingyue found the relics left by her predecessors among the rugged sword rocks, which not only healed her old wounds but also gave her a boost of ancient spiritual energy.

At this moment, her eyes shone with a sharp light, and her every move exuded the aura of a top-tier expert, making her completely different from when she was fleeing for her life in a panic.

As the leader of the Ghost Guard, Youyingyue was keenly aware of the undercurrents in the capital.

Her actions were not intended to confront the radicals head-on, but rather to secure a glimmer of hope for Dou Eqing.

When it came to rescuing Dou Eqing, You Yingyue did not go alone. She also received help from Shui Xianrong and the Hezong clan's more than 300-year-old scheme in the Immortal Dynasty's imperial city.

Although this Narcissus Rong only has the cultivation level of the early Mahayana stage, she excels in acting in secrecy.

Taking advantage of the opponent's unpreparedness, dealing with several Nascent Soul stage cultivators would be a piece of cake.

Not only did they rescue Dou Eqing, but they also kidnapped two female cultivators at the late stage of the Integration Realm, as a form of interest on Dou Eqing's house arrest by the Han Tang Immortal Dynasty.

Before they rescued Dou Eqing, He Zong manipulated the two factions of the imperial dynasty to fight each other, attracting some of the cultivators from the Han Tang Immortal Dynasty.

The sect had already discovered that Dou Eqing had been placed under a spatial restriction. Before rescuing Dou Eqing, they specifically asked Jie Lian to inform his master to prepare to remove the restriction talisman.

With the talisman unfurled, the restrictions on Dou Eqing's body were instantly broken.

Dou Eqing immediately hid in the Ziwei Immortal Mansion to avoid trouble, while Shui Xianrong and You Yingyue disappeared into the night of the capital in a flash.

Of course, rescuing Dou Eqing was not as simple as it sounds. The Han-Tang Immortal Dynasty had a deep foundation and was not something to be taken lightly.

Shui Xianrong and her companions were pursued by the henchmen of the Immortal Dynasty, hiding in the east and west for twenty years, until they finally escaped into the demonic path and were able to catch their breath.

At that time, within the imperial city, the clan's spies, who had been operating for hundreds of years, were exposed during this rescue and were completely eradicated. It was truly a case of "one wrong move, and the whole game is lost."

Saving Dou Eqing now would be even more difficult.

The eyes and ears of informants inside and outside the imperial city have all been cut off, much like blind men touching an elephant.

After much discussion, the two had no choice but to pin their hopes on Dou Eqing breaking through to the Integration Realm.

It turned out that Shui Xianrong had foreseen that this attempt would be difficult, so she specially sought out a miraculous technique called "Ten Thousand Methods and a Thousand Transformations" for Dou Eqing.

This technique is a wonderful method of disguise. Once you reach the Integration Realm, you can master this technique and Dou Eqing will be able to use the Thousand Transformations Technique.

If Dou Eqing were to break through at that time, he could change his appearance and escape the impregnable imperial city.

While cultivating in the Time-Space Secret Realm, Dou Eqing sat cross-legged at the intersection of Yin and Yang, with three thousand years of time flowing around him.

When he slowly opened his eyes, it seemed as if the sun and moon were turning in his eyes, and a meaningful smile appeared on his lips.

"It's finally done."

He whispered, his voice hoarse like metal grinding against metal.

The Yin-Yang Realm, the ultimate stage of the Void Refining Realm, has been cultivated to such a degree that only a handful of people have ever achieved it throughout history.

He looked down at his shadow—no longer an ordinary shadow, but a formless image woven from overwhelming good fortune and misfortune, flowing like ink on the bluestone ground.

Recalling his dual cultivation experiences with numerous female cultivators over the years, he couldn't help but reveal a wicked smile.

Those women were all stunning beauties of their time, but little did they know that he used their essence to refine his pure yang body.

Now that the ultimate realm has been achieved, the transformation of the Dao body into the Three Yangs Gathering Dragon Body is just around the corner.

He murmured the name "Narcissus Rong," a sinister glint in his eyes.

He had been planning this for a long time. If he could not achieve the Three Yangs Gathering Dragon Body, not only would he not be able to get this peerless beauty, but his future plans would also be in vain.

He stood up, his robes fluttering even without wind.

The various dangers I experienced while cultivating the formless Dharma are still vivid in my mind—the torment of good fortune reflecting bad luck was a hundred times more painful than the extraction of the soul and the refining of the spirit.

Ordinary cultivators can use rare and precious materials as a catalyst to cultivate their Dharma forms, but this Dharma form without material things requires one's own fortune as a furnace and fate as a fire. If one is not careful, one's soul will be scattered.

Dou Eqing suddenly looked up at the sky and laughed loudly, his laughter carrying a hint of madness.

Now that he has reached the pinnacle, there are probably only a handful of people in the world who can stop him.

Of course, the Shadowless Dharma Form is not entirely composed of bad luck, but rather the opposite of everything about the cultivator himself.

But overwhelming luck is fundamental.

For example, cultivators belong to Yang, so their intangible Dharma form must belong to Yin...

There is also the ultimate realm of refining illusion, also called the ultimate realm of law, which is to condense the Dharma form into a Dharma form of law.

Although laws are also in a state of nothingness, cultivators need to come into contact with the concrete source of the laws in order to condense the Dharma form of the laws.

For example, condensing the Dharma body of the Thunder Law requires the Thunder Element Source, while condensing the Dharma body of the Space Law requires finding the Space Element Source...

The laws and their manifestations are equally powerful, but equally difficult to cultivate, unless they are primordial substances that are relatively common in the cultivation world.

Dou Eqing knew that he had gained extraordinary luck on Donglai Island and firmly believed that he had the foundation to cultivate the Dharma Form of Nothingness.

The reason why it is said that dual cultivation with a female cultivator is necessary is because Dou Eqing's form of nothingness belongs to Yin.

Dou Eqing practiced dual cultivation with the female cultivator. The female cultivator's yin energy was stronger than Dou Eqing's yang energy, so naturally, some of the yin energy would benefit Dou Eqing. Coincidentally, his form of nothingness was yin, so he was able to receive this yin energy.

However, this process is much slower than other methods of cultivation.

This is why Dou Eqing needs to engage in dual cultivation with a female cultivator of the number three and nine.

Originally, Dou Eqing's Ziwei Immortal Mansion didn't have enough female cultivators at the Integration Realm. Only Ye Nashi, Shi Liyuqiu, Li Youbing, Si Chen Shuangshu, the Demon Clan's Third Princess Xiao Mudan, and Mu Tingzi, a total of seven people, had reached the Integration Realm.

Si Chen Shuang Shu are twin sisters who were born from the same body. They cultivated their second body in the Time-Space Secret Realm.

Shi Liyuqiu only reached the Integration Realm after three thousand years of cultivation in the Time-Space Secret Realm, while Ye Naishi only reached the Integration Realm in the Ziwei Immortal Mansion after the rescue.

When the Water Fairy rescued Dou Eqing, she handed him a seventh-grade top-quality Imperial Slave Palace.

This Imperial Slave Palace holds eight female cultivators at the Integration Realm, each with an extraordinary background.

First, let's talk about Lu Yuanyuan and Jielian, both of whom are at the early stage of the Integration Realm.

The most eye-catching are the three Holy Maidens of the Sea Demon Sect—the former Holy Maiden was already in the late stage of the Fusion Realm, while the two contemporary Holy Maidens were in the mid-stage and early-stage, respectively. All three are renowned figures in the Sea Demon Sect.

Furthermore, there is a puppet clone of Shui Xian Lei, which was created by Shui Xian Rong using the secret method of refining living people, and has reached the perfect state of fusion.

On the day Shui Xianrong rescued people, she also captured two righteous female cultivators who had reached the Fusion Stage to use as furnaces.

During the rescue battle, Su Shang arrived gracefully.

She was cultivating on the righteous path, only one step away from achieving union.

Taking advantage of the chaos of the battle between good and evil, they quietly found Dou Eqing.

Originally intending to use his help to break through the bottleneck, he specifically sought out Dou Eqing.

She broke through to the Integration Stage in the Ziwei Immortal Mansion before Dou Eqing.

In addition, there are eleven female cultivators of extraordinary origin, among whom the Three Phoenixes of the Cold Palace are the most eye-catching.

These three women were originally concubines in Emperor Li Chunlong's harem, but were banished to the Cold Palace for offending the emperor.

Unfortunately, the forces behind them were deeply entrenched, and they were secretly arranged to cultivate in a secret realm of time and space.

The eldest sister, Yu Feng, has reached the peak of the late-stage Integration Realm, just one step away from the Great Perfection Realm.

The second sister, Caifeng, and the third sister, Qingping, are also experts in the late stage of the combined power.

The three women encountered Dou Eqing in the secret realm and were captivated by his Fire Dragon Drill skill, thus becoming devoted followers.

Eight more demonesses added to the allure.

The leader, Lady Li, was originally a princess of the previous dynasty. She suffered a qi deviation during cultivation and, although she was rescued, she switched to the demonic path.

Out of consideration for their reputation, the royal family had no choice but to hide them in a secret realm of time and space.

These women all possessed late-stage Nascent Soul cultivation and were extremely ruthless.

But when she encountered Dou Eqing's fiery dragon drill, she was transformed into a gentle, yielding woman, willingly becoming his slave to desire.

Dou Eqing was surrounded by twenty-seven female cultivators, who were like stars surrounding the moon.

Yu Feng often holds a round fan to cover her lips and laughs lightly, her eyes sparkling with a charming and elegant demeanor; Li Shi Mo Ji always wears a black gauze dress, and her snow-white skin, occasionally revealed, still bears the demonic markings that have not yet faded.

These women openly and secretly competed for Dou Eqing's affections, but they were all completely subdued by him.

Although Dou Eqing received the strong support of twenty-seven female cultivators at the Integration Stage using the dual cultivation method, and also cultivated diligently for three thousand years in the Time-Space Secret Realm, after escaping, he further secluded himself in the Ziwei Immortal Mansion for nine hundred years, finally cultivating to the Great Perfection of the Refining Void Realm.

At this moment, he frowned slightly, tapped his knuckles lightly on the jade table, and pondered to himself—how should he break through the insurmountable barrier of the Integration Realm?
(End of this chapter)