With half a game of chess, I vanquish all demons!

First are the three-legged golden crow's sun-golden fire and the calamity's black fire.

These two are flames that he can always summon using Thunderfire, but cannot manifest externally.

Boom!

He stretched out his right palm, and golden fire from the sun surged from his palm, dazzling with golden light and rolling with heat waves.

"Such powerful firepower!" Zhao Yao raised an eyebrow.

This flame, relying on the bloodline of the three-legged golden crow, can be released anywhere on its body.

Boom!

He stretched out his left palm, and the black fire of the calamity followed.

The flames were as black as ink, seemingly peaceful, yet they concealed a life force, forming a fiery demon hound.

The two flames, one gold and one black, one bright and one dim, flickered between his hands for a moment before he put them away again.

"Phew~"

Zhao Yao opened his mouth and spat out the Starfire belonging to the Shihuo Pig. The red Starfire, like a giant fire python, devoured the invisible enemy in front of him.

Its power is quite good.

He still remembers the first time he spat out the Star Fire belonging to the Room Fire Pig; its firepower was weak, like the flame on a candle.

Now, after the flames were exhaled from its mouth, the Starfire burned fiercely in the air, its red light shining brightly, more than ten times stronger than before.

Each of these flames has its own strengths.

The sun's golden fire is blazing and domineering; the calamity's black fire is explosive; the star fire is superior in its longevity; the fire of the fire god has divinity; and there is also the lustful fire of the ape... With five fires in hand, plus the fire control power of the bronze warrior and the instinctive control of flames by many demon bloodlines, he has already reached a high level in the art of fire control.

Call ~

Zhao Yao dispersed the Starfire, entered his inner vision, and looked once again at the five jade chess pieces.

Although the primordial energy in the Jade Chess set can no longer be used to advance the warrior's realm, it can be used to nourish the demon blood.

With a thought, he extracted a portion of his primordial energy from the jade chess set and infused it into the bloodlines of the various demons. In an instant, the nine bloodlines, like parched land receiving rain, greedily absorbed every wisp of primordial energy, becoming more active and abundant.

This is much faster than swallowing the moon.

He was engrossed in his work when he suddenly heard a voice from beside him.

"I'm so suffocating! I'm so suffocating!"

A thin, shrill voice, like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on, was crying desperately.

Zhao Yao immediately turned his head and saw that the black cloud dragon had somehow emerged from his body.

What's going on?

He gazed at the black cloud dragon and guessed that she must have escaped while he had released the five jade soldiers.

As for how to escape, it may be related to the energy exchange rate between the upper and lower realms.

"Whew...whew...so comfortable..."

The black cloud dragon, with a body the size of a palm, tumbled and rolled in mid-air, like a crumpled black cloth trying to flatten itself.

She frowned, looked at Zhao Yao with a resentful expression, and cried out, her voice filled with a childlike grievance:

I'm so suffocating!

How long have you kept me locked in there? Not even a crack! Do you know how dark it is in there? Do you know how stuffy it is in there?

Zhao Yao's lips twitched, and he said:

"You're just a lump of air, how did you manage to suffocate?"

"..."

The black cloud dragon paused for a moment, as if it had been choked by the question.

She was stunned for a while before angrily shouting:

"I'm angry too! Anger can be suffocating! You need to breathe!"

The little thing may be a bit dim-witted, but it has quite a temper.

Zhao Yao silently complained to himself, without replying.

The black cloud dragon, however, refused to settle down, drifting back and forth in mid-air, sometimes curling into a ball, sometimes stretching into a line, chattering incessantly:

"I was in there for so long, and there wasn't a single person to talk to. Do you know what that feels like? It's... it's..."

She thought for a long time but couldn't find the right words, and she anxiously spun around in the air several times.

"It's so boring!"

She finally found a word:

"Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely boring!"

Zhao Yao looked at her expressionlessly, and only spoke after she had finished making a scene:

"I'm going back to the Upper Realm."

"well?"

The black cloud dragon abruptly stopped moving, hovering in mid-air, tilting its head to look at him.

Zhao Yao continued:

"Do you intend to stay in this world, or willingly be sealed away by me, or come with me?"

"Of course I'll go with you... Although I can't possess you, I can't live without you. I don't want to be sealed away again."

The black cloud dragon naturally raised its head.

Zhao Yao shook his head and added:

"There is ascension water on the road to the upper realm. You cannot withstand it and will dissipate directly."

Are you sure you don't want to be sealed away by me?

The expression on the black cloud dragon's face changed visibly; for the first time, a feeling similar to fear appeared on the small face formed by the black mist.

She shrank back slightly, took a half-inch back, and her voice became much softer:

"Fly...flying water?"

"Um."

"A lot of water?"

"a lot of."

The black cloud dragon remained silent for a long while, its small face changing expressions repeatedly, as if it were engaged in a fierce internal struggle.

Finally, she shrank back, deliberately shrinking into a black ball the size of a fist, her voice muffled, tinged with resentment:

"Then seal me away."

Zhao Yao smiled and raised his hand. Jade light surged, enveloping the black sphere layer by layer, solidifying it into a jade block. The black sphere remained quietly in his palm, motionless, no longer causing any disturbance.

He casually put it away, sat down cross-legged, and prepared to calm his mind before returning to the upper realm.

But this stillness caused trouble.

Perhaps because they had seen the appearance of the Cloud Dragon again, the power of the Joyful Ape had somehow come out to cause trouble!

A surge of lust rose from the depths of his blood, instantly engulfing his entire body.

Zhao Yao felt a fire rising in his lower abdomen. The fire was neither hot nor fierce, but it was like a feather gently brushing against his heart, again and again, making his heart itch.

"Sigh~"

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to suppress it, but he couldn't suppress it at all.

This fire is not from outside; it grows from within our bloodline. This body and soul are the fuel for our desires. Since the flames grow from the fuel, how can they possibly be suppressed?

"Phew~"

Zhao Yao's breathing became heavy, and images flashed uncontrollably through his mind: hazy mist, soft bodies, warm, moist breaths... That face, that body, sometimes looked like Yan Rouyun, sometimes like Yun Chi, and sometimes like his master's wife.

"Hmm~"

He bit his tongue hard, and a sweet, metallic taste filled his mouth.

Meditation.

Meditation.

Calm down again.

He focused his attention on his breathing, inhaling and exhaling repeatedly.

Gradually, things began to improve.

The fire was still burning, but it didn't spread any further.

Even after reaching this point, it's not over yet.

Zhao Yao suppressed his burning desire, clenching his fists so tightly that his fingernails almost dug into his palms.

He remained motionless in that position until the agitation gradually subsided and his breathing became steady again.

After a long while, he slowly straightened up, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and exhaled a hot breath.

"Phew~"

He calmed down completely.

Zhao Yao stood up, about to return to the Upper Realm, when he suddenly remembered something.

He had no prior knowledge of the Hounds or their group.

Was the pursuit of him by the Hound Hounds orchestrated by Jin Guang...?

He recalled what Jin Guang had told him before, that he genuinely wanted to be his friend, and that he had approached him because he was attracted by the demon blood in him.

He never fully believed those words.

Call ~

Zhao Yao mobilized a wisp of divine power and used its incredible strength to verify whether what Jin Guang had said that day was true or false.

A moment later, the result came to light.

What Jin Guang said that day turned out to be true.

He genuinely approached him because he wanted to befriend him and was attracted by the demonic blood within him.

but……

Zhao Yao shook his head.

That was then, and now is now.

Who knows if his attitude towards me changed after that?

Although he actively verified it, he did not fully believe it.

After all, one should not have the intention to harm others, but one should not be without the intention to guard against others.

After all, it was the power of the lower realm gods that deduced the affairs of the upper realm. There was a world in between, so there were bound to be omissions.

The human heart is something that even the people involved may not be able to see clearly, let alone those separated by a world.

He composed himself, and the aquatic void suddenly opened up behind him, swallowing him whole.

The necessary tasks have been completed for now, but the various supernatural powers brewing from the demonic blood will still need some time to successfully hatch.

All he had to do next was wait quietly.