After clearing the level, the fairies were reborn!

He had been scheming from the very beginning, from the moment he was trapped by her.

No, perhaps even earlier.

Perhaps from the first moment I saw her.

"you……"

She didn't finish her sentence.

Because a terrifying force surged from those threads.

That wasn't spiritual power; it was a flood.

That was a tsunami.

That's a waterfall cascading down a sheer cliff!

The threads drew the spiritual energy within Xu Ze's body towards her, but there was so much spiritual energy, far more than she had imagined.

She had lived for over a thousand years and absorbed the spiritual power of countless cultivators, but never had anyone possessed so much spiritual power within them.

How could a cultivator in the Void Refinement stage have so much spiritual power?

"How...how do you have so much spiritual power..."

Her voice trembled and shook; the ecstasy on her face had vanished, replaced by terror.

The spiritual energy surged into her body like a flood bursting its banks, flowing along the silk threads.

Her demon core was frantically circulating, trying to digest the spiritual energy, but there was too much of it, too much of it, and it was happening too fast…

Her meridians began to throb and ache, her demon core began to tremble, and her body began to swell.

"Do not……"

She screamed and desperately tried to cut the threads.

But the silk thread was her own, connected by fate, and could not be severed at all.

The more she struggled, the tighter the threads tightened, and the faster her spiritual energy surged.

"Don't you want more?"

Xu Ze stood there, looking at her.

The silk threads were still wrapped around his body, but they were no longer tight; instead, they hung loosely, as if all their strength had been drained away.

His spiritual energy was still draining away, but there was no pain on his face, and he even had a faint smile on his face.

"Will it work?" He yawned. "I haven't even used 30% of it."

Tao Yaoyao's body began to glow.

The light emanated from her body, shining through her skin and clothes, and was particularly dazzling in the night.

Her body was swelling, like an inflated balloon, her skin stretched until it was transparent.

"No! I don't want it anymore!"

Her voice had changed tone, becoming shrill like a needle, piercing the eardrums.

"...Too much! I can't eat anymore!"

"It's going to crack!! It's really going to crack!!!"

Xu Ze didn't speak, he just looked at her.

Tao Yaoyao knelt down on the ground with a thud.

That once alluring face has now lost its color.

She looked up at Xu Ze, her eyes filled with tears:

"Senior, I was wrong!"

Tao Yaoyao's voice was high-pitched and thin, as if it were squeezed out of her throat:

"I shouldn't have provoked you, I shouldn't have laid a hand on you!"

"Please, please spare me! It'll break, it really will break!"

Her body was trembling, and the light grew brighter and brighter, like a lamp about to burn out.

She could feel that her demon core had reached its limit and was about to explode at any moment.

Once it explodes, she's finished.

It's not death, it's the soul being scattered and not even having a chance to be reincarnated.

"I'll be your slave, I'll do whatever you say!"

She kowtowed desperately, her forehead hitting the ground with a dull thud.

"Please, just be merciful and spare me this time..."

Xu Ze lowered his head and looked at the spider demon kneeling on the ground.

Her body had swelled up to the size of a ball, and you could even see the transparent veins inside throbbing wildly.

As long as you have a thought, you can release the 'sluice gate'...

Tao Yaoyao will be blown to pieces in an instant.

Xu Ze looked into her purple eyes.

The once arrogant and aloof demon king's eyes were now filled with tears and fear.

"late."

He said softly.

next second.

All the spiritual power was poured out.

The power surged into Tao Yaoyao's body like a flood bursting its banks, so fast that she didn't even have time to scream.

"No--!!"

Chapter 172 Your Majesty

"boom!!"

Tao Yaoyao's body exploded.

There was no bloodshed or dismemberment.

She exploded into a cloud of purple mist, which slowly dissipated under the moonlight.

The mist contained countless tiny fragments—her demon core, her meridians, everything about her.

The fragments danced in the night wind and shimmered in the moonlight, like a purple rain of flowers.

"Ahhh-"

Tao Yaoyao's screams echoed in the night sky, sharp and long, like a lament from the depths of hell.

The sound grew weaker and weaker, farther and farther away, until it finally disappeared into the wind.

Xu Ze stood there, watching the fragments drift away.

He did not sheath his sword; the Flame-Slaying Sword was still in his hand, the light patterns on its blade still flowing, emitting a low hum.

The silk threads that had been wrapped around him lost their power with Tao Yaoyao's death, hanging limply like withered vines.

A moment later.

Xu Ze raised his hand and gently clenched it in the air.

The scattered fragments suddenly stopped.

They remained still in the air, as if held by an invisible hand.

Then, they began to flow backward, converging from all directions and gathering in Xu Ze's palm.

"Om."

Tao Yaoyao's soul was still making a sound as he held it in his hand.

It was a faint purple light, like a startled firefly trembling in his palm.

In the purple light, the outline of a small spider could be vaguely seen, its eight legs curled up and its body huddled together.

Xu Ze drew a circle in the air with his other hand.

The scattered fragments and mist began to recombine, piecing themselves together little by little, from the outside in and from large to small.

First comes the bones, then the meridians, then the flesh and blood, and finally the skin.

A woman's silhouette took shape in the purple light, becoming clearer and more complete.

A moment later, Tao Yaoyao reappeared in front of him.

She was no longer the majestic demon king, but a tiny spider the size of a palm, entirely purple with eight slender legs, and a faint halo around her.

She lay in Xu Ze's palm, her eight legs curled up, her body trembling slightly, like a frightened little animal.

"Thank you so much, Your Majesty, for sparing my life. I have no way to repay you..."

Tao Yaoyao's voice was thin and weak, as if it came from a very far place.

Xu Ze looked down at her.

The demon king, who had been so arrogant just moments before, was now trembling in his palm.

Her eight legs were as limp as noodles, and she couldn't even stand up. She could only lie on her stomach, burying her head in her legs, and dared not lift her head.

"Kneel down."

Xu Ze's voice was soft, yet it carried an undeniable authority.

Tao Yaoyao shuddered and quickly climbed down from the palm.

"Yes."

She transformed into human form in the air and landed on the ground.