Volume 4, Chapter 80 – Duan’s Dilemma

Inside Paradise Manor’s Divine Kingdom headquarters – Nether Palace.

—”Reporting to Lord Duan, the Vassals of Sea aura that was rapidly approaching the Divine Kingdom has stopped advancing and is now retreating toward the Abyssal Lord’s territory.”—

As his subordinate’s words came through the communication device, Duan, sitting in his office chair, silently nodded.

“Good, I understand.”

Duan wasn’t surprised by this result.

Though the Abyssal Lord was powerful, she didn’t have the ability to break through the Divine Kingdom’s guardian domain.

This guardian domain wasn’t some ordinary magical barrier or energy field. It was a natural barrier constructed from tens of thousands of years of accumulated sacred divine power from the Heart of the World.

This power represented absolute justice and was completely incompatible with evil gods possessing the ‘extreme evil’ attribute.

The three great evil gods themselves couldn’t actively approach the Divine Kingdom.

The abnormal sensation produced when the Heart of the World’s power clashed with evil god curse power would force the evil gods to stay away from the guardian domain, thus ensuring the Divine Kingdom’s safety.

For this reason, from the birth of the evil gods until now, those three monsters had never set foot in this core area of the human world. If even evil gods couldn’t enter, it went without saying that vassals and contractors possessing evil god power couldn’t either.

However, Corrupted Beasts weren’t completely unable to enter the Divine Kingdom. The only way to enter… was if the current controller of the Heart of the World—namely Duan himself—actively agreed and guided the Corrupted Beasts inside.

Just like what he had done an hour ago.

He had actually brought the Terran Malevolence into the Divine Kingdom?

Duan muttered to himself with mixed feelings.

Due to the Abyssal Lord’s sudden attack, Duan was forced to make an emergency decision to bring Gaia Lobir into the Nether Palace. After all, Duan didn’t want to see the Abyssal Lord simply eliminate the sleeping Terran Malevolence.

If that happened, once the Terran Malevolence was reborn, she would be in an uncontrolled state.

If an evil god became wary, Xing Wu would probably find it difficult to control her again.

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For this reason, Duan had hurriedly guided the Terran Malevolence into the Divine Kingdom.

—”Was this really the right decision?”—

For some reason, Duan always felt an inexplicable sense of unease.

“What’s Gaia Lobir’s condition?”

Duan asked coldly into the communication device.

“The Terran Malevolence is currently very stable and has been successfully transferred to the deep blood prison.”

“Stable? That’s good… Keep watching her. Report to me immediately if anything happens.”

“Yes, Lord Duan.”

…

After ending the call with his subordinate, Duan wearily leaned back in his office chair, gazing at the ceiling with a tired expression.

Now that the Terran Malevolence had been brought into the Nether Palace, he had to think clearly about…

How exactly to manipulate this legendary monster.

Recalling the words his old advisor had mentioned earlier, as well as the investigation and analysis report the man had submitted to him, conflicted emotions continuously flowed from Duan’s eyes.

“Remove my power from within Xing Wu’s body and return part of her soul, making the soul purer to strengthen the Savior’s authority in controlling the evil god.”

Remove my power?

Gazing at his palm, which was emitting a faint ghostly light, Duan’s expression grew increasingly grave.

Mystic Arts were a special power different from magic and spiritual power—a power that only Ancestor-level members of House Solrog could possess.

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And Duan’s mystic art ‘Soul-Reaping Threads’ was an ability that could manipulate souls.

By using soul threads to wrap around Xing Wu’s incomplete soul, he achieved complete control over her will.

Once he removed the soul threads, his control over Xing Wu would be greatly weakened.

Of course, Paradise Manor possessed countless advanced technologies that could help him continue controlling Bai Xingwu.

But for him, he obviously preferred to trust his own power.

Now then—

—”What should I do?”—

This Fifth Ancestor of Paradise Manor began to contemplate seriously.

But just then, Duan’s eyes suddenly contracted as a muscular arm quietly reached out from behind the sofa and ‘intimately’ wrapped around Duan’s neck without a word.

“Didn’t you successfully capture the Terran Malevolence? Brother Duan, why so unhappy?!”

As the voice reached his ears, Duan’s face visibly darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he glanced with extreme displeasure at the man beside him who wore an arrogant smile and had sea-blue hair like a hedgehog.

“Visarion… why are you here?”

Mad King Visarion-Solrog.

The Seventh Ancestor of House Solrog.

Also one of the people Duan found most annoying.

“I don’t remember inviting you.”

“Don’t be so heartless, Brother Duan? Aren’t we family? What’s wrong with me coming to see family?”

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Intimately nuzzling Duan’s cheek, Visarion chuckled, speaking in a joking tone.

Though his tone sounded affectionate, Visarion’s eyes looking at Duan were full of mockery.

Undoubtedly, from the bottom of his heart, Visarion looked down on Duan—looked down on this Fifth Ancestor whose strength was inferior to his own.

Of course, Duan on the other side also looked down on this battle maniac who was always driven by his desires.

“Coming to see me? Don’t make me laugh. When I had half my body destroyed by the Celestial Blight’s Dragon King back then, I didn’t see you come visit me. What are you here for now? Be honest—what do you want?”

“Hehe, hahaha~”

Hearing Duan’s words, Visarion couldn’t help but laugh wildly a few times.

“Worthy of Brother Duan, so direct~”

“So what exactly are you here for?”

“Hehe, Brother Duan, everyone in Paradise Manor knows about your successful capture of Gaia Lobir. Naturally, I had to come take a look and congratulate you~”

“Is that so? Well, I’ve received your congratulations. You can leave now.”

Duan issued an eviction order without courtesy, showing no face to this colleague.

“Hehe, don’t be so cold, Brother Duan. Since you’ve already controlled the evil god, how about letting your little brother take a look?”

“Take a look?”

Hearing this, Duan’s brow suddenly furrowed tightly. Knowing the other’s bad nature well, Duan had vaguely guessed Visarion’s thoughts.

“You bastard, don’t tell me you want to…”

“Hehe, that’s right. After all, she’s an evil god~ She must have quite a bit of power in her body! And she’s rarely maintaining human form. If I could drink Gaia Lobir’s blood? Heh, hehe, hehehe~”

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As he spoke, the Seventh Ancestor’s expression grew increasingly excited and manic.

“That’s evil god blood!”

Duan angrily berated:

“Are you addicted to blood drinking?! You dare covet even this?! Aren’t you afraid of death?!”

“Brother Duan, you don’t need to worry. You must have forgotten my ability? As long as I can absorb the evil god’s energy and make it my own, my strength will improve dramatically. My strength improvement would be good for Paradise Manor and for Lord Astral~”

“No, it’s too dangerous.”

Duan still firmly refused.

After taking in Duan’s determined gaze, Visarion’s expression also grew dark, and a chilling gleam gradually leaked from his red pupils.

“Dangerous? Strange… Brother Duan, if I really had problems and died from drinking evil god blood, shouldn’t you be happy? Why do you look worried?”

“…”

“Could it be that you’re not worried about me? But about the Terran Malevolence?… Worried that monster might lose control if I stimulate her?”

As he spoke, Visarion’s expression became increasingly sharp, and the atmosphere in the entire office dropped to freezing point.

“Speaking of which, after arriving at the Nether Palace, I heard some strange rumors. They say… your control over the Terran Malevolence isn’t perfect, and Gaia Lobir still has the possibility of losing control?”

“Nonsense.”

“Hehe, I hope so. Otherwise, bringing such enormous risk into the Divine Kingdom would make you hard to absolve of blame. And inviting Lord Astral under these circumstances? Many people might think you have ulterior motives. Don’t you think so, Brother Duan?”

Duan: “…”

Duan didn’t respond, but silently clenched his fists.