Volume 4, Chapter 86 – Sudden Anomaly

The sacred divine golden light belonging to the Heart of the World illuminated the entire Sacred Spirit Hall.

Under the bathing of these rays of holy light, the anxiety and unease in everyone’s hearts were soothed, and an unprecedented sense of comfort enveloped their minds. This was part of the Heart of the World’s abilities—purifying negative emotions from the heart.

Of course,

Most importantly…

Under the concentrated illumination of this holy light, the Terran Malevolence’s expression also changed from initial painful struggle to becoming increasingly calm and peaceful. The curse power aura that had been faintly spreading around the blue-haired girl seemed to be completely suppressed at this moment.

Everything appeared to be going so smoothly.

…

Soon, the light emanating from the Heart of the World gradually dimmed.

Duan then used his staff and a large amount of spiritual power to slowly guide this most precious gem back to the depths of the Nether Palace. After the stone slabs on the ground merged back together, Duan lowered his hands and couldn’t help but pant heavily.

“Huff… huff… huff…”

Undoubtedly,

Wanting to guide the Sacred Stone and use its power to purify Gaia Lobir was no easy task.

In these hundreds of years, Duan had never consumed so much spiritual power.

But no matter what, this bit of exhaustion was absolutely worth it!

Gazing at Gaia Lobir, who still sat silently on the chair with an expressionless face even after being purified by the holy light, the corners of Duan’s mouth couldn’t help but curve upward slightly.

“Heh heh heh.”

— “How are the results of the purification?” —

A familiar female voice filled with authority quietly echoed in Duan’s ears.

Hearing this,

Duan slowly turned his head to look at the white-haired woman in formal dress behind him. The woman was none other than Isabelle, who had just walked down from the audience seats. Only after confirming that the violent aura emanating around the evil god had completely dissipated did Isabelle choose to come and observe closely.

Regarding the other evil gods, Isabelle wasn’t actually afraid.

Although the Abyssal Lord and Celestial Blight possessed very powerful and extremely violent forces, for Isabelle, they always lacked something.

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What she truly feared… was only this Terran Malevolence controlled by the Alabaster Sovereign’s will.

“Looking at your expression, it should have gone quite smoothly.”

“Naturally.”

Duan confidently and proudly chuckled softly, walking slowly to the blue-haired girl’s side. In front of Isabelle and the envoys from various countries, he placed his hand on the Terran Malevolence’s shoulder. Upon feeling the touch, the blue-haired girl slowly opened her eyes, looking at Duan beside her with half-narrowed eyes, then scanning the nearby crowd.

This one glance from the evil god made everyone’s hearts tremble instantly.

Even Isabelle instinctively took a step back.

However,

The blue-haired girl only looked at them without any violent outburst, not even attempting to struggle against the purification chains binding her body.

She showed none of the reactions an evil god should have.

“See~”

Duan smiled even more smugly.

By enhancing Xingwu’s soul purity and reducing the influence of the instincts within the evil god’s body.

In this way,

Bai Xingwu would be better able to control the Terran Malevolence.

This was the conclusion he and Genovis had reached after their research. And now it seemed their judgment was quite correct.

Previously, as a member of House Solrog, when he approached Gaia Lobir, it would trigger her instinctive resistance. But now? Even with his hand on her shoulder, Gaia Lobir showed no reaction.

“How about I demonstrate the Terran Malevolence’s power for you all.”

Saying this,

Duan turned his gaze toward Xingwu, who had been silently standing in place not far away.

“Xingwu, let our evil god miss show off a little.”

With his words, Xingwu nodded obediently as always, just as she had done before.

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The next instant,

As a faint golden light flashed in Xingwu’s eyes, the aura of curse power was released from beneath the blue-haired girl’s feet. Immediately after, countless plants broke through the stone slabs and grew, flourishing before the nearby Paradise Manor personnel and envoys from various countries. This scene frightened quite a few people into instinctive trembling.

But soon they discovered in bewilderment that these plants didn’t attack them, but instead instantly grew countless beautiful lily-of-the-valley flowers before them~

In an instant,

Fragrance filled the air, and a peaceful aura drifted throughout Sacred Spirit Hall~

Witnessing this scene, everyone wore expressions of shock.

…

“See, how well-behaved and obedient our Terran Malevolence miss is~”

Looking at Isabelle and Visarion behind her, Duan said with a smile.

Being able to display his great success before two colleagues made Duan feel quite pleased.

On the other side,

After a moment of silence, Isabelle slightly raised the corners of her mouth, giving Duan an approving look.

“The mission was completed very well, Duan. If Lord Astral knew, he would certainly be very happy.”

“Yes, the True Ancestor would definitely be very pleased.”

Duan nodded noncommittally.

Imagining the words of praise the True Ancestor might say to him, though Duan still maintained a composed expression, his heart was already extremely excited.

“By the way, Lord Isabelle.”

“Hmm?”

“Would you like to take this opportunity for some revenge?”

“Revenge?”

“Yes.”

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After nodding, Duan walked slowly toward Isabelle and lowered his voice near her ear.

“The Terran Malevolence… ah no, this Alabaster Sovereign always opposed you back then, didn’t she? She even gave you such a terrible wound on your back. Don’t you want to take this opportunity for revenge?”

“?!”

Upon hearing this, Isabelle’s pupils instantly contracted.

“As for revenge, it’s fine. You can do whatever you want to her—the evil god won’t resist now anyway. And with the Terran Malevolence’s recovery ability, you don’t need to worry about breaking her. She’s not as fragile as your other toys.”

“…”

Faced with Duan’s suggestion, after a brief silence, Isabelle shook her head.

“Forget it, it’s not the right time.”

Rather than revenge, Isabelle actually hoped more to use Bai Lianyue to heal the wound on her body.

Besides,

Revenge and such things should wait until Lord Astral had the mark implanted into the evil god’s body.

That would be the most secure approach.

However,

Just as Isabelle was about to suggest having the evil god heal her wound, a guard dressed in red rushed hastily into Sacred Spirit Hall. Under the strange gazes of the group, he suddenly flashed to Duan’s side.

“Lord Duan!! There’s urgent business to report!!”

At this, Duan frowned with displeasure.

“Flustered and panicked, what kind of behavior is this? Don’t you see there are distinguished guests here?!”

Seeing his subordinate so rudely interrupt his conversation with Isabelle, Duan scolded disapprovingly.

At the same time, seeming to notice the anxiety in his subordinate’s expression, after the reprimand, Duan pressed further.

“What urgent business? Speak!”

“There’s a riot in the Nether Palace!!”

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“What?!”

Upon hearing this, Duan’s pupils suddenly contracted.

“What kind of joke is this?!”

“It’s true, Lord Duan!”

The subordinate responded anxiously:

“It’s those elves!! The elves you captured some days ago, Lord Duan! Those elves suddenly rioted!”

“What nonsense are you spouting?!”

Suddenly reaching out to grab his subordinate’s collar and lifting him off the ground, Duan said viciously:

“What ability do those elves have to riot?”

Duan knew those elves well.

He had captured them from a lost little village in the mountains. The entire village had fewer than sixty elves, and the strongest among them was only at mid-tier Divine Martial Realm.

Those elves had long lost their ancestors’ powerful magic and natural forces, and were utterly weak.

Among the captured elves, the strongest was only at early Divine Martial Realm.

Meanwhile, every member of the Blood Guards in the Nether Palace had Divine Martial Realm strength. Not to mention the numerous mechanical guards deployed, and several beings whose strength reached Divine Departure Realm.

Under such circumstances?

“A riot? Do you take me for a fool? Even if those weak elf chickens wanted to resist, you could just go and subdue them, haven’t you always done it that way before? Is there any need to come running to me in such a panic? You’re making me lose face!”

“No, no, it’s not like that, Lord Duan!”

The subordinate shook his head frantically with grievance.

“Those elves are very strange! They suddenly became extremely strong! An Executioner was even killed by them!!”

“What?”