Volume 14, Chapter 922 – Half Fairy, Half Demoness

Qi Huang swallowed a neural-numbing pill, forced herself to endure the pain, and fled for her life. She had always been cautious. There was no way she would pin her hopes on a Heavenly Tribulation.

She knew her speed was no match for her opponent’s, so the only option was to rely on teleportation. But fearing someone might cut off her retreat, she could only make short-distance jumps.

Qi Huang’s assessment wasn’t wrong. She had just escaped a star system, and her teleportation crossbow had only half activated when a portal suddenly opened ahead of her. Lu Hong, now reduced to only his Life Soul, floated out with his hands behind his back.

“You got here pretty fast.”

Qi Huang gave a helpless smile and stowed the bolts back into her spatial ring.

“You were afraid I’d destroy the next portal, so you restricted yourself to short-distance teleportation. Truly bound by your own caution.”

Lu Hong’s Life Soul wore a mocking expression.

“Heavenly Dao is so clearly biased by letting you off the hook. Is there even justice left?”

Qi Huang spouted nonsense to buy time.

“I warned you long ago—Heavenly Dao is irreversible. But you refused to believe it. Now it’s time to pay the price.”

With a flick of his will, a Shadow-Retaining Mirror appeared in front of Lu Hong. “You are the greatest threat this myriad of worlds has faced in the past hundred thousand years. I will record the moment I kill you and show it to the world as a warning.”

“Such righteous talk. You’re just trying to immortalize your so-called achievements and go down in history.”

Qi Huang shot back immediately.

“So what if I am? As an elder sacrificing everything for peace across the myriad realms, don’t I deserve a good name?”

Lu Hong was blunt and shameless. His expression turned twisted as he continued, “To be the stepping stone of this elder, and to be remembered by the world—you should feel honored.”

Just as he finished speaking, another teleportation portal suddenly appeared between them. Lu Hong’s brow twitched as a trace of caution flickered across his face.

Qi Huang also didn’t know who was coming, so she cautiously stepped back a few paces.

“Who did you say… is your stepping stone?”

At that moment, a voice identical to Qi Huang’s rang out from the portal.

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“She’s here!”

The tight string in Qi Huang’s nerves finally snapped, and she collapsed onto the ground. Only then did she realize there wasn’t a single part of her internal organs that wasn’t wracked with pain.

“Who? Come out! Stop playing tricks!”

Lu Hong barked, his voice fierce but hollow.

Before his words fully faded, a crimson figure stepped through the portal. Who else could it be but Cheng Hongling?

She looked no different from before in appearance, but her aura had subtly changed. The twenty-five fragments of the Demon Ancestor’s heart within her could not be completely suppressed. A sinister aura leaked from the left side of her chest and coiled around her delicate frame, making her seem like a paradoxical fusion of immortal fairy and demonic enchantress, a walking contradiction.

Seeing this, Qi Huang’s heart tightened once more. She understood this was the result of the yin aura leaking from within, which meant that Cheng Hongling’s condition was dangerously unstable.

“What manner of evil spirit is this?”

Even Lu Hong was thrown off by Cheng Hongling’s bizarre appearance, and didn’t immediately strike.

But Cheng Hongling didn’t even spare him a glance. Instead, she turned and flew straight to Qi Huang’s side, asking gently, “Are you alright?”

“I’m fine! But you…”

Qi Huang’s face showed concern.

“You call this fine? You’re a mess.”

Cheng Hongling’s lovely face wore a reproachful expression, but she quickly soothed her, “Rest well. Leave the rest to me.”

“Daring to ignore this elder? You seek death.”

Lu Hong could no longer stay calm. He raised the Heavenly Law Ruler again and swung it toward Qi Huang.

Cheng Hongling stood unmoving like a mountain. She turned her head and flicked her icy gaze toward him—an expression as sharp as a blade, brimming with murderous intent. That gaze instantly manifested two towering wraith enforcers who appeared beside Lu Hong in the blink of an eye. Each held a thick, black iron chain and wrapped it around Lu Hong’s neck.

Lu Hong’s entire body trembled. His Divine Sense instantly shattered, and the powerful Heavenly Law Ruler fell from his grasp like a broken kite.

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“What… what are you doing?”

Lu Hong stammered, trembling.

“Isn’t it obvious? The dead must go to the underworld. We’re here to take you there.”

One of the enforcers, clad in white official robes, responded.

“This… This can’t be… I… I gave everything for Heavenly Dao. I should ascend to the Celestial Realm! Why would I go to the underworld?”

Lu Hong asked desperately.

“For Heavenly Dao? You only acted for your own gain. Arrogant, corrupt, self-serving. Tell me, should you go to hell?”

The enforcer questioned harshly.

Lu Hong, having his innermost thoughts laid bare, was momentarily speechless.

“Why waste words? Take him.”

The other enforcer, dressed in black robes, said impatiently. He yanked Lu Hong away.

“No, no, no… I’m not going to hell! Heaven promised I would ascend to the Celestial Realm!”

Lu Hong mumbled in terror. His soul began to tremble violently… until finally, it ruptured on its own, shattering into nothingness.

“What… what did he see to be scared to death like that?”

Qi Huang asked in disbelief. The truth was just as she saw. It had only been a wave of murderous intent. There were no real enforcers.

“Who knows? When someone is driven to extreme fear, they often see the thing they dread the most. What do you think he saw?”

Cheng Hongling turned and asked.

“I don’t want to guess. I’m too tired. Let me rest a bit first. When I wake up, I’ll help you elevate your cultivation. We have to suppress the fragments of the hearts inside you, or else…”

Before she could finish, Qi Huang’s head tilted, and she passed out.

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“Sigh. Rest well.”

Cheng Hongling’s face softened with fondness. She stored Qi Huang into her spatial ring and casually took the Shadow-Retaining Mirror with her.

In the Grand Hall of the Immortal Alliance’s headquarters—

“Alliance Master, do you think the Grand Elder succeeded?”

A cautious elder asked Yin Wan.

“Yeah, it’s been nearly a month since he left. There should be news by now, right?”

“You don’t think… he failed, do you?”

“How could that be? The Grand Elder’s Divine Sense was at the eighth layer of the Heavenly Immortal Realm! Those evil spirits combined weren’t even enough to fill the gap between his teeth!”

“Maybe, but if he couldn’t find them, he could’ve been dragged to death by exhaustion.”

The upper echelon murmured among themselves.

Yin Wan frowned slightly. Truthfully, he didn’t know how it turned out either… but at a time like this, the Immortal Alliance could only spread good news, not bad. That much was certain.

“Enough nonsense. With the Grand Elder’s cultivation, how could he fail? He contacted me through the Universal Communication Tube this morning. He said the mission was completed perfectly. From now on, our Immortal Realm shall know no more danger.”

Yin Wan lied without blinking.

“That’s wonderful! Long live the Grand Elder!”

The elders below immediately erupted in cheer, none doubting the truth of the report.

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The “good news” spread quickly. Everyone in the Immortal Realm hailed Lu Hong as a great hero. The Immortal Alliance seized the moment and promoted the story everywhere, even erecting a massive statue of the old man at the headquarters gate, drawing constant visitors.

Qi Huang remained unconscious for over ten days before she finally woke. Partly due to her heavy injuries, partly because her subconscious had relaxed completely. She knew that with Lu Hong gone, there was no longer anyone in the Immortal Realm who posed a serious threat to her. Now she could focus on developing her strength and prepare for the final confrontation with Heavenly Dao.

She resumed her plan. The first step was to use the Doppelgänger Method to help Cheng Hongling advance in cultivation. This was the top priority.

It took nearly half a year, but she finally helped her beloved break through to the Earth Immortal Realm, and successfully suppressed the fragments of the Demon Ancestor’s heart.

Next, Qi Huang brought her lover and maid with her across the Immortal Realm, relocating the remaining evil spirits to the Cultivation Realm. Along the way, she deliberately damaged spatial barriers to delay the awakening of Heavenly Dao.

Three years passed.

At last, Qi Huang had transferred every last evil spirit from the Immortal Realm to the Cultivation Realm, and the one she had come for now was the final one.

Qi Huang and Cheng Hongling brought the last of the ghost race with them, and immediately rushed toward the Immortal Alliance’s headquarters. They wouldn’t just leave, no, they had to strike at the heart.

The couple arrived at the headquarters and, standing boldly beneath Lu Hong’s statue, took out the Shadow-Retaining Mirror and broadcasted Lu Hong’s death for all to see. Chaos erupted.

“Is this real? The Grand Elder Lu Hong died… like that? He didn’t even do anything?”

“It has to be fake! If those evil spirits were still alive, why has the Immortal Realm been so peaceful lately?”

“You dare spread lies so openly? Aren’t you afraid the Immortal Alliance will punish you?”

The crowd roared in anger, unwilling to believe what they were seeing.

“What are you doing?!”

The commotion drew the attention of the guards at the Immortal Alliance headquarters, and they rushed in like a swarm.