Volume 1, Chapter 307 – Memory

Tianbai had once swallowed a drop of Shi Lan’s essence blood. With the help of the dragon pearl Shi Lan had bestowed upon it, it was now already a demon beast of the Heavenly Astral Realm, and the grade of its bloodline had improved considerably. Taking human form was no longer a castle in the air.

At this moment, it sat crouched by the edge of the blood pool, gently licking Shi Lan’s palm, its heart full of worry.

Shi Lan lay in the blood pool, her aura growing weaker and weaker. For some unknown reason, the Ancestral Blood Pool had not slowed her injuries. Her condition was still continuously worsening.

The self-recovery of the Innate Spiritual Body was also somewhat powerless in the face of depleted life essence and insufficient blood and qi.

Cangyue wore a grave expression and paced by the pool. Nearby, several newly joined Demon Kings exchanged glances, dark currents surging in their eyes.

One green-haired Demon King licked his lips, a vicious gleam flashing in his eyes as he stared fixedly at Shi Lan’s body.

The moment the life of this so-called “clan chief” before him was extinguished, he would be the first to step forward and devour her flesh and blood. That way, he could reduce as much as possible the side effects of the bloodline source being severed.

He might even be able to use this “clan chief’s” flesh and blood to replace her and become part of the “second generation.”

These newly joined Demon Kings held no reverence toward Shi Lan. Seeing Shi Lan on the verge of death, all sorts of thoughts naturally arose in their minds.

Since ancient times, the demon race had always revered strength above all else. Compared with the human race, it was an even more naked law of the jungle.

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Shi Lan’s mind was a chaos. She could not feel her limbs or body. Her whole self kept sinking, as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss and become immersed in an eternal darkness.

Where was this?

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Who was she?

Her heart was full of confusion. Suddenly, streams of light appeared one after another and drove away the darkness.

Within the flowing light was reflected the brief life of an ordinary man, from his stumbling first steps and childish babbling to success in his studies and his entry into the mortal world, until at last there came a brief pause at a drinking party.

At the drinking party, all kinds of people were present, as if each had endless bitterness to pour out and endless tangled feelings to recount, reminiscing over the vanished years that could never be recovered.

Then, in a daze, the man slumped over the table and lost all breath. The streams of light then reversed, and beneath his feet appeared a great river.

Within the river, countless living beings struggled to cross, drifting along with the current.

The man moved slowly along the river, muddled and dazed. Suddenly, a great hand reached out of the void, seized him in one grasp, and dragged him into a passage.

When he regained consciousness, he had already become a baby girl wrapped in swaddling cloth. In an instant, he had passed through reincarnation and lived another life.

Before he could accept that fact, a hideous old woman clamped him tightly within the swaddling clothes, intent on smothering him alive.

“You deserve to die! He is the true eldest son of the Shi family!”

A hoarse, trembling growl rang by his ear, and his consciousness soon sank into darkness once more.

Who knew how much time passed before he regained awareness again. The baby girl had already grown into an adult and was lying quietly in a simply furnished room. Yet he had no memory whatsoever of everything that had happened before.

As fragment after fragment of memory flashed by, Shi Lan’s soul gradually grew stronger, and her consciousness slowly became clearer.

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As her memories returned, a monstrous wave rose in Shi Lan’s heart. She had no impression at all of many of these memories.

While her mind was shaken, she failed to notice that her soul had already undergone a qualitative transformation.

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The sea of consciousness churned violently, yet outside, the life force of Shi Lan’s body was plummeting rapidly, almost entering a state of suspended death in an instant.

Around the blood pool, the atmosphere among the Demon Kings became ever stranger. Cangyue’s brows were tightly furrowed as he paced back and forth in growing agitation.

The pale violet spiritual blood had nearly run dry. A thread of crimson blood slowly flowed out from deep within Shi Lan’s body and merged with the violet spiritual blood, gradually wrapping around her.

That blood seemed to carry blazing fire poison and was extremely hot. The entire blood pool began to heat up.

The moment Cangyue saw that thread of blood, he stopped in place, his nose twitching slightly. His gaze dimmed, and a faint ghostly light rose in his eyes.

The smell of Divine Phoenix blood…

Shi Lan had already stopped breathing. She was just like a corpse, with not the slightest movement left.

But the Demon Kings could all still feel that the bloodline source of the Lan Clan remained, though it was gradually weakening.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed. Shi Lan was completely wrapped in that mass of blood, and faint heat vapor rose from above the blood pool.

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Boom!

That green-haired Demon King could no longer restrain himself and lunged toward the center of the blood pool. Even as he attacked, he did not dare be careless and kept watching Cangyue’s movements the entire time.

To his surprise, Cangyue did not move to stop him, and that immediately put his heart at ease.

Among the nearby Demon Kings, two others also leaped up and rushed toward the blood pool.

Cangyue sat quietly by the edge of the pool, watching those Demon Kings with icy eyes, as if he were looking at several corpses.

Tianbai’s pupils widened. After reacting, it sprang up from the edge of the pool. Thunderlight burst from the twin horns on its forehead. Ignoring the enormous gap in strength, it suppressed the fear coming from the pressure of their bloodlines and struck at the Demon Kings in defiance of its station.

Tianbai was not stupid. Compared with many of its kin, its instinct for survival was in fact even stronger. Yet at this moment, it still chose to attack.

Heat waves surged above the blood pool, and even space had begun to distort slightly. Those Demon Kings had never placed Tianbai in their eyes. With a casual sweep, they sent it flying aside and, without pausing in the slightest, continued toward Shi Lan.

Bang!

Tianbai slammed heavily into the blood-red stone stele at the side. Its muscles and bones shattered. Its blood stained the ancient green lotus carved on the stele, and in the span of a finger snap it suffered grievous injuries.

As the distance closed, the scent of blood and qi from Shi Lan’s body grew richer and richer. The faces of the Demon Kings were filled with frenzy. If they devoured Shi Lan, they would certainly be able to advance another step.

“Keeee!”

A high, piercing phoenix cry exploded like thunder. The blazing essence blood surged into a wave of heat and turned into a mass of flames that completely enveloped Shi Lan. The terrifying temperature forced even the Demon Kings to retreat a few steps.

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Shi Lan’s body was like a divine phoenix reborn in fire. At the end of her exhausted life, she bloomed with powerful vitality like a withered tree coming back to spring.

Within the sea of consciousness, the transformation of Shi Lan’s soul came to an end, and her awareness sank back into her body. Very quickly, she sensed everything.

Her eyes flew open. In a single step, she walked out of the flames and reached out to seize the green-haired Demon King’s right arm.

After sweeping a glance at Tianbai, slumped beneath the stone stele, the cold light in Shi Lan’s eyes seemed as if it could pierce through the flesh and bone of the three Demon Kings before her.

“You’re actually still alive…”

The green-haired Demon King let out a low growl. Fear involuntarily appeared on his face, and he could not help wanting to retreat. He simply could not bear the pressure coming from her bloodline.

The other two Demon Kings retreated again and again, their hearts full of dread. In their eyes, Shi Lan had clearly been a dead woman, yet now she had come back to life.

Shi Lan said nothing. She reached out once more and clamped her hand around the green-haired Demon King’s throat.

The green-haired Demon King’s expression grew even more terrified. He wanted to beg for mercy, but not a single word would come out.

Shi Lan remained indifferent, and then her arms suddenly exerted force.

Rip!

Blood sprayed everywhere as Shi Lan tore the green-haired Demon King’s body apart on the spot. King’s blood rained down like droplets, only to be instantly evaporated by the terrifying heat around Shi Lan’s body.