I Plucked Ji Haoyue's Moon to Light Your Candle

Last night, Yan Ruyu had thought about it all night.

Since someone was destined to nurture the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart.

And since she would most likely marry the person nurturing the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart in the future, so that she could cultivate that supreme secret art.

Lu Zhou happened to meet those conditions, and in the mountain pavilion, he had expressed his desire to marry her. Besides, she did not dislike him.

So she thought that she might as well simply let Lu Zhou nurture the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart.

The Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart could help her husband temper his body and help her cultivate that supreme secret art.

If Ye Fan had not kept following them around, the one in seclusion would not have felt so restless either!

She believed this was the best choice!

A gentle breeze swept up peach blossoms, sending them fluttering through the air. The sight was like a painting!

With a sweep of his sleeve, Lu Zhou hung that inconsiderate third wheel from another mountaintop, leaving only himself and Yan Ruyu here.

Lu Zhou smiled warmly, like the morning sun. He stepped toward Yan Ruyu, and when he arrived before her, he heard her say.

"What does it mean?"

"You..."

Yan Ruyu found it somewhat difficult to say.

But then, when she noticed the expression on Lu Zhou's face, she understood exactly what he was up to!

She grew embarrassed and annoyed once more. She had truly been defeated by Lu Zhou's shamelessness.

From childhood until now, when had anyone ever treated her like this? This... she could hardly put it into words!

"Y-you, why ask when you already know?"

She turned away and refused to look at Lu Zhou. Her long black hair and white skirt drifted in the wind.

The fragrance of peach blossoms mingled with an intoxicating lotus scent, carried by the breeze into Lu Zhou's nose and refreshing his spirit.

He smiled.

"Alright, I'll stop teasing you!"

"I understand what you mean. I also know that you need the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart to cultivate that supreme secret art!"

"But for now, the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart still has to be nurtured by Ye Fan. His constitution is special. Only by keeping the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart in his body for a time can we awaken the Azure Emperor's primordial spirit, which is lost within the Desolate Pagoda."

"Is that true?"

Lu Zhou nodded. He remembered that in the original work, when the Azure Emperor reappeared after Ye Fan became a Heavenly Emperor, he had indeed said as much!

"This was the method I didn't get the chance to tell you about yesterday!"

"You don't need to think about anything else. Everything is under my control. I guarantee that in two or three months at most, the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart will return to your hands!"

Yan Ruyu looked into Lu Zhou's eyes again. In her beautiful eyes was reflected a spirited, striking figure.

After a moment, she nodded slightly.

"In that case, time is of the essence. Let's summon the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart now and have Ye Fan nurture it within his body!"

"I've received word that the Ancient Desolate Ji Family has already begun making moves against me. This place has been exposed, so we cannot remain here for long. We must relocate as soon as possible!"

Hearing her say that, Lu Zhou could not help feeling pity for her.

She was the Demon Princess, a descendant of the great Demon Emperor. Like the descendants of other Imperial Clans, she should have been like a bright moon hanging high in the heavens, protected and cherished, gathering endless glory and splendor upon herself.

Yet now, she had been living a life of constant flight!

Lu Zhou still remembered how, in the original work, she had been hunted by the Ji Family. A mere Ji Haoyue, who had only recently entered the Four Extremes Realm, had dared to lead a group of people and brazenly try to seize her Demon Emperor Weapon.

At that time, the few loyal servants by her side had protected her as they fled for their lives.

In the end, although she successfully broke out of the encirclement.

More than half of those loyal servants who had followed her for many years had died tragically at the hands of the Ji Family.

In the days that followed, as the lofty Demon Princess, she continued wandering the world, traveling more than ten thousand miles.

She had sought refuge and aid from many great demons, only wishing to find a place to settle down.

But those great demons either ignored her or coveted the Demon Emperor Weapon in her possession and sought to harm her.

It was not until she sought out the Peacock King, who in turn summoned the Azure Flood Dragon King, that her life on the run finally came to an end.

Only then did she finally begin to receive some of the treatment befitting a Demon Princess.

"There's no need to rush the relocation. I heard that the Ji Family's divine body has just reached maturity. One of the reasons I crossed through the void from the Northern Region this time was to meet Ji Haoyue and see what he's really made of!"

"You intend to wait here for him? To fight him?"

"That's right!"

Beneath the ancient thousand-year-old peach tree, Lu Zhou stood with his hands clasped behind his back.

He gazed in the direction of the Ancient Desolate Ji Family. The sunlight filtered through the ancient peach tree's dragon-like branches and shone upon him, as though draping him in golden armor.

At that moment, in Yan Ruyu's eyes, Lu Zhou was exceedingly confident.

She could feel that conviction from him!

Her beautiful eyes shimmered brilliantly, and her voice remained as melodious as heavenly music as she said to Lu Zhou.

"The Ji Family's divine body will certainly be accompanied by many Guardians of the Dao, just in case."

"Besides that, they may even bring the Ji Family's Ultimate Emperor Weapon!"

"Are you worried about me?"

Lu Zhou looked at her and smiled.

Yan Ruyu paused, shifted her gaze away from Lu Zhou, tucked a strand of hair beside her ear, and then retorted.

"You're thinking too much. I'm merely stating the facts."

"It's just... just that I'm curious. Since you said you know many things, you must have thought of this as well."

"Yet you still intend to wait here and fight the Ji Family's divine body, confident that you can defeat him."

"I'm curious where that confidence comes from."

"Where does it come from? Aren't you here too?"

"He has the Void Mirror, but don't you have the Azure Emperor Weapon? When the time comes, the two of us will join forces and suppress every Ji Family member who comes after us."

"I plucked Ji Haoyue's moon to light your candle."

Yan Ruyu said nothing more. She merely looked at Lu Zhou again with those beautiful eyes that seemed able to speak.

"Fine! I won't joke with you anymore!"

"Ji Haoyue has Guardians of the Dao, but I also have a Guardian of the Dao backing me up. Even if the Ji Family Holy Lord himself comes, I guarantee he'll leave with his head battered and bruised!"

"As for the Ji Family's Emperor Weapon, what a coincidence—I happen to have an Emperor Weapon as well."

"What? You have an Emperor Weapon too?"

Yan Ruyu was stunned. Her eyes widened, and her soft red lips formed an "O"!

It was clear just how deeply this had shaken her!

She had known Lu Zhou for barely more than a day, yet she was already losing track of how many times he had astonished her!

"I got lucky. I happened to acquire one in the past!"

As Lu Zhou spoke, the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Seal, shrouded in Chaos Mist, flew from his Wheel and Sea and hovered above his palm.

The next instant, azure light flickered in Yan Ruyu's hand. A lotus rose and fell above her palm, likewise veiled in Chaos Mist.

A dragon's roar rang out, while the lotus burst forth with divine radiance.

In an instant, strange phenomena filled the place, as though heaven and earth had been replaced.

There was a three-leaved lotus rooted in chaos, weaving the principles of one giving rise to two, two giving rise to three, and three giving rise to all things. An eternal azure heaven descended from above.

Deafening dragon roars sounded as though they had crossed time and space from the ancient immortal era. Nine black dragons coiled and entwined, raising their heads to roar at the sky. One roar shattered mountains and rivers; another collapsed chaos.

These were the resonances triggered by the meeting of two Ultimate Emperor Weapons!

"You really do have an Emperor Weapon? Who exactly are you? What force do you come from?"

Lu Zhou and Yan Ruyu each put away their Emperor Weapons.

She was becoming increasingly interested in Lu Zhou. His mystery and the repeated shocks he had brought her filled her with a desire to uncover his origins and identity.

In her view, anyone capable of raising someone like Lu Zhou, and who even had a Guardian of the Dao no weaker than a Holy Lord-level figure, had to come from an Ultimate Dao Force.

She did not believe for a moment that someone could merely happen upon an Emperor Weapon!

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