Heaven's Favored Daughter, Demon Empress Bai Su

Ye Chen was utterly disheveled.

It felt as if ten thousand grass-mud horses were trampling through his heart.

Jiang Minghuang wielded the Heaven Burial Bell and possessed formidable combat power. He also held immense prestige within the Heavenly Palace.

After the Heavenly Emperor's death, if Jiang Minghuang could stand at his side, he would naturally be able to clean up the mess the Heavenly Emperor left behind with ease and smoothly inherit the position of Heavenly Emperor.

But he had never imagined that Jiang Minghuang would actually cripple his Great Emperor cultivation and retire into seclusion.

If that happened, even if he became the Heavenly Emperor in the future, the Heavenly Palace's influence over the Northern Profound Continent would greatly diminish. It would be far from the days when Gu Changqing held power and his might weighed upon all living beings.

All the other cultivators fell silent. Not a single one spoke up to dissuade him.

In truth, they could understand why Jiang Minghuang and Gu Youwei would make such a dramatic choice.

Perhaps, if it had been them, they would have done the same.

There was no need to mention Gu Youwei.

Speaking only of Jiang Minghuang—

If the Heavenly Emperor had not destroyed that Invincible Sword Heart, then after Jiang Minghuang ascended to the imperial throne, who could possibly have stopped him?

That sword heart had been destroyed for hundreds of thousands of years now. If it were placed in the present age, with the Heavenly Emperor's utterly unreasonable cultivation speed, that sword heart would surely have been enough to suppress every powerful enemy beneath the heavens!

The Heavenly Emperor had shown Jiang Minghuang such immense grace.

If not for the Heavenly Emperor later killing Jiang Minghuang's elder sister, Jiang Minghuang would likely have immediately stood with the Heavenly Emperor, just as Gu Youwei had.

Just as the atmosphere in the hall grew somewhat heavy with silence—

A pleasant voice suddenly rang out from beyond the heavens.

The voice was crisp, like ice striking ice, tearing through layer after layer of void barriers as it arrived.

"The Heavenly Emperor was cruel and tyrannical, slaughtering all living beings in rivers of blood. Jiang Minghuang, you still mourn the brotherhood you shared with such a man? How laughable!"

As soon as the words fell, ripples spread across the void.

A woman with a graceful, enchanting figure tore through space and emerged.

She was breathtakingly beautiful—the kind of beauty unmatched in the world.

Her skin was like congealed jade, her face delicate and pure. Her eyes seemed to hold stars within them, dazzling beyond measure.

Every frown and smile could topple kingdoms. The tiny beauty mark beneath her eye only added to her seductive charm.

Her figure was voluptuous, her slender legs seemingly boneless and soft as she moved like a wandering dragon. She was barefoot, her jade feet white with a blush of pink, exquisite enough to be called divine. Behind her, nine tails of different colors swayed lazily.

Even more eye-catching was the Golden Wheel of Merit behind her head.

It shone with blazing divine radiance, lending several touches of holiness to her boundless allure!

The instant this woman appeared, she captured everyone's attention.

The male cultivators stood dumbfounded, their gazes fixed upon her, unable to move away.

The female cultivators, meanwhile, revealed expressions of resentment and jealousy.

Heaven was cruel. It granted some people powerful cultivation talent, yet took away their handsome features. Or it granted some people beautiful faces, yet took away their cultivation talent.

But this woman had gathered all the Heavenly Dao's favor upon herself. Not only had it given her a beauty capable of toppling all living beings, it had also bestowed upon her peerless cultivation talent. The slowly rotating Golden Wheel of Merit behind her proved even more clearly that she was sheltered by the Heavenly Dao!

It was as though her very existence in this world was the Heavenly Dao's way of showing the world what the most perfect woman should look like.

The Empress of Qingqiu, Bai Su.

She was also the current Great Emperor of the Demon Race.

This empress's life was as flawless as the beauty she displayed before others!

Her cultivation talent was extraordinary, and in terms of bloodline, she was the only Green Hills Spirit Fox between heaven and earth. After becoming the Great Emperor of the Demon Race, she swiftly led the Demon Race to rise.

They became the Northern Profound Continent's second greatest force after the Heavenly Palace.

The Justice Alliance's ability to breach the Heavenly Palace was due in no small part to this Demon Empress.

Ye Chen's eyes suddenly lit up as well.

He had long coveted this Demon Empress. Whether in status, position, strength, or beauty, she was at the very pinnacle.

It was just that this Demon Empress was far too proud.

No matter how many times he had tried to curry favor with her, she had never given him so much as a proper glance. If not for this campaign against the heavens and the Heavenly Emperor, he perhaps would never have had any dealings with the Demon Empress in his lifetime.

"Greetings, Demon Empress. The Demon Empress's contributions to successfully suppressing the Heavenly Emperor this time cannot be overlooked."

"Once the Heavenly Emperor falls, I will hold a banquet here in the Heavenly Palace to celebrate the Demon Empress's achievements."

Ye Chen was as fawning as a man could possibly be.

Yet Bai Su merely cast him an indifferent glance. "No need."

Those three icy words did not anger Ye Chen. Instead, his smile remained unchanged, as though merely exchanging a single sentence with her was already the greatest honor imaginable.

Bai Su glanced at Jiang Minghuang, then at Gu Youwei, who was being suppressed beneath the Heaven Burial Bell.

Her expression turned somewhat cold. "The Heavenly Emperor may have held genuine feelings for these people, but toward my Demon Race, there was only Blood Feud that could never be shared beneath the same sky."

After neutralizing Cao Yuwei's attack this time, Mei Gongzi did not rush to counterattack. She simply stood where she was.

Cao Yuwei's brow furrowed slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so sharp? After he clad himself in flame armor, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had pressed forward with an attack, he was confident he could have used that method to restrain her. Yet she had not advanced, forcing the ability he had poised and ready to interrupt.

The war blade slashed out again, its powerful blade intent several degrees stronger than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and weapon becoming one as he charged straight at Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand formed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle once more, and with an instantaneous shift, she changed positions. While neutralizing her opponent's attack, she also dispelled his lock-on. In the next instant, she was already on the other side. A golden-red flash flickered across Cao Yuwei's body; had she not evaded so swiftly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! It seemed she intended to fight Cao Yuwei in a contest of endurance.