After the world consciousness of the Azure Rainbow Realm entered this Green Lotus, its cultivation had been forcibly raised to the Myriad Manifestations Realm, making it every bit the equal of a transformed Demon King.
Later, Shi Lan had knocked it down a realm, but it was still equivalent to a ten-thousand-year-old spirit herb. It had long since gained sentience, and after soaking in the Ancestral Blood Pool for so long, its present display was hardly surprising.
When she had planted this Green Lotus here, she had hoped that one day it might become an immortal herb.
But now, using the Green Lotus as the main body, fusing it with the blood of a Demon Emperor and supplementing it with numerous spiritual treasures, she might well be able to create an exceptionally gifted external incarnation.
After a brief moment's thought, Shi Lan made up her mind. She reached out and sent forth a gentle glow, lifting the Green Lotus from the Ancestral Blood Pool.
"I'm going into seclusion. Keep all the clansmen away from this place. Tian Bai can stay and protect me."
Shi Lan turned to the two great demons and gestured for them to leave.
"Understood. We'll take our leave."
Cang Yue's eyes rippled with light. He nodded, bowed, and led Chi Xun out of the ancestral grounds. Then he summoned several Demon Kings and gave an order:
"Seal off the area within a hundred li of the ancestral grounds. Anyone who enters without permission is to be killed without exception!"
Once there was no one else around, Chi Xun furrowed his brow and said softly, "It seems the honored one doesn't trust you very much?"
"Just do what's yours to do. In the honored one's eyes, apart from Tian Bai, all the other demons of the Lan