Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart

Jiang Zhu had to admit that this woman was truly flawless. He could not find a single imperfection.

Even across two lifetimes, he had never seen a woman who could rival her.

Sure enough, no woman with "Ruyu" or "Ruyan" in her name was ever ugly!

At that moment, he felt as though the Human Desire Great Emperor's bloodline within him was about to awaken.

"Your Highness, this man was just brought here. His physique is extraordinary-a rare sacred vessel."

The flawless woman on the pavilion terrace had a graceful, luminous body and peerless beauty. Her voice was as lovely as heavenly music. "His blood and vitality are vigorous, and his body is powerful. He can indeed serve as a sacred vessel. Qin Yao, thank you for your efforts."

"A sacred vessel? What do you mean?" Jiang Zhu feigned ignorance.

The tall woman with softly veiled curves and a red mole between her brows was named Qin Yao. She smiled sweetly and said, "Don't worry. If you're chosen, you'll receive tremendous benefits."

"What exactly do you mean?"

Beside him, Qin Yao lifted her delicate brows. "You needn't worry. There are things we can't answer directly, but rest assured. We all belong to the Demon Clan. We won't harm you."

Isn't this just about making me a vessel for the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart? I'll find out afterward anyway. Is all this secrecy really necessary? Jiang Zhu grumbled inwardly.

Standing on the pavilion terrace, Yan Ruyu glanced at Jiang Zhu and said, "Take him away for now."

Several women whose beauty set hearts fluttering approached and led Jiang Zhu out of the valley.

Qin Yao remained, standing below.

On the hillside, Yan Ruyu stood bathed in a shower of blossoms, her delicate brows slightly furrowed. "What bloodline does he possess? Why do I feel a sense of kinship with him?"

Qin Yao's red lips moved slightly. "You feel it too, Your Highness? I also felt a sense of pressure. I wonder what race he belonged to before taking human form."

"Still, his body is indeed powerful, suitable as a vessel for the Sacred Heart. His body is even stronger than Pang Bo's. Pang Bo once consumed a sacred herb, but what about him...?"

"He's even stronger than someone who consumed a sacred herb?" Qin Yao exclaimed in surprise. "Isn't that perfect, then? He must be the most suitable vessel."

On the hillside, Yan Ruyu said softly, "Although we don't know what physique he possesses, he is indeed our best choice at present. Go make the preparations!"

Meanwhile, Jiang Zhu was led away from the rear mountain to a valley. Groves of peach trees filled the place, with a jade-green pool at its center and several thatched cottages beside it. It seemed this would be his temporary residence.

Only after two days had passed did Yan Ruyu and Qin Yao appear again, accompanied by two old women. They carefully examined Jiang Zhu's body inside the cottage.

"He can serve as a sacred vessel!" After confirming this, the old women left with Yan Ruyu.

Qin Yao stayed behind. She chuckled softly. "You must have many questions. Don't worry. Your great opportunity has arrived."

"What exactly do you want me to do?"

"Have you heard of the Demon Emperor's Heart?"

Jiang Zhu nodded. "So Her Highness is the Demon Emperor's Descendant?"

"That's right!" Qin Yao smiled, her eyes shimmering. "We'll use your body as a sacred vessel to nurture the Great Emperor's heart. In turn, it will nourish your flesh. Well? Isn't that a tremendous opportunity?"

Jiang Zhu remained silent.

"You needn't worry. The Great Emperor's Sacred Heart has already been sealed. It will only benefit your body." At this point, Qin Yao raised her brows. "What do you think of Her Highness?"

"Flawless. A beauty worthy of the heavens!" Jiang Zhu answered honestly.

Qin Yao giggled. "Then, if you truly can nurture the Sacred Heart, Her Highness will surely give herself to you in marriage someday. She's the goddess of countless men's dreams throughout the Eastern Wasteland."

"Oh? Is the Demon Emperor's Heart really beneficial and completely harmless?" Jiang Zhu acted as though he was tempted.

Seeing his reaction, Qin Yao redoubled her efforts to persuade him. "The Sacred Heart can let you shed your old bones and be reborn once more. If a physique as powerful as yours weren't so difficult to find, do you think such a heaven-reaching opportunity would fall into your lap?"

"Besides, Her Highness will give herself to you in marriage someday. With a peerless beauty who reigns supreme over the Eastern Wasteland at your side, what more could you want?"

"A peerless beauty at my side? I couldn't ask for more. In that case, when do we begin?"

He only wanted to temper his body with the Demon Emperor's blood as soon as possible. He absolutely wasn't lusting after Yan Ruyu's body.

Qin Yao rolled her eyes at him, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

Three days later, Yan Ruyu, Qin Yao, and more than a dozen old women appeared outside the cottage. They channeled divine power, raising a pillar of divine iron as thick as a water vat. It exuded an ancient air, its surface carved with all manner of beasts.

"My future wife, I've already agreed to nurture the Sacred Heart. I don't think this iron pillar is necessary!" Jiang Zhu could not help speaking when he saw it.

Nurturing the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart? Yes!

Tying him to that thing? No!

Yan Ruyu stood there, looking like a maiden in her budding youth, her elegance unmatched. Her features were exquisite, her beauty fit to topple kingdoms. Her softly veiled body was flawless and immaculate, as though she were heaven's most perfect work of art.

She looked quietly at Jiang Zhu and nodded. An old woman behind her could not help saying, "Your Highness, we should still bind him..."

Yan Ruyu interrupted her. "We'll proceed like this!"

The old women said no more and silently channeled their divine power.

Waves surged skyward from the jade-green pool in the valley. Nine golden carp, each several meters long, surfaced while pulling a crystal-clear coffin. A vast, vigorous surge of vitality poured forth.

The crystal coffin was two meters long and one meter across in both width and height, its surface perfectly transparent. Under the sunlight, divine radiance flowed over it in seven colors. It looked like nothing of the mortal world.

Sealed inside the crystal coffin was a fist-sized heart, blood-red in color, so vivid it seemed about to drip, dazzling in its brilliance.

It gleamed as clear and brilliant as red agate. Blazing blood-colored divine radiance coiled around it, wreathed in luminous mist that bathed the entire crystal coffin in scarlet.

The Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart!

For a moment, it seemed a second sun had risen within the valley. Fierce blood-colored radiance enveloped the peach groves, while strands of auspicious energy descended to nourish the valley.

Qin Yao stepped forward and opened the crystal coffin. Vigorous life energy surged out like a blazing sun spreading its radiance. An all but inexhaustible aura of life nourished everyone.

"The Great Emperor's power reached into the mysteries of creation, and his cultivation was unfathomable, yet he still failed to become an immortal. Do immortals truly exist in this world?" an old woman sighed.

Yan Ruyu silently paid her respects before the crystal coffin. Then she placed the Demon Emperor's Sacred Heart, gleaming like red agate, on a jade-green platter and walked up to Jiang Zhu.

She gazed at Jiang Zhu in silence. After a long while, she extended a slender, jade-like hand and stroked his cheek, her touch gentle, warm, and delicate.

A complicated expression crossed her world-enchanting face, its emotions impossible to discern. Yet it soon settled into calm, and she once again became serene and unworldly, like a fairy from the heavens.

"I didn't restrain you just now, so do it yourself. Place the Sacred Heart within your Life Spring and use your Divine Spring to nurture it." As she spoke, she offered him the jade-green platter.

"Your Highness, in this old woman's opinion, you should let us do it!"

"Yes, Your Highness..."

The dozen or so old women could no longer bear to watch and spoke up to persuade her.

"Will you disappoint me?" Yan Ruyu ignored the old women behind her and looked at Jiang Zhu.