A terrifying giant ape that blotted out the sun stood tall amidst the mountains.
Its arms reached past its knees, and its tusks protruded outward.
Its height was immeasurable, as if it were about to pierce through the sea of clouds over the Yu Mountain Great Range.
The giant ape looked down at the Girl in Black Robes below, who seemed like a mere ant.
There was no unnecessary chatter.
It indifferently raised its mountain-like foot and crushed it down ruthlessly.
A shadow instantly enveloped Jiang Yuechu.
Jiang Yuechu stood quietly in place.
Deep within her pitch-black eyes, a flash of brilliant red light suddenly flickered.
Billowing black mist surged out from the acupoints all over her body, instantly spreading out.
Her skin cracked inch by inch, and blood-red light burst out like lava.
The tattoo on her wrist suddenly lit up.
Clang—!
Nine earthy-yellow Flying Swords roared out, forming a sharp sword formation that directly shredded the massive foot descending upon her.
The giant ape recoiled in pain, its movements involuntarily halting.
At that moment.
Jiang Yuechu indifferently reached out her palm and pressed down firmly into the Void Realm.
A magnificent golden seal condensed out of thin air.
Carrying an irresistible suppressive force, it smashed heavily onto the giant ape's back.
Boom!
Under the terrifying pressure, that overbearing Gibbon was forced to drop to its knees.
The impact shook the entire Wangchuan Valley violently.
In the next instant.
Jiang Yuechu's body slowly rose into the air, hovering before the giant ape's massive head.
The sun-blotting blood-red light raged wildly within the black mist surrounding her.
Finally, it condensed into Blood-Red Crescent Moon Blade-Auras emitting an aura of destruction.
The girl looked down from above at the colossal creature kneeling on the ground and said calmly, "This Emperor told you to stand up... so that you would give up your seat."
"Not so you could stand up... and bare your teeth at This Emperor."
Hearing this.
Elder Tianzhu raised his hideous head and stared fixedly at the Girl in Black Robes suspended in mid-air.
"You dare kill me?!"
A sky-shaking roar echoed through Wangchuan Valley.
"I am the Wangchuan Elder of the Xirang Lineage! Without the The Main Seat's decree, who dares touch a single hair on my head!"
This was the source of the confidence that had allowed him to run rampant in the Yu Mountain Great Range for so many years.
Even within the Xirang Lineage, no matter how fiercely the other Elders fought with him, none would ever dare to truly deliver a killing blow.
The The Main Seat sat high above; while he was happy to see his subordinates fight to maintain the Yao Race's bloodlust...
...he would never stand by and watch a deeply-rooted Elder be killed at will.
Elder Tianzhu did not believe that there was truly any Loose Cultivator great Demon in this world who would dare ignore the majesty of a Dao Lineage.
Jiang Yuechu looked down at him quietly.
She simply shook her head slightly and scoffed.
"The Main Seat?"
As her voice fell.
The red light filling the sky suddenly contracted, all of it gathering into the Blood-Red Crescent Moon Blade-Auras.
The brilliant red light tore through the Void Realm.
There was no hesitation whatsoever.
The blade-auras slashed down in a cross pattern.
Blood surged out like a waterfall.
The massive ape head tumbled down with a crash, smashing into the ground of Wangchuan Valley and creating a bottomless crater.
A grayish-white Primordial Spirit scurried out from the mangled corpse in terror.
"You... how dare you?!"
But Jiang Yuechu could no longer be bothered with words.
Gold and white lightning transformed into a cage, instantly locking the Primordial Spirit tight.
"No—!"
The shrill scream came to an abrupt end.
The lightning exploded, and the Primordial Spirit shattered inch by inch.
Inside Wangchuan Valley, there was dead silence.
Countless Demons stood dazed in place, their very breathing coming to a halt.
Wait...
How is it that in the blink of an eye...
Elder Tianzhu is just gone?!
Are you kidding me?!
Under the watchful eyes of the dumbfounded Demons.
Jiang Yuechu unhurriedly landed amidst the ruins.
Billowing black mist spread from her body, forcibly imprisoning the demon souls that had not yet fully dissipated into her acupoints.
Then.
With a wave of her sleeve, she swept the mountain-like headless ape corpse, along with its head, into her Storage Pouch.
Having finished all this.
Jiang Yuechu turned around, her gaze falling upon the Bone Throne that was covered in cracks and half-collapsed.
She walked forward slowly.
She sat down in a domineering, wide-stanced manner.
Her black robes swayed slightly in the wind as her dark, deep eyes calmly swept over the Demons below.
"Aren't you all happy to see This Emperor sitting here?"
A moment later.
Demon Emperor Jade Dust was the first to snap back from his extreme shock, his knees buckling as he knelt heavily on the ground.
Immediately after, almost all the Demons woke from their stupor.
They all knelt on the ground, their bodies trembling: "We welcome the return of our Emperor!"
Seeing this.
A faint smile finally curled on the girl's lips.
Then, she slowly closed her eyes.
In truth, she had never worried about not being able to play the part of a Demon Emperor.
The rules of the Human Race were too complicated.
They emphasized false politeness and having a legitimate excuse for one's actions.
In her view, some of the habits of Demons were actually more to her taste.
If someone is an eyesore, just kill them.
If you want something, just take it.
As long as you have the absolute iron fist, why would you care about anything?
Once you have the strength and sit in this position, you are the rules.
She slightly adjusted her posture, resting her chin on one hand.
Within her acupoints.
The Gibbon demon soul belonging to Elder Tianzhu was struggling frantically.
But it was firmly suppressed by the black mist of the Great Black Heaven Body Forging Scripture, continuously being refined into pure Baleful Power that nourished her own body.
Right at this moment.
The familiar cold notification sound rang out in her mind.
[Unrecorded Demon detected. Consume Dao Cultivation to record?]
Jiang Yuechu's expression remained unchanged as she responded indifferently in her heart.
"Yes."
[Consumed 1.32 million years of Dao Cultivation. Successfully Shadow Copied Demon Emperor Tianzhu. Obtained Demon's Gift.]
[Talent · Devil-Self Freedom: Heaven and earth overturned, Yin and Yang in chaos. This talent allows the direct fusion of the Primordial Spirit and the Physical Body into one. The Physical Body is the Primordial Spirit, and the Primordial Spirit is the Physical Body. As long as the Divine Soul is not extinguished, the Physical Body will exist eternally.]
Hm?
Jiang Yuechu frowned slightly.
What does this mean?
The Mountain Gazing Realm is divided into Yin and Yang.
Yang Mountain cultivates the Physical Body, while Yin Mountain cultivates the Divine Soul.
The Denglou Realm requires tempering the Divine Soul to the extreme before one can achieve Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body and possess god-like dharmic power.
This "Devil-Self Freedom" actually wants to re-merge the Primordial Spirit and the Physical Body?
If they are fused into one...
...will I still be able to perform Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body in the future?
And how would I execute the offensive methods of the Primordial Spirit?
With a thought.
She tried to mobilize the Primordial Spirit within her Spiritual Terrace.
In the next instant.
A strange look flashed through Jiang Yuechu's eyes.
Within her Spiritual Terrace, that illusory Primordial Spirit with translucent dragon horns and flowing azure light...
...actually dissipated directly.
It turned into countless tiny points of light that flowed along her Meridians and merged into her limbs without any hindrance.
Flesh, muscles, bones, marrow.
Every inch of her flesh was filled with the power of the Primordial Spirit.
Jiang Yuechu slowly raised her hand.
Within her fair palm, silver light faintly flickered.
It wasn't just an increase in power.
It was a fundamental transformation.
Previously, the Physical Body was merely a vessel to carry the Primordial Spirit.
But now...
...this Physical Body was itself the Primordial Spirit.
Holy shit!
This is so broken...