Deep within Yaohua's body, a faint glimmer of spiritual light was quietly flickering.
She looked at Chongming not far away, his body covered in wounds, with heartache. "Master, why are you so foolish..."
Yes, she wasn't dead.
After her heart was taken out, she only fainted for a moment before waking up. She found that she had lost control of her body, which now only obeyed Zhao Yue.
She could only watch herself attack her master with swords and weapons, but was completely helpless!
The system said weakly, "Little miss, stop struggling for control. Every struggle will consume your consciousness. If you keep doing this, your consciousness will disappear completely!"
"What should we do then?" Yaohua was startled by the sudden voice and then asked in confusion, "System? Why are you still here? Didn't you leave?"
"I wish I could leave, but it seems like I'm trapped in your body," the system said helplessly. "Probably because you're in this half - dead state, so I can't escape."
Yaohua hesitated and said, "Why do I see a lot of demonic energy around your body?"
Speaking of this, the system got angry. "It's all thanks to you! With you in this state, I can't absorb demonic energy from other places. I can only try to absorb the demonic energy of the Heavenly Demon Seed. Since you've lost control of your body, I have to be very careful when absorbing it so as not to be discovered by others."
"Do you have any way to let me out?" Yaohua asked anxiously. "Judging from the current situation, the Heavenly Realm will be breached sooner or later."
The system said calmly, "Don't worry. I've detected that the current Heavenly Realm formation was just rebuilt. Its sturdiness value is 100, several times stronger than the old formation. Even if 100,000 Heavenly Demon soldiers and generals attack together, they won't be able to break it."
After all, this was a formation that even the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon couldn't break through back then!
No wonder the God - Lord had such confidence.
Sure enough, as the system said, those demon soldiers and generals exhausted their strength but couldn't break this restriction at all.
Zhao Yue's initial arrogance gradually turned into a gloomy expression. "What's going on? Shouldn't the repaired formation be more fragile? Why is it even stronger?"
The demon soldier below reported tremblingly, "R, Reporting to the leader, we don't know either. This formation is not only not as broken as before, but it's like a newly - built one. But how could such a large formation be rebuilt in such a short time?"
"At this point, I'm afraid the only way is to revive the demon soldiers in the Heavenly River so that we can form a formation and try to break through the Heavenly Realm," the Devouring Demon sized up Zhao Yue's expression and whispered.
Zhao Yue never expected that she would be outwitted by the God - Lord she had always looked down on!
She snorted. "It seems that this is the only way. Fortunately, I've already refined the Phoenix Pet puppet. It won't be a problem to subdue those stubborn old Heavenly Demons."
At this moment, the color of the Heavenly River had completely changed, and the waves were no longer as turbulent as before.
It was just flowing quietly, with thick black demonic energy covering the river surface.
In the center of the Heavenly River, where it was originally bound by the formation, there was a group of Heavenly Demons with different expressions. They were all sealed, so they hadn't revived yet.
Zhao Yue came above the formation, summoned Yaohua's body, cut off an arm, and threw it down.
The severed arm immediately recovered as before, while the Heavenly River below churned violently.
Then, those Heavenly Demons opened their eyes one by one.
Zhao Yue was wearing a black imperial robe, with golden mandalas blooming on her magnificent skirt.
She looked down at the Heavenly Demons below. "The seal has been removed. You have received my grace and should serve me!"
The leading Heavenly Demon was tall, with a large golden nose - ring on his nose. He gave Zhao Yue a deep look. "We will surely obey."
But the Heavenly Demon behind him asked with a playful smile, "Little girl, do you think you can be our master?"
"Because I've conquered the Three Realms and achieved what the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon never did!" Zhao Yue said proudly. Her beautiful appearance was not enough to catch the attention of the Heavenly Demons below, but her kingly aura that dominated the world made them involuntarily look at her.
Zhao Yue enjoyed the attention of the Heavenly Demons and hooked her lips. "Generals, now all we need to do is wipe out the Heavenly Realm and seize the position of the God - Lord. Then we can command the Three Realms. What are you waiting for?"
She waved her hand, and hundreds of images appeared in the air. The pictures shown in them were all scenes of the Four Seas being contaminated by demonic energy, which would make all those who claimed to be just heart - broken and in great pain. But for the Heavenly Demons, it was a rare stimulant.
The Heavenly Demons all let out blood - thirsty laughter. "Back then, we followed the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon but were sealed in this Heavenly River. How regrettable. Now we can finally fulfill our dream of pacifying the world!"
Most of the Heavenly Demons knelt on one knee in unison. "We are willing to listen to the Demon - Lord's orders."
Demon - Lord...
Zhao Yue was savoring this pleasant title when she heard a sudden objection from below. "No!"
A team of Heavenly Demons stood upright. The leading Heavenly Demon had purple hair and black eyes, and his body was burly. "How can we submit to an unknown woman? Since you can pacify the Three Realms, it means that the current Three Realms are full of cowards. If it were me, I could do it too!"
After saying that, he suddenly attacked, and a huge iron chain was thrown at Zhao Yue.
Although the other Heavenly Demons had already recognized Zhao Yue as their master, they didn't stop this Heavenly Demon's action. They were also waiting to see. If Zhao Yue's strength was too weak, they wouldn't worship her as their master. Instead, they would choose to fight and take her place.
At the critical moment, Zhao Yue didn't dodge. She just said in a deep voice, "Phoenix Pet!"
Yaohua stepped forward to take the blow for her. Then, the True Fire of the Phoenix rushed out.
The Heavenly Demons were all shocked. "She actually tamed a phoenix as a puppet!"
The Phoenix Clan was the natural enemy of the Demon Clan!
After learning that the Heavenly Realm had erected an indestructible barrier, the immortals in Henan Prefecture also moved the surviving common people here one after another.
The bloody corpses in the Heavenly Realm were all cleaned up, and it looked just like before.
However, everyone ignored the God - Lord.
The God of War Chenyu even beat the God - Lord up directly and claimed that he would discipline the God - Lord on behalf of the ancient gods in the past.
The God - Lord's arrogance subsided a bit, but he was still reluctant. He liked to pester Tu Yang when he had nothing to do.
In front of the Cangling Hall, the God of War Chenyu sighed. "Chongming, are you still not willing to see me? I didn't let you go to the Heavenly River to save Yaohua because she is already dead. She's just a puppet. What you should do now is avenge her, not go and sacrifice yourself."
The hall was silent. Chongming was sitting upright under the parasol tree, as if he hadn't heard.
At this time, a familiar voice sounded. "Yo, still daring to put on airs?"