"You're truly smart, junior sister," Qing Que praised.
Yaohua bit her lip. "Don't call me junior sister. I feel sick whenever I hear this title!"
After Qing Que left, Zhao Wu re - branded the contract seal on her and said contentedly, "Now you finally belong only to me, Yaohua."
Yaohua turned her head away, not wanting to look at him. "I want to be alone and calm down."
Zhao Wu's eyes changed. "Are you looking for an excuse to escape instead of clearing things up with me?"
"Of course not," Yaohua forced a smile and sighed. "Zhao Wu, you know me. I have no intention of using you. I don't hate you, but I just don't like you."
A complex look flashed across Zhao Wu's eyes. "It doesn't matter if the love is faint. As long as you can stay by my side forever."
Yaohua couldn't help but ask, "I've been hiding this question in my heart for a long time. Why do you like me?"
Zhao Wu was slightly stunned, then looked at her with an indescribably complex expression. "At first, it was just because of the contract seal. But later... After being in the abyss for so long, when you see the bright sunshine, you can't help but look at it a few more times."
Yaohua was silent for a while, then laughed self - deprecatingly. "You're right. There's no logic in feelings."
She voluntarily stretched out her hands. "If you're afraid I'll run away, you can lock me up. I need to stay alone in the cave to calm down."
Zhao Wu agreed and took her to a very desolate cave.
She looked around. After making sure no one was eavesdropping or peeping, she took out a paper crane. "Chongming?"
"What's up?" A faint spiritual light shone on the paper crane.
Yaohua was overjoyed to make the connection successfully and quickly told him what had happened.
"The Nine - Heavens Demon might be inside you?" Chongming found this matter rather tricky. "I have a spell that can severely wound the Heavenly Demon, but it has great side effects. Using this method, you should be able to severely wound the Nine - Heavens Demon and escape from Qing Que and Zhao Wu's encirclement."
Half an hour later, Zhao Wu walked in without any defense. "Yaohua—"
His words suddenly stopped, because what greeted him was not Yaohua but a fire phoenix with a sword light in its beak.
He was knocked to the ground and couldn't move. Yaohua apologized to him and tied him up tightly.
Then, she escorted him back to the Cangling Hall in the Heavenly Realm.
Lu Ran asked curiously, "Little princess, why did you come back alone? Where's our god?"
Hearing this, Yaohua felt a bitter pain in her heart, but she calmly said on the surface, "He'll be back soon."
Just as she brought Zhao Wu to the backyard, Qing Que somehow got the news and rushed over in a hurry.
He lurked outside the Cangling Hall and sneaked in when everyone was off - guard.
Zhao Wu's mouth was stuffed with a cloth ball. When he saw Qing Que coming, he groaned.
Just as Qing Que was about to untie Zhao Wu's ropes, hesitation flashed in his eyes. If Zhao Wu died, no one would compete with him for Yaohua. So, why not...
"You evil creature, how dare you commit murder here!"
A loud shout came from the sky. It was the God - Lord and others. They took positions in the east, south, west, and north respectively, surrounding Qing Que.
Looking at everyone on high alert, Qing Que didn't understand at first. He shouted at Yaohua, "Did you set a trap for me today?"
A fierce look appeared in Yaohua's eyes. "This time, I'm not only targeting you but also all the real culprits who caused my father's tragic death! Before you, Zhao Yue's clone came and has been killed by me."
"The Nine - Heavens Demon can only be sealed, not completely killed," the God - Lord shouted. "Stop talking nonsense and seal him quickly!"
Spiritual lights appeared in everyone's hands and converged on Qing Que. Qing Que let out a painful roar. The formation on the ground gradually revealed its light, sealing him in the Cangling Hall.
The God - Lord changed his usual lofty attitude and asked Yaohua in a consultative tone, "What should we do next?"
Yaohua pondered. "Zhao Yue can condense at most three or four clones in a short time. All of them have been killed by us. She herself is still in seclusion. Now the Heavenly Demons are leaderless. We can completely wipe them out!"
Now the Divine Continent was in a state of desolation and full of desires because of the rampage of the Heavenly Demons.
In the following period, all the immortals were busy dispelling the demonic energy and saving the common people. In every city occupied by the Heavenly Demons, there were cases of the Heavenly Demons raping, killing, and looting wantonly. Even when the granaries were full of grain, the Heavenly Demons would still let people eat each other for fun.
All these evil deeds and miserable scenes made people heart - broken.
After the chaos of the Heavenly Demons, there were not enough hands in the Heavenly Realm. The immortals had been busy for a long time, but it was still a drop in the bucket for the suffering people on the vast Divine Continent.
She asked Chongming for advice. Chongming pondered for a moment. "I have a way, which is to let your Phoenix Clan bestow a blessing."
"Blessing?" Yaohua asked doubtfully. "What is it?"
Chongming explained, "I only learned this by reading the ancient books in the space. Only the Phoenix Clan at the Nirvana Realm can unite the power of the whole Phoenix Clan to bestow a blessing. This blessing will spread across the Divine Continent, greatly reducing the content of demonic energy in the air and making it unsuitable for the Heavenly Demons to live. Now that the Heavenly Demons are leaderless, they are extremely sensitive to benefits and harms. They will retreat immediately after finding that the demonic energy has decreased."
Yaohua said excitedly, "There's actually such a way? That's great."
Without delay, she immediately invited the elder brothers of the Phoenix Clan.
"Sister, why did you invite us here?" Yan Ling asked first.
Yaohua said straightforwardly, "I have a way to greatly reduce the suffering of the common people. If this method is carried out, it won't have much impact on me, but you may be affected in your cultivation, and it may even be more difficult for you to break through your realm. Are you willing?"
The heaven - defying effect of the blessing naturally comes at a price, which is that it will make it more difficult for the participants to break through their realms.
The elder brothers glanced at each other and laughed loudly. "Yaohua, asking such questions underestimates us elder brothers. As long as this method can succeed, not to mention it's difficult to break through the realm, even if we have to sacrifice our lives, we're willing!"
After hearing their words, Yaohua took out seven formation flags and inserted them in special positions. Then she made hand seals and murmured incantations.
Soon, layers of dark clouds piled up in the cloudless sky, covering the Divine Continent.
Boom!
Purple thunder roared in the clouds, like giant dragons rolling and swimming. Raindrops pattered down.
With the appearance of the wind and rain, the demonic energy in the air seemed to be washed away.