In the Thunder Dream Marsh.
Yaohua wearily drooped her wings to rest.
"Princess, Princess!" Lu Ran ran towards her enthusiastically.
She transformed into a human form and asked, "What's the matter?"
Lu Ran said excitedly, "Our God has woken up!"
"So soon?" Yaohua asked in surprise.
Lu Ran beamed, "Thanks to the princess spending so much effort in creating momentum and gathering divine power for our God during this period. That's why our God was able to recover so quickly."
Yaohua looked around for a while and asked, "Is his body fully recovered? Why haven't I seen his avatar out and about?"
Lu Ran scratched his head and took out a jade stone from his bosom. "Princess, you may not know. Our God was worried that if his avatar went out, he might be plotted against by the demons again, which would lead to immeasurable consequences. So he specifically ordered me to bring this jade here. Seeing this object is like seeing him in person."
"Seeing this object is like seeing him in person?" Yaohua murmured. Although she knew that Chongming's consideration was right, a faint sense of loss still welled up in her heart.
How could an object replace a person?
She forced herself to cheer up and took the jade stone. But she noticed a faint spiritual fluctuation on it. Looking closely, she was surprised to find that Chongming's image had appeared on it.
She rubbed her eyes, suspecting that she was seeing things.
Seeing this, Chongming couldn't help but smile indulgently. "What, don't you want to see me?"
Yaohua was overjoyed. "Chongming?! How did you appear in this stone? Oh, I know. You must have placed your soul on this jade, right?"
Chongming nodded. "I finally managed to find this sacrificial divine jade that can host my soul. In this way, I can be with you day and night. If you're in danger, I can also know immediately and come to your rescue."
Although he had sealed himself in the mountain for the sake of all sentient beings in the world, if Yaohua was in danger, he would also rush to her rescue without hesitation.
He loved all sentient beings, but he also loved one person.
Yaohua fondled the sacrificial divine jade lovingly and said with a smile, "I like this gift very much."
In the next few days, she carried this jade with her while handling affairs. After a tiring day, just talking to Chongming would make all her fatigue disappear.
Everything seemed to be developing in a good direction. But just a few days later, bad news came.
"Something terrible has happened!" Yan Ling rushed into the camp, looking worried. "Sister, the seal of the Thunder Dream Marsh has been broken!"
"What? The seal of the Thunder Dream Marsh?" Yaohua felt that the situation was serious when she heard this, but she was also completely confused.
The Thunder Dream Marsh sealed the power of the demons. This matter hadn't been widely publicized, and very few people knew about it.
Reminded by the system, Yaohua had specifically sent more people there, fearing that the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon inside would break out of the seal and bring disaster to the world.
But now, the seal had still been broken.
She couldn't help asking the system, "Do you know what's going on? What kind of power could break the seal there?"
The system also said it didn't understand. "Normally, as long as someone knows the location of the seal, they can break it. But there are very few people in the world who know about it."
Time was pressing, so Yaohua made a decision. "Quickly go to the Thunder Dream Marsh to check the situation!"
Yan Ling nodded. "Your third brother is guarding the Thunder Dream Marsh. After he found that the seal was broken, he immediately sent a message to me and set up a formation. Now not even a fly or a mosquito can get out."
Yaohua nodded with relief.
Several people came to the Thunder Dream Marsh together and found that a battle was going on there.
A black - shadowed figure was moving extremely fast and trying to break out of the formation. Junxi fought desperately to block her. The black - shadowed person took out a weapon and shouted hoarsely, "Get out of the way!"
Seeing that Junxi couldn't stop in time and was about to collide with her weapon, Yaohua couldn't help shouting heart - rendingly, "Third brother!"
At the same time, she used all her speed and blocked in front of Junxi.
The true fire of the phoenix and a spiritual energy shield surrounded her, which managed to block the attack.
The black - shadowed person didn't expect them to come so quickly and was slightly stunned. This moment of stunnedness gave Yaohua an opportunity.
She drew her sword and slashed at the black - shadowed person's face. Although she didn't hit the face, the sword energy cut off the ribbon of the black - shadowed person's face veil.
As the face veil fell, the black - shadowed person showed her true features. Her face was extremely pale, but her lips were extremely red. Although she looked as pale as a dead person, her superior facial features still gave her a kind of beauty.
Yaohua's expression darkened slightly. "Xilan, it's you again!"
Xilan instinctively wanted to pick up the face veil to cover her abnormal appearance now, but stopped halfway through the movement. She put her hands behind her back and pretended to be calm. "So what if it's me? So what if it's not me?"
Yaohua said angrily, "Do you really have to work for the demons? Don't you know that it was the demons who killed you!"
Resentment appeared in Xilan's eyes. "Don't try to deceive me. It was clearly you who killed me. If you hadn't competed with me everywhere, I would still be the pride of the Ibis Clan and the Sparrow Clan. How could I have ended up in this situation?"
Yaohua was angry at her stubbornness. "Not to mention that you were the one who picked a fight that day. That day, we were just having an ordinary fight. How could it have made your soul leave your body? And the one who killed you was actually—"
Xilan impatiently interrupted her. "Stop making excuses. You're the real culprit who made me and the Ibis Clan fall into the devil way! It's a matter of the victor taking all. If I had won, I would have been able to decide what people would say. Die!"
After saying that, a long whip suddenly appeared in her hand and she whipped it heavily at Yaohua.
After she fell into the devil way, her cultivation had soared. Now that she had obtained the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon, although Yaohua had the true fire of the phoenix, she was still being driven back step by step.
At this time, several streaks of light came from the horizon one after another. It was the God - Lord and others who had received the news and rushed over in a hurry.
When they arrived, Yaohua's face was just scratched by the barb on the long whip, leaving a bloodstain.
Chongming was extremely heart - broken. He transformed out of the stone and was just about to go and help when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him. It was actually the God - Lord!
The God - Lord said seriously, "This wisp of your soul must not be defiled by the demonic energy again, or it will lead to extremely serious consequences. Let them fight. I will step in if necessary."
Chongming frowned. "This is the necessary moment. Can't you see?"
Snap!
The long whip whipped heavily on Yaohua's back. The barb hooked out a large piece of flesh and blood.
Chongming was extremely heart - broken. He wanted to step in and help but was repeatedly stopped.
The God - Lord still resented Yaohua for the many times she had despised him before. Moreover, he was dissatisfied because she had bestowed blessings and taken away most of the people's faith power.
Therefore, he always used high - sounding excuses and refused to let Chongming step in to help.
Chongming was extremely anxious. He wished he could let his real body come out, break through the God - Lord's obstruction, and rush to rescue Yaohua.