Chapter 50: The Woman in the Bronze Coffin, Demon Lord Cang Yue!
"Bad woman?"
Su Su swallowed nervously when she heard those words and whispered, "Daddy, are you going to see Second Miss Jun again?"
"Of course not."
Ning Ye chuckled, ruffling Su Su's soft, snow-white silver hair. "It's another bad woman."
"Ah?"
Su Su's red lips parted slightly as she asked with some unease, "Then, Daddy, how does that bad woman compare to Second Miss Jun?"
"Hm…"
Ning Ye thought for a moment before replying, "They're both bad in their own ways."
"They're not exactly the same."
So that was it.
Su Su nodded thoughtfully. In her heart, the most terrifying woman in the world was Jun Qianyue. Now that another bad woman was about to appear, her heart could not help but race.
"Don't worry."
"She won't do anything to you."
"Because, Su Su, you will be her only antidote."
Ning Ye comforted her with words heavy with meaning.
In the original plot of Against the Nine Heavens, the woman sealed within the Three-Life Bronze Coffin on the first floor of the Sacrificial Dao Pagoda possessed an extremely powerful background and was utterly ruthless.
But now, across the entire Nine Heavens, only Su Su could awaken her and sustain her life. Since that was the case, that woman would not only refrain from harming Su Su, but would cherish her beyond measure, just as she cherished her own life.
"Is that so?"
Su Su stared at Ning Ye without blinking, clearly not understanding what he meant.
"Haha!"
"Let's go."
Ning Ye did not explain further. He merely smiled and nodded.
He took a deep breath, formed a hand seal, and silently invoked, "Sacrificial Dao Pagoda."
"Open!"
Zheng!
A mysterious starlight formation appeared beneath Ning Ye's feet, and endless light rain rose against the sky. In the next instant, Ning Ye and Su Su vanished together beneath the banyan tree.
Sacrificial Dao Pagoda, first floor.
This place resembled a small world detached from the Nine Heavens.
The world was not vast, containing only a solitary island suspended above an endless starry void, as though exiled from existence.
At the center of the island stood an ancient, mysterious tree several hundred zhang tall. Its branches were sharp as blades, covered in golden leaves, and it radiated an incomparably rich vitality.
When brilliant starlight filtered through the leaves and fell upon the bronze coffin beneath the tree, it made the scene even more enigmatic.
If Ning Ye remembered correctly, this was the legendary Tree of Life.
"Daddy!"
"There's a bronze coffin there!"
Su Su pointed at the coffin beneath the ancient tree and exclaimed in surprise.
Whoosh!
Ning Ye took a deep breath and led Su Su toward the ancient tree, stopping before the bronze coffin.
"Daddy!"
"The bad woman you mentioned… she wouldn't be inside, would she?"
Su Su tightly clutched Ning Ye's hand, her voice trembling.
"Mhm."
Ning Ye nodded, then raised his hand and pressed it against the bronze coffin. Circulating his profound technique, he pushed hard.
Boom!
The coffin lid slowly opened.
Endless starlight cascaded down through the leaves.
Within the coffin lay a woman, quietly resting.
She wore a dark, night-colored palace gown adorned with mysterious demonic patterns along its hem. Her slender waist was delicate enough to encircle with one hand, and her long, night-like hair spilled loosely around her, held in place by a dark moon hairpin that radiated incomparable nobility and elegance.
Beneath the starlight, her ice-carved face was exquisitely beautiful, untouched by makeup yet dreamlike in perfection. Even the greatest painters of the Nine Heavens could not capture a fraction of her beauty. A teardrop mole beneath the corner of her eye added a hint of fragile allure.
Without question, she was a woman of breathtaking beauty and cold, peerless charm.
At this moment, her eyes were tightly shut. Her long, slender fingers rested crossed upon her abdomen, and her breathing was calm, as though she were in a deep slumber.
"Daddy… she's so beautiful."
Su Su exclaimed earnestly.
"Mhm."
"When my Su Su grows up, she'll definitely be even more beautiful than her."
Ning Ye smiled, then turned his gaze back to the woman and murmured inwardly, "I've finally found her."
"Demon Venerable."
"Cang Yue."
Yes.
The woman lying within the bronze coffin was Cang Yue, the Demon Venerable of the Demon Race who vanished from the Nine Heavens 10,000 years ago during the great war between gods and demons.
In Against the Nine Heavens, Cang Yue was the Devil Emperor's elder sister and the supreme Venerable of the Demon Race. During the outbreak of the war 10,000 years ago, she single-handedly annihilated hundreds of Divine Imperial Dynasties, with hundreds of millions of lives lost by her hand.
She was once judged by the gods of the Upper Realm as the fiercest existence of the Demon Race, the undefeated Demon Venerable, becoming the deepest nightmare of countless powerhouses above the Nine Heavens.
Unfortunately, in the later stages of the war, she encountered Divine Master Yan Zhi and was ultimately defeated by a single move, disappearing from the Nine Heavens ever since.
Legends throughout the Nine Heavens claimed that Cang Yue had died at Yan Zhi's hands, but Ning Ye knew this was not the truth.
The truth was that for the past 10,000 years, Cang Yue had been gravely wounded and lay dormant within the bronze coffin. As for how she entered the Sacrificial Dao Pagoda, that remained a mystery.
"This woman is extraordinary."
Ning Ye muttered.
"Daddy."
"What do we do now?"
Su Su asked curiously.
"Naturally, we wake her up."
Ning Ye replied with a smile.
Su Su was the last royal bloodline of the Ghost Spirit Royal Clan. Across the entire Nine Heavens, only a single drop of Su Su's True Blood could awaken Cang Yue.
With that thought, Ning Ye looked at Su Su and asked, "Su Su."
"Can you give Daddy 1 drop of True Blood?"
"Okay."
Su Su nodded without hesitation. She extended a finger and circulated her bloodline power.
Zheng!
A drop of dark-golden Ghost Spirit True Blood appeared at her fingertip. In the next instant, Su Su's face turned slightly pale. Losing 1 drop of True Blood would normally require at least 1 year of cultivation to recover, but for Ning Ye, she was willing.
Of course, Ning Ye would not let Su Su lose that drop in vain. After leaving the Sacrificial Dao Pagoda, he had many ways to restore her True Blood, and he remembered that the System Mall contained several divine medicines for replenishing True Blood.
The moment the True Blood appeared, its rich fragrance permeated the entire island. Even Ning Ye felt an instinctive urge to devour it and absorb it into his own body, though he forcefully suppressed that impulse almost instantly.
Whoosh!
Ning Ye steadied himself, thinking that the blood of the Ghost Spirit Royal Clan truly was like the most alluring divine fruit in the world, capable of making one unconsciously sink into it.
He set the thought aside.
Taking the drop of dark-golden True Blood, Ning Ye condensed his finger and sent it directly into the woman's mouth.
As the blood entered her lips, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her delicate brows furrowed. The icy pallor of her face gradually bloomed with a bewitching flush.
"Indeed."
"The True Blood of the Ghost Spirit Royal Clan can awaken Cang Yue."
Ning Ye finally let out a breath of relief. Just as he was about to withdraw his finger, it was suddenly seized tightly, and the Moon Yuan within his body began pouring uncontrollably into her.
"What is going on?"
Ning Ye's expression changed in alarm.
At that moment, the woman slowly opened her eyes and stared blankly at him. For reasons unknown, the atmosphere instantly grew awkward.
"Um… could you let go of my finger first?"
Ning Ye frowned, speaking in a low voice.
Cang Yue's eyes fully opened. Her cold, indifferent gaze fixed on Ning Ye without the slightest ripple of emotion. She showed no intention of stopping, greedily drawing in the lingering essence of True Blood from his finger like a bloodthirsty demon.
After a moment, her crimson lips parted, and she finally released him.
Whoosh!
Ning Ye pulled his finger back, shaking off the clear saliva with a helpless expression. Before he could speak, Cang Yue's lips moved again, her voice carrying unquestionable authority.
"Little fellow."
"You seem to hold this Venerable in rather low regard?"
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