Chapter 906: Twenty-Nine Heart Fragments
“Wait for what? Cheng Hong Ling asked in confusion. Now that they had finally escaped, they should seize the time to leave this place of strife.
“Did you forget? Among the evil spirits present, four of them possess fragments of the Demon Ancestor’s heart. We cannot just let them go like this, otherwise, where will we find them later?” Qi Huang reminded, then continued to survey the situation on Extreme Violet Star. Her spiritual sense had reached the fourth level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, covering more than half the star domain. This distance was nothing to her, and she could clearly capture the movements on Extreme Violet Star.
“Right, I almost forgot about this matter.” Cheng Hong Ling suddenly realized, and then began to investigate Extreme Violet Star as well. Her strength had reached the level of an Emperor-grade Heavenly Being, so this situation was nothing to her.
At this moment, the situation on Extreme Violet Star was still very chaotic. Although those evil spirits had escaped through the gap that Qi Huang had created, it didn’t mean they could escape smoothly.
“All Immortal soldiers and generals in Extreme Violet City, listen to this Immortal Emperor. Not a single evil spirit is to be let go.” Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor commanded while fighting An Xuan.
“Yes!” The Immortal soldiers and generals obeyed and began to pursue and kill those evil spirits. Because they had the upper hand in strength, it was simply a one-sided slaughter.
Although the four evil spirits with fragments of the Demon Ancestor’s heart were all quite strong, they were quickly surrounded, with no hope of escape.
“Alright, Husband, it’s time for us to appear!” Qi Huang then collected Cheng Hong Ling and several corpses into her storage ring and flew towards Extreme Violet City, preparing to reciprocate the favor.
…
The first evil spirit possessing a fragment of the Demon Ancestor’s heart was a spider zombie. Although she had numerous descendants and her webs were incredibly powerful, she unfortunately encountered an Immortal General who used fire True Qi. Because of the attribute being countered, she was quickly burned and heavily injured, unable to fight.
“Running? Why aren’t you running anymore? You came to Extreme Violet City and still want to run? Being hung on the city wall as my spoils of war is your ultimate destination!” The Immortal General, holding a long spear, rushed forward ferociously.
The spider zombie lay motionless in the void, clearly having completely lost the ability and courage to resist.
“Hand over the Demon Ancestor’s heart fragment within your body to me.”
At this moment, Qi Huang suddenly appeared nearby.
The spider zombie startled and, as if coming back to life, flipped over.
“Who are you? How dare you ignore this general!” The Immortal General had not been stationed at the east gate before, so he did not recognize Qi Huang.
Qi Huang ignored him and continued to speak to the spider evil spirit: “Have you thought it through? Either give me the Demon Ancestor’s heart fragment as a reward, or I will watch from the side and openly take the heart fragment after you die.”
“Alright, if you can take me away, I will give you the heart fragment as a reward.” The spider zombie was not foolish, and after a moment of thought, she agreed.
“Dare to ignore this general? You’re looking for death!” The Immortal General, unable to bear the insult, furiously charged towards Qi Huang. His insignificant soldiers and generals, not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth, also let out war cries and followed closely behind.
“If you insist on seeking death, then this humble self can only oblige you.” Qi Huang frowned helplessly, her spiritual sense sweeping across the surroundings. The physical bodies and souls of those Immortal soldiers and generals were instantly crushed into ashes.
“Hiss…” The spider zombie gasped, her eyes filled with fear.
Qi Huang put the spider zombie into her storage ring, then headed for the next target. In just a quarter of an hour, Qi Huang had rescued all four targets and obtained their heart fragments through trade.
Cheng Hong Ling, holding the four heart fragments, was so excited that she lost control: “I now have sixteen heart fragments, and with the thirteen inside my body after three days, that makes twenty-nine. I’m only three fragments away from gathering them all. This is not a harvest, it’s practically stocking up!”
Qi Huang continued to observe Extreme Violet Star. At this time, An Xuan was still confronting Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor. Although her strength was much greater, she could not win in a short time against the Emperor’s weapon.
“Husband, do you think she is friend or foe?” Qi Huang asked, biting her red lips.
“…” Cheng Hong Ling came back to her senses but was speechless. She was not an immortal, how could she possibly know? If she was an enemy, letting her go would be understandable, but what if she was an ally? Should we…
“If she is an enemy? Should we…?” Qi Huang spoke with a struggling expression.
“Let’s wait first. If she can’t escape, we’ll find a way to help.” Cheng Hong Ling also comforted her understandingly.
…
“Haha… The Immortal Alliance army will arrive soon, you are dead today!” Outside Extreme Violet City, Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor said with a ferocious smile on his face.
An Xuan’s beautiful eyes smiled into crescent moons: “If you can’t laugh, don’t laugh. Three days ago, your body was taken away, and it contained more than ten fragments of the Demon Ancestor’s heart and the power to Assimilate Heavenly Dao. I don’t know how you’re going to explain this to the celestial beings above?”
“With your life!” Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor said angrily.
“Are you sure you can hold on until the Immortal Alliance army arrives?” An Xuan retorted contemptuously. Terrifying green corpse poison suddenly erupted from her body and swept outwards like a tsunami, crashing against the Emperor’s weapon sword array.
“Hiss hiss…” The powerful Emperor’s weapon sword array, under the corrosion of the corpse poison, actually showed spots of various sizes, which then rapidly expanded.
“Boom…” At the same time, the pink assimilation domain also exerted its force, violently impacting the Emperor’s weapon sword array.
“Crackle… Crackle…” Repeated cracking sounds echoed, and dense cracks began to appear on the Emperor’s weapon sword array.
“Why is this corpse poison so strong?” Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor showed a look of fear.
“It’s nothing, this old mother has lived longer. Do you really think your broken sword array can trap me?” An Xuan’s laughter was pleasant and seemed exceptionally relaxed.
Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor gritted his teeth unwillingly, then put away the five Emperor’s weapons and turned to flee. An Xuan did not pursue relentlessly. Her figure soared into the sky and disappeared into the horizon.
At the same time, a teleportation array suddenly appeared at the city gate, and the Immortal Alliance army rushed out from it.
…
“It seems your worries were in vain. The Immortal Alliance army has arrived, let’s leave quickly.” Cheng Hong Ling urged. Qi Huang also recovered from her shock and quickly patted the corpses a few times before leaving.
She quickly collected those corpses and then opened the teleportation gate to leave.
“Husband, why do you think An Xuan has such strong strength, yet pretends to be trapped?” Qi Huang couldn’t help but ask during the teleportation.
“Who knows what she’s plotting!” Cheng Hong Ling said with a wry smile, “However, one thing can be confirmed: she likely has no ill intentions towards us.”
“Why?” Qi Huang quickly asked.
“Think about it, she is so strong, she can completely control the battlefield. If she really was interested in Lu Yao’s heart fragments, why would she let us take those corpses away?” Cheng Hong Ling analyzed.
“That makes sense.” Qi Huang nodded thoughtfully.
“Of course, this is just my analysis. Anyway, we must not let down our guard when facing her.” Cheng Hong Ling quickly added.
“Hmm!” Qi Huang nodded obediently.
After several days of teleportation, the women returned to Queen of the Underworld Star, and by this time, Qi Huang had stubbornly switched to her male personality. Qi Huang released the three princesses and returned the three corpses one by one.
“Fairy Chen, I promised you before that as long as you bring back my mother’s corpse, I will give you the Demon Ancestor’s heart fragments and Assimilation Power within. You can take them yourself now.” Tao Chun endured her grief and fulfilled her promise. Qian Qian and Ni Xian’er next to her also agreed. Being able to retrieve their mother’s corpse was their greatest wish; nothing else mattered.
“Then I won’t be polite.” Qi Huang immediately took action, taking out thirteen Demon Ancestor’s heart fragments from the three corpses and handing them to Cheng Hong Ling.
“All twenty-nine heart fragments are now in hand. Only the last three are missing.” Cheng Hong Ling’s excitement was evident.
“Wife, I have a plan that requires a large amount of Assimilation Power. I won’t share it with you this time.” Qi Huang immediately explained to Cheng Hong Ling.
“Absorb as much as you need. I only need these heart fragments,” Cheng Hong Ling replied without even looking. All her attention was now on those heart fragments.
Qi Huang did not hesitate and immediately took the three corpses to a room to absorb them, taking a full day and night to digest them. Qi Huang looked inward and was pleasantly surprised to find that her internal Assimilation True Qi had reached the Luo Xian level. Although this could not directly increase a person’s strength, it was incredibly useful to her. At least she could develop puppets without restraint in the future.
Of course, Qi Huang’s goal was not just to develop puppets, so these Assimilation Powers were far from enough. “We still need to work hard. If I could somehow acquire the Assimilation Powers from An Ying…” Qi Huang thought ambitiously.
“By the way, what is the plan you mentioned?” Cheng Hong Ling asked curiously when she saw Qi Huang come out of seclusion.
“Oh, I can’t really call it a plan. It’s just an idea for dealing with the enemy. I don’t know if it can be used, and I don’t know if it will work.” Qi Huang said awkwardly because her plan was too fantastical, so she was embarrassed to say it.
“If you don’t want to say it, then don’t,” Cheng Hong Ling did not force her, as she herself had her own little secrets.
“You haven’t forgotten that Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor has another fragment of Lu Yao’s heart, have you?” Cheng Hong Ling changed the subject and asked.
“Of course not. Isn’t that the bait that Sea Queen sent to Storm Star? Don’t worry, I will get it for you sooner or later,” Qi Huang patted her chest and guaranteed.
“Then there are only the last two pieces left. Unfortunately, there are no clues at all.” Cheng Hong Ling’s brows furrowed again.
“Just two pieces. It’s fine if we can’t find them. Since they didn’t appear this time, they must have fallen into some remote place at that time and won’t cause me any trouble,” Qi Huang quickly consoled.
“No, we must find them.” Cheng Hong Ling was exceptionally persistent.
Meanwhile, in Extreme Violet City, a short, stout old man was standing at the city gate, looking up. He looked at the empty city walls and almost gritted his teeth.
“Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor, where are the evil spirits on this wall? I need a reasonable explanation,” the fat old man questioned the equally ashen-faced Extreme Violet Immortal Emperor beside him.
