The Arch-Enemy Must Not Become a Wife-Chapter 39: Lord Tianxie

Seeing that Li Fanzhou, an elder of advanced age, had never heard of a magical treasure similar to the Six Souls Banner, Chu Xuan felt somewhat disappointed.

However, he had anticipated as much, and this senior uncle’s suggestion coincidentally aligned with his own thoughts.

Since it was impossible to directly investigate the magical treasure, he would look into the demons and villains who had once used banner-type magical treasures. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Chu Xuan’s greatest worry now was, what if his parents weren’t some kind of demons?

After all, there’s no rule that says using the Six Souls Banner automatically makes one a demonic outsider.

Furthermore, the Six Souls Banner might not necessarily be an evil magical treasure; it just looks that way. One shouldn’t slander it; what if that green light is actually the golden light of karmic virtue?

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Despite feeling anxious, Chu Xuan proceeded with the investigation in this direction.

Actually, he had considered starting by investigating Ji Mingyu, focusing on her past enemies.

But she was too mysterious; even in the Cyan Lotus Daoist Palace’s Scripture Repository, there were few records about her, summarized as follows:

Primordial Monarch Taixu, real name unknown, suspected surname Ji.

Her origins and tutelage are unknown, residing in the Land of the Far North, specific location unknown.

She is solitary by nature, rarely interacts with peers; it is said Lady Baihua from Wuyou Valley has past ties with her.

Approximately nine hundred years ago, she rose in prominence within the immortal cultivation world; gifted in cultivation, exceptional in talent, her ascension speed was fast. Within mere centuries, she broke into the Life and Death Three Profound Realms.

Her cultivation technique is unknown; during the first six realms, she primarily used Chaotic Qi to attack her enemies.

Upon breaking into the seventh realm, she used the Chaos Dao as a foundation, elevating it to evolve into the Taixu Dao, one of the "Innate Five Taixu." Without special methods, cultivators of the same rank found it difficult to match her.

According to reliable intelligence, three hundred years ago, the Monarch was already at the eighth realm. Today, some rumors suggest she might have broken into the ninth realm, poised to ascend.

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Later, it briefly lists some of her battle achievements, giving a concise description of several classic battle scenes. But it does not mention any enemies because everyone who wronged her is dead, at least on the surface.

Since textual records alone couldn’t deduce the former owner of the Six Souls Banner, Chu Xuan could only proceed to slowly investigate via cumbersome methods.

Speaking of which, this character bio wasn’t penned by a sect cultivator; it was mentioned in a miscellaneous book collected in the Scripture Repository, authored by "Bai Xiaosheng," an obvious pseudonym.

Interestingly, this person is also a renowned figure; people only know he hails from the Eastern Territory and seems to have very well-informed channels, fond of writing character profiles, topographical records, battle reports, gossip, and fiction.

The immortal cultivation world generally acknowledges that Bai Xiaosheng’s writings are fairly trustworthy, though details might be filled in by imagination; enjoyable to read without taking it too seriously.

Such writers naturally tend to offend people; many cultivators believe Bai Xiaosheng has portrayed them as "villains" and detest him, though they can never find him.

Of course, Bai Xiaosheng is equally cautious. Whenever it involves major figures in the cultivation world, he brushes over the details and never dares to fabricate.

For instance, Ji Mingyu’s entry is quite objective, preferring no details over imagination.

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The first round of filtering naturally begins with the demons who have used banner-type magical treasures.

There have been about a dozen or so such characters over the past thousand years; only two are particularly powerful, but they seem to have no associations with Primordial Monarch Taixu.

One of them has vanished for several hundred years, unknown whether in seclusion or deceased;

The other is known as "Shadow Demon Monarch," originating from the evil sect "Ghost City" in the Southern Territory, known for wielding a Ghostly White Bone Banner.

When discussing the title Demon Monarch in the cultivation world, there’s an unwritten rule:

Beginning at the sixth realm, cultivators may use titles like True Person, True Monarch; Demon King, Demon Saint; Demon Monarch, Demon Venerable.

Among them, True Monarch, Demon Saint, Demon Venerable are typically reserved for ninth realm powerhouses, known as the Realm of Approaching Immortality.

Reaching this point offers no real gains.

Because Chu Xuan has no evidence to show any connection between the Shadow Demon Monarch and the Six Souls Banner, Ji Mingyu, or himself.

Therefore, he can only smile wryly and proceed to the second round of investigation.

This time, he needs to survey all infamous evil demons, a task requiring exponentially more time.

Actually, Chu Xuan holds little hope; this is akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

Even should you find it, there’s no guarantee the needle is what you’re looking for.

Nonetheless, he musters his spirits, thinking the worst is wasting a couple of days before returning to repairing his cultivation, eventually seeking "knowledgeable" Lady Baihua for a chat.

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The following morning, Chu Xuan, who was reading leisurely on the ground, suddenly sat up!

His gaze was filled with uncertainty, not because he discovered clues about the Six Souls Banner, but something else.

"Sword in hand, a long sigh returns; thousands of mountain storms chase the green blade."

"When the reversal of yin and yang comes, I shall dye the sky with my demon blood."

Chu Xuan murmured these lines almost silently; the more he recited, the deeper his brow furrowed. These lines were slogans shouted by a certain peerless Demon Venerable to boost ally morale before a righteous-demonic war.

But the problem is, these lines are modern creations, especially the latter; weren’t they written by the Red-haired Elder Demon?

With ancient poetry and such, there are many coincidences Chu Xuan wouldn’t care about, such as examples like the "Minister"; but modern Earth cultural products, he hasn’t seen a trace in this world.

This sparked a shocking suspicion in Chu Xuan: Could this one also be a transmigrator?!

Thinking this, Chu Xuan immediately retrieved all the data regarding this Demon Venerable from the bookshelf.

Celestial Evil Demon Venerable, real name unknown, once claimed to be "Jade Daoist."

His origins are unknown, initially active in the Eastern Territory, born of a loose cultivator background, with a mortal constitution unable to sense Spiritual Qi or cultivate.

Later, he obtained a demonic technique from somewhere; cultivators don’t need aptitude and can forcibly seize external Spiritual Qi for cultivation.

This technique is extremely vicious, claimed to be capable of devouring everything, forcefully seizing energy from all spiritual beings in the world, capable of absorbing a person’s magical power from a distance, and if it touches truly, can even devour others’ Dao foundation and source.

Relying on this peerless demonic technique, from being a mere loose cultivator, Celestial Evil gradually grew, breaking into the ninth realm in less than four hundred years and becoming a supreme Demon Venerable feared by countless cultivators.

This technique, known externally as the "Devouring Yuan Demon Technique," but the Demon Venerable insisted it was a righteous cultivation technique.

Claimed it was created with reference to the "Abyss of Return" located deep in the East Sea, the ultimate convergence of all rivers, embodying the concept of "all rivers return to the sea, all things return to one."

He further proclaimed that the Abyss of Return, as a symbol of "devouring" and "accommodation," represents the dynamic balance of heaven and earth’s yin and yang.

Thus, he himself serves as the endpoint of the world’s cyclic existence; those dying by his hand effectively return to the heavens and earth.

Although such rhetoric was refuted by many righteous cultivators as heretical nonsense.

Yet rumors spread that this technique was indeed self-created by the Demon Venerable, possibly truly referenced the mysterious "Abyss of Return," thus its terrible power. Sadly, it tread on the path of evil, people said.