Note: The plot of the previous two Chapters is crucial, do not skip them.

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The one who descended wasn’t just Zhi Yan, but also Yan Chuo’er.

At this moment, Yan Chuo’er’s eyes and expression showed signs of struggle, and their color changed. The originally dark pupils gradually turned silver-white, like moonlight.

"No, no, no..."

Yan Chuo’er desperately struggled, frantically trying to expel certain things from her mind.

However, she couldn’t completely stop something terrifying from controlling her soul, occupying her body.

"Kill me..." Yan Chuo’er cried out desperately, then suddenly drew her sword to take her own life, seemingly about to perish.

But as soon as the sword blade touched her neck, it stopped because her soul and body were already completely controlled.

Her eyes had completely transformed, and her expression became cold and sinister, looking at Lanling with fierce and icy eyes, like a robot without emotion.

Lanling sneered: "Relying on these two, you think you can kill me? Although this isn’t my domain, I am a Sub-emperor in cultivation. Trying to kill me with two king-level powerhouses is nothing but a fool’s dream."

After speaking, Lanling slowly drew the Crow Crying Sword.

The Lunar Holy Palace emissary, October, said: "Lord Lanling, do you still remember the half-bodied beauty you encountered in the Fallen Land?"

Lanling certainly remembered. After leaving the Sea of the Netherworld and entering the Fallen Land, he suffered endless torment and died and resurrected repeatedly. When leaving the Fallen Land, he encountered a peerless beauty, but she had only half of her body.

And most unexpectedly, Lanling betted with her and won, she indeed offered him half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline.

"Do you know who that half-bodied beauty is?" the Lunar Holy Palace emissary asked.

Lanling replied: "If I’m not mistaken, she should be Emperor E Tian’s daughter."

"Correct, Emperor E Tian’s daughter." The Lunar Holy Palace emissary, October, said: "Then do you know who her mother is?"

Lanling replied: "A certain saintess from the Sky Holy Palace?"

"Yes, she was a creation from the Sky Holy Palace and us, the world’s most beautiful and charming woman." October said, "Even she didn’t know she was the saintess of the Sky Holy Palace, and before Emperor E Tian rose to power, she was already by his side. Undoubtedly, the greatest man and woman from two worlds fell in love. Not only that, she was also a secret agent, and after giving birth to a daughter, she died of childbirth complications. Back then, Emperor E Tian was not strong enough and was still struggling in battles with the Demon Race. Thus, when his wife died, he wasn’t by her side; when his daughter was born, he wasn’t by her side either. The daughter was taken away by the Sky Holy Palace as planned. You can imagine the catastrophe this meant for Emperor E Tian. Do you know the name of his daughter?"

Lanling thought for a moment and said: "Jing Wubian."

October applauded and said: "Correct, absolutely correct. Her name is Jing Wubian. She was the observer of the Lunar Holy Palace since childhood, although she didn’t even know it herself. After Emperor E Tian overthrew the Sky Holy Palace, Jing Wubian didn’t come forward to recognize her lineage. As Emperor E Tian planned to attack the Lunar Holy Palace and even found relevant paths, Jing Wubian appeared before Emperor E Tian and confessed her identity—she was Emperor E Tian’s daughter."

Lanling said: "Impossible, if Jing Wubian is Emperor E Tian’s daughter, he would surely detect the half Nihility Bloodline in her."

October said: "That’s right, so after Emperor E Tian became the Demon Emperor, we hid her away in a place where Emperor E Tian could not find, such as certain independent dimensions or even under your feet on Dragon Demon Island. Only when needed did she appear before Emperor E Tian, and you can imagine how agitated Emperor E Tian was."

Emperor E Tian would indeed be very excited, for his wife died due to childbirth complications, his child went missing, and he even thought the child was already lost. Unexpectedly, his flesh and blood daughter appeared before him with half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline. So you can imagine the ecstatic joy and excitement upon the realization, he would treat his daughter as the world’s most precious treasure at that moment.

Lanling said: "However, Emperor E Tian did not expect that his daughter Jing Wubian came to destroy him."

October said: "No need to phrase it like that; Jing Wubian merely showed Emperor E Tian the truth. She didn’t actually make Emperor E Tian sacrifice himself."

Lanling said: "You think I haven’t seen that scene? Emperor E Tian sacrificing, the scene of Jing Wubian talking with him in secret. But you’re very selective; I couldn’t discern Jing Wubian as Emperor E Tian’s daughter from those memory fragments."

October said: "In short, after Jing Wubian and Emperor E Tian’s private conversation, Emperor E Tian made his decision. He stripped away the Demonic Nihility Bloodline from Jing Wubian’s body and exiled it to the Fallen Land. Jing Wubian lost half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline and became an ordinary girl. After Emperor E Tian sacrificed himself, she was coldly treated for a lifetime. And that half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline drifted forever in the Fallen Land for countless years, unable to leave. Hence you saw the half-bodied beauty in the Fallen Land; she was entirely the condensed form of that half Demonic Nihility Bloodline, the real Jing Wubian looked like that."

Then, October’s face began to transform, becoming the image of a peerless beauty.

Yes, it was the appearance of the half-bodied beauty Lanling saw in the Fallen Land.

After a moment, October reverted to the formless, faceless image.

Lanling said: "However, the half-bodied beauty I encountered in the Fallen Land was quite innocent and pure. I gambled with her on victory or defeat, she lost and truly gave me that half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline."

"Precisely, she was indeed very innocent." October said, "When we don’t control her soul and will, she is indeed very innocent."

Suddenly, Lanling’s gaze narrowed.

He already understood the underlying meaning of October’s words from the Lunar Holy Palace.

October smiled: "Jing Wubian normally died, but as the observer, her soul has been passed down from generation to generation, just like your reincarnation as the Hell Knight. This generation, it’s Zhi Yan’s turn; she is the reincarnation of the new generation observer. Can you understand the operating principle of the observer’s work?"

Lanling said, "A person’s soul is an incredibly complex mind system. You’ve left a back door deep within this mind system, so as long as you wish, you can occupy this mind at any time and control this body to do anything."

Shi Yue said, "Indeed, just like your Hell Knights, their soul marks reincarnate generation after generation. In a previous life, one might have been the White Smoke Swordsman of the Flame Empire, and in this life, Ashi Luo of the Rage Wave Kingdom. If not activated, they might never know they are Hell Knights their whole lives. But when you, the master of Yao Xing, appear, the Faceless Ones grant them the Demonic Bloodline, and then with just the Demon’s Tear, the Hell Knight state can be activated. The current Observer is Zhi Yan, and if you, this Yao Xing master, hadn’t appeared, she might never have known she was the Observer of the Lunar Holy Palace. But unfortunately, here you are, and thus she is activated as well."

Lanling gathered all his strength.

Shi Yue said, "Do you know what’s even more terrifying? Half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline within you belongs to someone else, and that person hasn’t died. Naturally, it should return to its owner, to their soul. Otherwise, why would Emperor E Tian exile this half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline to the place of fall, fearing it would be used by the Sky Holy Palace? Of course, if this were the outside world, on your plane, since you are the Chaos Emperor, even if that half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline has a master, we couldn’t take it. But unfortunately, this is Dragon Demon Island, territory of the Lunar Holy Palace. So you are powerless!"

Shi Yue waved her jade hand and suddenly sat down cross-legged, chanting incantations.

Suddenly, Dragon Demon Island released an incomparably powerful force, forming a strong Energy Array.

Zhi Yan’s eyes began to change, her face too, sometimes the face of Jing Wubian, sometimes Zhi Yan’s.

Her gaze gradually turned moonlight silver.

"Ah... ah..."

Then, her body became like a massive vortex.

And the entire Dragon Demon Island was the source of energy for this vortex, which crazily devoured half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline within Lanling. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Lanling’s Crow Crying Sword suddenly slashed toward Shi Yue.

However...

She was just a shadow, unharmed.

"Whoosh..."

Half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline within Lanling suddenly flew out, burrowing into Zhi Yan.

"Boom..." Zhi Yan’s clothing turned to ash and scattered.

She began to transform, her already unparalleled beauty reaching an extreme, surpassing all worldly beauty.

She overshadowed Yan Chuo’er, Na Xue, and Di Nie.

Because she was the only woman in the world with the Void Bloodline, even if only half of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline.

Her beauty was almost like the sun, impossible to look at directly.

Moreover, a pair of energy wings like moonlight suddenly sprouted from Zhi Yan’s back.

She suddenly soared high, as if suspended above the moonlit sky.

The sacredness and beauty, the enchanting allure, making it indistinguishable whether she was an Angel or a Demon.

Lanling sneered, "Do you think this will kill me? Just half a Nihility Bloodline! I still have one and a half Void Bloodlines in me!"

Then, Lanling brandished the Crow Crying Sword, like lightning, charging fiercely at Zhi Yan in the air.

"Whoosh..."

In an instant, Lanling suddenly rushed in front of Zhi Yan, hesitating with the Crow Crying Sword in hand for just a second.

At this moment, the incomparably beautiful eyes of Zhi Yan quietly looked at Lanling.

Lanling’s gaze turned cold, and then he slashed fiercely at Zhi Yan’s head with the Crow Crying Sword.

"Swish swish swish swish..."

Lanling wildly slashed dozens of times.

A chaotic flurry of blade strikes like a raging wind.

Instantly, the unparalleled, peerless Zhi Yan was shattered, turning into countless moonlight fragments, drifting and scattering in the air.

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