Dual Cultivation: I Summon Villainesses of Mythic Era

Chapter 106: Xiao Li, Queen of Heart

*Forbidden Kingdoms... Palace of the Queen of Hearts.*

The air within the Forbidden Kingdoms was an insult to life itself. The atmosphere was not composed of oxygen, but of a thick and moving layer of Khao, that energy of hatred and decomposition proper to the Rakshasas, which stagnated in the palace corridors like a toxic fog.

The walls were sculpted in obsidian and the fossilized bones of dragons from the Era of Origins. In the center of the great audience hall, on a raised platform, stood a throne that seemed literally alive. This blood-soaked throne dripped with a viscous scarlet fluid that perpetually flowed along the black stone steps, accumulating in rivulets in the cracks of the floor.

On this nightmarish seat sat a woman whose mere presence was enough to compress the Dantian of any cultivator below the demigod realm.

Xiaoli, the Queen of Hearts of the Rakshasas, dominated the room from her two meters ten height. Her skin possessed a cadaverous whiteness, an alabaster tint so pure that it seemed dead, violently contrasting with the cascade of her long blood-red hair that fell in waves down to her generous hips. Her eyes, two rubies burning with a predatory glow, stared into the void with bitterness. On her head, two dark red horns rose elegantly, and between her eyebrows, a heart symbol pulsed with a purple glow, the indelible mark of her royalty among her kind.

She was dressed in a red silk robe, so thin and so fitted that it left no room for imagination. The fabric stretched to the limit of breaking over her monstrous and firm breasts, whose hardened tips drew provocative reliefs. Her hips were wide, her seat powerful, and the slit of her robe revealed thick and smooth thighs that crossed with royal nonchalance. Xiaoli was the incarnation of beauty corrupted by Khao, a sovereign devoured by betrayal.

Indeed, it was Queen of Hearts Xiaoli, the one BaiShe had betrayed in the Origins era.

At her feet, several Rakshasa valets, recognizable by their hornless porcelain masks, were kneeling, forehead against the cold floor so as not to meet their mistress’s gaze.

A Heart Valet finally broke the oppressive silence, his voice nothing more than a guttural hiss charged with fear.

" My queen... we have finally found his location... " he began, his clawed hands trembling on the blood-soaked tiles.

Xiaoli did not move, but a wisp of red smoke escaped from her lips. She adjusted her position on the throne, the movement making her opulent breasts sway in a provocative manner.

" Where is it? " she asked. Her voice was a suave melody, but imbued with a coldness capable of freezing the meridians of an Overlord.

The valet raised his head slightly, however not daring to look higher than the queen’s knees.

" The Ashura is still sealed in Immortal Grave... " he replied hastily. " The seals imposed by the monks of Mount Hua are weakened by the awakening of the new Devourer, but the area remains under constant surveillance. "

Xiaoli let out a short dry laugh, devoid of any joy. She recalled the Origins era, that moment when she was only one sovereign among others, before BaiShe, the one called the Heavenly Demon, deceived and coldly killed her. She still felt, through pure phantom trauma, the demon’s hands sinking into her abdomen to tear out her vital essence.

" I see... So this Nether princess from the Upper Realms had not lied... " she murmured to herself.

The valet, encouraged by the absence of immediate punishment, dared to ask a question that burned the lips of the Rakshasa court.

" So, my queen... are you now going to form an alliance with this human? The other kingdoms are divided on this cooperation with the cultivator vermin of the Upper Realms... "

Xiaoli turned her red eyes toward him, and the spiritual pressure in the room increased so brutally that the valet was crushed against the floor.

" Do not be an idiot... " she spat with sovereign contempt. " Allying with a human would be betraying The Ace, our supreme monarch. We do not share reality with those who serve the Dao. Nevertheless, I will honor my commitment to her and give her the Heavenly Demon Gourd. "

" But, my queen! " exclaimed another valet, unable to contain his surprise. " It is the Demonic Gourd of Desolation, a relic capable of containing the very essence of the Origins! Giving such an object to her is offering these humans a weapon against ourselves! "

Xiaoli suddenly rose from her throne. Her imposing height dominated the room, the shadow of her horns extending over the walls like giant claws. The movement made her heavy breasts jolt under the fabric, but no one dared linger on the spectacle.

" Enough! " she thundered, her voice making the Qi crystals embedded in the ceiling vibrate.

" I have made my decision... We created the Abyss Against the Heavens organization for a common objective: to find the reincarnation of the Heavenly Demon and kill him before he becomes too powerful... "

She advanced toward the edge of the platform, her wide hips swaying with seductive grace.

" This princess Xue Ming is ambitious and devoured by the quest for power... qualities that I appreciate in a temporary ally " continued Xiaoli while caressing the horn symbol on her forehead.

" By using her resources, we hunt our prey without prematurely exposing our legions to the wrath of the Dao Temple.

The first valet prostrated himself again, his voice trembling.

" Very well, my queen... Your orders will be executed to the letter. The message will be transmitted to princess Ming’er. "

Xiaoli stared at the horizon of the Forbidden Kingdoms. Her red hair seemed to catch fire under the flashes of Khao that tore through the sky.

" Now, prepare the blood rituals. We are going to unseal The Ashura " she ordered, a cruel smile stretching her plump lips. " If the Heavenly Demon has returned, I want the most violent creature of our era to be there to welcome him and shred every fiber of his soul. "

She did not know, however, in her queenly arrogance, that this human ally with whom she was plotting was none other than the devoted and pathologically possessive fiancée of the Heavenly Demon himself. Xue Ming had no intention of letting Xiaoli kill her future husband; she was simply using the Rakshasas to strengthen her own position and ensure BaiShe’s supremacy over the Realms, turning this alliance into a time bomb.