novelraw Chapter 1186 - 246: His Tribulation
Chapter 1186 - 246: His Tribulation
In the Divine Realm, a Heavenly Fox with lustrous fur leaped nimbly into the imperial study.
The man at the desk, buried in official duties, slightly relaxed his furrowed brows as the beautiful Heavenly Fox jumped onto his lap, curling up comfortably.
Slender fingers stroked the fox’s fur, and Eight Desolate Divine Sovereign Ye Beiming squinted his eyes.
His wife Yun Sheng had a true form as the Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox, but she rarely transformed into her fox shape.
However, as hybrid Divine Beasts, both Yun Sheng and Ye Beiming with his Black Qilin Divine Beast form had stronger Divine Power in their beast forms.
The last time both transformed into their beast shapes was when they were creating a Divine Power Seal for their daughter Ye Lingyue.
At that time, it was just discovered that their daughter Ye Lingyue naturally possessed great spiritual power.
But due to the ancient curse borne by the couple in their past lives, transferred onto their daughter Ye Lingyue, she had been weak since childhood.
To prevent that overwhelming spiritual power from harming her frail body, the couple together inscribed a Divine Power Seal on their daughter’s soul.
This seal had remained firm until over five hundred years ago when Ye Lingyue, heartbroken by the betrayal of Beizhi Realm Divine Sovereign Xi Jiuye, forcibly broke through it once.
Afterwards, Yun Sheng and Ye Beiming had twice repaired the Divine Power Seal.
Though the seal was intact, they both clearly understood that it had been compromised and that one day it would break again, maybe even collapse completely.
Neither knew when that day would come, but it eventually arrived.
"Has the seal on our daughter been broken?"
The fluctuation in the Divine Power Seal was also sensed by Ye Beiming, but compared to Yun Sheng, he was more composed and simply let Yun Sheng handle it.
"Yue’er has absorbed a Fire Spirit Origin, greatly boosting her spiritual power. If the timing is right, she might discover the secrets of the Ancient Nine Provinces and become the first Solid Rank Fang Venerate on the Ancient Nine Provinces Continent. At that time, the seal on her will inevitably break."
The Heavenly Fox’s beautiful eyes held endless emotions.
A mother knows her daughter best, and Ye Lingyue’s path to this day was not unrelated to Yun Sheng’s plans.
Yet the unfolding events far exceeded the expectations of Yun Sheng and Ye Beiming.
"Are you not worried this time?"
Compared to earlier concerns, Yun Sheng seemed less worried now.
"What must come will come. Besides, I think our daughter might not be inferior to Xi Jiuye. With her admirers, old and new scores may be settled, and who knows who will live or die. These days, recalling what happened back then, I even think Yue’er’s demise in the alchemy furnace might not have been accidental but predestined."
The Heavenly Fox stretched lazily; in truth, even without Di Shen and Bo Qing’s intervention, a fluctuation in the Divine Power Seal would prompt her to find a way to help repair it for her daughter.
But in doing so, it would likely attract the covetous eyes of some in the Divine Realm.
Letting Di Shen and Bo Qing work together might be better.
It also allowed her to see clearly their intentions towards her daughter.
Yun Sheng had since come to terms with it; clearly, her daughter had been wronged by that scoundrel Xi Jiuye, so why should her daughter sneak around like a rat?
Her daughter, Yun Sheng’s daughter, had never been so aggrieved.
"Oh, you seem confident. But Little Wildcat, is your confidence in our precious daughter or in that prospective son-in-law of yours?" Ye Beiming chuckled.
"Naturally, a bit of both. Are you doubting my judgment?"
The Heavenly Fox discontentedly scratched Ye Beiming with her paw.
"Can a mere mortal really compare with Xi Jiuye, who has a Heavenly Gifted Divine Body? Besides, your beloved son-in-law seems unlikely to save himself now."
Ye Beiming ignored his wife’s little tantrum and spoke with a hint of mockery.
"Fox Ye, what do you mean? If anything happens to the prospective son-in-law, where will you find me another?"
The Heavenly Fox suddenly became tense, changing from her lazy demeanor.
That sly fox always had an inexplicable hostility towards the prospective son-in-law; what mischief was he planning?
"Despite not having recovered, he forced himself to act. With his cultivation, forcefully channeling Primordial Power to repair the seal, his Primordial Power would certainly be greatly depleted. If something happens, he has only himself to blame."
Ye Beiming snorted coldly.
Using Primordial Power to repair the Divine Power Seal was already extremely risky. Moreover, Di Shen boldly used the Phoenix Token as a medium, which greatly exacerbated his Primordial Power consumption.
Ye Beiming’s guess was correct; at this moment, under the thick night sky as dark as ink, Di Shen ran through the dark.
In his hand, the Nine Dragon Roar sword dripped with viscous blood.
The blood puddled on the ground, trailing a long trace of blood.
Numerous pairs of green eyes closely followed. Hoo, hoo: many demon beasts chased Di Shen.
On his handsome, jade-like face was a serious expression.
Ye Beiming was right; due to forcibly teaming up with Bo Qing, Di Shen’s Primordial Power was severely depleted.
At the time he was repairing the Divine Power Seal, not a trace of Primordial Power remained in his Dantian.
Luckily, he possessed the Five Spirits Nirvana Body, allowing him to absorb the Five Spirits Power from the heavens and earth several times faster than others. But even so, after two hours, Di Shen had barely recovered two-tenths of his Primordial Power.
Several black shadows burst forth.
Two leopard dog-beasts, each as large as calves, attacked fiercely from the left and right, their sharp claw wind tearing through the night as they aimed straight for Di Shen’s throat.
A sword light whistled by, and on the Nine Dragon Roar sword, a black rage dragon surged; the sword’s surface brimmed with dragon-scale-like patterns.
As the sword rose and fell, two heads thudded to the ground.
The two hundred and thirtieth head.
Di Shen didn’t even have time to collect the Demon Core from the demon beast’s body, using his foot to vault himself off the corpses of the two leopard dogs.
His continuous running and killing on the way consumed more of his Primordial Power, with less than a tenth remaining in his Dantian.
Yet more and more demon beasts, like a swarm of flying ants, persistently chased him.
Due to hunting the wanted demon beasts, Di Shen had long been separated from Wuyue, Zhang Quan, and others.
Now, amidst the vast wilderness, he was alone.
Di Shen sensed something amiss.
There were too many demon beasts, and they seemed unusually agitated.
It seemed they were ordered by someone to pursue him relentlessly.
Ahead stood an enormous tree, towering a hundred meters tall, its trunk strong and twisted like an ascending Black Dragon.
Di Shen considered briefly, then ascended the tree trunk like a gecko, coming to rest on a branch.