I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 836: Chapter 313: The Empress Takes the Initiative to Serve! The Reverse Clock!

"Dead?"

Chen Mo was slightly stunned.

According to the original plot development, the Demon Lord was likely to be the ultimate boss of the upcoming DLC, with strength comparable to the Empress.

Even if unable to match in power, escaping should not have been a problem.

And yet, just died like that?

"Empress, are you certain you’ve killed the Demon Lord?" Chen Mo regained his composure, frowned, and said, "That Demon Lord is extremely skilled in the art of avatars. Could it be they used a technique to feign death and escape?"

Yu Youhan replied calmly, "Whether it’s a clone, I can tell, she has already been rendered into nothingness by Returning Ruins Dao Power, with no possibility of resurrection."

Pausing in her tone, she pondered, "But come to think of it, it is indeed a little strange..."

"The Demon Lord’s strength was much weaker than I imagined. Logically, someone who can refine an entire mountain range and wield the power of heaven and earth should not be so easy to kill."

"Moreover, after her death, the array is still in operation, protecting the Demon Clan."

"So I suspect, aside from that Demon Lord, there might be another Ultimate Venerable in the Desolate Domain... as to why they haven’t acted, I do not know."

Another Ultimate Venerable?

Chen Mo’s heart chilled.

If the Demon Clan truly has two Ultimate Venerable Realm existences, it’s not good news for him.

"Previously, the Daoist Venerable mentioned a name during a confrontation with the Demon Lord’s clone, Zhu Jiuyou; could it be the hidden Ultimate Venerable?"

"Zhu Jiuyou?"

Yu Youhan recalled for a moment and said, "I’ve heard this name, but it’s from a long time ago, seemingly someone from the same era as the Tianshu Pavilion Daoist Master... but they have long fallen in that era of great strife, becoming dust in history."

Chen Mo had heard a little about the so-called "era of great strife."

At the time, the land was without a master, dragons and serpents arose, and Heavenly Prides from Buddhism, Taoism, magic, and demons emerged, marking the golden age with the most Ultimate Venerables in history, as well as the most chaotic and turbulent time.

In that light, Zhu Jiuyou should be the strongest of the Demon Clan from a thousand years ago.

Then what is the relationship between him and Zhu Wujiang?

Recalling the previously triggered hidden event—

[Zhu Jiuyou shines in the abyss of night, Eternal Prison boils Yellow Springs.]

Chen Mo’s heart stirred, he asked, "Empress, do you know what kind of Demon Creature Zhu Jiuyou is?"

Yu Youhan touched her chin, and said, "It’s said to be a dragon?"

"A dragon?"

Chen Mo’s brow twitched, "Does such a creature really exist?"

The closest he had seen to a dragon was the Blood Flood Dragon he encountered in Linglan County.

But that was only similar in appearance, a mutation after the Black Python devoured Dragon Qi, not a True Dragon. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

In "Jiu Zhou Records of Elsewhere," it mentions "A wyvern after five hundred years becomes a jiao, a jiao evolves into a dragon after a thousand years," but whether such a creature exists is still unsubstantiated, only traces can be found in unofficial historical tales.

"And Zhu Wujiang? What is its true form?" Chen Mo asked again.

"Zhu Wujiang? You mean the Demon Lord?" Yu Youhan said, "This is another odd aspect... though her Demon Energy is extremely dense, her true form is incomplete, it feels like a Human Demon hybrid."

?

Chen Mo frowned even tighter.

The union between the Demon Clan and Human Race has a very small chance of producing offspring, who externally appear almost identical to the Human Race, but retain some Demon Clan characteristics, generally referred to as "Abnormal People."

These Abnormal People face discrimination in both the Human Race and Demon Clan, barely surviving in the cracks, their situation is very miserable.

Especially in the Demon Clan, where power originates from bloodlines, the purity of lineage is highly valued, and they couldn’t possibly be considered worthy to command the Ten Thousand Demons.

Previously encountered Demon Clan members, whenever mentioning "Master," their genuine worship and reverence absolutely couldn’t have been faked.

"This Demon Lord is indeed a bit peculiar..." Yu Youhan said in a deep voice, "No matter, if needed, I could again venture to the Desolate Domain and eliminate all Demon Clan, completely severing future threats."

Chen Mo regained himself, shook his head, and said, "Empress has already done enough, let the rest be handled by a humble servant."

There is an end to human power.

Even someone as strong as the Empress, wanting to fight against the entire Demon Clan alone is no easy task.

Albeit she appears unfazed, and talks little of the dangers, yet almost being lost in nothingness was the truth... This time, she was fortuitously awakened by me, but will luck be so favorable next time?

"I know what you’re worried about, it was just a mistake, the same error I won’t make again..."

Yu Youhan’s words were interrupted by Chen Mo, who looked into those Qing Bi eyes seriously and said, "Whether the Demon Lord lives or dies is irrelevant, but I want the Empress to live well, promise me, no matter what, not to put yourself in danger again, okay?"

Live well?

Yu Youhan was startled.

She had once said this to Chen Mo too.

Back then, it was merely concern over being unable to escape the shackles of the Heart Demon, and though now still bound by the red silk, she no longer cared as much.

If that Heart Demon is him...

Being bound for a lifetime, what harm would that entail?

"Alright, I promise you." Yu Youhan earnestly nodded.

Chen Mo breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and said, "A humble servant is now in the Third Grade Divine Union Realm, can more or less relieve the Empress’s worries."

Yu Youhan pressed her lips together, her gaze somewhat drifting.

This man’s progress is indeed astonishingly fast, in just half a year, advancing forcefully from Secondary Sixth Rank to Third Grade.

If it continues like this, entering the First Grade shouldn’t take long...