“Immortal of Azure Cloud Holy Land, this child, Gu Miaojun, was born with a celestial omen, a pillar of blood piercing the sky. She is likely the legendary Celestial Demon Body of the demon race. The ambitious Golden-furred Rat Demon will surely seize her body or refine her into a Celestial Demon Pill and consume it! I beg you, please save this poor child.”
Gu Hai was panic-stricken and pleaded bitterly.
“No rush. The good show is just beginning.”
Xia Changqing stood with his hands behind his back, riding the demonic sword, his gaze ahead, smiling playfully. His long, straight black hair fell freely, and his plain blue robe fluttered in the wind. His deep eyes hid the sinister nature of toying with the lives of all beings. Although he was the chief disciple of the Supreme Leader, he looked more like a demonic cultivator.
His Sage’s Pupils sharply detected that Gu Miaojun had regained part of her spiritual power through the blood pillar celestial phenomenon when the Celestial Demon Body was born and was preparing to use an escape secret technique.
“Hahaha, the Celestial Demon Body! Our Treasure-Seeking Rat Clan will rise again! You are much better than that useless wretch. Your first pregnancy has produced a Celestial Demon Body. You are a perfect furnace for breeding demon pills! Once I refine this brat into a Celestial Demon Pill and consume it, I will definitely awaken my ancestral bloodline. With you, a furnace that can endlessly produce pill materials, it will be no difficulty for me to prove the Emperor Realm!”
The Golden-furred Rat King greedily stared at the baby boy in Gu Miaojun’s arms and laughed sinisterly.
“You disgusting monster, dreaming of proving the Emperor Realm! My Senior Brother already killed you. Everything here is an illusion, a virtual world constructed by the Haotian Mirror. When my Senior Brother arrives, he will shred you into pieces again.”
Gu Miaojun carefully held the newborn baby boy, her eyes full of hatred as she shouted. Her intestines twisted with regret; if she hadn’t brought this upon herself, she wouldn’t have ended up in such a situation.
“Hahaha, you crazy little wench, still babbling nonsense! I’ve ruled over Jinyang Prefecture for thousands of years. Do you think I would dare act so recklessly on the territory of Azure Cloud Holy Land without backing? Let me tell you, someone from the higher-ups of Azure Cloud Holy Land has been cooperating with me for hundreds of years. I refine Blood Infant Pills for him, and he provides me protection.”
The Golden-furred Rat King spoke proudly.
“Someone from Azure Cloud Holy Land’s higher-ups is cooperating with you to refine Blood Infant Pills using human babies?”
Gu Miaojun was shocked, and even the spectators outside the Haotian Mirror found it unbelievable.
“Supreme Leader, please rest assured. Regardless of whether it’s true or not, this old man will thoroughly investigate.”
Ye Zheng saw Murong Bing’s face turning increasingly cold as she sat on the Cloud-Bed, and hurriedly stepped out to clear his name, speaking righteously. Though he harbored ambitions to usurp power and had secret dealings with the Heavenly Demonic Sect, he wouldn’t leave evidence by collaborating with a rat demon for a few Blood Infant Pills. If he wanted them, he could simply buy more potent ones from the Heavenly Demonic Sect.
“You disgusting beast, go to hell!”
Gu Miaojun suddenly bit her tongue, spitting two blood swords at the Golden-furred Rat Demon’s eyes. Then she activated the Upper Purity Sword Escape Technique and fled toward Xia Changqing’s nameless valley.
“Roar roar roar! Damn wench, I underestimated you! You even know magic. I’ll eat you alive!”
The rat demon, a middle-aged man with a pointed mouth and monkey cheeks, covered his bleeding eyes and roared to the sky, then transformed into a ten-zhang-tall golden-furred giant rat, filled with wailing spirits and dark demonic Qi, and chased after Gu Miaojun madly. Visit NovelPing for the full chapter.
“Wuwuwu, Senior Brother, please save me. Miaojun knows she was wrong.”
Gu Miaojun, holding the crying baby boy, tearfully pleaded with the handsome youth riding the demonic sword in the sky. The Upper Purity Sword Qi around her was about to dissipate; she would soon revert to a mere mortal.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, a claw shadow slammed down and pinned her firmly to the ground.
“Little rat, carrying your prey, get off my territory, or you die.”
Xia Changqing smiled calmly as if discussing something trivial.
“Senior Brother, how can you stand by and do nothing! You weren’t like this before. You used to like me so much. Wuwuwu, I already know my mistakes. Why can’t you forgive me? You’re so selfish.”
Gu Miaojun cried out in terror.
“If you didn’t do anything wrong, why would you need forgiveness? I was wrong to bring you to Azure Cloud Holy Land, separating you from your loving rat demon father. Look how much he cherishes you. Too bad this isn’t the real world; otherwise, you would be even happier.”
Xia Changqing spoke softly.
“Xia Changqing, if you don’t kill this rat demon, you’ll be trapped in this mirror world forever. Master and the others are watching from outside. You can’t just stand by.”
Hearing Xia Changqing’s gentle words, Gu Miaojun’s face turned pale as if plunged into an icy abyss, her body trembling in fear.
“What real world, what mirror world? What are you two talking about? Azure Cloud brat, explain this to me. Am I really just living in a fictional world? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I am destined to prove the Emperor Realm and become an ancestor. I can’t be a mere illusion constructed by an Imperial Artifact!”
The Golden-furred Rat King shook his massive head violently, roaring with a hideous, unwilling face. He recalled the strange Dao techniques Gu Miaojun had suddenly used and her usual mocking insults, and now their conversation was filled with eerie hints.
The rat demon suddenly realized he might be nothing more than a puppet in a puppet show, a clown for others’ amusement. When the play ended, he would become useless, and his consciousness would vanish into nothingness.
“That’s right. You have long since died, cut down by my halberd. Now, your demon soul is imprisoned within my demonic weapon, serving as a demon slave.”
Xia Changqing mocked.
“Little rat, say hello to yourself.”
The handsome youth flicked the halberd lightly, and a ten-zhang-tall, lifeless-eyed, black giant rat in demon soul form appeared before the Golden-furred Rat King.
Everything else could be faked, but the demon soul could not.
“The identical soul… Have I really died already?”
The rat demon stood dumbfounded, trembling in shock.
“Hahaha, what else? You pathetic fool, toyed within the palm of someone’s hand.”
Gu Miaojun suddenly burst into sharp laughter, her eyes filled with venomous hatred, wishing she could tear the rat demon apart with her own hands.
“If I’m dead, you won’t live either! I’ll drag you all with me!”
The Golden-furred Rat Demon’s eyes turned crimson with madness. He crushed his demon core, raising his realm from Nascent Soul Peak to the late stage Divine Transformation Realm and charged at Xia Changqing like a mad beast.
“Like an ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating yourself. If I could kill you once, I can kill you again. Boom!”
Xia Changqing swung the halberd. With flashes of claws and halberd shadows, he easily pierced through the rat demon’s skull. The once-feared Golden-furred Giant Rat exploded completely.
“Wuwuwu, it’s finally over. Mother, brothers, sisters, you can rest in peace now.”
Gu Hai knelt on the ground, wailing and crying bitterly.
“Waaah waaah!”
The baby boy in Gu Miaojun’s arms, frightened by the explosion, opened his small mouth and began to cry loudly.
“Be good, don’t cry. The monster is dead. We are safe now. Senior Brother, the rat demon is dead. Why can’t we return to the real world?”
Gu Miaojun soothed the crying baby softly while tears streamed down her face. Her pitiful, beautiful eyes were full of despair.
“Why do you think the mirror world still exists? Because your karma hasn’t been completely severed. I have Sage’s Pupils, which can see through illusions and discern the truth. I can leave at any time, but you… it’s very difficult for you. Tsk tsk, little one, you’re so cute.”
Xia Changqing raised his sword-like eyebrows, making a playful face at the baby boy, who giggled and stopped crying. He indeed liked children—but only his own children.