462: Xin Yuelan!!

His power, in front of this seemingly gentle Dao Artifact Embryo,

was merely a speck of dust thrown into a vast galaxy, unable to stir even a ripple.

Forcibly breaking it? He even vaguely felt that if he truly used his ultimate power to forcibly impact the imprint,

the instant the imprint shattered, it would likely also completely detonate the Origin of this Dao Artifact Embryo, utterly destroying it! It wouldn't be worth the loss!

"A chicken rib! A complete and utter chicken rib!" Yao Delong's brows were tightly furrowed.

The Dao Artifact Embryo was incredibly precious, and this item's quality was extraordinary, with limitless potential for the future!

Yet, it was locked down by this persistent imprint, leaving him only able to watch without being able to use it!

Discard it? He couldn't bear to!

Use it? He had no method!

A strong sense of unwillingness surged in his heart.

Xin Yuelan... you'd better have found the nine nether soul nurturing flower!

Across endless Void Realm turbulence, deep within the Demonic Domain, on a floating blood peak perpetually shrouded by a scarlet demonic moon,

where the air churned with the scent of sulfur and blood.

This place was the Heavenly Demon Sect's core Forbidden Ground—the Demonic Heart Palace.

In a quiet room enveloped in dense Devilish Qi, carved with totems of ten thousand demons paying homage,

Xin Yuelan, clad in a profound black palace dress that accentuated her graceful figure, suddenly opened her eyes.

She covered her nose with a slender finger and let out an extremely clear sneeze!

"Achoo—!"

"Hmm?" Her delicate brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of confusion and displeasure appeared on her beautiful face.

"A Nascent Soul body is impervious to cold and heat, warding off all evil, so why would I suddenly sneeze... Is the Demonic Qi here too chaotic? Or..."

A name suddenly flashed through her mind—Yao Delong!

"Damn it! It must be that Yao Delong is thinking of this Young Miss again!"

She cursed under her breath in annoyance, and the vexation that had been suppressed for many days instantly surged.

The yanshen fetus... her supreme Dao Artifact Embryo, which nurtured her Divine Soul and aided her Breakthrough!

In her desperation to escape, she had impulsively used it as 'collateral' with that hateful Yin Yang Sect brat!

She had thought that with the Heavenly Demon Sect's influence in the Demonic Domain, they would quickly find the nine nether soul nurturing flower to complete the transaction.

But who would have thought that months later,

the elite Disciples sent out had almost turned over the Underworld Ghost Domain of the Demonic Domain,

yet hadn't found even a decent Soul Nurturing Grass! There was even less news about the nine nether soul nurturing flower!

"They're all useless!" Xin Yuelan secretly cursed.

Without the continuous, high-level Divine Soul Origin nourishment and dao rhyme cleansing from the yanshen fetus, her Cultivation progress was practically a snail's crawl!

She was clearly already in the Nascent Soul Realm, and her Foundation was solid, but the step of condensing her Divine Soul and touching the power of heaven and earth,

became exceptionally difficult and obscure due to insufficient Divine Soul tempering!

Months passed, and the Bottleneck was like an unmoving rock!

At this moment, Luo Tianying, who had fled back from the Eastern Domain, brought back news that made her heart pound and filled her with immense resentment—

That Yao Delong, not only advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm months ago, but he also survived a sneak attack from her father, Mad Extreme Demon Lord's Void Refining power... Although Luo Tianying described him as critically wounded, he didn't die!

And he seemed to be recovering extremely quickly!

"A Nascent Soul resisting Void Refining... What kind of Heaven-Defying Opportunity did this scoundrel get?!"

Xin Yuelan was both jealous and hateful, clenching her pink fists.

What made her even more restless was that this matter had already alarmed her father, the Heavenly Demon Sect Master—Heart Without Demonic Intent!

Just last month, Heart Without Demonic Intent personally issued a Sect Master order, placing 'Yao Delong's' name

at the top of the Heavenly Demon Sect's "Blood Demon Kill List"! The bounty was even more insane:

Whoever slays Yao Delong—

Reward! One supreme grade heavenly artifact-grade demonic weapon!

Bestow! One year's Cultivation authority in the Demonic Transformation Pool!

As soon as this order was issued, the entire Demonic Domain was shaken!

Those old Devil Heads who had been dormant, encountered Bottlenecks in their Cultivation, or whose lifespans were nearing their end,

as well as numerous infamous and insatiably greedy Soul Transformation Realm demonic cultivators, had already swarmed towards the Eastern Domain's Ba Xia Dynasty like sharks smelling blood,

sneaking and concealing their tracks!

"That bastard! They're all rushing for the bounty, what about my yanshen fetus?!"

Xin Yuelan was so anxious she was almost in tears.

Her father's bounty was equivalent to attaching countless death warrants to Yao Delong.

How would those old demons still care about any transactions?

Once they found Yao Delong, they would definitely team up to tear him apart first and share the bounty!

At that time, whose hands would her yanshen fetus fall into? Could she even get it back? It might even be directly devoured!

No!

She absolutely could not sit idly by!

She must find Yao Delong before those old Devil Heads and get the yanshen fetus back!

Even if... she had to pay some more 'price'... she had to stabilize him first!

With her mind made up, Xin Yuelan suddenly stood up, pushed open the heavy gate made of demonic crystal,

and walked through the eerie, mist-shrouded corridors to a secluded and elegant small courtyard deep within the Demonic Heart Palace,

which was surprisingly out of place with the foul Devilish Qi outside.

The courtyard was planted with strange, luminous white spiritual flowers that could grow in the Demonic Qi-ridden land,

emitting a refreshing yet somewhat cold radiance.

Spring water gurgled, and the rockery was exquisite, arranged with an indescribable noble charm.

A stunningly beautiful woman in an ice-blue, star-diamond flowing gown stood with her back to Xin Yuelan,

her hands behind her back beneath a flower trellis, her fingertips plucking a peculiar Demonic Domain flower, 'Dream Whisper You Tan', that was absorbing moonlight.

From her figure, she appeared to be in her thirties, but her face was as clear as jade carved from ten thousand years of secluded ice,

her features exquisitely perfect, and her ice-blue eyes were as deep as an boundless starry sea,

as if containing infinite wisdom and Law.

A peculiar rhythm emanated from her, forming its own world, completely incompatible with the Demonic Domain,

her aura as profound as the sea, clearly a Integration Realm cultivator, far beyond the imagination of this realm!

This was Xin Yuelan's mother, the peerless strong practitioner, Fairy Xing Xuan, who came from the mysterious Heavenly Domain, a place rumored to be above the Demonic Domain!

"Mother!" Xin Yuelan hurried forward, her voice tinged with anxiety and grievance, subconsciously tugging at Fairy Xing Xuan's sleeve.

Feeling her daughter's agitation, the You Tan flower at Fairy Xing Xuan's fingertips trembled slightly, then returned to calm.

She turned around, her ice-blue eyes falling on her daughter, with an understanding that saw through everything.

"What? Are you anxious about that 'mortgaged' treasure of yours again?"

Her voice was clear and ethereal, devoid of worldly concerns, yet it made one's heart tremble with awe,

"Last time you secretly left, if your father hadn't arranged people and that yanshen fetus... you would have long been buried in the Eastern Domain, unable to even enter Reincarnation!

Now that your father's bounty has been issued and the strong practitioners of the Demonic Domain are all moving, do you still want to get involved in this muddy water?"

Her tone carried an undeniable sternness.

"Mother!" Xin Yuelan became anxious, her eyes reddening slightly,

"I have to go! That yanshen fetus is crucial for my Divine Soul!

Now that father's bounty is open, those bloodthirsty old Devil Heads won't care about any flowers or anything else!

They just want to kill Yao Delong and claim the reward!

If that yanshen fetus falls into their hands, or is directly destroyed by them... my Dao path will be..."

Her voice choked, her eyes filled with pleading,

"Please, Mother, grant my wish! I will be extra careful this time, absolutely no forceful actions, I just need to find a way to trade with Yao Delong to get it back!"