88: Finally became a Nascent Soul True Monarch

An unknown amount of time passed.

As the first ray of morning light pierced the window lattice of the Crystal Palace, the long-awaited system notification sound finally exploded in Lin Chen's mind!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully completing a deep bloodline fusion with the [Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox] (Late Nascent Soul Stage, Divine Grade Bloodline)!]

[The dual effects of [Bloodline Suppression] and [Bloodline Feedback] have been triggered!]

[Congratulations to the host on receiving a Super Reward:]

[One: chaos dragon elephant particles x 100,000!]

[Two: Cultivation breakthrough! Nourished by the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox's Primordial Yin Qi, the core shattered, forming the infant, and advancing to the Early Nascent Soul Stage!]

[Three: Foundation unprecedented throughout the ages! Automatically acquired the strongest Dao Foundation—the [Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment]!]

Boom—!!!!!!!!!!

The moment the system sound fell, an energy thousandfold more terrifying than any previous instance instantly detonated within Lin Chen's limbs, bones, and Eight Extraordinary Meridians!

"Crack—Shatter—!!!"

Inside his Dantian Sea of Qi, the "Chaos Golden Core," which had been polished smooth, flawless, and as brilliant as the great sun, let out a groan of distress at this moment!

Cracks, like spiderwebs, rapidly spread across the surface of the Golden Core!

But this was not destruction; it was rebirth!

Countless fragments of the Golden Core, mixed with the chilling and sacred [Primordial Yin Qi] continuously surging from the beautiful demoness beneath him, along with the 100,000 [chaos dragon elephant particles]... the three combined!

Like the creation of heaven and earth, they furiously reorganized, compressed, and underwent qualitative change within Lin Chen's Dantian!

A miniature "Nascent Soul," identical to Lin Chen but completely wreathed in countless wisps of chaotic colored energy flow, instantly took shape amidst a Great Dao Heavenly Sound that resonated through the soul!

This Nascent Soul sat cross-legged, solemn and majestic, yet exuding a supreme dominance capable of suppressing all ages!

At the site of the Dao Foundation, a golden "Heavenly Dao" imprint, containing the mysteries of the Three Thousand Great Daos, appeared!

Strength, at this moment, completed an epic leap!

Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes, sensing the terrifying power within him, vast as a sea of stars.

Lin Chen slowly exhaled a mouthful of foul air, and then, he lowered his head.

His gaze fell upon the beautiful "offering" that he had "suppressed" for the entire night.

That was his newly subdued female slave—Su Daji.

At this moment, she had long lost the aloof, queenly demoness demeanor that captivated all living beings when he first met her.

Her iconic silver hair, which seemed to flow with moonlight, was strewn across the luxurious and messy brocade couch like the most expensive silk, creating a stark visual contrast with her fair, almost transparent skin.

Sweat had completely soaked her exquisite, graceful, and flawless jade body.

Her peerless face, which should have overturned the world and caused Gods and Buddhas to fall, was now filled with exhaustion, emptiness, numbness, and... a trace of submission and dependence originating from the deepest part of her soul, which she hadn't even realized herself.

Especially those peach blossom eyes, capable of captivating souls, were now misty and unfocused.

She was like a delicate, beautiful flower completely ravaged by a storm, lying there barely alive, unwilling to move even a single slender jade finger.

This sense of contrast—falling from the most sacred "Goddess" to the most humble "female slave"... This feeling of control, thoroughly conquering, ravaging, crushing, and then reshaping a lofty queen... Lin Chen couldn't help but curve his lips into a sinister smile of absolute control.

He stretched out his hand, his fingertip tracing her cheek, which was still smooth as silk yet trembled slightly, and slowly announced their upcoming... battle plan!

"—Now."

"It's time to go meet your two 'good sisters'."

Soon, the morning light pierced the eternally unchanging lead-gray sky curtain of the Northern Territory, and pale golden sunlight scattered across the vast white snow, reflecting millions of broken lights.

Across the Frozen Snowfield, two figures walked unhurriedly.

In front was a handsome young man in luxurious white robes, his black hair like a waterfall, his expression indifferent as ice.

His steps seemed casual, yet every stride resonated with heaven and earth, causing the surrounding violent wind and snow to become docile.

Trailing closely behind him was a silver-haired woman.

She wore a snow-white dress, her figure graceful and curvaceous; even through her clothes, one could imagine her breathtakingly perfect contours.

She wore an exquisite mask carved from Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Jade, concealing the peerless face that could drive all males in the world insane, revealing only a pair of complex peach blossom eyes—seemingly calm, yet swirling with endless "humiliation" and "awe" in their depths.

These two were Lin Chen, who had just completed the dual "conquest" of spirit and flesh, and his newly subdued "Heart Demon Slave"—Su Daji!

Their destination was precisely the "Hongmen Banquet" set up by the two great overlords, [Raging Lion City] and [Black Python City]—

The Northern Territory's infamous deadly ground, the "Soul Severing Ice Valley"!

"Master..."

Su Daji looked at the back of the man in front, who was not bulky but seemed capable of supporting the entire world, her beautiful face under the mask complex.

Her voice was soft but carried unconcealed worry: "...Are we really going, just the two of us?"

"That Fierce Lion Queen and Medusa Queen are both Mid Nascent Soul Stage Queens who have been famous for hundreds of years. They set up the Hongmen Banquet with malicious intent, your subordinate worries..."

"Worry?"

Lin Chen paused slightly, not turning around, his tone full of amusement: "What? Are you worrying about me? Or are you worrying about yourself?"

"Or perhaps..." A sinister curve appeared at the corner of his mouth, "...are you afraid of your two 'good sisters'?"

"..."

Su Daji instantly fell silent!

A chill originating from the depths of her soul swept over her entire body.

She knew she had touched a sensitive nerve in this man!

Although the [Heart Demon Blood Pact] had been planted in her, she ultimately underestimated this man's god-like ability to see into people's hearts!

Her words just now were indeed not entirely out of concern, but also contained a hint of... testing, which she hadn't even realized herself!

She was testing whether this man was truly fearless or merely arrogant.

And now... she had her answer.

"...Your subordinate knows her mistake."

She decisively knelt on one knee, lowering her once proud head.

Lin Chen slowly turned around, walked up to her, stretched out his hand, and lightly lifted her masked chin.

He stared at those beautiful peach blossom eyes filled with "dread" and "unease," and revealed a devilish, gentle smile.

"Daji, remember."

"From the moment you established the Blood Pact, your heart, your body, and everything about you belongs to me."

His voice suddenly turned cold!

"—Put away your ridiculous little schemes!"

"Otherwise, next time... I will make you personally experience what a true 'Heart Demon' is!"

After speaking, he released her hand, ignoring the peerless demoness who was already dripping with fragrant sweat and trembling slightly, and walked straight toward the distant, massive ice valley that resembled the mouth of a giant beast.

Su Daji dared not make any further movements, following silently like the most loyal shadow.

At the same time, she dutifully began fulfilling her "female slave" obligations, using Divine Sense to introduce Lin Chen in detail to the two terrifying Queens they were about to face!

"Master," her voice was unprecedentedly solemn, "Fierce Lion Queen, the City Lord of Raging Lion City, is the Northern Territory's recognized number one in 'martial strength'!

"She was born with the [Raging Lion Hegemon Body], and the strength of her physical body long surpassed the scope of demon beasts! It is said that when she was young, she once killed an adult [Ice Plains Dragon Elephant] bare-handed!"

"Her personality is brutal, and she advocates for absolute power! Thirty years ago, a subordinate city of 100,000 people under her command rebelled..."

Su Daji's voice carried a hint of fear: "...She arrived alone, condensed the 'Golden Lion King' Dharma Idol, and with just one punch! She pulverized that sturdy city along with its hundred thousand inhabitants!"

"Since then, no one in the Northern Territory has dared to challenge her authority!"

One punch to shatter a city?!

Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. This Lionheart Queen was indeed ruthless! The [Raging Lion Hegemon Body] was probably not inferior to his incomplete [Archaic Dragon-Elephant Art].

"What about the other one?"

"Black Python City Lord, Medusa Queen..." Su Daji was silent for a moment, as if searching for appropriate adjectives.

Finally, she only uttered two words: "...Viper."

"She is like a beautiful Viper hiding in the darkest corner. Her frontal combat power might not be as great as Fierce Lion Queen's, but her difficulty and danger level are even greater!"

"She was born with the [Nine Nether Poison Body], and her blood is the world's most potent venom! The [Black Water Profound Art] she cultivates can turn a hundred-mile radius into a poisonous swamp! Her personality is cold, cunning, and vengeful!"

"Fifty years ago, an 'Ice Crystal' family with a heritage spanning thousands of years offended her at an auction. That night... every member of that family, from the Nascent Soul Ancestor to the newborn baby, 3,700 people in total, silently turned into pools of foul-smelling black pus overnight!"

"Not even the Mountain-Protecting Formation was triggered! To this day, no one knows how she did it!"

Su Daji's voice was filled with despair: "One is the extreme of 'power,' and the other is the extreme of 'cunning.' And now... these two women, who should have been mutually exclusive, have actually joined forces."

Finally, the two arrived at the deepest part of the "Soul Severing Ice Valley."

An open-air "banquet hall," carved entirely from Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice, had already been set up.

In the center of the banquet hall, two queenly figures, radiating terrifying aura, were already seated.

To the left was a dominant woman wearing Golden Chainmail!

She was tall and extremely muscular, the golden armor tightly wrapping her explosive, athletic physique. Every defined muscle line seemed to speak of primal wildness. Her long golden hair was scattered wildly like a male lion's mane.

She was the Lord of [Raging Lion City]—Lionheart Queen, Fierce Lion Queen!

In her hand, she held a massive, still-dripping beast leg, tearing savagely at the raw meat as if no one else was present. Her thick lips, stained with blood and grease, were full of brutal temptation.

To the right was a seductive woman wearing Tight Black Scale Armor.

The scale armor, made of unknown material, perfectly clung to her body, outlining an impossibly soft, serpentine waist that no ordinary person could possess, as if a slight twist could drain the soul of any man.

Her pitch-black hair hung down to her ankles, and her beautiful face was sickly pale. Her pair of narrow phoenix eyes were like the most venomous Vipers.

She was the Lord of [Black Python City]—Medusa Queen, Medusa Queen!

In her hand, she held a cup of liquor that exhibited a strange "ink-green" color.

Within the liquor, there were even several small, multicolored Poisonous Insects swimming around.

She extended her forked, scarlet tongue and lightly licked her sickly pale lips, revealing a cold and sinister smile.

As Lin Chen and Su Daji arrived, two oppressive gazes instantly shot toward them!

"Giggle, giggle, giggle, giggle..."

The first to speak was the Medusa Queen, whose voice was cold and charming, like a Viper flicking its tongue.

She looked at Su Daji, who was masked and clearly reduced to a "prisoner" behind Lin Chen, and laughed charmingly, without concealment:

"Oh my~! Who did I think it was?"

"So it's our Daji younger sister from Ten Thousand Fox Mountain, the one who knows how to 'please men' and 'serve' people the best."

She deliberately emphasized the words "please" and "serve"!

"What's wrong?"

"The three-day deadline hasn't arrived. Is younger sister so impatient that she brought her 'new pet' to beg for mercy and 'defect' to us proactively?"

The more brutal Lionheart Queen was even more direct!

She slammed the beast leg heavily onto the table, her dominant eyes, like those of the Golden Lion King, locking onto Lin Chen!

"Su Daji, you slutty fox who only knows how to wag your tail in bed, you've certainly found another decent 'new toy'."

Her gaze struck Lin Chen like a heavy hammer!

"But... this little thing has tender skin and delicate flesh; he looks even more like a woman than a woman!"

She slowly clenched her hideous fist, which was larger than Lin Chen's head, causing her bones to crackle loudly!

"—I wonder if he can withstand a single punch from this Queen?!"

Facing the humiliation and threats, Lin Chen remained expressionless.

The Medusa Queen, meanwhile, giggled charmingly again, as if cooperating with Fierce Lion Queen's "performance."

She extended a fair, slender jade finger painted with ink-green nail polish and lightly beckoned toward Lin Chen.

"Oh my, why must elder sister be so crude?"

Her voice was full of a chilling "gentleness" and "pity."

"Your younger sister, however, thinks..."

"To smash such a beautiful 'work of art' into meat paste with one punch would be too wasteful, too regrettable."

"How about..."

She once again extended her forked, scarlet tongue and licked her seductive red lips.

"...Give him... as a prize to your younger sister?"

"Soak him in my 'Ten Thousand Poisons Jade Elixir'."

"Watching his fair skin rot and melt, little by little..."

"Watching the most painful and desperate expression in the world appear on his handsome face, howling and begging me for mercy..."

"Perhaps..."

A hint of twisted excitement flashed in her Viper-like eyes!

"...that would be much more interesting! Giggle, giggle, giggle..."