95: morbid excitement

Inside the majestic palace of the Frost Heart Holy Temple, which originally belonged to the Lionheart Queen but had now entirely become Lin Chen's Training Ground, the atmosphere was both alluring and murderous.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged upon a cold bed crafted from Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Marrow.

His pair of Chaos-colored eyes calmly watched the noble, mature, and perfectly voluptuous jade body kneeling before him.

—True Monarch Ziyue.

This Holy Domain True Monarch, who was once high above, wielding the power of life and death over the Northern Territory, had long since lost the Purple-Gold Battle Skirt symbolizing her authority.

In its place was a black gauze as thin as a cicada's wing.

This gauze was personally put on her by the senior, Su Daji, under the flattering name of—the Robe of Service.

Beneath the gauze, the mature jade body, nourished by Holy Light for a thousand years and perfect without a single flaw, was faintly visible. The breathtaking fullness and curves, the skin like snow and jade, contrasted against the Ice Jade Marrow cold bed, radiating an ultimate temptation that was both fallen and holy!

Although her Dao Heart had been reshaped by the Soul Imprint, the nobility and reserve cultivated over a thousand years caused an uncontrollable blush of humiliation to rise on her exquisite face as she adopted this lowly posture.

However, mixed within this humiliation was a trace of... pathological excitement that she dared not even admit to herself!

"Master."

True Monarch Ziyue, the new Empress of the Northern Territory, spoke in a hoarse and respectful voice, her head bowed deeply, not daring to meet Lin Chen's eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through her soul:

"The Northern Territory has been completely 'purged'."

"All Proud Daughters of Heaven above the Golden Core Stage who possess 'Special Physiques,' totaling three thousand one hundred and twenty-seven individuals, have been completely 'cleansed,' registered, and confined in the 'Saintess Palace' (the former dungeon of the Frost Heart Holy Temple), awaiting only... awaiting only your..."

"...favor."

Upon speaking the last two words, her mature, delicate body trembled slightly, uncontrollably!

Under the brand of the Soul Imprint, her soul had long regarded Lin Chen's favor (i.e., the sowing and plundering of the many sons, many blessings system) as the most supreme Great Dao in this world!

"Three thousand one hundred people..."

Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes.

He shook his head, his voice carrying a hint of dissatisfaction.

"Too barren."

After enjoying Cold Moon Heart, who possessed the Pure Spirit Battle Body, and breaking through to the Mid Nascent Soul Stage, his horizons had already expanded to an unbelievable extent!

These leftovers from the Northern Territory, even combined with the three former queens (Fierce Lion Queen, Medusa Queen, and Tuoba Hongyu), were probably not enough to allow him to break through again!

"It... it is this servant girl's incompetence."

True Monarch Ziyue's delicate body trembled violently, the color instantly draining from her noble face!

She thought she had failed in her duty and displeased her Master!

Her mature body prostrated even lower, the voluptuous curves beneath the gauze outlining an arc that made blood surge:

"Please punish your Master! Purple Moon... Purple Moon is willing to accept punishment!"

"Punish you?" Lin Chen smiled.

He reached out, roughly hooking True Monarch Ziyue's smooth chin with his finger, forcing her to lift her exquisite face, which was filled with terror and submission.

"No."

"You have done very well."

Lin Chen's fingertip traced her delicate, moist lips, his voice full of seduction: "You are this King's most noble spoils of war."

"How could this King waste your cultivation base at the Nascent Soul Late Stage Peak?"

"Master...?" Purple Moon was stunned.

"The Northern Territory has been 'drained' dry."

Lin Chen slowly stood up, the pressure of his Heavenly Dao Dharma Body solidifying the air throughout the sleeping chambers.

"And this King is going to a place where this King can... truly eat his fill!"

"Eat his fill?" A trace of confusion flashed in True Monarch Ziyue's eyes.

"That's right."

Lin Chen's gaze penetrated the dome of the Holy Temple, looking towards the northernmost sky!

"Purple Moon."

"Have you ever heard of..."

"—The Ancient Cold Barrens?"

"What?!"

Hearing those four words, True Monarch Ziyue's mature body shook violently! For the first time, genuine "horror" appeared in her charming eyes!

"Master... h-how do you know about that place?!"

That is a "Forbidden Zone" that even the Central Continent Sacred Domain has explicitly "prohibited" stepping into!

"It seems you know."

Lin Chen smiled.

What he knew was, naturally, searched out from the memories of Cold Moon Heart, who had completely succumbed after being favored!

"The Ancient Cold Barrens..."

True Monarch Ziyue's hoarse voice carried a trace of "fear" that even the Soul Imprint could not suppress:

"...That is a 'Spacetime Fault' connecting the 'Northern Territory' and 'Central Continent'."

"It is a 'Ruin' of the ancient 'God-Demon' Great War, filled with something purer and more terrifying than the Northern Territory..."

"—The 'Primordial Ice' Law!"

"That place is a 'Trial Ground,' and also a land of 'Exile'!"

"All the 'female venerables' and 'Goddesses' from the major Holy Lands and Sects of the Central Continent who committed 'grievous crimes' but whose 'status was too noble' to be 'publicly executed'..."

"...were all exiled there! Left to fend for themselves!"

"Oh?"

A brilliant light burst forth from Lin Chen's eyes!

"Status was too noble"?

"Cannot be publicly executed"?

Isn't this... isn't this the damn definition of Supreme Physiques?!

"Hahahaha!"

Lin Chen let out a hearty laugh of extreme pleasure!

He had finally found it!

He had found the Ultimate Fertilizer Breeding Ground that could allow him to break through to the Late Nascent Soul Stage, or even the Nascent Soul Great Perfection!

"Purple Moon."

Lin Chen's command was unquestionable:

"—Lead the way."

...Three days later.

In the northernmost region of the Northern Territory, at the deepest point of the Soul Severing Ice Valley.

This was where Lin Chen had made his start.

And now, at the end of the ice valley, which should have been a dead end, a Chaotic Vortex woven from the Law of Space and the Primordial Ice Law was slowly turning.

This was the entrance to the Ancient Cold Barrens!

Without True Monarch Ziyue's special Holy Domain Token to unlock it, an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator would be instantly frozen into dust by the Primordial Ice Law upon approach!

"Buzz—!"

Lin Chen stood with his hands behind his back and was the first to step into the "vortex."

Closely following him were three equally powerful and beautiful figures.

True Monarch Ziyue had changed back into her Purple-Gold Battle Skirt.

However, beneath the battle skirt, her mature, noble jade body was completely bare!

This was Lin Chen's command.

He wanted her to constantly remember her identity as a female slave!

This caused an indescribable shame and peculiar sensation with every step, as her smooth, taut inner thighs rubbed against the armor... Su Daji was still charming to the core.

Her nine pink Fox Tails swayed restlessly.

She was an ally.

But after witnessing Lin Chen's devilish methods, especially after favoring Cold Moon Heart and subduing True Monarch Ziyue... her ally's Dao Heart had long been shaken!

She was now the one most eager to receive Lin Chen's favor!

Because her Late Nascent Soul Stage bottleneck had already loosened!

She needed a stronger Great Dao to help her break through!

And the last one... "Roar!!"

The Lionheart Queen, Fierce Lion Queen!

Her bronze-colored, athletic body wore only the most primitive Beast Hide Armor, exposing large areas of explosive muscle!

In her pair of golden Lion Eyes, there was only fanaticism!

She was Lin Chen's most loyal 'mount' and vanguard!

She would tear apart every enemy before her "King"!

..."Boom!"

Passing through the spatial vortex, a Primordial aura, ten times colder than the Northern Territory, rushed forth!

This was the Ancient Cold Barrens!

Looking around, everything was stark white!

The sky was ice blue!

The ground was formed from Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice!

The laws here were violent and pure!

"Master, be careful!"

True Monarch Ziyue's face was solemn: "The laws here will 'corrode' the mind! Most of those exiled female venerables have already gone mad!"

"Mad?"

Lin Chen smiled: "It's better if they're mad."

"If they're mad, there's no guilt when eating them!"

"Roar—!!!"

Just as Lin Chen's voice fell!

A shriek, full of tyranny and madness, came from behind a nearby ice mountain!

"A man?!"

"It's... it's the aura of a living man!!"

"Kill him! Tear him apart! Eat him!!"

"Boom!"

An ice-blue figure, like an aurora, slammed over violently!

It was a ragged, crazy woman whose hair was crystallized like ice!

Her aura... was precisely the Late Nascent Soul Stage!

She was the first wave of "resistance" True Monarch Ziyue spoke of!

"Scram!"

Lin Chen didn't even bother to make a move!

"Roar!!"

A lion's roar, ten times more ferocious than the crazy woman's, suddenly erupted!

Fierce Lion Queen!

She had attacked!

Her athletic body instantly swelled! The Golden Lion King Battle Body erupted with full power!

She was like a lioness protecting her food, fiercely slamming into the mad woman who dared to offend her Master!

"Boom—!!"

"Bang!"

The crazy woman at the Late Nascent Soul Stage was actually forcefully knocked flying by Fierce Lion Queen's savage collision!

"Pfft!"

The crazy woman spat out a mouthful of ice-blue blood!

A trace of clarity, and even more "fear," flashed in her eyes!

Impossible!

She was at the Late Nascent Soul Stage!

Why was it that this bronze-skinned barbarian woman, who was clearly only at the Mid Nascent Soul Stage Peak, had power even more terrifying than her own?!

Naturally, she didn't know.

After Fierce Lion Queen submitted to Lin Chen, her Golden Lion King Battle Body had long been fundamentally transformed by Lin Chen's Chaos Dragon Elephant Origin!

She was now the King's Weapon of War!

"Noisy."

Lin Chen frowned impatiently.

His Divine Thought from the Heavenly Dao Dharma Body swept over her.

Physique... impure.

Corroded by the Primordial Ice Law for too long.

Fertilizer... unqualified.

"Fierce Lion Queen."

"—Tear her apart."

"Your command, My King!"

A bloodthirsty smile appeared on Fierce Lion Queen's wild face!

"No—!!"

Amidst the crazy woman's desperate scream, the lioness's sharp claws descended... Having resolved this "minor interlude," Lin Chen's expression did not change in the slightest.

He needed higher-grade prey!

"Purple Moon."

"—Lead the way."

"...Yes, Master."

True Monarch Ziyue forcefully suppressed the shock in her heart (she hadn't expected Fierce Lion Queen to become so powerful), and her mature body respectfully led the way.

The place she was taking her Master to was a coordinate she had seen years ago in the 'Top Secret' files of the Sky Patrol Hall!

An 'ultimate' land of exile that even Goddesses 'dared not' touch!

...After penetrating the Ancient Cold Barrens for an unknown amount of time.

Past billions of "glaciers" and around countless "Law" storms.

Finally.

An "Ice Cave," forged entirely from Nine Heavens Profound Ice, appeared before everyone!

"Master... this is the place!"

True Monarch Ziyue's voice trembled!

"The Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Phoenix Cave!"

Lin Chen looked up.

His pupils suddenly contracted!

His Chaos Dragon Elephant Art, his Heavenly Dao Dharma Body, and his many sons, many blessings system... all simultaneously emitted a roar of extreme excitement at this moment!!

"Such... such a fragrant scent!!"

Lin Chen lost his composure!

He looked through the thick layer of Nine Heavens Profound Ice (the ice layer was transparent)... and saw it!

In the deepest part of the ice cave!

A figure of indescribable beauty was frozen there!

It was a woman dressed in ancient Palace Attire!

Her eyes were tightly closed, her expression serene, as if she were merely asleep.

But her peerless features were such that even time and law could not erode them in the slightest!

She was noble!

She was sacred!

She was perfect!

Her exquisite and voluptuous jade body, wrapped in the ancient Palace Attire, outlined a perfect curve that would make a Goddess jealous!

More importantly!

The faint, yet superior, Origin aura within her that transcended this heaven and earth!

"—The Ice Phoenix Divine Body!!"

Lin Chen's breathing instantly grew heavy!

This!

This damn thing... was the true ultimate fertilizer!

This single "Divine Body" was even more "nourishing" than "ten" True Monarch Ziyues!

Forget the Late Nascent Soul Stage!

Breaking through to the Nascent Soul Great Perfection in a single leap was absolutely not a dream!

"Hahaha! Heaven helps me!"

Lin Chen laughed uproariously, no longer able to suppress the "ecstasy" in his "heart"!

He was about to strike immediately!

He wanted to shatter the Nine Heavens Profound Ice and bestow his favor upon this sleeping Goddess...—right then and there!

However!

Just as his "Chaos Dragon Elephant" fist was about to smash out!

"—Buzz!"

A cold, resolute sword cry suddenly rang out!

"Clang—!"

A Xuan Shuang-colored Sword Qi tore through the void, moving at extreme speed, fiercely slashing towards Lin Chen's wrist!

"Hm?!"

Lin Chen's pupils contracted, and his body rapidly retreated!

"Boom!"

The "Sword Qi" struck empty space, yet it forcefully left a "bone-deep" sword mark on the "Nine Heavens Profound Ice"!

What powerful Sword Intent!

Lin Chen suddenly looked up towards the entrance of the "Ice Cave"!

He saw.

At some unknown point.

A tall, cold woman, dressed in a Xuan Shuang-colored tight Sword Robe and holding an Ice Blue Ancient Sword, was "blocking" the way!

Her face was covered with a "Veil."

But the pair of beautiful eyes that were exposed were so cold they seemed devoid of emotion!

Her aura... was precisely the Late Nascent Soul Stage!

"Those who trespass upon the Ice Phoenix Forbidden Ground..."

The cold woman's voice was as icy as her sword.

"—Die!"

"Oh?"

Lin Chen didn't get angry; instead, he smiled.

He looked at this "loyal" "Guard."

He looked at her exquisite figure, which, wrapped in the tight Sword Robe, was curvaceous and full of explosive power and ascetic beauty... He licked his lips.

The Ice Phoenix Female Sovereign was the "main course."

But this 'little cat' blocking the way... seemed to be an extremely delicious... —Appetizer!

In Lin Chen's eyes, the "desire" for "greed" and "conquest" erupted simultaneously!

He must first defeat and subdue this loyal little wildcat!

And then, right in front of her...—enjoy the mistress she protected!