1284: Chapter 1284 Demonized Emperor Xi, Enhancing Strength

Luo Xiu withdrew his gaze and let it fall upon Empress Xi.

He walked slowly toward her, each step treading upon the Void Realm, yet it felt as if he were stepping on her heart.

Empress Xi kept her head lowered, her long golden hair cascading down and obscuring her face.

Her body was trembling slightly—not from fear, but because she knew what awaited her.

Luo Xiu raised his hand and used his fingers to lift Empress Xi's chin, forcing her to look up.

On that stunningly beautiful face, her Phoenix eyes were tightly shut, her eyelashes quivering slightly, and dried golden blood stained the corners of her mouth.

There was no fear or anger on her face, only a profound sense of exhaustion and helplessness.

She had given up resistance, but she had not surrendered her dignity.

Luo Xiu looked at her, the corners of his mouth curling upward slightly.

"Continue to mobilize the Star Core, keep it steady." His voice was deep and calm, carrying an unquestionable majesty. "By the way, see if I have kept my promise."

Before he finished speaking, the Five Elements mark within his heterochromatic eyes suddenly spun.

It was not the slow rotation from before, but a rapid spinning, like interlocking gears.

The five Origin powers of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth intertwined, collided, and underwent Fusion within his eyes, transforming into a dark golden vortex.

That vortex was as deep as an abyss, seemingly capable of devouring everything—light, sound, Soul, and will.

Empress Xi's Phoenix eyes snapped open, and the golden light met that dark golden vortex for an instant.

Then, her gaze began to lose focus, her consciousness began to blur, and her will began to sink.

She wanted to say something, but her lips only moved slightly, emitting no sound.

She wanted to resist, but her body no longer obeyed her.

She mobilized her Star Core Power, attempting to break free from the shackles of that dark golden vortex—but her power was being devoured by the vortex, bit by bit.

Her consciousness fell into a void of darkness.

That darkness had no light, no sound, no time, and no space.

There was only boundless nothingness and a dark golden vortex slowly spinning in the darkness.

Her consciousness floated in the darkness, trying to find an exit, trying to find light, trying to find herself, but she could not find anything.

Luo Xiu raised his hand and pressed it onto the top of Empress Xi's head.

His palm was broad and cold, and his five fingers were like iron pincers, firmly pinning her head in place.

The dark golden God-Demon Flame surged from his palm, transforming into a layer of pitch-black fire that enveloped Empress Xi completely.

Demonization.

Not devouring, not slaughter, but Demonization.

He wanted to turn Empress Xi into his demon general, his servant, and the sharp blade with which he would conquer the Star Domain.

A Tier 6 demon general would be enough for him to sweep across more Star Domains, devour more stars, and conquer more worlds.

The pitch-black Demon Flame, like a living creature, began to spread downward from the top of Empress Xi's head.

It crawled over her forehead, her cheeks, and her neck.

It crawled over her chest and her legs, wrapping her entire body in the pitch-black flames.

Empress Xi's body began to tremble.

It was not a tremble of fear, but an instinctive resistance.

Her body was resisting the erosion of the Demon Flame, her spiritual power was resisting the invasion of the Demon Flame, and her Divine Soul was resisting the transformation of the Demon Flame.

But her will had already sunk, her consciousness was already blurred, and her resistance was futile.

Luo Xiu closed his eyes and mobilized the Divine Demon Dao Marks within his body.

He wanted to make use of Empress Xi's current state—augmented by Star Core Power, at the Middle Stage of Tier 6, and having given up resistance—to absorb the suddenly increased dao marks and thereby enhance his own strength.

This was not devouring, but borrowing power.

He did not need to devour Empress Xi; he only needed to absorb the dao marks on her body that had surged due to the Star Core Power—those excess powers she could not fully control.

Dark golden light surged from within Luo Xiu's body, flowing down his arm and into Empress Xi's body.

Those lights traveled through her Meridians, searching for the dao marks that had become chaotic due to the Star Core Power, capturing, refining, and absorbing them one by one, then bringing them back into Luo Xiu's body.

Luo Xiu's aura began to climb.

It was not the slow recovery from before, nor the gradual improvement during battle, but a mad surge—like a whale swallowing the ocean.

Each of the dao marks plundered from Empress Xi's body contained the power of an entire main star, and each contained the accumulation of endless years within the Radiant Star Domain.

They intertwined, underwent Fusion, and settled within Luo Xiu's body, transforming into his own power.

His aura began to rise imperceptibly, while at the same time, Empress Xi's aura began to weaken.

It was not because she was injured, but because the dao marks on her body were being plundered by Luo Xiu.

Those dao marks that had surged due to the Star Core Power, those powers she could not fully control, were leaving her body bit by bit and flowing into Luo Xiu's body.

Luo Xiu did not devour her Origin, nor did he obliterate her Divine Soul; he only plundered the excess power on her that did not belong to her.

Her Foundation remained, her cultivation remained, and her life remained.

She had merely fallen back from the Middle Stage of Tier 6 to the Early Stage of Tier 6.

And the Demonization continued.

The pitch-black Demon Flame had covered Empress Xi's entire body and was eroding her Divine Soul bit by bit.

Her consciousness floated in the darkness, her will sank within the Demon Flame, and her Soul was being rewritten bit by bit.

When she awoke again, she would no longer be the master of the Radiant Star Domain, no longer the king of billions of living beings, and no longer the Empress Xi who used love to influence the world.

She would be Luo Xiu's demon general, his sword, his shield, and his pawn.

Luo Xiu slowly withdrew his hand and opened his eyes.

In his heterochromatic eyes, the dark golden light was like two suns, dazzling and brilliant.

The dao marks had only been initially absorbed; after all, Empress Xi's state could not be maintained for long, so this was all that could be done.

But even so, his armor of gods and demons reconsolidated, becoming thicker and more ferocious than before.

His God-Demon Flame burned once more, more intense and more violent than before.

His god-demon greatsword regained its luster, with even deeper dark golden patterns flowing across the blade.