Chapter 147 The Empress's "Interest": This Pillow Actually Has a Heartbeat?

Inside the Kunlun Bronze Immortal Palace, time and space seemed to freeze at this moment.

Inside the Crystal Coffin, that thin base carved from Ten-Thousand-Year Warm Jade was emitting a soft, divine glimmer.

Jiang Chen was resting on the black jade pillow called the "Empress's Midday Nap Cooling Pillow," sleeping so soundly it was world-shaking.

His breathing perfectly synchronized with the rhythmic Chaos currents around the Crystal Coffin; with every breath, he seemed to be absorbing some form of nourishment that transcended time and space from that peerless Physical Body.

"Mmm... this blanket is not only fragrant, but it's also a bit hot to the touch."

Jiang Chen muttered in his sleep, his left hand sliding smoothly onto Empress Ye Liuli's slender waist. Feeling the fabric of the Empress Robe was too silky, his fingers subconsciously tightened, leaving several shallow fingerprints on that stunning curve.

[Ding! Detected that the host is engaging in "Deep Divine Communion." Sleeping partner: Abyssal Empress (Divine Soul Resonance State).]

[Due to the host's extreme audacity and SSS-level death-seeking intensity, the System has forcibly activated the "Life and Death Synchronization" mode.]

[Mental Energy upper limit is expanding frantically: Grandmaster Third Stage... Grandmaster Fourth Stage... Grandmaster Fifth Stage Peak!]

[Warning: The host's Physical Body Qi and blood have developed a false deficiency due to excessive "Harvesting Yin to Supplement Yang." Current displayed Realm: Three Foundation Realms (Bone Forging Realm).]

"Is this the legendary... eating soft rice the hard way?" Jiang Chen complained in the depths of his Sea of Consciousness, but his body honestly burrowed further into the Empress's icy-skinned and jade-boned embrace. That refreshing, orchid-like fragrance was like a top-tier hallucinogenic sedative, causing his Soul to instantly cross the eternal river of time, where he vaguely saw a figure with flying purple hair, carrying the heavens on her back, sneering at him.

Meanwhile, Su Qingyue and Mu Qingxue, standing by the coffin, were completely petrified.

"Sister Qingxue, look at his hand..." Su Qingyue's voice trembled violently, and the usually majestic crimson flame sword in her hand almost fell to the floor. "He... he's actually pinching the Empress's waist? How does he dare!"

Mu Qingxue's expression was even more spectacular, her cold, frost-like face now covered in a blush of shame and indignation. Looking at Jiang Chen's rogue-like "I'm sleeping here, and no one can stop me" attitude, she gritted her silver teeth, her chest heaving violently, the curves under her ice-blue dress undulating with her anger.

"Jiang Chen, you bastard, you're really not afraid of divine retribution..." Mu Qingxue cursed under her breath, but her fingertips trembled involuntarily.

She could feel the energy overflowing from the Crystal Coffin being continuously fed back to the two of them through Jiang Chen as a relay station.

This was an extremely overbearing, predatory sharing; the Empress's ten-thousand-year heritage was being siphoned off by this sleeping youth like stolen electricity and given to his own "body pillows."

Just then, Jiang Chen's fingers suddenly moved down an inch as if possessed, and then... he lightly patted the back of the sovereign who suppressed ten thousand worlds.

"Slap."

A crisp sound echoed through the deathly silent Immortal Palace.

"This mattress... has really good bounce-back." Jiang Chen even smacked his lips as if he hadn't had enough.

Sacrilege! This was the highest level of sacrilege in human history!

However, the expected heavenly punishment did not descend.

Instead, the Chaos currents inside the Crystal Coffin suddenly retracted into the Empress's body. That Physical Body, which had been stiff for ten thousand years, actually flushed with a faint blush under Jiang Chen's "slap," as if its sleeping vitality had been forcibly activated in an extremely hooligan-like manner.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for unlocking a new achievement: Emperor's Body First Awakening.]

[Obtained special BUFF: Empress's Temporary Pardon (Because you pinched her so comfortably, she developed a slight cognitive bias due to Divine Soul separation, mistaking you for the cat she kept).]

[Mental Energy Realm: Breakthrough! Current Rank — Grandmaster Peak of the Three Extraordinary Realms!]

Jiang Chen suddenly snapped his eyes open.

In that instant, within his pupils, his left eye flickered with purple-gold Emperors Might, while his right eye swirled with a deep nightmare.

Every Law in the Bronze Immortal Palace seemed to bow to him at that moment.

But the first thing he said was: "Ouch, my lower back... even though this coffin base is expensive, it really doesn't have any shock absorption."

He slowly climbed out of the Crystal Coffin, even casually swiping an Amethyst Pendant hanging around the Empress's neck.

The movement was as practiced as grabbing a cola from his own fridge.

"Jiang Chen! You're finally awake!" Su Qingyue didn't have time to be jealous and grabbed him. "We have to go, the aura of a Great Grandmaster just came from outside; many factions have completely surrounded this place."

Jiang Chen rubbed his eyes, feeling the terrifying Mental Energy like a vast ocean within him, a mischievous smile curling on his lips.

"What's the rush? I haven't even finished my sleep yet."

He turned his head, looking at the three trembling Semi-Saint Remnant Souls, and then at the dozen or so powerful killing intents gradually appearing at the entrance.

"Since they're all waiting at the door to deliver 'packages,' wouldn't it be rude if I didn't go out to collect them?"

As he spoke, Jiang Chen pulled a crumpled bedsheet from the System space and draped it perfunctorily over his shoulders, looking like an internet-addicted teen who had just been dragged out of bed.

"Teacher Mu, Qingyue, don't say anything later, just watch my performance. Remember, my current identity is a... Trash who is extremely angry because he was woken up."

Mu Qingxue looked at his cheeky appearance and sighed helplessly, but she still unconsciously leaned close to him and asked in a low voice: "Are you... really okay? Those are the true bodies of three major factions descending."

"Don't worry." Jiang Chen patted the black jade pillow in his arms. "My Waking Up Anger is enough to give even God nightmares."