290: Chapter 290 Not even a male dog is allowed in?

Bang!

The doors to the Empress's bedchamber were kicked open by Cao Kun.

Immediately following, Cao Kun strode inside, carrying a blushing Empress Yue Chan in his arms.

With a wave of his hand, dozens of sound-isolating Restrictions lit up simultaneously.

The priority was absolute safety and being undisturbed.

Empress Yue Chan was flustered by Cao Kun's impatient demeanor.

"Why are you making such a scene…"

Cao Kun looked down at the Empress of Great Yan in his arms, who was as shy and coy as a little girl.

He couldn't suppress the wicked smile at the corner of his lips.

"What are you afraid of?"

"Just a moment ago in the Golden Throne Hall, I wonder who said they wanted to return to the bedchamber."

"My greatest strength is listening to my wife and having strong execution."

Saying this, Cao Kun could no longer suppress the burning heat in his heart and leaned down to kiss her.

"Rip."

As the phoenix robe scattered onto the bed, Empress Yue Chan's waterfall-like black hair cascaded down.

She was noble, sacred, and inviolable, yet at this moment, she let him plunder to his heart's content.

"Mmh… Cao Kun… be gentle…"

Empress Yue Chan let out a soft cry, and all her protests were blocked in her throat.

...

Time flew by.

In the world of Cultivators, time always passed exceptionally quickly.

Especially for the two immersed in their discussion of the Dao, the rising and setting of the sun and moon were but a flick of a finger.

A full ten days passed.

The civil and military officials of the Great Yan Imperial Capital had their eyes truly opened during these ten days.

Every morning at court, they could see the direction of the Empress's bedchamber, where a golden Dragon of National Fortune was faintly circling and roaring, accompanied by waves of low, rumbling thunder.

During these ten days of cultivation, not only did Cao Kun not feel fatigued!

Instead, his energy and spirit had reached an unprecedented Peak state.

He sank his Divine Sense into his Purple Mansion.

The five basic Laws of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth transformed into five phantom deities, guarding the five directions of his Purple Mansion.

They were endless and cyclical.

Above the Five Elements was a Dharma Image of the Thunder Emperor coiling in the firmament.

Finally, there was the Imperial Golden Dragon that reigned above all living beings and commanded everything!

Seven Laws shone brilliantly, reflecting off each other!

Ordinary Body Integration Stage experts would be lucky if they could grasp the fur of one Law in their entire lifetime.

Yet, Cao Kun, with only a Peak Void Refining cultivation, had already fully mastered seven Laws and perfectly fused them within his Purple Mansion!

Beyond his comprehension of the Laws, Cao Kun's Physical Body had undergone a qualitative change.

Benefiting from the tempering properties of the Chaos Unity Art, combined with the counter-shock forging of the Taiyin Glazed Battle Body in the Ancient God Ruins, as well as the constant nourishment of the Great Yan national fortune over these past ten days, Cao Kun's Physical Body had now surpassed the limits reachable by Cultivators of the Mortal Realm.

It had transformed into a semi-spirit body state that only those at the Perfection of the Mahayana Stage could touch!

Now, whenever he wished, he could summon the Nine Heavens Lightning Tribulation and break through to the Body Integration Stage on the spot!

After experiencing his own changes, Cao Kun looked at Empress Yue Chan, who was sleeping on his chest.

On that exquisitely beautiful face, a lingering blush remained.

Her skin, highlighted by sweat, was as crystal clear as mutton-fat jade.

Cao Kun savored the past ten days in his heart and couldn't help but sigh inwardly: As expected of an Empress, she exuded the ultimate charm of a mature woman everywhere!

Those green, young girls outside who blushed at the slightest thing simply couldn't compare!

She was like a pool of spring water—warm, soft, and all-encompassing.

It felt as if she could wrap him entirely within her.

That feeling—supple, tight, and smooth—made one completely sink into it.

Every movement was incomparably light and just right, making one unable to stop.

"This is what life is about."

Cao Kun sighed contentedly.

He gently pulled his arm from under Empress Yue Chan's neck.

Then, with a thought, he entered the Demon Suppressing Tower.

"Snap!"

Cao Kun snapped his fingers.

The void in front of him twisted, and a black remnant soul, wrapped in Chaos Qi and struggling incessantly, drifted out from within.

"Cao Kun! You despicable villain!"

As soon as the remnant soul appeared, that venomous roar echoed in the space.

"Even if I become a vengeful ghost, I will never let you go!"

"Save it, old man. You aren't even a ghost right now; at best, you're just a broken USB drive filled with data. A USB drive should have the awareness of a USB drive."

"Do I need to ask if you're willing before I plug or unplug you?"

Not giving God Emperor Lingxiao any chance to continue cursing, Cao Kun directly activated his Heavy Pupils and forcibly initiated a soul search!

Countless chaotic memory fragments flashed through Cao Kun's mind like a revolving lantern.

God Emperor Lingxiao had lived for over ten thousand years, and his memories were vast and redundant.

But relying on the power of his Heavy Pupils, Cao Kun directly discarded the useless waste and headed straight for the core.

A moment later, the image froze.

It was a blessed land with ethereal Immortal Qi, where spiritual Peaks pierced the clouds.

In his memory, God Emperor Lingxiao, in order to find an Opportunity to break through to the Mahayana Stage, had once concealed his aura and secretly infiltrated a top-tier orthodoxy in the Central Province—the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace!

This Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace held a very high status in the Central Province; the Sect consisted entirely of female Cultivators, claiming to be clear-hearted and having few desires, forgetting emotions at the highest level, and not even allowing a male dog to enter.

Yet, they occupied one of the Ancient Secret Realms with the most concentrated Spiritual Qi in the Central Province.

In God Emperor Lingxiao's memory, at the deepest part of that Secret Realm stood an ancient divine mountain that was pitch black and devoid of any vegetation.

From a crack in the divine mountain, a wisp of gray-black airflow was slowly overflowing.

That was… Chaos Qi!

Moreover, according to God Emperor Lingxiao's investigation, this divine mountain would overflow with Chaos Qi punctually every hundred years, without fail!

Seeing this, Cao Kun's eyes lit up terrifyingly.

The Laws of the Lower Realm were incomplete; it was impossible for energy of this level to be produced naturally.

The only possibility was a fragment of the chaos divine sword!

"Overflowing every hundred years… This is definitely a massive fragment of the divine sword! It might even be more than one piece!"

The current chaos divine sword was just a defective product, yet it was already this powerful.

If he could get his hands on that fragment in the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and fuse it, how terrifying would its power be?

Cao Kun suppressed the wild joy in his heart and continued to squeeze the last bit of value out of God Emperor Lingxiao.

A moment later, another memory image emerged.

This memory did not originate from God Emperor Lingxiao himself.

Instead, it was an ancient, real scene he had glimpsed from the Origin of the primordial demon heart when he fused with it!

In the image, the firmament was collapsing, and the sky was an endless blood color.

Below was the vast, boundless World Sea that had buried countless Major Thousand Worlds!

Countless terrifying beings, as large as stars, were rampaging in the World Sea.

They devoured Star Domains and enslaved all races; wherever they passed, all Laws were extinguished.

The living beings of the heavens and myriad worlds wailed at their feet.

That was the culprit behind the great calamity of the World Sea—the Immortal Beings!

Just when the living beings were in despair, thinking the era was about to end, a towering figure in a gray robe appeared at the end of the World Sea.

He held a pitch-black longsword and just swung it casually!

The entire World Sea was split in two, shredding those high and mighty kings of the Immortal Beings into a sky full of blood mist.

However, at the edges of the Sword Qi, a small portion of remaining flesh and crystal cores escaped the World Sea and scattered across the heavens and myriad worlds.

The primordial demon heart was the heart of one of those kings of the Immortal Beings!

"Bang!"

The memory image came to an abrupt end.

God Emperor Lingxiao's remnant soul could no longer withstand the pressure of the soul search and completely dissipated into a wisp of green smoke.

Cao Kun looked at this memory, his brows slightly furrowed.

God Emperor Lingxiao's memories also contained the core secret of the primordial demon heart: this heart could limitlessly accommodate, devour, and absorb the bodies of other Immortal Beings, thereby continuously evolving.

"No wonder…"

"No wonder that old thing from the Spirit Realm risked being backlashed by the Laws of Heaven and Earth to cross the realm and snatch this thing."

However, this was no longer something Cao Kun needed to worry about.

The top priority was to repair the chaos divine sword.

He collected his thoughts and clarified his plan for what came next.

After Empress Yue Chan woke up, he would help her arrange the messy political affairs of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Once he ensured that the rear of Great Yan was stable and worry-free, he would set off directly to pay a visit to that Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace!

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Yu Linglong