140: Chapter 140 A Dreamlike Order Completed, Demon King's Daoist Companion

[Old Grandfather's voice suddenly rang out, carrying a hint of smugness: "Actually, there is another way to refine the rumeng token."]

[Chu Sheng was stunned, and Yu Rumeng was also stunned. She looked up at the ring with tearful eyes.]

[Old Grandfather's phantom floated out, stroking his beard as he said slowly, "The rumeng token uses the heart of a Dao Palace as a catalyst and the blood of a lover as a medium. But it never said the lover must die."]

[Chu Sheng asked, "Then how do we refine it?"]

[Old Grandfather chuckled, "The Taixu True Scripture is the Way of Void and Reality. To turn reality into void, and void into reality. Giving your heart to her is reality. Keeping your heart in your own body is void. Between the void and reality lies the truth."]

[Yu Rumeng's eyes lit up, and Chu Sheng's eyes lit up as well.]

[Chu Sheng agreed to help Yu Rumeng refine the rumeng token, but on the condition that it was done his way.]

[Yu Rumeng was stunned and asked how it would be refined.]

[Chu Sheng said, "Don't worry about it, just wait."]

[He brought out all of Yu Rumeng's collection.]

[Dao Heart, essence blood, sky profound gold, Nether Iron, Blood Soul Stone, Nine Nether Wood, as well as fragments of the immortal slaying gourd, phoenix ring, and demon refining pot were piled all over the floor.]

[Old Grandfather gasped from inside the ring: "Are you planning to throw in your entire fortune?"]

[Chu Sheng said that since it was all her stuff anyway, he didn't feel any heartache.]

[The Duobao Heavenly Venerable was pushed to the limit.]

[Chu Sheng felt like his talent was an engine with the accelerator floored, roaring as it operated.]

[Old Grandfather cooperated fully, transforming the 'Way of Void and Reality' of the Taixu True Scripture into arcane runes and branding them into the Materials.]

[Yu Rumeng's Dao Heart, Chu Sheng's essence blood, and centuries of treasures transformed into a swirling mass of black light in Chu Sheng's hands.]

[That light was so bright that the entire palace turned black.]

[Yu Rumeng stood at the door, watching Chu Sheng being swallowed by that light, her nails digging into her palms.]

[Fake Name whispered, "Sister, can he do it?"]

[Yu Rumeng didn't answer.]

[For nine days and nine nights, Chu Sheng did not sleep or rest.]

[His hair turned from black to white, then from white to black, cycling through more times than he could count.]

[His lips were parched and cracked, his eyes were sunken, and he had lost a significant amount of weight.]

[Old Grandfather burned his remnant soul to support him, his phantom growing fainter and fainter, like a candle flickering in the wind.]

[Chu Sheng told him to rest, but Old Grandfather gritted his teeth: "Rest? What rest? Back when I was doing Artifact Refining, I didn't close my eyes for seven days and seven nights!"]

[Chu Sheng asked what he had refined back then, and Old Grandfather fell silent.]

[At the final moment, the Duobao Heavenly Venerable erupted.]

[That power was like a flood breaking through a dam, melting the Heavenly Demon Body, Taixu True Scripture, and Yu Rumeng's Dao Heart into a single furnace. All the Materials transformed into a stream of light, condensing in Chu Sheng's palm.]

[The rumeng token took shape.]

[An ink-black token floated in mid-air, emitting a faint, eerie glow.]

[Heaven Rank High Grade, just a hair's breadth away from top grade.]

[Chu Sheng held the token, his hands trembling.]

[Yu Rumeng stood before him, tears falling like rain.]

[Chu Sheng smiled weakly: "It's a bit lacking, but it'll do."]

[Yu Rumeng threw herself into his arms and wailed like a child.]

[Chu Sheng held her, gently patting her back as if soothing a child.]

[Old Grandfather muttered inside the ring, his voice as weak as a mosquito's buzz: "Even when I was doing Artifact Refining back then, it wasn't this exhausting..."]

[Chu Sheng asked what he had refined back then, and Old Grandfather fell silent again.]

[This time, the silence lasted for a long time.]

Chu Sheng watched this scene, laughing so hard he slapped his thigh. "What did Old Grandfather refine back then? Could it be he refined something fake?"

He took a sip of tea and looked at the embracing couple on the screen.

"Heaven Rank High Grade, just a bit short of top grade. With my Artifact Refining talent, it's a pity I'm not an Artifact Refiner."

[That night, the moon was very round, and moonlight spilled into every corner of the city.]

[Yu Rumeng changed into a red dress—a true, deep red, like the rouge on her lips.]

[Chu Sheng also changed into new clothes—black ones that she had someone make overnight.]

[The ceremony was as simple as it could be.]

[No guests, no banquet, no firecrackers. Only Fake Name was there as a witness.]

[Yu Rumeng stood under the moonlight, looking at Chu Sheng. She suddenly felt a bit nervous, her fingers twisting the hem of her dress.]

[Chu Sheng walked over and took her hand.]

["I do," he said.]

[Yu Rumeng was stunned for a moment, then she smiled, her eyes welling with tears. "I do, too."]

[Fake Name stood to the side, quietly wiping her tears.]

[Chu Sheng saw it but pretended not to.]

[Yu Rumeng saw it too, and also pretended not to.]

[Fake Name wiped the corners of her eyes and muttered softly, "The wind is too strong."]

[The next day, Yu Rumeng officially announced to the world that she was married.]

[The news spread throughout the Demon Realm. The Nine Nether Palace was shaken, the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons was shaken, and the Blood God Sect was also shaken.]

[The wine cup in the White Bone City Lord's hand fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.]

[Zhou Lie was stunned for a long time, then burst into loud laughter.]

[Zhou Wuliu's face turned pale, and his legs went weak.]

[The White Bone City Lord told everyone he met: "Demon King Rumeng is married! That Demonic Cultivator really became Demon King Rumeng's Dao Companion!"]

[Zhou Lie held a banquet at his residence, raising his cup to offer a distant toast.]

[Zhou Wuliu shrank into a corner, not even daring to breathe loudly.]

[The messenger from the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons was only halfway there when he heard the news; he turned around and left immediately.]

Chu Sheng watched this scene, unable to close his mouth from laughing. "Chu Sheng's maneuver—he went from a high-level slave to a Devil King's Dao Companion. This level-up speed is faster than Cultivating!"

He took a sip of tea and looked at the figure from behind on the screen, smiling.

[Chu Sheng stood on the city wall, looking at the dark red sky, and took a deep breath.]

[Yu Rumeng stood beside him, clutching his arm with a beaming smile.]

[Chu Sheng said, "It's time to get down to business."]

[Yu Rumeng asked, "What business?"]

["Cultivate, get stronger, and then go home."]

[Yu Rumeng leaned against his shoulder and gave a soft "Mm."]