426: Chapter 426 As You Wish

Treat her like a slave? Liu Xuan looked Shuang Xue, the White Tiger Saintess, up and down again; she truly was as fair and tender as water!

Rules are fixed, but people shouldn't be so utilitarian; making an exception once didn't seem like a big deal.

Peach Blossom had a grudge against the White Tiger Clan. If he didn't take Shuang Xue in, her only fate would likely be death.

Liu Xuan was saving her. In the cruel Cultivation World, there weren't many people left with such a merciful heart!

Surely Shuang Xue would come to understand in time; if she couldn't, he could always persuade her slowly!

Seeing Liu Xuan's interest, the Peach Blossom Demon Lord pushed Shuang Xue into his arms. "I've placed a Restriction on her Demon Core. Husband, you can toy with her however you like. If you kill her, I'll find you a new one."

"Nonsense!" Liu Xuan supported Shuang Xue's body and scolded Peach Blossom, "This Young Master is no pervert. Don't go scaring her!"

"Miss Shuang Xue, is it?" Liu Xuan flashed a gentle smile and asked, "I'm not very familiar with your White Tiger Clan. Would you mind telling me a bit about them?"

Shuang Xue remained dazed and silent. Liu Xuan spoke up again to comfort her, "Don't listen to Peach Blossom's nonsense. This Young Master is a true gentleman of integrity and will certainly let you return in the future."

Hearing the sincerity in Liu Xuan's voice, a faint glimmer lit up in Shuang Xue's dim eyes as she asked softly:

"May I know your name, Young Master, and which power you hail from?"

"I am Liu Xuan, a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect," Liu Xuan replied.

'The Beast Taming Sect!!!'

Shuang Xue's pupils constricted, and she quickly lowered her head. No wonder the Peach Blossom Demon Lord was so respectful toward him; it turned out she intended to seek refuge with the Beast Taming Sect.

For the Peach Blossom Demon Lord to defect to the Beast Taming Sect meant cutting off her Opportunity for a Breakthrough. Furthermore, she would have to become someone's Spirit Pet, losing even her freedom. To be so unwise just to cling to life for a few hundred years was simply a disgrace to their Endless Demon Court!

Although their two clans had been enemies in the past, she personally admired the Peach Blossom Demon Lord. She never imagined it was all a facade.

"What's wrong? Does Miss Shuang Xue have a grudge against the Beast Taming Sect?"

Shuang Xue didn't speak, only shaking her head gently. Having fallen into the hands of the Beast Taming Sect, she had completely lost all hope for the future, only praying that she wouldn't suffer too much torture before death.

Liu Xuan was in no hurry to make a move on her. Instead, he kept her by his side and continued to ask about the White Tiger Clan and the Demon Court, using the chance to familiarize himself with her personality.

The more delicious the food, the more it should be savored slowly. Liu Xuan had always been very patient.

At first, Shuang Xue acted very coldly. Aside from being curious about Liu Xuan's true identity, she didn't want to say anything else, being entirely perfunctory.

It wasn't until the Peach Blossom Demon Lord intervened, dragging her onto Liu Xuan's bed and forcing her to display her White Tiger Demon Form... After that, Liu Xuan had an additional Late Golden Core Stage White Tiger Saintess to look after, making him even busier!

Busy times also passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, several months had gone by. The army of the Southern Courtyard of the Beast Taming Sect had broken through all the array nodes and was about to approach the Peach Blossom Sect's gate.

The Peach Blossom Sect's Earth Vein Grand Array was a single entity. Once too many peripheral Third-Rank Spiritual Lands like Pingding Mountain were occupied, the Beast Taming Sect's army of Cultivators would grow stronger, while the Peach Blossom Sect's demon army would grow weaker. Without having to pay much of a price, reaching the Peach Blossom Sect's gate wasn't very difficult.

At the summit of the Peach Blossom Secret Realm.

Liu Xuan stood with his hands behind his back on a platform condensed from pink Demonic Qi, his gaze able to overlook the blurred scenery thousands of miles away.

The thick black clouds formed by army fiends rolled like ocean waves, surrounding the entire Peach Blossom Sect on all four sides. The black clouds were still gradually spreading into the high sky; once the top was sealed, there would be nowhere to escape.

Within the black clouds of army fiends, five glowing Traveling Palaces were faintly visible. To the north, Liu Xuan saw the general outline of True Lord Haoran's Zhengqi Tower.

There were five Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Southern Courtyard of the Beast Taming Sect, as well as seven Nascent Soul Yao Beasts, totaling twelve combatants at the Nascent Soul level.

Combined with the countless army of ordinary Cultivators and the Earth Vein Military Array, they could exert a devastating level of destructive power.

If everyone worked together with one heart, even an ordinary Spirit Transformation Dao Lord wouldn't be willing to face them head-on.

Of course! It was impossible for everyone to be of one mind. If a Spirit Transformation Dao Lord truly descended, a single word could scatter their resolve, causing the military array's combat power to plummet or even collapse.

People on the path of cultivation had no faith; aside from concrete benefits, it was difficult to gather people's hearts into one place.

Those techniques that manipulated people's hearts were somewhat useful, but they could be easily broken if they encountered a high-level expert.

Generally speaking, an army of Cultivators could indeed fight enemies above their level, but the flaws were obvious; most of the time, they were just a means for the top-level bosses to get things done.

In history, very few Nascent Soul True Lords or Spirit Transformation Dao Lords had died from being besieged by military arrays. Instances where the lower overcame the higher—a Golden Core True Person leading an army to kill a True Lord, or a True Lord leading an army to kill a Dao Monarch—could be counted on one hand.

Rare didn't mean non-existent. Beside Liu Xuan, the Peach Blossom Demon Lord's expression was extremely serious as she said worriedly:

"Husband, it's dangerous here. I should send you out as soon as possible. I'll come find you after everything is settled."

Liu Xuan nodded slowly and asked, "Are you not confident?"

"It's not that I'm not confident; I'm just afraid that your presence here will distract me."

"As long as you're confident. Remember, don't be too greedy; just staying alive is enough. With me around, you don't need to risk your life to strive for anything. It's not worth it!"

Liu Xuan didn't say much more, nor could he truly stay. He took out a Peach Blossom petal and gave it a light squeeze. His entire being turned into a puff of pink smoke that gradually faded, and within moments, he was gone.

After advancing to the Mid Golden Core Stage, Liu Xuan's comprehension of the Dao of Space had grown deeper and deeper, allowing him to directly sense subtle spatial fluctuations.

Although he couldn't perform long-distance teleportation using his own divine abilities like the Peach Blossom Demon Lord, using the petal she had given him made teleporting extremely smooth.

"Husband is indeed mysterious. Such a level of spatial comprehension, nearly touching the level of Laws, to actually appear in a Mid Golden Core Stage True Person!"

The Peach Blossom Demon Lord looked at the spot where Liu Xuan had disappeared, her brow full of joy as the slight worry in her heart was instantly swept away.

Times were different now! In the past, she had no way out, but now she was merely trying to strive for more; it wouldn't matter even if she failed.

"Forcing me to make a Breakthrough, are you?"

"Then it shall be as you wish!"

The Peach Blossom Demon Lord instantly vanished from the sky above the Secret Realm. Subsequently, the Peach Blossom Sect's gate vibrated slightly as threads of bright red aura seeped out from underground, and a thick smell of blood filled the air.

Twelve blood-red pillars of light rose from the edges of the Sect Gate as the Myriad Spirits Grand Array was fully activated and revealed. Bloody qi surged out continuously, as if a sea of blood was emerging from the center of the black tide.

As the sea of blood emerged, the concentration of Spiritual Qi in the Peach Blossom Sect climbed sharply, quickly surpassing the Fourth-Rank High Grade and reaching the limit of the Fourth-Rank Peak, and it continued to rise.

A branch rose from the sea of blood, followed by more and more branches. The phantom of a towering giant tree appeared. Bloody qi, earth vein Spiritual Qi, and Divine Soul qi—the towering giant tree grew larger and more solid as all the energy was absorbed by her.

A terrifying aura spread from the giant tree, and the black army fiends that had been covering the Peach Blossom Sect was scattered and then rolled back, revealing the clear blue sky.