24: Chapter 24: Subduing Demons at Zhenyang Palace, the Drunken Sword Immortal Advances to the Second Heaven of the Dao Palace.

“Youyou, what exactly is going on?”

If it weren't for the beauty beside him reminding him with her orchid-scented breath,

Ye Xiu would not have reacted from his shock yet.

This plot isn't right!

Shouldn't the Heavenly Demon Sect Leader be Qin Mu?

How did this thankless job fall onto my head?

It seems I was still too high-profile.

Wanting to marry the world's number one beauty, how could it be possible without paying some price?

Do you think the ancients had no logic?

“Is my Lord Ye afraid?”

“No such thing, being husband and wife with you is something I couldn't ask for more!”

Although he felt some misgivings in his heart,

Ye Xiu remained calm on the surface.

At this moment, he had already made an assessment in his mind.

Sure enough, no matter the time or space, or the era,

it is absolutely impossible for a pie to fall from the sky.

Fortunately, he is a transmigrator, and the following matters wouldn't be too difficult a challenge for him.

If I have to be it, then so be it.

Besides, there are many beauties in the sect; I wonder if there will be other opportunities in the future?

Before that, I should coax the first wife well!

And so, the two of them quickly packed their belongings.

Driving the ox cart and carrying the purchased supplies, they happily headed back.

But the good times didn't last long.

By noon, just as the silhouette of Canlao Village was coming into view,

Xian Qinger's shadow suddenly appeared on the main road.

“Master, something terrible has happened! The Cowherd Boy and that big guy ran to that palace deep in the forest!”

“That place is incredibly sinister; I sensed a great Devil Head there!”

It turned out that while the identity of the Heavenly Demon Sect Leader didn't follow the original plot,

other segments did not differ.

Just as Ye Xiu and the great beauty Si were returning home as a couple,

that mischievous Cowherd Boy, just as described in the original work, went with that Demon Ape to the Zhenyang Palace in the center of the forest!

“Muer...”

Hearing this news, Si Youyou, who had returned to her old woman persona, suddenly became nervous.

Ye Xiu patted her shoulder.

“It's okay, Granny, leave it to me. I promise to bring him back for you!”

“Ye...”

Perhaps she had gotten used to flirting along the way,

this old woman still used that seductive voice.

But as soon as she spoke, she saw Xian Qinger tilting her head in curiosity.

So she quickly changed her tune.

“Cough, cough, cough, this old woman's limbs are inconvenient, so I'll trouble little friend Ye!”

“No problem, I'll be back soon!”

Looking back at the beauty who was intentionally playing ugly beside him, Ye Xiu replied with a smile.

Then he waved to Xian Qinger.

“Lead the way!”

“Master, please follow me!”

...

“Rumble!”

Before even reaching Zhenyang Palace, a suffocating and terrifying pressure could be felt from afar.

The center of the forest, which should have been sunny and bright, was now shrouded by a massive black vortex.

That wasn't just dark clouds, but substantive Devilish Qi so thick it wouldn't dissipate!

At the very center of that vortex, above Zhenyang Palace, a massive devil shadow a hundred zhang tall was hovering in mid-air, baring its fangs and claws.

It had no concrete facial features, only two eye sockets burning with dark red flames, staring fixedly at Qin Mu and that Demon Ape below, who looked like ants.

“That is... the remnant soul of a sealed Demon God?”

Xian Qinger followed behind Ye Xiu in human form; the moment she saw that devil shadow, her legs shook with fear.

“Master, this... this Aura is even more terrifying than that Bronze Buddha from before!”

“Terrifying?”

Ye Xiu stopped his pace and looked up at the sky-blotting devil shadow. Far from being afraid, he instead licked his lips.

The drunkenness in his eyes instantly transformed into a piercing Sword Intent.

“In the face of great tonic wine, what is there to talk about terror?”

At this moment, before Zhenyang Palace, although Qin Mu was holding his pig-slaughtering knife and the Demon Ape was roaring,

in the face of this level of devilish might, they were like small boats in a storm, liable to be swallowed at any moment.

The devil shadow let out a piercing roar, and its massive devil claw, carrying an Aura that could destroy everything, clawed fiercely toward Qin Mu below!

“Vile beast! Do not dare harm anyone!”

At the critical moment,

a long whistle that resounded through heaven and earth pierced through the sky full of devil clouds like a sharp sword.

Before anyone could see who the newcomer was,

only a crisp 'zheng' sound was heard.

A cyan-gold sword light, as if a meteor flying from beyond the Nine Heavens,

trailed a long tail of flame and instantly crossed a distance of several li!

“Sword Control Technique!”

Ye Xiu didn't waste any words or test the waters.

With one strike, it was a thunderous killing blow!

That already spiritual demon slaying sword did not grow larger in the air.

Instead, with a high-frequency vibration invisible to the naked eye, it frantically wove through that massive devil shadow!

Swish!

Swish!

Swish!

Swish!

It seemed as if only the sharp whistling of Sword Qi cutting through the air remained between heaven and earth.

The massive devil claw that was about to grab Qin Mu suddenly froze in mid-air.

Immediately following, on the devil shadow's enormous body, one, two, a hundred, a thousand... crisscrossing fine golden lines appeared!

“Roar... Uh?”

The devil shadow let out a startled low growl, seemingly not having reacted to what had happened yet.

The next second.

“Crash!”

That hundred-zhang tall terrifying devil shadow actually disintegrated instantly like a block of sliced tofu!

It turned into tens of thousands of neatly arranged black cubes, losing its original form and hovering in the air, at a loss.

“This brew isn't bad!”

Ye Xiu didn't give those fragments of Devilish Qi a chance to reassemble. He unfastened the Endless Wine Gourd from his waist and pulled out the stopper.

He aimed it at the sky.

“Get in here for me!”

“Time to brew wine!”

“Zizizi!”

The wine gourd erupted with a terrifying suction force like a whale swallowing the ocean.

Those pure strands of Devilish Qi that had just been shredded and hadn't had time to dissipate couldn't even let out a scream.

They formed a massive black tornado and were sucked into that small gourd in one go.

“Gurgle... gurgle...”

Dull sounds came from inside the wine gourd, as if a giant beast was crashing around inside.

But it was soon suppressed by the Wine Sword Immortal's magic power, turning into calm wine liquid.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully slaying and refining the 'Ancient Demon God Remnant Soul'!]

[Obtained one gourd of Top-grade Demon God Wine!]

[Detected that the host is currently at a critical point, automatically refining and absorbing!]

Ye Xiu didn't even need to drink it. As soon as the

wine gourd was hung back on his waist,

an unimaginably massive heat flow surged directly from the gourd into his Dantian!

“So fragrant!”

“Crack!”

Ye Xiu felt a loud bang inside his body.

That was the sound of the Realm barrier shattering.

Within his body, above the already perfected Wheel Ocean Secret Realm, a magnificent 'Dao Palace' once again let out a roar.

Inside the Dao Palace, besides the previously lit Heart Divine Treasury (Fire),

the Lung Divine Treasury suddenly lit up at this moment!

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for the Breakthrough!]

[Promotion: Dao Palace Second Heaven (Lung Divine Treasury)!]

[Awakened Gengjin Qi! Sword Intent power increased by 300%! Obtained Divine Ability: White Tiger's Heavenly Roar!]

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, so much so that Ye Xiu had already leveled up before Qin Mu even reacted.

“Brother... Brother Ye?”

Qin Mu below had his mouth open wide enough to fit an egg.

“That great Devil Head... was shredded into meat strips by you?”