HANFENG IS CUT DOWN, HIS SOUL ESCAPES
Yunxihua stared at Hanfeng's fallen body, her sword still trembling from the force of the slash.
She felt relieved for having defeated her enemy, yet also slightly disappointed because Hanfeng had not put up much of a fight.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw a beautiful woman with long black hair and red eyes. The woman possessed an extremely powerful and mysterious aura.
That woman was…
— The Demon Queen, Xue Lianhua!
Xue Lianhua: "Yunxihua, you have killed Hanfeng. Now, it is your turn!"
Yunxihua was shocked by the presence of the woman, who was already in the Soul Transformation Realm.
"This is insane!! How can someone in the Soul Transformation Realm appear?!" Yunxihua replied.
The Primordial Dragon, upon seeing the Demon Queen Xue Lianhua, immediately ordered Yunxihua to use the Emotionless Slash Technique.
YUNXIHUA USES THE EMOTIONLESS SWORD TECHNIQUE
Yunxihua raised her sword and entered a ready stance. She stared at Xue Lianhua with sharp eyes, prepared to attack.
Xue Lianhua smiled and raised her right hand. She created a massive black energy sphere and hurled it toward Yunxihua.
Yunxihua leaped sideways and avoided the attack. She then dashed toward Xue Lianhua and thrust her sword toward her abdomen.
But Xue Lianhua was too fast. She caught Yunxihua's sword with her left hand and twisted her body.
Xue Lianhua: "Weak, Holy Maiden. You cannot defeat me!"
Yunxihua felt shocked and enraged. She used her internal power to sever the hand holding her sword.
BUT XUE LIANHUA WAS NOT INJURED.
The Fourth Elder, upon seeing the presence of the Demon Queen XUE LIANHUA, immediately rushed toward Yunxihua.
However, his action was stopped by the three Hell Old Devils, who formed a Soul-Devouring Spatial Formation.
"You damn little demons!! How dare you block me!" shouted the Fourth Elder.
"Damn old man, your opponents are us!!" replied the three Hell Old Devils.
Hearing this, the Fourth Elder released an overwhelming suppressive aura that turned the three Hell Old Devils into dust, along with the destruction of the Soul-Devouring Formation.
The Fourth Elder hurried toward Yunxihua…
Fourth Elder Xulongyan roared angrily and declared:
"I will not allow you to harm the Holy Maiden, Yunxihua! I will stop you!"
He then unleashed an extremely powerful internal force and attacked Xue Lianhua.
BUT XUE LIANHUA WAS NOT INJURED.
Xue Lianhua: "Tch, weak, Xulongyan. Only a mid-stage level 3 Soul Transformation cultivator, yet you dare act so arrogantly!"
Yunxihua heard Xue Lianhua's words and felt enraged.
She shot forward using the Lightning Dragon Steps and activated the Nine-Path Dragon Eyes to search for Xue Lianhua's weakness.
"Hey, brat!! That little demon's weakness lies in her resolve," said the Primordial Dragon.
Yunxihua, not understanding what the Primordial Dragon meant, felt confused.
"Senior, what do you mean?" Yunxihua asked.
"I can feel her overwhelming confidence. Perhaps her resolve is so strong that she has no weakness," replied the Primordial Dragon.
"Then how do I defeat her?" Yunxihua asked.
"Brat, I'm running out of strength right now. For the moment, you must calculate every possible way to defeat that damned Xue Lianhua," replied the Primordial Dragon.
Elsewhere
XULONGYAN UNLEASHES HIS FINAL ATTACK
Xulongyan decided to use the extremely powerful Ancient Dragon Technique to defeat Xue Lianhua.
He gathered his internal energy and unleashed a terrifying attack, causing the ground to quake and the sky to darken.
But Xue Lianhua merely smiled and raised a single finger.
Xue Lianhua: "Ancient Dragon Technique? I mastered it long ago."
Xulongyan's attack was nullified by Xue Lianhua with just one finger.
Xulongyan was shocked and suffered a backlash, leaving him severely injured.
Xulongyan: "How…? How can you master the Ancient Dragon Technique?"
Xue Lianhua: "I possess power far greater than yours. I will kill you—and that Holy Maiden as well!"
Xulongyan lay helpless on the ground, his body covered in severe wounds.
Meanwhile, Yunxihua, breathing heavily, struggled to find a way to defeat her. But before she could move any further, a thunderous voice echoed from the depths of space.
"Damned brat… how dare you disturb my slumber."
That voice belonged to the Primordial Dragon, an ancient being whose power could shake heaven and earth. In an instant, dark light enveloped Yunxihua. Unable to resist, her body was possessed by that immense power.
Yunxihua's aura changed drastically—her eyes glowed ferociously, her breathing became like a storm, and her spiritual pressure multiplied severalfold.
Using Yunxihua's body as a vessel, the Primordial Dragon raised a hand and imprisoned Xue Lianhua with terrifying pressure, rendering her unable to move.
Xu Bailong, Xu Fangyu, and the Fourth Elder froze in shock. Their eyes widened in disbelief as Yunxihua's aura surged endlessly—surpassing the Soul Transformation Realm, breaking through realm limits, and finally erupting into the Ancient Lord Realm.
Such a rapid ascension was clearly impossible… unless another power was controlling her body.
"Impossible… her realm is rising like this…" whispered the Fourth Elder, his body trembling.
Xu Bailong stared at Yunxihua with sharp eyes.
"That's not her… that aura belongs to something far older."
Back to Yunxihua—or rather, the body now controlled by the Primordial Dragon—her gaze was empty yet filled with absolute supremacy. The air around her trembled, as if the world itself was holding its breath.
Xue Lianhua, trapped under the overwhelming pressure, struggled to rise, but her body felt completely locked. "Y–you… what happened to you?!"
Yunxihua slowly raised her hand, expressionless.
Just a finger snap.
TAP.
In an instant, the sound of cracking echoed. Space around Xue Lianhua shattered like glass, and her figure broke into fragments of light—vanishing without a trace, as if she had never existed.
Silence enveloped everything.
The Ancient Lord aura continued to radiate from Yunxihua's body, suppressing both earth and sky, until Xu Bailong and Xu Fangyu could only grit their teeth, realizing that the being awakened was not human…
…but something that could erase anyone with a single snap of its fingers.