I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 1289 - 495: The Jealous Empress! I Want to Cultivate Too! (Part 2)

Only at this moment did he fully confirm that Yu Youhan was no longer afraid of the backlash of national fate!

Now that this female demon was free from the shackles of rules, who in the entire Capital City could still stop her?

The only reason he was still alive was because his status as Prime Minister still held some value for Yu Youhan; otherwise, his end would probably have been even more miserable than Gao Yuheng’s!

"Great Yuan... the heavens have changed..."

The long night was about to end, dark clouds shrouded the moon, and heaven and earth were dim and lightless.

Zhuang Jingming knelt with his head lowered in a pool of blood, motionless for a long time like a sculpture.

...

...

After Yu Youhan returned to Frozen Sky Palace, she did not see Chen Mo or the Empress anywhere.

Only after asking Xu Qingyi did she learn that the two had already left long ago. The Empress said she was going to Xuanqing Pool to bathe, while Chen Mo’s whereabouts were unknown.

At this hour, he couldn’t possibly leave the palace; eight or nine times out of ten, he was together with the Empress.

Yu Youhan’s figure flickered and she appeared before the doors of Xuanqing Pool.

She released a strand of Divine Sense that slipped into the bathhouse; voices from the conversation drifted clearly into her ears:

"Brother-in-law, I know I was wrong..."

"I told you, don’t call me brother-in-law!"

"Spare me, husband~"

"You’re not allowed to call me husband either!"

"Then... Master?"

"..."

Yu Youhan’s eyelids twitched.

This voice was extremely familiar, but it wasn’t the Empress; it was... Chu Yanli!

So while she was outside busy killing people, this bastard was in here playing lovebirds in the water?

And with three lovebirds at that?!

A trace of anger flashed through her Qing Bi eyes, and she immediately wanted to push the door open and rush in, but rationality still made her calm down. If she accidentally triggered the red silk again, that would be a huge mess...

She had no desire to be bullied by Chen Mo in front of those two wild lovebirds!

"Forget it..."

With a flick of her sleeve, Yu Youhan was about to turn and leave.

However, the conversation that followed made her stop in her tracks.

"What if Consort Yu finds out about our relationship? She wouldn’t really kill me, would she?"

"Now you’re scared? What were you thinking when you were fooling around?"

"Wasn’t that because of the Dragon Blood’s influence? I couldn’t control myself... Besides, it’s already happened, talking about it now is too late anyway..."

"Her Majesty will definitely be very angry, but with me here, she probably won’t go so far as to kill you. However, I have to put the ugly words out there first..."

"Hm?"

"To me, nothing is more important than Her Majesty. Now that you and I share the same bloodline, no matter how much nonsense you pull normally, I can tolerate it. But if you dare have even the slightest crooked thought toward Her Majesty, I will personally purge the household!"

"I-I got it. Why so serious, it’s really scary..."

The voice gradually turned blurry, broken up into fine, helpless whimpers.

Yu Youhan stood there for a moment, muttered "dog-like lackey" under her breath, then walked away with her hands clasped behind her back.

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...

Xuanqing Pool.

On the Jade Platform in the middle of the pool, black hair lay scattered over snow-white skin, slender waists entwined. Chu Yanli and the Empress leaned against each other, their fair skin tinged with blush, like two dazzling twin snow lotuses in full bloom.

"Hoo—"

Chen Mo exhaled a turbid breath, faint red flames of qi surging around his body.

He hadn’t planned to fool around like this, but he couldn’t withstand Chu Yanli’s repeated provocation. This woman was really insane to the extreme; in the end she even wrapped her arms around the Empress’s knees and lifted her up, nearly embarrassing the Empress Baby to death on the spot...

However, Chen Mo also discovered Chu Yanli’s weakness.

Although her strength was comparable to an Ultimate Venerable, and her physical attributes were astonishingly strong, making her the most troublesome opponent Chen Mo had ever encountered.

But as long as he activated the Mystic Sky Commanding Dragon Qi, the situation would instantly reverse.

Faced with that crimson aura, Chu Yanli felt a kind of reverence and fear that came from the depths of her soul; she couldn’t even muster the thought of resisting. She immediately threw down her armor and fled, going from "is that all you got" to "save me" on the spot.

["Ancient Spirit Constitution" proficiency increased...]

[Current progress: Ancient Spirit Constitution · Fahrenheit Star (2333/10000)]

This round of cultivation had also brought no small harvest for Chen Mo. With Chu Yanli’s feedback, the progress of the "Ancient Spirit Constitution" had been further improved. Once the time was ripe and he used Dragon Blood to remodel the Empress’s body, he would likely be able to break through to the Fahrenheit Star Realm in one go.

However, as his Realm gradually improved, there seemed to be some kind of resonance in the unseen.

That image became ever clearer: in endless darkness, two eyes like blazing suns overlooked the heavens, searching for something, while the distance between himself and that colossal being was slowly shrinking...

Chen Mo possessed a Cause and Effect Dao Seed and could not produce illusions. Everything he perceived was closely tied to himself.

So what exactly did this mean?

"Even No Desire Buddha managed to survive that ancient war. Then Zhu Jiuyou, who was far stronger than him, very likely did not fall either..."

"If that is truly the case, then where is it now?"

"Wu Lie could set up a killing game inside the Secret Realm—what exactly is his relationship with Zhu Jiuyou?"

"Why would there be a drop of True Dragon Blood containing the Dragon Clan’s inheritance on the third floor of the Heavenly Armory?"

The more Chen Mo learned, the more questions he had in his heart.

That fake "An Mengni’s" words suddenly flashed through his mind again for no reason...

"Forget it, I won’t think about this for now."

Chen Mo shook his head and mused, "The Empress went to follow the trail of Gao Yuheng; I don’t know what the situation is now. As long as we find Wu Lie’s whereabouts, all problems will naturally be solved."

Thinking of how the Empress was still working overtime, he couldn’t help feeling a bit guilty and planned to go to Frozen Sky Palace to see if there was any news.

But before that, he still had to send the Empress back.

He picked up the clothes at the side, steamed them dry, helped the two drowsy women change, then carried them one by one and left the pool.

It was now the hour of Yin; the eastern sky was turning pale.

The chaos from last night had yet to subside. All the Palace Attendants were gathered at the Internal Affairs Office, and there was no one nearby. With the Purple Extreme Cave Heaven’s concealment on top of that, there was no need to worry about being discovered.

Chen Mo carried the two of them to Yangxin Palace. Just as he stepped into the inner hall, he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye; his steps abruptly halted and his expression froze on his face.

"You—Your Majesty the Empress?"

"When did you come back?"

Yu Youhan was sitting on the Phoenix Throne, her eyes half narrowed as she looked at his left-and-right embrace, and said coldly, "Seems that while this palace was away, Mr. Chen didn’t stay idle. And you’re going for both the Empress and the Princess? Quite the appetite."

"..."

Chen Mo came back to his senses and hurriedly laid the still-sleeping pair onto a small couch at the side, then quickly walked forward. "Empress, listen to my explanation, this..."

"Are you trying to say this was another accident?" Yu Youhan cut him off.

Chen Mo looked embarrassed. "You could... say that, yes."

"Are you also going to say that in order to help Chu Yanli suppress her aberration, you used Dragon Blood to remodel her body, and then she took the Dragon Blood as a pretext to conveniently do something unspeakable?" Yu Youhan continued.

Chen Mo was stunned for a moment. "How did you know, Empress?"

Yu Youhan naturally wouldn’t admit she’d been eavesdropping. In an even tone she said, "With this palace’s eyesight, I can easily see the changes in her body. To go from the brink of collapse to her current state—wounds fully healed, Root Bone completely intact—in such a short time, she must have undergone a rebirth-like transformation."

"Aside from True Dragon Blood, nothing else could achieve that."

"Your Majesty truly has eyes like a torch and discerns the subtlest details!"

Chen Mo’s flattery boomed to the heavens. Seeing Yu Youhan’s face remain expressionless, he coughed awkwardly and said, "This only happened the day before yesterday. I’ve been wanting to tell you, Empress, but never found the chance... But rest assured, Empress, she and I only did some hand-and-mouth sealed, path-finding work; we didn’t officially enroll..."

Yu Youhan turned her delicate head away and spat, "There’s no need to report this sort of thing to this palace."

As for Chu Yanli, she naturally had little fondness. Back when she was contending with the Empress Faction, that woman had frequently stirred up trouble; in the original plan to seize power, she was a stumbling block that had to be eliminated.

But times had changed. If they wanted to commit regicide, they still needed Chu Yanli’s strength.

Besides, if nothing else, just the fact that this woman had held back two Ancient Emperor remnants in the Secret Realm and bought her precious time to possess a body already meant she owed the other party a huge favor.

"When you’ve got a lot of lice, you don’t feel the itch. Chen Mo’s women can’t be counted on two hands anymore; one more doesn’t make a difference. As for how they’ll get along in the future, that’s Lady Chen’s headache..."

Seeing Yu Youhan remain silent for a long while, Chen Mo cautiously asked, "Empress, did you gain anything from shadowing that Commander Gao this time?"

Yu Youhan came back to herself and rose, walking toward the bedchamber. "Come inside and we’ll talk. And help this palace stabilize my cultivation while you’re at it."

?

Chen Mo said blankly, "Sta... stabilize your cultivation?"

Yu Youhan frowned. "What, you’re unwilling? They can, but this palace can’t?"

"That’s not what I meant..." Chen Mo hesitated. "It’s just that this is Yangxin Palace, and the Empress is still here. It doesn’t seem very appropriate..."

Yu Youhan didn’t even look back. "This palace wants exactly that kind of feeling."

Chen Mo: "..."