A Girl Dies Every Day in Her Dream Life 245

Chapter 245: The Dismembered Phoenix Emperor 

This was Luo Xue’s first time entering the Primordial Chaos. Her previous trips on Immortal Slaughter, led by Dugu Xue, were for refuge.

Because the command keys for navigating the Primordial Chaos were limited, Luo Xue hadn’t entered before, not wanting to waste them.

Now, inside Immortal Slaughter, following Dugu Xue’s instructions, all the observation windows were closed.

Luo Xue didn’t feel anything special when crossing into the Primordial Chaos. It was only after a while, seeing the information from the ship’s control formation, that she realized she had entered.

She tried walking around inside the ship, but felt no weightlessness, contrary to her expectations.

However, there were changes within Immortal Slaughter.

After entering the Primordial Chaos, the Phoenix Emperor’s consciousness became dormant, the purple bird listlessly clinging to Luo Xue’s shoulder, its weakness worrying her.

After calling out a few times without response, Luo Xue gave up and turned to the control formation.

Most of the formations on Immortal Slaughter operated automatically, only requiring simple commands, like acceleration, deceleration, setting a destination, entering and exiting the Primordial Chaos, etc. This allowed even those who didn’t understand formations to easily pilot the ship.

Luo Xue wasn’t one of those, so she and Li Guijiao had modified this Immortal Slaughter ship, granting themselves more control—like activating developer mode.

And they had added a “search” function, to find the Sea of Withering within the Primordial Chaos.

The ubiquitous illusions in the Primordial Chaos could make one lose their way. Luo Xue, always cautious, had a backup plan.

Even if Immortal Slaughter crashed, her consciousness could still return to the Great Thousand Worlds, although it would be severely damaged.

“I need the aura of the Sea of Withering…”

Luo Xue looked at the purple bird, hesitated, then plucked a feather.

The Sea of Withering was the Phoenix Emperor’s remains, its aura naturally the same. With the Phoenix Emperor’s consciousness right here, it would save Luo Xue some trouble.

If the Phoenix Emperor’s consciousness was active, Luo Xue wouldn’t have done this. With a few flattering words, she could easily get what she wanted.

But the Phoenix Emperor seemed dormant, so Luo Xue could only take this drastic measure.

The purple bird fluttered slightly, as if struggling to stand up, but ultimately failed, continuing to lean against Luo Xue’s shoulder.

“Sorry, Phoenix Emperor…”

Luo Xue silently apologized, then placed the feather on the control formation.

A few runes lit up, absorbing the aura, and quickly reacted, the compass on Immortal Slaughter pointing in a certain direction, its speed surprising Luo Xue.

“Found it so quickly?”

Luo Xue was stunned, but she didn’t hesitate and piloted Immortal Slaughter in that direction.

As they approached, the compass’s reaction intensified, until the aura suddenly disappeared, which meant Luo Xue had reached the Sea of Withering.

“Already here?” Luo Xue muttered. “Seems rather smooth…”

And it wasn’t far either. It seemed that Immortal Slaughter had only traveled for less than five hours. Although five hours was enough to cross half of the barbarian lands, in the vast Primordial Chaos, it was barely a step.

However, finding the Sea of Withering was good news.

Luo Xue breathed a sigh of relief, but out of caution, she didn’t directly approach the Blood Sea with Immortal Slaughter.

Although Dugu Xue had said that in the Primordial Chaos, Immortal Slaughter was more trustworthy than anything else, Luo Xue was still wary.

She used an external formation on Immortal Slaughter to try and absorb the power of the Sea of Withering, to confirm its authenticity.

More formation runes lit up, indicating that the external formation was working, and soon, a purplish-red energy flowed into Luo Xue’s hand.

The moment Luo Xue received this energy, it circulated within her, nourishing her puppet body and transforming it towards a withering body.

“It works!”

Luo Xue’s face lit up with joy, but then she was stunned.

Because…

The formation on Immortal Slaughter stopped working, and no more withering energy flowed into the ship.

“Huh?” Luo Xue squeezed her hand, still feeling the lingering sensation. “Is there a problem with the formation?”

She looked at the control formation, but its runes were operating normally.

But why… did it only convert a little, then stop?

This small amount of energy wasn’t even as much as a Foundation Establishment cultivator possessed, and compared to the Phoenix Emperor’s former strength, it was insignificant.

But the next moment, Luo Xue understood.

When the aura on Immortal Slaughter’s compass reappeared, pointing in a different direction, Luo Xue suddenly realized.

“There’s… more than one Sea of Withering in the Primordial Chaos!”

Unlike the Sea of Withering she had seen in the nine provinces and four domains, these should be called… puddles of withering, scattered throughout the vast Primordial Chaos.

The reason Luo Xue had found it so easily wasn’t because of luck, but because… power similar to the Phoenix Emperor’s aura was everywhere in the Primordial Chaos.

But if that was the case…

Luo Xue’s expression turned strange.

Just then, the purple bird on her shoulder stood up shakily.

The dissipating withering energy had briefly awakened the Phoenix Emperor’s consciousness. The first thing she did after opening her eyes was to swat Luo Xue’s arm with her small wings.

“Don’t pluck my feathers, it hurts! It hurts so much!”

“Sorry, sorry, Phoenix Emperor,” Luo Xue said with a wry smile, “Immortal Slaughter needs your aura to find the… puddles of withering…”

Luo Xue’s expression turned strange when she said the words “puddles of withering.”

The Phoenix Emperor naturally knew, but she was just angry.

After calming down slightly, her voice returned to its usual coldness.

“So, have you found it? I seem to sense the power of my remains.”

“Found… a part of it.” Luo Xue touched her nose. “Not much…”

“…What do you mean?” The Phoenix Emperor frowned slightly. What did she mean by “not much”?

“How should I put it…” Luo Xue hesitated, then said, “Your remains seem to be… a bit… scattered?”

If every puddle of withering was like the one she had just found, then the amount… would be astonishing.

However, it was also possible that this puddle was just a coincidence… But that was unlikely.

The Phoenix Emperor was silent for a long time, realizing what Luo Xue meant. It was as if her remains had been dismembered after her death.

Even if she didn’t care about her remains, knowing that they were scattered like this still angered her.

“Perhaps… I know why.”

After a long silence, the Phoenix Emperor sighed and continued,

“In that case, don’t go too deep into the Primordial Chaos. Just collect enough to reconstruct your body.”

Luo Xue wanted to ask something, but seeing the Phoenix Emperor’s tired eyes, she just nodded silently, indicating that she understood.

“By the way, after entering the Primordial Chaos, my consciousness, separated from the Great Thousand Worlds, is weakened, being a will based on the law. Just let me rest for a while, don’t worry.”

The Phoenix Emperor briefly explained her situation, then added, “And stop plucking my feathers! It hurts!”

“Of course, of course, I won’t pluck them anymore…”

Luo Xue said awkwardly. She didn’t know the Phoenix Emperor was so sensitive about her feathers…

After saying this, the Phoenix Emperor’s consciousness became dormant again, the purple bird leaning against Luo Xue’s shoulder, falling into a deep sleep.

Luo Xue took a deep breath, looked at the compass on Immortal Slaughter, and her expression turned serious.

“It requires at least Nascent Soul level power to reconstruct a body for my soul… if every Sea of Withering is this small, then I’ll need to find quite a few…”

Fortunately, the command key was enough to sustain this journey. She couldn’t possibly not find enough within two thousand years, right?

…Right?

With some hesitation, Luo Xue piloted Immortal Slaughter towards the next puddle of withering.

…

On a secret training ground in the Imperial Capital, a palace guard in full armor walked past, and the nearby soldiers were shocked, then overjoyed.

Although a palace guard’s rank was much lower than theirs, no one looked down on this particular guard, but rather looked at him with reverence.

Because he was Wei.

The former commander of the Immortal Slaughter Army, who had become a palace guard after the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty’s conquests ended, staying by His Majesty’s side.

“Greetings, General Wei!”

“Master Wei…”

Seeing Wei on the training ground again, the soldiers, who had grown up listening to his legends, were excited, and some veteran soldiers who had fought alongside him even shed tears.

It had been so many years since Master Wei last set foot here.

His return now, could it mean…

Thinking of the recent unrest in the Great Thousand Worlds, the veteran soldiers realized something.

Perhaps, the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty’s most terrifying weapon was about to be unsheathed, to show the world its might once again.

Wei’s expression remained calm as he took the sword handed to him by a nearby soldier and habitually hung it at his waist.

This simple gesture brought tears to the eyes of the veteran soldiers.

This wasn’t an ordinary sword, it was the general’s sword, the sword Wei carried when he led the Immortal Slaughter Army.

Wei looked around at the hundred or so soldiers on the training ground and said softly,

“You should all know what my return means.”

“Yes!”

The resounding cries echoed through the sky. These soldiers were the elite of the Great Qin Immortal Army, qualified to board Immortal Slaughter.

This secret training ground was where they trained, and a small Immortal Slaughter ship for a special operations team was also stationed here.

“I also know what you want,” Wei looked at the excited Immortal Slaughter Army and said faintly, “But unfortunately… the conquests… haven’t begun yet.”

The soldiers were stunned, and a few impatient veterans immediately stepped forward and asked,

“Master Wei, then your return isn’t to lead us…”

“However!” Before the veterans could finish, Wei shouted in a low voice, “There is another battle, awaiting us!”

“Of the 56,000 members of the Immortal Slaughter Army, only you, 112, have been chosen for this extremely important… raid mission!”

“What!”

After a moment of surprise, the Immortal Slaughter Army soldiers were overjoyed, even ecstatic.

A raid mission!

During their past conquests, what made the Immortal Slaughter Army most famous wasn’t the powerful Immortal Slaughter ships, but their unpredictable raids.

Using the Primordial Chaos for teleportation, almost no faction could completely defend against their attacks, and every raid brought terrifying results, even achieving things that couldn’t be done on the open battlefield.

Participating in a raid mission was the greatest aspiration of every member of the Immortal Slaughter Army.

And now, such a rare opportunity was right before them, led by their legendary General Wei.

However, Wei’s expression remained calm and unchanged.

He turned around, his face indifferent.

He recalled the Immortal Emperor’s words from many years ago.

“Why do we have to sacrifice a batch of elite Immortal Slaughter Army soldiers like this every once in a while?”

“It’s an order, Wei. I won’t tell you why, because it’s an order. All my orders are for the sake of the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty.”

Because it was an order.

Therefore, Wei didn’t ask any more questions.

He had experienced such exciting moments countless times, which was why he could remain so calm and indifferent.

However… this “raid mission” had another target.

“Master Luo Xue’s subordinate… sorry, for the sake of the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty, you must die.”