Chapter 533: The Lord of Pleasure Descends
For an Evil God, eroding the world with its power was, in fact, a very easy thing.
But the Heavenly Continent was an exception. On one hand, they had to allocate most of their power to suppress the Goddess of Holy Light, preventing their true bodies from descending. They could only develop believers through whispers and wandering in dreams, which greatly reduced efficiency.
On the other hand, there was also the Goddess of Fate, Moirae, constantly interfering.
However, even so, the faith in the Void Evil Gods was still slowly but steadily expanding on the Heavenly Continent.
Before that man appeared…
Father God was dead, but who could guarantee Father God wouldn’t be reborn?
The fragmented body was gradually reuniting.
This situation had to be stopped.
Without suitable believers or servants to complete this task, they had to act personally.
“If one of us is missing, will there be any problems with the Goddess of Holy Light?” The God of Blood, Death, and Darkness asked in a low, suppressed, yet majestic voice.
This was a short-tempered deity who craved war.
“The Goddess of Holy Light’s power is nearly depleted. Because of our blockade, she cannot replenish it.”
“Even the cage has shrunk. Currently, maintaining that small cage is probably the limit of what she can do.”
The conversation between the gods continued.
This conversation lasted for an unknown amount of time. Finally, the androgynous Lord of Pleasure, elegant, noble, and alluring, raised their head.
A face formed by the merging of male and female, it should have been bizarre, but on the Lord of Pleasure’s face, it formed a perfect fusion.
No one would find that face strange; all they could feel was unparalleled beauty.
One eye crimson, the other azure blue, both exuding a deep charm, like vortexes, drawing one in.
The Lord of Pleasure, also known as the God of Lust, was the most perfect and bewitchingly beautiful existence in this world.
“Since there’s no need to worry about the Goddess of Holy Light, then… I will go.”
A strange, sinister smile appeared on that beautiful face.
As the one wielding the authority of lust, the Lord of Pleasure’s believers on the Heavenly Continent were definitely the most numerous, their faith spreading the fastest.
There was no other way. Indulging in lust, compared to war and plagues, was definitely easier to attract believers.
But similarly, the Lord of Pleasure’s believers also suffered the most severe losses at the hands of that man, almost uprooted by that lowly insect.
He was even cuckolded by Qin Chu…
As the Lord of Pleasure, whether or not he was cuckolded wasn’t something he particularly cared about, but having his years of planning destroyed by Qin Chu was absolutely intolerable.
Moreover, even gods had their pride.
A dignified god, actually cuckolded by a mere mortal, this also made the Lord of Pleasure lose face.
Compared to the other existences, the Lord of Pleasure’s disgust and hatred towards Qin Chu were even stronger.
Perhaps it was time to meet that little insect who kept jumping around before him.
This insignificant thing would truly experience how scorching a god’s wrath could be.
Without waiting for the other companions to respond, the figure of the Lord of Pleasure gradually dissipated around the round table.
…
Qin Chu didn’t know yet that he was about to face the strongest opponent of his life, even including his previous life.
At this moment, Qin Chu was wholeheartedly focused on absorbing the power of the Evil God’s torso.
Qin Chu’s strength was far greater than before. Plus the effect of Limitless Absorption, the devouring speed was clearly much faster.
A day passed, and the Evil God torso’s neck was gone.
A large part of the massive chest had also disappeared, revealing the hollowed-out chest cavity where the heart no longer existed.
Qin Chu felt his body had practically become a machine that never knew fatigue, constantly operating, rigidly and fixedly absorbing energy, absorbing, absorbing, absorbing…
Surging energy surrounded Qin Chu, almost forming a huge cylinder. Those were the energies Qin Chu hadn’t had time to digest, continuously being released bit by bit.
The oppressively thick energy isolated Qin Chu, making him unable to sense the situation outside the energy mass.
Qin Chu could feel his strength steadily increasing.
The demigod realm was getting closer and closer. It felt like he was just one step away. As long as he took this step, Qin Chu could return to the demigod realm.
He knew that even after becoming a true demigod, his strength would still be weak when facing the Seven Abominations of the Void.
But the Seven Abominations couldn’t easily descend. Rather, to suppress the Goddess of Holy Light, those seven ugly bastards simply couldn’t come down.
For Qin Chu, his current strongest enemies were the Second Jie Luo, Demon King Nagath, and that mysterious first Hero.
Only after becoming a true demigod could Qin Chu truly possess the capital to contend with these existences.
Therefore, Qin Chu desperately extracted the energy from the Evil God’s torso, completely unconcerned about any waste.
And this “waste” brought great benefits to Anastasia, Iyeta, Florence, and Inas. Even though they only absorbed a part of the energy Qin Chu hadn’t had time to digest and released, it was still an extremely rare harvest.
Each woman could feel her strength steadily growing.
Perhaps the growth rate wasn’t as exaggerated as Qin Chu’s, but as long as this continued, they all felt breaking through their current bottlenecks wasn’t impossible.
Meanwhile.
Ice Duchy.
Little Shaye still maintained Eternal Darkness.
Her power was strong. Although maintaining a magic spell enveloping an entire city consumed a great deal of magic power, Little Shaye could endure it.
During these few days, the entire Ice Duchy had been shrouded in dense darkness. Besides the occasional flickering flames, the entire world was pitch black, so dark one couldn’t see their hand in front of their face.
At the very beginning, the Ice Duchy’s residents still felt some panic.
After gradually getting used to it, they also discovered that although the darkness was somewhat uncomfortable, compared to the biting cold wind, the darkness enveloping them was much more bearable.
Eternal Darkness formed a huge black protective shield, covering the sky above this world. The outer layer of the protective shield was already covered in thick ice and snow, its thickness unknown.
Suddenly, Little Shaye paused slightly, her gaze turning towards the sky above, a puzzled look on her face.
“What’s wrong, my good little sister?” Big Shaye, who had been by her side, immediately asked upon noticing Little Shaye’s expression.
It wasn’t that she found watching Little Shaye maintain Eternal Darkness alone too boring and came to chat with her or anything… It was purely because Big Shaye felt she didn’t have much in common with Angelica, Iyeta, Heloise, and Atrice, let alone the taciturn Anthea.
“What ‘little sister’?” Little Shaye retorted rather impolitely: “Don’t forget your place. Although I mercifully accepted your existence, you must remember I am the older sister. After all, I am stronger than you.”
Little Shaye emphasized this point very seriously. What’s so great about the other her living a few years longer?
In a long lifespan of several hundred years, three or five years could be completely ignored. Comparatively, strength was more important. She was a demigod; the other her wasn’t. Therefore, she was the older sister.
After a pause, Little Shaye finally spoke: “Outside, the blizzard seems to have stopped.”
Big Shaye’s eyes also lit up abruptly. The blizzard stopped?
Did this mean the problem on Qin Chu’s side was already solved?
After carefully sensing for a while longer, confirming the blizzard outside the shield had indeed stopped, Little Shaye took a deep breath, her two slender fingers snapping with a pa sound.
The next instant, the black protective shield that had been enveloping the Ice Duchy shattered.
Along with it, the thick layer of snow outside the shield was also blown away.
Amidst the swirling snowflakes, sunlight descended from the sky.
The days of darkness finally ended at this moment.
…
The deepest part of the glacier.
The dense energy, transformed into a hazy aura, covered everything like fog.
The passage of time could no longer be perceived.
How long had it been? One day, two days, three days, or even longer?
Almost half of the Evil God’s torso had already disappeared. The blockade formed by the dense energy around Qin Chu’s body became increasingly tighter.
At the center of the energy, Qin Chu’s body even seemed to swell, his skin bulging, like a balloon inflated to its limit, about to explode at any moment.
His skin had turned translucent. Through his skin, the crystal-clear liquid inside and his bones, gleaming with a subtle luster like jade, could even be seen.
His consciousness seemed to have entered a very ethereal state.
His soul flickered on the surface of his body, appearing and disappearing.
Within his body, darkness on one side, pure, holy white on the other, two completely different forces slowly collided.
Clearly, his eyes weren’t even open, nor could his ears hear any sound.
There was even a barrier formed by energy blocking the surroundings. Yet, his soul clearly saw Anastasia sitting on a piece of ice to the east, almost greedily absorbing the abundant energy. Powerful auras intermittently emanated from her body, blowing her white dress.
On her fair skin, a subtle, hazy yet beautiful luster seemed to flicker.
Anastasia, this girl, had finally moved the Grand Mage bottleneck. Although not yet a true Grand Mage, looking at this situation, it wouldn’t be long now.
Once she became a Grand Mage, the slight inferiority complex in Anastasia’s heart should disappear, right?
Although no one said it, everyone could see it.
As the weakest woman in the Hero’s Residence, originally, she still had Angelica for company. But after Angelica broke through, Anastasia actually felt a lot of pressure.
On the ice to the north and west sat the figures of Inas and Florence.
This pair of not-mother-and-daughter mother and daughter also seized this golden opportunity.
Florence’s realm, having just broken through to level 90, had gradually stabilized. Although Inas hadn’t yet reached level 90, her strength had also shown substantial progress.
The markings formed by the dark red threads on their bodies, although not yet gone, hadn’t continued to spread. Regardless, this was good news.
As for the south…
Suddenly, Qin Chu felt his consciousness and soul intertwine with Ireta’s.
As if, when his soul sensed Ireta’s situation, Ireta was also observing him.
The contact between souls was more sensitive, and also more wonderful.
It was a very strange feeling. Qin Chu had only experienced it once before, with Athena.
That wonderful sensation even made Qin Chu and Ireta hope it would last forever, unwilling to separate.
However, the body’s influence on the soul still existed.
As if a mysterious yet invisible thread continuously connected Qin Chu, Ireta, and their own bodies.
This connection wasn’t strong, yet exceptionally resilient.
And, absolutely irresistible.
No matter how reluctant, how attached to that wonderful feeling they were, Qin Chu and Ireta’s souls ultimately gradually separated, returning to their own bodies.
Qin Chu knew Ireta was currently in the same realm and state as him.
Both were just one step away from truly transcending the shackles of mortals and becoming true demigods.
Qin Chu’s consciousness re-immersed, examining the situation within his body. Both his battle qi and magic core had expanded by more than just a little.
His Starflame Battle Qi, under the impact of abundant energy, had consecutively broken through levels, reaching the eleventh level.
This was the level Ekaterina had just reached.
Unfortunately, although Starflame Battle Qi was extremely precious, considered top-tier battle qi, it ultimately wasn’t the highest level type. The twelfth level was its limit.
His magic power also became denser, a sea of magic power forming around his magic core.
His physical body, continuously nourished by abundant energy, was also strengthening every second. Compared to before entering the depths of the glacier, its strength had at least increased by half.
The little sapling had become even more lush and leafy. Its trunk felt as thick as a wrist now.
Even Edrina’s soul received a lot of nourishment. Her soul was no longer in that precarious state where it might dissipate at any moment, becoming much more stable, reaching the level of a normal human.
Her body was frozen by Qin Chu and stored in his storage ring. As long as it was taken out and thawed, with her soul returning to it, Edrina could recover to her peak state as the Pride Witch at any time.
But it seemed Edrina currently had no intention of leaving Qin Chu’s body. In Edrina’s view, compared to her own physical body, Qin Chu’s body seemed much more comfortable.
Everything seemed to be in order.
Qin Chu completely withdrew his consciousness. Enveloped by dense energy, his soul seemed to take a deep breath, then began its final charge towards the demigod realm.
…
In the Void, within the cage.
The Little Goddess of Holy Light had stood up, her golden eyes gazing at the scene unfolding outside the cage.
A chain, like a giant python, wrapping around the cage was gradually receding.
The instant this chain completely disappeared… the sky shattered.
The Lord of Pleasure, descended!
At that moment, the heavens collapsed and the earth cracked.
Invisible pressure fell from the void.
