Chapter 263: Moonlight Descends
Shui Puxing’s companion spirit beast was actually an Ice Soul Cold Star!!
Gong Lianyue, maintaining a calm facade, led the excited blue-haired girl towards the Saintess Palace.
Different symbol patterns for the same Saint-rank spirit beast… she had never heard of such a thing. Information on Saint-rank spirit beasts was already scarce.
Could it be due to different talents…?
That was the only explanation she could think of. After all, Spirit Masters didn’t usually go around announcing their Saint-rank spirit beasts’ talents and symbols. Besides, the Ice Soul Cold Star was incredibly rare. There weren’t many examples to compare to.
She would bring the girl back and observe her. Perhaps she could learn more about the Ice Soul Cold Star.
Reaching the entrance to the Saintess Palace, Gong Lianyue turned to Shui Puxing, a stern look on her face.
“Aren’t you afraid your teacher will scold you for following me back? Let me make this clear, I won’t take you as a disciple. I have a… certain understanding with Bai He.”
“Oh, it’s fine. If I’m Bai He’s disciple, then I’m also your disciple, right?” Shui Puxing said cheerfully, following Gong Lianyue into the Saintess Palace.
“…”
“…”
“What are you talking about?” Gong Lianyue asked, her brow furrowed in confusion.
“Don’t worry, Master-Wife, I know what’s going on~~”
Crash!
Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass from the reception hall startled Shui Puxing.
She turned stiffly, her star-filled eyes widening.
A white-haired woman, frozen mid-motion, a teacup in her hand, her expression vacant, didn’t even seem to notice the hot tea spilling on her feet.
And beside her, the green-haired maid, although she hadn’t dropped her cup, was drooling, the tea dribbling from her open mouth, seemingly having forgotten to swallow.
Bai He and Luo Kuxin. They had clearly heard Shui Puxing call her “Master-Wife.”
After a long, awkward silence, Bai He stood up, her face darkening, her fists clenching.
A Dawn and Dusk Stage brat, daring to provoke a Saint-rank… Coupled with her reckless behavior on the Ice Plains, she had been planning to teach Shui Puxing a lesson. And now this girl was spreading rumors!
The Sorrowful Saintess was a symbol of the Sea Concubine Palace. How could she be addressed so casually?
Seeing the white-haired woman approaching, Shui Puxing instinctively ducked and covered her head.
Thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack!
A few minutes later, a flustered and embarrassed Bai He, after a hasty apology, dragged the bruised and battered Shui Puxing away.
Leaning against the doorway, Gong Lianyue watched them leave, a slightly exasperated expression on her face.
She had wanted to examine this girl’s Ice Soul Cold Star, but the atmosphere was too awkward. She would let them go for now…
Just then, Luo Kuxin, wearing a rather… revealing maid outfit, sidled up to her, glancing at Bai He’s retreating figure.
“Wow, you can practically see everything from behind~~~”
“She probably wouldn’t refuse any of your requests. How nice~”
Gong Lianyue, giving the green-haired maid, who was practically pressed against her, a strange look, asked seriously, “And you? Would you agree to any of my requests?”
Luo Kuxin froze for a moment, her face flushing slightly green, her voice turning sweet and coy.
“Of course, how could I refuse Master’s orders~~~”
“Go clean something.”
“…”
“…”
Watching the blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl ascend the stairs, Luo Kuxin’s expression turned sullen.
“One, two, three…”
Shui Huangyou, floating up the stairs of the Saintess Palace, counted the Saint-rank auras, her expression filled with awe.
Even in the Heavy Rain Realm, Saint-rank spirit beasts weren’t common. Just how many had this Sorrowful Saintess collected?
She had seen many strange things along the way: two small flowers, one green, one white, dressed in maid outfits, rolling around on the floor, cleaning with their… bodily fluids… the Misty Heart Lotus and the Seven-Foot Sword Princess Flower.
The Libra Fighting Swallow and the Water God Four Symbols were enjoying a bath in the rooftop hot spring, while the Six-Faced God meditated in a separate room. They seemed to be getting along.
The Variant Water Emperor was spraying water from a window on the upper floor, trying to… scent-mark the entire Sea Concubine Palace.
However, seeing Shui Huangyou, the Variant Water Emperor had been so startled, it had sprayed itself in the face.
The Ninth Seat of the Three Lives Gate…
As a fellow Heavy Rain Realm resident, it naturally recognized her. How had the Sorrowful Saintess managed to subdue this creature?!
Meanwhile, the Flowing Shadow, resurrected and re-woven by the Frost Snow Woman, stood facing the wall, a punishment it had been enduring for days, doing nothing, saying nothing.
And… what Shui Huangyou feared most was the invisible, mysterious aura following her: the Watery Years.
Strictly speaking, they weren’t following the Sorrowful Saintess.
[Join us.]
That being had spoken these words to them, and so they remained here, waiting.
Finally, having explored the Saintess Palace, Shui Huangyou reached the top floor, her gaze falling upon a crimson figure.
Hong Xiaoqianyu, the legendary being of the Cangsheng Palace…
Hong Xiaoqianyu glanced at her, then turned away, seemingly uninterested.
Shui Huangyou gulped. The Sorrowful Saintess had not only stolen the Shadowlurking Blade, but also Hong Xiaoqianyu?
Two legendary beings, and over ten Saint-ranks… she was undoubtedly the strongest in this secret realm trial.
While Shui Huangyou wandered around, Gong Lianyue had returned to her cultivation room and begun meditating.
After the battle with Shui Huangyou, she felt the bottleneck that had been hindering her loosening. At this rate, she would soon reach the Second Cycle!
She hadn’t expected a single battle to have such a dramatic effect on her cultivation, which had been stagnant for three months.
Was she actually a battle maniac, not a cultivator…?
But she didn’t enjoy fighting.
Or rather, she didn’t enjoy challenging equals. She preferred overwhelming, effortless victories. Safe and efficient.
The blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl sat in meditation, the illusory water wheel behind her spinning slowly.
A few hours later, her stagnant cultivation finally stirred, moving towards the Second Cycle.
Just then, the Void Moon pendant around her neck began to glow intensely.
“Hmm?”
Gong Lianyue, slightly surprised, took off the pendant.
This resonance must be caused by an incredibly powerful moonlight aura. She had felt a faint tremor when she first encountered the Tyrant Demon Seed, but nothing this intense.
Within seconds, the room was bathed in moonlight.
Not just the room, but the entire Sea Concubine Palace’s spirit energy began to surge, the very ground trembling.
A sudden realization, and Gong Lianyue’s heart sank.
A powerful, moonlight-attribute being, heading towards the Sea Concubine Palace… who could it be…?
Chapter 264: The Seven Legendary Concubines
“What? The Ice Shield Palace has fallen?!”
Almost everyone who heard this news was in disbelief.
The Ice Shield Palace had guarded the Wind Valley for nearly a thousand years, an impenetrable fortress, its Spirit Masters fierce and battle-hardened, the strongest fighting force in the Sea Region.
And yet, all twelve palaces had been swiftly and decisively crushed.
Even the Seventh Palace, home to the Ice Empress and the Wrathful Saintess, had been razed…
However, before the attack, the Ice Shield Palace had received reports from the Cangsheng Palace and the Wind Realm, both also suffering devastating losses.
The enemy: a legendary being!
–At the border of the Sea Region, the Ice Shield Palace.
A brilliant moonlight bathed the land, a desolate aura lingering.
High above the Ice Shield Palace, in the untouchable sky, a beautiful crescent moon shone brightly, its light casting a silvery glow upon everything below.
It was a breathtaking, awe-inspiring sight.
A sliver of the moon in the sky, who controls the tides of fate?
Beneath the moonlight, all life extinguished.
At this moment, amidst the ruins of the Ice Shield Palace, the moonlight-attribute Saint-rank spirit beasts, having wreaked havoc, were converging.
The Lunar Colossus Servant, a Broken Cycle, Samsara Stage spirit beast, a terrifying three-thousand-meter-tall giant, its path a trail of bones, its aura alone enough to stun two Nether Traverse Stage Spirit Masters from the Ice Shield Palace.
Haze, a Sixth Full Cycle, Samsara Stage spirit beast, a dreamlike being of pure moonlight energy, had obliterated the Ice Shield Palace’s Tenth Palace the moment it arrived.
The Azure Sea Crescent Bow, a False Soul Stage, Nether Traverse Realm spirit beast, a massive, jade-colored, crescent moon-shaped weapon, a single arrow capable of piercing through thousands of miles of ocean, had destroyed two Ice Shield Palaces.
The Moon Chaser, a False Soul Stage, Nether Traverse Realm spirit beast, a beautiful, veiled humanoid, its hands clasped in prayer, as if mourning the dead.
The Tyrant Demon Seed, a False Soul Stage, Nether Traverse Realm spirit beast, a grotesque white centipede with tens of thousands of abs and hundreds of millions of tiny rabbit feet, its twenty-kilometer-long body crushing an Ice Shield Palace simply by passing through.
Sound Fang Soul Melody, a True Soul Stage, Nether Traverse Realm spirit beast, a silver, moonlight elemental humanoid, had defeated three True Soul Stage Vice Palace Masters of the Ice Shield Palace in three minutes.
Autumn Night Sky, a True Soul Stage, Nether Traverse Realm spirit beast, the crescent moon hanging in the sky, providing illumination.
The Moon God Concubine, a Star Shattering Stage, Sun and Moon Realm spirit beast, had rendered the Ice Empress’s fate unknown with a single blow.
And Full Moon Descent, a Waning Moon Stage, Sun and Moon Realm spirit beast.
Such audacity…
They had rampaged through the realms, their path a trail of destruction, their power unmatched.
Neither the Cangsheng Palace nor the Wind Realm could stop them, forced to swallow their anger and resentment.
Because…
The white-haired, antlered deer woman, like a casual observer sipping tea, followed behind them, her demeanor relaxed and unconcerned.
The most ferocious of legendary bloodlines, the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer!
The White Flower Moon-Treading Deer was the only species with two titled legendary beings: the Cold Deer King, slain ten thousand years ago, and the Illusion Sea Concubine, who currently ruled the spirit world, both incredibly powerful beings.
And now, a third had appeared…
If this arrogant little deer wasn’t stopped, it would surely become an unstoppable force of nature.
Currently just an infant at the Second Cycle of the Samsara Stage, it had already attracted two Sun and Moon Realm followers. Its future potential was immeasurable.
Standing tall, its slender legs elegant, the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer, its dull gray eyes scanning the surroundings, spoke casually,
“Eight Sun and Moon Realm Spirit Masters, two Sun and Moon Realm spirit beasts, seven Star Shattering Stage, three Waning Moon Stage, no Setting Sun Stage. I’ll leave them to you two.”
“Yes!”
The Moon God Concubine and Full Moon Descent responded respectfully.
The Moon God Concubine, wearing a magnificent, court-style robe, a shimmering full moon disc on its back, looked like a deity.
Full Moon Descent was a graceful elemental figure, radiating a powerful moonlight aura, its body like a living lamp.
Although their physical sizes weren’t particularly large, they radiated a terrifying power.
Swish, swish—
The next second, the two Sun and Moon Realm spirit beasts vanished, transforming into streaks of light.
Beings of immense power and prestige in their own realms, they now willingly served the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer.
As the saying went, a spirit beast that didn’t aspire to witness its master achieve a title wasn’t a true spirit beast.
The Snow Monarch, the White Moon Lord, the Dark Night Concubine, the Weaver of the Sun, the Illusion Sea Concubine, the Prison Ember Concubine, and the Peach Blossom Concubine.
These seven titled legendary beings (in no particular order) were the most famous, both the ultimate rivals and the secret desires of every spirit beast in the spirit world.
Everyone feared them, everyone worshipped them, and everyone wanted to defeat them!
At this moment, these moonlight-attribute spirit beasts invading the Sea Region firmly believed that their master would one day dethrone the Seven Concubines.
Although the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer’s actions had completely disrupted the spirit world’s order, it seemed unconcerned, its arrogance unchecked.
“Let’s go. To the Sea Concubine Palace!”
Leaving the powerful Moon God Concubine and Full Moon Descent to deal with the Sea Region’s Sun and Moon Realm experts, the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer, along with the other moonlight spirit beasts, riding on the Tyrant Demon Seed’s massive, centipede-like body, headed towards the Sea Concubine Palace.
They had already learned the details of that day’s events from the Cangsheng Palace, the Sorrowful Saintess’s actions, confirming that the Frost Snow Woman, the spirit beast that had forced the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer to commit suicide in the Soul Prison Trial, belonged to her.
As for the Snow Monarch… what was that?
Even if the Snow Monarch itself appeared before her, the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer would never kneel and beg for mercy!
Meanwhile, at the Sea Concubine Palace, not far from the Ice Shield Palace…
“Who is the enemy!?”
Feeling the Void Moon pendant vibrate with a terrifying resonance, the blue-haired, teardrop-eyed girl stood atop the Saintess Tower, her gaze fixed on the distance, her expression grim.
Gong Lianyue could clearly sense a powerful moonlight aura approaching.
Their next target… was the Sea Concubine Palace!!!
Clone number 10 of the Wrathful Saintess, kneeling behind her, a mournful expression on her face, was silently mourning her fallen, nameless siblings.
But it didn’t matter. It would soon join them.
If Gong Lianyue knew her thoughts, she would give her a severe scolding.
