The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

At the summit, the medicinal spring, as clear as a mirror lake, shimmered with a blue glow, its abundant spiritual energy constantly radiating outwards. Fierce birds circled, and malevolent forces gathered in all directions. An invisible black mist shrouded the spring, giving one a sense of unease.

Sure enough, when Ying Li and Fu Cheng reached the mountaintop, they understood the source of their panic. The vast medicinal spring was like poison; under the control of the spiritual barrier, ordinary people had no way to harm it. If the barrier were broken, triggering the spiritual power of the person who set it up, then the owner would surely be alarmed. The owner of the medicinal spring was probably no small figure in the Ghost Realm.

"What should we do?! Should we break that barrier, or wait a bit longer?" Fu Cheng asked. The spiritual barrier in front of them was extremely powerful. The six barriers that stretched towards the sky completely enveloped the medicinal spring. Fierce birds and malevolent spirits circled above the medicinal spring. If Ying Li dared to confront it head-on, he would definitely be seriously injured!

"Fu Cheng, I've heard that people in your Ghost Realm don't compete based on the level of Earth Spirit. Besides your illusion magic, how are you at fighting?!" Ying Li turned to look at Fu Cheng, pondering for a long time before speaking. If they wanted to make use of this medicinal spring, they would have to let Fu Cheng hold out for a while first.

Fu Cheng didn't know what Ying Li was thinking. As for fighting, it wasn't that he couldn't fight, but he never liked things that wasted his energy and emotions. Illusion magic was already enough to exhaust his mental energy, and if he fought again, his body probably couldn't take it. So, usually, he would put those troublemakers into the illusion array and let them kill each other, which saved him the trouble. However, given his status, not many people would come looking for death.

"I haven't tried fighting with it, but it should hold off the enemy for a while. What do you plan to do?!"

“My master told me that there are ways to break these kinds of spiritual arrays and barriers. As long as we find the strongest point of spiritual power, we can reverse the barrier through another method. That is, the medicinal spring will no longer be in the spiritual power barrier, but exposed to the world. The other places that were originally exposed to the world, that is, everything else on this mountaintop, will be in the reversed spiritual power barrier. If I forcefully reverse the barrier, it will definitely release my earth spirit to a certain extent. Those evil birds, please help me block them!” Ying Li said, with a hint of guilt in his eyes.

Fu Cheng had been kind to her, and now she probably owed him more and more.

“Girl, this Fu Cheng is quite nice. Why don’t you consider marrying him? He’s from the Ghost Realm. Once you shed your Spirit Realm blood, you two would make a great couple,” Yin Lie teased Ying Li from within the Bone Ring.

"Brother, we've come this far, how do you still have the energy to joke around?!" Ying Li thought to himself.

"I'm serious!" Yin Lie retorted, but Ying Li was determined not to pay him any more attention. Yin Lie's expression changed slightly. Even if he wasn't Ying Li's brother, but just her friend, what friend would want Ying Li to follow a short-lived boy who had married someone else?

A sharp pain shot through Yingli's heart. He was like a beauty mark at the corner of her eye, like a cinnabar dot on her brow. Because he was him, because that warmth, from beginning to end, was him, and would never change. Everything she did, besides for herself, was for him. So what if the world condemned her?! So what if her past was mysterious and tragic?! All for him.

“Okay, I’ll help you.” Fu Cheng readily agreed. Ying Li came back to her senses, looked at Fu Cheng’s refined smile, nodded to him, and then held her breath and began to search for the strongest point of that spiritual power.

With all her spiritual energy redirected, a vortex of mental energy slowly flowed behind her head as Ying Li began to examine the mental energy barrier. Sure enough, just as Ying Li found the strongest point of her mental energy and attempted to reverse the barrier using the method described in the intermediate-level spiritual book, the earth spirit energy within her was detected by the ferocious birds, which went berserk and shot towards Ying Li!

Sharp fangs and murderous eyes were all suddenly aimed at Ying Li. Fu Cheng conjured a sword in his right hand, stood behind Ying Li, and pointed the sword at the vicious birds!

A wall of dark, malevolent birds formed, closing in on Ying Li! Cold sweat beaded on Ying Li's forehead. She gathered her spiritual power with her hands, and a massive array of runes appeared beneath her feet. However, time and power were not yet fully utilized. This formidable spiritual barrier required her complete concentration; she had to pour all her current strength into it!

The vortex of mental energy continued to expand, and Ying Li felt a force tearing at his muscles, aching, numb, and violently attacking his mental energy from all directions! Within the vortex of mental energy, the gate to hidden mental power opened, continuously supporting Ying Li and channeling power into the great formation beneath his feet!

The Bone Ring spun incessantly. Yin Lie had exhausted his strength in the battle against Mu Zhen, the lord of the Mu Dynasty, and only after returning to the Ghost Realm could he slowly recover. In the current situation, his spiritual power could not interfere with Ying Li's power. Using the Spirit Realm Technique to reverse the Ghost Realm's spiritual power barrier was something Ying Li himself had to accomplish!

"hiss!"

"Roar!"

Behind them, the roars of ferocious beasts echoed incessantly, the cries of the evil birds tearing through the sky. However, Fu Cheng had constructed an illusionary realm, so those sounds only existed between the two of them. So many evil birds in the illusionary array were too exhausting, so the only option was to kill them one by one!

Fu Cheng's lips slowly curled upwards, a faint smile on his face. "Then, let's begin!" As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Cheng's figure flashed, delivering a five-kill blow! Three ferocious birds and two evil spirits were beheaded by him! Black blood sprayed into the sky, and blood mist swirled in the wind!

His clothes fluttered in the cold wind and the murderous aura. Fu Cheng stood there with a ruthless smile on his lips, completely unlike his previous refined demeanor. The more he killed, the more arrogant his eyes became, and the more bizarre his appearance became. When he reached the extreme of killing, a trace of blood red appeared in his eyes. He was laughing to the core, and coldness was hidden in his bones.

Ying Li didn't see any of this; she only heard a roar behind her and the creaking sound of a sword piercing bone, sending chills down her spine!

"Ah!!!" Chains materialized between Ying Li's hands, imbued with powerful spiritual energy, striking the strongest point of the barrier! The Bone Ring emitted a dazzling blue light, Ying Li's eyes turned bloodshot, and she pulled on the chains, the tips transforming into sharp swords that pierced through the powerful spiritual energy barrier. After a short while, Ying Li let out a muffled groan and made a final, desperate effort! Runes beneath her feet coiled around the chains like butterflies!

Runes spread throughout the barrier through the gaps, and in an instant, the weather changed drastically. The ferocious bird Evil Lead roared incessantly, but it was only for a short while. Cold sweat beaded on Ying Li's forehead, and her right hand trembled as she raised it, lightning gathering in her palm. She slowly turned around and said, "Fu Cheng, come here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Cheng retreated behind Ying Li, and the barrier array suddenly reversed. At the very moment the barrier completely reversed, thunder rumbled, and the power of lightning surged continuously within the new barrier array!

The entire summit of Ghost Spirit Mountain was as bright as day! Ying Li's face was a blur of light and shadow as the ferocious birds roared, howled, and wailed! But in the blink of an eye, the lightning power vanished, and within the new rune array, only pools of blood and mud remained!

Fu Cheng's expression changed slightly as he looked at the sweat beading on Ying Li's pale ears. He stared incredulously at the blood and mud, at the red mist within the new barrier array, and exclaimed, "Truly... amazing..."

Her voice trembled slightly. From this battle onward, Ying Li was no longer the stubborn, mindless, and cold-blooded woman she had first met. She was destined to be the new Empress of the Spirit and Ghost Realms, the supreme ruler who would create a new continent. That innate aura, that earth-shattering power, was something no ordinary person could match!

The medicinal spring, brimming with spiritual energy, opened its warm embrace to Ying Li. Looking at her hands, trembling slightly from exerting too much force, Ying Li, though exhausted, had finally managed to reverse the mental barrier. Next, she would absorb the power of the medicinal spring!

"Clap clap clap!!!"

A burst of applause came from across the medicine spring. Ying Li looked over and his brows furrowed.

"Hahaha, this is truly effortless! Ying Li! We've been searching for you for so long, but you've delivered yourself right to our doorstep! The medicinal spring is wonderful, but do you know who owns it?! Hahahaha, naturally, it belongs to the masters of our Twelve Evil Dragon Guards!!!"