The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"indeed so."

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor nodded slightly: "To be honest, apart from the heart in front of you, the control of my body has been taken over by these endlessly growing blood demons."

Chu Xiu asked doubtfully, "Even if you only have a remnant soul left, you are still a demon emperor after all..."

"At present, my divine soul power is at most equivalent to that of a powerhouse at the eighth level of the Reincarnation Realm."

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor sighed, "But within my body, there are dozens of Blood Demons at the eighth level of the Reincarnation Realm..."

"Dozens of eighth-level Reincarnation Realm cultivators?!"

Chu Xiu was speechless.

To make him, a Great Perfection of the Shattered Void Realm, span two major realms and fight against dozens of peak eighth-level Reincarnation Realm cultivators?

Are you kidding...

When the Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor saw Chu Xiu's twitching lips, he couldn't help but laugh.

She hasn't talked to anyone in a long time...

"Don't worry, although the Blood Demon Clan has the advantage in numbers, they are actually just a bunch of brainless beasts."

"Even a high-level Blood Demon at the eighth level of the Reincarnation Realm is the same."

"And what actually controls their behavior is just a Gu worm..."

"To be precise, it was a Gu worm that was being nurtured in a jar of blood essence of unknown origin."

"And these blood demons are formed by the larvae born from the Gu worm merging with its essence blood."

Chu Xiu suddenly realized: "So, if I can obtain that jar of essence blood and control that Gu worm mother, I can solve the blood demon affliction within your body?"

"That's right!"

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor looked at Chu Xiu with admiration: "A promising young man."

Chu Xiu rolled his eyes: "What is the cultivation level of that insect queen?"

"Perfected Samsara Realm!"

Chu Xiu turned to leave without the slightest hesitation.

"Hey, stop right there!"

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor retorted, "I haven't finished speaking yet!"

Chu Xiu stopped and looked at her suspiciously, signaling her to finish speaking.

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor said, "If you calculate carefully, today is the date the Insect Queen will give birth."

"After the mother insect gives birth to a large number of larvae, it will go through a period of weakness that lasts for more than ten days. During that time, its cultivation level can only be maintained at the Transcendent Realm at most."

"So what if she's at the True Realm... Even though the Insect Queen is weak, she still has dozens of Blood Demons at the eighth level of the Reincarnation Realm protecting her."

Chu Xiu turned around and sat down on the ground.

If there were only a weak insect mother at the True Transcending Realm, he could still handle it.

But he really couldn't handle such a huge number of high-level blood demons...

"Don't worry about that, I already have a way to deal with it."

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor smiled slightly: "These blood demons have coveted the essence of my heart for tens of thousands of years without being able to fulfill their desire."

"If I use my heart as bait, I can surely lure all the high-ranking blood demons out."

"At that time, the Insect Queen will be unguarded, and you can take advantage of the situation to subdue her and use her to command the Blood Demon!"

Chu Xiu nodded: "This is feasible, but I have not studied any insect control techniques, so how can I control the insect queen?"

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor smiled: "These ordinary blood demons and their larvae do not possess the ghostly energy within the Misty Sea, therefore they are unaffected by the mysterious refining effect of the imperial energy within you..."

"But the queen insect does!"

"The ghostly energy contained within that insect queen is comparable to that of the Mist Ghost Emperor who fought against me back then!"

"Of course, if you want to force the insect mother to submit by refining the ghost energy inside her body, the prerequisite is that you have a sufficient amount of royal energy!"

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment and asked, "How much do you need?"

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor glanced at him sideways, "A hundred paths!"

"A hundred paths?"

Chu Xiu chuckled and waved his hand, causing a burst of golden light to emanate from his body.

Nearly a thousand strands of imperial aura emerged from her dantian and condensed into a golden dragon in front of the Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor, letting out a provocative roar.

This golden dragon with imperial aura actually harbored a hint of hostility towards the Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor, who was a member of the demon race.

Chu Xiu immediately raised his hands to show that the provocation from the imperial dragon was not instigated by him.

"...Nearly a thousand strands of imperial aura!"

"Good lad, you're getting interesting!"

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor paid no attention to the provocation of the Imperial Aura Dragon, his eyes filled with excitement at the prospect of soon getting rid of the Blood Demon scourge.

"I knew I hadn't misjudged you..."

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor changed his previous doubts about Chu Xiu's identity and restrained his contempt for an ordinary weakling.

The foundation that Chu Xiu has revealed is enough to make him stand on equal footing with her, the Demon Emperor.

"This child... his future achievements will certainly not be inferior to those of the human emperor of my era!"

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor bowed slightly to Chu Xiu to express his apology for his previous rudeness.

No demon with a normal mind would provoke the displeasure of a human emperor with a clearly promising future.

Even though this emperor's current cultivation level is insignificant to him.

Throughout its long history, the demon race has paid too high a price for such foolish acts.

Even that ape demon emperor, who was as tall as the heavens and as ambitious as the heavens, would have died under the power of that generation of human emperor long before he rose to become the greatest emperor of the demon race, had he not been a disciple of a certain human saint.

Chu Xiu noticed a significant change in the Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor's attitude towards him.

Currently, he can only control about a thousand strands of imperial aura.

There are still nearly 500,000 units of imperial energy within his body, which have condensed into a solid state, resembling another golden core, remaining in Chu Xiu's middle dantian. With Chu Xiu's current cultivation level, he cannot control it.

Chu Xiu suddenly asked, "Does Your Majesty know how much Dao Emperor aura your era's Human Emperor possessed?"

"About 100,000..."

After a moment of contemplation, the Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor said, "The amount of imperial aura in the entire Great Thousand World is limited, probably in the millions, and is distributed among the emperors of all races under heaven."

"The emperors of my era stood at the pinnacle of the Heavenly Continent. Even the emperors of my demon race could only avoid their sharp edge."

"But that Human Emperor did not become the Immortal Emperor who controlled the power of the entire Heavenly Continent, right?"

Chu Xiu asked.

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor nodded. "That's right."

"He...died too young."

"He died in the Misty Sea, at the hands of an emperor."

Chu Xiu remained silent upon hearing this.

The Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor continued, "The quantity of Imperial Qi will never exceed one million."

“If each individual takes away one portion, its reserves will be permanently reduced by one portion until the individual possessing the imperial aura dies completely.”

"Complete...death?"

Chu Xiu stood there, stunned.

He possesses a total of 500,000 strands of imperial aura within his body. If what the Fire Phoenix Demon Emperor said is true, then he would never have had the chance to obtain so much imperial aura.

Unless... in the era he is currently in, the vast majority of the emperors of the various races on the Heavenly Continent have already died out!

Even more complete than Yao Ming's remnant soul state...

Die!

Who can do that...?

Chu Xiu's body suddenly trembled.

Could it be a ghost from within the Misty Sea?