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

"Become my spirit?"

The Butterfly Queen's words left Chu Xiu stunned on the spot.

The mighty emperor of the Western Continent's demon race, a top-tier warrior, chooses to become a mere demon spirit in his own True Transcending Realm?

The reason the Butterfly Queen chose to do this was for the sake of her own people who had also become demon spirits...

Chu Xiu remained silent for a long time before slowly speaking: "Is it worth it...?"

"Without them, what kind of emperor am I?"

The Butterfly Queen chuckled self-deprecatingly, slightly puffing out her chest and exposing her most vulnerable part to Chu Xiu.

"We are both currently in a divine soul state, and I have completely lowered my defenses. As long as you merge a divine soul imprint into my divine soul, I can become your demon spirit..."

"This is the safest and most permanent way for a demon spirit to recognize its master!"

Faced with the Butterfly Queen's resolute decision, Chu Xiu remained silent and refused to grant her wish.

The Butterfly Queen, who has sacrificed herself for the Heavenly Continent and her people, even to the point of becoming a slave to the Blood Demon Gu Insects for ten thousand years... such a ruler who cares about the world should not be reduced to such a fate!

Seeing that Chu Xiu's eyes showed pity and that he was unmoved by her words, the Butterfly Queen frowned slightly and said angrily, "Don't look at me like that!"

After saying that, she used all her strength to reach out and grab Chu Xiu's arm, then pressed it against her chest.

But Chu Xiu was equally stubborn, and he would not do as she wished.

Chu Xiu withdrew his hand, picked up the extremely weakened body of the Butterfly Queen, and placed it in the remaining half of the cocoon, allowing the residual healing liquid within to continue treating the Butterfly Queen's injuries.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he transferred all the pills and rare treasures in his storage space that had a healing effect on the soul to the side of the broken cocoon for the Butterfly Queen to use, including the Dao Source Fruit given to him by Mo Lie.

After doing all this, Chu Xiu left the storage space without looking back, leaving the dazed and powerless Butterfly Queen lying slumped in the medicinal liquid, watching his figure gradually dissipate.

"...I promise you, I will bring all your people back to you safely!"

Chu Xiu finally couldn't resist and agreed to the Butterfly Queen's request.

However, he chose to do it his own way.

"..."

As the Butterfly Queen watched Chu Xiu's figure disappear before her eyes, his parting words kept echoing in her mind. A single tear slowly rolled down her cheek from her eyes and fell onto the medicinal bath she was bathing in, creating ripples.

"Thanks……"

Outside the storage space, Chu Xiu regained his composure and remained silent for a long time.

Mo Lie glanced at him with some doubt. Earlier, Chu Xiu had suddenly frowned and stood still. Mo Lie thought that someone had attacked Chu Xiu's soul, so he immediately searched the vicinity carefully, but found nothing unusual.

Now that Chu Xiu has come to his senses, he looks sullen and unhappy.

"What's wrong, Young Master Chu?" Mo Lie couldn't help but ask.

Chu Xiu shook his head: "It's nothing."

"By the way, Elder Demon."

Chu Xiu stretched out his hand, and the cultivation scroll given to him by Ye Wujiang appeared in his hand.

Have you ever learned Brother Ye's martial arts techniques?

Mo Lie explained, "The cultivation techniques we study are a sub-version of the Venerable Lord's techniques. As for the techniques you have, only the Venerable Lord has studied them."

Chu Xiu suddenly realized: "So, although you can refine that so-called holy breath for cultivation, you can't directly refine the mist that permeates the Sea of ​​Misty Clouds because the efficacy of your cultivation technique is insufficient?"

“That’s right,” Mo Lie continued, “There’s another very important reason.”

“We… do not possess the same physique as you and the Venerable One, which allows us to ignore the negative effects of the Holy Breath.”

Chu Xiu smiled slightly. What kind of physique? It's clearly the special effect of imperial aura.

It seems that Ye Wujiang, like himself, has discovered the wonderful use of imperial aura in restraining and refining that strange mist and ghostly aura.

However, the amount of imperial aura he possessed was far less than that of himself, and he needed to spend ten lifetimes to rebuild it, yet he still could not break through to the Qiankun Realm.

"Elder Demon, how long until the grand auction in the Heavenly-level Trading City?"

"There is about six months left."

"That should be enough."

Chu Xiu immediately sat cross-legged and unrolled the scroll in his hand.

He would then study the unparalleled martial arts techniques possessed by Ye Wujiang here.

Only in this way can there be a sliver of hope to enter the inner universe of the Butterfly Queen's demon body, and with a means sufficient to directly refine the mist, purify the blood demon that may have already taken control of the Butterfly Queen's demon body, and reclaim the Butterfly Queen's demon body and her people!

This time, without the assistance of the Phoenix Emperor, who was comparable to the Butterfly Queen in strength, he had to rely entirely on himself!

As for Mo Lie... he's lucky if he can keep himself alive...

After fully unrolling the ancient scroll in his hand, what first caught Chu Xiu's eye were a few large, dim characters—

The Supreme Divine Secret of Heaven and Earth!

Chu Xiu was somewhat speechless; the name of this cultivation technique was certainly concise and to the point…

In the Heavenly Continent, experts at the Qiankun Realm are called Saints...

Reaching the Qiankun Realm, isn't that what it means to be a "Sage"...?

After briefly reviewing the contents of the scroll, Chu Xiu put it away, closed his eyes, and began to practice the method of coordinating the use of spiritual energy and imperial energy taught in the scroll.

This was the first time Chu Xiu had ever studied a cultivation technique entirely on his own comprehension, and he felt an unprecedented sense of curiosity and inner satisfaction.

Mo Lie, who was standing to the side, consciously stepped back a little to protect Chu Xiu.

Three days passed quickly. Chu Xiu, who had already circulated his cultivation technique countless times, suddenly opened his eyes, which had been closed for three days, and looked at the bored Mo Lie beside him:

"Lord Demon, could you please send me to the Misty Sea?"

Mo Lie was taken aback upon hearing this, then nodded and said, "It's possible, but..."

Chu Xiu smiled slightly: "It's alright. I've already mastered your master's techniques, and I'm just waiting to put them into practice!"

Mo Lie nodded, walked up to Chu Xiu, and, using his cultivation at the Great Perfection of the Reincarnation Realm and his accumulated Void Daoist power, forcibly created a spatial passage in this shattered void.

At the other end of the passage lies a certain area of ​​the Misty Sea.

Mo Lie stood before the spatial passage, hesitant to speak.

Chu Xiu asked, "Speak your mind."

Mo Lie frowned and said, "Young Master Chu, the fog over there is far denser than that on the coast. Are you sure you want to go directly there?"

Chu Xiu smiled and reached out to grab a handful of mist from the other side of the passage, gathering it in his palm. He then opened his mouth and inhaled, drawing the dense mist—far more concentrated than the mist he had previously refined—into his dantian. He then circulated his spiritual energy and imperial energy to refine it directly.

With the assistance of the Qi circulation method of the Supreme Qiankun Technique, Chu Xiu only needed to spend five breaths to completely refine such a small ball of dense fog, and then condensed the pure energy after refinement into his palm.

"Such pure, unclaimed energy!"

Mo Lie's mouth dropped open, his eyes wide with astonishment.

He never expected that Chu Xiu would have such comprehension, and that he could thoroughly study his master's cultivation technique in just three days!

When our lord first obtained this cultivation technique from that being deep within the Misty Sea, it took him a full year to even begin to grasp its basics!

Now, Mo Lie's gaze towards Chu Xiu held a hint of awe for this peerless genius.

Only now did he understand why his lord treated Chu Xiu, who was of a different race, so well.

"Your Majesty... you wouldn't be seeking the protection of a future peerless powerhouse for my Rakshasa clan, would you...? That's thinking way too far ahead!"