Legend of the Asura Emperor

After refining the remaining power of the Golden Gallbladder and the Nine Yang Heavenly Centipede's inner core, he finally reached the Imperial Realm.

Within the Dark Moon Eyes, the flowing blue light in his hands was so smooth and swift, if the flow of vital energy within Jun Han's body was like flowing water.

The vital energy now flowing within Jun Han's meridians is undoubtedly light. This truly embodies the saying, "Where the mind goes, the technique follows." The changes are simply impossible to describe in a few words.

As the vital energy within Jun Han underwent a qualitative change, he discovered that his senses had become exceptionally sharp. It was an indescribable feeling, like an illiterate person suddenly gaining a wealth of knowledge. The aura flowing across his body, the air currents circulating around him, and so on, were all clearly captured by Jun Han's senses. It was a feeling as if he had mastered everything.

"Master, you're awake. It feels great to break through to a new realm, doesn't it?"

Just as Jun Han was immersed in the strange changes in his senses, a cold, somewhat serious female voice suddenly came from nearby. He quickly turned around and saw a woman standing quietly to the side, watching Jun Han, who had regained consciousness.

The woman was not human. Jun Han understood this at a glance. Although the woman before him was extremely beautiful, she possessed an aura that was not human. Therefore, with just one look, Jun Han knew that this woman was not human.

The woman had an exceptionally tall and slender figure. Even standing before Jun Han, she was in no way inferior in height. Her snow-white hair cascaded down to her thighs like a waterfall; it wasn't the graying of an elderly person, but truly pure white, with a subtle silver sheen that could be seen flowing across it depending on the angle of observation.

Her pretty face, closer to the beauty of a typical Chinese woman, featured arched, snow-white eyebrows, a straight nose, and tightly pursed cherry lips, giving her a cool expression with an incomparably heroic air. Her snow-white, almost translucent skin seemed so delicate it could be broken with a touch, and her pair of spirited phoenix eyes held icy blue pupils, the light emanating from them as sharp as a sword blade.

The woman wore a garment woven from animal hides. The snow-white hides suited her perfectly. The style of the garment resembled that of women from some southern savage tribes. Except for a band around the upper body and hips, only her forearms and calves were covered in hides, exposing a large amount of her snow-white skin. Her high, firm breasts, slender waist, firm hips, and long legs made her appear so perfect that even knowing she wasn't human, Jun Han couldn't help but stare in stunned silence.

"You... are Han Shuang." Finally, after a long while, Jun Han reacted and tentatively asked the white-haired woman before him. The white-haired woman's aura and attitude were similar to the powerful Han Shuang he had felt, so instinctively, Jun Han asked her.

"If I had to say, I'd prefer you to call me 'Extreme Snow,' that's my real name. Frost is the name of my true race, just as you are human, but your name wouldn't be 'human,' would it?" Looking at Jun Han, Frost, no, it should be called Extreme Snow, she said coldly.

"Wait, you... what did you say, 'master'? When did I become your master?" Jun Han wasn't concerned about why Ji Xue had suddenly transformed from a domineering beast into a hot woman; what bothered him was Ji Xue's address to him—the title 'master'—which truly startled him.

"Master, have you forgotten that during the battle with that Nine-Ringed Crimson-Bellied One, I entrusted my inner core to you, and you swore a blood pact with me? So from that moment on, you became the master who controls my inner core. There's nothing wrong with that title." Seeing Jun Han's panicked expression, Ji Xue frowned and said to him.

"But...didn't you say back then that some of your clansmen would secretly hand over their inner cores to others? How come I became the master when it was handed over to me? Were you lying to me?" Jun Han asked hurriedly after hearing this.

"No, Master, I am not lying to you. It is true that some of our clansmen secretly handed over their inner cores to others or put them directly into other people's bodies. But that was just 'temporary placement'. The other party could not use the power of the inner core at all, and they did not even know that they had an inner core implanted in them."

“But you, Master, are different. You swore a blood oath, using blood as the catalyst and your life as the guarantee, to form a contract with me. Our lives were linked at that moment, which is why you were able to use the power of my inner core to resist the attack of those poisonous gases inside the Nine-Ringed Vermilion Belly. This is the proof of the contract. From the moment I handed my inner core to you, Master, I decided to become your servant.”

After hearing Ji Xue's words, Jun Han was immediately shocked. He knew how strong Ji Xue was, and even though she wasn't in her beast form, the powerful aura emanating from her remained undiminished. More importantly, a fifth-tier demonic beast was willingly summoned by a cultivator—this was an extremely rare occurrence.

"Why do you do this?" Jun Han asked Ji Xue after sighing.

"It's very simple. If we hadn't done that back then, my master and I would have died there. The strength of that Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly was not something we could have defeated together. Without my master's risky actions, we would have been killed by the Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly. So rather than being killed by it, it's much better to become a beast under your control."

After a pause, Ji Xue continued, "Moreover, the death of the Nine-Ringed Crimson Belly proves that I did not make the wrong choice. We are able to continue to live, and you, Master, have broken through to a new realm. This is all because of the correct decision I made back then."

"Don't you feel resentful? You are much stronger than me, but now you are being controlled by me." Seeing Ji Xue say this, Jun Han sighed again and asked Ji Xue. Upon hearing Jun Han's words, Ji Xue fell silent. After a long while, Ji Xue said, "Resentful? To be honest, I really don't feel it at all."