Chapter 2248

"I once told you, once the Heaven-Filling True Sovereign descends, you must kill me before He does." The Red General tilted her head. "You don't seem to have planned to do that at all."

"I believe in the Dragon God." He Lingchuan said solemnly, "And I believe in you."

A thousand threads, ten thousand threads, but flattery never pierces.

The Red General let out a low hum.

"Congratulations on defeating Heaven-Filling and regaining your freedom!" Xu Shichu rushed over, overjoyed to the point of choking up, "My Panlong fortune is boundless!"

Zhong Shengguang and he had plotted for over twenty years—how many bloodbaths and storms they endured, how many hardships and twists, how many times the king himself had undergone trials of conscience!

Today, at last, success is achieved!

The Red General pushed herself up from the ground with her hands, slowly rising to her feet.

Though she showed no sign of it, He Lingchuan knew she was unwell, and immediately gave the order:

"Pass the command: set up camp by the Immortal Spirit Lake, the entire army to rest and recuperate for one day!"

The Red General's tent was the first to be erected.

She said to He Lingchuan and Xu Shichu, "I will enter seclusion for a few hours; military affairs are entrusted to you," then went into her tent.

He Lingchuan could see that she walked with some difficulty.

The main battlefield of the Dragon God and Heaven-Filling's great battle was her sea of consciousness.

Another person could hardly bear it— their mind might have already exploded.

Though the great battle has ended, the turmoil she endured in her sea of consciousness is certainly not trivial; now, not collapsing outright is likely due to sheer force of will, so she must quickly regulate her breath and rest.

Moreover, the Red General has newly obtained Heaven-Filling's Death Divinity, and this treasure is also a hot potato.

As one of the three renowned ancient divinities of the demon realm, for the Red General to gain its approval is no easy task.

However, her sea of consciousness still retains fragments of Heaven-Filling's divine soul, which may be the main reason she can temporarily hold onto the divinity.

She went to settle herself, He Lingchuan took over military affairs, arranging the remaining battles and support matters.

The Dragon God and the Red General defeated Heaven-Filling, resolving Panlongcheng's grave internal threat. This is great news, and Xu Shichu immediately sent a flying message to Zhong Shengguang.

Next, the Panlong Army can fully commit to the battle in Xiluo!

……

The next evening.

To everyone's sight, the dome was filled with red clouds, vast and gorgeous.

But whenever He Lingchuan looked up, the ten-thousand-li clear sky was no longer azure—it was a reflection of the dark red ocean, deeply strange.

His heart was full of worry, yet he could not speak of it to others.

The Red General sent someone to summon He Lingchuan and Xu Shichu.

Her movements seemed a bit more agile, but her speech still lacked vigor.

The Red General's soul and sea of consciousness were damaged in the battle with Heaven-Filling; to now be able to hold a clear conversation with the two without falling into unconsciousness already made He Lingchuan look at her with new eyes.

How difficult it is to heal a soul wound, he knows all too well. If it were him, he would at least sleep face-down for seven days and seven nights straight, not waking once in between.

No wonder, as the Dragon God's strict selection, the Red General's soul power is indeed extraordinarily strong.

Yesterday she urgently needed rest, so the two couldn't ask more. Upon seeing her, Xu Shichu immediately asked with concern: "How is your health?"

"I'm recovering somewhat." The Red General summoned them, for discussing the next battle plan.

Though fatigued, she still had to fulfill her duties.

After the Panlong Army's great victory at Immortal Spirit Lake, the subsequent battle space was opened, and the three quickly settled on a new plan.

After discussing affairs, He Lingchuan asked: "Has Heaven-Filling's Death Divinity fallen into your hands?"

He had not forgotten that the Dragon God originally insisted on scheming against Heaven-Filling for one reason: because He possessed the Death Divinity that the Great Direction Vessel greatly desired.

Now that Heaven-Filling is dead, is the Death Divinity left in the Red General's sea of consciousness?

"You mean this?" The Red General spread her palm, a wisp of black light rising from it.

Then the two saw clearly: a strange cube floated in her palm, pure jet-black, but its surface covered with many small squares, each constantly recombining, arranging, shifting.

To He Lingchuan, this thing looked like an automatically running Rubik's Cube.

But as soon as it appeared, a hollow, deathly, icy atmosphere enveloped the entire scene.

Xu Shichu inexplicably felt a sense of loss and sorrow, yet after staring at the cube for a while, even those feelings of loss and sorrow gradually faded, leaving only emptiness in his heart.

"Is this the renowned Death Divinity?"

The Red General nodded: "The small squares on the cube represent the increase and decrease of order and disorder. Heaven-Filling believed disorder would ultimately replace order—this is the end of life, the embrace of death."

He Lingchuan stared, unblinking, his brows furrowing: "I feel something is off."

He is the one who once held the Fate Divinity. The unique aura of a divinity, he would not mistake.

But though this divinity floated before his eyes, he felt no divinity aura from it.

The Red General countered: "Where is it off?"

He Lingchuan said nothing, but secretly circulated his yuan power.

When his body glowed with red light, he looked again at the Red General's hand—

Hah, where is the cube? Clearly, it is a smooth, round pearl!

"A pearl?"

Seeing the illusion exposed by him, the Red General shook her palm, and the "cube" vanished, revealing the pearl's true form.

This pearl differs from the Great Expansion Heaven Pearl—not only is it lustrous pearl-white, but it also carries a faint halo-like light blue, beautiful and dreamlike.

At first glance, it looks very noble.

"This is the elixir pill of the Thousand Illusions True Person!" The Red General's voice carried a hint of a smile, "I used it to simulate Heaven-Filling's divinity—well, at least its original appearance."

She rarely acted playfully in front of the two.

He Lingchuan exclaimed in surprise, blurting out: "Mirage Pearl!"

The Red General tilted his head: "How do you know the true form of the Thousand Illusions True Person is a clam demon?"

He Lingchuan realized as soon as he spoke that he had made a mistake, and quickly tried to cover: "Mr. Xin said so."

Xin Yi really is a good brick—wherever it's needed, he can be moved there.

"Mr. Xin's mouth is truly loose," the Red General also said, half-believing and half-doubting, but too lazy to ask further.

He Lingchuan recalled that the Thousand Illusions True Person had been severely wounded in the Ancient War, and the heavenly demon who personally dug out his clam pearl back then was none other than Mitiān!

Now Mitiān has fallen into the Red General's sea of consciousness, and the legacy he brought down is naturally also taken over by the Red General.

However, in real history, although the Thousand Illusions True Person betrayed Panlongcheng and obtained the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl from the city walls, he never managed to retrieve his own clam pearl.

It is clear that this treasure was ultimately offered by the Red General to the Great Vessel.

Xu Shichu was also staring at the clam pearl, clicking his tongue in admiration.

This clam pearl comes from a true immortal, so naturally it is a supreme treasure worth a city.

But he soon remembered the key point: "Wait, where did Mitiān's divinity go?"

"Shattered."

The Red General said those two words lightly, and the two people before him were shaken into a bout of tinnitus:

"What, what?"

"Shattered, shattered? A death divinity isn't a vase—it doesn't just shatter from a blow."

"Otherwise, after Mitiān self-destructed his soul and spirit, what would he use to again drain the Dragon God's power, and what would he use to again shake my sea of consciousness?"

There will be an extra chapter added later~3000 words.