Chapter 319: Revenge Fire! Target: Yan Country!

Hearing the elder princess's words, Princess Luoying finally understood the reason why the Wangshigen Sect had broken with the royal family and ended up like this!

The gods of the Heavenly Realm wanted her father's elder sister, her aunt, to become the vessel for the Holy Spirit's descent!

Her father naturally refused!

If her father had agreed at the time, after the elder princess was possessed by the Holy Spirit, perhaps her consciousness wouldn't have been stripped away.

But who knows how long a war would last once it began?

Prolonged possession by the Holy Spirit harms the body, and could even destroy her foundation as a magician!

In other words, they cut off the elder princess's path to advancement!

Her father was not a heartless ruler, so he refused.

And that's how things came to this.

Even though her father was a Sixth-Rank warrior, he had no chance at all against the sect and its gods!

Princess Luoying couldn't help asking: "Aunt, is there any way to save Father?"

Upon hearing her words, the elder princess's expression darkened.

She hesitated, then finally spoke:

"Luoying, there's no hope left—even if a god came in person, he couldn't save him. Your father's soul has been utterly shattered by the divine consciousness. Even if we drove out the divine consciousness inside him, your father would likely become just like them."

Her finger pointed toward the several Temple Knights outside!

These Temple Knights had their souls burned to ashes by the Abyssal Flame; though their bodies remained intact with no visible wounds, they were now nothing but empty shells!

Inside them, not a trace of soul remained!

These Temple Knights were no weaklings—their bodies decayed slowly—but what good did it do?

Without a soul, they were no different from the dead; at most, they'd become dust within a year or two!

"Ah!"

Hearing the elder princess's words, Princess Luoying suffered heavy loss!

She had thought she could save her father.

But now, the elder princess's words had completely crushed her hope!

Her father could not be saved!

A shattered soul—even a god couldn't restore it!

Princess Luoying seemed to lose all strength at once, sitting motionless on the ground.

The elder princess finally regained some strength; she opened the magic pouch at her waist and took out a magic stone, rapidly absorbing its magical energy.

She sighed, her voice filled with endless sorrow:

"Your brothers are probably all dead—they held real power. But you, as a princess, posed no threat, so they needed you to appear publicly to dispel suspicions among the nobles. That's why you're still alive. Of our royal family, I fear only you and I remain!"

Tears finally streamed down Princess Luoying's face.

"Princess, let's leave this place first!"

Ningcui also wanted to cry.

A month ago, everything was still fine.

Even during this past month, Ningcui had felt everything was normal.

Because she often lived with Princess Luoying in the Princess's Mansion.

Now, suddenly, she realized that all the beauty and dependence in her life had been torn apart!

The royal family of the Xiling Kingdom had suffered heavy losses!

The elder princess quickly drained the magic stone completely.

"Just a little more, and I'll reach Eighth Rank—but the Wang Gong is now filled with many Holy Spirits. These Holy Spirits have been adapting to their bodies and absorbing the power descending from the Heavenly Realm. After so long, they should each be at least Seventh Rank, with many already Eighth Rank, and the divine consciousness possessing your father is even more terrifying—I wouldn't stand a chance even if I promoted to Eighth Rank."

The elder princess felt a wave of helplessness.

The enemy was too strong.

Although 99% of the gods in the Heavenly Realm could never descend to the Continent of Gods, even merely sending down consciousness, power, or Holy Spirits was terrifyingly powerful.

This was only because the Xiling Kingdom had no suitable "vessels"!

The descent of a Holy Spirit required a pure body.

If a Holy Spirit descended into a Third or Fourth Rank magician, it could, by absorbing power from the Heavenly Realm, reach Sixth or Seventh Rank strength.

That was the limit!

But if a Holy Spirit descended into a Seventh-Rank Archmage, through power from the Heavenly Realm, it could even reach Eighth Rank—or even Ninth Rank!

The restrictions on Holy Spirit descent were many.

But even with so many restrictions, they were beyond the elder princess's ability to handle!

Even if she successfully absorbed the residual power of that Holy Spirit and rapidly became an Eighth-Rank Forbidden Spell Mage, possessing power capable of standing against a hundred thousand soldiers, it still… wasn't enough!

"Let's go to Yan Country!"

Princess Luoying suddenly stood up.

Tears still marked her face.

But her expression was now filled with determination!

"Such gods will drag the entire Xiling Kingdom into an endless abyss. The Flame Lord of Yan Country is a revolutionary deity. I want to seek Yan Country's aid—if they're willing to help us, we'll have hope for revenge!"

Princess Luoying declared with firm resolve.

In her heart, a fierce flame of revenge had already risen!

Yes, she would seek revenge!

Revenge against the gods of the Heavenly Realm!

Revenge against those descended Holy Spirits!

Revenge against the Church!

And with her and the Princess's current strength, going out to seek revenge now would be like an egg striking a stone.

She wouldn't be so foolish.

Even if the Princess were promoted to Eighth Rank and became a Forbidden Spell Mage, then launched a massive Forbidden Spell against Wang Gong under cover of night.

She still wouldn't succeed in her revenge!

There, a divine consciousness resides.

And several successfully descended Holy Spirits!