Chapter 72: Chaos Heaven Banner

While Qin Yan handled the Wind-Wing Demon corpse with Beast Taming, Lu Chen came alone to a nearby spot.

Before leaving Zhen Continent, he still had something to do.

"Empress Sister, it's your turn to act."

The next second, Qi Luo Empress's soul manifestation appeared before him.

However, she didn't rush to use her means; instead, she curiously glanced at the few people not far away.

"I remember it's been less than a few months, right?"

"You haven't only broken through to Core Formation, but you've also gained several female cultivators by your side."

"Three Core Formations is fine; after all, their realms are similar to yours, and your talent is indeed good, so it's understandable they'd like you."

"But this Condensed Spirit woman, and the one who just broke through to Cave Heaven... tsk tsk tsk"

"Could it be that your little trick really has some magic? Otherwise, how could they follow you so devotedly?"

Listening to the Empress tease him, Lu Chen gave a hehe laugh.

He took it as her praising him.

"Empress Sister, business comes first," he said, putting away his smile.

"Hmph, when is it your turn to urge me, you brat?"

The Empress let out a light hum.

Lu Chen didn't notice a flicker of surprise flash in her eyes.

Because at that moment, her attention wasn't only on Su Qian and the four others; more importantly, it was the Qi Luck Power contained in them.

"They're all purple Qi Luck... it seems the source of this Qi Luck undoubtedly comes from Lu Chen."

The Empress fell into a brief contemplation, but soon returned to her original expression.

She extended her hand, and a jet-black soul power from her fingertip transformed into a flood dragon serpent.

The flood dragon serpent flicked its tongue, hissing from its mouth.

The next moment, its two fangs oozed black liquid, actually tearing the space before them apart.

Just as before in the Heavenly Demon Hall, through this torn space Lu Chen saw the interior of the storage bag of Heavenly Demon Sect Sect Leader You Huang.

"No wonder he's the Heavenly Demon Sect Sect Leader—so many treasures." Lu Chen looked at the multitude of items inside and couldn't help but speak.

Anyway, since he's already here, he intended to take this chance to see if he could steal more.

Although it might draw their notice, better to steal than not.

The Empress reached out and grabbed at the void, and the Chaos Heaven Banner flew out from within the storage bag's space.

"I need some time to erase its master recognition; I can only maintain this space for ten breaths, so grab what you want quickly."

The Empress saw his thoughts, said nothing more, and began using her soul power to erase the Chaos Heaven Banner's master aura.

Lu Chen hesitated not, not wasting a moment, searching for treasures inside You Huang's storage bag.

"Huh?!"

Suddenly, Lu Chen saw something familiar.

It was the Thunder Tribulation Dao Pill previously refined by Chu Lian.

"Looks like he hasn't broken through yet; otherwise this pill wouldn't still be here."

Without hesitation, he immediately mimicked the Empress's action, drawing a thread of soul power into it and taking out the Thunder Tribulation Dao Pill.

Knowing time was pressing, he didn't hesitate a moment and continued searching for usable treasures.

Unfortunately, aside from the Thunder Tribulation Dao Pill, he found no other treasures, only taking some Murderous Qi Bottles and various beast bloods.

"Ten breaths is still too short; it's a pity this method consumes so much soul power, otherwise I'd definitely have the Empress teach me."

He muttered a sentence, his gaze turning to the Empress.

"Alright, draw out some essence blood and try to acknowledge mastery."

In Lu Chen's understanding, demonic artifacts are ranked from one to ten.

But this Chaos Heaven Banner clearly does not belong to any of those ranks.

"Don't think about it; it's of immortal artifact grade."

"Although it's not top-notch, for the realm you're currently in, it's enough."

The soul connection allowed the Empress to occasionally hear Lu Chen's thoughts, and she soon clarified.

"Oh."

Lu Chen nodded.

Although she said it lightly, even looking down on it a bit.

But he knew this Chaos Heaven Banner was absolutely unique in the entire Zhen Continent, even the Heaven Continent, and indeed the whole Ink Realm.

He drew out a drop of essence blood from his brow and dropped it onto the Chaos Heaven Banner.

In an instant, the banner's cloth moved without wind, and the next moment its formerly dim surface flashed with countless mysterious runes.

These runes, carrying a strong aura of confusion, instantly surged into Lu Chen's mind.

Beside her, the Empress saw this, her expression slightly changed but her tone remained calm: "Steady your heart and mind; this item has long possessed its own will, and it's testing your character."

"If you can't persist, you'll suffer backlash."

She said, then suddenly recalled that a certain clansman of hers had also been affected by this Chaos Heaven Banner, yet only managed to persist for ten breaths.

That clansman's realm was tens of millions of times stronger than Lu Chen's.

However, she didn't seem to worry that Lu Chen would thus be unable to acknowledge mastery of the Chaos Heaven Banner.

Because she knew Lu Chen harbored a special secret.

Although she didn't know exactly what the secret was, she believed Lu Chen would surely succeed in acknowledging mastery.

The moment the confusion aura entered Lu Chen's mind, he only felt his vision go black, and his five senses were instantly completely blocked.

He had completely entered a state where he could not perceive the outside world, nor could he perceive time and space.

And just then, that familiar voice appeared again.

【Detected that the host is affected by the Chaos Heaven Banner!】

【Original effect: the five senses are impaired, the mind is confused.】

【Reverse effect: the five senses are strengthened, the mind becomes clearer.】

In the next moment, the Empress's figure appeared before him again.

The faint wind sound around him entered his ears again, and the scorching heat from the blazing sun also appeared.

"How terrifying..."

That feeling just now indeed made Lu Chen feel a little frightened.

The Empress beside him had a blank expression; she had thought Lu Chen would remain in that state for a long time, but in the next second she saw his eyeballs turn.

Moreover, she stared straight at herself.

"You...... have you completed the master recognition?!"

Although the Empress has seen too many strange and bizarre things in her life, this scene before her eyes is obviously even more shocking.

"Hmm." Lu Chen spoke lightly.

"What a monster." She shook her head and sighed.

Suppressing the surprise in her heart, she quickly began to instruct Lu Chen on the function of the Chaos Heaven Banner.

Simply put, it is similar to the demonic cultivators that Lu Chen knows.

It is simply absorbing souls and refining them into killing qi.

However, the killing qi produced by the Chaos Heaven Banner is of extremely high quality; just a wisp of its killing qi can match hundreds of bottles of top-grade killing qi.

"I'll go back first; you find a time to draw the souls from the previous Myriad Soul Banner into the Chaos Heaven Banner. Then you will have endless killing qi."

The Empress then returned to the Sea of Consciousness.

Lu Chen nodded.

He took out the Myriad Soul Banner and immediately began transferring the souls within it.

He naturally would not, like true demonic cultivators, obtain souls by massively slaughtering mortals.

But he will certainly not be polite about these ready-made souls.

After drawing the souls into it, he tried to operate the Chaos Heaven Banner.

Soon, one of the souls was refined and transformed into extremely pure killing qi.

"What pure killing qi..."

"No wonder demonic cultivators love to kill people..."

Although the benefits are many, Lu Chen has his own bottom line.

He would not even blink when killing immortal or demonic cultivators who have ties with him.

But as for ordinary mortals, he would rather let it be.