Chapter 1668: White Scorpion Demon King

Daxia City, Lu Lan Mansion Headquarters.

In the lakeside stone pavilion, Jiang Jiang Qinge gazed at the spatial mirror gradually fading before her eyes, a rare trace of melancholy and reluctance surfacing on her exquisite, white-porcelain-like pretty face.

"Mother is leaving the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou, entering the Wang Hou battlefield again?"

After Dantai Lan advanced into the Unparalleled Ninth Grade, her mastery over space had reached an extraordinary level, even capable of crossing such vast distances, using space as a mirror to communicate at will. So when they previously met through the spatial mirror, Dantai Lan explained everything in detail.

Including the matter of her impending departure for the Wang Hou battlefield.

Jiang Jiang Qinge naturally held a trace of worry about this. After all, although Dantai Lan had now stepped into the Unparalleled Ninth Grade, possessing the strength to challenge a Li Tianwang, the current Wang Hou battlefield gathered the most peak forces of the Dark World and the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou—it was the arena where Tianwangs contended. In such confrontations, even that Qin Li Tianwang had fallen, from which the danger could be glimpsed.

But she also understood that Dantai Lan could not refuse to go.

Otherwise, once a flaw appeared in the barrier peril of the Wang Hou battlefield and the Great Demon Kings of the Dark World invaded and destroyed it, it would trigger an extremely terrifying chain reaction, and the final outcome might bring about the peril of the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou's collapse.

Although Dantai Lan valued her small family more, she naturally understood the principle that when the nest is overturned, no egg remains whole.

"Mother, rest assured, I will protect Li Luo well until he safely emerges from seclusion." Jiang Jiang Qinge gazed at the spatial mirror dissipating into nothingness, murmuring softly to herself.

Then she turned her head, looking toward the bluestone great door not far away, covered by layer upon layer of strange arrays. Inside was where Li Luo was in seclusion, and four years had already passed since then.

But Li Luo still showed no sign of emerging from seclusion.

If Jiang Jiang Qinge could not still clearly sense Li Luo's steady aura, she would even have suspected that something had gone wrong with him.

"Senior Jiang, do not worry. I feel the captain is not far from emerging."

Outside the stone pavilion, a gentle voice suddenly came. They saw Bai Bai Mengmeng, in a white dress, petite and delicate, like a pure flower bud, walking over with a smile.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's gaze turned to Bai Bai Mengmeng. The latter had actually emerged from the underground palace in the second year of Li Luo's seclusion. However, when she came out, that Alchemy Saint senior had fallen into slumber, and at the same time returned control of the body to Bai Bai Mengmeng.

The Alchemy Saint's power had also merged into Bai Bai Mengmeng's body over these few years.

So although Bai Bai Mengmeng looked like a harmless, pure maiden, once she mobilized that power belonging to the Alchemy Saint, she could erupt with strength comparable to a Double-Crowned King. It was just that she was not adept at combat, and her fighting ability could only be considered the lowest tier among Double-Crowned Kings.

But no matter how low-tier, it was still a force that could not be underestimated. With the advantage of rank, suppressing a Single-Crowned King was no problem.

Moreover, compared to the strength Bai Bai Mengmeng displayed, her greater role was actually in refining pills and Spiritual Water Wonders. During the years of the Daxia Alliance's expansion, Bai Bai Mengmeng and Jiang Jiang Qinge were the two most dazzling banners of this alliance.

Bai Bai Mengmeng truly had no talent for wielding the Alchemy Saint's combat methods, but the former's attainments in alchemy and Spiritual Water Wonders had been inherited by her almost perfectly.

So looking across the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou today, Bai Bai Mengmeng's level in refining pills and Spiritual Water Wonders was probably among the very top tier.

Over these years, she had established the Pill Pavilion and the Water Light Pavilion within Lu Lan Mansion. These had absorbed the top alchemists and phase-refining masters from the entire Daxia Alliance. Under her leadership, these two pavilions produced countless pills and high-quality Spiritual Water Wonders for the Daxia Alliance, greatly enhancing the alliance's overall strength.

And because of the extremely high quality of these pills and Spiritual Water Wonders, it even attracted many powerful experts from the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou to join.

So the Daxia Alliance's current momentum, becoming one of the only two top alliances in the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou, and withstanding wave after wave of Ghostly Hollow erosion, was also inseparable from Bai Bai Mengmeng's contributions.

"Before Sister Colorful Butterfly fell asleep, she told me that when she was helping the captain refine the 'Divine Fruit Wind Phase,' she also passed on some inheritances from the Faceless Holy Sect to him. According to her, the captain is now considered the quasi-Sect Master of the Faceless Holy Sect, so naturally he must master these methods belonging to the Sect Master."

Listening to Bai Bai Mengmeng's soft comfort, Jiang Jiang Qinge smiled and nodded. She held the other's small hand, conversing with her in gentle tones.

Occasionally, Jiang Jiang Qinge would raise her pretty face, her gaze turning toward the abyss-like rift at the edge of the sky, where black meteors symbolizing calamity still streaked past ceaselessly.

The chaos in the world had still not ceased.

At the same time, deep within her eyes, a solemn intent flowed. This forced departure of Dantai Lan from the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou must surely be driven by the Dark World, using an overt scheme to force her into the Wang Hou battlefield.

And the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou losing such a top-tier combat force would inevitably cause extremely heavy repercussions.

The Dark World would not let this opportunity pass, so it was likely that each great Outer Shenzhou would soon face an extremely fierce offensive.

This war of unification, after lasting four years, had not weakened in the slightest, but instead was gradually entering a more perilous and brutal phase.

Just as Jiang Jiang Qinge had thought, in the second month after Dantai Lan left the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou, the chaos and turmoil across the great Outer Shenzhou suddenly intensified.

Ghostly Hollows descended from the sky one after another, both in number and rank far greater and higher than before.

The pressure on the alliances within the great Outer Shenzhou was also increasing rapidly.

Anyone could sense that the Dark World was gradually raising the stakes, attempting to achieve results on the battlefield of the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou.

The Daxia Alliance, situated in the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou, also felt the pressure deeply. Even though this alliance now had a total of fifteen King-realm experts stationed within, to suppress and quell the Ghostly Hollows descending everywhere, these King-realm experts were all exhausted from running about.

Even Jiang Jiang Qinge had left Daxia City several times, personally taking action to quell the Ghostly Hollow chaos.

And if even the Daxia Alliance was like this, other medium-sized alliances on the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou were suffering even more. Some alliances were even breached, countless living beings perished, and regions spanning millions of miles became dead lands.

For a time, the entire Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou was thrown into panic.

And this panic reached its peak half a year later, because intelligence came that for the first time, a Three-Crowned Demon King had descended upon the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou.

In today's world of the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou, a Three-Crowned Demon King was almost considered the absolute peak of power, so every Three-Crowned Demon King was under the key surveillance of the Shenzhou Assembly. This was why for the previous four-plus years, Three-Crowned Demon Kings rarely appeared in the outer Shenzhou. A major reason was the containment by those top King-realm experts within the Shenzhou Assembly.

But as the Dark World suddenly intensified its offensive and descents this time, the surveillance from the Shenzhou Assembly side also began to show gaps.

And the Three-Crowned Demon King that appeared on the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou was named the White Scorpion Demon King. The "White Scorpion Ghostly Hollow" under his command was also quite notorious in the intelligence known to the Ten Great Outer Shenzhou.

As soon as the White Scorpion Ghostly Hollow appeared, it commanded some small and medium Ghostly Hollows, heading straight to attack another top alliance on the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou, the Bright King Alliance.

In this battle, the Bright King Alliance lost two King-realm experts, and several empires within the alliance were breached. The alliance leader, Zhao Mingwang, was even severely wounded by the White Scorpion Demon King. Had it not been for other King-realm experts joining forces to assist, this peak Double-Crowned King whose fame resounded throughout the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou might truly have fallen at the hands of the White Scorpion Demon King.

Such results triggered immense fear across the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou.

Other medium-sized alliances were terrified and shaken. After all, even the Bright King Alliance guarded by a peak Double-Crowned King had paid such a heavy price—how could this Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou resist the Dark World's invasion?

Under the White Scorpion Demon King's invasion, the Bright King Alliance retreated step by step.

And at this critical juncture, Jiang Jiang Qinge led five kings to reinforce the Bright King Alliance, meeting the White Scorpion Ghostly Hollow within the Tianzhu Wang Chao. In this battle, Jiang Jiang Qinge faced a Three-Crowned Demon King head-on for the first time.

That battle shook heaven and earth. The energy tide triggered by the clash could be faintly sensed across nearly half of the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou.

Ultimately, to the ecstasy of countless living beings, the White Scorpion Demon King, who had been virtually invincible since his descent, was finally halted, his demonic might blocked outside the Tianzhu Wang Chao.

On that day, countless people could see the graceful figure on the horizon, splashing with vast, sacred, profound light. Behind her, twelve magnificent wings of light stirred a flood of radiance spanning tens of thousands of miles.

Countless terrified living beings knelt and worshipped. The devout cries of the Twelve-Winged Goddess of Light echoed through dynasty after dynasty across the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou.

Jiang Jiang Qinge's reputation reached an unprecedented peak on the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou.

But the chaos and calamity only briefly subsided.

In the following half year, the White Scorpion Demon King commanded numerous continuously descending Ghostly Hollows, launching a brutal grinding war against the two top alliances. Across regions spanning tens of millions of miles, battles erupted at every moment.

The meat grinder of war kept turning, dyeing the skies above the Eastern Region Outer Shenzhou a dark crimson.

This stalemate continued on.

Until one day, above the skies of the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou, thunderous booms shook the heavens, and from the far end of the firmament came a terrifying demonic howl. Countless people looked up in terror, their eyes reflecting a star wreathed in demonic flames, bearing down with terrifying might, crashing down from the sky.

At that moment, the entire Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou seemed to tremble and wail.

Because yet another top-tier Ghost Domain ruled by a Three-Crowned Demon King had descended.

However, just as countless people across the Eastern Region's Outer Shenzhou were falling into despair, deep within the underground palace at the headquarters of the Luo Lan Mansion in that great Xia City, a young figure that had been silent for five years slowly opened his eyes at this very moment.