Chapter 111

Meng Su observed the bowl that had originally been formed from the death Qi residing in his physical body. At this moment, the death Qi had actually changed its properties, turning into a strange substance. This substance contained some death Qi and some life force, or perhaps it had neither life force nor death Qi—it was simply neither living nor dead.

This "neither living nor dead" state, like the Thought Infant, belonged to the category of Soul Treasures—treasures condensed from one's own supernatural abilities and soul power. Its function was to assist in unleashing supernatural abilities, not to directly defend against enemies. But because this was something Meng Su had tinkered with and obtained himself, regardless of its grade, Meng Su liked it very much. Aside from the hit-or-miss Reverse Demon Scripture, Meng Su finally had another supernatural ability that was entirely his own.

Meng Su named this bowl "Between Life and Death."

As for what this thing was useful for, it would depend on how it was utilized when facing enemies in the future.

Meng Su sensed the entire Demon Domain; at this moment, the aura of the half-Demon Venerable in the Demon Domain had vanished without a trace. It seemed that after the clash with the Reincarnation Lotus, the half-Demon Venerable had been wiped out.

Meng Su's Universe Needle sensed Meng Su's divine sense, flew over from afar, and entered Meng Su's space ring.

Outside the Demon Domain, following Yang Mei's long whistle, the soldiers who had been scattered throughout the Wilderness Forest began to quickly converge toward Yang Mei. Finally, all the soldiers gathered by Yang Mei's side. Yang Mei took a look and saw that of the more than three thousand soldiers, only a bare two thousand remained.

Yang Mei felt a pang of heartache. These soldiers were all battle-hardened veterans, all of them Demon Cultivators at the Demon God stage, and their coordination and Demon Power resonance required a long time to cultivate. Losing nearly a third of them all at once—even if Yang Mei returned to the Yang Family, it would be difficult to explain. She needed compensation, and that compensation was: Shi Xiaoxiao.

Shi Xiaoxiao had communicated with the Heavenly Will; she was clearly the legendary Heavenly Speaker. Obtaining Shi Xiaoxiao was worth more than all the soldiers.

Yang Mei glanced at the soldiers and said loudly, "We have walked all the way from the Monster Forest, experiencing thousands of hardships and dangers, and have encountered countless strong enemies. We have broken through barriers and cut down generals, singing songs of triumph all the way, never having suffered such humiliation as today. As soldiers, we view honor as our life. Now that the enemy is right before our eyes, what should we do?"

"Fight."

"Fight."

"Fight."

The soldiers shouted in unison.

Yang Mei held her long-handled blade in her arms, formed several complex seals with her hands, and muttered, "Will of Heaven, condense Yang into summer, gather Yin into winter. Spring births, autumn destroys. Will of Man, defy the heavens, gather human intent into a blade, and sever the spring and autumn."

Yang Mei finished her preparations, gripped the long blade in her hands, raised it, and swung it toward the sky. A powerful blade intent shot into the sky from the long-handled blade. The two thousand soldiers behind her performed the same action.

This blade intent condensed in the sky, becoming powerful, and finally formed the phantom of a blade. Yang Mei manipulated the blade intent, slashed toward the void, and shouted, "Sever Spring and Autumn!"

The enormous blade shadow in the void slashed toward the space above the cauldron formed by Shi Xiaoxiao.

This strike severed the connection between Shi Xiaoxiao and the Heavenly Will, and at the same time, it drained the Demon Power of a thousand soldiers, causing another thousand soldiers to suffer from depleted Demon Power and die an unnatural death.

Yang Mei looked at the colleagues who had once lived and died with her and could not help but shed tears.

Shi Xiaoxiao, who was at a critical juncture, suddenly lost the power of heaven and earth. Her alchemy process was interrupted.

Shi Xiaoxiao slowly stood up in the scorching, ethereal pill furnace and opened her arms. Her Demon Body appeared, and her alchemy clothes emitted a cold white light. Then, the alchemy clothes evolved rapidly, transforming from a plain white long robe into a suit of silver-white armor.

This armor wrapped Shi Xiaoxiao's entire body, revealing only her small face, and then rapidly extended toward her arms.

A ball of white light appeared in Shi Xiaoxiao's hand; an artifact was about to condense in her right hand. At this critical moment, Yang Mei's "Sever Spring and Autumn" had severed the connection between the pill furnace and the Heavenly Will, and that artifact failed to condense.

Shi Xiaoxiao sighed, "Alas, such is the will of heaven."

The pill furnace vanished, and the armor on Shi Xiaoxiao's body turned from silver to deep blue, like a clear, cloudless sky.

Standing in the air, Shi Xiaoxiao lowered her head and glanced at Yang Mei.

At this moment, Yang Mei was powerless to launch an attack; that "Sever Spring and Autumn" had almost drained her dry. She needed to wait for her Demon Power to recover.

Shi Xiaoxiao looked at Yang Mei and smiled coldly, "You may go. You are a Demon General of the Demon Realm and should be guarding the border. Now that you have appeared here and suffered such losses, you have only yourself to blame. You cannot blame anyone else."

Yang Mei looked into the distance. Even if she didn't leave, she had no ability to launch another attack. Moreover, Li Bai was on his way, and Meng Su might appear at any moment. Once Meng Su appeared, he would not be as easy to talk to as Shi Xiaoxiao; he was a god of slaughter. Although she was far away at the border, the Yang Family had eyes and ears in the Danmo Sect and had long known of Meng Su's past.

Helplessly, Yang Mei led her remaining soldiers and retreated like scattered clouds.

After seeing Yang Mei and the others leave, Shi Xiaoxiao spat out a mouthful of blood in the air, swayed left and right several times, and fell from the sky.

At this moment, Li Bai followed those soldiers to the scene and happened to see Shi Xiaoxiao falling from the sky. He rushed forward and caught her in his arms. Shi Xiaoxiao's face was pale, her eyes were tightly closed, and her breath was as thin as a thread. She was unconscious.

Li Bai was shocked and hurriedly poured spirit Qi into Shi Xiaoxiao, but it was like a stone sinking into the sea. Shi Xiaoxiao remained unconscious.

Li Bai was helpless and could only lay Shi Xiaoxiao down, then sat cross-legged beside her, guarding her while waiting for Meng Su to appear. Perhaps Meng Su would have a way to save Shi Xiaoxiao.

At this moment, Meng Su was sprinting through the Demon Domain. He was looking for an exit. This was a small world, an independent space; Meng Su did not know how to get out, he could only search.

Meng Su used "Body Follows Thought" and quickly went through the entire Demon Domain, but found no exit. At the edge of the Demon Domain was a boundary wall, which Meng Su, with his current cultivation, could not break through at all.

Suddenly, Meng Su thought of the lake where the half-Demon Venerable had been. The place where the half-Demon Venerable was located certainly could not be an ordinary place.

Meng Su returned to that lake. At this moment, the lake no longer had water formed from death Qi, only an abyss.

Meng Su jumped into that abyss. He fell faster and faster in the abyss and began to accelerate. Meng Su knew he had found the right place; this was the power of space.

In the void, a point of light flashed, and Meng Su appeared from the Demon Domain into the sky above the Demon Realm.

Meng Su steadied his body in the void, looked up at the void, and tried hard to sense the location of the Demon Domain.

This Demon Domain was a space; it was a supreme treasure. Only at the peak of the Demon Venerable stage could one condense a domain, and to turn a domain into a space required the power of a Demon Immortal. The Demon Lord's highest realm was only Demon Venerable; he did not know why he could turn a domain into a space. Could it be that the Demon Lord was once a Demon Immortal? That was too terrifying. Then why did he fall to become a Demon Venerable?

Meng Su could not figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it.

That space actually reacted under Meng Su's sensing. This was because Meng Su was the host of the Reincarnation Lotus, and the original body of the Reincarnation Lotus was the Demon Venerable. Although the Demon Venerable had now gone to reincarnate, the two supreme treasures originated from the same person. Therefore, they could communicate with each other.

A huge, translucent world appeared in the void. As soon as this world appeared, the Demon Realm began to thunder and flash with lightning. The laws of the Demon Realm sensed the laws of another world and wanted to destroy it.

But that space appeared quickly and disappeared just as quickly. Soon, the Demon Domain vanished, and a translucent short blade appeared in the sky.

This short blade was very short, like an elongated kitchen knife. The kitchen knife emitted a faint white light.

Soon, this white light vanished, and the kitchen knife turned into a rusty, real kitchen knife—a treasure concealing its own brilliance.

This kitchen knife was grabbed by Meng Su. Meng Su smiled, "I have a broken bowl and a kitchen knife. My meals are taken care of from now on."