Chapter 385: line with translation of chapter title

Naturally, she wouldn't know either, after all this divine soul body had been completely 'devoured' by Shen Qingli!

Not a wisp of remnant soul was let loose, and the true form of He Tian Dou Mu could simply not wait for this soul body to return.

How could she possibly know what this divine soul body, into which she had poured eighty percent of her soul power, had actually undergone?

At this moment, the true form of He Tian Dou Mu was already vomiting blood wildly!

""Pfft!""

""Waa—""

She simply couldn't stop spitting it out!

As large pools of fresh blood were spat out, even her Dao form became unsteady!

After all, this divine soul body was the aggregation of eighty percent of her soul power! In an instant, it was gone.

The severe injury to her true form is immeasurable!

""Someone, come!""

He Tian Dou Mu cried out in pain.

Subordinates hurried into the hall.

Seeing this, they immediately went weak in the legs and collapsed.

""Clan, clan chief,""

""Healer...""

He Tian Dou Mu was extremely weak.

At this very moment, she could no longer heal herself.

Fortunately, within the Heaven God Clan, there are the finest healers and alchemists.

They rushed over quickly, administered aid, and finally stabilized He Tian Dou Mu's condition.

But since ancient times, injuries to the soul are the hardest to heal, and the higher the level, the more so.

He Tian Dou Mu's essence, energy, and spirit seemed to be instantly drained dry, her hair black as ink, her complexion pale as snow.

If her Dao form hadn't held steady, she couldn't even have preserved this youthful visage…

""Clan chief, how did you sustain this injury?" the healer said, not intending to pick at the wound.

But to treat He Tian Dou Mu, it would be best to know how she was injured; perhaps then there could be a better remedy.

But He Tian Dou Mu herself didn't actually know; she could only speculate, 'Primordial Lightning Tribulation.'

The healer was stunned!

Beside them, the alchemist preparing to take detailed notes and craft matching pills was also bewildered.

""Primordial Lightning Tribulation?" the two elders asked in unison.

After all, the primordial era has long passed.

Now it's the Three Pure Heavens!

Where would primordial come from, and where would a primordial lightning tribulation come from.

Or perhaps it was the esteemed alchemist He Can of the clan, who recalled a matter discussed at a previous clan council.

He suddenly lost his voice and asked, 'You, have you entered the inside? In there, is there truly a seal of a complete primordial world?'

""Not bad." He Tian Dou Mu nodded, saying, 'Shen Qingli has already obtained the Pan Zu Pupil inside, and with it seized the Pan Zu Stone from my hand; I naturally would not yield.'

Moreover, the Pan Zu Pupil can control the Pan Zu Stone; although my soul form entered therein, I happened upon Shen Qingli undergoing another Primordial Lightning Tribulation, and the tribulation she endured was extraordinarily aberrant, so I actually failed to retreat even a wisp of remnant soul.

Even if you say these words are all lies, they also contain a grain of truth.

All one can say is that these words benefit He Tian Dou Mu and won't let her lose too much face.

Furthermore, even if Si Ling Ling and the others came out to confront her, these statements would still be 'correct'.

After all, Si Ling Ling and the others don't know where Shen Qingli got the Pan Zu Stone, so doesn't that just make her account 'match'?

He Tian Dou Mu then continued, saying, 'Shen Qingli will become a grave threat to us. Even a year from now, relying on just the two siblings, they fundamentally cannot overthrow our clan, yet they will inevitably, with the aid of Heavenly Clarity, become a force that cannot be ignored.'

If she does not die, the Huaxia Mausoleum can never return to our hands. Consequently, our clan will find it even harder to awaken the Huaxia bloodline, and will surely become the prey of the other four clans.

He Can's face grew grave, saying, 'Let us first convene a clan council; this matter is no trivial affair.'

""Naturally." He Tian Dou Mu nodded, asking, 'Yin Zhi and Xia Hou, are you two still here?'

""They are, but they've all gone to the exit of the Huaxia Mausoleum, seemingly wanting to investigate the cause themselves." He Can replied, also frowning and asking in a low voice, 'You say, could it really be that the younger generation of their two clans were all slain by that Shen Qingli?'

He Tian Dou Mu's arrangement of the assassination of Xia Yuan and company was extremely secret; at present, only she herself knows of it in the clan, and she will absolutely not let the news leak.

Thus, her reply was very firm: 'Certainly! Besides her, who could or would dare to kill them? That little girl is incredibly arrogant, acting without any regard for consequences, and she wouldn't think twice about offending the two great Heaven God Clans.'

Moreover, the dead girl is adept at picking targets. Look, her relations with the Ji Clan are fine, and the Si Clan appears unscathed. She clearly just picks soft persimmons to pinch.

These words…

These words made both He Can and the healer named He Zao Shan angry enough to be spiteful!

Naturally, they also made Yin Zhi Tianjun and Xia Hou Tianjun's faces turn iron‑blue with anger!

""You mean to say that Shen Qingli this little girl actually lumps my Yin clan and your Xia clan together with your He clan, considering us all 'soft persimmons'?" Yin Zhi Tianjun only felt it absurd!

Although He Tian Dou Mu was dissatisfied with his wording! But for now, she needs these two clans to ally with her, so she must nod, saying, 'Looks like that's indeed the case.'

""Ridiculous!" Xia Hou Tianjun simply blazed with fury!

When have the Xia clan ever been weak? Even the Ji and Si clans dare not look down on them.

A mere lower‑realm little girl, relying on just a bit of Huaxia bloodline, dares to look down on his Xia clan?

However, Yin Zhi Tianjun soon calmed down, saying, 'He Tian, you aren't trying to drag my two clans into joining you against Shen Qingli and Heavenly Clarity, are you, just saying this and even framing us?'

Anyone capable of becoming clan chief of the Heaven God Clan is no fool!

He Tian Dou Mu wanting to use them as guns? Not that easy.

But He Tian Dou Mu had already anticipated: 'The children of the Si and Ji clans are still alive; if you don't believe me, you can wait for them to come out and ask clearly.'

These words really made the two Heavenly Lords feel rather heavy-hearted.

He Tian Dou Mu dared say that; obviously the Si and Ji clans' children would produce human witnesses.

This basically shows she wasn't lying.

If that's truly the case, Shen Qingli indeed cannot stay.

First, the Heavenly God clan's dignity cannot be provoked!

They're not the He clan, which for three generations has had no usable talent and must endure.

Otherwise, the other two clans, and even their subordinate forces, would certainly have other ideas.

Second, Shen Qingli doesn't even regard them now; once she grows strong, she'll become a major threat!

"We'll investigate ourselves, but if Ji Yun is determined to help this girl, what will you do?" Yin Zhi Tianjun asked.

"Is that possible?" He Tian Dou Mu, knowing full well that as Heavenly God clan members they'd inevitably put their own interests first, said, "Shen Qingli, how dare she make Ji Yun an enemy of our three clans?"

"My He clan is fine with that, but the powerful clan you two belong to is no pushover. Of course, if Ji Yun herself intended to use Shen Qingli to annex our three clans and dominate the Three Pure Heavens, I'd have nothing to say."

"These words!"

This stirred the thoughts of both Heavenly Lords.

He Tian Dou Mu also said, "As far as I know, Shen Qingli has seized the Si clan's invisibility secret technique and the Yin clan's soul-controlling technique."

All this was He Tian Dou Mu's speculation, yet it was surprisingly accurate, causing both Heavenly Lords' faces to change!

They suddenly thought of a crucial point!

He Tian Dou Mu also smiled, "You two finally remember. Once, a genius of the Huaxu direct line could return their bloodline to a level approaching that of Pan Zu."

"And Pan Zu is not controlled by bloodline secret arts. Put simply, all spirits rely on Pan Zu for life. Since she's seized these secret arts, she must be able to learn them, right? What do you two think?"

This is actually alarmist talk!

This is He Tian Dou Mu's strategy to ensure absolute safety.

But likewise, it is based on fact.

Indeed, such a person once existed among the ancestors of the Huaxu direct line.

How that person died, every Heavenly God clan chief knows in their heart.

"Do you know, Ji Yun?" Yin Zhi Tianjun asked slowly, obviously having his resolve shaken.

Nothing else, this speculation is truly terrifying.

Their bloodline secret art, which they pride themselves on, is the very foundation of their rule.

If one day they lose their authority, can they still keep a tight grip on their power?

Yin Zhi Tianjun feels unable; I fear even Ji Yun Dou Mu couldn't accept this outcome.

"If the Ji clan's goal is to use Shen Qingli, intending through marriage to assimilate her into the Ji clan so the Ji clan also gains the Huaxu direct line's power," He Tian Dou Mu asked again.

"Impossible!" Yin Zhi Tianjun sneered, "Everyone knows who Shen Qingli's husband is. Who could take her from him? Who would dare, given how crazy he is?"

"But we can't say that openly." He Tian Dou Mu gave a strange smile, "Shen Qingli this girl is actually quite pretty; younger generations can't help their feelings—if she were really taken away……"

"Even if it's that person, what then? Don't forget he's already bound by the Emperor Sovereign. Whether he can come down and retrieve her is another matter altogether."

The two Heavenly Lords' expressions stiffened……

Yeah.

Since that person was taken back to the Heavenly Clear Palace, there's likely no chance of coming out again!

And Shen Qingli, if she truly willingly marries into the Ji clan, naturally she could never go to the Heavenly Clear Palace again.

Pah! Shen Qingli couldn't even get into the Heavenly Clear Palace at all.

Those earlier remarks were nothing but arrogant ignorant bluster—no need to think further.

However——

What they considered arrogant ignorant bluster might actually be their own ignorance.

After all, Shen Que has been digging and digging, reaching the Candle Monster's torso!

Of course, the Candle Monster is huge, its scales astonishingly thick, and it feels nothing.

Even that slight drafty sensation before, due to habit, is no longer noticed.

Thus——

So Shen Que just poked his head out, entering this Endless Abyss?

"!"

At first, the Endless Abyss's side was so pure that its dark power almost made him suffocate, nearly sending him away.

After a while, he barely managed to adapt, able to take in this side's power, which was overly pure for it.

Even so, he was still tossed about by the overly pure demonic qi, dark force, and even some other strange power, leaving him dizzy and unable to regain his senses for a long time.

Fortunately, the Candle Monster is a big lazy creature, so it didn't bother him.

As for the Prime Martial True Lord, he never noticed that Shen Que was a foreign visitor!

In the Endless Abyss, there wasn't just the Candle Monster as a living being; a small creature added on meant nothing to him, and he didn't care.

It's like a mortal having a tiny ant nearby; even the mortal wouldn't notice.

But he soon thereby "caused a great disaster"!

Because when Shen Que finally adapted to the Endless Abyss and saw the situation clearly!

He was just plain stupid!

"Previous master, how is A Li's childhood husband here?"

"Looks like he's half-dead!"

"How can this be?"

Shen Que said nothing more!

Flew out the moment, just carried Di Jin away!

Candle Monster: "?"

True Lord Yuanwu: "!"