『For the last seven days , I have been bedridden』
『I don't know why but I am starting to feel that it was way better for me to walk around compared to staying bedridden like a half-dead corpse 』
Heng Tiankuo complains to the young man who was eating and drinking next to him without any shred of shame .
Void looks at him and waves his sleeve .
『What do you know ? Do you even know how hard i have been working for you in the dark ?』
He indignantly retorts .
『Do you even know how I pretend to be Smiling Clown just to eliminate all your potential competitors whenever night welcomes 』
『But I have been hearing news about how you are always seen in public with your mistress so when do you find time to transform into Smiling Clown ? 』
Heng Tiankuo blinks his head , confused and doubtful of Void .
Void coughs and amends the silver-haired young man's assertion, he waves his finger and explains unhurriedly.
『That is only to deceive all those prying eyes , that is why I did that otherwise why would I waste my time on something like that』
『As a brother, you must have trust in me 』
He slams his chest and expresses his honesty and loyalty.
『But.....』
Heng Tiankuo licks his dry lips , he was uncertain on what he should say right now .
『Okay , for now I will believe in you 』
He nods his head and scratches his cheeks.
『There is a guest from Phoenix Ascension Mountain that would be arriving here very soon, you must think of a way to do something about her when she arrives here 』
He informs Void about someone's visit .
『She is Jian Xingxing, fiancee of our my younger brother Heng Xing 』
『She will be visiting Phoenix Ascension House to compete against other candidates and win herself the seat of Phoenix Saintess 』
『If she comes here, without a doubt she will be foremost support to my brother . Hence proving his possibility of becoming Phoenix Saint more than ever 』
When he imagined how his brother would dominate the field , his whole body tingled .
He doesn't even want to imagine the situation where his brother becomes the Phoenix Saint and his damn fiancee would be the Phoenix Saintess .
If these two couples were to team up during the succession war , his defeat is only a matter of time .
『Void , my brother 』
『What do you want ? Money , beauties , power ,authority ,status, fame , longevity , whatever you want just name it 』
Void arches his brow up and listens to him , he can clearly see and sense that undying obsession from Heng Tiankuo for the position of House Master .
The aggressive and obsessive voice of Heng Tiankuo gives birth to an invincible obsession.
『Just name it and I will give you everything but you must make sure that only I, Heng Tiankuo, must be the one to ascend the crown and reach the throne 』
『I don't care whatever you do but make sure no one amongst my siblings can be the House Master . Once I become the House Master, I will make you the Great Ancestor of my Phoenix Ascension 』
Void was now tempted by Heng Tiankuo's offer , to be the Great Ancestor of Phoenix Ascension House means to have the status one-step above Ancestor .
『Don't you worry about anything , you becoming the master of this house is a sure 』
Void smiles and nods his head , with which he returns back to his residence .
His residence is close to Heng Tiankuo's residence where celestial knights are protecting . There are artificial ponds, gardens, swings, and beautiful maids and servants .
He enters the residence and enters inside his room where no one has permission to enter .
The room was empty without anything decorated but when Void slightly raised his feet and tapped on the floor , a magical power expanded .
Everything inside the room changed and transformed into an independent dimension , there was nothing but emptiness .
Void lightly stretches his right arm forward and plucks a star , the size of a marble and the luminous light shining brightly .
This star was causally plucked from outer-space , the endless vitality brimming from the star slowly fades away because Void continuously extracts the star qi from the said star .
『Heng Xing, good . I was just about to make my move against you but I didn't expect to find such valid reason to move against you 』
Void smilies coldly , his pair of eyes turns dark and hollow , there was nothing but just a world of darkness stored .
The extracted star qi slowly was refined into a pearl where the power of star brims .
『Although I have yet to confirm if you are the host to cosmic manipulator or not but from all the signs I have been receiving from the star qi I have refined until now , I doubt that I am wrong 』
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Boom
Somewhere in the Southern District of Royal Phoenix Capital , the crowds of residences were suddenly caught in a disaster .
Hundreds of thousands of dead corpse-fiends were causing chaos , killing and devouring their prey .
Even the weakest corpse-fiend was as strong as the Transcendent Realm powerhouse, causing them to swarm on the land of the immortal and daoist with endless hunger and desire to massacre.
『What is going on ? Why would there be a corpse-fiend invasion on my Ancient Immortal Zi Family's territory ? 』
Group of powerful elders flies to the spot and finds a swarm of corpse-fiends devouring their prey .
Although there were celestial knights fighting against those corpse-fiends , there were hundreds of heavenly corpse-fiends at the Realm of God and Ancestral God , causing the overall battle power of those corpse-fiends to reach a terrifying height .
This was not just happening in one area , the territory of the Ancient Immortal Zi Family was surrounded from all four directions .
On each en-mass of heavenly corpse-fiend, there were at least three heavenly corpse-fiend lords leading them , someone equivalent to Tribulation Realm powerhouse.
Although the Ancient Immortal Zi Family has also sent fifty Tribulation Realm family elders , they are still proving to be insufficient.
Those corpse-fiends were refined and nourished with some supreme corpse refinement technique , hence their battle power exceeds their original level .
Paired with those corpse formations that reinforce and empower them to extremity , they were both dangerous and undying .
Their corrosion qi was spreading like a wildfire , deteriorating the vitality from the living and devouring them , resurrecting them into dead .
『You are from Corpse Demon Grotto, why are you causing chaos in my family territory? 』
A family elder with dignified aura and solemn attitude frowns when looking at a young lady hiding in her cloak , his terrifying tribulation qi erupts from his body and locks the space .
『Do I have any obligation to tell you the reason why I am doing this 』
The young lady scoffs at him and controls her five heavenly corpse-fiend lords that were behind her , they all dart on that family elder with corrosion qi and death qi burning , paired with corpse-fiend qi overflowing .
Baam
A punch was sent from a male heavenly corpse-fiend lord , criss-crossing his arms in defense , the family elder was sent flying for miles away before managing to stabilize himself.
But before he had the luxury to enjoy his stabilization , he was greeted by another attack .
『Family Elder Yong , don't worry . We are here for you 』
Ten Tribulation Realm family elders come to reinforce family elder Yong but the Viscous Venomous Corpse Princess snorts at them and waves her sleeve , opening the void and summoning ten more heavenly corpse-fiend lords .
The heart of those family elders palpitates when they witness a more heavenly corpse-fiend lord walking out of the void , each and everyone emanating supreme power capable of suppressing void and traveling timespace with ease .
Since Corpse Demon Grotto are masters of refining corpses , they like to dig graves to steal the corpse , buy corpses from their client , steal corpses from the battlefield...
Hence they may not be personally strong and powerful , they are still someone who has a horrifying army of corpse-fiends.
『This junior isn't an ordinary disciple of Corpse Demon Grotto, she must be either Yin Yang Corpse Princess , Dark Butterfly Corpse Princess or Vicious Venomous Corpse Princess of the grotto that is said to be candidate for the Grotto Master 』
A family elder with long black hairs frowns, Corpse Demon Grotto is not unfamiliar to him or his colleagues.
They are the infamous powerhouse part of the demonic path, although they aren't as famous as Demon Immortal Nine Hell Gate Valley , they are still terrifying as them .
After all they have the undying army of corpse-fiends .
It is said that their Grotto Master has even refined ten thousand Dao Sovereign and is in search of a corpse that can be refined into a heavenly corpse-fiend king .
『But why are they attacking us? I don't remember our family possessing any corpse that would pique their interest 』
The family elder was left in deep confusion and uncertainty .
『Surely , they aren't thinking about digging our dead-ancestor from their grave right? 』
He mockingly smiles and shakes his head , it is not right .
After all , even if dead-ancestor are called dead , they are actually just someone who has failed to achieve Immortality and instead of veering the path of Immortal , they choose to transcend life and death .
Someone who didn't achieve true immortality but has deceived their life and death from heaven and the Immortals .
They are even called Fake Immortals or Undying Saint .
So how can someone think of digging them from their grave just to refine them into a corpse-fiend ?
That would be nothing but absolute jokes .
『Fight to death !! 』
He thunderously roars and the sky rumbles , causing heavenly thunder to glint .
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『Good , everything is going according to as planned』
Inside a hotel room of the Northern District of Royal Phoenix Capital , there were groups of silhouettes concealing themselves with cloaks .
They were resting on the seat while facing each other .
『Vicious Venomous Corpse Princess , will this really attract the attention from the Phoenix Ascension House ? I doubt it will 』
A young man with a scorpion tattoo on his neck sinisterly asked his leader , he was cold and ghastly .
『Ancient Immortal Zi Family is part of Star Phoenix Family, the lord needs to come to them in order to check on the situation 』
Vicious Venomous Corpse Princess was cold and held endless viciousness within her voice , even millions of snakes would fail to outmatch her in terms of vicious and malicious affinity .
『Once he visits the Ancient Immortal Zi , he will realize that something is wrong and strange going in with them 』
『We must take the opportunity to mix with them and enter our enemy territory , before anyone can realize what is going on , we must find the corpse of True Dragon God and return back to grotto 』
Her plan was simple: by attracting the attention of Phoenix Ascension House , they will use this opportunity to mix themselves with those powerhouse.
Before they become aware of the situation, they need to find the corpse and escape away .
『What if we are caught? 』
This is also a critical possibility that can happen during their mission , if they are caught their plan will be futile and for naught .
『If anyone of us was to be caught during our mission they have three options at that time 』
There was a cold glint in Vicious Venomous Corpse Princess eyes , her voice remained cold and vicious.
『First is to remain alive and not to reveal anything to our enemy until someone of us comes to rescue 』
『Second is to use Corpse-explosion , explode yourself and your whole army of corpse-fiend. Sacrifice for the greater good , with yourself , explode everything about your enemies 』
No one denies her words but instead everyone nodded in agreement as if it was obvious , just matter of fact .
They have grown to a cold and demonic environment where killing and dying is normal things , hence they do not fear death . Instead, for them , death is just as natural as breathing for living.
『And the final option is , if you happen to come in contact with some important information about our enemy which we need to know, sacrifice yourself to send us the information. But make sure the enemy shouldn't be aware of your action 』
A cold smile appears on everyone, although they are concealed by the cloak, anyone can guess that they are sinisterly smiling with ulterior motives .
『I have heard that the lord of Star Phoenix Family has Phoenix Soul , won't he trace us and find us with his Innate Soul ?』
Someone questioned the Vicious Venomous Corpse Princess , this made her stun for a second.
The Phoenix Soul is an extremely powerful Innate Soul capable of distinguishing the origin of their targets. If they were to mistakenly get in his eyes , won't that truly be a problem for them ?
She frowns deeply , not knowing what to say?
Although one can hide their aura and qi but their origin will always remain the same , therefore it is extremely impossible to conceal their origin.
Unless one is Saint or an Immortal, concealing their origin is but a dream.
『Now you said so , it is truly something we need to consider 』
She didn't lose hope when she thought about how her origin will be a problem for them , instead she began to think about what she can do in such a predicament.
After all , if she fails here , she will lose her worth and will not be valued by her elders .
Yin Yang Corpse Princess has already started to earn favor from the ancestors and elders , so it is extremely difficult or more like almost zero to win the attention from her elders if she failed this mission .
She needs to complete this mission anyhow , no matter what it takes she will return triumphantly.
Even if it means to go up against the lord of Star Phoenix Family, she will not retreat in the face of danger .