I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

Chapter 1220 - 462: Heart of the Emperor! Female Demon Arrives to Save the Day!

"What did you say?"

"Is this grand array trying to refine us?"

Everyone exchanged glances, puzzled.

Thinking carefully, something indeed seemed amiss.

This Secret Realm was opened three hundred years ago too, and it was just a barren wasteland then, without such bizarre occurrences. Yet, this time, problems emerged as soon as they entered...

They initially thought all this was part of the No Desire Buddha’s plan, but even after he perished, the strange changes in the world did not cease and became increasingly intense instead.

Could it be that the Ancient Emperor was merely a pawn, and there is someone else behind the scenes?

Chu Yanli swiftly stepped forward, her voice urgent, "The specific situation is too complicated to explain briefly. If we don’t leave now, we won’t be able to leave at all!"

At this moment, Chen Mo spoke, "It’s too late; we can’t leave anymore."

Before him hung the Mystic Fire Treasure Mirror, with Primordial Qi being infused into it, yet its surface remained blank.

"I cannot find the location of the World Gate. Perhaps it’s being concealed by some force, or maybe it’s forcibly closed."

"What?!"

Zhu Huai and the others turned pale, instantly realizing the gravity of the situation.

This Secret Realm and Jiu Zhou are two separate worlds, separated by boundless chaotic void. Once the World Gate closes, the bridge between worlds is severed, and they cannot determine Jiu Zhou’s location, leaving everyone trapped to die here!

Who knows when it will open next time?

Three hundred years?

Five hundred years?

By then, they might have long turned to dust!

Chu Yanli gritted her silver teeth, her eyes flashing fiercely, "I expected he wouldn’t let go easily, but I didn’t think he’d go this far, leaving no escape route at all. Truly ruthless!"

"Who is the ’he’ you’re referring to?" Chen Mo asked with a frown.

Chu Yanli remained silent and pointed upwards.

Chen Mo’s expression became solemn, as if he had guessed something, and he said gravely, "No wonder you sneaked in, always hiding and refusing to reveal your identity. You knew this situation would occur?"

"I didn’t know what would happen, only that this time the Secret Realm’s opening is especially important to him."

Chu Yanli shook her head and replied, "So I used the Sikong family’s name to hide my identity, waiting until the critical moment to reveal myself just to find out his purpose. I never thought he had calculated me in his plans from the start."

Chen Mo was silent for a moment before speaking, "You just said he aims to refine us, but the real target is only me, right?"

At this point, if he still couldn’t see the trap, then he was truly a fool.

All along, his path seemed too smooth. In just half a year, he rose from a General of the Sky Scale Guard to a position of a household’s head, with his cultivation soaring too, becoming the youngest Grandmaster in the history of Great Yuan.

Chen Mo attributed it to "fortune," but is that really the case?

Consort Yu aimed to seize imperial power, infringing upon the Imperial Family’s core interests, yet he, as a member of the Imperial Consort Faction, advanced smoothly with almost no obstruction.

Not to mention, he frequently stayed in the palace, had an ambiguous relationship with the Empress, and personally killed the Heir of Prince Yu, causing the nearly extinct imperial bloodline to wither...

The Emperor could not have been unaware of all this, yet chose to ignore it, which in itself reveals the problem.

Moreover...

Did the Emperor truly do nothing?

"Hui Neng seemed to know beforehand that the grand ritual day would experience an explosion in the Capital and broke in when the Demon Suppression Department’s defenses were weakest, even injuring Ling Yishan."

"Ling Yishan is gravely injured, his lifespan nearing its end; only the Creation Golden Pill can save him, but Immortal Materials of the Five Elements are extremely rare, and the Daoist Venerable just happened to predict their emergence in this Secret Realm."

"Ling Ningzhi, to save her grandfather, will certainly explore the Secret Realm, and given my relationship with her, I am naturally obligated to take part."

"In this light, my initial dispatch to the Southern Border must have been for another reason..."

Chen Mo’s thoughts fluctuated, growing colder the more he delved into them.

Though he and Wu Lie had never met, in hindsight, it seemed the shadow of the latter loomed overhead all along.

"If my guess is correct, he’s planning to first employ this Yin Yang Reversal Array to absorb the Reincarnation Dao Principle and achieve ’rebirth,’ then twist reality through the Cause and Effect Law, making his existence reasonable and free from Heavenly Dao rejection."

"Currently, he only lacks a perfect Root Bone..."

Chu Yanli’s voice transmitted directly into his ear, "Why do you think he endured so long, showing such restraint, and for what purpose?"

Chen Mo squinted slightly, his gaze fixed on her, "Since you foresaw it all, why didn’t you tell me beforehand?"

Chu Yanli lightly bit her lip and said, "I have my reasons, not intentionally concealing anything. You only need to know that I am on your side..."

Chen Mo remained unmoved and continued questioning, "One last question, what’s his relationship with Zhu Jiuyou?"

Chu Yanli asked puzzledly, "Who is Zhu Jiuyou?"

Boom—

At this moment, a muffled sound echoed from above.

The intertwined sun and moon kept spinning, exerting a potent pressure that no one dared to meet.

Chu Yanli shook her head and said, "Now is not the time to discuss this. If we manage to get out, I will show you something, and you will naturally understand everything..."

"Alright."

Chen Mo nodded.

His expression remained calm, without a trace of panic.

No matter how meticulously Wu Lie schemed, he could never anticipate the existence of the red silk, nor that the Empress could continuously transfer Dao Power to him through it, enabling him to gain power far beyond a Heavenly Master!

This is his current greatest trump card!

"Each of you wants my body, then let’s see if you have the ability to take it!" Chen Mo’s eyes filled with azure light as he soared upwards into the sky.