Chapter 494 467: Qing Yueqiu Awakens, Shizun, I Will Protect You

Pei Yuhang felt his body go light; the fall he'd anticipated never came.

Instead, he was caught in a warm, soft embrace. A familiar, delicate scent wafted to his nose.

"Yueqiu..."

With great effort, he lifted his eyelids. The face that met his gaze was the one he had yearned for day and night.

The silver-haired girl's delicate face was bathed in the soft halo of the setting sun. Her clear eyes overflowed with heartache and tenderness.

A lump formed in Pei Yuhang's throat, his voice thick with unconcealable excitement and joy.

"You're back!"

Qing Yueqiu nodded. As she gazed upon the master she hadn't seen in so long, her voice was husky with nostalgia.

"Yes, Master. I'm back."

Ji Shenyun narrowed her long, phoenix-like eyes. As she watched Qing Yueqiu's sudden arrival, her pupils contracted slightly. For the first time, a trace of shock flickered in her pitch-black eyes, which just moments ago had held the certainty of victory.

Her red lips parted slightly, and she murmured,

"You... you actually... accepted yourself."

"How is this possible? You're such a selfish little bitch. How could you choose to accept yourself and share Pei Yuhang's love!"

Hearing Ji Shenyun's exasperated words, Pei Yuhang looked up at the downcast, silver-haired girl and asked, "Yueqiu, what's going on?"

Qing Yueqiu kept her eyes lowered, her long, silver eyelashes shimmering with a soft glow in the setting sun.

The corners of her lips lifted into a gentle smile, as if they were the only two people in the world. She completely ignored Ji Shenyun's very presence.

"Master, after I met Ji Shenyun, neither of us could defeat the other, so we made a bet."

Qing Yueqiu's lips parted slightly. Paying no mind to Ji Shenyun nearby, she began to speak with Pei Yuhang as if no one else existed.

"The bet was whether I, Qing Yueqiu, could find my true self."

"It seems I've won... For you, Master, I can give up anything."

As her words fell, she slowly raised her eyes. Her gaze was like a sword, aimed straight at Ji Shenyun!

"Now, the tables have turned... In my Sea of Consciousness, I don't care what kind of world-shaking Demon you are—your only fate is to be suppressed by me!"

After her revival, Qing Yueqiu had completely regained control of her Sea of Consciousness.

The moment she spoke, heaven and earth resonated with her!

Qing Yueqiu's voice, carrying the vast might of heaven and earth, stirred up a violent hurricane!

The surrounding earth, stone, and tile were swept up by the fierce wind, forming a sky-blotting maelstrom of sand and rock that roared toward Ji Shenyun like an enraged Dragon!

Ji Shenyun crossed her arms to block. The Black Gold Demon Qi formed a barrier around her, but she was still forced to retreat step by step by the immense power, the ground beneath her feet cracking with every inch she gave!

"You little bitch, if you think you have what it takes, then bring it on!"

She roared, a vicious light exploding in her eyes. The Demonic Qi around her body suddenly boiled as waves of black and gold energy erupted skyward like a volcano!

After draining Pei Yuhang's Spiritual Qi, her Cultivation had climbed once more. Her demonic might now blotted out the sky, and she dared to challenge Qing Yueqiu, who commanded the power of heaven and earth within the Sea of Consciousness, as an equal!

"It doesn't matter what advantages you have here! You're nothing but a mere Divinity Transformation Cultivator!"

"And I am an existence who defined an entire era!"

Ji Shenyun's voice boomed like thunder. Her long hair whipped about wildly as the Demonic Qi transformed into a ferocious black Dragon coiling in the air. The entire Capital City seemed to tremble under her Suppression!

Qing Yueqiu gently helped Pei Yuhang to the side and said softly, "Master, please rest here for a moment. I'll be right back."

"Yueqiu, you must be careful."

Pei Yuhang watched his eldest disciple, her white robes fluttering in the wind, his eyes filled with both relief and worry.

"Don't worry, Master. I will protect you."

Qing Yueqiu gave Pei Yuhang a confident smile before soaring high into the sky, poised to slay the black Dragon!

After Qing Yueqiu soared into the air, the once-clear skies above the Capital City were instantly filled with lightning, thunder, wind, and rain.

Countless citizens in the city fell to their knees, believing a Celestial God was about to punish the Great Zhao. They kowtowed to the heavens again and again, begging for mercy.

"The Emperor was slain today, and now Immortals are fighting, throwing the entire Capital City into chaos! The Great Zhao must have done something to anger the heavens, and now a Celestial God has come to destroy us all!"

"Lord Celestial God, please, I beg you, spare the Great Zhao!"

"Look! The two goddesses fighting in the sky... they both have silver hair! It's Prince Ning! It has to be Prince Ning! The Emperor must have executed Prince Ning, who had a connection to the Immortals, and that's what angered the Celestial Gods!"

As Pei Yuhang listened to the terrified prayers of the Capital City's citizens, an idea suddenly struck him.

'In this world, the Great Zhao's National Destiny Willpower is essentially Yueqiu's Spiritual Power! If I can get the people of the Great Zhao to offer powerful prayers to Yueqiu, it will definitely make her Divine Soul Power even stronger!'

Without hesitating at this thought, Pei Yuhang immediately mobilized the last remnants of his Spiritual Qi and used Sword Control to fly to the Imperial Palace.

Unlike the rest of the city, which had already descended into chaos, the Great Zhao's Imperial Palace was still maintaining some semblance of order.

Pei Yuhang quickly found Prime Minister Liu, who was surrounded by a crowd of ministers and soldiers, and flew straight toward him.

When the Crown Prince of the Zhao Kingdom saw another flying "Immortal" descend, he immediately dropped to his knees to beg for mercy. He had already been scared witless by Ji Shenyun.

But Pei Yuhang didn't even spare him a glance, speaking directly to Prime Minister Liu.

"Prime Minister Liu, of the two fighting above the Capital City right now, one is the Demoness who drained the Zhao Kingdom's national destiny. The other is Prince Ning's daughter!"

Prince Ning's daughter?!

Everyone present stared, their eyes wide with astonishment.

Isn't Prince Ning's daughter a mortal? How could she command the wind and rain from the heavens like an immortal!