# Chapter 1316: The Poison Spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl
"Have you often met Senior Long Huang before?"
While the Dragon Emperor and Shen Xi were discussing important matters, Yun Che and He Ling, the two juniors, were also talking in low voices.
"Mn." He Ling nodded. "Although the Dragon God Realm is very far from here, the Dragon Emperor often comes. Most of the time, he comes once every month or two. It's never longer than half a year. If the Dragon Emperor hadn't gone to the Eastern Divine Region on important business this time, you would probably have met him earlier."
"Once every month or two!?" Yun Che was inwardly astonished. With the lifespan of the dragon race, a month or two was no different from a day or two to humans. Not to mention the distance between the Dragon God Realm and this place, given the Dragon Emperor's status, this frequency was so frequent as to be incomprehensible.
"Right." He Ling rested her chin on her hands and said with deep feeling, "And from what Master says, he has been doing this for hundreds of thousands of years. The Dragon Emperor truly has deep and lasting feelings for Master."
"..." Yun Che slowly turned his head, his expression becoming extremely strange. "The Dragon Emperor... has deep feelings for Senior Shen Xi? Wait, wait, wait! Although I haven't been in the Divine Realm for long, I've heard that the Dragon Emperor has very deep feelings for the Dragon Empress. He has only ever had the Dragon Empress in his life, and hasn't taken a single concubine in hundreds of thousands of years. How could he also have feelings for Senior Shen Xi..."
"Ah?" He Ling turned her beautiful eyes and looked at him in surprise. "Do you really not know? Master, she is..."
Before He Ling could finish, she suddenly stopped, because an awe-inspiring pressure had descended from above, close at hand.
Long Huang!
The two quickly rose and bowed at the same time.
Long Huang walked slowly over. Facing Yun Che, he gave a light sigh and said, "Yun Che, the Buddhist Soul Death-Pleading Seal you are afflicted with can indeed only be dissolved by her. Although you have suffered a great calamity, being able to come here is also a blessing in disguise. You are the first man in all these years that she has been willing to take in. You should know that this is an immense fortune."
"Yes, this junior will remember." Thinking of He Ling's words about "the Dragon Emperor has deep feelings for Master," his heart twitched... and his liver trembled as well.
"That woman Qianye has great ambition and ruthless methods. I am not surprised that she would find an opportunity to strike at you. That is precisely why I advised you to come to my Dragon God Realm back then." Long Huang looked at him with a benevolent gaze, at least without the covetousness that Qianye Ying'er had. "After the death-pleading seal is lifted, come to my Dragon God Domain. Although you are not of the dragon race, with the dragon soul you possess, you are qualified to enter the Dragon God Domain."
"At the very least, in the Dragon God Domain, my Dragon God Clan can protect you completely." Long Huang's gaze was profound and deep. "Regardless of what you seek in your heart, remember one thing: your life is more important than anything else. Even if you lose your freedom in the Dragon God Domain, it is far better than losing your life in the Eastern Divine Region."
"Thank you for your guidance, Senior Long Huang. This junior will keep your words firmly in mind." Yun Che said solemnly. "As for where I should go from here, this junior will consider it carefully."
Long Huang nodded slightly. He could tell that Yun Che still had no intention of staying in the Dragon God Realm, at least not for now.
"Senior... seems to be in a bad mood?" Yun Che asked. "Is it because of the 'Crimson Rift' matter?"
Long Huang's gaze dimmed, and he gave a faint smile. "All living beings in this world have things that trouble them. Even though I am the Dragon Emperor, I am not exempt from this."
"What in this world could make even the Dragon Emperor unable to have his wishes fulfilled?" Yun Che pressed further.
Long Huang shook his head. "You are still young. Naturally, you would not understand."
With that, his body shifted, and he flew into the air, disappearing beyond the horizon in an instant.
Yun Che straightened up. Thinking about the words of He Ling and Long Huang, his scalp suddenly went numb, and his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys all trembled... and trembled quite violently.
Shen Xi... is the one the Dragon Emperor adores?!
What the...
Yun Che turned around and stared intently at He Ling. "What exactly is the relationship between Long Huang and Senior Shen Xi?"
Yun Che's strange demeanor surprised He Ling. "So, you really didn't know. I thought... Actually, Master, she... Ah! Master!"
Yun Che turned around. Shen Xi had arrived gracefully and stood before them.
"Since the honored guest has left, let's continue discussing what we were talking about."
Throughout Long Huang's arrival and departure, Yun Che had not sensed any emotional fluctuation from Shen Xi. It was as if this man, who seemed to shake the entire chaos wherever he went, was to her no more than an ordinary speck of dust that she had welcomed and then sent off.
"You mean the matter of me becoming your disciple?" Only yesterday they had been messing around all day and night, and today she wanted him to become her disciple... coupled with He Ling's earth-shattering statement, he simply could not understand what Shen Xi was thinking, feeling, or doing.
Not just her appearance and figure, but her entire being seemed shrouded in a thick, dense fog.
Shen Xi glanced at him, seemingly perceiving the unusual turmoil in his expression and emotions. A complexity that ordinary people could not understand appeared in her gaze. "I have temporarily changed my mind about that matter."
Changed her mind? Yun Che was stunned... She suddenly changed her mind? The only thing that had happened in between was Long Huang's visit. Could it be that the reason for changing her mind was Long Huang?
Shen Xi stepped forward and suddenly reached out, gently grasping Yun Che's left wrist.
The touch of her jade hand on his wrist sent a strange, tingling numbness throughout his body. Not only did she have a dreamlike appearance, but her body also seemed to carry a kind of magic... a magic that could break down any man's will, driving them mad, even plunging them into an eternal abyss.
"Release your Heavenly Poison Pearl." She suddenly said.
Though confused, Yun Che complied. With a thought, a green radiance began to shine in the palm of his left hand, and slowly, a phantom image of the Heavenly Poison Pearl materialized.
Yun Che said, "The Heavenly Poison Pearl has fused with my body and cannot appear separately. I can only make its image visible."
Shen Xi's gaze only lingered briefly on the Heavenly Poison Pearl before she let out a soft murmur, "So that's it..."
Yun Che: "..."
"Yun Che, after you obtained the Heavenly Poison Pearl, you must have been wondering why its 'poison' is so weak." Shen Xi said softly.
Yun Che was taken aback, then immediately nodded. "Does Senior Shen Xi know the reason?"
In his previous life on the Cang Yun Continent, after Yun Gu died, his heart was filled with hatred for revenge. He madly released the poison in the Heavenly Poison Pearl, poisoning countless living beings... until all the poison was spent, leaving not a trace of poisonous power.
Later, his body fused with the Heavenly Poison Pearl and he awakened on the Tian Xuan Continent. But since then, the Heavenly Poison Pearl's abilities of purification, sensing, and refinement had all remained, but its poison power was gone—not even a shred. He had originally thought that because the poison power had been depleted on the Cang Yun Continent, it needed time to recover, but after several years, there was still no poison power.
It wasn't until he returned to the Cang Yun Continent and astonishingly encountered another "Heavenly Poison Pearl" that he learned the poison source of the Heavenly Poison Pearl had been left behind on the Cang Yun Continent.
After reclaiming the poison source, he thought the Heavenly Poison Pearl could finally begin to recover its poison power. But although the poison power was indeed slowly recovering, that "slowness" was far too slow. The Heavenly Poison Pearl, a Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasure, recovered so little poison power in a year that it couldn't even poison a beginner who had just entered the divine path... For Yun Che at his current level, it wasn't even worth mentioning.
This had been a constant puzzle for Yun Che, and he had even suspected that the poison source he recovered might be fake.
"Its poison spirit is dead," Shen Xi said slowly.
"Poison... spirit?" Yun Che seemed thoughtful.
"Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures all possess a spirit, and a very high level of spirit at that. As for this Heavenly Poison Pearl that has fused with you, its 'spirit' has died, and it has likely been dead for a long time. Without its own spirit, it is like a living corpse that still has life and can still breathe, but has lost consciousness."
Yun Che: "..."
"Without the poison spirit, although your Heavenly Poison Pearl retains its basic abilities, it is almost impossible for it to generate poison power again. Even if it does, it can only be the lowest level of poison. Before it fused with you, anyone who obtained it could freely use it, but they could never truly master it."
Yun Che's heart shook violently. What Shen Xi said was entirely correct.
Back when he obtained the Heavenly Poison Pearl on the Cang Yun Continent, both Yun Gu and he could use it freely without needing its recognition... yet they could never fully control it, such as when its poison power went berserk.
"Poison spirit... So it's because it has no poison spirit. I should have thought of that," Yun Che murmured to himself.
"In ancient times, the berserk Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel seized the Heavenly Poison Pearl, fusing the power of the evil infant and the heavenly poison, releasing the 'Myriad Tribulations of Oblivion' that destroyed both gods and demons... Perhaps it was from that time that the poison spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl died. Given the terror of the Evil Infant Myriad Calamity Wheel, it indeed had the ability to kill the poison spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl."
At this point, Shen Xi's tone suddenly shifted. "With your current abilities, it is utterly impossible to take revenge on Qianye. To train to a level barely capable of contending with Qianye, even with your unique talent, would take a very long time. But if you want to take revenge on Qianye in the shortest possible time, then the poison power of the Heavenly Poison Pearl will be your greatest asset."
Yun Che's eyes moved. "You mean... for me to find a way to restore the poison spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl?"
Shen Xi neither confirmed nor denied. She said softly, "That is why I want you to help Ling'er take revenge."
Yun Che was startled, then he turned his head sharply. "Are you saying... for He Ling to become the... poison spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl!?"
He Ling, who had been listening quietly, also raised her head, ripples stirring in her beautiful eyes.
"The Heavenly Poison Pearl is one of the Mystic Heaven Supreme Treasures. Its plane is at the very top of the chaos. Its poison spirit is not so easily restored." Shen Xi's gaze shifted to the wood spirit maiden. "And Ling'er, as a descendant of the Wood Spirit Royal Clan with a pure and utmost soul, is the only person in this world, the very last person, who can become the poison spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl."
"And this is also the only way she can personally take revenge."
Yun Che was stunned. The wood spirit maiden was also stunned... In her pupils, a deep green radiance began to stir—violently, growing stronger and stronger.
"No... no! Absolutely not!" Yun Che shook his head, shaking it with utmost firmness, saying "no" three times in succession. Although his life experience was nothing but "shallow" compared to Shen Xi's, he knew full well what becoming an "artifact spirit" meant. The Heavenly Poison Pearl, while extremely high in plane, was still an artifact. If He Ling truly became the poison spirit of the Heavenly Poison Pearl, it would mean... that from then on, she would be forever bound to the Heavenly Poison Pearl and to him, coexisting without any self of her own.
He Ling had saved his life, and coupled with He Lin's entrustment, he had very special feelings for He Ling. She was someone he wanted to protect, care for, and repay... How could he turn her into his poison spirit just to awaken the poison power of the Heavenly Poison Pearl!
Shen Xi was not surprised by his reaction. She said gently, "Yun Che, you must think this is sacrificing her. With your disposition, you cannot accept it. But... do you still remember the words I spoke to you a month ago?"
Yun Che: "..."
"Ling'er's current state can only be 'saved' by you. And the best way for you to save her is to let her become your heavenly poison poison spirit."
Shen Xi turned her gaze, and Yun Che subconsciously looked at He Ling... In that instant, his gaze suddenly froze.
From He Ling's beautiful eyes, he saw an exceptionally brilliant emerald radiance... It was as if her heart and soul, which had already turned to dead ashes, had suddenly been filled with a brilliant new life.