Chapter 1643: Demoness Reborn
A thin aura of dark aura wandered through Chanyi's entire body. Unbeknownst to her, a layer of hazy dark profound light began to rise around her, covering every inch of her body.
This dark profound light lasted for a very short time. Just as the demonesses were about to probe its aura, it suddenly dissipated. At the same time, Yun Che withdrew his hand, and the power from him was cut off.
Chanyi opened her eyes. In the first moment, her divine sense delved into her profound veins, but she did not perceive any change. Her slender moon-like brows furrowed slightly.
The demonesses also perceived no change in her. Yeli spoke first: "How is it?"
"... " Chanyi slowly shook her head.
Although they had never believed that Yun Che could do it from the start, seeing Chanyi shake her head, the demonesses' brows all sank deeply. Having been provoked and toyed with repeatedly, the fury that suddenly surged in their hearts was undoubtedly several times greater than before.
In contrast, Yun Che and Qianye Ying'er, the former's expression had been cold and indifferent all along, as if nothing in the world had anything to do with him; the latter's jade-pink, glistening lips curved into an extremely beautiful but deeply mocking arc. To the demonesses, it seemed a blatant sneer, sneering that they had actually believed.
"Very well." Enraged to the limit, Yeli's tone instead became much calmer: "In the end, you are from an outer domain. Yesterday you killed Yan San Geng in public, and today you repeatedly provoke in my Soul-Plundering Realm. It seems you..."
"Wait!"
A sudden exclamation that seemed to slip out unconsciously rang out. The demonesses' gazes instantly fell on Chanyi, only to find that her usually placid eyes, like a deep pool, had become somewhat dazed and bewildered, then began to ripple with increasing astonishment and disbelief, as if she had suddenly sunk into an unbelievable dream.
"What's going on?" Yaodie asked.
Chanyi did not speak. Only her arm rose very slowly, her snow-white, jade-like fingers gently opening.
As the demonesses were puzzled, a cluster of black light suddenly condensed in Chanyi's palm, then in an instant bloomed into a huge black lotus.
The dark lotus, carrying the aura of a dark purgatory, silently devoured the surrounding light, casting pairs of differently colored demoness eyes into deep, dark black.
And those eyes were all trembling with deep shock.
"Ah..." The eighth demoness, Yuwu, unconsciously parted her lips, her beautiful eyes wide open: "Chanyi, you... how did you do it?"
As the ninth demoness, Chanyi had the weakest overall strength among the nine demonesses. Her power could not easily suppress or intimidate the other demonesses, and the black lotus blooming between her fingers had not exceeded her power limits.
But, that dark lotus bloomed so fast... so fast that they simply could not believe it.
From having no profound energy at all to full bloom, it took only an extremely brief moment. It was more than twice as fast as before!
Even more peculiar was that the black lotus in Chanyi's hand was so quiet... or rather, docile.
Dark profound force symbolizes negativity, devouring annihilation, and violence. Once dark profound force is released, it's like unleashing a demon god that wants to devour everything, extremely ferocious and violent. This holds true even at the Divine Lord realm, where one has the highest mastery over dark profound force.
Dark profound force has never had any relation to the word "docile."
In the Northern Divine Region of this era, this is common sense among common sense.
But the dark profound force in Chanyi's hand was so quiet it defied reason. It was as if it had completely submitted to Chanyi, completely obeying her will.
In other words, Chanyi seemed to have achieved... complete control over the dark profound force in her hand, something that shouldn't exist!?
"Chanyi, this is... what's going on?" Yeli spoke, but her words were full of difficulty.
Chanyi still did not answer. Sensing her own changes, she was shocked many times more than any of her sisters.
Her jade-white fingers lightly closed, and in an instant, the dark lotus disappeared from her palm.
At the moment of its disappearance, not a trace of darkness remained.
The demonesses' eyes all moved sharply again.
To instantly withdraw dark force without leaving any residual traces. Not even the strongest among the nine demonesses... no, not even the Northern Divine Emperor, could possibly achieve this.
"Demon," Yun Che suddenly spoke coldly amidst the demonesses' shock, "is an independent race."
"Dark profound force is a power unique to the demon race. The so-called demon people of today's Northern Divine Region are merely humans who obtained or were infected by dark profound force, either willingly or unwillingly. Although they can wield dark profound force, cultivate dark profound arts, and are forced to pass it down through generations, in essence, they can never be true demons. They are half-human, half-demon, somewhere between humans and demons."
"This applies not only to demon people but also to the demonic beasts and spirits of the Northern Domain."
"Therefore, although you bear dark profound force, you can never achieve true harmony with it. But..." Yun Che looked at Nanhuang Chanyi, who was still in a daze, and spoke each word like a thunderclap: "Now, you are essentially a true demon."
"You... you mean..." Yuwu's eyes widened, and the sound from her lips escaped before her own consciousness.
"From now on, you can fully control the dark profound force within you. The speed of condensation, circulation, and recovery will be several times faster than before. Although the intensity of your profound force has not changed, this alone means that within the Northern Divine Region, at the same realm, no one will be your match."
"Your cultivation speed will also be several times faster than before."
"Moreover, your life will no longer be corroded by dark profound force, and you will never need to worry about it spiraling out of control or going berserk."
"Its impact on your spirit will also be minimized."
Condensation, circulation, recovery, cultivation, loss of control, life corrosion, soul corrosion... every word and every sentence deeply shook the demonesses' hearts and souls.
As the highest-level existences in the Northern Divine Region, with unparalleled mastery over darkness, they understood far too well what these meant.
These were all contrary to their understanding and the contemporary understanding of dark profound force, something that simply could not exist. Theoretically, they should only exist in the true demon bodies of the ancient era.
"What he said... is true."
Chanyi spoke slowly, her light words like dream murmurs. She raised her hand, silently looking at her palm. Her perception of the dark profound force within her had completely changed.
The previous dark profound force had been like a powerful sharp blade that could be wielded to devour everything but also devoured itself. Without regular suppression, it could get out of control.
But now, the dark profound force was no longer an external blade. It had completely become part of her, like her own arm. She could control it at will, fully and completely.
The personal testimony of Demoness Chanyi, and her expression as if lost in a dream from which she dared not wake, left the other five demonesses in extreme shock and disbelief, unable to speak for a long time.
"Moreover," Yun Che continued, "even if you leave the Northern Divine Region now, the speed of your dark profound force's circulation and recovery won't differ much. The so-called 'common sense' that demon people are half-crippled when leaving the Northern Domain no longer applies to you."
"As long as you fully suppress your aura, as long as you don't encounter anyone too powerful, you won't even be identified as a Northern Domain demon."
Every word was shocking, every sentence soul-shaking... The mighty, godlike Soul-Plundering Demonesses were all stunned.
To perfectly fuse a living being's body with dark profound force—this earth-shattering ability was only one of the most basic abilities of the Dark Eternal Calamity. When Yun Che had first entered its threshold, he had applied it to Dongfang Hanwei and succeeded on the first try.
At that time, it was still difficult and took a considerable amount of time. But now, having perfectly achieved the middle stage of the Eternal Calamity, he could do it effortlessly, even when the target was a demoness of a very high level.
"Can this ability last long?" Yeli asked, her breathing clearly rapid. If all this was true, not to mention demonesses, even Divine Emperors would have storms in their hearts.
"Forever."
These two words were not answered by Yun Che but came from Chanyi's lips.
The power within her had completely become part of her body and soul. How could she not clearly understand its characteristics?
The demonesses' gazes refocused on Chanyi. Yuwu asked dazedly, "Really? Everything he said... is true?"
Chanyi nodded slowly, without any hesitation.
Yaodie suddenly turned to Qianye Ying'er and said, "Is this why you, having cultivated dark profound force for less than three years, can contend with me!?"
Qianye Ying'er, at the Eighth-rank Divine Lord level, could contend with the Ninth-rank Divine Lord Yaodie, largely due to the realm suppression of the Demon Emperor's blood. But she was too lazy to explain, so she said languidly, "You bullied Chanyi, injured Yaodie, and each of you were all eager to fight and kill. But your master, upon learning the news, came to invite you in person the first chance he got... Have you never thought about why? Hmm?"
All the demonesses were speechless. In the face of Chanyi's dreamlike transformation, their previous resentment and anger had long been squeezed away, nowhere to be found.
"Is this compensation enough?" Yun Che said. Despite performing a world-shaking feat that tore apart common sense, he remained indifferent throughout, as if merely flicking away dust.
Chanyi turned her gaze. Her extremely beautiful eyes could no longer remain calm: "This favor is akin to being reborn. I'm afraid Chanyi will never be able to repay it."
This was a true transformation of the core, a perfect new life that she had never even dared to dream of. Compared to this, the previous grievance was as tiny as a speck of dust.
"No need!" Yun Che raised his hand sharply, stopping Chanyi from bowing: "Since that's the case, let's settle the grievances cleanly. If you have doubts in your heart, you might as well try to see if you can now defeat the eighth demoness."
In terms of cultivation, Chanyi was still weaker than Yuwu.
But, with her ability to control and recover at a level far beyond before and far beyond the understanding of darkness, if they fought, she might initially be at a disadvantage, but as time passed, Yuwu would surely lose.
The demonesses clearly understood each other's strengths. Chanyi didn't need to test it; she was certain that she could now completely defeat Yuwu at the same realm.
And Yun Che had done it in less than ten breaths!
"No need." Chanyi said directly: "Every word the young master spoke is true."
Her address to Yun Che unconsciously changed from "Yun Che" earlier to "young master," the same address she had used back then.
Yuwu's tender lips moved but she didn't make a sound.
"This grace far surpasses the past grievance." Although Yun Che had refused, Chanyi still resolved: "The Soul-Plundering Demoness repays grievances clearly. Whether the young master accepts it or not, I, Chanyi, will repay this grace."
A strange smile seemed to flicker across Yun Che's face: "No need to rush. You will repay it."
Chanyi: "?"