# Chapter 932: Heavenly Goddess Descends (Part 1)
Six months passed in the blink of an eye.
After Xuanyuan Wentian was reduced to ashes, both the Tian Xuan Continent and the Huan Yao Realm returned to peace. Everyone on the Tian Xuan Continent had long known that the hegemon of the present age was no longer the Four Sacred Grounds, but the universally recognized "Number One Person in Ten Thousand Years"—Yun Che. His status as the consort of the Cangfeng Imperial Clan and the Palace Master of the Bing Yun Fairy Palace made the Cang Feng Empire and the Bing Yun Fairy Palace suddenly become the supreme existences of the present age, firmly overshadowing the remaining two Sacred Grounds—the Huangji Sacred Domain and the Supreme Sea Palace.
The dominant position among the seven nations of the continent naturally shifted overnight from the Shenhuang Empire to the Cang Feng Empire. Under this situation, the Cang Feng Empire rose rapidly, advancing a thousand miles in a single day. The Bing Yun Fairy Palace became a sacred place known to every profound practitioner on the continent. In the past, few people dared to set foot in the Ice Extreme Snow Domain, and now no one dared to approach it at all.
In six months, the reconstruction of the Bing Yun Fairy Palace was completed. The average strength of the Bing Yun disciples was now an entire major realm higher than that of several previous generations. The efficiency of condensing ice into palaces was naturally several times higher, and the newly formed Bing Yun Fairy Palace was actually twice the size of the original one. However, the interior was much simpler. Places like the Ice God Divine Hall were destined never to reappear, but the Bingyun Cold Pool was regenerated from the underground cold veins during these six months.
To the north of the Ice Extreme Snow Domain, although separated by the Phoenix Barrier, rumbling sounds like heaven-shaking thunder continued to echo out. Yun Che had been engaged in fierce battles with Feng Xue'er using the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword. Today's battle had lasted a full three hours without even a moment's pause.
**Boom!!**
A Phoenix Arrow blasted the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword away and crashed directly into Yun Che's chest. Like a cannonball, Yun Che flew backward, his back slamming heavily against the Phoenix Barrier. He lay there for a long time without rising, and the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword also disappeared from his hand.
"Phew... Let's stop here for today." Yun Che finished speaking, then tilted his head back weakly and lay down.
"Brother Yun, your progress is really fast. I used nearly seventy percent of my strength today," Feng Xue'er said as she landed beside him, speaking happily.
"Heh heh, I just broke through yesterday. Every improvement in the Lord Xuan Realm is indeed completely different from the breakthroughs in previous realms," Yun Che said with his eyes closed. Sparring with a heavy sword for three hours had brought him, even with his Dragon God's Body, almost to his limit.
In these six months, Yun Che had cultivated for four hours every day. With his naturally monstrous talent and a perfect training partner like Feng Xue'er, his profound strength had risen by four minor realms in half a year—and these were the four minor realms of the Lord Xuan Realm! Going from Level 1 to Level 5 of the Lord Xuan Realm in half a year was a growth rate worthy of being recorded in the annals of Tian Xuan's history. Even Feng Xue'er, with her awakened Phoenix Soul, or Xia Yuanba, with his awakened Overlord Emperor Divine Meridian, had never reached such a terrifying speed.
In his normal state, without using the Evil God Art at all, he could already match nearly seventy percent of Feng Xue'er's strength. If he were to fight Xuanyuan Wentian now, he had absolute confidence that without using Heaven-Shattering or his Dark Profound Force, he could defeat him solely with his Purgatory state.
As he grew, Feng Xue'er's Phoenix God power was also awakening further. She was getting closer and closer to breaking through a bottleneck that no one on the Tian Xuan Continent had ever broken through before and reaching the legendary Divine Path.
At this moment, the Ice Cloud Immortal Soul in Yun Che's arm flickered slightly, and a cold, clear female voice resounded in his mind: "Palace Master, Feng Hengkong of the Fenghuang God Sect has come to visit."
"..." Yun Che sat up from the ground and said to Feng Xue'er, "Xue'er, your father is here. Looks like not seeing you for two months made him unable to resist coming to visit you."
"Ah? Then let's go back to the Bing Yun Fairy Palace first. I'm also a bit worried about my father and the others. I wonder how the construction of the new Phoenix City is going."
Yun Che smiled and said, "Go back by yourself first. I just thought of something and want to sit quietly and think it over."
Feng Xue'er thought Yun Che had suddenly had an epiphany and immediately nodded: "Mm, I understand. Keep it up, Brother Yun."
Feng Xue'er left without retracting the Phoenix Barrier.
Snowflakes fell from the sky but were all isolated by the barrier. Yun Che sat on the ground, his gaze flickering as if he were wrestling with something. After a long while, he finally took out a large pitch-black sword from the Heavenly Poison Pearl.
The Eternal Night Demonic Sword!
The sword soul within the Eternal Night Demonic Sword had completely perished. The entire sword body, apart from faintly emitting a very light but somewhat gloomy aura, had no momentum left. It seemed like a completely dead sword. But Yun Che had smashed it with all his might using the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword several times during this period and had never managed to leave even a scratch on it.
A dead sword, with no sword soul, no sword spirit, and whose power seemed to have been completely drained, yet it still could not be destroyed by the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword... After all, this was a genuine ancient demonic sword. Even its material alone was far beyond what the Tian Xuan Continent's plane could comprehend.
Yun Che placed his right hand on the sword body, sinking his consciousness into it, and a complete profound art formula appeared in his soul.
The Eternal Night Illusion Demon Scripture!
During this period, he had been struggling over whether to cultivate this Eternal Night Illusion Demon Scripture—the terrifying demonic art used by both Fen Juechen and Xuanyuan Wentian after they became demons.
Its power was beyond doubt.
However, it was a demonic profound art driven by Dark Profound Force!
Yun Che's current strongest state was when he fully released the power within the Demon Source Pearl. Although the Demon Source Pearl had merged into his profound veins, it existed independently. The profound force in the Evil God's Mysterious Vein could be freely converted by Yun Che into the four elemental profound forces of Water, Fire, Lightning, and Darkness. But the power in the Demon Source Pearl could only be Dark Profound Force... at least for now, Yun Che did not have the ability to convert it into other attributes of profound force.
Moreover, the Demon Source Pearl had been growing spontaneously. Even if he didn't cultivate at all, the power of the Demon Source Pearl would continue to grow silently, turning into even stronger power for him—just like his Dragon God Bloodline, which grew increasingly rich without him doing anything.
Using Dark Profound Force was his strongest state. If he added this Dark Profound Art...
In fact, during this time, Yun Che had probed the Eternal Night Illusion Demon Scripture within the Eternal Night Demonic Sword several times. Its profound art formula had long been deeply imprinted in his soul, impossible to forget even if he wanted to. But he had never cultivated it. Because this was, after all, a demonic power that contradicted the righteous path. Mo Li had also clearly expressed her disgust for Dark Profound Force.
Although power was just power, with no right or wrong, both Fen Juechen and Xuanyuan Wentian, who had cultivated the Eternal Night Illusion Demon Scripture, had shown obvious distortions in their temperaments...
He feared that after cultivation, his own temperament would also be uncontrollably distorted... The main reason was the repulsion deep in his heart toward the word "demon."
Besides, he had warned himself more than once that he must never use Dark Profound Force in front of outsiders. Even when he fought Xuanyuan Wentian back then, he deliberately dragged him to the bottom of the ocean before releasing the Demon Source Pearl's power. Since that was the case, why should he cultivate this terrible Dark Profound Art?
"Master, what are you doing?"
Just as Yun Che was tangled in repeated hesitation, a lively girl's voice, as agile as a lark, suddenly sounded in his ear. Yun Che turned his head and saw Hong'er, who had somehow come out on her own, looking at him with a giggling smile... at the Eternal Night Demonic Sword in his hand.
"Hong'er? Why did you come out?" Yun Che asked subconsciously, then suddenly noticed her gaze...
"Because I suddenly smelled something so fragrant," Hong'er said, her tender face full of smiles, her eyes flickering with vermilion light.
"Don't tell me you're going to..."
**Swoosh!!**
Before Yun Che could finish his words, a red flash passed before his eyes. His hand suddenly felt lighter, and the Eternal Night Demonic Sword was gone. Hong'er had appeared from his left to his right, hugging the Eternal Night Demonic Sword, which was much larger than her body, with excitement shining in her eyes. A large stream of saliva flowed from her lips without any warning, stretching all the way down to the sword's body.
"Hong'er! You... you... you... you... you!" Yun Che's eyes widened, and he lunged at her with burning anxiety, shouting at the top of his lungs, "You can't eat that!"
"Waaah!" Seeing Yun Che suddenly pounce, clearly trying to snatch away her "food," Hong'er shrieked and bolted away.
Yun Che grabbed at empty air, then activated his full speed, chasing straight after Hong'er: "That's a demonic sword! You can't eat it! You're not allowed to eat it!"
"I want to eat it! It clearly looks so delicious!" Seeing Yun Che chasing after her, Hong'er hugged the Eternal Night Demonic Sword, shouting as her speed suddenly increased several times. She became so fast that she seemed to transform into a red streak of light, instantly leaving him far behind.
On the very first day he met Hong'er, Yun Che had been shocked by her speed and couldn't catch her no matter what. Now, Yun Che was a world apart from back then. He furrowed his brow, activated "Purgatory," and stepped on the Phantom Lightning Extreme, his speed instantly becoming as fast as light cutting through space.
But the Hong'er in his sight grew farther and farther away... farther and farther...
She was actually faster than his ultimate speed!
And she was carrying the Eternal Night Demonic Sword, which was hundreds of times heavier than her body!
"I @#$%^&..." Yun Che was utterly dumbfounded.
Meanwhile, Hong'er, seeing that she had shaken Yun Che off, lifted the Eternal Night Demonic Sword, opened her mouth wide, and bit down on the pitch-black sword body with her small, crystal-clear teeth.
**Crunch!**
A large, tooth-shaped gap appeared in the sword body of the Eternal Night Demonic Sword.
The Eternal Night Demonic Sword was just like all the swords Hong'er had eaten before—she bit a gap into it with one bite!
This was a sword from the ancient era, one that belonged to a demonic monarch, that had withstood the sealing power of the Evil God for a million years without damage, and that he could not even scratch with the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword—an ancient demonic sword!
Under Hong'er's teeth, it was as fragile as a piece of cookie!
"Wow! So delicious!"
How could the "flavor" of an ancient demonic sword be compared to ordinary swords? After one bite, Hong'er's eyes sparkled like stars. While still sprinting, she hoisted the Eternal Night Demonic Sword to her lips and began devouring it at an astonishing speed... Both her sprinting speed and her biting speed were incredibly fast, enough to shock heaven and earth and move gods and ghosts.
"..." Yun Che had stopped, his mouth wide open like a hippo.
**Crunch crunch crunch crunch crunch crunch...**
Amidst a series of loud chewing sounds, the Eternal Night Demonic Sword quickly disappeared into Hong'er's mouth. In just over ten breaths, only the pitch-black hilt remained. Hong'er made a large arc in the snow, then "whooshed" back, stopping in front of Yun Che with puffed cheeks, chewing blissfully as she said indistinctly, "Mmm... really delicious... almost gone now, so chasing me is useless~ Hmph, Master was actually hiding such delicious food all along."
"..." Yun Che stared straight at Hong'er, still keeping his mouth wide open, unable to close it.
On the day they first met, she ate the Dragon Gate, which scared him quite a bit. But after that, he quickly got used to it. He wouldn't be surprised anymore no matter what sword she ate.
But the Eternal Night Demonic Sword... This was an ancient demonic sword! A sword from the age of gods and demons! And she also... ate it in just a few bites, leaving only a pitiful hilt!
**Slap!**
Hong'er tossed the hilt aside casually, squinted her vermilion eyes, and patted her little belly with a look of ecstasy: "So full... Huh? That's strange. I suddenly feel very sleepy... Ooh, Master, I'm full now. Time to go back and sleep obediently."
Hong'er let out a huge yawn. A faint trace of black light, unnoticed even by her, flashed in the depths of her eyes at that moment. Then she ignored Yun Che completely, turned into a red light, returned to the Heavenly Poison Pearl, threw herself onto her little bed (which she had taken from Mo Li), and immediately began to snore soundly.
Yun Che raised his hand and rubbed his head, barely managing to snap out of it.
Just what kind of monster was this little girl Hong'er!
Oh right! Hong'er just ate the Eternal Night Demonic Sword... Could the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword undergo some significant change because of this?
With this thought, Yun Che quickly reached out his hand, ignoring the fact that Hong'er had just fallen asleep, and directly summoned the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword.
The massive vermilion sword body appeared in the air. Yun Che grabbed the hilt, but just as he was about to lift it, he suddenly felt as if ten-thousand-meter mountains had fallen onto both his arms, sinking them heavily.
**BOOOOOOM!!!!!!!**
The sword body of the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword slammed fiercely into the ground beneath Yun Che's feet. The surrounding Phoenix Barrier shattered instantly, and the entire Ice Extreme Snow Domain trembled violently.
Yun Che clung desperately to the sword hilt. All the veins in his arms bulged high, and even his entire face turned a livid blue.