Yellow Court Daoist

Star Shining Floating City.

Duke Se Ya lay sideways on the couch, nestled in the arms of the handsome and dashing Duke Blake. Extending a finger, she traced circles on Blake's chest, her sweet tongue occasionally flicking out, oozing seduction.

"It is said that the Feather Clan once split, with a True God of the clan leading the majority of the Feather Clan into the embrace of the master of the seventy-second layer of the Abyss, becoming the first immortal True God of the Abyss."

Duke Se Ya looked up, her gaze fixed on Blake's handsome visage.

Behind Blake, a pair of wings trembled slightly, his face showing undisguised disgust, "Carmel's betrayal of the Bright God is an eternal shame for the Feather Clan."

Seeing Blake's abhorrence for the 'Back God' and 'Fallen Feather Clan'.

Duke Se Ya buried her face in Blake's chest, her grey eyes flickering with an eerie gleam.

But at this moment—

"Eh?"

Duke Se Ya's heart suddenly fluttered on a whim, followed by a violent contraction of her heart, as if her originally clear and pure soul was entangled in strands of blood. The more the blood strands tightened, the more her soul felt constricted, causing waves of intense pain.

"Curse!"

"Who is cursing me?!"

Duke Se Ya sat up in shock, her soul already tangled in dense blood strands. She felt congested in her chest, and the duke struggled even to breathe.

"Se Ya, what's wrong?"

Blake saw that Duke Se Ya's complexion was rapidly turning pale to the naked eye, and her breath was weakening continuously, so he hurriedly asked.

"I—"

"Ah!"

Before Duke Se Ya could speak, she felt the blood strands around her soul suddenly tighten, as if slicing into her soul with every twist. The pain was a thousand times, no, a million times more agonizing than physical dismemberment.

"Curse!"

Blake finally realized, flames of rage in his eyes, "Who dares to curse the duke of Star Shining Floating City!"

Duke Se Ya's face was wracked with pain.

Unable to speak.

Blake's hands emitted Holy Light, gently caressing Duke Se Ya's face. Holy Light can drive away evil and dissolve curses.

However, as soon as it entered Duke Se Ya's body, a wicked, hateful force surged out, penetrating directly into Blake through his hands.

"This is—"

"This is Augustine's power!"

Blake's body shone with Holy Light, dispelling the power instantly. Yet the wicked, hateful force, like thorns, regrouped in an instant, tightly entwining even Holy Light itself could not expel or disperse it.

"Se Ya."

Blake looked at Duke Se Ya, his hands had already left Duke Arthur's face, seemingly realizing something, he found it hard to accept for a moment.

"My dear Blake—"

Duke Se Ya struggled to lift her head, giving Blake a stunningly beautiful smile. But this smile was also filled with evil and hate. The next moment, black vines tore through that gorgeous face, wildly proliferating.

Upon a closer look.

These were not vines.

"Extreme Evil Thorns!"

Blake was enveloped in Holy Light, his eyes fixed on Duke Se Ya.

With her soul accursed, Duke Se Ya's control over her soul and body decreased to an unprecedented low.

The evil and hate hidden deep within the soul slowly spread, reaching every part of her body.

Thorns, covered in black spikes, emerged from within her, instantly covering the bed, engulfing Blake as well.

"Why."

"Why do this."

Blake became increasingly heated with Holy Light, falling on Duke Se Ya, causing her soul to suffer indescribable tremendous pain. Yet the pain in Blake's heart was no less than Duke Se Ya's.

"Why?"

"My dear Duke Blake, can you still not see clearly?"

Duke Se Ya endured the pain, her face shattered and distorted, as ugly as an abyss demon. No longer concealing, she cackled strangely, taunting Blake unabashedly, "If you cannot see, let me tell you. I have long been a loyal servant of Duke Jingji, meticulously entering Star Shining Floating City to fulfill Duke Jingji's plan to rule the Abyss."

"Not just me."

"There's also Doyle, and the countless Thorny Apostles hidden within Star Shining Floating City. Blake, the lights of Star Shining are extinguishing. Quickly join under Duke Jingji, and like your ancestors, become a great Abyss War God!"

Duke Se Ya's words pierced Blake's heart like steel nails.

Bloodied.

Bone-chilling pain.

Blake shone with increasingly intense Holy Light, imbued with the divine intent, shining in all directions.

The black thorns dissipated into smoke.

Duke Se Ya's soul weakened further, her voice grew fainter, yet more unbridled, "Blake, it's all in vain! Duke Jingji's glory will shatter the Holy Light and sweep across the land of the Abyss!"

Blake's sorrowful expression was buried under the Holy Light.

Duke Se Ya's voice gradually faded, and the black thorns grown from her body were also incinerated by the Holy Light.

Holy Light shone.

Shining upon Duke Se Ya.

Her soul was cursed, her body eroded by Holy Light.

"The forces of Star Shining Floating City will be destroyed!"

"Blake, you cannot stop it!"

Duke Se Ya's body completely smiled under the Holy Light, her final words echoing in the palace.

"Augustine!"

"Augustine!!"

"Augustine!!!"

The Holy Light shone boundlessly, and the Duke Blake's manor echoed with the furious roar of this 'Luminary'.

Shaking the Floating City!

…

"Grey Elf."

"Duke."

"The Duke Se Ya of the Floating City, one of the top five councilors, one of the five Dukes."

Feeling that the target cursed by the 'Demon Evil Entangling Silk Divine Spell' had completely perished.

Lu Qingfeng opened his eyes, a flash of sharpness in his glance vanished in an instant.

"If it hadn't been for the 'Seven Beasts Small Divine Number' and the 'Five Ghosts Soul Capturing Technique,' I might really have been misled," Lu Qingfeng shook his head, the backlash of casting the spell had already been stabilized.

Even strengthened to the level of Great Divine Power, and with Viscount Defoe being sacrificed to curse and kill a Duke Lord equivalent to the Golden Core Level, the backlash against Lu Qingfeng was not significant.

At most, one or two months of recuperation would completely remove the backlash without leaving any hidden troubles.

But still.

"Even as a Duke, cursed to death takes forty-nine days, after all."

"How—"

Lu Qingfeng started calculating with his fingers.

The workings of the Heavenly Mechanism were hazy, but fortunately 'Seven Beasts Small Divine Number' was a Great Divine Power, and Duke Se Ya's death was closely related to him, so he barely managed to calculate it.

"So that's how it is."

Lu Qingfeng shook his head, "This Duke Se Ya is truly remarkable. If she hadn't made me her target, she might have indeed caused chaos in the Star Shining Floating City."

Time and destiny.

Duke Se Ya probably had no idea that her great plan collapsed entirely because she completely underestimated the newly ascended 'Baron Guangyuan,' considering him merely a minor piece in her scheme.

"Nevertheless."

"The betrayal and death of a Duke will still plunge the Star Shining Floating City into unprecedented chaos."

In the entire Star Shining Floating City, there are only five Dukes who can barely confront Duke Jingji Augustine from the west. Now that one has died, although not to the point of destruction, the city will still fall into decline.

Moreover, internal suspicion and purges bring more chaos.

Internal and external troubles.

The outlook is not optimistic.

"Star Shining Floating City has an excellent reputation between the Thorny and Star Shining Lands. If I can take charge of the Floating City or bring it under my command, the pace at which I spread the Barbarian God doctrine throughout the realm will significantly accelerate."

This time.

Lu Qingfeng doesn't need to decipher superpowers or defy the world, and there's no need to follow the same path as the Galaxy Realm. He can rally the people's hearts and establish the true 'Guangyuan Immortal Sect,' not in name only 'Immortal,' while the world deems it 'Demon.'

Decisiveness in killing.

It is to avoid trouble, not to invite it.

Thus, even though he knew that Duke Se Ya of the Star Shining Floating City was trying to harm him in secret, and had the confidence to infiltrate and swiftly kill her with the force of a thunderbolt.

To proclaim his own strength, to demonstrate that he is not to be provoked.

Yet Lu Qingfeng chose not to do so.

He used a more secretive method—

Casting a spell to curse Duke Se Ya to death.

Of course.

It was unexpected for Lu Qingfeng that Duke Se Ya was actually a spy placed in the Star Shining Floating City by Augustine. This was something he had not anticipated before the curse.

It turned out to be a mistaken stroke that turned out right.

"Originally, killing Defoe might have caused some trouble on Doyle's side. Now the Star Shining Floating City must be in utter chaos, and Doyle probably has no time to care about it."

"In the midst of internal strife."

"Augustine will certainly not miss this great opportunity. Even if he can't swallow the Star Shining Floating City whole, he will take the chance to start a war, weakening the city's strength."

"If I appear as the savior when Augustine starts the war, I will gain the hearts of many."

Lu Qingfeng's mouth curved into a slight smile.

True sentiments cannot be retained since ancient times.

Only strategies win hearts.

However.

"Deceit and conspiracy cannot last long."

"Human calculations are ultimately no match for the heavenly scheme. No matter how many schemes, it depends on one's own strength. Solidifying the foundation, crushing with the grand and righteous way, is truly unshakable."

Lu Qingfeng's mind was crystal clear.

Conspiracy.

Schemes.

They are all inferior paths!

To confront the doctrines of the two Great Powers in the Barbarian God Realm, one must hold onto righteousness and not give others a handle.

"Spreading the way."

"Enlightening One Realm."

"It's not that simple."

Lu Qingfeng contemplated in silence, then closed his eyes and recited the 'Yellow Court Scripture.'

...

Time passed.

As Lu Qingfeng predicted, the betrayal and death of Duke Se Ya set off an explosion in the Star Shining Floating City.

Incredulity.

Everyone feeling at risk.

Under these circumstances, a massive top-down purge began.

Teams of Holy Knights patrolled, Mind Mages conducted screenings, and all Grey Elves in the Star Shining Floating City were arrested and locked up.

Upon investigation.

Sure enough, they made significant discoveries.

In just three days, nearly a hundred individuals controlled by evil forces or by Duke Se Ya using her charm were discovered.

Not just Grey Elves, but also other species.

They were publicly executed without mercy, a powerful deterrent.

But at the same time, as one evil doer after another was captured, close friends who had been living together harmoniously being caught and executed also sowed fear and turmoil in the Star Shining Floating City.

Reporting others.

Being reported.

Framing others.

Being framed.

The word 'chaos' doesn't even begin to describe it.

Twenty days after the death of Duke Se Ya.

Duke Jingji Augustine, located in the Thorny Great Rift Valley to the west, dispatched his Dead Souls, Giant Trolls, Iron Ridge Dwarves, and many Abyss Demons across the Fadir Swamp, initiating an offensive towards the Star Shining Floating City.

The battle was on the brink.

...