I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 995. Divine Devouring
A faint light flashed across Xia Feng's vision.

With a flash, the scene before him changed, and he looked up.

However, to his surprise...

What came into view was not the world tree that blotted out the sky and the pale dragon head.

Instead, it was a magnificent and dark temple, with towering pillars adorned with dark gold patterns reaching the sky. At the end of the steps was a solitary divine throne, upon which the emperor sat, his eyes half-closed.

Temple of Apocalypse?

How could it be the Temple of Apocalypse? Xia Feng was stunned for a moment, but then, as if he had thought of something, he instantly realized.

It's an illusion!
Last time in the sealed land, the Empress used some means to shield and conceal the Evil Dragon, deceiving him.

This time it might be the same tactic, but what is the intention?
The thought flashed through Xia Feng's mind, and he vaguely understood the key point: the Empress was stalling for time; she wanted to deceive Hua Shen.

Back in District 51, Xia Feng had used the Spirit Summoning Tree to awaken Miss Evil Dragon.

However, it takes time for the spirits of the Spirit Tree to spread to the sealed land through the passage opened by the black crow feathers.

During this time, Hua Shen must not discover that she is actually in the sealed land, otherwise she may escape!

"Uh—" Just as he was thinking, Xia Feng's neck was suddenly grabbed and he was lifted high into the air. The woman in the phoenix dress had appeared in front of him at some point. Her half-fox mask was slightly tilted up, and the corners of her fox-shaped lips curled up with a hint of mockery and coldness.

"caught you."

In a low voice, their eyes met. Xia Feng's dark pupils reflected half of the woman in the phoenix dress's face. In a daze, it was as if some kind of 'slave mark' was forcibly imprinted on his soul, turning him into some kind of animal that would only obey its master's commands.

His dark pupils instantly focused, and without the slightest hesitation, he directly activated the Spirit Foundation Nascent Soul Transformation—

"Boom—!!!" The spirit base split, scattering into endless blazing light that swept through the soul. However, the terrifying burst of light was frozen solid by a casual flick of the woman in the phoenix dress, turning into a 'painting' out of thin air.

Her fingertips touched the painting again, and it shattered into countless streams of ink, vanishing into nothingness.

The woman in the phoenix dress moved slowly and deliberately, turning her head to look at the imperial throne in the due east direction. At the same time, a vast imperial throne also appeared behind her.

She lazily crossed her long legs and sat down, resting her chin on her hand. The fox-shaped mask had disappeared at some point, and the corners of her eyes curved in a half-smile.

"Your Majesty, it has been a long time since we last met. Have you missed your sister?"

The moment her stunning beauty appeared, the entire sealed land trembled slightly, the boundless flower bushes bowed low, the World Tree swayed gently, and even the laws of this place showed her favor. All living beings praised her beauty.

On the imperial throne, the Empress slowly raised her half-closed eyes, her divine voice echoing throughout heaven and earth:
"Hua, you have disappointed me greatly."

"Your Majesty, my sister merely wants to assert her power and position; she has no intention of taking your life," the woman in the phoenix dress said calmly. "Why are you so angry?"

"It was agreed upon ten thousand years ago that the gods would devour each other, and you are a secondary god."

The Empress sat majestically, her expression indifferent. "How could it be that you've already harbored rebellious intentions so soon after I've only been asleep for a short time?"

Divine Devouring? Xia Feng, who was in a state of Nirvana, was taken aback when he heard this term.

This term is very similar to 'star position devouring'.

Constellation devouring is an essential path to becoming a god.

The twelve beings who entered the twelve constellations all achieved godhood through the mutual devouring of constellations.

For example, the Black Moon Goddess is one who devours the Red Moon. The Black Moon is the main palace, and the Red Moon is the secondary palace, thus achieving the position of a celestial deity.

As for the Star Goddess Guihua, she is a bit special. Yue Hongli once explained to him that the other gods are two independent true gods who devour each other into one, but Guihua and Huahua are two personalities of one true god.

Hua is the primary personality, but she split off the secondary personality 'Yue Hongli', who devoured herself to achieve the position of a celestial being.

Therefore, since Guihua was originally a goddess, her plan was either to restore her divine position or to become stronger than a goddess.
Above the gods, there are realms? Xia Feng had a sudden realization: if there are realms above the gods, then the Divine Devouring System should be the path to those realms.

Similar to the main and secondary palaces of the same star position, the realm above the Heavenly God is also divided into main gods and secondary gods.

Ten thousand years ago, Empress Tianwu and Goddess Hua had already formed an alliance, with the Empress as the chief goddess and Hua as the deputy goddess.

But after the Empress fell into a deep sleep, Hua Shen, presumably unwilling to be subordinate, began to stir up trouble.

Xia Feng roughly guessed the reason why Hua Shen plotted against the Empress, but this only fueled his even greater doubts.

Miss Evil Dragon seems to be much stronger than the Celestial God. Could she be at a level above the Celestial God?

But if she has already reached this level, then why would the Empress want to use the 'Divine Devouring' technique on Guihua?
With various doubts lingering in his heart, Xia Feng's time for rebirth had arrived. He quietly materialized on the divine throne, beside the woman in the imperial dress.

"Things like 'turning against one's heart' are really awful."

The woman in the phoenix dress turned her gaze to Xia Feng, her eyes crinkling into a smile. "Your Majesty, why don't you hand this ant over to me? Once I've had my fun, he might leave this Heavenly Revelation Temple and stop rebelling against Your Majesty and coveting Your Majesty's divine status. What do you say?"

The Empress said calmly, "He is my follower; you must not harm him in the slightest."

"Oh?" The woman in the phoenix dress crossed her long legs and leaned back, resting her chin on her hand, her tone languid. "A believer? After the deification of the pantheon, wasn't he also my believer?"

As he spoke, his tone suddenly turned cold and sinister, full of malice, "Since he is a believer, then I will turn him into a dog at my feet. Your Majesty should not have any objections, right?!"

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Xia Feng felt a chill run down his spine. It seemed that Hua Shen truly hated him. Her eyes and tone suggested she wouldn't stop until she had tormented him a million times over.

But does a mere former god dare to fight against me, Xia Pale Saint, Abyss Saint, Witch's Friend, Lord of Sumeru Realm, Feng?

He tilted his chin back, arrogantly looking down at the woman in the phoenix dress on the throne in the distance, while a mocking laugh, utterly disdainful, curled his lips.

Hua: "!!!"

No, I'm so angry, so angry! Grandma hurts! Hua subconsciously wanted to cover her chest and brush away the faint, illusory feeling, but she managed to hold back, her fingers and knuckles clenching into fists as she lazily supported her cheek.

Humans are so incredibly arrogant and ignorant!
One minute left, Tian Shu Wu will stabilize in one minute, we must continue to delay.

I will endure!

Hua Shen deliberately ignored Xia Feng's provocation.

The scene fell silent for a moment. The two beings on the imperial throne and the monarch's throne remained silent, gazing at each other in silence.

Hua Shen found it amusing. "Ha~ I'm waiting for Tian Shu Wu to stabilize, what are you all waiting for~"
Then she saw something even more exciting.

The foolish human took out three golden sparrow feathers, handed them to the Empress, and said respectfully in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, here are the spiritual materials you requested."

The Empress, without the slightest suspicion, swallowed the three feathers in an attempt to restore her strength.

Great, everything is going according to plan.

(End of this chapter)