Swing the sword at the future female devil

Chapter 391 The Ultimate Test of the Green Tea Xiao Xie, Minister of Rites
If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Xie's character had always been so consistent, Duan Huaige would have even suspected that she was subtly mocking him—if it were Prince Yan, then there would be no doubt, she would definitely be mocking him for saying that!

"It's not over, it's just that I've memorized the secret manual left behind by the corrupted Xiao Jiang," Duan Huaige patiently explained. "From now on, I won't need to keep looking at the text to refine magical artifacts anymore."

"Oh, I see... Brother Huaige... Are you sure you've remembered it?" Xiao Xie seemed a little regretful upon hearing this: "Should we check it again? What if I forget it later?"

Duan Huaige: "..."

Xiao Jiang only mentioned one thing related to the Human Emperor Banner among a bunch of turtle quotes. Are you sure I could forget that?

Although this might seem a bit unromantic, Duan Huaige felt he maintained a very gentlemanly image in front of Xiao Xie, so he resolutely shook his head and said:

"Don't worry, I can do it. Cangling, you just watch me do it!"

Duan Huaige waved his hand and summoned the Soul Refining Cauldron, which was shaped like a mountain. Its body was made of an unknown dark metal and was engraved with ancient runes that twisted and coiled. At this moment, it was faintly glowing with a dark red light, pulsating like a living thing.

Immediately afterward, a soul banner unfurled with a roar, hovering above Duan Huaige's head. The banner was as black as eternal night. A glint flashed in Duan Huaige's eyes, and his sleeves whipped open! The Mountain and River Seal responded, shouting, "Human Emperor's Purple Qi, emerge!"

Several purple beams of light shot into the sky. Within the beams, a majestic and awe-inspiring imperial aura surged forth. A five-clawed divine dragon, formed purely from purple-gold light, coiled and roared within the beams. The dragon's roar was clear, majestic, and carried a grand and righteous will.

With the guidance of Little Jiang the Great Demon King, Duan Huaige released five hundred spirits from the Immortal Ancient Battlefield ahead of schedule, incorporating them all into the unfinished Heavenly Demon Banner. These spirits will now be tested by the Nine Nether Soul Flames and fused with the Human Emperor's Purple Qi; only those that survive will be qualified to become the banner spirits of the future Human Emperor Banner's secondary banner.

Under his control, the Heavenly Demon Banner trembled violently, and the thousands of tormented faces on its surface instantly became even more grotesque and twisted, emitting silent, even more frenzied screams. Thick, almost tangible, black mist of resentment gathered wildly, transforming into a gigantic, incomparably large, scale-covered demonic black dragon, which fiercely pounced towards the purple-gold pillar of light!
Xie Cangling covered her ears, her face pale. Fortunately, she cultivated the Azure Lotus Refining Spirit Technique, which gave her some resistance to these things. Duan Huaige had intended to distract her and send her away, but Xie Cangling sensed his intention and shook her head, saying:

"Brother Huaige, I'm not going anywhere, I'll stay here with you."

With no other option, Duan Huaige had to ask her obedient daughter, Ashu, to protect her stepmother a little, while she herself focused on refining the Human Emperor Banner.

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Like boiling oil poured onto snow! The sacred purple-gold light clashed violently with the filthy, resentful black mist, tearing, biting, and annihilating each other! The ear-piercing sound of corrosion was incessant.

He flipped his left hand, and a dark flame suddenly rose from his palm. This flame had no warmth; instead, it emanated an extreme cold that could freeze the soul. Deep within the flame's core, countless tiny, twisted ghostly figures, as small as grains of sand, could be vaguely seen shrieking silently.

With a simultaneous gesture of his right hand, a palm-sized, crystal-clear lotus flower, as if carved from black jade, appeared out of thin air. The lotus slowly rotated, each petal flowing with a deep, eerie light, radiating a pure yet extremely chilling soul energy fluctuation!
The Soul Refining Cauldron emitted a deep, rumbling sound like the roar of an ancient ferocious beast! The cauldron vibrated violently, and the tightly bound chains stretched taut, creaking under the strain.

The cauldron no longer spewed forth red light, but rather a thick, dark red blood flame! Within the blood flame, countless clearly visible faces of vengeful spirits rolled, struggled, and howled.

These were none other than the five hundred main souls refined within the Heavenly Demon Banner! Under the dual burning of the Nine Nether Soul Flames and the Soul Refining Cauldron, they endured unimaginable pain, dying one after another. Their mournful soul howls coalesced into visible black ripples, frantically impacting the cauldron walls, as if trying to tear this space apart.

But at the same time, they are also frantically devouring the soul power of other survivors to strengthen themselves and survive this catastrophe.

Duan Huaige's face paled slightly, and a trace of scarlet blood slowly trickled down his tightly pursed lips. The backlash from forcibly fusing with the Human Emperor's Purple Qi Origin, along with the terrifying consumption from activating the Soul Refining Cauldron and the Nine Nether Soul Flame, left him feeling a stinging pain and emptiness deep within his soul, even now that he had reached the Core Formation stage. "Now!" Golden flames surged in Duan Huaige's eyes, and he bit his tongue sharply, spitting a mouthful of his heart's essence, rich with boundless vital energy, like a burning arrow, towards the violently shaking cauldron!

Boom! ! !

An unprecedented and terrifying roar, as if the heavens and earth were being created!
The heavy lid of the Soul Refining Cauldron, as heavy as a mountain, was violently blown away from the inside by an overwhelming force! A beam of light, whose color could not be described in words, mixed with auras of holiness, majesty, filth, resentment, coldness, and dominance... all sorts of contradictory yet strangely fused auras, shot straight into the sky!

Dark lightning slowly gathered in the sky, as if this neither-good-nor-evil Emperor's Banner was destined to be rejected by heaven and earth.

Amidst the purple rain of light, a brand-new long banner slowly rose from the mouth of the cauldron and hovered in front of Duan Huaige.

The flagpole is a warm, purplish-gold color, neither quite jade nor quite gold, radiating a restrained yet profound brilliance. Its texture is like that of the finest silkworm silk, smooth as a mirror, yet seemingly containing endless space, infinitely deep.

A pure, vast, and majestic aura naturally flowed from the banner, cleansing away the remaining filth of the underworld. This was the supreme majesty possessed only by the purest treasures of the human emperor!
However, on this pure, pristine, and sacred white banner, a glaring dark red line, as if alive, meandered and coiled. It began at the base of the banner pole, twisted upwards, traversed the entire banner surface, and finally coalesced at the top of the banner into a ferocious, tormented, and silently roaring dragon's head mark!

On one side is the holy purple aura that cleanses the universe, and on the other side are the filthy, blood-stained demonic patterns that cling to it. This extreme contradiction has achieved a bizarre symbiosis and balance on this newly born "Human Emperor Banner".

Duan Huaige couldn't help but feel a little puzzled... He thought to himself, "Why doesn't my Human Emperor Banner seem to be emitting any black aura? At least... it's quite different from the Human Emperor Banner of Little Jiang, the Great Demon King, which exudes a murderous and domineering aura."

Did you add too much of the Emperor's Purple Aura? I just added all the Emperor's Purple Aura I had in my Imperial Seal.

Oh no, if the Emperor's Banner doesn't emit black aura, can it still be called the Emperor's Banner?

Seemingly sensing Duan Huaige's will, the Emperor's Banner, a tapestry of sacred and sinister power, moved without wind, its surface gently unfurling. In an instant, the warm purple aura that had been showering down vanished, replaced by a deep, chilling cold that seemed capable of freezing the soul. On the pure white banner, the dark red bloodstain resembled a venomous dragon awakening, its eerie light swirling ceaselessly.

"Brother Huaige, you're amazing!" Xiao Xie's voice interrupted Duan Huaige's thoughts. The girl ran over quickly from a distance like a swallow returning to its nest, threw herself into his arms, and looked up at him with great admiration, saying, "I knew you would succeed."

The reason why the stats for "little green tea" were filled in so high is simply because they know too well how to make men happy. Duan Huaige is no exception to this. He smiled slightly and said lightly, "It's just a little bit of hardship... Fortunately, I had your help, Cang Ling, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to refine it so easily."

"Don't say that, Brother Huaige. I only did something insignificant." Xiao Xie hugged Duan Huaige's waist, her cheek pressed against his chest, and said softly, "I was so scared just now... The process of making this magic weapon looked so frightening..."

The girl snuggled closer to Duan Huaige as she spoke, and Duan Huaige felt a surge of secret pleasure. Just as he was about to have a good chat with Xiao Xie, he suddenly realized that the little green tea in his arms seemed to be missing something…

After carefully examining the situation, Duan Huaige suddenly realized: "I was wondering what was missing... It turns out that the green tea girl Xie just took her clothes off, and then she wasn't wearing anything underneath!"

The Minister of Rites, a high-ranking official, tests me with this? At least show me some jade bamboo!

(End of this chapter)