I'm modifying myself into the ultimate demon.

Chapter 223 The Twin Demons are you! Attack!

Even though Chen Mo had long suspected that Empress Dowager Xiao was an extremely terrifying figure, he still felt a chill run down his spine when he heard these words.

Adding to the fact that he had seen Xiao Fangzi reappear in the Cold Palace before, and that Su Hetu was still the same as before... Chen Mo did not believe that Empress Dowager Xiao was deceiving him.

Everything she said must be true.

That means... Empress Jiang Yan was also a fabrication by Empress Dowager Xiao.

That's far too astonishing.

It should be noted that Jiang Hongyue had met Jiang Yan before, yet she didn't notice anything amiss with Jiang Yan.

Doesn't that mean that even Jiang Hongyue couldn't tell the difference between the dolls created by Empress Xiao and the real ones?

It's too ridiculous.

If I hadn't come here in person today, how would I have known that Empress Dowager Xiao was so terrifying?
Fortunately... his true form remained outside.

Moreover, the cheat ability is so abnormal that it even replicated the demon fetus.

Even if Empress Xiao were incredibly capable, she probably wouldn't have noticed this.

Coming here today, I'm afraid there's no chance of winning.

Consider this life a trial run; it will be given to Empress Dowager Xiao.

Thinking of this, Chen Mo took a deep breath. He wasn't in a hurry to do anything, but only wanted to take the opportunity to learn more about Empress Dowager Xiao's methods.

"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager is quite shrewd. You are already the de facto ruler, why do you still need to do this?"

Empress Xiao did not speak immediately, but slowly strolled along the edge of the pond, picked a leaf and threw it into the pond, which immediately attracted countless koi carp to compete for the food.

Watching the koi scrambling for food, Empress Dowager Xiao slowly spoke, "Look at these koi. I only threw in a leaf, and they happily scrambled for it. Do you know why?"

Chen Mo watched the koi carp vying for food in the pond and pondered for a moment: If fish food were given to the koi, it would be expected that they would fight over it. But tossing down a single leaf had such an effect. This showed that they hadn't been fed for a long time.

"Is it because Her Majesty hasn't been fed for too long?"

Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly laughed: "Not feeding them is just a facade. The real reason is that I've kept these koi in captivity. If I hadn't kept them, they could have found their own food in the great rivers and lakes, and wouldn't need to depend on others."

Chen Mo vaguely realized something.

Xiao Nanfeng used this as an analogy, saying that he had essentially kept everyone in the entire palace under his control.

Why is this woman being kept as a pet?
The supreme imperial power is inherently a kind of constraint, isn't it? The power of life and death is nothing more than a matter of a single word.

Why bother?
Xiao Nanfeng picked another leaf and threw it into the pond before speaking: "I understand your question. You are already the supreme ruler, why bother with this? Actually, it's quite necessary. What I desire is not the highest position, nor empty fame. Keeping them in captivity has an advantage: if I want to kill and cook the koi, I can easily catch a couple. Otherwise, even with the power of the supreme ruler, one cannot kill people arbitrarily, can one? Even the highest ruler needs a pretext. If one is too cruel, it will inevitably provoke resistance."

At this point, Xiao Nanfeng suddenly paused, "It's clear that no matter how much power one has, one cannot do whatever one wants. But keeping someone under control is an option."

Chen Mo said, "Your Majesty is keeping tens of thousands of people in captivity so that you can kill them and use them as fertilizer?"

Xiao Nanfeng turned and walked towards the living room in the backyard, a slight smile curving her lips. "You're very clever. That's exactly what I was planning. The reason I'm telling you all this today is because you're special. You have something I need."

Need something...

The twin demons' offspring.

Chen Mo was not surprised by this.

However, judging from Xiao Nanfeng's speech, Xiao Nanfeng's appearance was somewhat frightening.

This made Chen Mo feel very uneasy.

Seeing that Chen Mo hadn't followed, Xiao Nanfeng stopped and said, "You keep asking questions because you want to know more about me. Just come with me."

Chen Mo pondered for a moment.

They've already revealed their hand.

There's nothing left to flash.

He gritted his teeth and followed Xiao Nanfeng.

Xiao Nanfeng walked very slowly. The backyard was very large, and it took him a long time to walk through it.

Chen Mo followed closely behind Empress Dowager Xiao. He would occasionally glance at her, noticing that she wore a golden phoenix robe and a gold hairpin, exuding a powerful aura.

But Chen Mo knew very well that the Xiao Nanfeng he was seeing was definitely not the Xiao Nanfeng who had shown his fangs yet.

Once this woman shows her fangs, she will be terrifying.

The horror was beyond my imagination.

But Chen Mo had no way out and could only follow.

Before long, they arrived at the entrance to the living room in the backyard. Xiao Nanfeng slowly walked up a few steps and headed into the living room.

Chen Mo didn't hesitate and followed him into the living room.

The living room is very large.

Rather than calling it a living room, it's more accurate to describe it as a very grand ancestral hall. The hall is over twenty meters high and easily exceeds one hundred meters in length and width. It's far more imposing than the main hall of some top-tier temples.

The main hall of the ancestral hall was filled with ram's horn lamps, and large palace lanterns hung from the beams overhead. Their red glow cast a crimson hue over the entire hall, creating an eerie atmosphere.

The spacious ancestral hall was empty of other objects, except for... thirty-six coffins.

All the coffins were bright red, neatly arranged in a row. The lids were tightly closed, so it was impossible to see what was inside.

But Chen Mo had seen the ancient tombs of Dayin Mountain and this scene in Jiang Hongyue's memory.

It was clearly the coffin of the thirty-sixth generation.

It is used for corpse liberation and ascension to immortality.

Could it be that the Twin Demon Body that Xiao Nanfeng worships is right here?
its not right……

Xiao Nanfeng had previously stated that only she and Empress Dowager Xiao were truly alive in the entire palace. Everyone else... was merely a puppet she had created.

So what about the demonic bodies of the twin demons?
Are they no longer considered human?
Xiao Nanfeng ignored Chen Mo and walked step by step to an incense table next to the coffin. He lit three incense sticks, inserted them into the incense burner, and then bowed in respect.

Chen Mo remained standing at the entrance to the living room, not daring to take a single step forward.

After offering incense, Xiao Nanfeng turned to Chen Mo and said with a faint smile, "Chen Mo, do you know what this is?"

Chen Mo: "The Thirty-Six Coffins. It was originally used by the Twin Demons, who referenced the Thirty-Six Heavens of Taoism, to achieve immortality through corpse liberation."

Xiao Nanfeng's smile grew even wider. "You know quite a lot. No wonder you have a demonic fetus inside you. I won't hide it from you, the reason I invited you to the palace this time is to get the demonic fetus inside you."

They finally laid their cards on the table...

Chen Mo remained calm and murmured, "I've long heard that Your Majesty worshipped the Twin Demons' demonic bodies and gained great supernatural powers from it. Why not let the Twin Demons' demonic bodies appear before us?"

Although the situation was different from what Chen Mo had imagined, he knew that he couldn't avoid it now.

The more you learn, the better.

Xiao Nanfeng, however, scrutinized Chen Mo, his smile growing even brighter. "It must have been Jiang Hongyue who told you. But how do you know that everything Jiang Hongyue said is true?"

As she spoke, she strolled past a row of red coffins, finally stopping beside the coffin of the thirty-sixth emperor: "The palace is too lonely; it's rare to find a living person here these days. I am truly lonely too. If you want to know the answer, come and open the coffin yourself."

Empress Dowager Xiao looks quite well today.

But Chen Mo knew that Empress Dowager Xiao acted this way because she possessed absolute self-confidence. Perhaps she genuinely felt lonely and simply wanted to chat with Chen Mo a little longer. *Whoosh*

Chen Mo raised his hand and waved it, and a zombie power suddenly erupted, merging with the Ghost Emperor's unparalleled power, and immediately lifted the lids of the coffins.

Click, click, click!

As the lids of each coffin were opened, Chen Mo finally saw what was inside.

They are not twin demons at all.

Instead, they were all... Empress Dowager Xiao!

Indeed, in each coffin lay a peaceful Empress Xiao.

Empress Xiao as a child, Empress Xiao as a girl, Empress Xiao as an adult, Empress Xiao in middle age, Empress Xiao in old age...

The last coffin contained Empress Xiao, who was in her old age.

The Empress Dowager Xiao standing before us was actually much younger than the elderly Empress Dowager Xiao in the coffin of the thirty-sixth generation.

This is a case of...rejuvenation.

Even though Chen Mo had repeatedly speculated about how terrifying Empress Xiao was, he still couldn't help but gasp when he actually saw the scene inside the thirty-six coffins.

There are no twin demons in this world.

Only Empress Xiao.

In other words, Empress Xiao has either assimilated or killed the Twin Demons. Empress Xiao has gained the Twin Demons' abilities…

Empress Xiao... she's a twin demon!
How could this old woman be so perverted?
You must know how terrifying the Twin Demons were back then. Even Jiang Hongyue was driven to her death by them.

How did Xiao Nanfeng manage to do that?

It’s just off the mark!
wrong……

Not right.

Chen Mo suddenly realized something even more terrifying: the coffin containing the thirty-sixth generation contained the corpses of thirty-six generations. Each generation lasted three years, totaling one hundred and eight years.

So how come there's an extra living Xiao Nanfeng?
The original Thirty-Six Coffins of the Twin Demons only contained thirty-six corpses. There were no other Twin Demons besides them.

That means... Empress Dowager Xiao, that old woman, has lived through thirty-six lifetimes!?

Thinking of this, Chen Mo gasped, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

Could this old woman have achieved immortality through corpse liberation?
That's why I'm so confident.

That's why I'm talking to myself so much. I'm completely treating myself like an ant.

Terrifying!
For a moment, Chen Mo was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and even breathing seemed impossible.

Who would have thought.

If I hadn't come today... who would have known?

After a long moment of stunned silence, Chen Mo finally spoke, "Your Majesty, have you completed your thirty-six incarnations and ascended to immortality through corpse liberation?"

Xiao Nanfeng did not answer, but just smiled faintly.

At first her smile was very calm, but it quickly became more and more unrestrained.

"Hahaha...you're the first to know."

"Who knows how much effort I've expended and how many sacrifices I've made over the years to kill the Twin Demons? What the Twin Demons could do, I have done. What the Twin Demons couldn't do, I have also done. How could the mere worldly power of the Great Qian Empire bind my discerning eyes?"

Her emotions grew increasingly agitated. "To ascend to immortality through corpse liberation requires two conditions: an indestructible demonic body and elderberry. When I welcomed the twin demons into the palace, I suffered countless humiliations. Finally, I found a piece of elderberry, which sparked my ambition to replace the twin demons. This process was truly dangerous. People talk about demons, but little do they know that demons are the most terrifying. Only an indestructible demonic body can have thirty-six lifetimes. Ordinary people die in one lifetime. This applies to ghosts, zombies, and demons alike. Only an indestructible demonic body can live for thirty-six lifetimes in this world."

"Hahaha... I've done it all. I transformed myself into an indestructible demon body using my own power. I killed the Twin Demons and took their place. I even borrowed their method of ascending to immortality through the corpse liberation of their thirty-six incarnations."

"This world is full of ordinary people. Ordinary people have no idea what I want, nor do they know my ambitions and painstaking efforts. You, Chen Mo, are a lucky person, having actually obtained the demonic fetus. So I will say a few more words to you."

"But do you know why I invited you to the palace?"

The moment he finished speaking, a powerful black demonic energy suddenly surged from Xiao Nanfeng's body, raging like a whirlwind and immediately rushing up into the sky above Shou Kang Palace, transforming into dense black mist that covered everything there.

Even the moonlight falling from the sky was blocked by this thick black mist.

The surroundings turned completely dark.

At this moment, Empress Dowager Xiao had transformed into a terrifying old woman, her dark eyes fixed intently on Chen Mo.

Chen Mo didn't hesitate and immediately activated the Ghost Emperor's spiritual power and the Corpse Ancestor's unyielding zombie power.

Even so, it was still suppressed by this powerful black demonic energy.

It felt like being in an ice cellar, making every step extremely difficult.

The opponent's demonic energy was too terrifying.

This was the first time Chen Mo had truly faced an indestructible demonic body.

However, Chen Mo did not know how to answer Xiao Nanfeng's question.

Before entering the palace, Chen Mo thought that Empress Dowager Xiao worshipped the Twin Demons and that her summons was simply to remove the demonic fetus from his body. After all, his demonic fetus was the one that had completed thirty-six incarnations.

Once they descend, it will be time for their bodies to dissolve and they to ascend to immortality.

But plans cannot keep up with changes.

Now, Empress Xiao has killed the Twin Demons and taken their place. She has even completed her thirty-six incarnations.

In other words, Empress Xiao has surpassed the former Twin Demons.

This old woman even wanted me to enter the palace... what was her purpose?
An answer that Chen Mo dared not even imagine suddenly came to mind.

"Is the Empress Dowager planning to kill us to silence us?"

"Hahaha." Empress Xiao suddenly burst into laughter, her face contorted with rage. "You're quite clever. Yes, I've endured countless hardships to complete my thirty-six lifetimes. My ascension to immortality is nearing completion. And the demonic fetus within you has also completed its thirty-six lifetimes. It only needs to descend to earth to achieve ascension to immortality. What makes you think this is possible? What makes it so that after all my sacrifices, the demonic fetus within you can immediately reach the same level as me?"

"Two tigers cannot share one mountain. That's why I must kill you. After you die, nothing in this Great Qian world will be able to threaten me."

really……

She wasn't after her own demonic fetus; she wanted to kill it.

Think about it from another perspective.

In other words... even a powerful figure like Empress Xiao was afraid of the demonic fetus within her.

"Jie Jie Jie."

Empress Dowager Xiao suddenly burst into a ferocious laugh: "Chen Mo, I have not treated you badly. At least I will let you die knowing why. Do you have any last words?"

Chen Mo slowly straightened up, showing no fear whatsoever. Instead, he suddenly raised his head and stared intently at Empress Dowager Xiao: "I have no last words, I just want to see... just how terrifying you are after your corpse has been liberated and you've ascended to immortality. Xiao Nanfeng, you despicable woman!"

The moment he finished speaking, Chen Mo clasped his hands together in a mudra.

Blood Curse, activate!

(End of this chapter)