The Demon King, reborn in Japan as a monk

"it is good."

As she spoke, Consort Yuan decisively stood up from the bed and began to take off her clothes...

……

Then the following night.

"Let's go, take me to the Empress's palace, I'll avenge you," said Ishihara Shoko to the Empress, who had finally regained some strength after a day of rest.

"Alright," Consort Yuan readily agreed.

The two then left Consort Yuan's palace together, moving like ghosts and phantoms, disappearing into the alleys unnoticed by everyone, until they arrived at the Kunning Palace where the Empress resided.

After briefly questioning the eunuchs and guards outside and confirming that Yang Pan was not inside, he decisively opened the door and went in.

Then, a room decorated with yellow and white, elegant yet luxurious, came into view of Ishihara and his companion.

Following them through the front hall, they arrived at the bedroom on the side at the back, where they saw the Empress, who had already removed her imperial robes and was only wearing a plain white silk undergarment, reclining on a soft couch reading a book.

Without wasting any words, Shi Yuanzhang waved his arm, and the Empress suddenly disappeared from the palace.

Then Shi Yuanzhang reached out and wrapped his arms around Yuanfei's waist, tearing through the void and returning to another stronghold he had recently acquired in Yujing City, besides the house he had bought and Su Mu's place—the Champion Marquis Yang An's Champion Marquis Mansion.

While accompanying Su Mu in refining pills and improving his cultivation level, Shi Yuanzhang also took Huang Yanyan back to the Champion Marquis's Mansion, temporarily taking over the mansion and storing the gold, silver, jewels, and other items he liked into his personal space.

As for the champion's woman...

Most of them were already in the previous Calabash of Creation. In other words, even if there were other women in the mansion, they were all ordinary people who didn't know martial arts or Taoist magic. They couldn't bring Shi Yuanzhang much benefit or trouble. So after a simple control, the entire Champion Marquis's mansion was completely his.

Even if it's only temporary, once Yang Pan confirms Yang An's death and takes this place back, it will be enough for him to use to handle some secret matters.

For example, torturing the Empress or something.

"Alright, let's settle our scores and avenge our grievances." In a secret room within the Marquis of Champion's residence, Shi Yuanzhang, having bound the Empress, whose cultivation he had sealed, to an instrument resembling that used to torture prisoners, sat down on a chair to the side, holding Huang Yanyan's body, and spoke to Consort Yuan beside him.

Chapter 513 Revenge

"Fragrant Fox King, and all of you, what are you doing?!" The Queen, who had finally seen the light of day again and understood the situation before her, changed her expression and struggled violently as she loudly questioned the only woman she recognized in the room—Fragrant Fox King.

"Can't you see for yourself what you're going to do?" Consort Yuan looked at the Empress, who had become a lamb to the slaughter, and felt a surge of vengeful pleasure.

If it weren't for her, if it weren't for this woman in front of me, how could my cultivation level, which I had cultivated for hundreds of years, have been scattered and sealed? How could I have lost my innocence in this life for the sake of revenge!

Even if she was prepared to become Yang Pan's plaything when she chose to enter the Great Qian Dynasty and become Yang Pan's concubine, it was still to gather intelligence and understand the strengths and weaknesses of the Great Qian royal family!

But now?

Thinking of this, the Fox King wished he could just devour the queen in front of him!

However, that would be too easy on this wretched woman. So, immediately afterward, Consort Yuan strode up to the Empress and ripped the Empress's silk undergarment to shreds. This caused the Empress, a woman from the Ji family, one of the four great noble families, who was the most particular about etiquette, to lose her composure on the spot!

"The King of Fragrant Foxes!"

"Shi Yi, don't you like playing with women? The Empress of Daqian is right in front of you now, what are you waiting for?" Yuan Fei ignored the Empress's screams and turned around abruptly to look at Shi Yuanzhang, who was holding Huang Yanyan and watching the show, and said loudly.

"what?"

What's this? Did the gossip of the past backfire on you?

"Your transformation into a villain is quite impressive," Shi Yuanzhang said with a smile as he released Huang Yanyan from his arms and stood up.

However, it's understandable. After all, the Fox King is the Fox King, a demon rather than a pure human. Just as Zen Yinsha is savage and cruel in dealing with certain things, the Fox King, when extremely angry, will revert to his beastly nature instead of thinking about gains and losses like a human.

Besides, even if she wanted to use the Empress, there weren't any good options at the moment.

After all, Yang Pan was the emperor, a man who, although he did not cultivate the Dao of Forgetfulness, was still cold-hearted and ruthless. If the existence of the empress became a problem for the Great Qian Dynasty, Yang Pan would not mind issuing an edict to depose the current empress and establish a new one.

Moreover, Consort Yuan believed that even the Ji family, whose members were originally from the Empress's family, would not object.

So, if you want to humiliate the empress, besides making her lose her dignity and turning her from the high and mighty mother of the nation into a lowly woman who is available to all men, it doesn't seem very interesting to throw her into a cesspool or strip her naked and leave her in the street.

Besides, this isn't a matter of choosing between two options. After satisfying Ishihara Akira, they could throw excrement on the Empress, throw her in the bustling city center of Yujing for everyone to see, and thus attack the Empress's spirit from all angles. It wouldn't be impossible to also maintain the dignity of the Great Qian Dynasty.

Since Ishihara Sho took her away from the Daqian Imperial Palace, she basically had no chance of going back, so naturally there was no need to worry about anything anymore, and she could do whatever she wanted.

"What? You're not willing?" Consort Yuan asked with a half-smile.

"No, of course I'm willing. After all, she's the Empress of a country. Even if she's not as beautiful as you, just having that status is enough to excite people. Besides, the Empress herself is quite beautiful and has a great temperament. She's elegant and noble. I'd be a fool to refuse." Ishihara Akira laughed heartily.

"Then what are you waiting for?" Consort Yuan urged.

Ishihara Akira continued to laugh, then began to take off his robe...

"His Majesty will not let you go!" the Empress cried out in despair.

……

And so another day passed.

"How are you feeling now?" Inside the Marquis of Champion's residence, Ishihara Zhang asked Consort Yuan, who had already taken the pills he had refined again using the blood of Phoenix Flame, which carried the bloodline of the phoenix.

"That's enough. Now, as long as I replenish my qi and blood, I'm confident I can recover my original martial arts level in the shortest amount of time." After digesting the effects of the medicine, Yuanfei stood up and stretched her body, saying with satisfaction.

“That’s perfect. I have a precious pill here, made by imitating the Supreme Dao’s Earthly Yuan Elixir with the Yuanpin Heavenly Pearl. It has the effect of transforming the body and soul, and I think it should be able to help you replenish the deficiencies in your body.” As he spoke, Shi Yuanzhang took out the few remaining Five-Turn Yuan Pills and handed them to Yuan Fei.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Yuanfei's martial arts level was not very high. However, it is related to the difference between her innate and acquired abilities. If she were a master of marrow refining or a martial saint of blood exchange, a single pill could make up for the deficiencies in her body.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Since she had already given herself to Ishihara Sho, Consort Yuan naturally had no intention of being polite or hesitant. She took the pill and swallowed it directly.

Instantly, the medicinal power dissipated, and Yuanfei began a new round of cultivation and refinement.

After a long time, the effects of the medicine wore off, and Yuanfei's martial arts level, which had been abolished, returned to the level of a Bone Refining Martial Master under the influence of the medicine... She only needed to ponder and recuperate a little longer to completely return to the Innate Realm and begin a new round of cultivation.

"Unfortunately, my spiritual cultivation won't recover so easily," Consort Yuan said regretfully after absorbing the medicinal effects.

“That’s easy.” With that, he led Consort Yuan back to the secret chamber where the Empress was imprisoned. He walked up to the Empress and, under her hateful gaze, forcibly pulled out the Empress’s soul with his soul-removing gloves. He then shattered it, used a soul vortex to grind it into the purest soul energy, and threw it into Consort Yuan’s body.

Without hesitation, Consort Yuan immediately began to digest the information using the visualization techniques she knew.

After a long time.

"How much has it recovered?" Ishihara Akira asked.

"It's almost at the point where the creature is about to manifest," Consort Yuan replied.

"Then I will teach you the Essence Rebirth Secret Technique of the Essence Temple. This way, whether you want to enhance your martial arts progress or improve the recovery speed of your soul realm, you will be able to do so much faster." After saying that, he transmitted the Essence Rebirth Secret Technique to Yuanfei through telepathy.

After accepting the offer, Consort Yuan suddenly felt that giving herself to Ishihara Sho might not be such a bad choice.

If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been able to recover his lost martial arts and spiritual cultivation to this extent so easily.

"What are you going to do with her?" Ishihara Akira asked, pointing to the lifeless body of the Empress.

"Let's throw the excrement onto Tianqiao Street for the world to see," Consort Yuan said without hesitation.

"You're really ruthless," Ishihara Akira chuckled.

Consort Yuan did not speak, but stared coldly at the Empress's corpse in front of her.

Naturally, Ishihara Akira did not refuse her suggestion. That night, while most people were resting, he dumped the empress's body, which was covered in excrement, onto Tianqiao Street and waited for the next day.

As for himself, he continued to play around in the Marquis's mansion with Consort Yuan and Huang Yanyan.

After that, Shi Yuanzhang put away Huang Yanyan and Yuan Fei, dismissed the servants of the Champion Marquis, as well as the women who were ordinary people, and set off for the Zhengyi Sect to get rid of another enemy in Yuan Fei's heart - the sect leader of the Zhengyi Sect, Ji Changyue.

Chapter 514 The Book of Life and Death

There's no need to go into the details of the battle, because there was no process involved. Basically, Ji Changyue was defeated the moment they met.

There was no way around it; the difference in their realms was simply too great. One was a creator, while the other was a ghost immortal at the first or second tribulation. Furthermore, Ishihara Sho was utterly unethical and immediately used the Seven Treasures Tree to wipe people out, so he didn't even have a chance to resist before falling into Ishihara Sho's hands.

Then Shi Yuanzhang didn't hold back. First, he used the technique of "Essence Rejuvenation" to drain Ji Changyue's physical body and blood, gathering all the power into her soul. Then, he took out her soul and used the Soul Vortex to crush and purify it. According to the soul cultivation realm of Huang Yanyan and Yuan Fei, he infused the soul power belonging to Ji Changyue into the two of them, helping them break through the soul cultivation realm.

Needless to say, under the impact of the huge difference in quality, both Yuan Fei and Huang Yan Yan successfully broke through their cultivation realms, shattered the barriers, and entered the Ghost Immortal realm.

Then Ishihara Akira put the two away again, and plundered some materials for refining magic weapons, gold and silver jewelry, and medicinal herbs from the Zhengyi sect. Just like when he came, he left the Zhengyi sect's mountain gate again.

And this marked the official beginning of his tour of Tianzhou—

Since leaving the Zhengyi Sect, Shi Yuanzhang has become increasingly unrestrained. Aside from a brief trip back to the Daluo Sect and Yaochi Sect to arrange business, he has spent the rest of his time running around the entire Daqian Dynasty.

Each state, each county, each mountain.

Wherever there are sects, clans, or aristocratic families, there will always be Shi Yuanzhang's shadow. He will then investigate and collect evidence, and depending on the local sects and aristocratic families' heritage, he will either directly raid their homes to seize their treasures, or send them invitations to exchange ideas, or he will suppress them through forced exchanges and take away their heritage. Alternatively, depending on his needs, he will seize the true meaning of spells and the prototypes of magic weapons from the minds of disciples and followers of various sects and integrate them into the Chaos Bell, the Seven Treasures Tree, or the Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, thereby enhancing their quality and performance.

For example, the Brahma Wheel, a magical treasure of the Brahma family among the so-called four great families, was fused together with the Wheel of Reincarnation.

The consequences and impact of this are predictable; Ishihara Akane instantly became the enemy of the entire Daqian!

However, Ishihara Akira had anticipated this, so when he took action, he not only did not bring Qin Mengyao, Zhao Feirong, Yao Yueting, Yao Yueru, Xianghu Wang, and Huang Yanyan, but even his own face was fake. Whether it was the first family or the last family, all the faces he presented were fake and inconsistent. Therefore, even if the entire Daqian forces united, as long as Zhao Feier of the Da Luo Sect and Yao Qinghui of the Yaochi Sect did not take the initiative to reveal that they were the Creator, no one could lock down his identity and whereabouts.

Then Ishihara Akira went to the last place he visited during his tour of the Great Qian Dynasty—the old lair of the Supreme Dao, Tianzhu Mountain!

He hadn't forgotten that there was a celestial embryo waiting for him to collect.

The process was a bit troublesome, after all, he wasn't a champion marquis with great fortune who could easily encounter good things while traveling. In addition, Tianzhu Mountain was the residence of the Supreme Dao. Even if Meng Shenji was not necessarily within the Daoist sect due to his weakened state during the tribulation, Shi Yuanzhang couldn't openly search the entire Tianzhu Mountain. He could only observe the aura and the flow and absorption of primordial energy of Tianzhu Mountain little by little through the Emperor's Qi Observation Technique to judge the specific situation.

Therefore, it took Shi Yuanzhang three or four days to find the Heavenly Spirit Embryo, which was absorbing the primordial energy of heaven and earth and growing in a valley that was naturally formed by heaven and earth and resembled some kind of formation.

Without hesitation, he immediately waved his arm and put away the spirit embryo. Then, with a flash, he left Tianzhu Mountain, a dangerous place that was only a stone's throw away from Meng Shenji and Taishangdao.

……

"I've gathered enough spiritual energy and materials. It's time to refine the Book of Life and Death as well." Inside the Yaochi Sect, Shi Yuanzhang, who had just finished processing the Heavenly Pillar Mountain Divine Stone and implanted his spiritual energy into the spiritual embryo, muttered to himself. He only needed to wait for another thunderstorm to absorb enough lightning energy with the Immortal Capital Jade Pendant to completely refine the spiritual embryo into his human immortal avatar.

Without hesitation, he immediately took out the materials and ideas he had previously seized from various Daoist lineages and sects that could be used to refine magical treasures. He used his primordial spirit fire to refine and shape them, and then mixed them with books and paper treasures that he had seized from families like the Four Great Families, which were descended from ancient philosophers. These treasures were like the original works of sages. A book with a black cover, resembling an account book, appeared in Ishihara Akira's hands.

The three large characters "Book of Life and Death," shimmering with a dark gold luster, appeared one after another on the title page of the book, their faint light exuding a mysterious and eerie aura.

Then, the eightfold halo of faith behind Ishihara Sho's head appeared. With a grab of Ishihara Sho's hand, the thoughts of believers, which were collected along with the power of faith, were extracted from the halo of faith and directly merged into the Book of Life and Death in his hand without any further processing.

Then, the thoughts of the people of Daqian that he had collected during his previous tour of Daqian and his campaigns against sects were also separated from their emotions and desires by him using the methods of a celestial demon and thrown into them.

A Book of Life and Death, containing all the information of the people of the three kingdoms of Daqian, Shenfeng, and Chuyun, was thus created.

However, it has only been refined. It may be usable, but expecting it to have the divine power to judge death and prolong life like the legendary artifact, the Book of Life and Death, requires more processing.

However, it works perfectly as an information verification platform.

Thinking this, Ishihara Akira opened the Book of Life and Death in his hand...