My Golden Core is a Star, do you call this cultivating?

Chapter 116: I Will Wait for You Beautifully!

"Hmph, remnants of the Blood Palace, hidden within my Zitian Alliance, how despicable!"

Zitian Xuannü hastily struck out, severely injuring the man but unable to detain him.

"That scarlet light, was it the work of the Blood Lord?" one of the supremes spoke, a solemn look in his eyes.

The reason the foolish man could break free from the encirclement in an instant was because of that drop of scarlet blood.

"I once obtained a drop of that blood and inquired with the Destiny Tablet.

The Destiny Tablet's answer was that it belonged to a great demon!" Zitian Xuannü raised her head, her eyes filled with a murderous intent.

Hearing the mention of the Destiny Tablet, the expressions of those present tensed, and a trace of greed emerged in their hearts.

The Destiny Tablet was a supreme treasure of this world, said to be able to see the past and the future.

Zitian Xuannü's achievements were inseparable from the Destiny Tablet.

It could be said that with the Destiny Tablet in her possession, Zitian Xuannü's combat power was the strongest in this world.

And the Destiny Tablet had become Zitian Xuannü's tool for asserting her authority.

Whether the Blood Lord was a great demon or not was irrelevant.

What mattered was that Zitian Xuannü said the Destiny Tablet declared the Blood Lord a great demon.

Therefore, the Blood Lord was a great demon, to be struck down by all under heaven.

...

At the ends of the earth, within the Blood Palace.

Morning came, with no sun, yet there was still a faint light.

The ends of the earth were located in the south, the southernmost part of this world, and the place where dawn broke earliest.

In a boudoir, a young girl with snow-like cheeks and black hair framing her delicate face was looking at herself in the mirror, carefully drawing her thin, curved brows. Her slightly pale face was transformed into a beautiful visage, and the flowers in the vase on the pearwood dressing table reflected in the mirror along with her face.

The girl stood up, her brocade dress embroidered with intricate pairs of turtledoves, and her eyes brightened.

Every morning, the canary would rise early and meticulously draw her eyebrows.

Even after three hundred years, she seemed unchanged from her time on Jiupan Mountain, still loving beauty and paying close attention to her appearance.

"Sister Canary, I heard that the Foolish Daoist has returned," a crisp, urgent female voice called from outside the room, "but he was seriously injured when he returned, fainted without saying a word. Do you want to go see him?"

"Huh?" Anxiety flashed in the Canary's slender eyes. "What happened?"

"Sister Yanran said the Foolish Daoist had been undercover in the Zitian Alliance, and his sudden return likely means he brought urgent news.

I suspect the Zitian Alliance will soon come to our Blood Palace." The girl's voice was filled with worry. "Sister Canary, shall we go to the hall to see the Foolish Daoist?"

"Okay..."

"Huh? Sister Canary?" The girl showed a puzzled expression.

She saw the Canary running out of the boudoir barefoot, her delicate, lotus-like feet bare, lifting her skirt as she ran outside.

She was confused.
Why so urgent?
She seemed more hurried than reincarnating.

Outside the Blood Palace, the sea churned constantly. A man in a blood-colored robe, with a faint smile on his face, looked into the distance and transformed into a stream of light to meet the incoming figure.

"Blood Bead!"

The young girl’s face was filled with excitement, her eyes moist as she lifted her skirt and ran, crashing into the arms of the man in the blood-colored robe.

Clinging to the blood-colored robe like a koala, she no longer cared about her image, her long legs tightly wrapped around Qi Yuan’s waist.

"I knew it, I knew you would come back to see me!" Canary's voice cracked a bit.

"Sorry, I'm late." Qi Yuan, holding her full thigh with one hand and caressing her back with the other, smiled brightly at seeing her unchanged beauty.

After a while of tenderness in Qi Yuan's arms, Canary still clung to him, unwilling to let go. She blushed, like a peach blossom, and whispered, "You've become even more handsome... Luckily I did my makeup this morning, otherwise, I would have been outshone by you!"

"I knew you appreciated my looks." Qi Yuan's smile deepened. "Along the way, people were very afraid of me."

"Hmph, those people are blind!" Canary's voice was cheerful. "I'm the most beautiful woman in the Eighteen Mountains, and you, Blood Bead, are the most handsome man in the Eighteen Mountains."

Qi Yuan listened to her voice and tightened his embrace.

Holding her, he looked out to the sea.

In the sea, there was a grand portal.

Canary also noticed the portal and seemed a bit dazed.

Qi Yuan grabbed Canary's small foot, wiping off the dust. "It's dirty, let’s wash it."

The warm sensation made Canary shy. She looked at Qi Yuan and said, "I just got up, didn't properly wear my shoes... Don't touch my feet, it tickles!"

Qi Yuan placed Canary on a large stone in the sea, and they sat side by side, facing the grand portal.

[You have comprehended the origin, mutation ability +1000.]

[You have comprehended the origin, water control ability +10.]

It was as if Qi Yuan had first arrived at Jiupan Mountain, with Canary by his side, and he was comprehending the grand portal.

"Blood Bead, I suspect you’re deceiving me!" Canary said discontentedly.

"Deceiving you about what?"

"You lied, saying that comprehending the grand portal would make me prettier, but that's false!

I've been comprehending it for so many years, with no effect at all!

And... and everyone says the grand portal is an ominous door, containing the heart demon of the great demon.

Continually comprehending it might result in being possessed by the heart demon of the great demon." Canary's voice was filled with worry.

Qi Yuan squinted, looking at the grand portal.

[The grand portal, the unknown door, the door of all doors, it can be any door.]

According to Shang Yanran and Bai Ze's investigations, the grand portal was a replica created by the infinite heart demons of the Liufeng Realm.

However, what Qi Yuan's eyes saw had nothing to do with a replica.

Qi Yuan gently stroked Canary's head and said softly, "It's all rumors; we haven't seen it ourselves, so how do we know if it's true or false?

Even the legends of Buddha, great demons, and enchantresses may not be true.

Perhaps someone fabricated them.

Perhaps it’s entirely different from what they say."

Qi Yuan always believed only a third of rumors.

What he trusted most were his own eyes.

"Canary, don't believe anyone else. Trust only yourself, understand?"

The sea breeze stirred the surface of the sea, waves blossoming.

Canary tilted her head, looking at Qi Yuan. "I’ll reluctantly trust you!"

Qi Yuan smiled warmly. "Alright, we should return to the Blood Palace. There are still matters to handle."

Only then did Canary remember something, quickly saying, "Oh no, I forgot. The Foolish Daoist seems to have brought important information but is seriously injured and unconscious!"

Canary also told Qi Yuan about the Foolish Daoist's undercover work.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan said, "Let’s go check on him."

Back when Qi Yuan gave a lecture, twenty-seven people followed him.

Among them, the Foolish Daoist was the leader.

...

In the Blood Palace.

The Foolish Daoist lay on the bed, the sheets stained with blood. His face was as pale as paper, severely injured and unconscious.

Shang Yanran, with a charming yet serious face, said, "Zitian Xuannü's power is growing stronger. Just one strike severely injured Big Brother."

Among the twenty-seven, the Foolish Daoist was their leader.

They all had immense respect for the Foolish Daoist.

Bai Ze stood aside, worriedly saying, "With the Destiny Tablet, Zitian Xuannü's power is becoming more terrifying. Can our Blood Palace survive this crisis?"

"Husband, why worry? We won’t know until we fight." Shang Yanran, never one to admit defeat, spoke up.

She and Bai Ze were married before they heard the lecture.

Their personalities were vastly different.

"Sigh." Bai Ze sighed. "I just think this world is too harsh.

Figures like Zitian Xuannü, who deceive the world, can become leaders?

Throwing mud at our master, claiming he is a great demon, is truly vile!"

"Who let her have the Destiny Tablet?" Shang Yanran said, remembering something. She continued, "If a battle starts, we must send our master's wife away in advance."

"Master's wife? What master's wife?"

At this moment, an eerie, ethereal voice echoed in the hall.

A handsome man in a blood-red robe, holding the hand of a young girl in a bright yellow dress, appeared.

The girl's face was flushed with red, and she looked at everyone, sneaking a glance at Qi Yuan. "Don’t speak nonsense!"

At this moment, everyone in the hall, upon hearing the voice and seeing the blood-robed figure beside the girl, showed expressions of excitement and disbelief.

"Blood Lord!"

"Master!"

"Master!"

Over ten figures stepped forward, filled with overwhelming excitement.

They never expected to see their master, who had been missing for three hundred years, today.

Their master!
Qi Yuan's eyes held a faint smile.

Reuniting with old friends, he felt joy.

But after seeing the Canary, his joy slightly dimmed.

He looked at the Foolish Daoist on the bed and softly said, "Injured by Zitian Xuannü?"

Shang Yanran, though excited, earnestly said, "Yes."

"What a pity. When I came, I only encountered their army, not Zitian Xuannü. Otherwise... I would have dealt with that clown with one sword stroke," Qi Yuan lamented.

He had only been gone for three hundred years.

This Zitian Xuannü went crazy throwing mud at him.

This made Qi Yuan feel he had gained a lot.

When he faces the Guangming Palace after clearing the game.

He must register a few small accounts and frantically post to tarnish Guangming Palace's reputation.
"Master... did you come from Jiupan Mountain?" Shang Yanran asked.

"Yes, non-stop, only stopping to kill a few people."

Qi Yuan’s speed was indeed fast.

The news of the Blood Lord's revival had yet to reach the ends of the earth when Qi Yuan had already arrived.

"Master, Zitian Xuannü’s attack is fierce. My suggestion is we leave the base and avoid direct confrontation.

The Zitian Alliance has over a hundred supremes, and Zitian Xuannü’s power is unfathomable.

But our Blood Palace has only eight supremes, one seriously injured. We are no match for the Zitian Alliance," Shang Yanran calmly said.

If the Blood Lord had not returned, she would have ordered a retreat.

But now that the Blood Lord was back, she had to ask for her master’s opinion.

Canary also tugged at Qi Yuan's sleeve and whispered, "Blood Bead, the enemy is too strong. Let’s run!"

Canary didn’t care about dignity, only about survival.

Qi Yuan looked at everyone and slowly said, "They offended us. Why should we run?"

His face showed confidence. "Leave everything to me!"

If they were the supremes of the north-south decision, Qi Yuan might be a bit wary.

But the supremes of this world were more like half-step supremes with the title but lacking true divine abilities, making them equals to Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan was a heaven-born foundation builder. Would he fear equals?

One sword strike for a bunch, easily done.

The only tricky one was Zitian Xuannü.

The others exchanged glances.

Shang Yanran then smiled and said, "Since master is here, everything will be fine!"

Bai Ze remained worried but said nothing.

To them, their master was more sacred than the Destiny Tablet.

Qi Yuan looked at the Foolish Daoist and lightly tapped the void.

A blood-red streak spread in the void, finally forming a drop of blood.

He flicked the blood drop into the Foolish Daoist’s mouth and said, "He’ll wake in half a day."

This healing technique came from the Human Demon Path.

Qi Yuan had long mastered the Human Demon Path, understanding it beyond the Grand Sovereign and White Emperor when he last returned to the past.

Healing injuries was no problem.

"Since everything is fine, I will leave.

When the Zitian Alliance attacks, I will take action."

Qi Yuan finished and left with Canary.

His ties to this world were mostly with Canary.

He wanted to comprehend the grand portal.

After wiping out the Zitian Alliance, he would attempt to enter the grand portal.

For now, the grand portal remained unopened, and Qi Yuan wasn’t entirely confident of entering it.

The others watched him leave, still feeling like they were in a dream.

The Blood Lord came and went quickly.

After a brief silence, one of the supremes spoke.

"Can anyone gauge master’s strength?" one supreme asked a sensitive question.

Normally, he wouldn’t ask this.

But now, with the Zitian Alliance's threat looming, they couldn’t afford to hesitate and had to consider their safety.

"Can’t tell," the other supremes shook their heads.

The Blood Lord was innately divine, very mysterious to them.

Shang Yanran then said, "Roughly stronger than me, but compared to Zitian Xuannü, it’s uncertain, especially since... she has the Destiny Tablet."

Mentioning the Destiny Tablet cast a shadow over everyone's hearts.

This supreme treasure had many mystical attributes.

Rumors said that whoever possessed it could rule the world.

There were also rumors that the Buddha could suppress the world with its help.

"Since master is confident, we should trust him," Bai Ze, always reverent toward the Blood Lord, said with blind faith.

Shang Yanran, knowing her husband's nature, smiled and said, "We should prepare for both outcomes: fighting alongside master and securing a retreat, just in case."

...

At the ends of the earth, the sea churned.

Qi Yuan sat on a large stone, quietly comprehending the grand portal.

Canary, holding her head with her hand, looked at Qi Yuan, blinking, afraid that if she blinked, Blood Bead would disappear again.

"Blood Bead... how long will you stay this time?" After a long while, Canary gathered the courage to ask.

"I don’t know," Qi Yuan replied.

The chance to comprehend the origin had pulled him into the past of the Liufeng Realm.

The girl quietly accompanying him was a past figure.

He would eventually return to the present, unable to stay long in the past.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan felt troubled.

This strengthened his resolve to attain the mixed-element sagehood and master the river of time.

Unfortunately, comprehending the grand portal hadn’t given him any abilities related to time and space.

"Hmm, then when will you appear next time? Will it also be when the grand portal appears?" Canary asked expectantly.

Her and Blood Bead’s reunions were always brief.

But thinking that good things come to those who wait, Canary felt sweet inside.

"I don’t know," Qi Yuan fell silent, then after a long time, he said softly, "Canary... one day, I will find you at the end of time."

There were many others he needed to find.

Including Jin Li.

"Hmph, I will wait for you beautifully!" Canary said happily. "You better not get old. If you come with white hair, I’ll pretend not to know you!"

She moved closer, boldly hugging Qi Yuan’s arm, cherishing this reunion.

Qi Yuan’s heart calmed, comprehending the grand portal carefully.

After defeating Zitian Xuannü, he would consider entering the grand portal.

...

Within the Blood Palace, dark clouds loomed.

The news of the Blood Lord’s return had excited the Blood Palace for a while.

But soon, more turmoil arose.

Many strong individuals who had joined the Blood Palace later fled.

Before leaving, these individuals declared, "The Destiny Tablet has declared that the Blood Lord is a great demon!

The great demon is the source of all heart demons, to be struck down by all under heaven!"

This caused considerable unrest within the Blood Palace, people becoming anxious.

Many wanted to flee.

Shang Yanran ruthlessly suppressed some rebels, staining the Blood Palace with blood.

This escape reduced somewhat.

However, the entire Blood Palace still resembled a small boat in a storm, precarious and fraught with danger.

But at this time, many elders who had attended the lecture on Jiupan Mountain were heading to the Blood Palace, supporting the Blood Lord.

Unfortunately, these people were few compared to the many strong individuals gathering at the ends of the earth to strike down the great demon.

A storm was brewing, hidden currents stirring.

At the ends of the earth, outside the Blood Palace.

Strong individuals from the three major empires, seven major sects, twelve families, and the Zitian Alliance gathered continuously.

Just waiting for Zitian Xuannü’s order, heroes under heaven would strike down the great demon.

One day, with calm winds and clear skies, by the sea, the figure in the blood-colored robe stood up.

Because, in the sky, the grand portal finally opened.

Qi Yuan looked at the grand portal, his eyes gleaming.

Countless terrifying, eerie auras spread.

Qi Yuan's eyes showed greed.

He had a premonition that entering it would yield countless gains!
Perhaps, he could even comprehend his own origin divine ability.

But at that moment, a roar echoed from the grand portal, as if a terrifying creature was trying to break out from within.

Qi Yuan watched the grand portal, his greed fading into curiosity. "The great demon’s... heart demon, is inside the grand portal?"

At that moment, a heavy drumbeat sounded, and the whole world became murderous.

The battle... had begun.