Chapter 1083 - A Love-Hate Relationship

The young woman raised her slender, jade-like arm and twirled her long hair. This only made her transcendently beautiful features even more radiant.

Her lips curved into a playful arc. “It was your filial eldest disciple who told me, of course.”

Su Yi’s gaze focused, but then, he laughed. “So, Pi Mo sees you as the grand finale of today’s deathtrap.”

The young woman sighed. “I can’t blame him for telling me and trying to borrow my hands to kill you. Who beneath the heavens doesn’t know that I hate you to the bone, and that I’ve attacked the Grotto of Abstruse Force seven times?”

As soon as she said this, the distant Bai Yi and Ye Luo shook from head to toe. They suddenly realized who this was.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress!

The supreme expert of the Demons’ Elysium, an expert who’d long since achieved sovereignty on the demonic path, an Imperial Apex existence who gazed down upon the masses with contempt!

Over the years, this supreme expert of the demonic path had ventured into the Grotto of Abstruse Force seven times to duel their founder, the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force.

But every attempt ended in her defeat!

However, no one knew the details of these unparalleled duels. Even Bai Yi, Ye Luo, and the other disciples were completely in the dark.

All they knew was that the Heavensdeath Demon Empress, the expert the world’s Demonist cultivators saw as an ancestor of the demonic path, ended each duel with a threat to return. She said that next time, she’d be sure to take their founder down.

Furthermore, throughout history, almost no one had ever learned what the Heavensdeath Demon Empress really looked like.

Some said she was a peerless beauty as aloof as an immortal.

Others said she was an unmatched, amorous charmer capable of bewitching the masses, and that even Buddhas with hearts of boulders couldn’t resist her charms. She’d light their desires ablaze and send them falling into depravity.

Others said she took on countless different forms and delighted in wandering the world under different guises. Anyone you encountered might well be her in disguise.

In any event, rumors of the Heavensdeath Demon Empress were full of mysterious flair, and everyone had a different opinion.

This was why, when they first laid eyes on this filthy young woman, none of them thought to connect her to the famed ancestral-level expert of the Demonist path.

Bai Yi and Ye Luo looked at each other, their hearts trembling with worry.

The “ancestor” of the Demons’ Elysium was an Imperial Apex cultivator, a true hegemon of the Imperial Realm!

If she seized this opportunity to attack their master…

They’d only just realized this possibility when the young woman said, “Alas, the ignorant masses don’t realize that we fight as an expression of love. How could that kid Pi Mo possibly know how much I care about you? How could I bear to kill you, Big Brother Su?”

Bai Yi and Ye Luo looked at each other.

This ancestral expert of the Demonist path had stood at the pinnacle of the world for countless years, yet she called Su Yi “Big Brother” with every breath. Someone who didn’t know her background might not find this strange, but anyone who knew the truth would struggle to believe their ears!

Yao Emperor Red Pine and the others still didn’t realize who she was, but when they heard her call Pi Mo a “kid” and saw the looks on Ye Luo and Bai Yi’s faces, they realized she was most likely an unspeakably ancient old monster!

Furthermore, her seniority likely wasn’t any lower than the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force’s!

“Fighting as an expression of love?” Su Yi snorted coldly. “That’s entirely one-sided. When have there ever been ties of love between us?”

As he said this, he swept his gaze across the group, then said to the young woman. “Come with me.”

He then walked into the distance.

“Big Brother Su, there’s nothing illicit going on between us. Why concern yourself with how others view us?” the young woman said softly, her voice teasing.

But when she saw Su Yi walking away, she nonetheless followed him.

It was only after the two of them disappeared into the night that Ye Luo, Bai Yi, and the others felt a massive weight lift from their shoulders. All of them sighed in relief.

“I wouldn’t have thought she was such a terrifying existence,” muttered Ye Luo.

Throughout the Wilds, Profound Unity Realm cultivators weren’t all that rare.

But those old fossils who’d reached the pinnacle of the Profound Unity Realm, true Imperial Apex cultivators, were so rare that you could count them on your fingers!

And the Heavensdeath Demon Empress of the Demons’ Elysium was one of them.

She could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with living fossils like Buddhist Master Inkstone Heart of the Little Western Paradise and Ancestor Peng of the Nine Extremes Profound Capital!

“No wonder just listening to her voice affected my Dao Heart…” Bai Yi said with relief. “Now I understand. It’s not my lustful heart acting up.”

“....”

When Ye Luo, the Red Pine Yao Emperor, and the others heard that, they felt a bit awkward.

Earlier, their hearts had stirred, and their blood had heated up too.

“Daoist brothers, do you perhaps know who that woman is?” the Dark Mountain Yao Emperor couldn’t help but ask.

Ye Luo took a moment to calm himself. Then, as if afraid he’d be overhead, he transmitted to the others, “That’s the supreme expert of the Demons’ Elysium, the ancestral figure the world’s demonic cultivators revere.”

Red Pine, Dark Mountain, Blue Ox, and Wang Zhuofu froze in place as if they’d been struck by lightning.

……

A burbling stream flecked with starlight.

Su Yi stood by the water’s edge, took out a jug of wine, and drank with relish before finally speaking. “Enough. If you want to attack, come at me.”

The young woman stood nearby. She was a scrawny, pitiful sight, and she said weakly, “Big Brother Su, do you really think I’d throw stones at someone trapped down a well?”

Su Yi sighed. “There’s no one else around, so stop acting weak. The masses don’t know your true personality or appearance, but how could I not know? You’re an ancestral figure of the Demonist path, yet you insist on acting pitiful. If word got out, wouldn’t it disgrace the Demons’ Elysium?”

“Oh?” said the young woman. Her lustrous lips curved into a smile. “Over the years, I’ve lost to you seven times, and you’ve struck me seven times. You’ve long since seen through all of my secrets. That’s why I say no one in this world understands me better than you.”

Her soft voice was like the music of the heavens. It was enough to soften even one’s bones, but the subtle provocation in her words lent them an ambiguous quality.

Were any other cultivator to hear them, they’d likely have been dazzled, their soul overpowered as they sank into fantasy.

However, Su Yi felt a headache coming on, and the corners of his lips twitched. This demoness hasn’t changed a bit. Everything she says sounds soul-stirringly ambiguous.

𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

But Su Yi also knew that her mood could shift at the drop of a hat. She was one person when they were together, but someone else entirely with other people.

“It’s just as you say. To me, this is indeed the perfect opportunity for me to overpower you.” The young woman’s smile suddenly faded, and she walked up to the banks of the stream and stood beside Su Yi.

She gazed down at the water and her own delicate reflection. “But I also said that when I fought you, I disdained exploiting your vulnerable moments. You might well have trump cards capable of contending with me, but in a true clash of cultivation bases, you’re surely no match for me.”

The young woman’s voice suddenly changed. There was none of its former softness. Instead, it had an aloof quality and a unique magnetism.

Her entire disposition underwent a dramatic transformation. Just standing there, her slender figure seemed utterly majestic. She was unmatched in her beauty, and she gazed down upon the masses with contempt.

“The gap between the Profound Illumination Realm and the Imperial Apex Realm really is quite large,” Su Yi admitted. “I was once the greatest expert of the Imperial Apex Realm, and I’m naturally aware that if I wanted to defeat you in my current state, I’d have to use the greatest trump cards at my disposal. But if I did, it would surely lead to one of us dying.”

The young woman flashed him a charming smile. Her starry eyes sparkled inscrutably as she stared intently at him. “Earlier, I was worried that after emerging from the cycle of samsara, you’d become a different person. Now… I can rest assured.”

As she spoke, she completely disregarded Su Yi’s gaze, undid the buttons of her clothes, and stripped. Soon, she was completely naked.

Her snowy, delicate figure was on full display. Every detail was within Su Yi’s field of view.

But she didn’t care at all. Her smooth, lustrous legs carried her into the stream.

From behind, her shoulders seemed as if they’d been carved by a master artisan. Her waist was thin, and her back had moving curves. Beneath her lower back, she had smooth curves as ample as the full moon…

Whoosh~

The waters flowed by, and mist filled the air.

As the young woman’s delicate figure sank into the water, she stretched out comfortably. Only her beautiful face stuck out of the water.

Su Yi watched from beginning to end, but she didn’t seem at all bashful. No, this seemed perfectly natural to her.

Rather, she didn’t mind Su Yi seeing her.

Su Yi naturally didn’t look away, either.

But seeing her body entirely uncovered had still shaken his heart and stirred his soul.

“Big Brother Su, how about we bathe together?” The young woman laughed from within the stream.

Her laughter was charming, and her eyes were bright and beautiful. She was like a goddess from the nine heavens descending upon the mortal realm, and her unmatched beauty made heaven and earth seem dimmer by comparison.

In Su Yi’s eyes, she really was an unmatched beauty, like a painting he just couldn’t look away from.

But before long, his gaze landed on her right arm. It was as smooth and fair as ivory, but it was wrapped in numerous black chains, each as thin as string.

Upon closer inspection, there were thirteen of them.

Those were “Dao-Sealing Demon Chains”!

They looked like bracelets, but they could seal and suppress the cultivation base.

“It hasn’t been that long since we last saw each other, but you’re using four more Dao-Sealing Demon Chains than last time. Don’t tell me you’re on the verge of losing control of your cultivation base?” Su Yi’s eyebrows rose.

The young woman froze, stunned, then bit down on her pink lower lip. “There are so many beautiful parts of me you could look at, so why are you ignoring them and focusing on my cultivation base instead?”

Su Yi rubbed his forehead. “Fine, I don’t care then.”

Here, he turned around and was just about to leave when the young woman cried out, “Wait! Su Xuanjun, if you dare to leave, then I don’t care if I’m taking advantage of your temporary weakness. I’ll just suppress you, take you with me, and have you warm my bed and serve in my chambers!"

‘Warm your bed and serve in your chambers?’ Su Yi burst into cold laughter, then turned and left.

How could he possibly concern himself with such threats?

But before he’d gotten far, the young woman called out once more. “Fine, fine! Su Xuanjun, you’re the strongest of all. I admit defeat. I won’t tease you anymore, okay?”

She sounded a bit helpless, and a bit vexed.

Su Yi turned around and saw the young woman breathing heavily and gnashing her teeth, as if she wanted to skin him alive.

Su Yi couldn’t help but smile. He put his hands behind his back and sauntered over. “I see it now. You’ve come here to ask something of me, haven’t you?”