Chapter 109

He pushed his tongue forward, delivering all the infused divine power and blood into her throat. His forceful and dominant manner left no room for her to refuse, yet his hand remained gentle as it stroked her long hair.

She swallowed everything in one gulp. She heavily pushed the Heavenly Emperor away, covering her chest and coughing a few times. “What exactly did you feed me?”

“No, what have you been feeding me all this time?”

Su Heng recalled the feeling just now, which was exactly the same as what she had felt in her drowsy dreams these past few days.

The Heavenly Emperor was a bit surprised, but he quickly calmed down again, his brows and eyes filled with tenderness. “Don’t worry, I won’t harm you. They’re all good things.”

Su Heng covered her chest, looking at him with suspicion and uncertainty. The Heavenly Emperor felt a bit helpless, placing his palm on her back and gently rubbing it. “It’s true. Do you really not trust me on this?”

“That was your blood and your what?”

Su Heng’s next sentence brought a brief surprise to the Heavenly Emperor. He raised his eyebrows, seeming quite puzzled. “What did you say?”

“You don’t need to hide anything from me. I can guess it.”

It’s not like she hadn’t drunk it before. She could clearly remember the taste of his blood after trying it once, never to forget it again.

“And the other thing, what was it? Your spiritual power?”

“It’s my divine power.” Seeing that she had already guessed it, the Heavenly Emperor didn’t seem to have much intention to continue concealing it. His fingers touched her cheek. “Originally, I was planning to slowly tell you after the matter was accomplished. But since you’ve already sensed it, there’s no harm in saying it now.”

“Why?” Su Heng coughed a few times, wanting to spit out what she had swallowed.

Seeing this, the Heavenly Emperor grasped her shoulders with one hand while pressing the other on her chest to help smooth the breath in her throat. “What are you trying to do?”

He deliberately put on a reproachful look. “Things that have been eaten and swallowed, there’s no need to spit them out again.”

“You want to…”

“I want you to be like me.” The Heavenly Emperor explained with a smile.

Su Heng was stunned for a moment before coldly sneering. “So after all this, it turns out you look down on me. If that’s the case, why bother putting on such an affectionate act? Affectionate on one hand while disdaining my identity on the other. Aren’t you afraid that pretending on both sides will turn you into a lunatic?”

The Heavenly Emperor was torn between laughter and tears. He really hadn’t thought about it that way.

“I want to make you like me – eternal like heaven and earth. A demon’s lifespan is longer than a mortal’s, but will still perish before me. But if you become like me, then we will truly be an immortal couple.”

Saying this, an indescribable hope bloomed in his eyes. “Isn’t that good?”

Not only that, but feeding her with his own blood and divine power gave him an indescribable satisfaction deep in his heart. He hoped she would become addicted to him, even if it was just his flesh and blood. He didn’t mind, in fact he felt it was extremely good.

At least she desired and couldn’t leave something that was part of him.

“Do you like it?” The Heavenly Emperor asked, drawing closer.

Su Heng frowned. “What are you saying?”

The Heavenly Emperor smiled. “Divine power and divine blood, do you like them?”

The nourishment from the Heavenly Emperor’s divine power and blood was indescribable. She could feel herself gradually changing.

“Becoming a god like me. Don’t you want that?”

She really hadn’t thought about it.

This sentence almost slipped out of Su Heng’s mouth. She truly hadn’t considered it. Despite being a demon for so many years, she never thought about working a bit harder to become an immortal. Being a demon wasn’t bad either. Those rules couldn’t be imposed on her anyway.

The words reached the tip of her tongue but she swallowed them back. The Heavenly Emperor lifted his wide sleeve, revealing his arm. His fingertip slid across it, and fresh blood gushed out from the opened wound.

The fragrance of divine blood instantly permeated the entire Kai Yang Hall.

“You…”

Su Heng was dumbfounded. With his eyes still fixed on her, he lowered his head and licked the blood on the wound. His lips were stained with the bright red of fresh blood, extraordinarily bewitching and enchanting. He bent down and pressed his lips to hers, passing that mouthful of blood.

“What about your wound? You’re just going to leave it like that?”

Su Heng was fed a few mouthfuls of divine blood by him. He gently lifted her chin, making her swallow all the divine blood that had entered her mouth.

Seeing the blood hidden under his sleeve, she couldn’t help but worry.

Hearing this, the Heavenly Emperor lowered his head. “It doesn’t matter.”

He brushed his fingers over the wound. The originally gruesome laceration recovered to a smooth state the instant his fingers passed over it.

The Heavenly Emperor was quite pleased with her concern and was even very happy about it. He pulled her to sit back down, letting her sit on his lap as he leisurely talked about his plans for the future.

Su Heng had never thought about the future. She always lived in the moment, dealing with the present before considering what was to come. As for future matters, she would wait until the future to discuss them.

Listening to his plans, her fingers lightly slid up and down the arm where he was originally injured. The previous wound had completely vanished, leaving smooth skin under her fingers.

He had everything planned out, just waiting for her to drink his divine blood and power day and night. One day she would shed her mortal body and become a goddess. Then they could happily be together for eternity.

“Actually, there’s more than one way to become a god, but this is the quickest and most reliable method. The usual approaches take millennia, and the journey is fraught with dangers. If you’re the slightest bit careless, all prior efforts will be in vain.”

One could even end up with the soul scattered and the body completely vanishing from the Six Realms.

He couldn’t accept this possible outcome. Knowing her personality, she would be too lazy to spend effort on this. Therefore, nourishing her with his divine blood and power was the best method.

“But what if I don’t achieve perfection as you imagined?” She looked at herself, furrowing her brows. “Wouldn’t that be terrible then?”

A slender finger pressed against her lips. “Can’t you just say something nice to coax me? Besides, that possibility is minuscule.”

She smiled with ill intent and directly took his finger into her mouth, lightly pressing her teeth on his fingernail.

The Heavenly Emperor’s breath caught. Then he shook his head. “You…”

Putting on the appearance of a righteous gentleman, yet unwilling to let go.

“But it’s still a possibility.” Su Heng really had no intention of coaxing him. “What if?”

She deliberately made things difficult for him, poking at what he was most worried about.

What if?

Of course he had thought this through as well. No matter what, he had to consider the consequences and plan for contingencies.

“If it doesn’t work out, everything will proceed as usual.”

Hearing him talk about getting married and such after becoming a god, she laughed so hard her body shook. “Are those other gods really willing to let you openly fraternize with a demon like me?”

“They themselves are probably no cleaner in private. I know about many things. I just turn a blind eye and pretend not to know. If push comes to shove, I have a pile of their weaknesses in my hands as well.”

He lightly kissed her cheek. “It’s nothing much.”

Su Heng laughed uncontrollably. “No wonder you have no intention of questioning Mei Luo. Turns out you’ve already got his weakness in your grasp.”

The Heavenly Emperor helped her up. “I’ll take you somewhere. You’ve been in the Heavenly Realm for a long time but haven’t gone to many places.”

“How could I go anywhere with you watching me like this?”

The Heavenly Emperor ignored those words. He still took her up with a genial smile. She heard the gentle movement of wind by her ears. The next moment, he had taken her out of the Beidou Palace.

She had thought the Heavenly Realm would always be shrouded in clouds and mist, with a clear and cold appearance. But it wasn’t as she imagined. The magnificent mountain range exuded an ancient, rugged heroism that had continued to the present.

“How is it?”

Su Heng heard the Heavenly Emperor ask. She moved her cheeks a bit. “Not bad.”

The Heavenly Emperor chuckled softly. He brought her down to a place by the sea, with clear skies stretching for miles. A towering fusang divine tree grew towards the heavens, making everything around it seem extremely small in comparison.

The sky was so clear it was almost transparent. She raised her head and stared, transfixed.

“We’ve already missed the best time for sightseeing. At sunrise, that’s when this place is at its finest.”

“This is Tang Valley. Where the sun rises.”

Su Heng let out an exaggerated “wow”, “How amazing.”

She saw the Heavenly Emperor smile faintly before she reverted to her indifferent demeanor. But her eyes still took a look around. This place was truly peculiar to her.

“The sun has already risen, but we can go to Yu Abyss before sunset.”

Hearing this, Su Heng turned her head. “We won’t get scorched by the sun, right?”

She looked at her own arms. “I’m made of flowers and plants. If the fire is too strong, I’ll get burnt to a crisp.”

The Heavenly Emperor recalled when she used herself to shield him from the earth fire in the Lang Feng dungeon.

“Does it still hurt?”

His abrupt question surprised Su Heng. She just saw him point at her arm. “Back in the Lang Feng dungeon, you were once burned by the earth fire.”

With his reminder, she did recall it.

“It’s been so long. It healed ages ago.”

She leaned close to him. “But it really hurt at first.”

The searing flames, how could they not be painful? He couldn’t find any scars left on her body from that day. He fell silent, his thumb gently roaming back and forth on the skin of her wrist.

When Gou Chen rushed over, what he saw was this scene of a loving man and a woman who may or may not know, or rather, whether she cared or not, the Heavenly Emperor no longer took it to heart.

Gou Chen watched, feeling more bitter than swallowing ten pounds of goldthread.

The Heavenly Emperor’s tribulation had failed, and there were still no results to be seen. At this point, no result was the best result. But as for the actual situation, the Heavenly Emperor didn’t say, so he didn’t know either.

He could take some credit for the current situation, so he had essentially lifted a rock only to drop it on his own foot, and he didn’t even have a chance to move this rock away.

He watched as the Heavenly Emperor took his beloved to see the Fusang Divine Tree. The Fusang Divine Tree connected the heavens and earth, linking the three realms of gods, humans, and the earth, standing tall between heaven and earth. The girl in the Heavenly Emperor’s embrace looked up at the tree crown, but after raising her head for a long time, she saw nothing. She was quite surprised. The Heavenly Emperor raised his hand and hugged her shoulders.

This… should he still go over?

He vaguely felt that if he went over at this time, he probably wouldn’t receive a warm welcome.

Lord Gou Chen hesitated for a good while. He took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to go over. “Your Majesty.”

“Someone’s here?” Su Heng was stunned. Seeing it was Gou Chen, she even waved at him in greeting, showing no anger at being disturbed.

Compared to Su Heng, the Heavenly Emperor’s gaze toward him was much more severe. Gou Chen took a deep breath. “The one who escaped from the Blood Maple Forest that day has already fled into the mountains of the lower realm.”

“As for which one, it’s not clear at the moment.”

“Leave it to the Mountain God.” The Heavenly Emperor looked at Su Heng. Su Heng had no interest in this matter. He held her hand. “You should listen more too.”

He was just waiting for her to completely transform into a divine body, and then he would formally welcome her as the Heavenly Empress. The Heavenly Empress was a match for the Heavenly Emperor. Not only was she the Heavenly Emperor’s wife, she also had a lot of decision-making power in the Heavenly Realm and could even mobilize divine generals and determine punishments for guilty gods.

So there were some things she must understand.

Regardless of whether her ascension to divinity was successful in the end, the things he had decided would not change.

He was keen to teach her these things. In the future, when she became the Heavenly Empress, she would have to handle them with ease.

Su Heng was too lazy to listen. She tiptoed and pecked his lips. “Is this okay? I don’t want to hear the other stuff.”

Gou Chen, who hadn’t left yet, unexpectedly saw this scene and nearly slipped.