An Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon.

It was forged by an ancient Great Emperor who had proven their Dao, forged with a lifetime of blood, sweat, and painstaking effort.

It was refined from the most precious and scarce materials in existence.

The great Dao of the world was inscribed within its core, and its weapon spirit had Awakened-how terrifying was such a divine artifact?

A Great Emperor might Perish, but an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon would endure in the mortal realm, passed down for ten thousand generations!

To fully refine and unleash its power was an impossible feat-not just for a Saint King realm expert, but even for a Quasi-Emperor who had already touched the threshold of the Imperial realm.

Only in the hands of a true, ancient Great Emperor could an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon unleash its ultimate might, capable of destroying heaven and earth and suppressing the ages.

Even though Chu Chen possessed the Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual, had fused the Chaos God Physique into his flesh and blood, and refined the God Phoenix Feather to break through seven realms in a single day-an unprecedented, heaven-defying feat...

His time cultivating was simply too short. Even after his successive breakthroughs, he was merely at the seventh heaven of the Essence Condensation Realm.

Logically speaking, his cultivation was far too weak to activate the Heaven-Swallowing Magic Jar. Fortunately, he had already achieved initial refinement of the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, and an imperceptible force within the jar seemed to be actively assisting him.

Combined with the fact that he was holding hands with Empress Lin Shuwang, their spiritual energy intertwined, he had managed to unleash a mere sliver of the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon's power, successfully scaring off those Saint King realm experts.

Even so, Chu Chen was thoroughly drained.

The moment he stepped into the Empress's palace, an overwhelming sense of weakness and fatigue crashed into him like a collapsing mountain.

Right before he completely blacked out, raw instinct compelled Chu Chen to boldly find the softest, most comfortable spot on the Empress's body. He shamelessly nuzzled against it a few times before finally losing consciousness entirely.

As the saying went: the bold gorge themselves, while the timid starve.

The brave get to enjoy the Empress first... Oh, wait! They get to enjoy the world first~

"Chu... Chu Chen, you..."

The Empress's stunning face flushed entirely crimson. It was the first time anyone had ever dared to nuzzle against her full chest, let alone repeatedly.

This left Lin Shuwang both profoundly shy and furious. She raised her delicate fist, completely ready to strike him down.

But before her pale fist could fall, Chu Chen completely passed out.

The Empress stood there with her fist half-raised, caught in a dilemma-to strike would be petty, but to lower it felt infuriating.

Frustrated, her small mouth immediately puffed into a pout, looking utterly adorable.

Where was her proud, aloof, and ruthless demeanor now? Where was the decisive killing intent she had displayed when disciplining those Saint King realm experts?

This ethereal fairy, completely detached from the mortal realm like a Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, had been thoroughly dragged down to the mud by Chu Chen.

Holding the unconscious Chu Chen, the Empress felt a pang of genuine worry.

After all, this involved the backlash of an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon; she could not afford to be careless.

Carefully carrying Chu Chen to her phoenix bed, the Empress hurriedly retrieved an array of precious healing Pills and heavenly treasures from her Storage Ring.

Great Bodhi Pill.

Crane King Immortal Saliva Pill.

Thousand-Year Ginseng King Fruit.

Lifespan-Extending Paste.

.......

Every single item was a priceless treasure, and some were even supreme heavenly resources capable of directly extending a cultivator's lifespan.

Casually pulling out just one of these would be enough to ignite a bloodbath across the Desolate Ancient Continent.

Yet, in the eyes of Empress Lin Shuwang, these were nothing more than mundane trinkets. Compared to Chu Chen's life, they were utterly insignificant.

Using her spiritual power to dissolve these heavenly treasures and Pills, the Empress perfectly refined their immensely pure medicinal efficacy and gently fed the liquid into Chu Chen's mouth.

Next, she channeled her own fire-attribute spiritual power into his body, guiding it through his limbs and Meridians to help him absorb the medicinal power while simultaneously sweeping his body for hidden injuries.

This intimate process inevitably involved physical contact.

The Empress's face turned so red it looked as if it might drip water, exuding an enchanting charm and bone-deep tenderness.

Such a deeply personal task... Empress Lin Shuwang had never, ever done this for another living soul.

Fortunately, Chu Chen had merely collapsed from spiritual exhaustion after forcibly activating the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon. Fainting was simply his physical body's natural self-protection mechanism.

With a little rest, he would naturally recover.

There was absolutely no need for him to consume those outrageously precious Pills and heavenly treasures.

Under the Empress's meticulous care, it took less than half an hour for Chu Chen to finally stir.

"I... where am I..."

Chu Chen rubbed his throbbing temples and groggily opened his eyes.

Taking in the red candles, silk curtains, and luxurious phoenix bed, and inhaling the lingering, unique fragrance in the air, clarity finally returned to his mind.

Seeing him wake, Empress Lin Shuwang's face flushed a deep crimson. Before Chu Chen could even turn his head to look at her, she instinctively wielded her spatial Dao, tearing the void and shifting herself to the far corner of the bedchamber.

In her flustered panic, she lost every shred of her imperial dignity and aloofness. She looked exactly like a startled rabbit.

Even the Empress didn't know what she was running from-this was her own palace!

But... she was just inexplicably nervous~

"My head is killing me. Whose bed am I in?"

Chu Chen struggled to push himself up from the soft phoenix bed. However, just as he was about to rise, a vast, terrifying surge of energy began rampaging wildly through his body.

"Not good! Where did all this terrifyingly pure energy come from?"

Feeling the immense, pure energy violently charging through his system, threatening to completely rupture his Meridians, Chu Chen dared not delay. He immediately sat cross-legged and circulated the Chaos Heaven-Swallowing Manual, desperately smoothing out and devouring the chaotic power.

Ignoring it would have been fine, but the moment he started absorbing and refining it, the signs of another breakthrough appeared.

Boom!

An invisible bottleneck was forcefully smashed open by Chu Chen, and his aura wildly surged once more.

Eighth heaven of Essence Condensation, broken!

Even after breaking through to the eighth heaven of Essence Condensation, the overwhelming medicinal energy was not fully consumed. Left with no choice, Chu Chen gritted his teeth and pushed forward, absorbing and refining the rest.

Boom!!

Ninth heaven of Essence Condensation, broken again!!

In the span of a few mere breaths, Chu Chen had consecutively shattered through two minor realms.

Let alone the Empress watching from afar, even Chu Chen himself was utterly dumbfounded.

This...

Was this even cultivation?

This was practically a joke~

Didn't everyone say that the path of cultivation was fraught with perilous hardships? A defiance of heaven's will where Dharma, wealth, companions, and land were all strictly required? Where a single misstep meant a shattered Dao and an annihilated soul?

Yet for him, Chu Chen...

"Are... are you alright?"

Just as Chu Chen finished absorbing the last of the energy, the Empress, who had hidden herself several Zhang away, had quietly returned to his side. She stared at him with profound concern.

Her stunningly flawless face was now etched with intense guilt and worry.

"This Emperor is to blame. I... I only thought to use those supreme tonics to heal you, and... and foolishly forgot that your current cultivation couldn't possibly withstand such vast medicinal power."

"With your Essence Condensation cultivation, if not handled carefully... at best, your Meridians would be shattered inch by inch. At worst... you risked exploding into a mist of blood."

"This Emperor..."

Just as the Empress was completely at a loss for what to do, the aura surrounding Chu Chen explosively surged, shattering two minor bottlenecks in succession to land firmly at the ninth heaven of Essence Condensation.

By the time she finally processed what had happened, her cherry lips had parted into a perfect 'O' of shock. In her sheer disbelief, she didn't even notice that Chu Chen had already opened his eyes and was reaching out his sinful claws toward her~

"Empress, are you trying to murder your own husband?"

Smack!

With that shameless remark, Chu Chen boldly reached out and grabbed Empress Lin Shuwang's soft, seemingly boneless hand.

"Ah?!"

Boom!!

Suddenly grabbed by a man, the Empress instinctively detonated the full Pressure of a ninth heaven Great Saint. Swept up by the terrifying shockwave of energy, Chu Chen was launched through the air in an instant.

He flew backwards for several Zhang, his body violently slamming into the thick palace wall before he finally slid to a halt.

Immediately after, a metallic sweetness rose in Chu Chen's throat, and a stark trace of crimson blood leaked from the corner of his mouth.

Had it been any ordinary Essence Condensation cultivator, the mere passive Pressure of a ninth heaven Great Saint would have crushed them into meat paste.

"..."

What a... what a thorny rose!

No, more accurately, she was a rose wrapped in sharpened blades!

Wiping the blood from his chin, the corners of Chu Chen's mouth curled slightly upward.

Good thing your lord likes it rough!

"Chu... Chu Chen, I'm... I'm so sorry!"

Once she realized it was Chu Chen who had grabbed her hand, the Empress was flooded with both intense shyness and crushing guilt.

Especially when she saw him blasted away by her own spiritual Pressure, even violently coughing up blood, she threw all her imperial dignity to the wind. Tearing through the void, she reappeared at his side, her face overflowing with heartache. Like a child who had committed a grave mistake, she frantically began to apologize.

"This Emperor... I truly didn't mean to."

Chu Chen was taken aback. This Empress... wasn't she just a bit too adorable?

She was an absolute novice in the Dao of Romance. Didn't that mean she was entirely at his mercy?

But did a simple apology erase a mistake?

"Hmph. Come here!"

"Is this truly how the grand Empress of the Divine Flame Imperial Palace treats her own savior?"

Chu Chen let out a cold snort, deliberately hardening his face as he shot a chilling glare at Empress Lin Shuwang.

"Give me your hand!"

Empress Lin Shuwang froze for a moment, then obediently stepped closer to Chu Chen, hesitantly offering her pale, slender, and seemingly boneless hand.

"Help me up."

Seizing the opportunity, Chu Chen tightly grasped the Empress's soft hand, using her as leverage to drag himself up from the cold floor. Even though the impact had legitimately hurt, seeing this previously aloof and unapproachable Empress acting so submissively obedient felt incredibly damn good.

With their fingers tightly intertwined, the Empress's face instantly burned crimson, and her delicate frame visibly trembled.

But this time, fully aware that she was in the wrong, Empress Lin Shuwang did not pull away.

Gazing at the Empress's vulnerable, submissive posture, Chu Chen gave two light coughs, maintaining his strict, unyielding expression.

"Pout your lips, and let your lord..."

"Let your lord have a taste~"

The Empress's mind went completely blank with a loud buzz. Before she could even process the words, her body instinctively obeyed.

"Huh? O-oh..."

Even as she mumbled, the Empress's vibrant red, cherry-like lips obediently puckered into a pout~

"..."

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