Chapter 396 Heavenly Crisis

　　Pink smoke filled the air. The hall seemed to be undergoing some changes. The huge statue outside the hall suddenly turned into a towering tree that stood in the boundless sand sea.

　　The trunk of the huge tree was rather strange. It looked like a woman kneeling on the sand with her hands crossed over her chest. The treetop was an extension of her long hair…

　　However, at that moment, Li Changshou, the Great Daoist Master, and the two Yama Lords in the hall could no longer pay attention to the changes.

　　The moment the pink smoke appeared, mysterious Dao runes wrapped around them. They ignored the physical bodies of the two Magi and attacked their essence souls frantically.

　　The reason why the Great Daoist Master Xuan Du frowned was not that he sensed danger.

　　The main reason was that he had easily blocked the Essence Soul impact, but he was still affected by the Dao runes.

　　A huge emptiness seemed to appear in his Dao heart. A sense of ‘desire’ spread in his body and corroded the Great Daoist Master’s essence soul.

　　All of a sudden…

　　“Ah!”

　　King Chujiang raised his head and roared. A long sword appeared in his hand, and his entire body surged with blood. He turned around and rushed out of the hall.

　　“Magi! I’m the Lord of Earth! Who can stop me! Damn it! I want to kill all of you detestable demons! I’ll roast all of you! Ahhh!” Amidst the shouts, that Yama Lord sped towards the sand dune in the distance. His beard and hair were parted, and his aura was monstrous! Is he that brave? Li Changshou and the Great Daoist Master exclaimed in their heads in unison.

　　Suddenly, Qin Guangwang turned his head and roared, “1! I must awaken my bloodline! I want to become an ancestor-like existence and become God Pangu! Hahahaha! God Pangu, I’m here to look for you! I want to become the second Saint of Power in the world!”

　　How brave.

　　Li Changshou and the Great Daoist Master praised together. After the incarnation of “desire” attacked, they did not panic. Speaking of which, with the power of the Magi’s essence soul… It was not easy for the two Yama Lords to last for a few seconds under the attack of the Seven Emotions Resonance. Li Changshou pursed his lips slightly. He felt that the two Yama Lords were not there to help. They were purely there to make the atmosphere livelier. However, the “incarnation of desire” that had escaped the Lady of Earth’s suppression did not seem to be very powerful. Any Golden Immortal with a stronger Dao heart could withstand it for a period of time.

　　Needless to say, he had the Head Disciple of Ren School, the Eldest Senior Brother of the Dao Sect, and the unfathomable Great Daoist Master Xuan Du…

　　“Ha, ha…”

　　The Great Daoist Master covered his mouth and nose and yawned deeply. The only desire in his heart was aroused by the Dao runes, and his eyelids began to tremble.

　　“Well… Changgeng.” Li Changshou looked over and saw that the Great Daoist Master had skillfully recalled the Taiji Painting and released the “evil” girl. The Taiji Painting slowly expanded to a diameter of ten feet. The Great Daoist Master took out a handkerchief and tied it around his eyes. His body swayed and fell onto the Taiji Painting. The soft Yin-Yang Qi was his best mattress and pillow. The Great Daoist Master shouted weakly, “Changgeng, I’ll leave the rest to you. Ah, I can only dream and sleep peacefully. I can’t let you down. Phew…”

　　Li Changshou was rendered speechless. The “evil” girl was speechless. Don’t sleep! Get up and fight, Eldest Senior Brother! Is your desire to sleep? Don’t you have any other pursuits?

　　You can be like the two simple-minded leaders who are bombarding the sandy ground outside too! Do we not have any expectations for becoming a Saint?

　　The Demon Emperor and Patriarch Nether River, who indirectly died at your hands, are really going to die with regrets! In Li Changshou’s heart, the Pagoda Master was already laughing so hard that he could not make a sound.

　　At that moment.

　　“Heh…”

　　A charming voice sounded in Li Changshou’s heart. Most of the surrounding smoke gathered towards Li Changshou. In the smoke, an ethereal figure slowly appeared. She circled around Li Changshou and kept whispering into his ear.

　　That woman was much more mature than Little Grief. She was only wearing a light purple silk robe.

　　enchanting. Her slightly curled long hair exuded a wonderful laziness.

　　The “evil” girl, who had escaped the restrictions of Yin and Yang, smiled with squinted eyes. There was a small dagger in her hand. She jumped closer, and her light footsteps sounded like drums. “It’s my turn, my disciple, the Grand Pure One.”

　　The figure in the smoke gradually drifted away and appeared on the throne in the hall. Her slender legs were crossed, and her water-silk dress fell to the side. A charming smile appeared on her lips. “He’s still resisting the invasion of his own desires. Be careful not to be controlled by him.”

　　The “evil” girl immediately jumped away when she heard that. She frowned and stared at Li Changshou’s face.

　　“You can’t handle him?”

　　“His situation is a little special, but don’t worry.” The incarnation of desire chuckled. “If he doesn’t have desires, how can he be considered a living being? He’s just a little more resilient.” The “evil” girl nodded and waited quietly by the side. She scratched her chin in boredom with her little fingers, as if she was studying how to torture the two new toys. The incarnation of “desire” leaned forward and blew gently at Li Changshou. Layers of Dao runes spread out like waves and washed over Li Changshou. At that moment, many thoughts surfaced in Li Changshou’s mind. The charming and alluring voice, which contained some Dao runes and sounded like a demonic female voice, kept mumbling in his ear. “Do you want to have power and authority? You’re just a third-order righteous god of the Heavenly Courts.

　　As long as you nod slightly, the Six Paths of Reincarnation will be used by you. Countless living beings will convert to you. You will be the Heavenly Emperor of the Three Realms…”

　　The Heavenly Emperor? What is so good about the Heavenly Emperor?

　　He was now an ordinary minister of the Heavenly Courts. If the Dao Sect and the Heavenly Courts had combined influence, he would not be much inferior to the Heavenly Emperor. He was watched by the Heavenly Dao every day. He basically did not have any personal freedom. He even had to turn into an incarnation and wander around. He had completely lost his right to choose. If he wanted to cause trouble next time, he would be watched by the Queen Mother.

　　Li Changshou muttered, “Change it.”

　　Change! The woman on the throne squinted and chuckled. The “evil” girl was stunned for a moment before she burst into laughter. “Interesting.”

　　The wide robe of the incarnation of “desire” flickered slightly. A purple beam of light flew out and pointed at Li Changshou. The Mysterious Yellow Pagoda flew out on its own and floated above Li Changshou’s head. However, the beam of light ignored the obstruction of the Mysterious Yellow Pagoda and shone directly on Li Changshou’s essence soul. “You really want merit, don’t you?”

　　Merit?

　　Li Changshou muttered, “Actually, merit is just to save my life.”

　　“Do you want to be invincible in the Three Realms?” “The true invincibility is that others do not know my name, my Dao, or my existence, while I stand beyond all.

　　Invincibility in the Dao Realm and cultivation level is ultimately just an illusion. The more powerful you are, the more living beings that are close to you would view you as a threat. Fellow Daoist…” Li Changshou opened his eyes. There was a hint of helplessness in his eyes as he stared at the incarnation of desire on the throne. “You’re mistaken.” “Really?”

　　The incarnation of “desire” squinted and chuckled. Her face, which was 70% to 80% similar to Xiao Ai and the evil woman, was still charming.

　　Without any warning, her figure suddenly exploded. Wisps of colorful streams of light rushed towards Li Changshou and instantly disappeared into his chest.

　　Li Changshou immediately closed his eyes. It was not that he did not think of escaping just now, but he quickly determined that he could not escape the attack of the incarnation of “desire”.

　　It was not a mystical ability or a spell. The light and shadows that he saw did not have any meaning. Those streams of light were like nothingness. The other party was directly affecting his mind.

　　Outside the hall, the two Yama Lords were running around under the “strange” huge wooden tree. Their fists and feet cracked the ground.

　　They stirred up a sandstorm that filled the sky. They seemed to have returned to the ancient times and were fighting with the demon kings. In the hall, the Great Daoist Master was wearing an eye mask and sleeping on the Taiji Painting. Not far away from him, Li Changshou sat cross-legged and closed his eyes again. From time to time, he would frown and snort softly, as if he was experiencing a mental test. The incarnation of “desire” continuously attacked his essence soul, prying into his heart, wanting to dig out his greatest desires.

　　Li Changshou tried his best to resist the swelling of his mentality. He reminded himself that he was humble and lowly. He would definitely die if he was reckless.

　　Lust of the seven emotions did not refer to lust alone. It could be understood as desire too.

　　A moment later, wisps of purple smoke seeped out of Li Changshou’s body and turned into a slender woman. It was the incarnation of “desire”.

　　Her expression was ugly. She was no longer as calm as before. She looked at Li Changshou and subconsciously took half a step back.

　　The little evil woman jumped over and asked curiously, “Does this human really have no desires?” “No, he does,” the incarnation of “desire” said in a low voice. “I saw a huge desire in his essence soul. It was his extreme desire and pursuit. However, I can’t trigger that desire.” “Why?”

　　“If I trigger this desire, he will obtain the power to defeat me.”

　　“Huh?” The “evil” girl was confused. “What do you mean?”

　　“His desire is… is… difficult to describe…”

　　“What is it? Can you just tell me?”

　　The incarnation of “desire” raised his hand to support his forehead and whispered, “It’s stable. He wants to be stable. What he wants the most is stability!”

　　The “evil” girl was stunned for a moment. Then, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she burst into laughter. She laughed until she was rolling on the ground. Li Changshou observed that scene secretly and analyzed it carefully. When he tricked the evil girl previously, he had actually said something wrong on purpose. He had said that the incarnations of the Seven Emotions of the Lady of Earth were seven different extreme emotions.

　　However, in reality, they were seven types of complete personalities. For example, the “evil” girl was happy, excited, and amused. The incarnation of desire was also conflicted and depressed… How can I meet the Lady of Earth through them?

　　Do I have to subdue two incarnations?

　　If they really fought here, the “evil” girl would release her suppression and he would probably be no match for her.

　　After thinking carefully and weighing the pros and cons, Li Changshou quickly came up with an idea. He opened his eyes again and calmly sized up the two incarnations of the seven emotions that were clearly the same living being but did not have much similarities.

　　The little evil girl gritted her teeth and scolded, “What are you looking at! If you look any longer, I’ll carve a turtle on your face!” “I want to see the Lady of Earth.” “Hehehe.” The incarnation of desire slowly lay in front of Li Changshou. He bit his lips slightly and said, “Aren’t we the Lady of Earth that you’re looking for?”

　　The “evil” girl snorted in disdain. “If you see that main body that only knows how to bully me. won’t you think of a way to kill us? Hmph! Dream on!” “Then, are we just going to hold on like this?” Li Changshou smiled and said, “I have a treasure to protect me. The two of you can’t hurt me. Why don’t you let me see the Lady of Earth? The two of us will leave after that. The two of you are actually the Lady of Earth too, but both of you have gone to the extremes of the seven emotions.

　　Moreover, this is not killing or destroying. You are one. What I want to see is only the normal Lady of Earth.”

　　“No, you’re wrong.” The incarnation of “desire” squinted and smiled. Li Changshou’s smile gradually disappeared. He said seriously, “What’s wrong?” “I can’t hurt you?” The incarnation of “desire” slowly floated up, as if she was swimming in the water. She raised her hand and tapped the “evil girl” gently. Then, she turned into balls of pink smoke and wrapped them around Li Changshou’s body, leaving only one sentence.

　　“Today, I will give you desire and be your desire. How can you resist?” Can you give my heart desires? Can you do that? Li Changshou’s heart tensed up. He hurriedly called out to his senior brother in his heart, but indescribable images suddenly appeared in front of him.

　　Waves of heat surged out from Li Changshou’s body, turning into waves of heat that engulfed the entire hall.

　　Li Changshou’s face and ears were flushed red. Veins were bulging on his neck… At that moment, Li Changshou heard a shout.

　　“I want you to do something to me!”

　　The “evil” girl’s face was red as she cursed, “Do you believe that I will destroy you! I’m also the Lady of Earth! You actually made me do such a thing! Do I not want my pride!?!” As she spoke, the “evil” girl bit her lips hard. Her eyes rippled slightly. She took half a step towards Li Changshou uncontrollably, her breath turning hot.

　　Although he was trying his best to endure it, he was indeed on the verge of collapse. The incarnation of “desire” laughed smugly in Li Changshou’s heart. Indescribable images filled Li Changshou’s heart. Li Changshou’s essence soul began to be affected by that desire.

　　Even so, Li Changshou, who respected the Lady of Earth and was unwilling to offend her, could not help but want to say… “That’s it?”

　　The Pagoda Master emitted a wave of bright light. The Mysterious Yellow aura descended and pushed the little evil woman away.

　　Li Changshou held his breath and calmly took out a scroll from his chest pocket. He slowly opened it… Look, the painting is extremely exquisite, the characters are vivid and lifelike, and even the characters on it are about to jump out of the painting, ‘Aged Beauties’… Ding – Li Changshou seemed to have heard the crisp sound of a bell. He instantly regained his peace. The images in his heart were completely torn apart. “Hmph!” The incarnation of “desire” snorted coldly, and the desire in his heart swept over like a tide. Li Changshou slowly heaved a sigh of relief and changed another painting from his chest. This time, he used more strength. It was the “Steel Aged Beauties”…

　　Buzz…

　　Li Changshou’s Dao heart instantly became extremely firm. A golden light appeared behind his head.

　　The incarnation of desire screamed in his heart, as if it was seriously injured. She gritted her teeth and cursed furiously!

　　However…

　　Life was about learning to enjoy the scenery at any

　　time.

　　When we are free, we sit on the cold floor. The Mysterious Yellow Pagoda, which is known to be impenetrable, is above our heads. We take out a brand new painting and slowly open it.

　　Ah, the story of ‘The Iron Armored Aged Beauties’ fighting the toothless old zombie ‘is really… “Ugh!” Li Changshou turned his head and retched. Golden light erupted from his body! This was the radiance of pure Yang! In the golden light, a beautiful figure fell out. She was filled with disbelief as she let out a sharp scream. Li Changshou suddenly raised his head and made a move to pounce forward. He raised his right hand and pointed his finger at the spot between the eyebrows of the figure that had yet to solidify! Found it!

　　The incarnation of “desire” stopped screaming. Li Changshou seemed to have pushed open a door. His essence soul rushed into a resplendent starry sky… At that moment, in the corner of the hall, the little evil woman, who was wrapped in the Mysterious Yellow aura and pushed away, was sitting on the ground. She lowered her head, and her light pink long hair slowly slid down. She grabbed the longevity lock on her neck with one hand, and her face, which was covered in sweat, was filled with hatred.

　　“Bastard! Am I that unattractive? I’m also the Lady of Earth!”

　　Crack… The longevity lock was instantly broken. Waves of black aura condensed out of thin air in the hall and surged towards her!