The heat inside the pocket dimension had become heavy and oppressive, vibrating to the rhythm of distant eruptions. Inside the black silk tent, protected by a translucent Qi dome, the air was still saturated with the intoxicating scent of peach blossoms and the smell of sweat, remnants of the intense Dual Cultivation session that had just ended.

Xuan BaiShe was sitting on the edge of the camp bed, his jade-like skin glistening with a thin layer of moisture. His long silver hair with ebony tips fell messily over his muscular shoulders. He adjusted his sage monocle with methodical slowness, observing the structure of his Dantian which now pulsed with newfound stability at the first stage of Overlord.

Beside him, Long Huang, the Black Flame Dragoness, stretched with arrogance. Her sculpted body, of porcelain whiteness, contrasted with the dark silk sheets. Her ten black horns gleamed under the light of the Qi crystals, and her eyes of absolute black, with no visible sclera, stared at the ceiling of the tent with satisfaction mixed with her usual coldness. Her opulent and firm breasts rose and fell with calm breathing.

Suddenly, a shrill cracking sound, like glass shattering, tore through the silence. The protection dome that BaiShe had erected literally exploded under colossal external pressure. Fragments of Qi sparkled like dying stars before dissipating into the sulfur-saturated air.

At the same time, three titanic auras descended from the fiery sky, causing shockwaves that made the surrounding basalt pillars collapse.

Three silhouettes materialized in a whirlwind of azure energy. They were three Great Ancestors of the Azure Kingdom, Demigods whose mere presence forced the lava in the rivers to stop flowing. The leader of the group was an old man with a frost beard, wearing a blue combat robe adorned with law runes. To his right stood a massive warrior with skin blackened by millennia of cultivation, and to his left, a woman with sharp features whose eyes shone with a predatory azure glow.

BaiShe stood up without haste, smoothing his black tunic which the spiritual pressure made float erratically. He remained imperturbable, hands clasped behind his back, his jade face betraying no emotion despite the imminent danger. Long Huang also straightened up, deploying her black flame wings with a roar of contempt that shook the foundations of the dimension.

The old man with the frost beard stepped forward, his contemptuous gaze sweeping over BaiShe before stopping on Long Huang.

"A mere Overlord and an ancient beast think they can steal the heart of our creation? Hand over the Seed and your death will be swift."

’He thinks the Seed is already in our hands? So these ten Demigods are also fighting each other to obtain the World Seed.’

BaiShe tilted his head slightly, a cold and provocative smile stretching his lips. He adjusted his monocle once again, his violet pupils capturing the flows of laws emanating from the three Demigods.

"Those who shout the loudest are often the first to fertilize the earth." 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Your Demigod Qi will make excellent fertilizer for my Dantian."

Furious at such insolence, the three Great Ancestors joined their hands. A spatial resonance occurred instantly. They combined their respective domains to create a devastating geometric structure in the sky: an Azure Law Triangle.

A purifying energy, capable of erasing the very existence of an inferior realm, condensed at the center of the formation before hurtling toward the duo with the force of a meteor.

However, BaiShe did not wait for the impact. He released his Overlord Qi, violently vibrating his Omega Heart which began to pump Khao in insane quantities.

"Arts: Myriad Illusory Swords" he pronounced calmly.

The sky above them seemed to fragment into a thousand mirrors. Thousands of translucent blades, composed of frost Qi and reinforced by his Executor authority, materialized instantly. With a simple thought, without even moving his hands, BaiShe projected the rain of Qi against the azure energy column.

Simultaneously, Long Huang did not remain inactive. She swelled her imposing chest, accumulating demonic energy in her lungs before releasing her flames.

"Arts: Draconic Pride Combustion".

Columns of black fire burst from her palms and mouth, intertwining with BaiShe’s illusory swords. The mixture of absolute cold and devouring flames created such violent thermal instability that the Azure Law Triangle began to crack even before reaching its target.

The explosion that followed pulverized the rock structures for kilometers. Smoke and spiritual vapor masked the battlefield for a moment, but BaiShe used his Third Eye Art to locate his opponents through the chaos.

He appeared instantly in front of the youngest of the Demigods, using his supernatural fluidity to bypass his defense. His right hand, covered in Khaotic Qi, struck the warrior’s plexus. The sound of ribs breaking was clear and brutal. BaiShe did not stop at striking; he used his fingers like claws to tear the azure flesh, letting the Demigod’s golden blood spurt onto the burning basalt.

"Your authority is as fragile as your arrogance," he murmured while the man spat a mixture of blood and organ fragments.

On her side, Long Huang had transformed into a storm of destruction. She seized the massive Ancestor’s arm and, with a strength inherited from her Origin lineage, tore the limb off with a sharp pull. The white humerus came out of the shoulder in a scarlet fountain, and the Demigod’s agonized scream was immediately smothered by a new salvo of black flames that began to consume his soul.

The old man with the frost beard, seeing his two companions mutilated in a single exchange, felt fear creep into his Dantian for the first time.

He tried to retreat to prepare an emergency sealing, but the air around him had already crystallized under the effect of BaiShe’s frost Qi.

"You want to escape? Negative... It has been a long time since I devoured a Demigod," declared BaiShe as his eyes turned silver again behind his monocle. "Your sacrifice will mark the birth of the Dao Executor’s own domain, be proud of it~"