Ah Yin was momentarily speechless; her Blue Silver Grass body bent to one side as she sank into thought.
But Tang San was never one for tact—his great umbrella swept out, signaling a fight to the death.
Boom—
The Clear-Demonic Umbrella extended with frightening speed over the ground it had just covered, greedily devouring the ambient spiritual energy.
At the same time, Tang San had indeed protected his mother from harm, yet every other plant nearby met disaster, withering visibly.
This effectively shrank the living space on the battlefield; Ah Yin's breathing slowed at once.
Chu Feng wasted no words. Nine golden spirit rings blazed brighter, pushing his power toward the threshold of the Sun God's domain.
The declaration made even Tang San—soaking in the God Realm's hot spring—shudder from afar.
Curious, he tried to check the situation, but lacked the authority and divine force to view the mortal world from the God Realm.
Fortunately, the Sea God had generously left him a technique that could project a blurry image—like chaotic ancient footage—before his eyes.
He saw Chu Feng standing on the ground, radiance spreading outward, rising like steam to dispel the demonic qi overhead.
Tang San frowned, then smirked. "Still struggling? Then let's see the umbrella's true might."
At that thought, the demonic umbrella released phantoms of infant bodies that tittered like imps.
A thoroughly evil artifact; even Tang San hadn't expected such skin-crawling horror.
Though illusory, the specters brimmed with murderous malice; they swooped down, tiny mouths gnawing at the surrounding light.
Chu Feng hadn't summoned the Sun God precisely because he wanted to gauge how far this umbrella could go.
Its strength now rivaled a God-King, yet within the investiture of the gods system it was only an average Earth-Immortal level.
Hardly troublesome for Chu Feng. He had the System drip a single drop of Pangu's essence blood onto his forehead.
To Pangu himself it was negligible, but for ordinary cultivators it could violently boost one's fundamental Dao.
As the drop merged, his organs and meridians seethed like boiling metal.
The Dao power once anchored in his dantian now roamed freely, accelerating the fusion of blood and Dao.
Henceforth he could summon Dao strength from any part of his body without relying on his dantian as a control center.
More flexible, more convenient—and excellent for purging the umbrella's demonic qi.
Violence was unnecessary; it would only damage local destiny and risk ruining Ah Yin's foundation.
Unlike Tang San's brash cruelty, Chu Feng—though burdened with heavy karma—still weighed right and wrong.
Thus essence blood plus qi control was the best method, also tempering bones and strengthening the body—perfect.
But Tang San could not stomach Chu Feng's calm; he prepared to unleash the umbrella's third stage.
Since his resurrection his viciousness had deepened—he gave no thought to Ah Yin's safety.
Bang!
Ah Yin could no longer hide within her Blue Silver Grass; she was forced into a faint human shape as demonic qi invaded her roots.
This was the umbrella's deepest, foulest power: its canopy spun wildly, scattering seed-like demons so dense that Chu Feng's radiance could not block them all.
Consequently Ah Yin suffered; apparently the evil artifact didn't fully obey its vile master.
Chu Feng thickened the light around Ah Yin, shielding her while the essence blood still integrated.
"Trust me—hold on for three minutes," he said.
Ah Yin's cool eyes blinked. Faced with a stranger her own age, she hesitated less than a second before nodding. "Okay!"
Chu Feng sat cross-legged; dazzling gold burst from him as boundless Dao forces intertwined.
Ah Yin's phantom hovered above him, woven from her last wisps of spiritual energy—three minutes might exhaust her lifespan.
Because Tang San's image was blurred, he assumed Ah Yin was being devoured by Chu Feng—such was his peculiar logic.
Anxious, he materialized the Clear-Demonic Umbrella, retracted its canopy into a long-handled weapon, and struck to obliterate Chu Feng.
Ah Yin glimpsed the demonic canopy overhead, murderous intent aimed at Chu Feng.
She wavered—could this truly be Tang San's doing?
Boom—
The umbrella crashed upon the meditating Chu Feng; godly and demonic forces collided, sending vast shock-waves of light.
Yet reaching Chu Feng's body proved difficult; the umbrella could only clash with the outermost halo of light.
Still, Ah Yin's heart clenched at the sight—though she herself was grievously weak.
She seemed moved by Chu Feng's efforts to help her.
Wait—
This wasn't the scene Chu Feng wanted: he was clearly dominating, yet it sounded as if he were the underdog.
Whoosh—Chu Feng opened his eyes; the essence blood had merged, a full minute ahead of schedule.
He gathered all radiance into his right hand, rose, and simply grabbed the demonic umbrella.
The instant he gripped it, the umbrella disintegrated like dust—its rampaging malice unable to vent.
With Pangu's essence fused within, his Dao had become supremely brilliant, birthing even more radiant divine force.
Watching from close by, Ah Yin felt her spiritual energy surging; she thought she was about to die.
With Chu Feng present she wouldn't, yet Tang San—far away—was grievously wounded, blood tainting the Spring of Life.
Because the artifact and user were linked by blood across realms, its destruction inflicted bitter backlash.
Tang San lay sprawled at the spring's edge, eyes bleeding, his hatred for Chu Feng deeper than ever… while Ah Yin, in phantom form, tried to embrace Chu Feng; his Dao-golden body easily accepted the hug.
Tears rimmed her eyes. "Thank you."
Chu Feng smiled at her in his arms. "Problem solved—but we're not done yet."
"What?"
Ah Yin wavered, overwhelmed by emotion.
Chu Feng produced the sacred heart green lotus again; after his dazzling display of Dao, the lotus now brimmed with immortal aura.
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