Spirit Vessel

The Mythical Sword Domain surged with intents rampaging several hundred miles, looking like an independent world.

She stood at the top; her hair draped all the way down to her feet. Her eyes became a duality of white and black, shooting out two draconic sword intents - one white and one black.

Feiyun took out his stone coffin. It floated above him and issued bloody rays, turning the area into a red hell.

The runes carved on the coffin seemed to be made from special blades and axes. It depicted ancient totems and creatures such as Goldwolf, Bi'an, Taotie… [1]

The power of this tenth-ranked spirit treasure has been activated. It manifested into a tortoise shell, breaking the sword intents.

The continent seemed to be shaking from its power as it smashed the sword domain in the form of a mountain.

"Boom!" Several thousand miles of land instantly crumbled from the impact. Debris and dust filled the air.

"A tenth-ranked spirit treasure?" The demoness was taken aback. She would have been sent flying if it wasn't for her sword domain.

"Boom!" Feiyun swung the coffin again on the domain, crushing some sword laws in the process. A crack could finally be seen.

The demoness became more menacing and spewed out a pill-sized white jewel. It had a monstrous crimson aura, as immense as a star.

Its presence immediately startled Feiyun since he felt something dangerous incoming. His body became frozen by this invisible power; his pores started loosening.

The jewel in her hand flashed and released a mighty cosmic beam.

"Boom!" Feiyun fully activated the coffin. An energy of death manifested to compete against the beam.

A corrosive force struck him, wanting to turn him into dust. Fortunately, the majority was stopped by his armor so no significant damage was done.

'That jewel is absolutely a top demonic weapon.' Feiyun thought and hurriedly retreated for several hundred miles before stopping.

More sword intents came from the horizon straight for him.

He opened the coffin and released nine black iron chains, each as thick as a bucket. They looked like iron dragons and flew towards the intents.

"Rumble!" The two of them flew and exchanged blows for a hundred thousand miles, killing numerous demons and desolating the land. Mountains and rivers were severed - a complete change in geography.

"!" The demoness suddenly recalled her sword and became a phantom drilling into the ground to escape.

Feiyun also recalled his coffin and landed on a peak. Blood dripped down from his body as he slightly bowed in the direction of another peak: "Greetings, Lord Qing Ji."

Lord Qing Ji's arrival had scared away the demoness.

A blue flame manifested on top of that peak and turned into a lotus with a female figure within. She stared at Feiyun and said: "I followed the traces of your battle and made it in time."

"If you were just a little bit later, I might have been done for, Lord Qing Ji."

The demoness was two levels higher than Feiyun on top of possessing a top demonic treasure. Feiyun had no chance without his armor.

Of course, it wouldn't have been easy for her to kill Feiyun. He still had his spirit vessel and a worm-hole stone.

He didn't trust Lord Qing Ji either since he used a tenth-ranked spirit treasure early. Given her insight, she would definitely be able to recognize its level and might be tempted.

Though they were from the alliance, no one was here. She could kill him and take away the coffin then tell everyone else that he was killed by a demon. This was within the realm of possibilities.

In that case, even the worm-hole stone and spirit vessel wouldn't be able to save him. His only chance was to jump into the coffin then open the path to Heavenly Kingdom to temporarily hide there.

Lord Qing Ji might not actually do this but it was better to be on guard against anyone.

She stared at the floating coffin with a glint of astonishment in her eyes.

He became awfully tense.

"Your fortune is quite great, to be favored by that existence." She eventually spoke.

He speculated about her comment. Did she recognize the origin of the coffin?

Does she think I'm Yama's successor?

He tried to hide all emotions and didn't say anything. The more he spoke, the more chances for mistakes to come out. It was fine for her to misunderstand, perhaps she wouldn't attack in that case.

"No need to be nervous, I will not tell anyone this. Try not to use this evil coffin again in front of anyone. If the Buddhists from the immemorial temples know about this, the alliance won't be able to protect you." She continued after seeing a lack of response.

"Thank you for keeping this secret, Lord Qing Ji."

"You're under my faction right now. As long as you don't create an unsalvageable mess, I will do my best to protect you. This is for the honor of the half-demons. I'm sure you won't let me down and will show everyone that we can be strong."

He heaved a sigh of relief, realizing that this half-demon won't attempt to rob him. He put away the coffin and had a better impression of her.

That demoness earlier used an unknown method to disappear. Even Lord Qing Ji couldn't find her.

The two returned to the lair of the spider demons. It has turned into an ocean of lava and the battle was over.

Corpses floated on the lava surface and were being collected for contribution points.

"The commander of the white spiders escaped, too strong to be stopped." Lord Fu Ying told Lord Qing Ji.

The three commanders of the half-demon alliance had their own mission for this battle.

Lord Kong Hou was responsible for taking down the army. Lord Fu Ying focused on dealing with their commander - Lord Xueshuang.

As for Lord Qing Ji, she had to go stop the tiger-wolf demons nearby.

The plan would fail with the involvement of the tiger-wolf demons, hence the need for a top master to impede them.

Lord Qing Ji was the strongest, hence the assignment.

"It's fine, we've gotten enough contribution points. This can still be considered a triumphant return, haha!" Lord Kong Hou was jubilant. He had killed more than a hundred thousand demons; there was still an air of bloodthirst around him.

"How should we distribute the contribution points?" Lord Fu Ying asked.

Sir Kong Hou killed the most so he should have the most points. However, he didn't dare to seize all the points: "This is the result of everyone's cooperation so divide equally."

"Commanders, may I speak my mind?" Feiyun standing below suddenly interjected.

All three liked Feng Feiyun. Without him, the half-demon alliance wouldn't have garnered so many points.

"Speak." Lord Qing Ji gave permission.

"I disagree with an equal distribution of points. Our alliance has no status to speak of in the human kingdom, we need a War Monarch."

The title of War Monarch required ten thousand points.

The elite who were gathering corpses stopped in their tracks. War Monarch! Are we about to have one in the alliance?!

War Monarchs had an exceedingly high status in human kingdoms. Even the elders from the ancient clans would need to offer their respect.

It would be an incredible morale boost if they could have a War Monarch after the first expedition.

Moreover, a War Monarch was influential on the Myriad-race Battlefield. This would be immensely helpful for future expeditions.

Most importantly, in the event of members from the medial clan coming to cause trouble, a War Monarch would be able to kill them with impunity.

War Monarchs have performed outstanding service for the human race. Thus, the medial clans wouldn't dare to seek revenge without ample evidence or excuses. Otherwise, they would risk being persecuted by other humans.

In summary, the presence of a War Monarch would be quite beneficial for the half-demon alliance.

1. Mythical Chinese creatures