I Became the Devil Queen's Heart Demon

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Yu Youhan was slightly stunned, then instantly reacted, a cold glimmer flickering in her jade-green eyes.

Although she couldn't understand what Chen Mo was saying, she could guess the gist... With Ji Hongxiu's crazy personality, who knows what kind of absurd things she might do!

"Tell me everything that has happened in the past two days, from start to finish, every detail." Yu Youhan said solemnly.

"Yes."

Chen Mo, while squeezing small feet, reported the sequence of events to the Empress.

"There are red dark lines engraved on the Daoist Venerable, which will flare up intermittently..."

"And the Dragon Qi within my body seems to be able to alleviate this pain, which presumably is also the reason why the Daoist Venerable deliberately approached me..."

Yu Youhan was not surprised in the slightest, as if she had already guessed it, and said with disdain in her tone, "Wanting to use Dragon Qi to cover his own aura to make Heaven's malice lose its target... haha, just like when cutting Three Corpses, mediocre strength, but full of small thoughts."

Chen Mo curiously asked, "Empress, what exactly does cutting Three Corpses mean?"

Yu Youhan shook her head and said, "At Ji Hongxiu's level, she's no longer cultivating 'technique', but rather 'heart'... Only a Dao Heart strong enough can break through the 'Four Illusions', touch the source of the Dao, and the Three Corpses is the last hurdle of the Four Illusions."

"Four Illusions?" Chen Mo asked, bewildered. "What is that?"

"You can understand it as the four stages of Heart Demons: Demon Form, Tribulation Fire, Karma, and Dao Nightmare, corresponding to Inner Source, external manifestation, Cause and Effect, and karma barrier."

"Ji Hongxiu has already broken through three illusions, walking to the final step, but this precisely is also the hardest hurdle."

"Banishing all yet unable to banish myself, when the Dao is achieved, the demon is also formed."

"The so-called 'Dao Nightmare' is the aggregate of inner obsessions and desires, possessing all the cultivation and memories of its host, equivalent to being an enemy to oneself."

Yu Youhan said blandly, "Ji Hongxiu destroyed the Nine Insects yet cannot sever the Three Corpses, unable to maintain Dao Heart Clarity, thus her cultivation naturally plummeted... To preserve herself, she divided out a thread of Yin God as a vessel to contain the three poisons of obsession, greed, and lust, resulting in her current state of dual soul."

Chen Mo realized, "So that's it, no wonder she has changed so much as if she's someone else..."

Yu Youhan snorted coldly, "It's nothing but self-deception, the so-called 'Split Soul' is no different from the original self, merely magnifying deep-seated desires."

"Committing filthy acts whilst keeping herself clean."

"Being a powder head yet wanting a clear reputation, exactly describes a person like Ji Hongxiu."

"..."

Chen Mo's expression turned somewhat odd upon hearing this.

Listening to the Empress, it seems that deep down, the Daoist Venerable actually wants to sleep with him, just unwilling to admit it?

At this moment, he thought of something and asked, "Then which stage has the Empress reached now?"

Yu Youhan's face remained expressionless, saying blandly, "My Dao Heart is firm as iron, has long since broken through the Four Illusions."

"Really?"

Chen Mo blinked his eyes, saying, "If I remember correctly, the first time I entered the palace, the Empress called me 'Heart Demon', and even wanted to kill me..."

Yu Youhan: "..."

Chen Mo continued, "And according to the Daoist Venerable, Heaven doesn't allow the coexistence of two methods, as long as there's Empress's Dao Power within me, then Empress can't break through that barrier... Is this true?"

Yu Youhan's expression turned somewhat unnatural, averting her gaze, and muttered under her breath, "Why does she tell you everything? So talkative..."

Seeing this, Chen Mo's heart sank slightly.

"Seems like the Daoist Venerable was right, am I really the Empress's cost?"

Watching his serious expression, Yu Youhan hesitated for a moment, then said, "At first, I indeed thought so, which is why I attempted to free myself from the binding of the red silk... But as time passed, I found it had no effect on my cultivation, rather it brought benefits..."

Chen Mo was stunned for a moment, "Benefits?"

Yu Youhan explained, "My constitution is unique, it's the Body without Cause, which won't be rejected by Heaven's malice, but similarly, cannot be blessed with fortune... Hence always missing a step, repeatedly facing setbacks on the court..."

"And you possess great momentum, extremely powerful fortune, entirely opposite to mine, to an extent it even has a reciprocating effect."

All along, in the struggle between the two factions, the Imperial Consort Faction has always been at a disadvantage.

No matter how meticulous the schemes, how thorough the arrangements, ultimately due to various reasons would fail... The Barbarian Slave Case was an example, if not for Chen Mo accidentally solving it, dragging Zhou Family down, the Imperial Consort Faction would have suffered heavy blows again.

In the end, it's just bad luck.

"So that's how it is..."

Chen Mo furrowed his brows tightly, deep in thought.

In the original plot, Consort Yu was overwhelmingly powerful yet repeatedly suffered setbacks, ultimately stripped of power, fading away, somewhat akin to a 'plot kill'.

If not for being excessively overpowered in stats, without cheating, it's impossible to defeat her.

After he arrived in this world, he altered the plot's trajectory, the Imperial Consort Faction triumphed, while Consort Yu was bound by red silk, constantly constrained...

In the unseen forces, it's like everything was predetermined.

"Why does it feel like a closed loop?"

"Is it only by completing that hidden event that the red silk can be completely released? The system isn't giving any hints at all, don't know where to start!"

While he pondered silently, he heard Yu Youhan say, "If speaking of 'cost', it's just a bit uncomfortable being tied by that red silk, but I've gotten used to it now..."

Chen Mo said with some amusement, "Really? But Empress didn't say that last time."

Yu Youhan's cheeks flushed slightly, glaring at him in annoyance, "It's you who always deliberately misbehaves, wishing to torment me to death before stopping..."