I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch
Chapter 604 - 604: 572. Dragon Heart Flame, Origin Heart Fire

As night fell, the traffic flowed incessantly, and the city lights had just begun to illuminate.

After more than a year of development, Miss Mu's fame had already resounded throughout the entire Empire.

This economic center city of the fifteenth district boasted a particularly flourishing entertainment industry.

Everywhere could be seen the magnificent posters of Miss Mu—in the depths of a serene temple, Mu Qingtong, dressed in a waist-cinching, ink-colored gown with the Snow Crystal Crown atop her silver hair, sits elegantly, her legs crossed upon the throne of the abyss, her eyes of burnished gold gazing downward coldly and imperiously at the land below.

This was the album cover of Miss Mu's "King", which was remarkably oppressive.

"I have to say, Miss Mu, you do bear a resemblance to an emperor," Xia Feng looked through the car window at the woman in the black gown on the gigantic poster among the scintillating nocturnal skyscrapers and felt a bit emotional.

The woman in the black gown leaned back lazily on the rear seat sofa, her chin propped to the side, feigning sleep with her eyes closed.

Before long, the car came to a stop in front of the soaring Bronze Building.

It had been decided on the way that the three women would first come to the Bronze Building to freshen up, as it housed a well-equipped lab capable of rapidly mixing Ascension promotion liquid.

Xia Feng then set out to find Ms. Fu.

Before separating from Ms. Fu at the Helian City·East Victory Fortress, she had mentioned she was preparing to return to the Fourth Pillar to reassume power, saying that if needed, he could find her there.

As the daughter of the Great Lord Business and the titular wife of Lord Yeli Dong, gaining entry once again into the upper echelons of the military and seizing power was not difficult for her.

Especially as a daughter of the Pillar Country, it was possible she knew some secrets.

Thus, Xia Feng planned to seek her out to learn about how much the Empire's top brass knew about Sirius.

When Xia Feng had last parted with Ms. Fu, he had gifted her a Pale Seal that was not imprinted with thoughts, protecting against all memory probing methods, and it also had a tracking function.

Following the Seal's guidance, Xia Feng quickly determined the direction.

However, what puzzled him was that as he kept moving forward, Ms. Fu's location also began to move rapidly.

Xia Feng frowned and pursued, soon leaving the city and entering a vast forest in the western outskirts.

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Sky Fortress.

Above Litian City, at an altitude of ten thousand meters in the sky, a fortress like a primordial beast laid within the clouds.

Surrounding it were countless silver-hued airships darting about, their searchlights and infrared beams intersecting.

Jinyang Hong appeared out of the void, landing onto the airstrip with a young man in tow, his face deathly pale.

It took a full ten minutes before he passed through various inspections and arrived at a garden.

It was night, yet the garden was as bright as a sunny afternoon, with holy white Zhi Zi flowers blooming alongside the path of goose egg stones, their fragrance refreshing.

Jinyang Hong knew that Princess Freya was fond of flowers, especially Zhi Zi flowers.

Therefore, Lord Yeli Dong had also grown fond of Zhi Zi flowers.

Walking past the lush foliage, at the end of the pebble path, he saw a young man leaning back in a wheelchair, gazing up through the glass window at the bright moonlight.

The stars twinkled in the sky.

With a "plop", Jinyang Hong dropped Qin Luo onto the ground, his calm voice respectful, "Mr. Dongjun, the person you requested is here."

He was actually a senior relative of Lord Yeli Dong, much older in age than Lord Yeli Dong, but Lord Yeli Dong was the favorite of Lord Business and was especially valued by him.

Therefore, Jinyang Hong, even as the brother of the Jinyang Power Faction family head, had to respectfully call Lord Yeli Dong "Mr."

Behind the young man in the wheelchair stood a tall woman, expressionless, her jet-black hair trimmed in a neat, princess-cut style, and a bright red [Sword] character etched beside her right phoenix eye, her demeanor cold and elegant.

The individual known as Sword Heart was one of Lord Yeli Dong's trusted attendants.

Sword Heart pushed the wheelchair back and turned it.

A light blue blanket covered the young man's knees.

His grayish-white hair lightly covered his forehead, and his handsome, somewhat delicate face was pale. With heterochromatic eyes, one blood-red, the other ocean-blue, he resembled two enchanting gemstones, which only served to make his aura more mysterious.

With an indifferent glance from his unusual eyes, he briefly looked down at Qin Luo wailing on the ground, nodded, and then raised his gaze, his voice gentle, "Well done."

"The Sumeru Throne is about to open, and we are running out of time," Jinyang Hong inquired, "and the Holy Resolution Ceremony still needs one more Dragon King Level. Does Mr. Dongjun have a plan?"

When the matter was mentioned, the heterochromatic youth narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing out at the moonlight through the window, "The plan has already begun."

Saying this, he turned back and spoke softly, "This matter may still require your assistance."

"Please, enlighten me."

Jinyang Hong knew that even with Qin Luo captured, it would be tough for Lord Yeli Dong to complete the Holy Resolution Ceremony now.

Initially, the discovery of a Dragon Blood divine Half-Dragon of Dragon King Level by the Black Moon Church in District 20 seemed to be the perfect candidate to fill the last gap.

Unfortunately, that opportunity slipped away, resulting in the death of a genius from the Yeli family.

Although it was known that the divine Half-Dragon was likely a servant of Jiang Qiue, a journey from the 18th to the 15th district across the Eternal Flow Sea would take at least half a month, possibly even one.

Moreover, there was no way of knowing whether Jiang Qiue would change course en route or choose not to return to the Black Moon Court.

Thus, after the failed capture attempt using the Ice God Relic as bait, Lord Yeli Dong could no longer afford to wait.

To gain an advantage in the imminent scramble for the Sumeru Throne, he must complete the Holy Resolution as soon as possible to greatly enhance his combat power.

But Jinyang Hong really couldn't see how Lord Yeli Dong could find or even enslave a third Dragon King Level Half-Dragon.

"Half a year ago, when I participated in the hunt for Sirius, Sirius counterattacked and I was afflicted with a curse from a Divine Relic called the Shame Spirit Curse," Lord Yeli Dong explained, recalling the scene when he was cursed.

Shame Spirit Evil God's Curse: By killing the possessor of the Shame Spirit Curse (resulting in the death of their body and soul), you are cursed by the Shame Spirit Evil God and become the host of the curse.

As the host, you must commit eight acts of shame within a year; failure to do so will trigger the retribution of the Shame Spirit Curse.

Note·Acts of Shame: The eight acts that are most shameful in the cursed host's heart.

Note·Curse Removal: Upon successful completion of the eight acts of shame, the host will receive a reward defined by the rules of the Shame Spirit Curse.

Note...

You have now selected the ultimate reward: Dragon Heart Flame.

Current progress of Acts of Shame: 5/8

Initially, he thought the curse was nothing but trouble, and deep down, he wanted nothing more than to kill Sirius again, who had dared to afflict him.

Later, he discovered that among the rule-defined rewards was Dragon Heart Flame.

Also known as Origin Heart Fire, it's categorized as a Divine Object of Origin, just as rare as the Origin Egg and long extinct.

Its specific uses are similar to that of the Heavenly Stone Embryo, capable of repairing souls and memories.

But its scope of repair is much broader than the Heavenly Stone Embryo; it can also heal the flesh, mend emotions, and more importantly—repair bloodlines!

It can allow imperfect, damaged bloodlines to trace back to their origins, culminating in ancestral power.

For instance, for experimentally failed Divine Half-Dragons of Dragon King bloodline, using Dragon Heart Flame combined with a large number of Dragon Blood Crystals can allow these incomplete Half-Dragons to repair and evolve into a complete Dragon King level bloodline!

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