Chapter 191 191: Divine

Chapter 191 Chapter 191: Divine

Inside the third cell, the sight that met their eyes was unlike anything they could have anticipated.

A young woman sat there, surrounded by an aura of ethereal light. Her features held an otherworldly beauty, her eyes seemingly reflecting the stars themselves. The woman's presence seemed to resonate with a sense of ancient power, a force that transcended time itself.

Xu Shan's breath caught in his throat as he stared at her, recognizing the piece of metal that was lying next to the woman. It was a rusted piece of sword, but it resonated with him. It was similar to another fragment that he had found in the city shop.

He stepped inside the cell, waiting for the woman to open her eyes, but she showed no response. It was as if she couldn't even sense him.

Even the Divine Queen's father was confused as to who the woman in the cell was. He had been the King before his daughter but even he hadn't seen who was in this cell.

The only thing he knew was that this cell was sealed for a long time. Even he didn't know how long this cell was actually sealed for. Even though he could've opened the cell with his blood, he had never tried. But this time, he allowed Xu Shan to do it.

"Who are you?" Xu Shan asked the woman, sitting on his knees before her.

Unfortunately, he received no response from the woman. Moreover, even though the woman seemed to be filled with vitality, she didn't appear to be breathing at all. It was as if she had long died.

For a person who died long ago to still have such heavy vitality around them, Xu Shan could only wonder how strong they were at their peak. Just to be sure, he checked the woman's pulse, placing his finger on the fairy-like woman's fair skin.

After a few seconds, he shook his head. "She's dead."

"As I thought. There's no way someone could survive this long. If you hadn't appeared for a few hundred years, even we..." the Divine Queen's father spoke but didn't finish his sentence.

Xu Shan stood up and walked to the door. He gently pushed the only man out of the cell. "Give me some privacy."

The King looked at the lifeless body of the prettiest woman he had ever seen, before shifting his gaze to Xu Shan. He couldn't help but misunderstand the young man.

"This... she is dead. With dead, doing that..." the man hesitated before speaking. "Once everything goes back to normal, how about I find you a living girl for you to solve your lus-"

The man spoke, but he stopped mid sentence as he noticed Xu Shan glare at him.

"I'll be performing her last rights. Get your mind out of the gutter!" Xu Shan scoffed, before closing the door from inside.

To be sure that the others didn't lock him inside, he made sure to leave Xun outside to alert him if they tried anything at all.

After closing the door, he walked over to the divine lifeless body. "Your journey in this realm has ended, but you can still help me progress in my journey. I apologize for what I'm about to do."

Xu Shan kept the piece of blade in his storage ring before plundering every precious artifact that he could find.

Most of the items from her were already taken by someone when this unknown woman was locked, but she still had some left, probably because the person who trapped her here didn't find those artifacts worth his attention.

Even though these artifacts weren't important for the person who sealed this woman here, they were extremely useful for Xu Shan.

After taking all the artifacts, his attention fell on the face of the woman. He had seen many beautiful women in his life, but the one before her was truly worthy to be called a fairy.

He didn't know how a person like her appeared in the Divine Realm or who trapped her, but both of these people were beyond his understanding for the time being.

"Please grant me everything that you failed to take with you to your afterlife!" Xu Shan spoke, before placing his hand on the woman's forehead.

His Devouring Spirit became active and greedily started devouring every single bit of Celestial Aura that it could. Even though the woman had died a long time ago, her aura was still so strong. It was nothing like he ever felt before.

Xu Shan was at the peak of Heavenly Celestials Realm and to break through to the Immortal Realm, the energy needed was colossal, especially for people of the Divine Realm. That's why the Divine Queen came up with the idea to steal everyone else's Celestial Aura.

For herself, she was willing to sacrifice everyone else. Through the years, she had also absorbed the strength of hundreds of Heaven's Chosen. Even though she gathered lots of Negative Karma, her strength also increased by a lot.

The realm she was stronger than Xu Shan was because she had already surpassed the Heavenly Celestial Realm, but she was still short of the Immortal Realm.

She was in the Half Step Immortal Realm, which made her the strongest person in the Divine Realm. Initially Xu Shan had planned to use his mind to take everything from the Divine Queen, but now he had another hope!

With the endless amount of energy he was receiving, he had hope of surpassing the Heavenly Celestial and entering Half Step Immortal like the Divine Queen!

His greed knew no bounds. He kept devouring and devouring while the Divine Aura around the woman decreased with each passing second.

The Devouring Process continued, but in the middle, something strength happened. Xu Shan found his consciousness entering an entirely different realm.

For that reason, he wasn't alone either. Instead, the woman was also there with him. It was her consciousness and her eyes were open.

The woman looked at Xu Shan.