After Faking Her Death and Escaping, the Junior Sister Fell to the Demonic Path - Chapter 95

“Mother, please rest and recover. I have handled all of the affairs, great and small, of the Demon Race, so you don’t need to worry.”

In the Demon Empress’s bedchamber, Qin Qingyi gently comforted her mother.

In the past few days, she had dealt with several Great Demons whose intentions had wavered. Seeing them become much more restrained, Qin Qingyi finally relaxed her taut nerves a little.

However… her mother’s injuries were growing more and more severe.

According to the Elder and personal guards who were with her that day, when the Demon Empress was passing through a regular patrol point, a sudden surge of demonic energy rushed straight towards her.

Although they managed to defend in time, the demonic energy still seeped into her body. The immense force instantly made Qin Banguo cough up blood. The surrounding Great Demons were caught off guard. By the time they reacted and protected her, Qin Banguo had already suffered severe injuries. After returning to her bedchamber, she fell into a coma.

Qin Qingyi watched helplessly as the demonic energy daily corroded her mother’s body. The Great Demons within the Demon Race were completely helpless. Her mother’s health was deteriorating day by day, and now she couldn’t even stay awake for an hour.

Inside the gauze curtain, Qin Banguo responded softly to Qin Qingyi’s detailed report.

She was extremely weak. The attack that day had severely injured her. For several days, she was constantly half-asleep, and the wound from the demonic attack showed no signs of recovery. Instead, it was becoming more deeply corroded, to the point where even her Demon Core was on the verge of being infected by the demonic energy.

“My child, you have worked hard.”

Qin Qingyi remained silent outside the curtain for a moment before softly replying, “Mother is the one suffering…”

Qin Banguo looked at her daughter through the gauze curtain. Unbeknownst to her, her daughter had grown up. These days, she listened to her daughter visit daily, telling her about the events within the Demon Race, one by one, in great detail.

It turned out that she no longer needed to rely on her to establish herself in the Demon Race and make those disobedient Great Demons comply. Although her methods were still naive, they were enough to deter others and make the Demon Race Elders bow their heads.

“My child has truly grown. It seems sending you to the Sword Gate was the right decision.”

Qin Banguo laughed and joked, but after only a couple of laughs, she started coughing uncontrollably, one cough after another, simply unable to stop.

Qin Qingyi was anxious hearing this from the outside, almost wanting to lift the bed curtain and rush in. “Mother, are you alright?”

However, just as her hand touched the bed curtain, she was sternly stopped by Qin Banguo from inside:

“Don’t come in!”

Qin Qingyi suddenly froze. Although she had been back for several days, she had not yet seen her mother’s true face. When she returned, her mother had been seeing her from behind a bed curtain, and it had been the same for several days.

Not only was it like this when seeing her, but also when seeing others. Even when the Demon Race’s medical healers came, they could only diagnose her pulse by having Qin Banguo extend her wrist from the inside of the curtain.

Like guarding against a thief, since the attack, Qin Banguo refused to personally see anyone.

Why was her mother unwilling to see her?

Qin Qingyi couldn’t understand.

Feeling quite at a loss, she stood by the bed curtain and called out softly, “Mother, just let me come in.”

She was very worried. What kind of unspeakable difficulty prevented her mother from seeing her?

Inside the bed curtain, Qin Banguo’s face was tense, her breathing still ragged, but her eyes were fixed on Qin Qingyi’s hand that had touched the curtain.

“Don’t come in,” she repeated.

Seeing Qin Qingyi obediently lower her hand outside, Qin Banguo breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good that she hadn’t seen her.

However, just as she was about to lie back down, the hand that had just been lowered outside the curtain suddenly lifted again, directly pulling aside the bed curtain and walking in.

Qin Banguo reacted too slowly. By the time she noticed, the person was already in front of her, making her furious. “You…”

Qin Banguo was shaking with anger at her disobedient act. She pointed at Qin Qingyi, her hand trembling, unable to speak for a long time.

Qin Qingyi, however, grabbed her hand and looked at her with distress, “Mother wouldn’t let me see because of this, wouldn’t she?”

Seeing Qin Banguo’s current state, her eyes reddened, and her voice choked, “Mother, if I hadn’t forced my way in today, how long did you intend to hide it?”

The sight before her caused a stabbing pain in Qin Qingyi’s heart.

Her mother, the once majestic and awe-inspiring Demon Empress, now lay weakly on the bed. The wound on her abdomen was still open, a shocking, tearing injury that had almost ripped her waist in half, with raw, red flesh exposed.

Not only that, but the persistent, lingering demonic energy continuously invaded from the wound, relentlessly consuming her meridians and Demon Core, swallowing the demon energy bit by bit. The growing demonic energy had even affected the meridians around her body. Qin Qingyi could clearly see dark red demonic lines spreading on her mother’s limbs and neck—a sign of parasitic demonic seeds.

Qin Qingyi choked up, her heart ablaze with fury.

“How dare it! How dare it hurt you!!”

Qin Qingyi naturally harbored extreme disgust for the demonic seeds. Currently, in her storage bag, lay the Killing Sword, which had lost its brilliance due to sealing a demonic seed, and… the Unrestrained Immortal Venerable who had never awakened again.

Seeing her so distraught, Qin Banguo couldn’t help but smile at her perpetually self-willed daughter.

“You’re quite anxious. What, are you going to fight the Demon Race to the death? Have you forgotten the time you almost died at the hands of the Demon Race when you were little?”

Her two consecutive questions largely extinguished Qin Qingyi’s emotions. She looked helplessly at her mother leaning against the bed, sighing, “Mother, at a time like this, how can you still say such things?”

If she could, she would certainly want to wipe out the Demon Race in one fell swoop.

But it was not that easy. The war between the Immortals and Demons was approaching its first year, yet the battle remained in a stalemate, with little progress.

The strength of the Demon Race was far greater than they had anticipated.

This disgusting race had secretly accumulated incredibly powerful strength over the past thousands of years, making them utterly helpless and extremely troublesome now.

“Alright, I’m fine, aren’t I? Don’t make such a tearful face.” Qin Banguo straightened her expression. She reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of Qin Qingyi’s eyes and instructed her word by word, “You are my Qin Banguo’s child, the next Demon Empress of the Demon Race. How can you still show such girlish sentimentality?”

However, upon hearing this, Qin Qingyi’s nose suddenly stung, and the tears that had been lingering in her eyes suddenly streamed down, leaving two streaks on her cheeks.

“Mother is the Demon Empress. Your child is just the Young Mistress. Your child only wishes to be the Young Mistress, not the Demon Empress.”

The implication was to wish for Qin Banguo to remain the Demon Empress forever.

This statement made Qin Banguo both angry and amused.

“What, should I be stuck in this position, toiling away like an ox and a horse for the rest of my life?”

In her anger, Qin Banguo even used the self-appellation she typically reserved for her subordinates.

Qin Qingyi lowered her eyes submissively, offering no rebuttal.

This further angered Qin Banguo, who pinched her.

“Still wanting me to sit in this position forever, you deserve a beating!”

Qin Qingyi obediently allowed herself to be hit. Of course, Qin Banguo didn’t really use force; it was merely symbolic, a gentle patting that was all sound and little fury.

By the end of their exchange, Qin Banguo weakened again. She gently stroked Qin Qingyi’s hand and comforted her, “My child, don’t worry. Your mother will be fine.”

Qin Qingyi responded, “Of course. Mother is the wisest Demon Empress in history. A mere minor injury certainly won’t defeat you. I believe it won’t be long before you can be lively and vigorous again, inspecting the Demon Race’s territory.”

These words pleased Qin Banguo immensely, and she smiled, narrowing her eyes.

“Alright, I’m tired. You should go out now.”

Qin Banguo looked at her daughter with hazy eyes and instructed softly, “The affairs of the Demon Race are numerous. You must remember to handle them carefully and not let those cunning ones exploit any loopholes…”

As she spoke, her voice trailed off, gradually becoming inaudible.

Hearing the breathing on the bed gradually steady, Qin Qingyi knew her mother had fallen asleep again.

She quietly exited the room. As she closed the door, she heard a worried voice behind her.

“Young Mistress…” Yan Li spoke softly.

Qin Qingyi raised a hand, stopping her unfinished words.

“Let’s talk further away. Don’t disturb Mother’s rest.”

Yan Li nodded repeatedly.

As Qin Qingyi walked, she pondered the injury on her mother’s body.

It was caused by a parasitic demonic seed, which was very difficult to treat.

But if it was allowed to continue, her mother would surely die.

Yan Li quietly reported the battle situation at the Demon Race’s border as they walked.

Yes.

The Demon Race had also started fighting with the Demon Clan.

Since the day Qin Banguo was attacked, the Demon Race’s location had been completely exposed. Perhaps it had been exposed all along. In any case, the Demon Clan began a large-scale siege of the Demon Race’s barrier. Now, half of the Great Demons within the Demon Race were fiercely defending outside the barrier.

However, none of this had been revealed to her mother. She had strictly ordered all demons in the Demon Race to keep silent and not disclose this matter to her mother at all.

Her mother was already very weak; she couldn’t let her worry about this anymore.

She could handle it.

“Young Mistress, the Demon Clan has reinforced their troops. Now the eastern side is about to collapse.”

Finally, once they were far away from the Demon Empress’s bedchamber, Yan Li could no longer hide her emotions. She recounted the difficulties at the eastern barrier, desperately wanting Qin Qingyi to provide a solution.

Qin Qingyi was silent for a few moments upon hearing that the Demon Clan had reinforced their troops.

But it was only a few moments. After a brief thought, she looked up.

“Announce to the remaining Great Demons of the Demon Race that thirty percent will personally follow me to the eastern front. The rest should disperse to the other three areas: west, south, and north.”

Yan Li was shocked. “Young Mistress, you are going to personally lead the troops?”

The next second, she wanted to stop Qin Qingyi’s decision. With the Demon Empress severely injured and the Young Mistress being the only one holding the Demon Race together, if the Young Mistress were also injured, then the Demon Race…

But Qin Qingyi just waved her hand: “My decision is made. You must quickly issue the order. In one hour, notify all the Elders to gather in the Council Hall.”

With that, Qin Qingyi turned and walked towards the Council Hall.

Yan Li was left alone, stamping her feet in anxiety.

In less than an hour, all the Elders of the Demon Race appeared in the Council Hall.

Upon hearing that Qin Qingyi intended to personally lead the troops to the Demon Clan front line, everyone unanimously refused. One Elder even spoke vehemently: “Your Highness, the Demon Race has no one left. If anything happens to you, how can we explain it to the Demon Empress?”

But no one could stop Qin Qingyi’s decision.

One hour later, she appeared punctually in the sky above the eastern part of the Demon Race’s barrier.

Demonic energy was rampant, almost staining half of the Demon Race’s sky black.

Qin Qingyi stood quietly in mid-air, her gaze fixed on the fiercely trembling border.

Without a passionate speech or a flashy entrance, Qin Qingyi simply summoned the ‘Remaining White’ sword, raised her internal demon power and spiritual energy to their peak, and in the next moment, plunged towards the most intense area of the battle.

A white robe from the Sword Gate was not out of place among the Demon Race, but when paired with the purest and fiercest spiritual root flames, wherever the ‘Remaining White’ sword’s edge passed, the Demon Clan members were engulfed in raging flames, their bodies dissolving in agony and their souls returning to heaven and earth.

She was conspicuous enough.

Many demons finally recognized her at that moment.

“The Young Mistress is here!”

“The Young Mistress is here to support us!”

Many low-ranking demons cheered. The slightly sluggish and demoralized morale was instantly lifted to its peak. They regained their strength. Seeing Qin Qingyi forging a path for them ahead, they immediately mustered their courage and followed closely behind her, advancing like a storm, straight into the depths of the Demon Clan.

Qin Qingyi’s goal was clear. She wasn’t here for a prolonged war of attrition; she wanted to crush the Demon Clan stationed here in a single blow.

The low-ranking demons behind her naturally didn’t know her intentions, but out of trust in her, they followed Qin Qingyi, killing demons all the way. Their unstoppable momentum constantly infected every demon around them.

And Qin Qingyi, while slaying demons, kept her eyes fixed on the most noticeable Demon King deep within the Demon Clan ranks.

Qin Qingyi’s pupils contracted, locking onto that Demon King without blinking.

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