Divine Emperor of Death

"Child, what are you looking at? Take it."

Ancestor Cornelia strode forwards with a bright smile on her face, "This gift you brought for us to slaughter doesn't compare to this kind of wealth, I think. There's nothing to hesitate about."

Davis turned to look at Ancestor Cornelia, chuckling, "Ancestor, thirty-two million immortal crystals is a sum enough to create six Level Nine Immortals."

A hint of shock emerged on Ancestor Cornelia's face, but she quickly forced a smile, "That's alright. Those six Level Nine Immortals could not possibly match you in prowess when you become an Immortal and advance to the Mid Stage."

"That's right."

Klade chuckled, his voice raising a bit, "Young genius, I've heard about you a lot during this time since your women wouldn't stop singing praises about you."

"…"

"However, your calculation is quite a bit off. After all, if an immortal's prowess is even one level higher, then they would require more immortal crystals to break through. Even as a magical beast, I trained in all three cultivation systems. Therefore, the number of immortal crystals that it took for me to reach higher levels was hefty, bleeding my pockets heavily."

"Oh? Then how many immortal crystals did it take for Ancestor to enter Level Nine Immortal Beast?"

Davis was also interested in knowing the required amount as he would like to calculate Nadia's portion as precisely as possible.

"To become a Level Nine Immortal Beast, I spent fifteen million immortal crystals, a bit less than three times the amount it would take to create three average Level Nine Immortals. However, you wouldn't know how heavily it cost my essence to also catch up with my cultivation that I had to use another fifteen million immortal crystals, bringing it to a total of thirty immortal crystals."

"So Ancestor Klade's prowess is two levels higher?"

"Indeed." Ancestor Klade lightly smiled, but his smile was one of longing than pride.

After all, he had been crippled, his immortal core corrupted.

It was impossible for him to step into the Immortal King Beast Stage while his body was also being constantly corroded by the Immortal King Vacuous Beast's toxic blood.

This also made Davis wonder how Ancestor Klade had been able to take on an Immortal King entity. How far was the gap between Level Nine Immortal Stage and Level One Immortal King Stage?

He wanted to know but wouldn't let himself step into dangerous situations for it, so he stopped hesitating and asked.

"Oh, that…" Ancestor Klade smirked, "I don't know for sure, but like the nine levels dividing the Ninth Stage, it is vaguely known that Immortal Stage has twelve levels, of which the last three levels are, of course, not a reality but a construct due to the existence of people with higher prowess. Therefore, if a Level Nine Immortal had a prowess that's three levels higher, they should be in theory, able to battle with a Level One Immortal King."

"So the twelfth level of the Immortal Stage is Level One Immortal King Stage..."

Davis's eyes flashed.

This would make it so that Ancestor Klade's prowess only reached Level Eleven Immortal Stage. However, since he used forty percent of his blood essence to strike the Immortal King Vacuous Beast, it could be understood that he barely killed that beast and came out alive.

Still, it was still a brave feat from Davis's perspective. Not many could stand against the pressure of an Immortal King. He already played hide and seek with one and was probably being chased by the other.

Moreover, it was also said that the Blue Luan Immortal he had met killed the Immortal King City Lord of this city, so at the very least, he deemed that her prowess was at least three levels higher.

'A core disciple, huh...'

"Yes, are you going to take it or not?" Ancestor Klade sounded impatient as he gestured with his palm while Davis almost descended into contemplation, "If you need more reasons, just take it as though we're compensating you."

"Gifts are not given to burden the receiver into returning the gesture." Davis shook his head, "It is something given just because you want to see the other person smile."

Ancestor Klade blinked before he laughed at Ancestor Cornelia, who seemed moved.

"Child, you have your way with your words, but I'm not taking it back. Just take it as the highest kind of compensation I can give for you to heal my wife, if not me. I don't have anything else to give. I wish I could sell this estate, but it's the only thing I have to house my Cornelia and the others..."

"In any case, after hearing so many things about you, I'm counting on you now. My old life is in your hands."

"…"

Davis really had no words to say at this moment. The other party dropped all pretense and tried to believe in him instead of doubting him further, making it hard for him to keep refusing their goodwill.

"Ah, fine." He sighed, taking the spatial ring from Ancestor Klade's palm.

However, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face, "With this, I have more than a hundred million immortal crystals. Since I now know Nadia will require around ninety million immortal crystals to reach level twelve of Immortal Stage in prowess, I can splurge those crystals on other needs as well."

"…"

Ancestor Klade and Ancestor Cornelia's expressions became stunned.

More than a hundred million immortal crystals? They looked at each other, wondering what he did to gain so much, except they couldn't even process it in their minds yet.

"Anyone wants to have a banquet again?"

Davis turned to look at his women, but they were also visibly shaken, too stunned to voice an answer. He smilingly shook his head.

"Honestly, I would love to have a taste of this Burning Phoenix if it's not offensive to you people. The rest, I'm going to feed them to my Nadia to increase her strength as much as possible."

Shirley and Lea were stunned. Eat a Burning Phoenix? That was taboo and incredibly offensive for the people from the Burning Phoenix Sect that they would even start a war against it.

Just as they were worried that the two Ancestors would become offended, the two Ancestors came out of their reverie, their gazes falling on Davis as they displayed different reactions.

"As a Burning Phoenix, I won't eat Ivo, but I'll try to cook for you all, although I can't assure the quality since my phoenix flames aren't powerful enough to roast it."

Ancestor Cornelia giggled, causing Shirley and Lea to become shocked beyond compare.

Although Ancestor Klade's expression was complex, he also nodded.

"More than being a Burning Phoenix, this bastard deserves to burn for all eternity for trying to pervade my heart with a heart demon. As you might know, phoenixes are susceptible to heartbreak more than any magical beast species out there. Trying to frame one's significant other is an act of heresy that would be punished heavily."

He turned to gaze at Cornelia, his expression gentle, "I'll help you cook. Although I'm crippled, it's not like I can't fight. I'm not even done yet."

"Don't. Using your energy would cause the blood poison to seep more into your immortal core." Ancestor Cornelia's expression became stern.

It caused Ancestor Klade to chuckle, "Are you sure that you don't want to taste my cooking after such a long time? Only you've been cooking for me all this while. It's time I returned the favor, don't you think?"

"…"

Ancestor Cornelia appeared speechless, but her eyes also teared up, nostalgic memories resurfacing in her mind that she pounced on her husband's embrace.

Meanwhile, Davis was already in a conversation with Shirley and Lea, wondering if they wanted to try it out, but they denied it out of respect. Their reactions were quite awkward, and he found them cute, especially Lea, who looked like she was standing on a cliff with an abyss on both sides.

After all, she was the Sect Master of the Burning Phoenix Ridge.

Perhaps Lea wanted to try but was afraid that she'd cross a line or was afraid of not following the same eating habits as him. Regardless, he relieved her of her worries, saying that it was fine if she decided not to partake in the Burning Phoenix meat.

"Although I won't eat a Burning Phoenix, I'll partake in the feast with you~"

"…?"

Davis appeared confused, but he was suddenly attracted to an aromatic fragrance emerging from the hall; turning to look at the hall gate as he saw Evelynn, Natalya, Isabella, Fiora, Mingzhi, Sophie, and Niera enter inside with large-sized dishes in their hands.

He was wondering if they slipped out due to the sensitive issue of eating a Burning Phoenix, but it turns out that they were bringing the feast to him. They didn't forget to save him some, causing him to shake his head.

Their passion towards him was scalding, making him wonder if he should leave more often to greedily want their love but also thought that was foolish. After all, they gave him their all no matter the cause, so why wouldn't he reciprocate the same?

Shirley summoned a chair and made Davis sit as she playfully pressed down on his shoulder while Lea placed a huge table in front of him enough to fit all those dishes above it.

The girls then aligned themselves before the circular wooden table, placed the array of dishes neatly, and opened them, causing the delicious aroma to waft out in the form of steam, inevitably making Davis's mouth water.

He couldn't wait anymore, first reaching out to a dish randomly before he pinched the meat and threw it into his mouth, feeling the juices spread.

"Mhm~ The soft texture that instantly melts in my mouth… I don't know what this meat is, but it's freaking good!"

Davis slammed the table lightly as he ate while speaking, causing Evelynn and the others to giggle. However, one among them was extremely happy but also shy.

"Isn't that good, Fiora?" Natalya walked over to her sister and playfully whispered, "He ate you first."

"Sis, you mean he ate mine first..."

"That's what you said~"

Natalya shrugged as she winked, her sweet charm filling the space with liveliness, while Fiora was blushing hard to be caught in an erotic wordplay trap.

"This… Fiora, you cooked it?"