Chapter 237: The Era When Lilies Bloomed

A century ago, the World Vortex reversed, elemental energy increased greatly, technology developed rapidly, and those ancient races in seclusion once again flourished.

At that time, the Central Continent changed rapidly, with many new ships traveling between the continents, and many adventurous races went to the Central Lands to dig for gold.

In the distant Eastern Continent, a Serpent Demon clan with Ancient Serpent bloodline, due to overpopulation, decided to split off a branch to migrate to the Central Continent for reproduction.

Elsa’s ancestors thus arrived in the Eastern Domain of the Central Lands and settled in a large city.

The Ceylon Planet had six continents, except Antarctica and the Rock Continent had no people, the Central Continent was the largest in area, lay at the world’s center with the most races, and was the most prosperous; the Eastern Continent was the strongest and richest, almost all Demons or Demon hybrid descendants, with no pure humans.

But it had a sparse population, no national concept, used cities of different powers to divide territories, and was very mysterious, rarely communicating with the outside; the Southern Continent was relatively the most primitive, made up of tribal clans of various races, with savage monsters lacking intelligence running wild everywhere; lastly, the Heat Continent had a long history, unique cultural structure, constant war chaos, and the most thriving deity system.

Among the six continents, the Eastern Continent’s creatures had noble origins, excellent bloodlines, strong power, and the highest status.

Even though the Central Continent had caught up to the Eastern Continent now, facing Eastern Continent people, there was still a subtle sense of inferiority like meeting ancient nobles.

Therefore, powerful and wealthy Eastern Continent people were very popular in the Central Lands.

Elsa’s ancestors integrated smoothly into the local area and became the largest underground power in that city.

Over the following period, the Serpent Demon clan developed well, thrived powerfully, and became a force to be reckoned with in the Eastern Domain.

Then, the clan’s eldest daughter ran away from home, came back pregnant.

At the same time, the clan faced trouble, with external attacks from rivals and internal rebellion, so the leader’s position was taken over by other clan members.

After that, the eldest daughter, who held inheritance rights, faced rejection from her clan, and due to being pregnant without marriage, the child having no father issue, people gossiped about her, and after giving birth to a daughter, she became depressed and died of illness a few years later.

When the eldest daughter died, her daughter, the half-Serpent Demon Elsa, was only four years old.

At that time, the little loli was young and her bloodline wasn’t pure; her clan members had human bodies and snake tails, but only she had two legs, and her looks weren’t like Eastern Continent people, so she faced criticism.

But Elsa’s Talent was surprisingly good, and due to clan rejection, she slowly became mature early, solitary, and combative, able to beat up ten-year-old clan boys without trouble.

After her mother died, Elsa’s situation became even harder; though she had no father, her status was still high, and with her exceptional Talent performance and no friends, she naturally became very annoying to others.

At five years old, the little loli couldn’t endure the family’s rejection and chose to run away from home, diving into a primitive Forest in the Eastern Domain.

Unlike humans, the Serpent Demons with Ancient Serpent bloodlines had naturally strong physiques and were very smart.

Though young, she could hunt for survival without problems.

Later, alone, Elsa slowly awakened her bloodline, able to transform into a serpent form, and awakened the Attribute Power of Death Venom.

Used to being wild in the Forest, the Bear Loli hunted prey to eat while sneaking into the city to steal books for knowledge; soon, her overall abilities grew stronger.

From an initial cautious survival, to roaming around causing trouble everywhere, to committing evils and acting like a king, she finally became the top force in that Forest.

A few years later, probably entering the female hormone-fast-secreting phase of puberty, the eleven or twelve-year-old little Serpent Demon felt she was invincible, thinking even tigers, leopards, or monkey kings were no match for her, so she decided to expand her territory deeper into the Forest.

Then, under the dual guidance of instinct and fate, she found a unique small mountain.

Only years later did Elsa figure it out: this deserted mountain had a tiny World Vein, pure Death Attribute energy, overlapping with her Attribute, so it had a deadly pull.

Arriving a step too late, the little Serpent Demon found the mountain already had an owner—a mountain deity who was an ordinary little rat that accidentally got recognized by the World Vein.

Because the World Vein was too weak, even with recognition, the rat couldn’t open its mind, let alone control World Power.

After that, Elsa would tease the rat daily, from being slightly worse, to even, to her using stolen sausages to win over the lowest-level minor Lesser Deity.

After claiming a Deity as her follower, Elsa climbed to her first life peak.

With her “strong” power, plus her follower’s Divine Power radiating across the “small hill,” she became the strongest force in the Forest, and no one dared to challenge her!

Satisfied and proud, Elsa stopped expanding her power and instead lazed around in this Divine Mountain that felt super comfy, living a slow, lazy happy life.

If she could slowly strengthen power just by sleeping in the cave, who would leave?

Not knowing the technical stuff, the little Serpent Demon didn’t realize the mountain had a World Vein, and she could become a deity if she killed the rat, so a snake and a rat lived happily together.

Specifically, Elsa took over the cave, and the minor deity rat kept watch at the entrance.

As days passed, the Bear Loli, feeling bored but super curious, started digging the cave deeper where the death smell was strongest.

One day, a sealed-up hollow cave showed up in front of Elsa, then, curious, she crawled in and saw the most beautiful, unforgettable sight of her life, falling head-over-heels in love instantly.

In the hollow cave appeared a beauty with black hair and black eyes, imprisoned in crystal, and Elsa saw her.

The uneducated little Serpent Demon had read many books but was still a common-sense-lacking illiterate, not understanding what “love” meant.

But at that moment, the little loli was totally captivated by that heart-stopping beauty, then fell completely.

Later days, Elsa lived in the hollow cave, either reading and eating beside the crystal or hugging the Crystal Beauty while sleeping.

If she didn’t see the beauty sister for one day, Elsa couldn’t eat or drink properly.

When did the crystal beauty exist? Elsa had no clue; that ancient dress wasn’t in any book she’d seen, meaning it was super old.

As for the body staying so perfect, it was all due to the World Vein connected to the crystal.

Years earlier, someone sealed a young, stunning Eastern Continent girl in crystal, buried her in the hollow cave, and linked her to a low-level World Vein.

Pure Death Power poured in non-stop, keeping the body from rotting.

Leaked World Power merged into the mountain, forming an even tinier World Vein, and it made the rat a deity.

About the girl’s identity, Elsa had no thoughts, only felt the beauty sister’s vibe was a bit like the rat, not knowing it was a body left by an Ancient Gods figure.

The little Serpent Demon had just one idea: the beauty sister was hers! And she was the beauty sister’s! So, self-taught Elsa, guided by instinct, walked down a path of Lilies love that would never return from the gap between human and corpse.

After hugging the crystal beauty for years, Elsa grew into a pretty but violent young girl.

Living hidden in the mountain, she missed Ceylon’s most important big event in history—Hell’s first invasion failing, right in the Eastern Domain of the Central Continent.

That failure was like the first domino falling, breaking the planet’s balance, starting a series of crises, kicking off the Nine Calamities era: the Blood Sea seal loosened, the Evil King’s Egg woke up, the Demonic Calamity started brewing too…

In that Hell fight, Marcas’ teacher, the last “Silver Holy Sword” who raised and taught him, died fighting against the aggressors’ “Gluttony Clan” The Third.

Then, the dying old man entrusted Marcas to his best friend, Augustine.

Under Augustine’s introduction, Marcas learned his identity: he had the same blood as the invaders in him.

The “Silver Holy Sword” chose to adopt him, not kill him, back then, hoping the innocent baby could walk a righteous path.

From that time, he hated the “Gluttony Clan” and all Devils, detested his own bloodline deeply, and firmly joined the Silver Secret Society to seek stronger power.

Meanwhile, he didn’t reject his own power but combined Hell forces with the Silver Holy Sword to create the “White Scale Sacred Sword,” using Hell power to slaughter Hell beings.

After becoming Augustine’s pupil, Marcas got the chance to make a Resonant Body.

But back then, Augustine was in a key position, always busy traveling for the Secret Assembly’s growth, with no time for hobbies like grave-digging adventures.

His collection was small, so Marcas had to find a suitable Resonant Body himself, not like Sizar and Dorothy who picked from a big pile of treasures.

Under the seniors’ guidance, Marcas got a bunch of treasure maps and relic maps, then went on a treasure hunt.

One year, he reached the Forest where Elsa lived, guided by a fake-looking map, searching for treasure left by ancient deities.

Then, by accident, he entered that hollow cave and found the stunning female deity body.

Elsa was hunting in the Forest that day, and when she got home, her “wife” was stolen!

After that, the Serpent Demon girl exploded in rage, took the rat to track the robber, and caught up with Marcas.

Facing the wronged party, Marcas felt guilty, offered to compensate but refused to return the deity body.

That ancient deity body held strong Death Power; making it a Resonant Body would boost his power many times.

With deep hatred to avenge, he wouldn’t give up.

Marcas wouldn’t drop it, and the Lily lady, seeing the Crystal Beauty as part of herself, even more than life, also wouldn’t back down!

So, without talking, they started fighting fiercely.

Then, Marcas, with formal training, rich fighting experience, Hell bloodline, and Silver Bloodline Transformation, easily beat Elsa’s wild beast-fighting style.

As for the minor deity rat, one sharp look from Marcas scared it silly.

At their first fight, Marcas held back, not hurting her, but Elsa didn’t appreciate it and kept harassing him several times until he hit hard and struck her seriously before she gave up hassle.

After recovering, Elsa took the rat, sniffed the scent, tracked Marcas all the way to the Silver Secret Society headquarters.

On the way, Marcas fought her off multiple times, but the Serpent Demon followed him like crazy just to get her “wife” back.

Young Marcas was a standard justice guy, knew he stole treasure, hurt the wronged party repeatedly, couldn’t bring himself to kill and seize, so he let Elsa follow, thinking she’d give up once he turned the “deity body” into a Resonant Body.

Back at the Silver Secret Society, Marcas and Augustine were awkward.

The Secret Assembly was part of the Justice Alignment, pro-human, so seeing Elsa at headquarters, they felt too ashamed to kill the little Serpent Demon.

Plus, the little Serpent Demon lived in the Forest, lacked common sense, acted wild and dangerous, and was half-illiterate, so Augustine decided to teach her basics to make up for stealing.

Weak and alone, Elsa had only a regular rat that lost ties to the World Vein, couldn’t fight the huge Silver Secret Society.

She just waited daily at Marcas’ door, peeking through cracks to see the “Crystal Beauty” who’d been with her for years.

Overall, the girl’s actions touched many, and before his Resonance Ceremony, Marcas gave her half the time daily to be with the deity body.

Also, enduring hardships, Elsa joined the Silver Secret Society, learning the basics: knowledge, Martial Techniques, and energy control.

But no one accepted her, so she only got basic Silver Vein Transformation, creating a unique “Serpent-type Silver Bloodline” of her own.

After half a month of prep, Marcas, with Augustine’s help, did the “Resonance Ceremony,” getting his Resonant Body—that “Crystal Beauty sister” who Elsa loved madly.

After the ritual, a surprise hit: perhaps because Augustine’s skill wasn’t mature yet, or the deity body had quirks, the new Resonant Body got its own mind like a newborn, remembered some stuff from before reviving, but ignored Marcas’ control.

The new Resonant Body acted distant with Marcas but remembered Elsa—making the Serpent Demon super hyped, shouting it was the power of “love”!