In the depths of a hidden underground palace.
The Blood Demon looked at Demon Pu, who was half-kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Have you figured out what happened last night?"
Demon Pu hesitated for a moment, unsure of how to phrase it, and eventually decided to tell the truth. "Last night, Gu Qingfeng fell asleep."
After these words were spoken, an eerie silence fell over the underground palace.
After a moment, the Blood Demon's suppressed voice broke the silence. "Was he drugged or under some illusion?"
Demon Pu shook his head, a trace of helplessness in his voice. "Neither. He was simply tired."
The underground palace was once again enveloped in an unsettling silence.
This time, the silence lasted even longer.
After a long while, the Blood Demon finally spoke slowly, "Tell me in detail, what kind of person is Gu Qingfeng?"
"Yes, Blood Demon," Demon Pu replied respectfully.
Demon Pu began recounting everything he had seen and heard during his two encounters with Gu Qingfeng, leaving no detail out as he reported it all to the Blood Demon.
After listening, the Blood Demon fell into silence once more, this time for a duration longer than the previous two silences combined.
"Could this be the unique temperament of one chosen by destiny?" the Blood Demon suddenly murmured, breaking the silence.
"No wonder those with the Heavenly Mandate Physique are so rare. After all, people with such a temperament are almost nonexistent."
"Blood Demon, I tortured Gu Qingfeng for a full hour, yet he still did not yield. This shows the tenacity of his will. I believe it is largely due to his eccentric and extreme personality. Throughout history, those with extreme tendencies often possess an unyielding will.
Therefore, I worry that there may be risks in your attempt to possess his body. After all, possession takes place in the target's spiritual domain, where the home advantage is immense. The slightest misstep..." Demon Pu expressed his concerns with a worried expression.
"No matter," the Blood Demon waved his hand, cutting off Demon Pu's words.
"Pu, do you think I have done nothing these past two hundred years? Back then, I had already touched the realm of divinity. The life-and-death battle two hundred years ago forced me to split into thirty-six fragments, only to rise again from the ashes. That experience deepened my understanding of the divine realm. For the past two centuries, I have been constantly meditating, and the result is that my soul now carries a trace of divine essence. With this trace, possessing Gu Qingfeng's Devouring Demon Body will be effortless. Once I have the Devouring Demon Body, combined with my own cultivation, even if I have to rely on devouring living beings to accumulate power, it will be enough to ascend to divinity. So, there's no need for you to worry."
Demon Pu was visibly shaken by these words. "As expected of the Blood Demon. I am in awe. However, there is one thing I don't quite understand. Since Gu Qingfeng is so important and yet so uncooperative, why don't we switch to another human to steal the Blood Divine Son?"
The Blood Demon shook his head. "Retrieving the Blood Divine Son is something only Gu Qingfeng can do. I have already gathered thirty drops of the Blood Divine Son. Only six remain for me to regain my peak strength. Of these six, one has already been devoured by Gu Qingfeng. That's not an issue, as I will regain that power once I possess his body. The remaining five drops are scattered: one is at the headquarters of the Demon Suppression Bureau, while the other four are distributed across four branches in the east, west, north, and south.
The Wutong Prefecture branch of the Demon Suppression Bureau is the eastern repository.
The headquarters deliberately scattered them across the land to prevent me from retrieving them all at once. Moreover, each location guarding a Blood Divine Son is heavily fortified with not only standard defenses but also two additional layers of protection. The first is an isolation barrier that completely seals the aura of the Blood Divine Son, making it impossible for me to detect.
However, the Demon Suppression Bureau never anticipated that over the past two hundred years, I have gained a trace of divine essence. With this, their isolation barriers are as good as nonexistent to me.
The second layer of defense is the Demon Mirror.
The Demon Mirror is extremely sensitive to the aura of the Blood Divine Son. Normally, when the Blood Divine Son is sealed by the isolation barrier, its aura is completely concealed, and the Demon Mirror remains inactive.
But if someone were to steal the Blood Divine Son, its aura would naturally leak, and the Demon Mirror would immediately sound an alarm. At that point, even if one could forcibly take a single Blood Divine Son, the headquarters would be alerted, and the remaining Blood Divine Sons would undoubtedly be relocated. After that, attempting to retrieve the others would be nearly impossible. This is why I must use Gu Qingfeng."
Demon Pu suddenly understood. "So that's why you insisted on having Gu Qingfeng devour the Blood Divine Son. As a Devouring Demon Body, if he consumes the Blood Divine Son on the spot instead of taking it away, its aura won't leak, and the Demon Mirror won't react. No one would even know the Blood Divine Son had been taken.
Then, by repeating the process, Gu Qingfeng can devour the remaining Blood Divine Sons from the other branches of the Demon Suppression Bureau. After that, you can possess his body, regain your strength, and obtain the Devouring Demon Body.
The Demon Suppression Bureau would have no idea that you have fully revived and regained your peak strength. At that point, you only need to lie low for a while, secretly devouring living beings to push toward the divine realm. Once you achieve divinity, it will be your time to reign supreme!"
"Exactly," the Blood Demon nodded with a smile. "That's why Gu Qingfeng is the linchpin of my plan. Only he can silently retrieve the Blood Divine Son, and only by obtaining his Devouring Demon Body can I accumulate enough power through devouring to trigger a qualitative transformation and ascend to divinity.
Therefore, three days from now, whether Gu Qingfeng can successfully devour the Blood Divine Son is the critical first step of the plan. There must be no mistakes. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I understand!" Demon Pu replied firmly.
"Good. Make sure to accommodate any of Gu Qingfeng's demands in the coming days. Ensure he doesn't fall asleep again. He must succeed in devouring the Blood Divine Son. If anything goes wrong this time, I will hold you personally responsible," the Blood Demon said coldly.
Demon Pu felt a chill run down his spine and quickly responded with utmost respect, "I will not disappoint you, Blood Demon!"
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
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