"How profound his understanding of space was, and such dense, pure spatial fluid from a Void Demon—Kou He's true form. I never expected the essence within that old bastard to be so abundant. If Father had eaten him back then, perhaps he wouldn't have ended up being killed by me."
Kou He's true form had been a rare species related to space, a Void Demon, born within the layers between spaces from the concentrated essence of the Ghoul Realm when Xing Ghoul's father had traded his Kinghood to establish the Ghoul Realm. At the time, the Great Realm had only just taken shape, and many spaces had yet to stabilize.
As the Ghoul Realm rapidly stabilized as a whole, no more rare species like Kou He were born. Though every creature within the Ghoul Realm was skilled in the path of space, none could naturally and flawlessly comprehend space as a Void Demon did.
Yet this old monster, who had lived for nearly ten thousand years, had ultimately met such an end.
"Blood Ancestor doesn't seem to be here. Judging from his aura, that fellow shouldn't have left the Ghoul Realm."
The first thing Zhang Chen did upon entering the library was not focus on Xing Ghoul, but search for traces of the Blood Ancestor. After all, having two Apostles here had already reached the limit of what threatened Zhang Chen's life.
"Of course he isn't here. Today is an important day of reform for my Ghoul Realm, an extremely important handover ceremony between you and me. In theory, only you and I should be here. There should not be a third person."
The instant those words ended, a deadly fluctuation of aura erupted from Xing Ghoul's body. His black hair hung loose over his shoulders, his muscular body crawled