A thousand meters beneath the lower level of the Ghoul Realm Imperial Capital in Zero, inside the Ghoul Realm's most secret and core treasure vault.
Xing Shi, black hair draped over his shoulders, was not angered that Zhang Chen, who had been on the verge of being captured, had escaped at the final moment using a Spatial Divine Artifact. Instead, he coordinated the spatial control within his body and sealed shut, one by one, the many overlapping vault spaces Zhang Chen had torn open, restoring everything to calm.
In his spare time, he stretched his newly reborn body. The "Devouring Body" he had derived from the latter half of the Body Devouring Heart Sutra had always remained superficial, and he had never dared delve deeper, because even he lacked confidence that this "Devouring Body," which could not fully match the latter half, could proceed successfully.
It was not until he devoured the Space Old Demon and Kou Ran, loosening his own bottleneck, that Xing Shi dared to take this step during his battle with Zhang Chen. Under his endless desire to devour Zhang Chen, Devouring Body successfully reached an entirely new height and perfectly fused with the divine artifact Ring of Devouring Kings, earning Zero's recognition and surpassing the Sixth Apostle.
Most importantly, the bottleneck troubling Xing Shi had now loosened by more than half.
In truth, this excited Xing Shi even more than killing Zhang Chen, because this change in himself also meant that, to a certain extent, he had become equal to Shi Shou, who had always stood above him.
All Xing Shi needed was time to carefully explore the deeper levels of the Dao of Devouring. His bottleneck would then be completely shattered, allowing him to reach unprecedented heights—perhaps enough to rival the Demon Monkey.
"The Great