Time was shifted back two hours, to Zhang Chen's final stretch inside the Inheritance Room.
Zhang Chen had currently died 9,218 times, and the Black-Eyed Soul Devourer had also died 9,218 times. Their death counts were unexpectedly tied. Zhang Chen estimated that once his own deaths reached around 7,200, the Black-Eyed Soul Devourer would exhaust its 10,000 lives and be defeated.
However, just as Zhang Chen was preparing to continue the slaughter, his opponent raised a hand, signaling for him to stop temporarily.
"Ha ha, I never expected you to comprehend the Killing Heart on your own during battle. The outcome has completely surpassed my expectations, my main body."
"You knew all along?" Zhang Chen was somewhat surprised.
"When you stepped in here, the other four Evil Thoughts and I could all sense your return. But we also knew that you were not the original main body, but someone who had undergone complete reincarnation and started over from zero. Therefore, we did not fully acknowledge you as the main body. Yet I never expected you to cause this killing incarnation of mine to materialize."
"Will the slaughter continue?" Zhang Chen asked calmly.
"There is no need. Your Killing Heart is currently sprouting on its own. There is no need to repeat the old path by devouring me. The slaughter you comprehended yourself differs from the slaughter of the past. According to the four Evil Thoughts left behind by the main body, you should have regained your abilities through devouring us. But now, it seems unnecessary. You have already embarked upon an entirely different realm from before."
"There is no release of your own emotions within your slaughter, nor is there any 'evil' mixed into it."
"Though we four Evil Thoughts were once indispensable parts of the main body, we became