Obviously.
Although Jun Changxiao had dissected the Devil Ancestor, he had also happened to save him.
The so-called Soul Punishment was actually the detonation of the Timed Bomb embedded in the skull after one had endured every kind of hellish torture, ensuring that the soul scattered and vanished.
When the Law Enforcement Hall had punished the Devil Ancestor, they had administered one torture after another. He had happened to be in a state where both his soul and mind were numb, so he had felt no pain at all.
Later.
When the bomb had been ready to explode and pronounce his death sentence, Jun Changxiao had removed it in time.
In other words.
The Devil Ancestor, who should have suffered torment until his soul scattered and vanished, had successfully escaped danger with Gousheng's help. He had not even experienced pain, as though he had truly undergone a craniotomy without knowing a thing.
Was he miserable?
No, he was very fortunate.
Fortunate enough to encounter Jun Changxiao, who abused him a thousand times yet loved him as dearly as a first romance, at the darkest moment of his life.
It was strange, though. The Devil Ancestor had never discovered that there was a bomb inside his own head.
Had Old Man Taixuan not opened his skull, no one would have imagined that such a tiny space could conceal something the size of a fingernail.
"Very vicious."
Jun Changxiao commented, "Very imaginative."
"..."
Looking at the bomb device removed from his own brain, the Devil Ancestor fell silent.
Some things required no excessive explanation to understand.
That was right.
He had been saved.
Saved by the guy who had stolen his physique, subordinates, and body.
A seed representing complicated emotions had been planted in his heart. It was slowly being nurtured, and