He Makes His Move

Er Gou, who had already fallen to demonic corruption, was now a sixth-rank Golden-winged Bird, the same rank his mother had once possessed.

Now that he had completely fallen to demonic corruption, he had become a puppet of the Heavenly Demon. Even his mind had wholly become the Heavenly Demon's plaything, to be controlled at will.

This revealed a terrifying possibility.

Any demonic cultivator who practiced the Heavenly Demon Lineage was extremely likely to be a puppet of the Heavenly Demon.

The instant you fell to demonic corruption, your free will became a joke. You might still think you possessed the ability to think for yourself, but that was merely an illusion the Heavenly Demon gave you.

It was actually easy to understand.

Falling to demonic corruption meant allowing demonic thoughts to take control of yourself, making yourself acknowledge and accept those demonic thoughts.

And... the Heavenly Demon was the very embodiment of all demonic thoughts.

To acknowledge demonic thoughts and accept demonic thoughts was to acknowledge the Heavenly Demon and accept the Heavenly Demon.

The Heavenly Demon would not stand on ceremony with you.

Still... there seemed to be limits to this. Li Qi did not know what they were, but he blindly guessed that there had to be some.

If there were not... then would that not be far too terrifying?

Though it should have been this terrifying to begin with.

No matter what, at this moment, Li Qi felt that the other side must have restrictions. After all, according to Li Qi's understanding of the Heavenly Demon and its usual manner of doing things, it would never have remained outside the barrier Li Qi had set up.

Unless...

It simply could not enter. After all, the one before him was not the Heavenly Demon, but Er Gou.