"Master, do not lose heart. The Dark Demon Heart is unfathomably mysterious and extremely difficult to refine. Failing once or twice is perfectly normal!"
Lao Six offered words of comfort. Xiao Chen had ended his cultivation so quickly that Lao Six could think of no explanation other than failure.
Xiao Chen said nothing.
With a stir of his divine sense,
a terrifying demonic might suddenly surged forth.
It shrouded the void.
And burned fiercely!
"Dark Demon True Might! Master, you succeeded?"
Seeing the terrifying Demon Runes layered around Xiao Chen, interwoven like waves and indescribably eerie, Lao Six was horrified, as though struck by lightning.
Rumor held that the Dark Demon Heart was incomparably mysterious, contained the Sky Pit, and was extremely difficult to refine.
How little time had passed?
How could Xiao Chen possibly have absorbed its demonic essence?
"By a stroke of luck, I succeeded!" Xiao Chen nodded.
This refinement of the Demon Heart
had gone far too smoothly.
Never mind Lao Six.
Even he himself
felt rather bewildered.
It was as though
he were caught in a dream!
Could it be
that heaven had shown him favor,
dispelled all his ill fortune,
and decided to turn his luck around?
Otherwise,
how could it have gone so smoothly?
"Master, the Dark Demon Heart is no benign thing. You must inspect yourself carefully and never allow a demonic calamity to take root!"
Still uneasy, Lao Six urged Xiao Chen to examine himself repeatedly. Only after they finally confirmed that nothing was wrong did Lao Six relax.
"How strange. The rumors were false, and the sinister thing was not sinister at all!"
Amid the delighted surprise, Lao Six was also puzzled and murmured to himself.
"Perhaps the Dark Demon Heart's previous master, that Rending Heavens Demon Emperor, was actually a