"How beautiful..."
Under the night sky, Su Chenxiao sat before the window, watching the blazing flames that tore through the darkness transform into a fire phoenix as sparks scattered through the air.
For a moment, he lost himself in thought as the system's reward notification sounded by his ear.
Su Chenxiao paused slightly, the corners of his lips rising as he smiled.
"I didn't expect to trigger a hidden reward as well."
"Blazing Fire Divine Pearl?"
Blazing Fire Divine Pearl (Gold)
It contained the power of Southern Blazing Fire, ranked nineteenth among the world's exotic flames. Renowned for its immense might, it could burn all things.
Buzz.
A flash of white light appeared, and a crimson fire pearl, smooth and lustrous as jade, floated before him.
The moment the Blazing Fire Divine Pearl appeared, a terrifying heat filled the room.
Su Chenxiao looked at the item's description with great interest.
He rolled the Blazing Fire Divine Pearl around in his hand.
Feeling the warm energy emanating from his palm, he nodded lightly.
"Not bad."
Five Elements Divine Artifacts were among the rarest existences in the heavens.
Obtaining even one could allow a person to defy fate and change their destiny, let alone Southern Blazing Fire, ranked nineteenth among exotic flames!
His elder sister, Su Yaohuang, possessed the Innate Mystic Phoenix Divine Body. Only by absorbing vast quantities of the world's exotic flames could she strengthen her cultivation and ascend to another level.
But this hidden reward...
As though thinking of something, Su Chenxiao spoke.
"System, is the hidden reward I triggered, the Blazing Fire Divine Pearl, related to my sister Su Yaohuang?"
The system's response quickly sounded.
The Master is correct.
Special effect of the Destined Villain title: hidden rewards may be triggered when obtaining rewards!
Hidden rewards are related to key figures!
Su Chenxiao nodded slightly in realization.
"No wonder..."
"So, when I deal with those Destined Protagonists in the future, I might obtain items related to them as well..."
He looked toward the system's reward space.
Aside from the Chaos Scripture and various medicinal pills.
What Su Chenxiao cared about most now was the Death Soul Beast embryo from the gift pack!
Death Soul Beast!
A strange lifeform of unknown origin!
It had long since gone extinct throughout the heavens, a product of the Dark Era.
That was an incomparably terrifying and bizarre era, one countless people were unwilling to mention!
During that era, the Heavenly Dao had been shrouded by a terrifying power never before perceived.
The cultivation techniques of living beings throughout the myriad worlds of the heavens were forcibly altered, and Inner Demons sprang up everywhere.
Among every five cultivators, there would almost be one madman.
Many lifeforms that people had never seen before appeared frequently, and Death Soul Beasts were among the most frightening of them.
Legend said that they could forcibly devour the Divine Souls of living beings and permanently enslave the Divine Souls they consumed.
Most terrifying of all.
Death Soul Beasts could attach themselves within another person's sea of consciousness without anyone noticing.
Even mighty experts with terrifying cultivation found it difficult to detect them!
Over time, one would not even know how they had been devoured by a Death Soul Beast!
Only when the Dark Era ended.
Countless bizarre lifeforms, including Death Soul Beasts, suddenly vanished from the heavens, leaving as though they had never existed.
He had not expected a Death Soul Beast embryo to be among the rewards in the system's gift pack.
Su Chenxiao's eyes flickered as he summoned the Death Soul Beast embryo.
It was an egg sac about the size of a palm, wrapped in a thin gray membrane.
Within it was a faceless, featureless lifeform shaped like an embryo.
As though asleep, it quietly awaited awakening.
"So this is the legendary Death Soul Beast..."
Looking at the object in his hand, Su Chenxiao murmured softly.
"It doesn't seem particularly unusual."
He could not sense any aura from the embryo.
Like a pebble by the roadside, it had no fluctuations of aura whatsoever.
According to the system's introduction, Death Soul Beasts could devour Divine Souls and feed the power back to their host.
"How do I hatch it?" Su Chenxiao asked.
The Master must separate a wisp of Divine Soul and attach it to the embryo, then nourish it with essence blood. Only then can the Death Soul Beast awaken and recognize its master!
"Divine Soul..." Su Chenxiao was slightly taken aback upon hearing this.
Then, without hesitation, he severed a wisp of Divine Soul and drew it from his sea of consciousness.
To cultivators, the Divine Soul was incomparably important.
Even the pain from the slightest injury was not something ordinary people could endure.
Yet Su Chenxiao remained indifferent, as though he felt no pain at all.
He directly injected that wisp of Divine Soul into the Death Soul Beast embryo.
Next, he sliced open his index finger, allowing drops of blood to fall onto the embryo.
Drip.
The blood seeped through the thin membrane and entered its interior.
The Death Soul Beast embryo, which had possessed no aura at all, slowly began to squirm after receiving the nourishment of his essence blood.
Only after the Death Soul Beast had absorbed every bit of nourishment from the embryo and essence blood.
A fluffy ball without flesh or a physical body appeared in Su Chenxiao's hand.
It was mist-like, with neither nose nor eyes, possessing only a sharp-toothed mouth filled with fangs.
The little fellow was incredibly fast. It seemed quite close to Su Chenxiao, floating through the air and bouncing around his face.
From time to time, it even let out squeaking sounds.
Looking at the bouncing white mist beside him.
Su Chenxiao felt as though he had formed some sort of connection with the little fellow.
Through his connection to that wisp of Divine Soul, he could control the Death Soul Beast's life and death.
It was hard to imagine that this white, fluffy ball was the Death Soul Beast that had made everyone tremble with fear during that era.
"So it's you..."
Su Chenxiao tentatively reached out to touch the fluffy ball.
The Death Soul Beast immediately transformed into wisps of white vapor, affectionately winding around Su Chenxiao's fingertips in circles.
Seeing this, Su Chenxiao grinned.
"Interesting. I didn't expect a newly born Death Soul Beast to look like this."
"From now on, I am your master."
At this, Su Chenxiao shook his head regretfully.
"Unfortunately, everyone in Qingcheng, souls included, was annihilated beneath Second Sister's divine flames. Otherwise, I could have let you eat your fill..."
A Death Soul Beast needed Divine Souls for nourishment the moment it was born.
Just as Su Chenxiao considered whether he should go out and find some food for the little fellow.
The wisp of mist around his fingertips transformed back into the fluffy ball.
It opened its mouth full of sharp fangs and began gnawing at the air.
Crunch, crunch.
"Hm?" Su Chenxiao looked over, his pupils shrinking slightly.
What was this?!
Before his eyes, a long, narrow tear had been bitten open in space!
The little fellow had actually begun devouring the space of the Cangshi Realm!
It did not even spare the chaotic currents of the void beyond the realm!
The little fellow's body swelled at a visible rate, becoming a full size larger before long.
Finally, as though full, it flew into Su Chenxiao's hand and fell asleep.
A piercing light flashed through Su Chenxiao's eyes, and his heart was filled with astonishment.
"I didn't expect... the Death Soul Beast could even gnaw through the space of the Cangshi Realm."
This was something never recorded before!
As a lifeform specially marked by the system as being on the same tier as the supreme ancient scripture, the Chaos Scripture, it was naturally no ordinary creature!
Su Chenxiao vaguely felt that he had drawn a grand prize this time...
The records in ancient books were ultimately only scattered fragments.
Perhaps after returning, he could ask his father and mother about Death Soul Beasts.
He stored the Death Soul Beast back in the system space.
Su Chenxiao was in an exceptionally good mood now.
Next, it was time to spend a little.
"System, open the store."
The next moment, a dazzling interface appeared before Su Chenxiao.
From Emperor Scriptures and divine abilities to divine weapons and sharp artifacts, even legendary lifeforms could be purchased!
Nine Dragon Divine Coffin, Wushi Emperor Scripture, Taiyi Sword, Azure Sky Dragon Egg, Mystic Yellow Stone...
The System Store refreshed daily. The highest category was red, Universal; next came gold, Emperor-grade; then purple, Saint-grade...
Depending on the grade, the Villain Points required were worlds apart.
Su Chenxiao glanced at his current Villain Points.
.
Compared with the divine items in the System Store, this tiny amount of Villain Points was nothing more than a drop in the ocean.
After a cursory look, he found that he could not afford almost anything he liked.
However, on the far right side of the System Store.
A prize pool interface filled with glowing orbs caught Su Chenxiao's attention.
Heavens Random Prize Pool.
1,000 Villain Points / 1 draw.
Items obtained are random. Ten consecutive draws guarantee at least purple!
Red (0.1%) Gold (1.52%) Purple (6.4%) Blue (13.2%) Green (43.6%)...
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