The Heart-Demon Emperor (Continued)

His senses were especially focused on a small bamboo grove courtyard in the Black Corner Region of that continent.

There, a figure whose life fire was as weak as a dying candle in the wind was none other than Han Feng!

The Heart Demon Emperor's consciousness was filled with complex emotions, greed intertwined with wariness.

"Desolate Emperor... the inheritance you left behind truly is extraordinary!"

He fixed his gaze on Han Feng.

In just a few short years, Han Feng had risen from an ant not even worthy of being called a Supreme in his eyes, charging forward all the way to break through to Dou Emperor. Not long ago, with the cultivation of a peak Earth Supreme, he had even brazenly slain Ying Shi, the Heavenly Supreme Being of the Heart Demon Race whom he had sent!

Such a terrifying rate of growth was simply unheard of!

Even in the Upper Plane, it would have been enough to shake countless powerful clans.

The value of the Desolate Emperor's inheritance far surpassed his initial estimates!

"Sealing off the news and spending several years... was originally so I could enjoy this feast alone."

There was a trace of pain and unwillingness in the Heart Demon Emperor's consciousness.

To block the news of the Dou Qi Continent and prevent other powerful Evil Clans from intervening to fight over the Desolate Emperor's inheritance, he had mobilized the Heart Demon Race's vast resources and secret methods. He had dispatched several Heavenly Supreme Beings from his clan to guard the borders and had even endured the suspicions and pressure of other Evil Clan factions. Only then had he barely managed to isolate that continent for several years.

Only he knew the price paid for this.

"Ying Shi... useless trash!"

At the thought of the fallen