After his battle with Demon Illusion Fairy ended, Jiang Ping An's consciousness left the Divine Ruins Space.
He opened his eyes, rose from the high-grade Phantom Spirit Cultivation Platform, and walked into the secret chamber.
Inside, Chu Meiyan stood before the stone platform at the center, activating the Formation Banners.
A mass of green demonic markings drifted from the seven Formation Banners and settled on the wolf demon atop the platform.
"Roar!"
Green markings spread across the wolf demon's body. It howled and thrashed in agony, as though countless red-hot branding irons were scraping across its flesh.
Its body swelled, and its aura surged with it, as if it were about to break through the barrier of its cultivation realm.
But the next instant, its body exploded. Flesh and blood splattered against the barrier.
"Another failure."
Chu Meiyan frowned, disappointment in her voice.
Chunks of flesh and blood littered the stone platform. Clearly, more than one test subject had died here.
None of the subjects, regardless of cultivation, could withstand the power of the Ghost Demon Mark—not even its incomplete form.
Jiang Ping An stepped closer. "Senior, how long will it take to fully decipher the Ghost Demon Mark?"
Chu Meiyan waved a hand, activating the platform's formation. Void God flames appeared and began burning the remains.
"With my cultivation and the formations I know, I can't possibly decipher the complete Ghost Demon Mark. I can only decipher parts of it."
The Ghost Demon Mark's power came from the Ghost Demon Emperor. As a cultivator at the Void God Realm, she naturally could not unravel it completely.
Jiang Ping An could not help worrying. "If you can't decipher it completely, will it still be possible to control it?"
He needed to control the Ghost Demon Mark. Otherwise, sooner or later,