But Jiang Yan was different from him.
He had grown up in the Endless Demon Sea, whereas Jiang Yan had been sent adrift among the stars at an early age.
At least he had seen his parents and felt their familial affection, but the first thing Jiang Yan had seen upon gaining consciousness was the vast, profound, and desolate starry sky.
Jiang Yan possessed half-human blood, which destined his talent to fall short of his own, as a hybrid of a Celestial Demon and a demon skull.
"So, to prove yourself, you can even throw away your own life? You really are..."
The Celestial Demon imagined all sorts of things, and his gaze grew complicated.
He possessed peerless talent. He had no right to mock this half-demon who worked so hard.
Nor did he have the right to stop him from choosing his own road to death.
The Celestial Demon did not believe Jiang Yan would succeed, but he was willing to respect the rest of Jiang Yan's journey through life.
"Fine. Cultivate, then. As long as you don't break through to the Tenth Order, you'll be safe, at least."
As the Celestial Demon spoke, his gaze turned toward the void.
He was a lonely demon, so he longed to find family and his own kind.
But there was no doubt that the moment he learned Jiang Yan's true identity, he would kill Jiang Yan without the slightest hesitation.
Both wanted to kill the other, yet by a strange twist of fate, they had come together and temporarily become blood brothers.
Time passed, second by second.
Jiang Yan's Lightning Fire Law continued to improve.
The Celestial Demon was very rich, perhaps because he had massacred dozens of planets.
A day passed.
The extraordinary creatures in the Secret Realm came and