The Heartless One or the Human-Demon!

"Wow, is this the Void Realm? Amazing. It feels like coming in made no difference at all."

"What the hell are you talking about? This is called realism! Do you understand realism?"

"Who the fuck are you to talk to me like that?"

"What, not convinced? Then let's fight!"

"Fine, let's fight! You think I'm scared of you?"

A group of villains entered the Void Realm, and before they had exchanged more than a few words, a conflict broke out.

The others pretended not to notice, ignoring the two men as they looked around the Void Realm in amazement.

At that moment, Lu Yuan appeared. He likewise ignored the two who had already started fighting behind him and introduced the place to the others.

"The Void Realm can be understood as a second world for cultivators. As you can see, it is no different from the real world. Mountains, rivers, vegetation, streams, and creeks all exist here."

"But all of it is fake—or rather, virtual. And you have not entered with your true bodies. Only your consciousness has entered. Your physical bodies are still outside."

"So whenever you enter the Void Realm in the future, make sure the surrounding environment is safe."

All the villains nodded, indicating that they understood.

With a light wave of his hand, Lu Yuan transferred everyone into a magnificent, resplendent hall.

There were many seats within the hall.

At the far end of the hall stood a stone monument over ten meters tall.

Lu Yuan took the main seat and said to everyone, "Find a seat yourselves. Relax, there's no need to be so restrained."

"From now on, this will be where we discuss matters and make reports."

"I said before that, as the leader of the Villain Alliance, I have both the obligation and responsibility to help you improve yourselves."

"I cannot help you with fortune, but in the other three aspects, I will spare no effort."

With that, Lu Yuan had everyone look toward the stone monument.

"This is the Merit Monument. Through Merit, you can exchange for any treasure recorded on it."

"Merit will be recorded in your Void Jade. That is why I told you that you must protect your Void Jade well."

"The way to obtain Merit is simple: do everything in your power to deal with Children of Destiny. You do not necessarily have to target the Child of Destiny himself. Targeting his family, friends, master, or members of his faction can all earn you a certain amount of Merit."

"Now, take a good look at the treasures on the Merit Monument."

After saying that, Lu Yuan fell silent and watched everyone's reactions.

The Merit Monument stood over ten meters tall and recorded tens of thousands of different treasures.

In the Tianxiao Continent, the grades of all external objects could generally be divided into Human Grade, Spirit Grade, King Grade, Emperor Grade, and Saint Grade.

Each grade could then be divided into four tiers: low, middle, high, and top-tier.

Generally speaking, Emperor Grade items corresponded to Emperor-Sealing Immortal experts.

The weapons used to suppress the teachings and sects of most holy lands in the Tianxiao Continent could only reach Half-Saint Grade.

Yet on the Merit Monument—

Even the most worthless items were King Grade.

There were too many Emperor Grade items to count.

There were even over a thousand Saint Grade and above-Saint Grade treasures.

And these were merely scraps from Lu Yuan's personal treasury.

The villains fixed their gazes on the Merit Monument. Just a cursory glance left them dazzled and short of breath.

To Lu Yuan, these things were all trash.

But to them, any random treasure on the Merit Monument was something they could only dream of obtaining.

After a while, Lu Yuan waved his hand and closed the Merit Monument. If he had not, these villains would have been unwilling to look away.

Lu Yuan said, "It seems you all greatly desire the things on it. And I am not a stingy person. As long as you can produce enough Merit, you can exchange for everything on the Merit Monument."

Upon hearing this, one of the villains obediently raised his hand and asked,

"My lord, how do we identify a Child of Destiny?"

Lu Yuan smiled. "Good question."

With that, he flicked his sleeve, and more than a dozen streams of light shot toward the crowd.

"This is a little toy I developed in my spare time. With it, you can view the personal information panel of every person in the world."

"For example, their name, age, cultivation, identity, fortune, and relationships. Of course, if the person you observe is far stronger than you, you will not be able to see anything."

At that moment, every villain held a Purple Jade Tablet in their hand.

After hearing Lu Yuan's words, someone quickly began testing it impatiently.

And the first person they tested was Lu Yuan himself.

Name: ???

Age: ???

Cultivation: ???

Identity: ???

Fortune: ???

Relationships: ???

"?"

Question marks seemed to appear over everyone's heads, followed by a chill in their hearts.

According to what Lu Yuan had just said,

This could only mean that the person they were observing far surpassed them.

In that instant, everyone grew even more reverent toward Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan saw all their reactions and smiled faintly. "All right, everyone, leave the Void Realm."

Divine Son Peak Hall.

Lu Yuan looked solemnly at the crowd and said, "Everyone, remember what I told you. Keep the two tokens in your hands safe. They are the key to whether you can defy fate and change your destiny. If you lose them, there will be no second chance."

Upon hearing this, everyone tightened their grip on the tokens in their hands.

Lu Yuan continued, "There are three conditions for surpassing a Child of Destiny: background, foundation, and talent."

"The Merit Monument is enough to give you two of the qualities needed to surpass a Child of Destiny: foundation and talent."

"And as for background..." Lu Yuan smiled mysteriously. "I am your background!"

With a wave of his hand, dozens of streams of light flew from his palm and floated in midair within the hall.

"As the alliance leader, I cannot come empty-handed."

"These twelve King Grade Top-tier weapons, twelve hundred million Top-grade Spirit Stones, twelve Purple Firmament Divine Thunder Talismans, and twelve Heavenly Profound Breakthrough Pills—each of you gets one set. Consider them my meeting gifts."

Looking at the four types of items floating in the air,

The eyes of the twelve villains in the hall went wide.

Their hearts became even more reverent toward Lu Yuan.

The fact that he could casually produce so many valuable items was enough to show the depth of Lu Yuan's foundation.

One by one, everyone stepped forward and collected their own meeting gifts.

After everyone had received theirs,

Lu Yuan said to the void, "Elder Ming, see the guests out."

"Yes, Young Master."

The next moment,

The twelve people in the hall were sent back to their respective places by Elder Ming's supreme power.

After everyone left, the hall fell silent. Lu Yuan stood where he was for a long time before muttering, "I hope there is still time."

Before his eyes, a panel visible only to him appeared.

Supreme Demonic Heart Inhibitor

Price: 500,000 Villain Points

A mocking smile appeared on Lu Yuan's lips.

All three of his constitutions were peerless Demon Bodies, Unique Through Eons.

Among them, the Supreme Demonic Heart had already reached the verge of eruption.

Once it erupted, Lu Yuan would lose his seven emotions and six desires, completely becoming a heartless and emotionless person.

Such people had many names in the Dark Continent: the heartless, the emotionless, those who forgot emotions through the Supreme Dao, and those closest to the Dao in the world.

However, the name acknowledged by most people was...

Human-Demon!

Gazing beyond the heavens, Lu Yuan mocked himself. "Who would have thought that the legitimate Eldest Young Master of the Immortal Lu Family would be the True Demon from the billion-year-old prophecy of the Dark Continent, the one destined to destroy it?"

"The Villain Alliance may have merely been a casual arrangement on my part, but I still hope that when the day comes that the whole world stands against me, it will give me a surprise."