Originally, at the rate they were gathering souls, it would have been impossible to form a fetus so quickly in the Flame Blood Lake.
But now, with the souls, wills, thoughts, and even emotions of those on the battlefield being continuously poured into the formation, into the boundless flames, the fetus was only one final step away from taking complete form!
At that very moment, the fetus in the Flame Blood Lake suddenly opened its eyes.
His gaze was a deep, blood-red, brimming with such a rich aura of evil that anyone who looked into it would shudder.
"He's awake!"
Inside the Corpse Palace, the Three Kings noticed what was happening and immediately flashed to the shore of the Flame Blood Lake.
In the past, the three of them had been the lords of Qing Province's three great Demonic Sects, held in the highest esteem and worshipped by countless demons.
But at that very moment, the Corpse Demon King, King Youhuai, and Li Ciyou—the Three Demons—were kneeling on one knee by the lake, gazing at the fetus suspended in the endless blood flames at its center with apprehension and trepidation.
"Your subordinates, Corpse Demon, Youhuai, and Li Ciyou, pay our respects to Your Eminence, the Demon Lord!" The Corpse Demon King, King Youhuai, and Li Ciyou bowed their heads and spoke with utmost reverence.
"Heh heh heh! Hahahahaha!"
The blood-red fetus slowly opened its mouth, and from it came the laughter of a middle-aged man, tinged with the weariness of age.
"Ten thousand years ago, I told Ji Tianjun that I am the demon of the Nine Provinces. So long as living beings and evil thoughts still exist upon this land, the day will come when I rise again!" The fetus's face twisted into a grimace as it sneered amid