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As soon as it finished speaking, the demonic heart began beating much faster! Thump! Thump-thump! Like a war drum! With each beat, it released even purer, more immense demonic energy. The energy surged into the Demon Emperor's clone like a flood, making its already solid form grow even more... real.

"You're absorbing the power of the demonic heart!" Nangong Liuli cried out in shock.

"Not absorbing." The Demon Emperor's clone glanced at her, its eyes as if regarding an ant. "Reclaiming... This heart was originally a strand of my primordial demonic will, which I separated three hundred years ago and planted here. It fed on the Western Domain's Killing Intent, the ancient battlefield's killing intent, and... the resentment, fear, and despair of countless living beings. After three hundred years of gestation, it has finally come to fruition today."

It spread its arms, as if embracing something.

"And now, it's time for it to come home."

The demonic heart burst apart with a roar!

It didn't explode. Instead, it unfolded layer by layer like a lotus! A dark-red light shot skyward, forming a pillar ten zhang in diameter that completely enveloped the Demon Emperor's clone! Within the pillar, countless twisted demonic runes, agonized soul-shadows, and shrill cries surged and churned, before finally pouring into the clone!

As the power of the demonic heart flowed into it, the Demon Emperor's clone's aura climbed at a frenzied, visible pace!

True Saint peak... half-step Saint King... early Saint King... mid Saint King...

At last, it stopped at the peak of the mid Saint King stage!

Its terrifying demonic might bore down like a mountain. Aside from Xuanyu and Lin Hao, who could barely remain standing, the other nine True Saints were forced to one knee, barely able to lift their heads!

Peak mid Saint