A Thought Becomes a Demon

I'm not good enough? You're the one who's not good enough! Your whole family is not good enough!

Just as Dai Huabin was about to launch into a tirade, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor interrupted him, saying, "Instead of wasting your breath here, you'd better hurry back to your body and use the Blood Dissolving Soul Swallowing Method I taught you to devour the Demon Empress's true form. Otherwise, your frail body will bleed to death."

Upon hearing this, Dai Huabin snorted coldly but said no more. His soul instantly disappeared and returned to his body.

When his soul merged back into his body, Dai Huabin instantly felt his entire body go numb, as if he had been run over by an entire building several times over. The pain was so intense it was almost numbing. The sheer agony made him unable to resist cursing the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor again. "Damn it, you had your fun fighting, but I'm the one suffering the consequences."

However, despite his cursing, Dai Huabin quickly activated the Blood Dissolving Soul Swallowing Method, beginning to devour the Demon Empress's blood, flesh, and soul, which had been temporarily sealed by the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor.

Just as Dai Huabin was devouring the Demon Empress's true form, Zhu Lu asked with some worry in her Sea of Consciousness, "Senior, we've caused such a commotion in the North Sea, won't anyone find out?"

The Holy Spirit Demon Emperor shook his head. "No, Douluo Star is so vast that even Deity can't possibly keep their divine senses constantly monitoring the entire planet. Besides, the North Sea is already quite far from the Douluo Continent, and those Deity probably wouldn't be so bored as to concern themselves with even volcanic eruptions deep in the ocean."

Zhu Lu thought about it and agreed. If the Deity had discovered them, they would have come long ago, and besides, they were already far away from the North Sea Demon Palace.

Then, Zhu Lu hesitated for a moment, and tentatively asked, "Senior, if Huabin uses your technique, won't he become... become the same as you?"

Upon hearing this, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor frowned slightly, momentarily stunned. "What do you mean, 'same as me'?"

The next second, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor saw Zhu Lu quickly look him up and down, and his face immediately turned awkward.

Damn it!

This is clearly a sign of disdain for his scorpion-tailed body!

Damn it, do you even know that Nuwa was also a human with a snake's tail?!

My human body and scorpion tail aren't that far off!

You little girl, I used to think you were pretty good, but I never imagined you were such a superficial person who judges people by their appearance!

While inwardly complaining, he also saw Zhu Lu's eyes filled with doubt, inquiry, and a hint of worry. The Holy Spirit Demon Emperor could only reply expressionlessly, "... No."

No, that's not true. Because a very, very long time ago, when he transmigrated to this world, he was actually a half-demon. His father was human, and his mother was a scorpion.

Thus, in a rather clichéd path to the rise of a half-demon, he became the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor.

Therefore, the essential form of his soul is that of a human body with a scorpion tail.

As for Dai Huabin, he was originally human and would not become a half-demon because of the Blood Dissolving Soul Swallowing Method.

However, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor quickly realized something, looked at Zhu Lu meaningfully, and laughed, "Little girl, you don't still dream of becoming human again in the future and becoming a real husband and wife with your man, do you? Hahaha."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Lu's face instantly turned bright red, and she stammered, "You, you, you're talking nonsense, I, I didn't, I'm not."

Seeing this, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor couldn't help but laugh a few more times before saying, "Actually, after Dai Huabin breaks through to the God level, what you're thinking isn't impossible. Of course, your situation is too bizarre, practically unheard of, so I can't be 100% sure it will work."

Zhu Lu's eyes lit up immediately. "Really?"

She doesn't want to give up even if there's only a one percent chance.

Back then, she had Dai Huabin use the "Tiger Swallows Cat" technique to enhance her strength in order to survive. If she could be reborn as a human, she naturally wouldn't give up.

The Holy Spirit Demon Emperor nodded. "There's no benefit in lying to you. Besides, I also need to find a way to separate from you two. I really can't stand you two being so lovey-dovey all the time. I'm already so old, and I still have to be a third wheel. Is it easy for me? Alas, one wrong step can lead to eternal regret."

Zhu Lu didn't care whether the old monster had made a mistake or not, and instead asked, "After devouring the Demon Empress, can Huabin break through to the God level?"

Upon hearing this, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor rolled his eyes speechlessly. "Do you think gods are as common as cabbages? How could a mere Half-God level Demon Empress possibly break through to godhood directly? Even with my Blood Dissolving Soul Swallowing Method, it would be good enough if he could even reach the Limit Douluo."

Zhu Lu frowned and said, "But you said we can't stay in the Douluo Continent for long because there are Deity there, and the strongest Soul Beast in the ocean is the Demon Empress. Even if we devour it, we still can't break through to the god level. Who else can we go to?"

The Holy Spirit Demon Emperor curled his lip, looking at Zhu Lu as if she were an idiot, and explained, "If the quality isn't enough, then fill it with quantity. Do you think the Blood Dissolving Soul Swallowing Method I created was just for show? Did I call myself the Demon Emperor for nothing? The ocean on Douluo Star alone occupies seven-tenths of the entire planet, and the Sea Soul Beast within are practically endless. Isn't that enough for Dai Huabin to eat?"

Zhu Lu: "..."

Just then, Dai Huabin suddenly let out a painful scream, which even made his Sea of Consciousness tremble violently for half a second.

Immediately afterwards, a wisp of purplish-gray energy rushed into the Sea of Consciousness.

Upon seeing this, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor was slightly surprised for a moment, and immediately unleashed four Blood-Red Seal.

Although the purplish-gray aura fled quickly, it was still trapped by the overwhelming Blood-Red Seal.

The next second, the purple-gray energy trapped in a ball formed a human face—the face of the Demon Empress!

The Demon Empress stared intently at the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor, and said hatefully, "So it was you! I never imagined that such a demon like you would exist in the Sea of Consciousness of an Evil Soul Master!"

The Demon Empress naturally did not recognize the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor. When she said "So it was you," she was referring to the demon she was fighting, who was clearly not Dai Huabin, who was at the Super Douluo level, but the one she had never seen before.

Hearing the Demon Empress's words, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor was not angry. Instead, he laughed and said, "You are a demon, and I am a monster. Actually, we are quite a good match."

The Demon Empress was speechless for a moment, completely baffled by the monster's meaning.

Zhu Lu then spoke up, asking, "Is this the Demon Empress's soul? She's not dead yet?"

The Holy Spirit Demon Emperor shook his head and said, "No, the Demon Empress is already dead. Especially under my Blood Dissolving Soul Swallowing Method, how could she still retain her soul? This is the Demon Empress's resentment; she is simply unwilling to die like this."

Zhu Lu asked, puzzled, "What is the Demon Empress's resentment?"

Is it possible to retain consciousness without a soul or a physical body?

The Holy Spirit Demon Emperor explained, "One thought can make you a Buddha, another a demon. Demonic Thought can be said to be immortal, because every living being will have inner demons; the difference lies only in whether they can be controlled. Of course, the chance of forming Demonic Thought after death is almost one in a billion, because it requires extremely strong resentment or obsession."

Zhu Lu, standing to the side, was completely stunned. This was not knowledge for Soul Master at all; it was way beyond their comprehension!

In the end, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor could only conclude. "Simply put, just think of her as dying with her eyes wide open a thousand times larger. Then, like ordinary Soul Beast that generate Soul Ring after death, but the Demon Empress was born with Demonic Thought. Didn't you notice that after I killed her, she didn't even have Soul Ring?"

Well...

Thinking about it that way, it really is true.

Zhu Lu scratched her head. The battle had been so intense, and the Demon Empress was Half-God level expert, that she had forgotten that the Demon Empress was actually a Soul Beast.

Just then, the Demon Empress suddenly sneered, "So, how do you plan to kill me?"

She never expected that this demon would know so much about her current state.

It's important to understand that the Demon Empress only came to know his own situation after becoming a being of Demonic Thought. But how did this demonic creature learn of this?

Unexpectedly, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor smiled calmly and asked in return, "Why would I want to kill you?"

The Demon Empress was instantly stunned. This monster must be poisonous! Could it be that he wasn't the one who caused my transformation?

Then, the Demon Empress heard this bastard monster continue, "I have your flesh and soul, what use is killing your Demonic Thought? I can't eat them anyway."

Boom--

The Demon Empress's face instantly exploded, and she kept ramming against the Blood-Red Seal that bound her, looking like she was about to devour the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor in a fit of rage.

Unfortunately, it had no effect.

She can't get out.

Seeing this, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor shrugged and casually said, "Sigh, why bother? Come to think of it, we can still cooperate. Look, you're not really dead now, are you?"

The Demon Empress's resentment completely ignored him, continuing to ram against the Blood-Red Seal.

Hearing what the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor said, Zhu Lu's eyes twitched. She thought to herself, "Are you even speaking human language? You just said you killed the Demon Empress? You've already forgotten? Aren't you afraid of her backlash?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhu Lu still suggested, "Why don't we kill it? Leaving it here will only cause trouble."

The Holy Spirit Demon Emperor glanced at Zhu Lu speechlessly. "Did I just explain for nothing? I can't kill her, especially not in my current state. Just trap her and let her calm down; she might even be a helper."

Zhu Lu was speechless. Where did you get your confidence from? You killed her, and you still think she would help you?

Just then, the Sea of Consciousness trembled once more.

Before Zhu Lu could speak, the Holy Spirit Demon Emperor explained, "Don't worry, your Sea of Consciousness is expanding, and your man's cultivation is improving."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Lu finally breathed a sigh of relief, then thought, "Soon, I'll be able to go back and take revenge soon."