After Being Single for So Long, Even a Consciousness Demon Looks Pretty
The flower buds bloomed, and a beautiful flower opened. Right in the center of this flower stood a terrifying and towering Consciousness Demon.
Its head was that of an angry Asura, with a pair of twisted, enormous horns on its head. Its body was covered in jet-black armor forged from black iron, and a flame burned eternally on its body, scorching the edges of the Black Iron armor until they were red-hot.
In its hand, it held a huge, scarred axe, the blade stained with rust-like blood.
At the moment of its birth, the entire Consciousness Domain trembled. Bai Qiuran and the others were certain that the Pleasure Consciousness Demon that was trying to revive must have sensed this tremor as well.
Moreover, at this very moment, in the Material World, a great battle had just ended. Countless soldiers perished on the yellow sands, and countless wronged souls wandered and howled on the battlefield. For the Consciousness Demon, this was an excellent Taotie.
It's urgent! It's urgent!
Upon landing, the consciousness Consciousness Demon eagerly used its sharp axe to cleave open the passage from the Consciousness Domain to the Material World, intending to take its Three Venerables Consciousness Demon protectors and leap onto the battlefield to devour the unclaimed Souls.
Bai Qiuran observed the reaction of this demonic Consciousness Demon, and suddenly had a brilliant idea, reaching out and piercing into this world.
His hand transformed into a giant hand, slapping shut the passage from the Consciousness Domain to the Material World. Then, with a grab, he sucked away all the Souls on the battlefield.
Next, he forcibly closed and sealed the passage between the Material World and the Consciousness Domain, imprisoning the four Consciousness Demon within the Consciousness Domain.
The newly born Consciousness Demon let out a frustrated howl, appearing extremely furious. However, it was helpless against Bai Qiuran, given the vast difference in their strengths. Bai Qiuran was Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators with 40% True Essence, while it was merely a monster born from the resentment of a group of Qi Refining Stage and Body Tempering Stage.
Watching Bai Qiuran withdraw her hand and seal the Souls within her palm in one place, Li Jinyao asked, "Senior, do you have some plan or idea?"
"Um."
Bai Qiuran looked at the newly born Fury Consciousness Demon.
"I'm curious, what would happen if two high-level Consciousness Demon fought each other?"
Although Bai Qiuran cut off its first chance for development, the newly born Consciousness Demon still holds an absolute advantage in the current state of Consciousness Domain.
Firstly, it has just been born, and this period is the time for it to grow and develop rapidly, while its opponents are still lying in the spring, counting down to resurrection. Secondly, the Material World is currently in chaos, which is an endless source of nourishment for it.
Even if someone were to unify the world and end the chaos, it would still be a good situation for it.
Because if a new dynasty wants to last long, it must be politically efficient and its officials must be honest and incorruptible at the beginning.
To put it another way, at that time the war had just ended and the country was in ruins, so even if the civil and military officials wanted to be corrupt, there was nowhere for them to be corrupt.
For it, there was no more war, but for the Pleasure Consciousness Demon on the other side, there was also no more Desire for Pleasure.
In another scenario, if a dynasty quickly becomes corrupt at the very beginning, that might not be a bad thing for it.
Because in such situations, the reign of a dynasty usually doesn't last long; the most likely scenario is that it will perish in a single day, followed by another war.
No matter how you calculate it, this Consciousness Demon being has the upper hand; it's even more stable than a flying dragon riding in the face.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, in the end, this Consciousness Demon will undoubtedly emerge victorious.
This is exactly the situation Bai Qiuran wants to see. If these two Consciousness Demon join forces in the end, that would be fine, but if they fight each other, Bai Qiuran is unwilling to see a stalemate between them.
What he wanted to see was the result of one Consciousness Demon defeating another, not the thrilling battle between the two Consciousness Demons.
After doing all this, Bai Qiuran sped up the flow of time. Soon the chaos ended, and a Warlord who rose from the chaos unified the entire country, ending the chaos.
He established a new dynasty and Accession to the Throne emperor on the ruins of the former Imperial Capital.
But even in the midst of chaos, the undercurrents remained, quietly buried within this dynasty.
The Consciousness Demon, born in the chaos of the world and named Blood Hatred by Bai Qiuran and the others, did not devour a single Souls during that time, but it absorbed a great deal of resentment.
It is unknown when this Consciousness Demon acquired the ability to communicate with the dreams of living beings. As if following its innate instinct, it invaded the dreams of some people in the chaotic world who could not survive, giving them power and instructing them to establish Religious Sect for it and spread its ideas in order to strengthen its power.
Although this Religious Sect was eradicated by the current emperor during the war, some remnants remained, secretly lurking in the Jianghu and establishing their own Religious Sect, recruiting members.
It was at this moment, as the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon was expanding its territory within the Consciousness Domain, that it finally stumbled upon a clue about the Pleasure Consciousness Demon.
It immediately Consciousness that this area was not its own domain, so it mobilized its Lesser Consciousness Demon to search the entire Consciousness Domain and successfully found its existence.
The scene that Bai Qiuran and the others had been waiting for finally arrived: the newly revived Pleasure Consciousness Demon was forced to confront the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon at its peak.
It was clear that these two demonic Consciousness Demon had no intention of coexisting peacefully. Just like a clash between Consciousness Demon, when they met, they didn't even exchange words before starting a battle.
But the result was obvious: a big brother who had developed for decades by taking advantage of the chaos encountered a patient who had just been resurrected from the fountain, and the Pleasure Consciousness Demon had one less protector than the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon.
The battle ended quickly; the Pleasure Consciousness Demon and its protectors were torn to shreds by the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon and its minions.
What happened next made Bai Qiuran widen their eyes.
After tearing apart the Pleasure Consciousness Demon, the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon immediately prostrated itself on the ground, grabbed its corpse, and began to feast on it.
The guardian who was standing nearby tried to get a share, but was slapped away by it twice.
The Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon ate very quickly, soon devouring the corpses of the Pleasure Consciousness Demon and its Dharma Protector Consciousness Demon, and then it let out a burp.
Then, a strange change suddenly occurred to the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon.
"Senior... is it just my imagination?"
Li Jinyao asked, "Why do I feel like this Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon has become a little more handsome?"
"I feel the same way."
Tang Ruowei replied, "I always feel that it possesses a strangely attractive quality."
"This isn't an illusion; I also think it's become a bit more alluring."
The Immortal of the Red Dust Immortal Elder said in a deep voice.
"Being single for too long makes even a Consciousness Demon seem handsome; it's embarrassing."
Bai Qiuran cursed his Disciple's Grand-disciple a couple of times, then looked at the Consciousness Demon and widened his eyes again.
"However, this doesn't seem to be your illusion. This Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon seems to have taken over the [concept] belonging to the Pleasure Consciousness Demon, and that Pleasure Consciousness Demon shows no signs of reviving!"