The Guy from the Depths

Is it important?

Upon hearing this, the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon's expression remained unchanged, but a fawning smile emanated from its Consciousness.

"I've come to seek an alliance with you, naturally, to deal with that guy who was driven out from the depths."

"Deep?"

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable looked at him with a bewildered expression.

"I'm still young and don't quite understand what you mean. What is meant by 'deep' or 'kindred spirits'?"

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon looked at him, Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable's expression seemed genuine; it was undoubtedly a newly born Consciousness Demon.

It then looked at the domain behind the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable. Behind the blockade that severed the flow of Consciousness Domain, it saw a magnificent town and numerous sentry posts. Although it was newly born, the power of this consciousness Consciousness Demon was already not to be underestimated.

A fierce battle took place here some time ago. The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon, which was lurking in a world near the battlefield, witnessed the war up close. It's not surprising that a Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable- level demonic Consciousness Demon could be born on the battlefield of a war of that scale.

Perhaps I can find an opening and devour him...

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon was itching to act. Its abilities were insufficient for direct combat, but they were perfect for scheming behind people's backs.

If I can instigate a fight between them, and then seize the opportunity to devour those two, I will become the ruler of this area, and perhaps... even conquer the entire Consciousness Sea Ocean...

A plan for the snipe and the clam to fight while the fisherman benefits slowly took shape in the mind of the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon.

"Since you won't explain your purpose, then forget it."

Seeing the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon standing there staring at him without saying a word, the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable immediately acted like a newly born Consciousness Demon.

"Become my sustenance, my kind. By consuming you, I will grow stronger. As for what you have to say, it will be irrelevant then."

Newly born Consciousness Demon are ignorant of intrigue and have no complicated thoughts. Their only thought is to satisfy their own desires. The basic desires of Consciousness Demon depend on the intentions and ideas that gave birth to them. But all Consciousness Demon have the same desire: to devour and evolve.

All Consciousness Demon strive to become more powerful by devouring the bodies of their own kind and absorbing the concepts they possess.

Therefore, it is quite normal for Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable to have thoughts about the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon consciousness.

"Wait, wait, wait."

Upon hearing the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable's words, the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon immediately spoke up to stop him. At the same time, its body transformed into a large pool of swimming snakes, creating a considerable distance between itself and the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable before it said, "Fellow cultivator, judging from your reckless appearance, you are a newcomer, aren't you?"

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable was lost in thought, but he maintained a naive and innocent demeanor, replying, "I was indeed only recently born. After realizing my own existence, I devoured all my kind that I could find nearby. Now, you are next."

"If you keep eating everyone you see, you won't live long!"

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon roared, "Although you are very strong, your Consciousness Sea Ocean is infinitely vast, containing countless powerful beings. If you continue like this, you will eventually be devoured by even more powerful ones of your kind!"

Ignoring everything else, the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable raised his Sword-Spear and hurled them into the sky. Instantly, the Sword-Spear split into a rain of spears, which fell densely along the river of Consciousness Domain towards the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon.

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon fought back fiercely, but was still wounded by the barrage of bullets.

It struggled to swim away, but the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable had already reversed his Sword-Spear, assuming a throwing stance, and aimed at its location.

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon felt that if it had hair, every single hair would stand on end right now. In that critical moment, it shouted at the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable, "Even if you devour me! You still can't defeat that guy! Only I know how to deal with it!"

Who is it?

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable finally stopped and slowly lowered his Sword-Spear.

"It is a powerful being of its kind from the deeper reaches of the Consciousness Sea, carrying the will of its master, and is responsible for reclaiming this area."

Seeing that the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable had finally stopped, the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon nervously flicked its tongue before replying, "Neither you nor I are its match. I know how to deal with it, but my power is insufficient. How about it? We're of the same kind, let's join forces. You help me deal with that powerful fellow being, and I'll tell you everything I know about the Consciousness Sea Ocean. After it's done, we'll split the concepts held by that fellow being fifty-fifty, how about that?"

After pondering for a moment, the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable replied, "Alright."

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon finally relaxed completely. It looked at the magnificent domain behind the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable and laughed, "Since that's the case, we're already allies. Fellow cultivator, could you invite me to visit your domain?"

"Don't want."

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable resolutely refused, saying, "I don't trust you. Who knows if you might tamper with my domain?"

Pshaw, this wild kid's pretty smart.

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon was indignant, and then sent out another wave of Consciousness.

"Then, I invite you to visit my domain."

"Good."

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable immediately agreed and followed the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon outside.

"Aren't you afraid I'll invite you into my territory and then ambush you?"

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon asked as it walked.

"Don't worry, you're too bad."

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable honestly replied, "I can't bear to see you cause trouble in my domain, but if you go into yours, that's fine with me. Anyway, when the fighting starts, it'll be your home that gets destroyed."

That bastard.

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon was somewhat annoyed and looked the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable up and down.

These Consciousness Demon are all born from the thoughts of living beings, but the Desire of living beings are generally very distorted, so the forms of Consciousness Demon are also Qianqi and all-encompassing.

However, it is very rare for Consciousness Demon to have such a regular appearance and such great power as the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable. Consciousness Demons are generally stronger the larger they are and the more distorted their appearance is.

What it didn't know was that the reason the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable was so fearless was not because he was young and naive.

In fact, when the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable arrived, Bai Qiuran's true form had already hidden inside the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable's body. If anything were to happen, the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon would not be facing a newly born powerful Consciousness Demon, but rather the iron fist of Virtual Foundation Stage Cultivator.

"We've arrived. This territory is mine now."

Not long after they left, the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon brought the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable to the vicinity of several interconnected worlds.

The Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable looked at these worlds and discovered that a dark green domain had eroded the Consciousness Domain here, forming a unique Consciousness Demon Domain.

Within the domain, there were swamps everywhere, emitting poisonous gas and smoke. From time to time, Chaos Consciousness -Lesser Consciousness Demon would crawl in and out of the Poison Marsh, but they all had the characteristics of snakes.

The Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon led the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable into this area, and then they arrived at a stone palace in the deepest part of the Poison Marsh.

On the palace throne, the Snake-Shaped Consciousness Demon slumped into a ball, its largest head emerging from among countless others, saying to the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable, "Sit wherever you like, fellow cultivator. This domain is my world."