Sacred Body Demonic Heart

"Xun Er, were you just talking with Brother Hun Tianchen?"

Faced with Xiao Yan's question, Gu Xun'er froze for a moment. Hun Tianchen's words resurfaced in her mind, and for a while, she did not know how to face Xiao Yan.

"Brother Xiao Yan, Xun Er isn't feeling well. I'll head back first."

Watching Gu Xun'er leave, Xiao Yan awkwardly withdrew the hand he had just reached out and gave a self-conscious laugh.

"Kid, you'd better be careful around that Hun Tianchen."

The voice within his body issued a warning.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Earlier, that kid deliberately sent his battle qi into your body, accelerating my absorption of battle qi and waking me ahead of time. That alone proves that he likely saw through the fact that I exist within you."

"How could that be?" Xiao Yan's expression changed.

"Hun Tianchen—anyone with the character Hun in their name, you must be wary of them. I was reduced to this ghostly state entirely because of them."

"No way... Hun Tianchen seems like a pretty decent person." Xiao Yan sounded uncertain.

"Not only that, Hun Tianchen possesses those Heterochromatic Eyes. He is likely blessed with the legendary Sacred Body Demonic Heart physique."

"What is the Sacred Body Demonic Heart?"

"He was born with the power of a saint. The moment he was born, heavenly phenomena such as the sun and moon appearing together would emerge. Below the Dou Saint realm, practically no one can defeat him."

Xiao Yan sucked in a cold breath upon hearing this.

"What?! A Dou Saint? But he's so young..."

"Don't be fooled by his age. Those with this physique are practically destined to become Dou Saints, and they even have an extremely high chance of reaching the Dou Di realm."

"But don't worry about that for now. He may be your greatest enemy at present. Prepare yourself to face him."

"Young Master, I still don't understand. Why didn't you let me act and directly destroy the Xiao Clan? Delays breed unforeseen complications." Hun Miesheng landed beside Hun Tianchen and asked in confusion.

"No hurry." Hun Tianchen leisurely raised his head to look at the sky, a faint smile curling his lips. "We cannot directly kill Xiao Yan. Haven't you noticed that ever since we left the Soul Realm, the Ancient Clan has sent three Dou Saints to monitor us?"

Hun Miesheng froze, then said hesitantly,

"Three Dou Saints? Why didn't I notice them?"

"The Ancient Clan Stealth Technique. Unfortunately, before me, it is no different from nothing." Hun Tianchen gave an eerie smile and inexplicably looked toward a certain point in space.

"The Xiao Clan currently has the Ancient Clan's support. If we simply destroy the Xiao Clan, the Ancient Clan will certainly go to war with the Hun Clan. The Hun Clan's grand plan has not yet begun, and we are not fully prepared. Even though our Hun Clan is somewhat stronger than the Ancient Clan, after such a war, the Hun Clan would suffer severe losses as well."

Hun Miesheng nodded. He suddenly understood somewhat why Hun Tianchen had acted this way.

"Young Master truly has the clan's interests at heart."

"Yes. After all, I am a member of the Hun Clan too, am I not?" Hun Tianchen glanced calmly at Hun Miesheng. "However, I have already made preparations. The first thing we must do is make the Xiao Clan lose the Ancient Clan's support."

"Like what you said to Gu Yuan's daughter?" Hun Miesheng could not quite understand. "How can just one or two sentences make the Xiao Clan lose the Ancient Clan's support?"

"Though I said little, those words will still pierce deeply into Gu Xun'er's heart and plant a seed." Hun Tianchen smiled faintly and flicked his sleeve. "That seed will slowly grow over time. After all, Xiao Yan truly did act that way, did he not?"

"We can take our time and enjoy ourselves, letting the Xiao Clan die peacefully step by step. I imagine the Xiao Clan, having obtained all those resources, must be quite happy now."

The more Hun Miesheng listened, the more chilled he felt. He cautiously asked,

"Young Master, you mean...?"

"Why else do you think I supported the Misty Cloud Sect?" Hun Tianchen strolled leisurely toward Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran.

Nalan Yanran watched the handsome man with great vigilance. Biting her lip, anger appeared on her face.

"Despicable and shameless! I heard it all from my teacher. You actually want both my teacher and me to marry you?"

"I have a way to raise your strength to the Dou Ling realm within three years." Hun Tianchen did not care about her attitude toward him. "Only once you reach Dou Ling will it become almost impossible for Xiao Yan to defeat you."

"Hmph, that trash? What could he do even if he had another three years? My Misty Cloud Sect does not need your help!"

Faced with Nalan Yanran's unyielding attitude, Hun Tianchen could only sigh. In an instant, he appeared before her and gripped her slender neck tightly with one hand.

Just as Yun Yun was about to act, the terrifying battle qi emanating from Hun Tianchen crushed her so thoroughly that she could not even move.

"Remember this. Before me, you are nothing but trash as well. If you two do not possess the value I imagine, then die." Hun Tianchen's expression turned incomparably cold. With a flick of his hand, he sent Nalan Yanran flying more than ten meters away.

"You two should return to the Misty Cloud Sect. Yun Shan will surely arrange everything." Hun Tianchen glanced at the two women and shook his head in disappointment. "I never intended to do anything to you, yet you have gone too far. Nalan Yanran, before me, you are not the lofty Young Sect Leader of the Misty Cloud Sect."

"Hall Master, let's go... It is time for us to head to the next stop."

Watching Hun Tianchen depart, Hun Miesheng looked at the two women with amusement.

Having offended the Young Master, your days ahead surely won't be pleasant, will they?

For a Dou Saint, keeping pace with a peak Dou Zong was far too easy. With a single thought, Hun Miesheng appeared beside Hun Tianchen.

"Young Master, where are we going next?"

Supporting the Misty Cloud Sect, pushing for war to gather souls, and obtaining the Tou She Ancient God Jade without a scratch before the Ancient Clan... To be honest, Hun Miesheng had grown increasingly wary of Hun Tianchen.

"Hall Master, you surely know that I am pushing this war so that your Hall of Souls can complete its plan better and faster, correct?" Hun Tianchen smiled, once more displaying that air of indifference toward everything.

"I understand your intentions, Young Master, but... the souls on this Northwest Continent are simply too weak. Their quality is lacking." Hun Miesheng said regretfully.

"If the quality is lacking, then naturally we can make up for it with quantity, can't we?" Hun Tianchen waved his hand and continued, "Hall Master, are you interested in Heavenly Flames?"

"Heavenly Flames? That depends on their rank. Could it be that you have information on Heavenly Flames, Young Master?"

"I do, and I have information on many Heavenly Flames. First, our objective this time is to obtain the third-ranked flame on the Heavenly Flame Ranking—the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame..."

"What? The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame?!" Hun Miesheng sucked in a breath and stared at Hun Tianchen in shock. "Young Master, you have information about that demonic flame? But as far as I know, there is still a long time before it descends into the world..."

"I do, but we will need certain methods to obtain the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame." Hun Tianchen looked at him calmly. "Do you want the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame placed right before you, only for you to look at it and be unable to have it?"

"Of course not." Hun Miesheng shook his head.

"Then listen to me."

"As you command, Young Master."