Jiang Yan's purpose in coming to the Demon Race's territory was quite clear:
Find a peak-level aberration as quickly as possible, suppress it, and turn it into Anomaly Points—fuel for his further advancement that would help him truly enter the Supreme Realm.
That way, he could resolve the alien power within him and attain complete freedom.
His plan had gone very smoothly. He had only reached the Swallowing Heaven Python Clan on the outskirts of the Demon Race's territory when he learned that its Great Elder had suffered some kind of provocation, been contaminated by Evil Corruption Power, and become an aberration.
As Jiang Yan saw it, once he suppressed and digested this aberration, he would probably get his wish.
Thus, Jiang Yan immediately followed those coordinates and, after spending some time searching, found his target.
But what happened next was far beyond his expectations:
After being contaminated by Evil Corruption Power, the Swallowing Heaven Python Clan's Great Elder had not weakened at all. On the contrary, the elder had grown even more formidable.
Even with his current strength at its peak, Jiang Yan was no match for the elder.
He had even been gravely wounded during their clash.
Had others not helped him when he fled, he would probably have had to pay an even more horrific price to escape successfully.
Even so, his injuries were already exceedingly severe. After fleeing for some time, he could no longer maintain control over himself and, by sheer coincidence, fell near Black Ox Mountain.
He drew all his power inward and used the bloodline bestowed on him by the Vermilion Bird Supreme to transform into an ordinary-looking Fire Sparrow, whose apparent corpse was picked up by that bear demon.
Through a strange twist of fate, he then became a Demon Race spirit