"It's a heart demon illusion."
Gao Xian made his judgment in an instant. The depths of his sea of consciousness were no marketplace—no one could simply come and go as they pleased.
Even someone as powerful as the Greedy Wolf Star Lord needed to use Pure Yang divine consciousness to transform runes, locate him, and open a passage before invading his sea of consciousness.
The heartfire tribulation had stirred up the killing tribulation formed from the endless foul qi and Killing Intent he had accumulated. For the Greedy Wolf Star Lord to suddenly appear at this moment—the timing was far too precise.
He did not doubt the Greedy Wolf Star Lord's patience. An old monster who had lived for over twenty thousand years would not find it strange to spend several centuries watching him.
The problem was that within the Nine Provinces, the Greedy Wolf Star Lord did not even dare venture too deeply. Where would he find the ability to keep watch over Gao Xian?
Only by colluding with the heartfire and external demons could it so easily assume the Greedy Wolf Star Lord's form.
Gao Xian had a clear understanding of his own state. Though he had destroyed three strands of the Greedy Wolf Star Lord's Pure Yang divine consciousness, he had always been deeply wary of the Greedy Wolf Star Lord.
After all, he was a sixth-rank Pure Yang cultivator. Whether in divine powers or mana, he vastly surpassed Gao Xian. With such a formidable enemy watching from behind, how could Gao Xian possibly be careless?
For the past century, he had traveled throughout Ming Province, never daring to let down his guard in the slightest. Over that long span of time, a heart demon had unknowingly taken shape.
At this critical moment, the heart demon merged