The Great Demon

Using the Lesser Formless Body to replicate Bai Ye's techniques and copy this peerless technique passed down orally is not the only way.

For example, extracting Bai Ye's soul and extracting his memories.

But doing so is certainly risky; leaving Bai Ye's soul intact could potentially put Bai Ye in a life-or-death situation.

Moreover, Bai Ye has used the Forgetfulness Spray multiple times, so whether he still remembers the full details of those techniques is now unknown.

In other words, Bai Ye may have simply made his body remember a certain energy flow path, while he himself subconsciously maintained this cycle.

Therefore, the content of the exercise is no longer important, because he can memorize it with his body.

If that's the case, then using the Lesser Formless Body to copy Bai Ye's cultivation method would be an excellent choice.

So was Sea King right?

Yes, but not entirely. This is Meng Qing's plan, but not the whole plan.

"In this world, no matter what, you can't get around the supply and demand relationship. If something is valuable, it will be needed; if it's not valuable, it will be discarded."

"It is an honor to have value that can be utilized; this applies to each and every one of us."

"If we ourselves have no value to be used, then we are no different from a stone on the roadside."

"No one is kind to another person for no reason; every gift has a price tag attached in the dark."

Listening to Meng Qing's account, Yang Lin, with his bright blue eyes, smiled. "That's right, no one can bypass this law."

Meng Qing: "What I said was based on rational reasoning. Now, I'm going to tell you a subjective reasoning."

"No one will be kind to someone for no reason, except for their parents."

"So, you're not his parents," Yang Lin said, pointing to himself.

At this moment, Meng Qing took off his mask. "I am not his parent, and our relationship is limited to that of a teacher and student who share the same teachings."

"But someone inside me owes him a debt, so I promised him that I would save his life no matter what."

Yang Lin sat on the square bed, crossed his legs, and said, "But what if this is his choice?"

"He has to tell me that himself, not you," Meng Qing said.

Sea King's gaze shifted. "I really didn't expect that the reason you'd confront me directly would be some human kid who has no blood relation to you."

"Meng Qing, why bother?"

"Do you really think that whether he's alive or not is more important than your future, or even your life?"

Meng Qing threw the shattered White Mask on the ground, revealing a somewhat haggard face. "I'm a selfish person. Nothing is more important than my own life."

"But the prerequisite is that you must be able to threaten my life right now."

Sea King manipulated Yang Lin's body to appear in front of Meng Qing, saying, "Well said. With your initial fifth-order Mental Power, I can't kill you with just a wisp of consciousness."

"Then how about we each compromise? I'm not a bloodthirsty person, so how about we make a deal?"

"I will ensure Yang Lin's survival, and after the deed is done, I will restore his consciousness and body. In return, you will help me realize my ideal."

"Of course, you'll also get all the other benefits."

Meng Qing: "Besides unifying the world, what other ideals do you have?"

Sea King: "What I really want is peace."

Meng Qing: "The words are nice, but the purpose remains the same."

Sea King: "And what's your answer?"

Several hours later, Meng Qing put on a brand new mask, which was bright red and had an angry face.

Two men in black robes stood on either side of Meng Qing.

"Summon all members of the Hand of the Serpent."

"In the name of the Nine-Tailed Fox, we declare war on all sequences!"

On the other hand, with Bai Ye dead, the Nine-Tailed Fox was scattered and disorganized.

The ghost 069, who replaced Bai Ye, immediately went to one of the Nine-Tailed Fox's branches, which was also a Containment Zone.

This place operates around a single Containment Object.

η001: Heart of Avalon.

It's a box the size of a head; if a person drips blood on it, a heart will form inside.

It can regulate heart function, up to six times.

But that's not important; what's important is its side effects.

Members of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan replicate their hearts here. Once the original body dies, the heart stored here will shatter.

Of course, in addition to this, the heart will also change along with the body's heart, so that people here can know what the heart's owner's current state is.

If the heart fails, it means that the person whose heart is in danger of dying.

Therefore, this place must be the first to receive news of Bai Ye's death. In order to take over the Nine-Tailed Fox, the Soul-Replaced Bai Ye must immediately go here to suppress the news of Bai Ye's death.

As for nightmares and gluttony?

The Taotie had already been killed by the Soul-Replaced Bai Ye, and 005 was released from his body.

005 was persuaded by the Soul-Replaced Bai Ye to confront Nightmare, and at the same time, a Sequence was assisting him. Although the two of them could not kill Nightmare, they should be able to delay him for a while.

When the Soul-Replaced Bai Ye arrived at this Containment Zone, he immediately smelled a pungent stench of blood.

"Has someone beaten them to it?"

The Soul-Replaced Bai Ye rushed into the interior and saw corpses lying scattered and mangled on the ground.

Just then, the crisp sound of high heels came from the other end of the corridor.

He turned his head and saw a blonde woman walking out of the Containment Zone, carrying a petite girl on her shoulder.

Queen Bee?

How did she end up here?

The Queen Bee saw the Soul-Replaced Bai Ye, then chuckled and quickly left.

But the little girl on her shoulder reached out and waved.

"Mom, she has no heart."

Upon Queen Bee suddenly stopped in her tracks. "Call me sister."

"Elder sister..."

Hearing the little girl's words, the Queen Bee reached out and patted her head. "Good girl, it wasn't for nothing that I went to all this trouble to rescue you."

"But he has no heart..."

"It's alright, he's a dead man."

"Sister, I want to..."

No, you don't want to.

"Oh..."

The Queen Bee and the little girl left, and the Soul-Replaced Bai Ye couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

If he wasn't mistaken, this Queen Bee... seemed to be the real thing.

The fourth-order median should be correct.

And that little girl, that... could it be 039?

Number 039: The Great Demon.

A sequence without ranks, yet quite terrifying.

She can enter any living being and become its heart.

It is not just the heart in the physical sense; it is the heart in every sense of the word, capable of influencing a person's thinking and judgment, and is more like a parasite.

Moreover, once a being has been parasitized by her, it becomes addictive. As soon as the Great Demon leaves the body of that being, that being will experience intense itching all over its body, restlessness, and mental confusion.

In addition, after the Great Demon parasitizes someone, it can make that person's mind immune to any external spiritual influences.

However, this has its drawbacks; it amplifies the evil and desires in people's hearts to an extreme degree.

Therefore, the Nine-Tailed Fox calls her Demon Heart.

The Queen Bee actually took her away.