In the primordial age, an Evil Demon Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds reached the Other Shore Realm. Dao Venerable, who had not yet transcended, gravely wounded him. Before his death, the emperor cast seven great curses upon all living things.
Beyond cursing all living things, the Evil Demon Emperor left behind one of his claws. As he lay dying, he refined it into an Other Shore Divine Weapon. Its demonic nature ran so deep that anyone who wielded it was corrupted, becoming a demon among demons.
The Demon Lord was the most accomplished of all the Demon Claw's masters. Though the Heavenly Emperor struck him down just after he reached the Other Shore Realm, he was an unrivaled great demon all the same.
When Qi Zhengyan first received the Demon Lord's legacy, he had not dared to cultivate it. Only when his life hung in the balance had he accepted the inheritance and become the Demon Lord's successor. He feared falling wholly into demonhood and losing every feeling that made him human.
He also feared that, while he was still struggling, the righteous sects would discover him. Even friends like Meng Qi and Zhang Yuanshan might turn their blades on him in the name of slaying demons and defending the Dao.
That changed when he came into contact with Fang Yang.
In their reincarnation team, Zhang Yuanshan was not the only one to benefit. The others had received considerable help too.
Qi Zhengyan believed he had benefited most of all.
Looking back, the first time he met Fang Yang after beginning to cultivate the demonic art, the True Martial Sect's Dharma Body expert had probably seen through him at once.
But Fang Yang was not rigid. Seeing that Qi Zhengyan had not truly fallen to the demonic path, he had