"Giving me to a stranger? Just wait—he'll be corrupted by me at once. Then you'll understand just how foolish a thing you've done."
From within the Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar came an exasperated, furious voice. They had clearly agreed on it back then, yet this fellow had gone back on his word in the end, sealing himself away together with it.
For a full ten thousand years, it had tirelessly eroded Old Garden's mind day and night, even including Old Garden's physical body. Yet even now, it had not succeeded.
It had to be said that Old Garden was the most exceptional person it had ever encountered. No wonder he was a powerhouse capable of stepping into the Heavenly God Realm in three years. It was powerful, yes, but helping a mortal with no cultivation whatsoever enter the Heavenly God Realm in three years? That was simply a fantasy.
Thus, the host it sought could be none other than Old Garden.
"Brat, get lost. I don't want to waste any extra strength on you."
The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar glared at Ye Lin and immediately barked at him. It had intended to kill Ye Lin outright, but upon seeing Ye Lin's cultivation, it found him somewhat troublesome.
Although it could kill Ye Lin, it would have to expend a great deal of power, which would be detrimental to its subsequent erosion of Old Garden.
Over ten thousand years, it had worn Old Garden down to his weakest point. It did not want its ten thousand years of effort to go down the drain.
"The Heaven-Devouring Demon Jar?"
Ye Lin looked at the demon jar before him, his expression exceedingly strange. Why did this demon jar's aura feel so familiar? One was the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art, and the other was the Heaven-Devouring Demon