Out on the plains.
For this encirclement and suppression of the Emperor-Slaying Hall, Ji Xianyi had commanded five Divine Ability Practitioners. One had fallen in battle, but before they could spare even a moment to mourn their colleague, one of the others congratulated Ji Xianyi.
"Congratulations, Your Highness, Thirty-Third Prince. We slew three Divine Ability Realm rebels this time and rendered a great service. Once His Majesty the Human Emperor learns of it, he will surely reward us handsomely."
"We enjoy the Human Emperor's protection. Serving him is only right. What need is there for any reward?"
Ji Xianyi waved a hand, his voice even.
None of the four Divine Ability Practitioners present noticed the flicker deep in his eyes before they returned to their customary indifference, devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
Nothing seemed amiss, but the occupant within had already changed.
Hong Yuan's divine will had taken possession of this shell in an instant. Ji Xianyi's spirit soul froze, losing the ability to think without offering any resistance.
In less than one ten-thousandth of a breath, Hong Yuan reviewed all three hundred-plus years of Ji Xianyi's life.
Hmm? Ji Xianyi's life-bound divine ability is called the God-Slaying Spear. Publicly, he calls it the War God Spear, meaning the spear with which the Human Emperor wages war!
And the god he wants to slay is none other than his father, the current Human Emperor!
What a loving father and filial son! The father planted a device in his son's life-bound divine ability to continually siphon his essence, while the son dreams of killing his father at every moment!
Ji Xianyi had even concealed most of his strength, using at most thirty percent of his cultivation when wielding the God-Slaying Spear.
Unfortunately, Ji Xianyi was not in the Origin Core Realm.