Borrowing the Devil's Might to Forge the Strongest Art

"Because..."

The dragon head coiled above the tortoise shell spoke half a sentence in surprise. Before it could finish, realization dawned across its face.

"Oh, West Oxen Continent. Beneath the Sin-Suppressing Tower lies the old site of the Western Regions' Fengdu Passage, which connects to the Turbid Netherworld. By now, it can blur the auras of life and death."

"You want the Path of Myriad Transformations Blood Origin?"

The demon monk Monkey Mind nodded.

But a moment later, he shook his head.

"Yes, but not only that."

The dragon head narrowed its eyes slightly.

"Oh? What else do you want?"

The divine light in Monkey Mind's eyes grew brighter.

"That fiend, with his mountain of crimes, is pinned beneath the Sin-Suppressing Tower. With a hundred and eight thousand Feather-Pattern Divine Restrictions in place, it is only a matter of time before he spits out the Supreme Origin Immortal Sect's foundational methods."

"Your nephew knows why the Holy Race tribes, led by the Golden Crow Great Tribe, tried to head south into the Southern Border's Ten Thousand Mountains all those years ago."

"It wasn't that nonsense about the south belonging to fire and matching the terrain and celestial phenomena."

"They sent the Golden Crow Heavenly Demon, the only one of that lineage still prominent in this age, to lead them. What they truly sought was the Path of Myriad Transformations Blood Origin!"

"That path suits our Holy Race too well. It suits the legacy of the Celestial Phenomena Dao we hold too well!"

"With the Path of Myriad Transformations Blood Origin to aid us, our Holy Race could continue Form Refinement and Essence Tempering upon the foundation of the Four Symbols Sacred Bodies! We could break through a higher cage and gain an even more inconceivable source and foundation!"

"Only..."

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