But who could blame him, when the Heavenly Dao was unjust!
Since it had granted him sentience, why had it not given him the treatment he deserved?!
At that very moment, a thread of Golden Light emerged from the Dantian. The parasitic Demon Seed was like a mouse spotting a cat, its demonic power rapidly withdrawing from the Dantian. With the first thread came a second, then a third. As the Golden Light illuminated the Dantian, the empty space suddenly welcomed its master.
It was a tiny figure identical to Wen Chishan. At that moment, he opened his eyes. Though there was neither sorrow nor joy in them, they inexplicably stirred the heart.
"You were willing to become a Nascent Soul? You were willing—then why weren't you willing before?!" The Nascent Soul completely broke down, drawing out all its power to attack its own Dantian. Yet attacking itself was seeking death, and at this moment, it could no longer care about any of that.
If this strike landed, this body would surely die outright. Seeing this, the Demon Seed that had been lurking all along finally bared its fangs! Fuck, it had practically already picked the peach, only for some idiot to show up halfway through. It absolutely would not allow this—
But the instant the Demon Seed showed itself, the Golden Light pounced on it like a hyena catching a scent.
Hehe, caught you.
The Buddhist chants of Pagoda City had once drifted faintly through the air, making it seem like a Buddhist realm beyond the mortal world.
But after Wen Chishan seized power, that former Buddhist realm had become a silent, lifeless wasteland. Now, the Buddhist chants returned, as though heralding Pagoda City's gradual return to what it once was.
Wen Xu's aura had always been linked to