"What do you mean?"
Qin Sheng truly had not expected Ye Fan to ask such a question out of nowhere.
Ruthless was a woman—well, many people in this era were not even sure whether the Ruthless Emperor was a man or a woman, but Qin Sheng still thought Ye Fan's suspicion made no sense.
Sure, I practice the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art without devouring other people's Origins; I obtained the Swallowing Heaven Devil Canopy in the Dao Palace Secret Realm; I had combat power comparable to Divine Taboo before reaching the Immortal Platform Secret Realm; my cultivation changes every year; and I keep running into things connected to Ruthless—
But I really don't think I'm anything like the Ruthless Emperor.
"Don't you think your behavior since coming to Beidou and joining the Shaking Light Holy Land has been strange?" Ye Fan stared at Qin Sheng, his gaze profound.
"Everyone who practices the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art has to devour other cultivators' Origins. Even the Ruthless Emperor did so in her first lifetime. But you're different."
"You once said you reversed the Demonic Art—but this is an Emperor Scripture. What was your cultivation when you obtained the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art? Reversing an Emperor Scripture is no different from opening a new path beyond the Ruthless Emperor's imperial Dao. How did you do it?"
Back then, Ye Fan had only just entered the cultivation world and knew little about Great Emperors or Emperor Scriptures. Though Qin Sheng's reversal of the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art had surprised him, he could barely accept it.
But now he had reached the Immortal Platform and spent years fighting his way through Beidou. He was no longer a novice cultivator.
Looking back over Qin Sheng's experiences, he found them unbelievable, as though he were hearing a