The Demon Sword swallowed Elder Ape's primordial spirit and took possession of his Physical Body. Feeling flesh and blood surge and true qi circulate once more, he laughed with delight. "Now, even Shi Feiyang... hmm, unless Shi Feiyang comes in person, who else could possibly do anything to me?"
Just then, his eldest disciple, Zong De, came in from outside. "Master, over on North Mountain..."
He still had no idea that his master was gone, that the Physical Body sitting upright on the stone bed now housed a different soul.
Red light flashed in the Ape Demon's eyes, seizing Zong De's primordial spirit. He reached out and dragged him over through the air, then abruptly opened his mouth. His jaws stretched so wide they nearly split back to his ears, exposing four sharp, apelike fangs. He bit down on Zong De's head, his teeth cutting into the skull and ripping its top clean off.
A person's primordial spirit resided in the Niwan Palace at the center of the skull. The Ape Demon sucked hard, drawing Zong De's brains and primordial spirit into his belly, along with all the blood, flesh, and essence qi in his body.
In an instant, Zong De became nothing but a skeleton wrapped in human skin, which was tossed to the ground.
Delighted, the Ape Demon took a deep breath and silently circulated his power to digest that blood and vital energy, feeling positively blissful.
Suddenly, he sensed a disturbance outside, as though something had barged in using earth escape. Far from getting angry, the Ape Demon grew even happier. "Something tasty has delivered itself right to my door!"
Demons cultivated by feeding on spirit, vital energy, and blood. Some also absorbed fear, rage, and other negative emotions. In many places where the Demon Cult raised