"Impossible!" Haotian's eyes widened as he stared at the Corpse of Evil he had severed from himself, crying out in shock.
Why? Why did his Corpse of Evil look like this?
This wasn't how it was supposed to be!
"Haotian, what's wrong?" Jade Pool, who was guarding outside the cave, hurriedly called out when she heard the noise from within, then moved to enter.
"No, nothing's wrong. Jade Pool, keep standing guard for me. Don't come in. The corpse-severing process is going smoothly. I'm almost done." Haotian dared not let Jade Pool see what his Corpse of Evil looked like. Startled, he hurriedly shouted toward the cave entrance.
Hearing Haotian's shout, Jade Pool frowned in bewilderment. She kept feeling that something had gone wrong, but since Haotian would not let her in, she could hardly go against him just yet.
While Jade Pool hesitated, Haotian stood inside the cave, staring at his Corpse of Evil with his brows tightly knitted. Troubled, he said, "You... use a spell to change your appearance."
It was hardly an unreasonable request, but...
"Why should I listen to you? Who the hell do you think you are?" the pitch-black figure, who had neither a face nor skin, snapped at Haotian.
"Hm?" Haotian's expression changed again at those words. Sensing that something was wrong, he said sternly, "I'm your True Form, and you're my Corpse of Evil. Who do you think I am?"
"You're not worth a fart!"
Haotian: "..."
"You useless fool! The Dao Ancestor helped you ascend to the Heavenly Venerable Position, giving you the authority to command the Primordial World, and even bestowed Numinous Treasures on you to establish yourself. Yet the Ancestral Bear still managed to crush you until you could barely breathe! Just how useless are you? For someone as evil