Chief!

[Land of Nothingness is your heart's source; where Mind Nightmares bind, the Great Dao may be stolen!]

There were no layers of murmurs, no dense threads—only a single line of ink-black text, like an annotation.

But this was an annotation left behind by the Mind Nightmare Demon Ancestor!

With just one glance, each character pierced straight into the depths of the heart, transforming into a vast, dark sea.

The sea's surface was soundless and still, yet beneath that calm seemed to lurk endless nightmares, dragging consciousness down into its depths.

Demon Nightmare Heart Sea!

"Demon Ancestor's divine might!"

False Tianji trembled in fear. He did not dare look any longer and immediately shifted his gaze away.

Yet the instant he did, he froze on the spot.

The young man's gaze was calm as he looked down at him, his face showing not the slightest surprise.

The illusory face swayed violently as it cried out in shock,

"You anticipated this long ago?"

"Corruption always has a source."

Li Qingshan spoke calmly, unhurriedly.

"It had stayed hidden before. Now that it could no longer hide, it naturally emerged."

False Tianji heard this, his face filled with bewilderment.

The reasoning was sound, but this was an annotation personally left behind by the Demon Ancestor...

Wait, no!

False Tianji's pupils abruptly contracted as he met the young man's gaze...

He was now merely an illusory mask floating on the surface of the book page. Since Li Qingshan was looking at him, that meant he had certainly also seen... the Demon Ancestor's annotation!

"How could you possibly remain unaffected by the Demon Ancestor's handwriting?!"

Within his constricted eyes was reflected the young man's composed face, and he was filled with utter disbelief.

He was of the Mind Nightmare Clan, and had been personally refined into