Chapter 2504: The Saint Wants to Reform You

"Spare me, Emperor, spare me!"

Zhu Xiuer, however, was very happy: "Bear meat is delicious!"

He Lingchuan walked up to the Violent Bear King, crouched down:

"Shangguan Biao originally wanted to kill you just now, but in the end he didn't move, do you know why?"

Why? The Violent Bear King doesn't want to know now.

"He knows very well that people like us hate traitors the most." He Lingchuan said lightly, "Even if he doesn't move, you won't survive."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked out of the enclosed space.

The Violent Bear King watched the spider queen's ferocious figure grow larger and larger in his field of vision, and suddenly recalled the poisonous oath he had sworn against Shangguan Biao, and couldn't help but feel a wave of despair.

He Lingchuan stood in Yujing City, gazing up at the sky, the east beginning to show fish-belly white.

This long and winding night was finally about to pass.

The Blood Demon chuckled: "Actually, Shangguan Biao's last few words weren't entirely wrong."

He Lingchuan ignored it.

The Blood Demon then said: "How could I possibly follow a saint?"

It is, after all, a conglomeration of myriad blood fiends, grudge obstacles, and malice; not to mention ordinary people, even if a monarch were replaced, having it follow him for a few days might drive him mad.

Why did Qianhuan True Person suppress it in the Inverted Sea, not let it become a personal artifact spirit, not bestow it upon his disciples' immortals? Nothing else but fear that this all-penetrating ghostly thing would disturb the Dao heart.

He Lingchuan, however, wore the Blood Demon as a cloak, letting it have the opportunity every moment to blow evil pillow winds, showing his confidence in his own firm resolve.

Indeed. As early as over ten years ago, the Nine Abysses Great Emperor could effortlessly be immune to its influence, immune to the influence of the Jinglong Battle Armor, without using primordial power.

Therefore, it agreed with Shangguan Biao's words: this person before them truly has a heart like iron and stone, incapable of being shaken in the slightest!

Saint? Heh, hehe, hehehe.

He Lingchuan stretched lazily: "Perhaps, the saint wants to reform you."

The Blood Demon laughed heartily.

Disbelieving, it doesn't believe a single word.

But the more it laughed, the softer its voice became, until it stopped laughing.

He Lingchuan raised his hand, looked at the serpent ring on his wrist.

The serpent eyes glowed red, flickering, as if gazing back at him.

Naluotian said that between life and death, that is fate.

Yet beings like Shangguan Biao, clearly existing beyond life and death, still cannot escape fate's manipulation, even after death they find no release, and still require He Lingchuan to personally ferry and transform them.

He Lingchuan again recalled what Jiariotian had said during battle.

Not long after, Zhu Xiuer also came out, raising her paw to wipe her mouth:

"Where are we going now?"

"To the Void Realm." He Lingchuan added, "Mine."

……

Panlong Secret Realm, Mist Valley.

The Singing Sand Forest has remained unchanged for ten thousand years, still drifting with dark red thin mist, but the originally half-dead Lin Mu in the valley has now sprouted new branches and buds.

This desolate place, because of the new shoots, now shows a hint of vitality.

He Lingchuan and Zhu Xiuer walked to the edge of the water puddle, lowered their heads to look, the water surface remained calm and waveless.

He lightly tapped the ground:

"Please return the Earth Mother."

There was no movement whatsoever beneath the water.

He Lingchuan was not in a hurry either, patiently waited for a short while, then saw a hint of dark red appear at the bottom of the water puddle.

Hundun arrived.

It swam leisurely in the water puddle for two circles, then spat out something, and without turning back, swam into the deep water.

This thing floated up and up, floated to the water surface, yet it was a pale white honeycomb stone.

He Lingchuan scooped it up, shook off the water, placed it on the ground, then took out a small bottle from his bosom, dropped the fragrant dew inside onto the honeycomb stone, murmuring under his breath.

This is the Wind Dew Golden Lotus Dew he found in Shangguan Biao's collection.

The dew was instantly absorbed by the stone.

After just a few breaths, the stone began to swell, enlarge, deform.

When it stopped growing, it was already over half a person tall.

Earth Mother.

Shangguan Biao had not misjudged, the Earth Mother's soul had not been destroyed by He Lingchuan, but merely placed into the Great Square Vase, thereby severing the connection between body and soul.

The vase took great interest in this lifeform, seized the time to study it thoroughly, until He Lingchuan came to ask for its return.

The Great Square Vase does not communicate directly with He Lingchuan, but can understand his requests.

Earth Mother slowly awoke, gazing at the two people before her in surprise:

"What's going on? I really didn't die?"

She remembered having made preparations for sacrifice, then knew nothing more. She had not dared hope to regain consciousness, but what is this before her?

The Blood Demon cackled: "You are dead, you are already in the Nine Abysses. Think of his title!"

Nine Abysses Great Emperor, isn't he just fond of dragging people down to the Nine Abysses?

"……" Earth Mother had a moment of alarm, but then reacted: "No, if my soul is extinguished, I will only cease to exist."

He Lingchuan slapped his own cloak, then smiled: "I said, please come to my secret realm to sleep, that's all."

"Where is this? It doesn't really seem like a secret realm."

"My void realm." He Lingchuan added, "The place where we fought side by side earlier was Shangguan Biao's void realm."

Zhu Xiuer, hearing them beat around the bush for so long, couldn't hold back: "Shangguan Biao is dead."

Why do these people love to chatter about meaningless household matters?

The Earth Mother was stunned for a moment, her first reaction being disbelief: "It has many avatars, and is treacherous and vicious—it wouldn't die so easily."

He Lingchuan then took out the stone heart and placed it in his palm.

"We destroyed Shangguan Biao's true form and retrieved this."

"My stone heart!" The Earth Mother's eyes lit up, her voice trembling slightly: "You... you really got it back!"

Unbelievable, truly unbelievable!

Shangguan Biao truly suffered a complete and utter defeat; otherwise, the stone heart wouldn't have fallen into He Lingchuan's hands.

Regardless of whether Shangguan Biao is alive or dead, as long as he doesn't hold the stone heart, he cannot control the Earth Mother.

He Lingchuan could even see ecstatic joy on that stone-faced countenance.

The Earth Mother instinctively reached out, but seeing He Lingchuan, she paused again: "I almost forgot—you're also the master of the Secret Realm. You won't return the stone heart to me, will you?"

This person previously fought alongside it, not out of affection, but because they shared a common enemy.

Now that the enemy has been defeated or slain, the temporary alliance between it and the Nine Abysses has ended, and it's time to settle the score.

The stone heart remains in someone else's hands—only the holder has changed—and the Earth Mother remains passive.

No one would willingly relinquish such a treasure; the Nine Abysses Emperor, holding the stone heart, could gain immense benefits, and the Earth Mother's stone-like mind could conjure seven or eight such advantages at random.

It only hopes the Nine Abysses Emperor won't be as wicked as Shangguan Biao.

"Answer me one question first." He Lingchuan smiled, "In the void realm, you knew almost nothing about me. How did you come to understand, to shout those three words?"

Complete strangers—what exactly prompted it to make that decision, ultimately entrusting its life?

The Blood Demon snorted: "Isn't it because I'm here?"

Could it not be due to its divine assistance?

(End of chapter)