Chapter 388: Who Am I?

Shui Yong couldn't help but laugh: "So there are demonic cultivation matters even masters don't know about; everything has form, and if it doesn't manifest, it must exist in a special world, such as the material world we know and the consciousness world, both in the same place, but to ordinary people there is only the material world. The Heart Sword Sect originated from the Bright Sword Sect, an important sect under the Bright Throne. Speaking of the history of fighting demonic cultivators, our Bright King predates your sect's Buddha by many ten‑thousands of years!"

Cheng Xin nodded and laughed: "You're right, fellow Daoist, I have been ignorant!"

At that moment, the demonic aura on the skull vanished completely, revealing its whole form.

The Heart Demon is not just a skull; it also has a body, but its head occupies over ninety percent of its volume, with a very small torso and limbs. Its color is dark brown, speckled with extremely dark black spots.

"Master, you're too modest; the Buddhist sect's methods are profound beyond measure, able to make the Heart Demon manifest. It's my first time seeing this!" Shui Yong said politely.

The two exchanged a smile, feeling much more friendly; they are both enemies of the Dark Clan, and fate had brought them together, making it hard not to get close.

"Huh, what's up with Lord Wei? Why is he still there? He won't be taken by the Heart Demon…" Qin Wu suddenly recalled the matter.

Cheng Xin the monk quickly waved his hand and laughed: "No need to worry about Lord Wei; a Yang God Body is not something any demon can easily provoke. There are no shortcuts, only brute force. Even clashing head‑on with Lord Wei is useless, even if you are two realms stronger."

Shui Yong nodded and said: "Lord Wei also possesses a Bright lineage root and a Yang God Body; even a powerful Great Demon Head cannot easily deal with him!"

Qin Wu let out an "oh", feeling a wave of disappointment. As a Dragon Warrior, he is immensely strong and equipped with several top‑grade celestial armors and weapons, his power comparable to an immortal. He had thought this outing would be perfectly safe, but he turned out to be the weakest among a group of cultivators who hadn't yet tribulated, feeling ashamed of his status.

"What's the next step?" Shui Yong looked toward the chaos in the camp. "That kind of attack, I can only use once in a short time, and it was a life‑saving measure…"

He didn't finish his sentence, but the two understood his meaning.

"We should stick to the original plan, focus on defense; we can't save everyone!" Cheng Xin the monk said. He still had Buddha Light Radiance active, covering several meters around him.

After speaking, he glanced at Qin Wu and continued: "My Demon‑Extinguishing Finger also drains the mind and spirit heavily; later I'll need you, fellow Daoist Qin, to strike a few more times. The golden arrow just now also dealt considerable damage to the Heart Demon!"

Qin Wu relaxed his expression, nodded: "Alright!"

Thus, amid the chaos, the few of them guarded the entrance of the kitchen's main gate, forming a rare safe zone.

The anomaly here quickly drew the attention of the Heavenly Soldiers, and more began to flee toward this area. Under Buddha Light Radiance, anyone polluted by demonic aura or possessed by a Heart Demon could not hide.

Fortunately, the Heart Demon did not appear again; instead, there were more corpse demons polluted by demonic aura.

Qin Wu's golden arrow and Shui Yong's Bright Flying Sword struggled a bit against that Heart Demon, but slaying the corpse demons was unusually easy.

More Heavenly Soldiers gathered behind the small team; once consolidated, they began to act, and combined lightning‑type and flame‑type spells from multiple users could erase the corpse demons completely.

The Heavenly Soldiers unable to form battle formations squeezed tightly at the gate, unwilling to stay far away, unsure whether the interior of the kitchen was safe.

After half an hour, over two hundred troops left behind on the right flank, having paid the price of more than thirty of them becoming demon‑tainted, most survived.

Cheng Xin the monk still had Buddha Light Radiance active; although his cultivation is not weak, maintaining it for so long was becoming taxing.

He is still waiting for Wei Yuning.

Outside the camp, chaos still reigned, but no one here dared to move recklessly.

The demonization process was unusually bizarre; no one knew how one got caught or how to avoid it. Each cultivator's physique and consciousness differ, so even at the same realm and cultivation, facing the same demonic cultivator can yield different outcomes.

Buddhist cultivators, mortal cultivators, and Bright sect cultivators have set methods against demonic cultivators, but ordinary cultivators without armor can only rely on luck.

Wei Yuning still crouched on the ground.

The scene was very strange.

A group of people stared in silence, not daring to gasp, all watching the General Wei crouched on the ground ahead.

At this moment, Wei Yuning kept complaining.

While he was probing the fallen Heavenly Soldier, a strange demon head slipped into his sea of consciousness.

This demon head wasn't very powerful; its demonic aura was even weak, yet none of its bodily techniques could kill it, not even cause harm.

The demon head didn't even look like a demon head; aside from its skin being the Dark Clan's characteristic bluish‑white, its whole appearance was that of a human beauty.

Perhaps another difference was the perpetually black nails, which reminded Wei Yuning of Green Luo of the White Shadow Tribe, a hybrid of human and White Hair Tribe.

It also relieved Wei Yuning that this demon head had no intention of dealing with him.

After a carefree exploration, the demon head actually slipped into the Star Power Sphere.

After a great effort, Wei Yuning successfully mobilized his Nascent Soul for the first time and entered the Star Power Sphere as well. Previously he entered using the consciousness of the golden ancient pine; although the pine obeyed his commands, its divine consciousness had not communicated with him for a long time.

The Star Power Sphere seemed small, but to the eye of a divine‑consciousness body it was vast and boundless, like another starry sky.

Unsurprisingly, within the Star Power Sphere he lost the demon head's trace.

The Star Power Sphere was as important to him as the golden ancient pine, having helped him avoid danger many times; therefore, without finding the demon head he could not be at ease.

Just as he was about to give up, his Nascent Soul arrived at the cottage where Jun Mo's divine soul had once dwelled. To his surprise and delight, that demon head was also inside.

The demon head, which had never communicated with him before, now became assertive, directly conveying through divine consciousness: she will reside here from now on.

Wei Yuning naturally would not agree, but it remained so; no matter what method he used, the demon head merely smiled faintly, unharmed.

This bizarre scene sent chills down Wei Yuning's spine.

So, he began to spar with the demon head.

As time passed, the more he stared at the demon head, the more he sensed familiarity, which made his heart grow increasingly uneasy.

After a long while, he suddenly jolted awake; the demon head's appearance actually resembled him a bit—strictly speaking, it looked somewhat like the original Wei Yuning.

Since transforming into Jade Dragon Mountain, for various reasons he had to retain this body. As time passed, he gradually adapted to it, even came to like it.

In any case, for cultivators the exterior is just a shell; old friends didn't reject him because of this new body, and new friends only know this form. To avoid trouble, Wei Yuning has decided not to change bodies before his tribulation.

Now, suddenly seeing the shadow of his old body gave him a strange sense of unfamiliarity.

"Who am I? Jade Dragon Mountain or Wei Yuning?" Wei Yuning suddenly thought.