Chapter 664: The Female Demon's Senior Brother

Su Shan lay prone on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably, her pupils shrinking to the size of needles.

She desperately wanted to stop shaking, but she could not control it; this was fear from the deepest depths of her soul, a biological instinct that could not be controlled by willpower at all.

Too terrifying!

Too horrifying!

A Myriad Soul Banner numbering in the hundreds of millions—such a supreme demonic artifact was something Su Shan dared not even dream of.

Yet now, she had actually seen with her own eyes that someone had refined such a thing; how many living beings from an entire realm must have been refined to create this?

The key was that other demonic cultivators looked strange and twisted, giving off a crooked and evil vibe at first glance.

But what about this demonic expert before her?

His jet-black hair was crystalline at every strand, his skin was like the most perfect jade, and his features were naturally formed with an ethereal, immortal aura; he looked just like a fallen immortal, showing no trace of the aura of someone who practiced the demonic path.

Could this be the simplicity of the Great Dao, returning to one's true nature?

"Do not be so reserved. Come, please, rise quickly~"

Ye Lin smiled and helped Su Shan up.

"Can you tell me the refining method for the Myriad Soul Banner and the Myriad Soul Heavenly Guidance now?"

"Senior, why would you need such petty tricks?"

Su Shan did not understand; if the other party could produce a heaven-defying forbidden artifact like the Billion Soul Banner, why bother coming to her to learn such minor techniques?

It was as incomprehensible as Jack Ma mobilizing the entire power of Alibaba to wipe out the small convenience store at the entrance of your village.

"Alas, since things have come to this, I shall tell you the truth!"

Ye Lin sighed and spoke in a deep, earnest tone.

"In truth, I am the reincarnation of the Demon Emperor! In my previous life, I was harmed by treacherous villains, lost all my cultivation, and my top-tier demonic techniques vanished completely!"

"Now that we have met, it is fate. You V me 50... oh, no, wait, you give me the refining method for the Myriad Soul Banner and teach me the Myriad Soul Heavenly Guidance, and I shall grant you a great fortune!"

"I hereby swear a Dao oath: if I deceive you, may I be struck by heavenly lightning and have my soul scattered!"

Tears welled up in Su Shan's eyes.

"Senior..."

Such a titan of the demonic path actually had such a tragic past, and he was even willing to swear a Dao oath for her sake.

Su Shan was moved beyond measure; if not for the fact that her physical body was gone, she would have already thrown herself into Ye Lin's arms.

"Since Senior desires it, this junior naturally cannot refuse!"

Su Shan took out a jade slip, pressed it to her brow, recorded the refining method of the Myriad Soul Banner and the usage method of the Myriad Soul Heavenly Guidance she knew into it, and handed it to Ye Lin.

After Ye Lin took it and checked it, confirming there were no issues, he nodded in satisfaction.

"Good. Now, give me your Myriad Soul Banner, and I shall grant you a great fortune!"

"Alright!"

Su Shan did not have the slightest suspicion and, feeling very excited, handed over her own Myriad Soul Banner.

The demonic expert before her possessed a Billion Soul Banner; even if he leaked a tiny fraction of it, it would be enough to greatly increase her strength.

Just as Su Shan was looking forward to what fortune the demonic expert would bestow upon her, Ye Lin, having received the Myriad Soul Banner, changed his expression in a second.

"Audacious evil cultivator, to actually practice such wicked methods! Today, I shall act on behalf of Heaven!"

Having said that, Ye Lin grabbed Su Shan and refined her in an instant!

Su Shan's face revealed terror.

"Senior! What are you doing! You swore a Dao oath! You cannot kill me!"

"You know I am a member of the demonic path, yet you believe my words?"

After Ye Lin refined Su Shan until only her head remained, he threw the two soul bodies inside Su Shan one after the other into the newly acquired Myriad Soul Banner.

One of them was the real Su Shan, and the other was the female demon who had wanted to possess Su Shan.

"If you dare to kill me, my Senior Brother will definitely not let you off!"

The female demon shrieked; if she entered the Myriad Soul Banner, she would become a resentful soul without self-awareness. At that point, it would be even more miserable than having her soul scattered!

"Oh? You have a Senior Brother?" Ye Lin's eyes lit up.

"Of course I do! My Senior Brother is an expert in the Blood Refining path, and his cultivation has already reached the fourth tribulation of the Five Tribulations of the Dao, the Yin-Yang Realm! I advise you to be sensible and let me go immediately!" the female demon hurriedly shouted.

"So that's how it is. Very well, for the sake of your Senior Brother, I shall spare your life."

Ye Lin released the female demon and opened a gap in the Dead Soul Return Realm.

"You may go. I will not kill you."

The female demon was stunned; she had just been struggling in her death throes and had never expected that Ye Lin would actually be willing to let her go.

"Then... I'm really leaving?"

"Go!" Ye Lin waved his hand impatiently.

The female demon looked back every few steps, fearing that Ye Lin would suddenly go back on his word.

She knew that some evil cultivators had eccentric personalities and loved to toy with their enemies, only to suddenly strike and kill them once the enemy thought they were safe.

Seeing that Ye Lin truly had no intention of keeping her, the female demon no longer hesitated, turned tail, and ran for her life.

At this moment, inside the Human Emperor Flag, a figure holding a sword stepped out and bowed respectfully toward Ye Lin.

"Master, you summoned me."

"Yes, go, follow that woman, see who she meets, and see if she finds that so-called Senior Brother of hers. If she does, come back and report to me," Ye Lin instructed.

"Very well, Master. And what if she doesn't?" Ban Mumang asked.

"If she doesn't, then dispose of her yourself," Ye Lin said casually.

"No problem, Master. That is my specialty!"

Ban Mumang vanished from the spot in a wisp of green smoke with a 'whoosh'.

Soul bodies with self-awareness like Ban Mumang were known as Soul Cultivators on the Longevity Continent, which also belonged to the crooked and evil paths.

'Soul Cultivator' was already a polite name; most cultivators preferred to call them Ghost Cultivators.

After ordering Ban Mumang to follow the female demon to see if he could find her Senior Brother, Ye Lin looked up at the sky and shouted impatiently.

"Tribulation Lightning, come out and get to work!"

He had just made a Dao oath; if nothing went wrong, the tribulation lightning should be coming to strike him soon.

After violating Dao oaths so many times, Ye Lin clearly felt that the Heavenly Dao's enthusiasm for sending tribulation lightning to strike him had decreased; sometimes, if he didn't urge it, the tribulation clouds wouldn't even appear.

Actually, this was understandable. It was like owing a bank a huge sum of money while having no assets to your name, living as a homeless person under an overpass; every time the bank urged you to pay, you acted like a dead pig that didn't fear boiling water.

Over time, the bank would naturally get lazy about urging you; urging you was just a waste of manpower and resources, so at most, they would make a phone call just to go through the motions.

The relationship between Ye Lin and the Heavenly Dao was about the same now; having violated so many Dao oaths without dying, he had long since lost all credibility with the Heavenly Dao.

After Ye Lin urged it a few times, the tribulation clouds appeared reluctantly, followed by a bolt of tribulation lightning the size of a thumb, which then dissipated immediately.

That thumb-sized bolt of tribulation lightning struck Ye Lin's Hundred Tribulations Imperial Body and couldn't even break his skin.

The corner of Ye Lin's mouth twitched slightly. Was this reasonable?

He had violated a Dao oath, and this was the only punishment he got? Was this the degradation of the Heavenly Dao or the distortion of the tribulation lightning?