“Oh no! Could Big Brother Xiao Chen be entering into a state of Berserking Qi Deviation?!”
Yue Chenxi, Xuanyuan Zhantian, Gong Yangyu, and the others gathered at the foot of the peak discussed anxiously and worriedly.
Some of them could not help wanting to charge up the peak to take a look.
“Stand still. Nobody move!”
The Life Requisitor Asura, Lan Chaofeng, silently appeared. When he saw the dark clouds covering the peak and the demon that kept shifting forms, his expression changed drastically.
A few days ago, Lan Chaofeng heard that Mo Chen was collecting Peak Grade Demon Fiend Rocks. Could this little fellow have gone down that path?
“Senior Lan, what’s going on? Is Big Brother Xiao Chen entering a state of Berserking Qi Deviation?!”
Lan Chaofeng did not say anything. He formed hand seals with both hands. As his hands moved quickly, the Primordial Energy in him suddenly surged, a frightening aura spreading out from his body.
Finally, he pointed to the sky, and a vast barrier encased the entire area, directly locking down this area, including the peak where Xiao Chen cultivated.
Clearly, it took Lan Chaofeng quite a bit of effort to lock down such a large area. He wiped away the sweat on his forehead and said calmly, “Keep today’s matter a secret. Right now, Xiao Chen cannot be interrupted. If anything goes wrong, he will be completely ruined.
“The few of you should scatter into the surrounding area. If you discover anyone who seems suspicious, directly attack them if they do not heed your warnings. I will personally guard this peak!”
“Yes sir!”
Yue Chenxi and the others had never seen Lan Chaofeng so tense before. Right after they received his order, they scattered without saying anything more and stationed themselves in the periphery.
As for Lan Chaofeng himself, he stood guard for Xiao Chen at the foot of the peak.
As he looked at the scary black Demonic Qi around the mountain peak, he felt some fear in his heart. He said, “You little fellow, that is a taboo that even I do not dare to touch. How many Demon Fiend Rocks are you absorbing at the same time? Is it three or did you break the taboo and refine four?”
If Lan Chaofeng knew that Xiao Chen refined seven at the same time, he would have dropped everything and stopped Xiao Chen at all costs.
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Demons danced around in the chaotic sea of consciousness. Monsters appeared from nowhere, and a boundless baleful aura surged out continuously.
The moment this phenomenon appeared, that surging baleful aura instantly shook Xiao Chen’s heart. Murderous intent, hate, pain, envy, and all sorts of other negative emotions assaulted him. He could not bear it and nearly crumbled.
“It’s painful! Very painful!”
In the chaos, Xiao Chen could not even condense his saber soul. He held his head with his hands and knelt on the ground. His expression changed continuously, contorted in pain.
The world behind his eyes completely twisted. The negative emotion demon entered his heart, warping it beyond recognition. The world became blurry; he could not see anything clearly.
Refining seven Peak Grade Demon Fiend Rocks at the same time amplified the effect. However, the dangers likewise multiplied!
The moment these demons appeared, they flaunted their might before Xiao Chen. If he did not wake up from this, the negative emotions would possess his soul, turning him into a demon that did not recognize anyone, killing everyone without even blinking.
In history, the geniuses that fell to the Demon Fiend Rock turned ambitious and ruthless, tyrannizing everyone. This had happened over and over again and was not unusual.
Shortcuts were not that easy to walk.
The torture continued and the pain intensified. Xiao Chen’s mind turned chaotic as he shrieked in pain. Auditory hallucinations manifested, horrifying scenes appearing before his eyes—despair surged in his heart.
“Gagagaga! You are just an arrogant person. Do you think that you are very powerful? Do you know how many times you would have died if the Thunder Emperor were not standing behind you?”
“You are just a bastard. It serves you right for being chased out of your clan. Your blood is cold and your heart is ice.”
“It serves you right for being abandoned by others. It serves you right for having a five-year limit to advance to Martial Emperor, running into a dead end if you fail.”
The auditory hallucinations rang out beside his ears. However, even if he held his ears shut, he could not block out this voice.
The illusions Xiao Chen saw appeared endlessly. The most horrifying one showed him undergoing his Great Tribulation of wind and fire, being burned to death on the Emperor’s Path. Just when he was one step away from the Emperor’s Door, he died.
What Xiao Chen saw was like a personal experience; it felt very real.
Everyone in the world started mocking him, saying he was indeed a short-lived bastard. Meteor, oh meteor, he who laughs last is the true hero.
There were all sorts of people—the Young Palace Master of the Cyclic Astral Palace, Di Wuque, the direct disciple of the East Mountain Ghost Monarch, the people of the Heaven Punishing Corpse God’s sect, as well as all the people whom he once trampled on—all of them laughing at Xiao Chen unbridledly.
The sound of laughter was piercing, layered over the auditory hallucinations Xiao Chen heard. This inflicted such pain that he wanted to die, pushing his mind to crumble.
A voice of despair rang out in his heart: Give up. Living is too tiring.
Who else experienced bitterness like yours? Half the Primes in the world are doing their best to obstruct your advance to Martial Emperor. Who else is like you, who has to hide and do things in secret when revitalizing the sect of their ancestors for the sake of fulfilling the responsibility in their heart?
You live your life in apprehension, fearing a single misstep will consign you to eternal damnation and drag down even your friends and family.
Who else is as lonely as you? You clearly have someone you love but do not dare to bring her to your side. You fear to bring harm to her, creating a mistake that you can never make up for.
Who understands how helpless you are? You are clearly just walking your own path, but you run into people with malicious intents, dancing clowns. In secret and in the open, they continuously mock you and humiliate you.
Azure Dragon King, who in the world goes through as much trouble as you do? Who in the world has enemies throughout the world? Who in the world is as lonely as you?!
Give up! Give it all up!
You should hate. Hate that bastard the Azure Emperor for leaving you a mess to deal with, for making an innocent person like you suffer.
You should hate. Hate that fake gentleman, the Thunder Sovereign. He clearly knows that you are being driven into a dead end, and yet he still does nothing to help, just watching from behind.
You should hate. Hate those people who have malicious intents towards you. Who gave them the right to curse you and humiliate you? No matter what you do, right or wrong, they scold you at every turn, cursing you to consignment to hell, waiting for you to fail beyond recovery, waiting for you to become a joke.
Xiao Chen’s eyes appeared confused and somewhat crazed; they also appeared somewhat cold. He muttered, “Right, I should hate. I should hate the heavens for being unfair. I should hate the Azure Emperor for making my path to Martial Emperor so difficult. I should hate the Thunder Emperor for being a fake gentleman, pretending that what he does is for my good. I should hate those large numbers of people with malicious intent gossiping about me!”
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At the foot of the peak, Lan Chaofeng’s expression suddenly turned wild. His barrier shook continuously as demonic flames soared into the sky from the summit while a baleful aura charged through the clouds.
“What’s going on? How many Peak Grade Demon Fiend Rocks did he refine at the same time?”
Lan Chaofeng stood up, showing a grave expression. A trace of horror flashed in his eyes.
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In Xiao Chen’s sea of consciousness, Xiao Chen approached the brink of depravity. His pain had clearly lessened significantly.
You should kill. Since you cannot find the Azure Emperor, then kill all of the Azure Emperor’s remaining bloodline. The members of the Xiao Clan in the Sky Dome Realm all possess the bloodline of the Azure Emperor. All of them should die!
You should kill. Kill the fake gentleman, the Thunder Sovereign. That old fellow has lived for ten thousand years. He should have died long ago!
You should kill. Kill all those dancing clowns with malicious intents. Do not leave even a single one of them!
The voice in Xiao Chen’s heart rang out again. His eyes turned bloodshot. His entire body gave off an overwhelming killing intent. “That’s right. I should kill. I should kill. I should kill!
“Kill!” Xiao Chen shouted in his sea of consciousness.
In reality, Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes as a bloody light filled them. Then, he opened his mouth and roared, “Kill!”
“Rumble…!”
Immediately, the already shaky barrier crumbled. The boundless Demonic Qi surged from the summit of the peak, forming a pillar of black light, soaring into the clouds and scattering them.
Lan Chaofeng took one step back and muttered, “It’s over. Now, it will be impossible to cover this up.”
“What’s going on?!”
Mo Chen and Lan Shaobai rushed over, their faces filled with horror, totally at sea over what happened.
Lan Chaofeng waved his hand and said with a grave expression, “Don’t ask anything now. Scatter into the surroundings and don’t let anyone near. You won’t be able to block Martial Emperors; just let those in. I’ll deal with them.
“Right now, Xiao Chen has reached the most critical moment. No one can disturb him. He already took half a step into the deep abyss, into the Demonic Dao.”
“Ah!”
Step into the deep abyss, into the Demonic Dao—these words scared Mo Chen and Lan Shaobai. They turned pale as they exclaimed involuntarily.
“How did this happen? How?” Mo Chen muttered, appearing distracted.
Lan Chaofeng sighed. “This little fellow probably pushed himself too hard, trying to gain another trump card before the ceremony. Never mind. This is not the time for speaking. Quickly gather people and don’t let any ordinary cultivator in. If anyone tries to barge in, kill them so that they never return.”
Mo Chen and Lan Shaobai heard Lan Chaofeng’s urgent tone. Not daring to delay, they left to carry out his commands.
Heavenly Star Island was Xiao Chen’s conferred land. As it rose up very quickly in recent times, it would be impossible for there not to be experts of other factions hidden nearby.
This was an extremely ordinary thing. Every faction would interact with each other and have spies in each other’s territory. Even the Holy Lands were no exception.
Normally, Mo Chen and the others would not bother about this. After all, these people had not done anything. They could not chase people away just because they were too strong.
However, at this crucial moment, this was the very thing they feared. If these people interrupted Xiao Chen and caused him to fall into the Demonic Dao, it would be over.
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At this very moment, at the summit where the demonic flames gathered, a voice rang out in Xiao Chen’s heart again.
You should become a demon. Only by becoming a demon can you be free. Only by becoming a demon can you gain the power to do everything and fear nothing, killing anyone you want.
Fall into the darkness and become a demon! The voice in Xiao Chen’s heart contained boundless temptation.
You should hate. You should kill. You should become a demon!
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The sun hung high in the sky; the entire world was bright.
Heavenly Star Island was as calm as it was in the past. However, with this heart-wrenching cry of “kill,” a demonic light surged up from the peak reserved for Xiao Chen to the northwest of Heavenly Dragon City.
The sky instantly turned dark, darker than night, appearing pitch-black.
Only that black demonic light appeared piercing and bright, attracting attention.
Instantly, the entire city fell into a frenzy, not knowing what to do. These dense black clouds evoked an indescribable panic in people, making them shudder.
“What’s going on? Is this the birth of a great Demon?”
“What a horrifying demonic flame! I have seen such a scene before only in the Black Sea, when a Greater Heavenly Martial Emperor fell into the Demonic Dao and killed off the people in the sea region. In the end, the thirteen Great Bandits worked together and killed that person.”
“Isn’t that the Azure Dragon King Xiao Chen’s peak? Why are there such horrifying demonic flames?”
“Could it be that the Azure Dragon King is in a state of Berserking Qi Deviation and is falling into the Demonic Dao?!”