Published: March 2, 2025
"Then I can rest assured..."
This simple sentence suddenly left the spirit of the demon lord in a daze. He stared at the enormous light sphere before him, seemingly unable to understand why earth's will would express such sentiment...
After a moment, the spirit of the demon lord spoke again.
"What I'm saying, you might not have understood. I want to take over your territory, which means, in the future, you will still be trapped here, serving as the planetary will for our New Lirada... Well, actually, your situation is quite similar to now—being sealed away."
"Yes, I understand... My job will still be the same as before, and I might even have my consciousness erased, becoming nothing more than a pure light source, the engine of the planet. Do you think I understand this correctly?"
The spirit of the demon lord fell into silence instantly, but for some reason, he quietly reduced the output efficiency of origin power.
Something feels off...
The atmosphere in the entire cave thickened, until earth's will spoke again.
"You overlooked one thing."
"What thing..."
"Do you remember, when I was sealed, I was sealed alongside someone?"
The spirit of the demon lord was initially taken aback, but then he quickly realized...
"The celestial god..."
When earth's will was sealed, the spirit of the demon lord had been a witness. Although the celestial god was quite insignificant, he had indeed been pulled into earth's core origin by earth's will.
Recalling this event, the spirit of the demon lord instantly extended his perception, wanting to delve into earth's core origin and investigate the situation of the celestial god. However, in that moment, a powerful force suddenly erupted from earth's core origin, blocking the spirit's perception.
Thus, the spirit's heart sank to the bottom...
"You..."
The spirit of the demon lord hesitated to speak, unsure of where to begin. At this moment, he wanted to gather all his strength, but as mentioned earlier—once the transformation process reached eighty percent, it became completely irreversible, both for earth's will and for the spirit of the demon lord.
The spirit could only watch as earth's core origin transformed into an unfathomable abyss, continually devouring his strength!
This process was extremely rapid...
Yet surprisingly, it did not encounter any hiccups.
Ninety-five percent...
Ninety-seven percent...
Until ninety-nine percent...
At this moment, although the spirit of the demon lord felt anxious, he could only watch as the transformation process gradually approached its end; meanwhile, the sense of unease deep within him grew stronger until unexpectedly, footsteps echoed behind him...
Outside, the spirit's vigilance had no effect; the footsteps seemed to appear out of thin air, suddenly exploding behind him. The spirit was first taken aback, then quickly turned to look back, only to see a clean-looking young man standing behind him, leisurely observing earth's core origin.
"Who are you?"
At that moment, the spirit of the demon lord had calmed down. While controlling the output of his internal power, he asked. The newcomer merely smiled gently.
"My name is Fang Yujie... I am also a collaborator of Bai, or perhaps describing myself as the owner of the other half of the Heavenly Gifted Stone would better reflect my identity."
"…"
Fang Yujie's response left the spirit of the demon lord truly at a loss for how to react. After a moment, he could only manage a bitter smile.
"Although I don't know what you plan to do, but... let's negotiate..."
"What negotiation?"
"Let me off the hook, what do you think?"
At this point, how could the spirit of the demon lord not realize he was being schemed against by Bai and Fang Yujie? The current spirit of the demon lord had lost all his ambition, and what remained was merely the most basic desire for survival.
However, Fang Yujie did not respond. He simply gazed at earth's core origin ahead and spoke with a smile.
"Continue."
"What?"
"I said continue! Continue your transformation process."
The spirit of the demon lord fell silent...