Published: March 8, 2025
Chu Yang coldly laughed, "Your body? Have you ever eaten a meal for its growth? Drank a sip of water? Faced a little bullying? Or even died once for it? Your body? What right do you have to claim that this is your body?"
He fixed his eyes on the current "Tan Tan" and said, "Do you know what this body has endured? Do you know how much torment it has gone through to grow to this point? Now that it has finally matured, you suddenly appear and claim it's your body?"
Chu Yang laughed heartily, "What are you?"
Tan Tan's face darkened.
Like dark clouds.
The entire sky seemed to grow gloomy with his expression.
The dark clouds were almost pressing down to the ground.
He was clearly on the verge of an explosion.
His eyes were deep, his brows knitted tightly.
After a long while, he suddenly exhaled and softly said, "I want to kill you."
Chu Yang smiled lightly, "There are many people in this world who want to kill me. And there are many who have the ability to do so and wish to kill me. Yet, I am still alive and well."
Tan Tan's brows unfurled, and he unexpectedly chuckled, "It’s inevitable that we will fight one day, but killing you now would be unjust, with no sense of satisfaction."
Chu Yang replied indifferently, "That's your business; it has nothing to do with me. If you're trying to win me over with this, it’s absolutely impossible."
Tan Tan snorted in anger, yet there was a hint of laughter, "You don’t know how to appreciate good intentions."
He took a step forward, his whole body now standing in the void of Yunhai, standing there with hands behind his back, and said lightly, "This time I wake up, I probably have three days. After that, this body will still be handed over to him to control."
"To completely awaken, he will need to keep making efforts to improve."
"I also won't know what it will be like when I fully awaken, when my strength returns to its peak," Tan Tan paused at this point.
Chu Yang nodded in understanding.
He knew what this meant. The important thing was the consciousness, not the strength.
In other words, this Demon King didn't know whether he would be governed by the good side or the evil side when he fully awoke.
"So now, I can't make any promises," Tan Tan said.
"You said before that this isn't my body—wrong! Completely wrong!" Tan Tan smiled lightly, "Do you know who I am?"
"Who are you?" Chu Yang suddenly felt his heartbeat quicken.
"Who am I? Hehe," Tan Tan shook his head with a laugh, his movements graceful yet carrying a hint of melancholy, "Over 160,000 years ago, I was born on this continent. 140,000 years ago, the Holy King fell, the holy clan underwent great changes and fragmented. I was pushed to become the master of the Star Clan, starting to reclaim the Three Stars;
100,000 years ago, I unified the holy clan, and I became the king of the Three Star Holy Clan. 98,000 years ago, I unified the Bird and Beast clans, and in silence, defeated the armies of those clans, becoming the king of both.
"95,000 years ago, I fought against the Demon Clan for two thousand years, becoming the lord of the Demon Clan!"
"Except for the Phoenix Clan, the Elf Clan, and the Human Race, as well as a few mysterious tribes at that time, I was the dominion of the Nine Heavens!"
"If we purely talk about power and strength, I was the undisputed overlord of the Nine Heavens!"
"Where my royal flag flies, even the weakest soldier could make the supreme retreat.
With a single command, I could kill a million corpses in an instant! Across the world, there was no one to contest, and my orders were followed by all!"
Tan Tan's voice was calm, yet it naturally carried a killing intent, an overpowering aura emanating from him.
Chu Yang's spirit shook; he never expected such a powerful spirit soul was hidden within Tan Tan’s body!
This identity and status could easily be described as that of a world ruler!
"At that time, humanity realized the threat and began to continuously battle against me. Human experts emerged endlessly, and their schemes were beyond my defense. After a great war of five thousand years, I managed to subdue humanity a little."