Crash~~
Above the East Sea, within the Chaotic Star Sea, the waves roared, crashing onto the lush islands.
Whoosh~~
Several ghostly lights shot out from the islands, speeding away into the distance.
A cultivator guarding the island’s protective array noticed this, his expression slightly changing, and he spoke to his companion beside him.
"Ah Chang, I am leaving you to guard this place for now. Stand firm, and notify me immediately if anything happens."
The man called over a nearby young man and spoke indifferently.
"Yes, master."
The young man responded, watching the man as he departed.
After the man’s departure, he dashed towards the island’s central region.
His speed was swift, flying past in a flash with his escape light, arriving instantly at the central area, within the mountain forests cloaked in dark mist.
The man’s face revealed an intoxicated expression, seeming to enjoy the dense, pitch-black mist.
He waited outside for a moment, and suddenly, the dense black mist began to churn, revealing a dark passage within the mist.
The man’s figure flickered slightly, entering the passage.
As he went inside, the passage immediately disappeared, once again covered by the dense black mist.
The man proceeded along the passage, which was not straight but spiraled downward, leading deep underground.
After traveling almost three hundred meters, a dark and sinister door appeared in front of the man, carved with the image of a grotesque demon.
Rumble~~
As the man arrived, the door began to tremble and slowly open.
"What’s the matter?"
An aged voice came from the dark chamber, its chilling, terrifying tone involuntarily rising from the depths of one’s heart.
"Reporting to the Sect Leader, Kong Yu Jing has left the sect, accompanied by two masters of the Golden Core Realm."
The man suppressed his inner fear and answered tremblingly.
"Hmm, you may leave!"
The old voice spoke calmly.
As the voice fell, the door shook again, closing once more, leaving the man standing outside the chamber, bewildered.
"What does the Sect Leader mean?"
"Could it be, as rumored, the Sect Leader can no longer suppress the demon will and demonic energy inside, close to losing control?"
The man secretly speculated.
The Sect Leader had been in seclusion for too long, ever since entering this chamber for cultivation thirty years ago, never leaving it.
Rumors started spreading within the sect about the Sect Leader’s cultivation problems.
Otherwise, if the Evil Heart Sect Leader was still in perfect condition, Kong Yu Jing wouldn’t be able to persuade the Golden Core Realm demon cultivators within the sect.
"During my absence, guard the sect diligently!"
As the man was feeling uncertain, the old voice resonated from the depths of his heart, interrupting his thoughts.
"Yes, Sect Leader!"
The man’s body trembled slightly, responding promptly.
He felt somewhat fortunate that he hadn’t believed the rumors and followed Kong Yu Jing’s actions.
Inside the chamber.
After sensing the departure of the man outside the chamber, a slightly eerie humanoid form slowly stood up from the ground.
The body appeared young, starkly contrasting the aged voice it had just emitted.
Yet, the young body was somewhat strange, not resembling a living person’s body, but more like a puppet made of special materials.
The puppet moved its somewhat rigid body, and the hollowness in its eyes sparkled with a hint of life.
"Can it aid demon cultivators in eradicating the demon will inside..."
"After hundreds of years, finally there’s another intriguing fellow. Let’s hope he doesn’t disappoint me..."
The puppet murmured softly.
It adapted to its body and proceeded towards the depths of the chamber.
In the chamber’s depths, the wall was carved with a gigantic, menacing head, its gaping maw exuding a terrifying presence.
The puppet extended its right hand, directly inserting it into the gaping maw.
Soon, the grotesque head seemed to come alive, its maw widening suddenly, swallowing the puppet whole.
Following this.
The menacing head’s lantern-sized eyes widened, the head splitting apart, revealing a more concealed and secure chamber behind.
Inside the chamber, the puppet that had just been swallowed by the menacing head was now silently standing beside a figure with shriveled skin, entirely blackened, appearing immensely aged.
The puppet formed hand seals, its body surging with ghostly light.
Its eyes suddenly focused, two beams of ghostly light shooting from its eyes, penetrating into the elder’s body.
Crack~~~
Crackling sounds resonated.
The elder, as thin as a skeleton, abruptly opened his eyes, the terror of a rampant murderous urge flickering briefly within them, his gaze quickly regaining clarity.
He stood up with difficulty, moving his body.
Having been immobile for so long, his body emitted a series of crackling sounds.
This emaciated elder was actually the true form of the Evil Heart Sect Leader; the puppet earlier was a body prepared by him for use as a puppet.
"Phew~~~~"
The elder inhaled sharply, the rolling black mist from outside the chamber surged in, entering his body through his seven orifices.
His withered, bone-like body expanded rapidly, soon transforming into the robust and burly appearance of a middle-aged man.
"Things are getting worse; if this time, there’s no breakthrough, it’ll be troublesome." The elder furrowed his brow slightly and murmured in a low voice.
No, he could no longer be referred to as an elder.
The Evil Heart Sect Leader, now restored to peak condition, appeared as a muscle-bound burly middle-aged man.
The Evil Heart Sect Leader, named Cao Hongchang, cultivated the "Evil Heart Demon Suppression Skill", which is the main cultivation skill of the Evil Heart Sect, from which the sect derives its name.
"Only two chances remain..."
"After researching demon skills for hundreds of years, I developed the ’Evil Heart Demon Suppression Skill’, which can definitely break free from the constraints of demon skills and cultivate them to realms no demon cultivator has ever reached!"