I, the Lord of the Fifth Throne, am the source of all things!

He beat her beautiful face until it was deformed and cracked, until her eyeballs popped out of their sockets and her head exploded before he stopped.

At this moment, Duanmu Lian, covered in blood, stood up, wiped her face, and looked around at the distorted and polluted [inner landscape].

"...12,000."

Muttering the number of souls she had personally killed, Duanmu Lian's mind was twisted and riddled with holes, but it had become completely calm, like the surface of frozen water.

He glanced down at the bloodstains and black aura on his body. He could also be injured in the [Inner Realm], but only in his mind and spirit, and lastly in his soul.

The fact that Duanmu Lian has injuries means that he has been influenced and distorted by those evil spirits; the injuries on his body are proof of this corruption and distortion.

Currently, he has cultivated the Nine Revolutions Life and Death Tribulation Heavenly Art to the fourth revolution.

His spiritual strength had also caused his mental energy to completely liquefy, transforming into an ocean of mental energy, or rather, a sea of ​​mental consciousness.

"Purge...rectify..."

Looking at the empty interior space before her, where no one else was present, Duanmu Lian sat cross-legged on the ground and began to cleanse the twisted and filthy parts of her body.

As long as the inner vision is not completely polluted, one can see one's original personality and mind within it.

This can be considered a kind of anchor point for the mind and personality.

The polluted Duanmu Lian can use this as a standard to cleanse herself of the excess influences and restore her affected mind to its original shape.

However, as Duanmu Lian rectified his mind, his injuries began to heal.

The darkness and filth around him automatically coalesced behind him, forming a blurry human figure.

After all, even if they are separated, the essence is still the distortion of Duanmu Lian.

As he chose his "divine self" to carry out the killing, his "demonic self" was also gathering strength.

"Jiejiejie..."

The darkness and distortion left behind after all the souls in the interior were destroyed emitted a chilling and eerie laugh.

A deeper blackness then quietly spread out, gathering and coalescing into terrifying faces that resembled vengeful ghosts, evil spirits, and skeletons.

Each of these faces stared at Duanmu Lian, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, with hateful and venomous eyes, shouting and roaring in an attempt to disturb her mind.

"Butcher! Executioner!"

"You deserve to die too!"

"You're going to hell!"

"I curse you to be abandoned by everyone and suffer eternal damnation..."

Each voice carried the deepest, most terrifying, boundless resentment and malevolent intent.

Although they no longer have souls, in this polluted "inner landscape," they can be considered half of the inner demons.

At this moment, these resentments and murderous intents, like the evils of this world, coalesced and surged towards Duanmu Lian, who was sitting quietly on the ground.

Their apostles corrupted Duanmu Lian once more, causing his heart to be completely shaken, and he merged with them without distinction.

"Hehehehehehehehahahahahahahahahahahahahaha—what did I do? I freed you from that hellish abyss, shouldn't you thank me!?"

Overwhelmed by waves of resentment and malice, Duanmu Lian sat motionless in place, like an unmoving Vajra.

There was not the slightest wavering, nor was it contaminated in the slightest.

However, the black humanoid figure behind him grinned and let out a contemptuous and disdainful laugh.

These resentments are nothing more than an attempt to shake Duanmu Lian's position as the core of the "Inner Realm."

If he develops the same negative emotions as them, or even feels guilty or immoral about abusing or killing others, then the resentment will seize the opportunity to attack and break him down.

But now Duanmu Lian is in a state of deep meditation, where she is like a clear mirror and still water, free from self and thought.

He can now completely use his powerful will and mental strength to dispel his inner demons, clear his mind, and free himself from distracting thoughts.

Impacted by the evil thoughts within, it will no longer waver in the slightest.

As for feelings of guilt and immorality?

The nascent "Demon Self" naturally felt that killing these extremely evil souls who had been suffering in the Avici Hell was a form of liberation for them.

Waaaaaahh ...

Seeing that it could not shake or corrupt Duanmu Lian in the slightest, the pitch-black resentment let out a twisted and frantic scream.

Immediately afterwards, countless human faces emerged from the dark, turbid current that had invaded Duanmu Lian's waist.

Crying, wailing, vicious, ferocious, angry, frenzied, hateful... they clung to Duanmu Lian's body, even whispering in his ear with harsh, shrill voices.

However, Duanmu Lian remained unmoved, sitting cross-legged in place like a statue, silent and motionless.

"It's so noisy—!!!"

However, although Duanmu Lian, who was cultivating the Great Stillness of the Divine Self, remained unmoved, the pitch-black humanoid figures behind him unleashed a fierce, ruthless, poisonous, evil, and domineering demonic aura that was even more ferocious than theirs.

Because of the pollution and distortion of the inner landscape, the demonic nature of the [Demon Self] becomes even purer.

Just as Duanmu Lian had killed these resentful masters before, the dark humanoid then ravaged and trampled them in an even more ferocious and cruel way.

The demonic thoughts originating from Duanmu Lian alone, just like when he single-handedly annihilated thousands of souls, began to beat down other resentful thoughts with his own power.

The resentment and twisted emotions that were beaten would not disappear, but they stimulated Duanmu Lian's "demonic self" to become even fiercer and angrier.

"kill---!"

The dark humanoid figure had begun to take on the outline of Duanmu Lian, and now had a pair of eyes that shone with a piercing, fierce light.

He relentlessly crushed other resentments, and each time he overcame one, the demonic nature and malevolent intent within him became more solid and refined.

Therefore, a strange balance was achieved in the [inner scene] where Duanmu Lian had finished her killing spree.

The resentment and distortion that polluted the [Inner Landscape] were suppressed and ravaged by his [Demon Self].

He himself remained steadfast and unwavering, constantly cleansing and strengthening his own mind.

Inside the real space, Duanmu Lian's spiritual power and vitality were growing at an explosive rate, and his brain was being expanded once again.

..........

After everything was over, all the strange phenomena surrounding Duanmu Lian finally disappeared.

Instead, his entire body shone with a dazzling seven-colored light.

He has stopped breathing without even realizing it.

This doesn't mean that Duanmu Lian has died, but rather that he no longer needs to breathe through his mouth and nose.

Now his entire body is breathing, every part of his body is breathing, every pore is breathing in and out.

All the acupoints and key points in the body were opened up, and the body seemed to be able to communicate with heaven and earth. Breathing was no longer restricted to the mouth and nose.

Duanmu Lian's breakthrough in mind and spirit led to breakthroughs in other aspects of her own power.

The breathing technique has been directly elevated to the profound realm of body breathing. The seven treasures of wondrous energy flow more smoothly and freely inside and outside the body, without the slightest feeling of stagnation.

"Sizzle!!!"

At the same time, all the cells in his body were rubbing and vibrating violently, and every cell was being developed and strengthened, causing magnetic fields and electric light to burst out on the surface of his body.

Now, his skin, muscles, bones, and even every cell deep inside, and even his genes, are constantly being optimized!

However, the most obvious and active area is Duanmu Lian's brain and mental power.

Now his spiritual power has transformed into a spiritual sea of ​​consciousness, and deep within his mind there seems to be a boundless and limitless ocean of spiritual power.

"call---!"

Duanmu Lian opened his eyes and exhaled heavily. This time, the mental training and brain development had greatly enhanced his physical potential.

At this moment, he felt incredibly satisfied. Although he needed to be careful about the dangers in the [inner realm], there were corresponding benefits to every risk.

Glug glug glug~~~~

Suddenly, Duanmu Lian's body emitted a sound indicating that it needed to replenish its energy.

"I'm so hungry..."

Duanmu Lian looked down at her body and immediately realized that her body was over-exploited, resulting in a lack of energy.

The energy from what he had absorbed before, and even the three-thousand-year-old peach he had eaten some time ago, had been developed and utilized to almost 100%.

Feeling the hunger emanating from her body, or rather, from every cell, Duanmu Lian took out the pills that Yagokoro Eirin had given her.

He took out a Pure Yang Limitless Pill, which contained not a single impurity and resembled a pure collection of energy.

After swallowing the pill and absorbing the pure yang essence contained within it, Duanmu Lian felt a little better.

"This development effort is really significant."

After glancing at the Emperor's Banner surrounded by black mist, Duanmu Lian put it away and hurriedly ran to her breeding farm.

He desperately needs to eat a lot to replenish his body's deficiencies and energy reserves.

"Ow!!!"

At this moment, on a planet imbued with spiritual energy, two colossal beasts, resembling Tyrannosaurus Rex, were beheaded by Duanmu Lian and fell to the ground howling in agony.

This dragon is from the movie "Storm Riders". It was mentioned before that it was cloned and mass-produced by Duanmu Lian.

After defeating the two Tyrannosaurus Rex, Duanmu Lian swallowed two dragon essences the size of basketballs in one gulp.

This time, however, both dragon orbs were completely digested in Duanmu Lian's stomach in less than five seconds.

Duanmu Lian felt only about two-tenths full.

He used to eat one dragon ball separately, but now he can eat two at once and still doesn't feel satisfied.

In response, Duanmu Lian looked directly at the two dragon corpses in front of her with a ghostly light in her eyes.

They didn't bother with any preparation or grilling; they just grabbed them and started eating them with their hands and mouths.

"Crack—Pfft!!!"

Like a wild beast, Duanmu Lian tore apart, ate raw, and devoured the two enormous dragon corpses before her.