Cut off my way home? You'll sacrifice the entire other world in return!

"Demon, I agree. I will serve you."

"But before that, I hope you can let me try."

Li Fan stood in front of the furnace, his expression indifferent.

His gaze fell on the other side of the main hall.

There stood the blood-soaked boy in the shadows, staring at him with eyes filled with extreme hatred after he finished speaking.

He was the Gu King that Li Fan had been waiting for.

It is also the most crucial ingredient in this pot of divine and demonic elixir.

"Then come here."

Li Fan waved to the boy.

The boy did not move.

His hand gripping the knife, veins bulging, seemed to be fighting against some kind of instinct.

He wanted to rush up and tear the man who had ruined everything in front of him to pieces.

But he knew he couldn't do it.

The overwhelming gap in strength made him unable to even muster the courage to swing his sword.

"What's wrong?"

Li Fan watched as a playful smile curved at the corner of his mouth.

"What revenge are you talking about if you don't even have the guts to stand in front of me?"

These words pierced the boy's heart like a needle.

Two clusters of frenzied flames ignited in his empty eyes.

"ah!!!"

The boy let out a roar that sounded inhuman.

He no longer suppressed himself.

He poured all his hatred, resentment, and despair into the cleaver in his hand.

He moved.

His figure transformed into a streak of blood-red lightning, hurtling straight towards Li Fan before the throne.

Original and pure... mutual destruction.

Faced with this strike that embodied the resentment of the entire world.

Li Fan did not dodge.

He didn't even activate the Tai Chi wheel behind him.

He simply stood there quietly, extending one hand.

when!

The cleaver stopped.

The blade, powerful enough to cleave mountains, was effortlessly caught by Li Fan with just two fingers.

Not moving.

"This hatred..."

"very good."

"Pure enough."

"It was pure enough to become the soul of my 'work'."

The boy stared wide-eyed at the scene in disbelief.

His all-out strike was so easily parried by his opponent?

"Relax your mind."

"I'm giving you... a chance to take revenge yourself."

The boy was stunned.

revenge?

In that moment of distraction...

Li Fan's finger was already touching his brow.

A domineering force surged into his mind.

The boy's body began to tremble violently.

He felt his soul being forcibly ripped from his body by an irresistible force.

His consciousness began to fade.

He saw his own short and painful life unfold before him.

All the visual emotions, all the hatred, were compressed, purified, and condensed in this moment.

finally.

puff.

The boy's body fell to the ground, becoming an empty shell without a soul.

A dark red orb of soul light slowly rose from the top of his head.

The sphere of light even formed tangible crystals of resentment.

"Go."

Li Fan waved his hand.

That soul, imbued with endless hatred, flew voluntarily towards that furnace of laws.

boom!!!

The moment when the soul is immersed.

The entire furnace began to tremble violently.

The originally chaotic energy began to merge violently and orderly around this black and red soul.

"The main dish is in the pot."

Li Fan nodded in satisfaction as he observed the changes in the furnace.

"Next up are the side dishes."

His gaze slowly shifted to Ye Qingcheng, who was kneeling on one side of the main hall, keeping her head down the entire time and not daring to make the slightest move.

Ye Qingcheng felt her master's gaze and her body trembled involuntarily.

She raised her head, a hint of confusion flashing in her bewitching eyes that had been tainted by demonic influence.

"Owner?"

"You did a great job."

Li Fan walked up to her and gently, even tenderly, stroked her cheek.

"From a high and mighty empress to an obedient dog."

I'm very satisfied with your transformation.

Hearing her master's praise, Ye Qingcheng's heart, which was controlled by the demonic seed, was filled with a pleasant surprise.

She lowered her head humbly, wanting to kiss Li Fan's boots.

"Serving my master is the greatest honor of my life."

"Yeah?"

"Then would you be willing to... give me everything?"

"Including your body, your soul, everything about you?"

Ye Qingcheng was stunned.

She didn't understand the true meaning of her master's words.

But the mark of enslavement from the depths of her soul prevented her from having any thought of resistance.

"Everything a servant has belongs to the master."

She answered without hesitation, her voice filled with fervent loyalty.

"very good."

Li Fan nodded.

The hand that was stroking her cheek slowly slid down to her slender neck.

then.

puff!

There was no warning whatsoever.

Li Fan's hand plunged directly into Ye Qingcheng's chest, piercing her heart.

"Well…...…"

Ye Qingcheng's eyes widened and her body stiffened.

She stared in disbelief at Li Fan, at the hand that had pierced through her body.