He has been reincarnated through countless worlds, adorned with billions of mythological terms!

Deep within the demon realm, the terrain flattens out.

Yunyi followed Heize northward, and the ground beneath their feet changed from a broken, rocky beach to a dark red, hard soil.

It feels slightly warm to the touch, as if something is slowly burning deep underground, and it has never gone out.

The demonic aura grew thicker and thicker, almost solidifying into a tangible substance, forming patches of colorful miasma in the air.

Countless eyes are hidden in the fog.

Yun Yi could sense that demons lurked in every patch of mist, their cultivation levels ranging from Nascent Soul to Void Refinement, lurking in the shadows like a pack of well-trained hunting dogs, waiting only for their master's command.

But none of them dared to step forward.

Because Kurosawa was walking in front.

The six-year-old demon lord walked barefoot on the scorching red earth, each step feeling like stepping on the heartbeat of the entire demon realm.

His aura was not released outwards; in fact, it could be said that he concealed it extremely well. But it was precisely this concealment that was most terrifying.

"Don't be nervous, these little guys won't attack you." Kurosawa said without turning his head, a smile in his voice. "They recognize my scent."

Yun Yi didn't speak, his gaze calmly sweeping over the surroundings.

Those demons hiding in the shadows had already been dissected into countless parts in his eyes. Their attack methods, spiritual energy circulation, and bloodline characteristics were clearly etched into his consciousness the moment his gaze fell upon them.

He no longer needs to deliberately open his eye of truth; the instinct for "analysis" has long been integrated with his gaze.

The deeper you go, the more active the dark red energy in the air becomes.

Yun Yi recognized what it was.

It is demonic power, but not the scattered and turbid stuff found in ordinary demons. Instead, it is a product that has been purified, compressed, and recombined, and it is on a completely different level from the aura of wild demons outside.

"You felt it?" Kurosawa turned around and glanced at him, a hint of smugness in his smile. "This is what I spent five years building."

Yun Yi didn't reply, but he definitely sensed it.

The entire space was filled with purified demonic energy, flowing and circulating in the earth's veins in an extremely subtle way, like a bloodline laid out by human hands.

"This place is no longer entirely a demon realm," Yun Yi said.

Kurosawa stopped and turned around, a hint of surprise flashing in his dark golden vertical pupils:

"Oh? What do you mean?"

Yun Yi raised his head, his gaze sweeping over the surroundings: "This place is your physical body. The earth's veins are your meridians, demonic power is your blood and qi, and those demonic creatures hiding in the shadows are the cells within your body."

"You planted yourself on this land."

The smile on Kurosawa's face vanished.

He stared at Yun Yi for a few moments, his gaze complex.

"You noticed?"

Yun Yi nodded, his tone flat, as if he were talking about something perfectly ordinary:

"I discovered it on the way here."

Kurosawa paused for a moment, then threw his head back and burst into laughter: "Hahahaha—interesting! Very interesting! I thought I was the only one in the world who knew this secret, but I didn't expect you to see through it!"

Laughter echoed deep within the desolate demon realm, causing the surrounding miasma to churn.

After he finished laughing, he said, "However, you're wrong about one thing."

"This is indeed my physical body, but I haven't fully immersed my consciousness into it."

He raised his hand and pointed to the enormous palace that was faintly visible in the distance: "I left the core in the Demon Emperor's Palace."

"These peripheral things are just extensions of our reach."

"Have you ever seen a tree planted? The Demon Emperor's Palace is my root, and this Demon Realm is my branches and leaves."

Yun Yi understood and nodded slightly: "So now you are both a demon and this land."

Kurosawa grinned, revealing his two canine teeth: "Pretty much."

The two continued on their way.

Before long, the outline of the Demon Emperor's Palace appeared before Yun Yi.

It's more like a mountain than a palace.

The entire palace is embedded directly in a huge black stone mountain, or rather, the mountain itself was sculpted into a palace.

The mountain's surface is covered with dense patterns, through which spiritual energy flows, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, like glowing blood vessels.

The palace gate was a hundred feet tall, dark gold in color, and engraved with countless demonic totems, each one lifelike, as if it were about to burst out of the gate at any moment.

On either side of the palace gate, more than a dozen enormous demons lay prostrate on the ground, their auras at least at the level of demon kings, enough to dominate any region outside.

At this moment, however, it lay prostrate like a loyal dog, its forehead pressed to the ground, not daring to even breathe loudly.

Yunyi followed Heize up the steps.

Kurosawa didn't look at the demon kings and casually said, "These things were all cultivated by me using secret methods. Their bloodlines have been modified by me. Half of them are guards, and the other half are reserve food."

Yun Yi's brow twitched slightly: "Spare rations?"

Kurosawa gave a casual "hmm": "The rule of the demon realm is survival of the fittest."

"They can be eaten by stronger beings at any time, and so can I."

He turned back and smiled at Yun Yi, "Of course, no one can eat me right now."

The interior of the palace is more spacious than the exterior.

The dome is extremely high, with no end in sight, and although there are no lights around, it is as bright as day.

Light shone through the patterns on the walls, illuminating the entire hall.

Dozens of transformed demons stood on both sides, each with a different appearance, including men, women, and children, but without exception, their auras were incredibly strong.

Yun Yi's gaze swept over them.

They were all undergoing tribulation, and some were even Mahayana practitioners.

interesting.

These humanoid demons, any one of them could easily sweep through an entire sect.

But standing here, they resemble the lowest servants.

Is this a protest?

"How are they? Not bad, right?" Kurosawa asked.

Yun Yi replied truthfully, "That's right."

Kurosawa laughed heartily and led Yunyi through the main hall to the rear hall.

As soon as the door to the rear hall opened, an intense, almost liquid-like stench of blood and spiritual energy rushed out at once.

Yun Yi narrowed his eyes.

Behind the door was a very large space.

In the center was a huge pool of blood, the liquid inside was dark gold, viscous like paste, and constantly bubbling.

Above the pool, countless runes descended from the walls, the ground, and the dome, forming an extremely complex array that enveloped the entire blood pool.

Around the blood pool, countless monster skeletons were piled up like firewood.

Each one gleamed with a jade-like luster, clearly having been repeatedly refined, and still retained a faint aura of power.

In the very center of the blood pool, a dark golden sphere, no bigger than a fist, was slowly rotating.

Its material resembles both bone and jade, and its surface is covered with extremely fine dragon scale patterns. With each rotation, the liquid in the blood pool rushes towards it, is swallowed, refined, and then expelled.

Yun Yi's gaze fell on the sphere.

He looked at it for a moment, then suddenly squinted.

"This is your egg."

Kurosawa squatted down by the pool, propped his cheeks up with his hands, and asked with a smile:

"Why didn't you guess it was my inner core?"

Yun Yi slowly said, "The inner core is dead; it has no independent consciousness."

"And within you, there is already a trace of an extremely faint soul."

"This soul shares the same origin as your aura, but it is not entirely the same."

"If I'm not mistaken, you're using the demonic power of the entire demon realm to incubate your next body."