"This is great this is great this is great yay!" cheered the old man as he clapped his boney talon-like hands.
The old man smiled and wiggled around like a deranged lunatic as he cheered on his grandson words truly couldn't express how happy he was right now.
"Yes this is absolutely amazing my Pan Huang is actually doing he's merging the demon heart into his body I really can't believe it," said the old man with a sadistic expression on his wrinkled dried-up face.
The old man was overjoyed and couldn't stop thanking the gods for his great fortune over these past few years.
Originally he was ready to take his own life over all the misery and the overwhelming desperation he was experiencing in this wretched hell hole called the abyss.
Once he was a beautiful young man with flawless skin, long silken hair, and an alluring handsome face, and what's more, he was the patriarch of the mighty Pan clan that ruled over this entire underground world but that was until everything came crashing down.
Over the years the resentment of the earth gave birth to thousands of demonic creatures that kept multiplying at an insane rate until they began to attack the demonic cultivators in the abyss destroying city after city.
The abyss is incredibly large and extensive stretching for hundreds of miles underground and naturally, there were many cultivators down here in fact there were so many that several cities were constructed to house them all, and the ones who ran those cities were, of course, members of the Pan clan.
Until those despicable demonic creatures started attacking in huge waves and started killing everyone it became so bad that out of the thousands of people that once lived down here only about a few hundred are still alive more than hall were butchered by those monsters.
This included members of the Pan clan in the end all collateral lines were exterminated leaving only the main family and a single city still intact.
It was just me and my two children my eldest son Pan Bu and my daughter Pan Xi and because only my two kids were what was left of our clan Pan Huang's father is his own uncle.
It's disgusting but we had no choice in the matter all the other cultivators down here ended up becoming like Shi Xuan.
They transferred the parts of demonic creatures into their bodies to survive and because of this their minds and even their very souls became corrupted they are nothing more than lowly monsters now.
So those two had to conceive a child together they hated it and so did I but if they didn't our clan would surely die out and luckily since they were both cultivators of a high realm Pan Huang was born without any of the negative side effects that come with inbreeding.
Just thinking about fills me with regret over my past actions but if not for that our hope Pan Huang wouldn't have been born.
He was born with an abnormally strong soul so strong in fact only he could possibly fuse the demon's heart into his body without mutating into a demon.
It is truly a blessing from the heavens not just for my precious grandson but also for this demon heart thinking back to the day I got this heart makes me chuckle every single time.
It was before Pan Huang was born and when I was still beautiful I had just ordered my two children to conceive a child at first they protested but after a long argument, I convinced them to do it, and fortunately.
Pan Xi became pregnant and on the first try so I journeyed to find something in the abyss that could help my grandson grow stronger for the future and it just so happened I stumbled upon a real demon and not some lowly demonic creature transforming from a demon lord into a demon monarch.
So wait you're probably wondering what is the difference between the two well demonic creatures are stupid beasts with little intelligence that have very powerful bodies and demonic Qi.
As for demons, they are a humanoid race with scales, horns, tails, and sometimes wings that have the demon's bloodline and high intellect.
So what's all this about those fancy titles first of all demons don't use realms like humans do instead they use ranks first the demon general, then a demon king, then a demon lord, and after that is the final rank of demon monarch.
Don't be fooled though even though there are only four ranks doesn't mean they're weak the difference between a demon and a human is so great that just one lone demon general could single-handedly wipe out an entire kingdom of mortals in only a few days.
Their true strength lies in their monstrous physical bodies that are so terrifying that a single finger flick could turn a man into a red stain on the ground.
A demon's strength is so legendary that all ancient body refining techniques were created in the hopes that they could make their bodies as fearsome and formidable as a demon.
Even our Pan clan's demonic body refining method was created to forge our bodies into that of a demon.
They don't need weapons or fancy abilities to win a battle they only need their own two fists to crush their opponents.
So you may ask how did I a lowly demonic cultivator kill such a terrifying monster am I just that strong? WRONG! or do I possess some legendary weapon? THAT'S ALSO WRONG!
So how did I do it how did I kill a demon lord? well, that's simple this demon was transforming into a demon monarch for a cultivator of my caliber attacking a demon mid-transformation was my only chance of possibly winning that fight.
Hahaha but even that wasn't enough I used up so many treasures and artifacts to just survive even resorting to using a suicidal self-harming technique that burns your own lifespan to kill that demon.
Thinking back on all the resources I was on that day makes me want to cry but it was necessary hell I even gave up my beauty and lifespan to win that fight and I did.
I carved out that demon's heart as he cursed me and I will always remember how satisfying it was to do that, oh it makes me tingle all over hehehe.
"None of that matters though all that matters now is raising my grandson into the strongest our clan has ever seen I will all that remains of our clan's cultivation resources to make you strong enough for the day you leave the abyss," said a suddenly serious old man.
Yes, this was his plan he was going to make Pan Huang into the strongest descendent the Pan clan ever produced then he will take him to the surface to challenge the whole world but first he must survive the demon's heart.