Ki had met her heart devil in her previous life and had defeated it but just because it had been defeated, did not mean that it would disappear.
It only continued to grow stronger the more she killed and had negative feelings and thoughts.
With a long lifetime of committing evil acts and causing chaos within the Central Lands while in the Blood Sect she had accumulated too much killing qi within her soul.
Even after experiencing her regression, it had not disappeared and continued to grow stronger no matter how much she attempted to suppress or hide it.
After meeting her Heart Devil once again, it had grown far too powerful for her to deal with the way she had done so before.
If she was to overcome her Heart Devil then she needed to tame the killing qi and the heart devil within herself.
So long as she has no control over herself, there was no hope of breaking through to the Unrestrained Realm in this life.
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Just as the lessons were beginning within the Bombyx families mansion, in another location there was a figure sitting down before a table of documents.
He lifted his head and his eyes flickered with a red light as he glared at the man opposite him.
He voice sounded impatient as he spoke. "Has there been any messages arrive yet about the success of the missions?"
The man opposite him lowered his head and trembled. "Master, there was no contact from the places in the North, Northeast and Northwest. The rest of the locations where missions have been assigned have sent back their progress of their missions. Some have succeeded while there have been some failures, there are some groups that have asked for to have another attempt on their mission."
The man coldly replied. "Send several teams to investigate why the bases in the North, Northeast and Northwest are not letting us know the status of their mission. For now let the failed groups come back and tell those that wish to try again to only do so if they have not been exposed and still have some of the poison left over. Make sure that any witnesses are either brought into the sect or removed as planned before returning."
The other man bowed and left the room leaving him alone.
The man left inside the room was the next leader of the Blood Sect but right now, he was not in the best mood.
His eyes flickered with a red light and his face turned grim. "They are all so useless! The northern parts were the most important since there were more vulnerable unrestrained targets. They had better send a report soon otherwise I will kill them myself!"
This was the person Ki had known for many years and killed in her previous life, when things did not go his way, he would lash out at those around him and punish or kill his subordinates for their failures.
Even at a time when there was no contact from his subordinates and the state of their lives were unknown, he still thought of his own self interests rather than whether they were still living.
To not hear from those who were sent to a large targeted group area would definitely mean that something had went terribly wrong with the missions so he had left the work to those beneath him to check it out for him rather than do so himself or risk his most loyal people.
He restrained his emotions for a moment and continued to speak. "Master said that I need to better control myself so I must remain calm no matter the outcome. If he finds out that I have lost control again then he will use this chance to teach me a lesson."
He had gotten used to his master who raised him and his temperament, he raised him to have the qualities of a leader and be calm even after having many setbacks and failures.
However his personality did not suit what his master had envisioned for him so he often suffered many punishments and extra lessons when he behaved out of his masters expectations.
This lead him to conceal his true nature for many years and pursue power while hiding his resentment against his master.
Once he broke through to the Mystic Realm, his master would pass on the role of sect master to himself and disappear into the shadows.
His master was a smart man who wished to mould him into his own puppet leader just so he could use him as a shield.
Most attempts at the sect leader's life and power struggles would now be aimed towards his student while he can go into seclusion and control things behind the scenes.
His belief was that he had properly taught and conditioned his student to remain obedient to himself, not knowing that his student was just waiting for their chance to strike.
After calming himself down, he left to report the status of the missions that had been tasked along with how he had handled the response.
He had to put on the show that he was still still the obedient student and wished to keep his master informed of his actions and the ongoings within the sect.
If this was in Ki's previous life then he would have already killed someone who had failed him or given him some bad news but he restrained himself to stay within the role that his master wished him to perform.