In front of the stunned and horrified gazes of everyone present within the Flame God Realm, profound darkness energy burst out of Yun Che's hand over Nan Wansheng's face; it started from his face, like a creeping sentient being, and slowly started to cover Nan Wansheng's body.
"Y-You, stop! STOP!" Nan Wansheng screamed, but Yun Che collectively ignored them and continued.
Soon, Nan Wansheng's whole body was covered in dense darkness, profound energy, not leaving even a single point; he looked like a mass of darkness kneeling on the floor.
"You devil scum… What are you doing to him!?" Zhou Xuzi also gritted his teeth and glared towards Yun Che as if staring at his mortal enemy.
Devils were hated within the God Realm, more than anything. It doesn't matter if you are a child, woman, or an innocent person; if you can wield darkness profound energy, you would be killed instantly if you are outside of the Northern Divine Region.
The discrimination against the devils was even worse than what it was during the Primordial Era; if the news of Yun Che using darkness profound energy became public, the chances of everyone gathering to kill him would be high.
"Nothing much, just turning him into a cultivation source. A peak Divine Master will increase my strength by a lot." Yun Che smiled and said.
"Turning other people into cultivation sources… you, you really are a devil!" Zhou Xuzi shouted in anger.
Turning other people into cultivation sources was a widely practiced art among the devils, one of the applications of darkness profound energy, and it was used by almost every person within the Northern Divine Region.
It was also one of the reasons why devils were hated and feared by the normal masses, afraid that if they left the Northern Divine Region, they would start an uncontrolled massacre of people within the God Realm.
"I don't know about that, my dear Zhou Xuzi." Yun Che looked towards Zhou Xuzi and said. "I am pretty sure Nan Wansheng has committed worse. Isn't he a well-known playboy in the Primal Chaos? How many girls has he taken without their consent simply because he lusted after their beauty? How many innocent people has he killed simply because they displeased him? How many kingdoms has he destroyed simply because they rejected his request? If we think about it, we cultivators are devils. To reach the pinnacle of strength, we have committed untold atrocities. Don't act like you hold the moral high ground, Zhou Xuzi because you do not. We are all pieces of shit, some better than others. As long as you have the strength, you are the rule. It's that simple."
Yun Che smiled and raised his hand. In the next instant, the darkened Nan Wansheng suddenly shrunk and became a small dark pill pulsating with dark divine glow.
"And I am the strongest in the whole Primal Chaos, so isn't it fair for me to decide what's right and wrong? Isn't that what you people have been doing for thousands of years now?"
"I would expect nothing less from the man I have chosen." Xuanyin smirked in the back, looking at Yun Che as if he was the brightest star in the sky. She could not turn her gaze away from him and wanted to imprint his figure into the very core of her soul.
Though, of course, the one who was talking wasn't Xuanyin.
"Well, then." Yun Che turned his gaze away from stunned Zhou Xuzi and looked in the sky before a smirk formed over his face. "It seems that everyone has gathered. Sadly, no one came from the Brahma God Realm. But it doesn't matter; once I am done here, I'll go there personally."
"Preparations are ready, my lord." Xuerong looked towards Yun Che and said.
"Good, let everyone enter the barrier. I'll leave the protection of everyone else in the hands of you girls."
"Understood."
The next moment, Xuerong, JinYan, and Meiyan vanished.
"You go with them too, Ying'er. They alone won't be able to hold the barrier." Yun Che looked towards Ying'er and said. Of course, what he meant was that they won't be able to hold the barrier without unsealing themselves.
"What are you going to do?" Ying'er frowned and asked.
"You will know it soon." Yun Che smiled mysteriously.
"Very well." Ying'er looked at Yun Che for some time before she nodded and vanished.
"Xuanyin, I'll leave Caiyi and Xue'er to you. Make sure they are not caught in the crossfire."
"Leave it to me." Though she did not know what Yun Che was going to do, she understood that it would be dangerous. So she appeared beside Caiyi and Xue'er before leaving the place some distance away so as not to be caught by the aftermath.
Only Yun Che and Zhou Xuzi were left on the platform, both of them staring at the sky where dozens of people started to appear, each with the strength of at least a Divine Master.
"It seems that you are loved a lot by your people, Zhou Xuzi." Yun Che looked at the Eternal Heaven Guardians and smiled. "They sent so many people to save you."
"What are you planning, devil! If you do something to them, I, Zhou Xuzi, will never forgive you!"
"Geez, you still haven't realized it, have you?" Yun Che turned his gaze towards the bound Zhou Xuzi and smiled. "You cannot do anything to me."
Zhou Xuzi gritted his teeth in anger and helplessness. In his whole life, he had never felt so helpless.
"You see, we humans cannot enter the True God Realm. Even during the Primordial Era, it was impossible for humans to enter the True God Realm simply because our soul and body cannot bear the burden of the transformation from a mortal to a god. It would simply explode the moment we tried to enter the realm above."
As both of them saw people coming towards them, Yun Che explained with a soft smile on his face.
"That is true even more in the current era. Now we have access to the inheritance of True Gods, even then we cannot cross the boundary of mortal and divine for the simple reason that Primal Chaos cannot bear the birth of another True God anymore. But that's not the main problem, really. The main problem is still the same; we are simply not created to reach the realm of True Gods."
Humans were a race created by the Gods, like many other races before them. And those gods who created humans simply could not create something at their level, at the level of True God simply because they did not have the power to do so.
Only the Ancestral Goddess, in the whole history of the Primal Chaos, was able to create the race of gods.
"So I thought a little about it, is there a way to change my soul and body into that of a True God? And guess what, it's not that hard!"
"You… Don't tell me…" Zhou Xuzi looked at Yun Che with a horrified gaze. "You found a way… to turn into a True God?"
Just the prospect of such thought scared Zhou Xuzi.
If a devil like Yun Che really reached the mythical realm of True God, then this world was done for. No one would be able to oppose him, and he would become the terror living above everyone's head.
Yun Che smirked.
"It's simple, actually. Discard what you have, and remake what you don't. Like a butterfly, you need to be reborn! I have already destroyed my soul and have rebuilt it, the only thing left is my body." Yun Che looked at his hand and clenched it tightly. "And I'll change that too today; you people are just the audience I have gathered to witness the birth of the race of True God! And victims since I want the Eternal Heaven Pearl. Hahaha! Cannot let the juicy Time Manipulation Artifact go out of my hand now!"
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