Chapter 670 - - 524 Is Heavenly Demon Actually a Good Person?_1

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Following the Heavenly Demon at his beck and call, yet still able to maintain your true heart?

Liao Jiulong’s heart thumped heavily several times, fear eroding his body in an instant.

He froze on the spot, looking at Duge with suspicion, his face wearing a slight smile.

He suddenly doubted that there was any so-called two sides of the same coin—it seemed to him that the man before his eyes was simply the Heavenly Demon himself.

Was the Heavenly Demon playing with him in another way?

After all.

He had precisely fallen into every trap the Heavenly Demon had laid before him, and stepping into them, he had grave doubts about whether he could survive…

“Daoist Friend Liao, you hesitate,” said Duge, as if seeing through Liao Jiulong’s thoughts, shook his head and continued, “While I am still in control, leave. The Heavenly Demon’s Heart Refinement path is strewn with the bones of prodigies; you won’t be able to walk it…”

Saying this was bad enough.

As soon as he spoke,

The struggling Liao Jiulong’s expression turned resolute in an instant, “Please, senior, grant me this opportunity.”

“Foolish boy!” Duge looked into Liao Jiulong’s eyes, brimming with pity, “Well then, since you wish to proceed, embark on the journey! Throughout the ages, too few have been able to see their true hearts.”

You speak lightly, having cultivated for decades, to ruin it all overnight, to say that the path of immortality is cut short—who could bear it?

A wealthy layman?

When you return, you’ll be nothing more than a walking corpse, right?

Liao Jiulong silently countered in his heart while also reinforcing his own conviction. He must brave through the fiery pits and the blade mountain; fail, and he would become a demon.

Among cultivators, one in a million could embark on the path of cultivation, already filled with pride—how could they allow their path to be destroyed?

Duge had hit their piercing point, not worried in the least that they would give up everything to return to being a wealthy layman. Should there be any real intention of retreat, he could just revert to the Heavenly Demon’s form, and no one could leave!

How could the fish caught in his net escape?

Being a good person is too exhausting!

Indeed, being the villain is more thrilling…

Duge turned to Du Ziming and the others, planting a curse in their hearts as well: “What about you two? I see you two have not been deeply influenced by the Heavenly Demon—are you willing to leave, or will you follow your master on the Way of Heart Cultivation?”

“Can we leave?” Liu Ziyun asked excitedly.

“Of course,” Duge smiled faintly as he dissipated the dark Magic Power entrapping them, “You may leave whenever you wish, but it’s best not to reveal any information about the Heavenly Demon and your master to the outside world; otherwise, it will bring disaster on you and your master.”

“Understood,” Liu Ziyun nodded, glanced at his master, then signaled to Du Ziming beside him, “Senior Brother, let’s go.”

Du Ziming had more thoughts than Liu Ziyun. He looked at Duge and asked, “Senior, has anyone successfully walked the Heavenly Demon’s Heart Refinement path?”

“Certainly. If no one had succeeded, what would be the point of the Daoist Ancestor allowing the Heavenly Demon to roam the Mortal Realm?” Duge looked at him, and before he could pursue the matter further, he added, “Emperors Dong Hua, Great Purity, Longevity, Taixuan, and Ziwei—all five have successfully traversed the path of heart cultivation.”

Waving the tiger’s hide as a banner.

They were figures on par with the Daoist Ancestor; anyone who passed the Way of Heart Cultivation had to be of a high enough caliber. Just as they couldn’t verify they were from the time of the Daoist Ancestor, they couldn’t go and seek confirmation from the Emperors either.

Boasting like this, there was no need to worry about being caught in a lie.

…

Du Ziming’s eyes lit up in a flash,

Liao Jiulong’s heartbeat inexplicably quickened.

Watching the two of them, Duge offered a kind reminder, “Throughout the eons, only five Emperors have made it; many more have fallen on the Way of Heart Cultivation…”

“I want to try,” Du Ziming said, his voice suppressed and trembling, obviously having not heard Duge’s subsequent warning.

Fortune is something you encounter, not something you can seek. From the moment he knew the Heavenly Demon before him was a contemporary of the Daoist Ancestor, Du Ziming would not give up this chance, even if it were a lie—he had to take the gamble…

“And you?” Duge turned to Liu Ziyun.

“I’ll try as well!” Liu Ziyun glanced at his master, then at his senior brother, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

“Sure enough, no one can resist the temptation of Longevity,” sighed Duge, “Since you have made up your minds, then I wish you luck! The Heavenly Demon does as he pleases, fond of toying with the human heart, I hope you can persist to the end.”

“Senior, will the Heavenly Demon kill us?” Liu Ziyun asked.

“Once you choose to embark on the Way of Heart Cultivation, he will not kill you,” Duge looked around at the three of them, saying seriously, “because you have become his challenge. He will do everything in his power to lead you into becoming demons. That is his victory. Simply killing you no longer brings him any pleasure.”

Phew!

The three of them exhaled deeply.

“Can we persuade him when he does evil?” Liu Ziyun pressed on.

“Of course you can. The Heavenly Demon doesn’t always reveal his true form when he roams the world; most of the time, he acts in human guise,” Duge explained, “The Daoist Ancestor placed a hundred-year cycle restriction on the Heavenly Demon to weaken his strength.

Otherwise, given the Heavenly Demon’s growth rate, surpassing a hundred years would mean catastrophe for the Mortal Realm, and not even the Daoist Ancestor could suppress him.

Operating in a human body allows him to create havoc more easily, stir up conflict, and recover his strength swiftly, breaking free from the Daoist Ancestor’s constraints. This is also…”

His speech trailed off.

Duge’s expression shifted once more, and the icy mocking gaze returned, “Have you three decided to walk the path of heart cultivation?”

The Heavenly Demon was back?

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