Chapter 1484: Successor

“Makes sense,” Old Man Profound Firmament echoed in agreement.

“This place is dangerous. We shouldn’t remain here for much longer.”

Acutely aware of his dying power and life force, Danxia Zi asked, “What should we do? Should we enter, or should we leave?” “There’s probably no point in going deeper,” Feng Qingyou mused. “If this is where the heart resides, then further ahead is where the head is. This is a god demon who primarily cultivates his physique, and the heart is both the champion of all inner organs and the spirit of the flesh. Without the heart, his power is naturally lost, and his mind dead. Therefore, I don’t see a point in going to the head. It would just be a waste of time.”

“Makes sense.” Danxia Zi nodded. “What do you suggest then, Miss Feng?”

Feng Qingyou replied, “Our mission objective is to deal with the crisis of the Sea Burning Demonic Fire and severely damage the Rakshasa Kingdom at the same time, killing two birds with one stone. Therefore, our current priority is to figure out the body part that resides within the Rakshasa Kingdom’s domain.”

Old Man Profound Firmament asked, “But this god demon corpse is ungodly huge. We can’t even tell which direction is which from the inside. How can we know which body part resides within the Rakshasa Kingdom’s domain?” “That’s easy.” Feng Qingyou smiled. “Right now, we’re at the heart of the god demon corpse. We have traveled through the intestines, the stomach lake, and the liver forest as well. Using them as reference points, we can roughly deduce the size of this god demon, its fall position, and the direction and location of the rest of the organs and limbs.”

“Moreover, we deduced that this god demon was killed by having his heart taken by another god demon. This means that the direction opposite the black hole is most likely a tunnel that leads straight to the surface. We simply need to leave through this tunnel to easily determine the direction and the distance of the Rakshasa Kingdom from us. We can also confirm what body part is residing within the Rakshasa Kingdom’s domain.”

“What a fantastic plan!” Old Man Profound Firmament guffawed while rubbing his hands together.

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

“Your words make a lot of sense, Miss Feng.” Danxia Zi looked delighted. “Without further ado, let’s—” “There’s no hurry. I have a better plan.” Old Man Profound Firmament suddenly interrupted Danxia Zi, “There is no demonic fire here, so I believe the sea surface directly above this location probably has weak demonic fire as well. With Danxia and my strength, we should be able to operate without the Ghost Dragon Boat.”

“Therefore, I suggest that we split up. Either Danxia or I will head out and perform the inspection, while everyone else stays behind to continue the exploration. This is to maximize efficiency and to ensure that the plan will proceed flawlessly.” Danxia Zi agreed. “Makes sense. We are on a time limit. Not only that, the one heading outside can also contact Sea Dividing, Celestial Suppressing, Sky Scorching and Yue Su to join us on our grand endeavor.”

“Oh right, I completely forgot about that.”

Old Man Profound Firmament slapped himself in the head. “The more the merrier. With everyone here, we can carry out the plan at any moment.”

“So, who’s leaving the group? You or me?”

“I’ll go,” Danxia Zi answered after a few breaths of silence. “This place is dangerous, and you are stronger, more skilled, and more experienced than I at dealing with all kinds of danger.”

“Your presence will facilitate the exploration and lower the risks.”

“Very well. Be careful, Danxia.” Old Man Profound Firmament nodded.

“Mm. You too.” Danxia Zi saluted the others before saying, “Elder Profound, Joyless, Miss Feng, take care!” “Take care, Reverend.”

Both Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou returned the salute.

“I’ll see you all later,” Danxia said before transforming into a beam of rainbow light and shooting up into the sky. He disappeared from the pale white world in just the blink of an eye.

“So, where should we go now?” Ye Qing looked at Old Man Profound Firmament after Danxia Zi was gone.

“Say, are you guys interested in checking out the black hole?”

Old Man Profound Firmament looked at the black hole curiously. “The god demon power residing in that area is pure, potent, and undying even after the passage of countless years. Even I have never seen such a power until today. Do you want to take a closer look and see if we can get something out of it?” Ye Qing frowned. “I don’t think that’s a good idea, Elder Profound. Forget the danger, we are not in a position where we can afford to go on random side quests, are we?”

“Heh. What’s there to be afraid of? As I said, we’re just taking a closer look, not stepping inside. I believe we would run into danger.” Old Man Profound Firmament smiled at them. “Also, this is the power of a god demon. Gleaning even a sliver of his true intent would be greatly beneficial to all of us.”

“This is especially true for you and Miss Feng, who are only half a step away from becoming a Sage and are only lacking in a bit of enlightenment and opportunity. If you can obtain this intent and gain the power of a god demon, who is to say that you cannot break through your limits and become a Sage on the spot?”

“To spurn the heavens’ gift is to incur their wrath. You would probably regret this if you don’t grasp this opportunity. What do you say?”

Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou exchanged glances with each other before surrendering themselves to excitement. “If you believe this is for the best, then why not?” Ye Qing immediately maneuvered the Ghost Dragon Boat toward the black hole.

The closer they got to the black hole, the greater and more intimidating the remnant powers of the two god demons felt. Even at their cultivation level and strength, they could not help but feel small and weak.

On the other hand, the true intent and principles left behind in the powers also grew clearer to their senses.

The righteousness and grandioseness of the golden light and the tyrannical intent that declared that he and he alone was the sole sovereign above the heavens and below the earth; the pure destructive power that would destroy all of the living, non-living, and even the world itself like ants, they all greatly benefited Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou.

Like a parched land drinking in the summer rain, the duo greedily studied and absorbed the true intent and powers to enrich their true martial intents and repair the flaws in their mind.

As for Old Man Profound Firmament, he was observing the crevices and black hole in close range. His left eye was turning gold, and his right eye was turning black. Profound light flickered from time to time inside their eyes, seemingly carving out the god demons’ silhouettes and unleashing ripples of boundless divine light.

“Hmm? Where is this place?”

On the Ghost Dragon Boat, Ye Qing was closing his eyes and greedily studying the god demon’s power.

Maybe it was because of the god demon heart, he felt more familiarity and affection toward the two-horned god demon’s power than the golden-armored god’s. In fact, he didn’t feel any difficulty whatsoever while studying the power. He was quickly lost in his studies.

Suddenly, Ye Qing’s consciousness blurred for an instant. The next thing he knew, his consciousness was floating in a mysterious realm burning with dark green demonic fire.

That said, the dark green demonic fire was heretical but not evil, dark but not impure. It was very different from the demonic fire he had seen so far, and somewhat similar to the demonic fire of the god demon heart.

“You have come, my successor.” Before Ye Qing could think more, dark green flames surged in front of him and took the form of an exquisite, regal throne.

Sitting slanted on the throne was a man.

The throne was massive, but the man was even bigger. He was wearing a set of dark armor. He had a pair of horns on his head, and his face was extremely handsome. He was surrounded in demonic fire and giving off an ungodly pressure.