What is a demon?

  Lu pondered this when planning to create demons.

  No contact—no conclusion.

  Mini-Lu from spirit liquid held a wisp of divine sense—reason for persistence, like clone.

  Now... targeted.

  Heavenly Demon Tower.

  Ages on Tianyuan—demons once ruled, extinguished; horrors sealed.

  Demons confined—continent recovered.

  Black flame eye sucked mini-Lu in.

  Claw demon qi soared.

  Clang!

  Chains thundered.

  Mini-Lu floated inside.

  Claw crushed.

  Liquid exploded.

  Wisp drifted.

  Darkness: eye opened—terrifying aura.

  "Divine sense! Human expert's!"

  Cold, hoarse—killing intent.

  Humans: demon food!

  Overthrew rule, sealed him.

  Excitement in intent.

  Chains shook.

  Clutched wisp—demon qi flooded, seeking origin!

  Humans cautious—no sense in domain, fear control, puppet.

  Years no chance—now!

  Qi arrayed black flames.

  Linked sense.

  Flashes before demon.

  ...

  Beiluo.

  Lake Heart Island.

  Lu leaned Thousand Blades—brow raised.

  Powerful aura via sense.

  Net-stalk?

  Clever.

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  He sought; it came.

  Smiled—meet captor.

  Sense surged.

  Boom!

  Mind moved.

  Eyes lines danced.

  Island changed—isolated consciousness realm.

  Sky: black clouds rolled.

  Atop: hunched elder, wrinkled, cane—ordinary yet endless black qi.

  "Eh, kid!"

  "Dare sense in domain..."

  "Top genius—control fun!"

  Hoarse smile.

  Lu calm.

  "Demon?"

  "What is demon?"

  Question stunned.

  "Like asking human... how answer?"

  "Demons qi, humans spirit—difference."

  Nodded. "Understood."

  Qi distinction?

  "Humans can't survive dense demon qi; demons can't spirit-dense. Survive—remake environment..."

  Pondered.

  Elder impatient.

  Not for philosophy—control.

  Boom!

  Qi exploded—sense clash perilous.

  Cane smashed—charged.

  Strong sense.

  "Name?"

  Facing brutal.

  White Jade second floor: spirit veiled Lu.

  "Kid unworthy!"

  Next: cane whipped sense.

  Lu sealed hands—array diffused wheelchair.

  Plucked Phoenix Feather.

  Fiery pierced void—clashed cane.

  Boom!

  Soul storm.

  Cane shattered.

  Lu calm—fingers plucked, silver blades flew.

  Void: blooming lotus—enveloped.

  "Stay—study."

  Sincere.

  Elder shocked—sense strong!

  Body shifted—human gone.

  Upper: lion—roared.

  Shatter sense.

  Boom!

  Lotus vs. lion—ripples.

  Lotus spun, array mystic.

  Lion uneasy—withdraw.

  Beyond expect—heavy damage risk.

  "Human genius!"

  "Pity... bride for others! Stronger—worse death!"

  Cold laugh.

  Lu paused—mistaken Tianyuan expert.

  Conspiracy.

  Designer of tops.

  Plane lord?

  Plotting.

  No dwell—withdraw—plucked remaining Phoenix.

  Spirit Pressure board.

  Piece.

  Pressure crushed lion sense.

  Unease intense—unexpected.

  When such figure!

  Withdraw.

  Late.

  Sleeves—three pieces.

  Paths sealed.

  Finish—trapped.

  Deep glance.

  Terrifying kid.

  Decisive—severed wisp.

  Clouds fled.

  Beiluo.

  Lu opened—clear sky, no clouds.

  Lake: tower studiers.

  Lü Dongxuan fished boat.

  Sense battle—no external.

  Glanced bound sleeping Little Yinglong—rings tightening, uncaring.

  Leash or die.

  Resisted urge.

  Black bead fell.

  Lion wisp crystal.

  Played—board, crushed.

  Other end: elder shadow—played, learned demons.

  ...

  Tower roar.

  Domain demons cowered—king mad?

  Inside.

  Lion chained, head low—pain.

  Crystal cracked—self-sever!

  Kid forced.

  "Damn! Human die!"

  Demons body strong, sense weak.

  Loss.

  Escape—devour all, tear kid!

  Roars echoed—even out.

  Frontline guardians changed—reported.

  City hall.

  Du, Empress mid-talk—changed.

  Du mirror: frontier message.

  "Domain change? Sealed king acts?!"

  Grave.

  Yuan Shang, Empress too.

  Unprecedented.

  "Immortal sensed?"

  "King riot—immortal move?"

  Eyes grave.

  Demon-immortal foes!

  Linked—care.

  "God-slay advance..."

  ...

  South Prefecture forbidden.

  Air wall rippled.

  Nie, Mo emerged—stunned, empty.

  Glanced—curious normally, none.

  Exit: South Mansion guards.

  Tang Yimo's.

  Saw—stunned, joy.

  Nie alive?!

  Li Sansi possessed news spread—terror.

  Thought doomed—safe.

  Nie wounded but light.

  Talked guard—understood.

  "Young Master tower myriad texts—free month?"

  Lu's move.

  No wonder empty.

  Nie no linger—back city, link.

  Plan delay.

  Dragon gate to island.

  Emerging: crowds shocked.

  Familiar: Overlord, Jiang Li, Tang Yimo—reading.

  Overlord sensed—looked, stronger.

  Returned!

  Others noticed.

  Dropped books—surrounded.

  Greeted, shared forbidden—curiosity sated.

  Boarded—pavilion fogged, secluded.

  Prep god-slay.

  No disturb—left to West Mountain.

  Trial tower.

  Many: Ning Zhao, Jing Yue training.

  Pu团 sat—entered, sought flaws.

  ...

  Game end.

  Lu leaned—demon clear.

  "Demons crystal—all have, condense qi strengthen..."

  "System different, similar."

  Chin.

  Preach platform.

  Build crystal, arrays.

  Dozens fails.

  Pondered—lion template wrong.

  His demons needn't match.

  Abandon—dozens more.

  Finally...

  Runed platform: crystalline tetrahedron floated.

  Faint demon qi.

  First demon crystal.

  Mind.

  God-demon blood drop.

  Transform: hexa, octa, dodeca...

  Tetra ≈ Qi Core—evolution strength.

  Blood on.

  Flesh spread—complete body.

  Seated array—Lu's face.

  Smiled.

  Demon Lord first—he.

  Demon Lord first—also he.