Chapter 118

Chapter 118: Awakening of the Evil Path Bloodline!

Faced with this terrifying evil beast aura, Ye Tianming’s expression changed instantly.

He knew that with his current strength, he had absolutely no way to withstand this terrifying evil beast aura. The martial god aura from before had also been terrifying, but it hadn’t actively targeted him. This evil beast aura, however, came straight at him with a kill-or-be-killed intensity.

It genuinely caught him completely off guard.

Not far away, Zhantai Zhan’s delicate brows also furrowed slightly.

Though knowing full well he was outmatched, Ye Tianming still chose not to sit and wait for death. He gripped his Xingdao Sword and was about to unleash the Law of All Beings, when the little pagoda suddenly transformed into a phantom and stepped in front of him, waving its hand dismissively. “Alright, alright, why bother with a junior? Give me some face.”

But that evil beast aura showed no sign of stopping. Seeing this, the little pagoda instantly panicked. Damn it, I finally get to act cool, I can’t fail now!

The little pagoda hurriedly called out, “One hundred candied hawthorn skewers!”

That evil beast aura immediately came to a halt, and soon retreated back to its original position.

Everyone was completely baffled.

The little pagoda clasped its hands behind its back and smiled faintly. “It’s nothing, carry on with whatever you were doing.”

Everyone: “……”

Ye Tianming said with some excitement, “Tower Ancestor, you’re incredible! I admire you so much!”

The little pagoda smiled faintly. “It’s nothing. In all of heaven and earth, there are truly very few who dare not give me face.”

Ye Tianming said earnestly, “Tower Ancestor, I know you must be at least ten times more powerful than you let on, right?”

“Ha ha!”

The little pagoda laughed. “Stop flattering Tower Ancestor. Go cultivate already, and work hard on improving your strength.”

With that, it transformed back into a small pagoda and hung at Ye Tianming’s waist.

When Nantian Temple looked at the little pagoda, his gaze had already become one of respect.

Zuodao Tian glanced at the little pagoda. “This little pagoda has some real tricks up its sleeve!”

Zhantai Zhan suddenly turned to look at Ye Tianming. “Do you dare to try experiencing the pure power and evil intent of this Evil Ancestor?”

Ye Tianming said, “Like just now?”

Zhantai Zhan said, “Yes.”

Ye Tianming said, “Then let’s try it!”

Nantian Temple also laughed. “Then let’s try.”

With that, the two of them walked toward that pitch-black spacetime abyss. The closer they got to it, the stronger the oppressive force they felt, as though mountain after mountain was rolling toward them in an endless crush, leaving them unable to breathe.

The power emanating from within was too pure, without a single impurity. Most terrifying of all, this power also contained a boundless evil aura, and the closer they got to the spacetime abyss, the stronger that evil aura became, until they found it increasingly difficult to resist.

Absolute evil!

Absolute purity!

Under the erosion of that evil aura, both Ye Tianming and Nantian Temple showed expressions of pain on their faces. Both stopped in their tracks, not daring to advance further. Even when Ye Tianming released his sword intent, he still couldn’t hold it off.

Soon, Nantian Temple retreated repeatedly, and after pulling back, his eyes were bloodshot, his whole being on the verge of going berserk.

At this moment, Ye Tianming’s body was also trembling violently, barely able to hold on.

Zhantai Zhan’s voice suddenly rang out in his mind, “Why does evil exist?”

Why does evil exist?

Hearing these words, Ye Tianming froze. The next moment, he thought of his own dark arts.

In that instant, he suddenly understood.

Evil!

It comes in two kinds. One is pure evil, senseless malice, the darkness of human nature, standing above all living beings, enslaving all living beings, placing the self at the center of everything. Heaven and earth may be vast, but I am supreme. While I live, I do as I please. After I die, let the floods come.

The self!

The extreme self!

And the self, is that not me?

That is also oneself!

Think about it, if one had invincible strength and unlimited spirit crystals, what would one become?

Probably nothing good.

See someone you dislike, make them die. See someone attractive, make them submit.

The evil of human nature, present from birth.

One should not run from one’s own evil. One should come to know one’s own evil, subdue one’s own evil, put evil to one’s own use, and then coexist with evil!

Coexist with evil!

With that thought, Ye Tianming suddenly withdrew his sword intent and walked steadily toward that spacetime abyss.

Seeing this, Nantian Temple’s expression grew grave, and he felt some worry. He had just witnessed the terror of those evil thoughts firsthand. It was something he couldn’t withstand at his current level, yet Ye Tianming was now actively walking toward that evil. What was he trying to do?

Gradually, Ye Tianming’s eyes also began to turn bloodshot. Not just his eyes, under the erosion of those evil thoughts, his entire body began to turn blood-red as well, like a man made of blood. In that moment, the blood throughout his body was boiling.

Beside him, Zuodao Tian said in a low voice, “He’s accepting the evil thoughts……”

Nantian Temple turned to look at Zuodao Tian. “Accepting the evil thoughts? Does Brother Zuo mean that Brother Ye intends to actively merge with his own evil?”

Zuodao Tian nodded, his expression grave. “He’s not just accepting the evil thoughts, he’s also accepting his own evil thoughts. No one can be purely good. From birth, good and evil coexist within us. But because of morality and law, people suppress their own evil. Right now, he is no longer suppressing his evil. Instead, he is coming to know himself, accepting himself, and finally……”

At that, he fell silent.

Nantian Temple said in a low voice, “Subduing himself?”

Zuodao Tian glanced at Nantian Temple. This guy is no simple character. How about…… becoming brothers!

Zuodao Tian smiled. “Brother Nan, you are Brother Ye’s brother, which makes you my brother. From now on, we share life and death.”

Nantian Temple: “???”

Zuodao Tian continued, “Coming to know one’s own evil, accepting one’s own evil, that’s not the hard part. The hard part is subduing one’s own evil, or rather, mastering one’s own evil, rather than being mastered and enslaved by it.”

Nantian Temple said in a low voice, “If Brother Ye cannot master his own evil, then he……”

Zuodao Tian looked at Ye Tianming in the distance, who had already become a man of blood. “Then he will yield to his own desires and evil thoughts, fall into the demonic path, and no longer be himself…… Right now, he is struggling between the good and evil of human nature. If he can get through this……”

“Oh?”

Just then, Nantian Temple suddenly said in surprise, “His blood is changing.”

At this moment, the blood throughout Ye Tianming’s entire body was boiling. Wave after wave of evil thought aura surged out from within him, and these evil thought auras were somehow not in conflict with that mysterious evil aura, but were actually merging together with it.

Seeing this, Zuodao Tian and Nantian Temple exchanged a glance, both with a flash of shock in their eyes.

They’re actually merging?

Just then, Zhantai Zhan nearby suddenly said, “Conceptual fusion.”

Zuodao Tian said, “Does Senior mean that his understanding of the way of evil thoughts…… has gained the recognition of that Evil Ancestor?”

Zhantai Zhan did not answer Zuodao Tian, but kept her gaze fixed on Ye Tianming nearby.

Boom!

Ye Tianming’s aura suddenly surged. Wave after wave of terrifying evil thought aura poured out from within him, and his cultivation level in that instant directly reached the Years Immortal Realm.

Ye Tianming suddenly roared, “Condense!”

Rumble!

In an instant, a blood-red dharma form three thousand zhang tall coalesced behind him.

Evil Dharma Form!

Evil Blood!

Behind Ye Tianming, that evil dharma form stood towering between heaven and earth, blood-red all over, with wave after wave of terrifying evil thought aura continuously emanating from within it. The space around the dharma form had all turned blood-red, utterly eerie.

Zuodao Tian said with some shock, “He actually used that evil aura to merge with his own evil thoughts, and then transformed his own blood entirely. Damn…… worthy of being my brother, just as outstanding as me!”

Nantian Temple: “…….”

“Wait, that’s not right!”

Zuodao Tian suddenly said, “It seems like he still hasn’t subdued his own evil thoughts……”

Nantian Temple stared at Ye Tianming, his eyes full of worry, because he noticed that Ye Tianming’s eyes at this moment were like a sea of blood, without a trace of clarity. Moreover, Ye Tianming’s expression was twisted, as though he was struggling against his own evil thoughts.

Nantian Temple turned to look at Zhantai Zhan beside him. “Senior……”

Zhantai Zhan stared at Ye Tianming, her face expressionless. “Whether to be a slave or a master, only he can decide for himself.”

She said these words at a slightly louder volume, clearly intending for Ye Tianming to hear them.

Not far away, the evil thought aura on Ye Tianming’s body was still surging wildly, because he had already merged with the evil thoughts within that abyss, and the evil contained within was simply not something he could suppress and subdue at his current level.

Soon, under the erosion of those evil thoughts, the clarity in Ye Tianming’s eyes grew less and less. But as the clarity in his eyes diminished, his evil thought aura grew stronger and stronger.

That is the nature of desire. The more you submit to it, the greater it becomes.

Seeing that the last trace of clarity in Ye Tianming’s eyes was about to disappear, Zhantai Zhan shook her head slightly, a hint of regret flashing through her eyes.

Though submitting to desire could yield greater power, that would also be the ceiling.

“Ah!”

Just then, Ye Tianming suddenly roared, “No submission, then death.”

With those words, he directly ignited his own bloodline!

Everyone froze.

Ye Tianming’s face was ferocious. He clenched both fists and roared again and again, “Die die die die!”

Directly burning his blood!

For Ye Tianming, he had only one thought, and that was to absolutely refuse to be a slave to his own bloodline. If it wanted to be his master, then he would rather give up this bloodline entirely.

A person cannot kneel!

And he had always kept his teacher Mu Guanchen’s words in mind, that one must be a kind and conscientious person.

He could coexist with evil, but he absolutely could not be enslaved by evil.

Seeing that his own bloodline showed not the slightest intention of backing down, Ye Tianming’s killing intent surged, and he ignited it completely.

Seeing that Ye Tianming was serious, the evil blood within his body finally began to yield. Soon, the clarity in Ye Tianming’s eyes grew more and more.

Ye Tianming suddenly swept his right hand out. “Scatter!”

Boom!

The evil dharma form behind him shattered directly!

He gradually began to return to normal.

Zuodao Tian said with some excitement, “Damn, he did it! He suppressed his own evil thought desires. His bloodline has now transformed into an evil path bloodline……. Didn’t I hear that your universe has some kind of Frenzied Demon bloodline? I wonder how Brother’s evil path bloodline compares to that Frenzied Demon bloodline……”