I was born a god, the son of the Demon Lord.

Three figures swept across the rooftops of the Second Prince's residence and landed silently on the eaves of a secluded courtyard.

Xu Nanyi held her breath and peered down from behind the roof tiles.

The courtyard was deserted.

But the oppressive aura of someone at the Tribulation Transcending stage was gradually moving from the direction of the main hall, getting closer and closer, yet also farther and farther away, as if it were patrolling along a fixed route.

Lin Qingyue silently made a hand gesture, and the three of them followed along the roof ridge.

The second prince appeared at the end of a secluded stone corridor. He looked around to make sure no one was nearby before stopping.

In front of me was a gray stone wall.

The second prince took out a jade pendant from his sleeve.

The jade pendant was dark red all over, with fine patterns flowing across its surface. The moment he placed the jade pendant against the stone wall, a rotating spatial rift tore open from the center of the stone wall, and a dark blue light overflowed outwards.

The second prince stepped inside, and the rift closed.

The stone wall was restored to its original state.

Xu Nanyi counted to three breaths to make sure that the aura of the Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator had completely disappeared behind the stone wall before slipping in from outside the door.

Tianxing approached the stone wall, ran his hand over its surface a couple of times, and frowned: "Spatial Dislocation Array... The technique isn't particularly sophisticated, but this stone is wrong."

He tapped the wall, and the sensation from his knuckles made his expression change.

"Spirit-Suppressing Rock. A mineral that naturally blocks all detection spells; the entire wall is made of this stuff."

Tianxing pulled out his compass, his expression grave. "Let me calculate how to break this—"

Lin Qingyue interrupted him: "Won't calculating the array alert the people inside?"

Tianxing paused.

indeed.

Although the Zhenling Rock is isolated from detection, if someone tampers with the formation, the person who set it up inside will most likely be able to sense it.

Xu Nanyi raised her hand: "Um... I have a way."

The two men looked at her.

Xu Nanyi blinked, a faint light flowing within her body, and her domain was silently released.

The Dream Realm of Ghosts.

Since Sister Tongzi returned, this realm has awakened a second ability.

Space flow.

Xu Nanyi first enveloped herself with her domain, then stretched out her hand and gently touched the surface of the stone wall with her fingertips.

Her hand passed through, and then her whole body disappeared into the stone wall, as naturally as a drop of water merging into the surface of a lake.

Beyond the stone wall.

Xu Nanyi looked around to make sure no restrictions had been triggered, then poked half her head out—

He nodded to Tianxing and Lin Qingyue.

The area of ​​the Dream Realm expanded, enveloping all three of them simultaneously.

When Tianxing watched his hand pass through the solid stone wall, his expression was like he had swallowed a fly. Just how many more trump cards did this little girl have that he didn't know about?

I won't ask anymore; asking Heaven would shorten his lifespan.

The moment the three passed through the stone wall, the scene before them changed abruptly.

Blue sky, white clouds, sunshine.

The morning mist floated in the air, the warm sunlight shone down, and there was even a fragrance of flowers in the air.

Xu Nanyi was stunned for a moment. This was a completely different world from the dark and gloomy Demon Realm outside.

As far as the eye can see, there are only flower bushes.

The wildflowers grow low and dense, one patch after another, irregularly divided into several sections.

The five-petaled flower swayed in the breeze, its color simple and harmless.

But above each flowerbed stood several trees.

There are people hanging from the tree.

Some were already withered and shriveled, while others were still dripping blood, the dark red liquid flowing down the trunk and seeping into the soil at the base of the flower bushes.

Xu Nanyi's stomach churned; the fishy, ​​foul smell was more than ten times stronger here.

But what truly sent chills down her spine wasn't the corpses.

It's those flowers.

In her vision, above each flowerbed hung several pale-colored spirits, transparent and incomplete, bound in mid-air by invisible chains, unable to break free.

And every flower in the flowerbed looked different in her eyes.

The petals split open, revealing a grotesque, tooth-like structure inside, greedily sucking up the specks of light emanating from the soul above.

Those souls were alive, struggling and screaming in agony.

One of the spirits suddenly turned its face, as if it had noticed Xu Nanyi's gaze.

Its facial features were indistinct, but its mouth was wide open and its hands were desperately reaching towards Xu Nanyi.

"Help...help me..."

Xu Nanyi suddenly took a step back and bumped into Lin Qingyue's arm.

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingyue asked in a low voice immediately.

Xu Nanyi's voice tightened: "You...can't you see?"

Tianxing looked ahead blankly. Blue sky, flowers, trees, corpses... well, it was indeed quite disgusting, but what else?

"What do you see?"

"Living souls." Xu Nanyi pointed straight ahead, "They still have consciousness, their souls being brutally devoured by those flowers—"

Tianxing and Lin Qingyue followed her hand and looked over.

The flowers swayed quietly in the breeze, and two butterflies flew among them.

But the two of them almost simultaneously chose to believe Xu Nanyi.

With a flick of her wrist, Lin Qingyue conjured the Thousand Frost Spear in her palm, its icy blue shaft gleaming with a cold light.

She stepped to the side, shielding Xu Nanyi behind her: "Walk behind me."

Tianxing put away the compass, replaced it with a bronze mirror, and landed at the back of the line: "I'll cover the rear, let's go."

The three of them walked along the gaps between the flowers.

After walking less than a hundred steps, Xu Nanyi noticed that the density of the flower bushes began to change.

The flowers are becoming sparser, but the number of petals has increased.

It used to have five petals, now it has six or seven.

Lin Qingyue noticed the change: "Yiyi, has what you see changed?"

"Yes. There's a flower patch behind there where you only absorb a few souls. Here, one flower corresponds to one soul, and each soul is much stronger than those behind."

This is divided into zones based on tiers.

The further in you go, the fewer flowers there are, but each one is stronger.

The three quickened their pace, occasionally seeing flower farmers working along the way.

The flower growers were in a daze, their eyes were dark and swollen like those of workers who hadn't slept, their lips were purple, their faces were pale, but their bodies were abnormally swollen, as if they had been forcibly fattened up by something.

As you walk further on, the flowerbeds finally disappear.

Instead, a palace was erected.

Xu Nanyi's pupils contracted. Wasn't this the Demon Palace?

Even the patterns on the two dragon pillars at the entrance are exactly the same.

Good heavens, this guy secretly built a one-to-one replica of the Demon Palace under his own mansion!

The three of them silently slipped in.

In the very center of the palace, on a jade base, sits a flowerpot with only one flower inside.

It has an eerie dark purple color, and the flower shape is like a hybrid of lotus and spider lily. It has eight petals, is the size of a palm, and is so bewitching that it is unbelievable.

A faint glow flickered along the edges of the petals, as if something was about to burst forth from them.

Upon entering the hall, a sweet and cloying fragrance filled the air.

Xu Nanyi's mind went blank for a moment, and her pupils began to lose focus. Lin Qingyue grabbed her wrist.

The pain instantly brought her to her senses.

The three of them held their breath at the same time.

The second prince stood in front of the flowerpot, his back to them, his fingers gently brushing the petals of the purple flower, his movements as tender as if he were caressing a lover.

"Almost there." His voice was deep and excited. "Faster... Father's soul is indeed the best fertilizer. All those other inferior things can't compare."

He applied slight pressure with his fingers, and the petal trembled.

"Just a few more top-grade souls to consume... and you'll mature." He muttered to himself. "Then I'll devour you... the number one in Taiyuan! The Immortal Realm! Ha, just the next stop."

Xu Nanyi gritted her teeth. Was she going to feed the flowers with her own father's soul?

This person's filial piety is truly the opposite of what one would expect.

The second prince turned and walked to the side of the hall, where two objects covered with large red cloths were placed side by side.

The red cloth was lifted, revealing two golden cages, each containing two people.

Praying for the Moon and Little Stone!