Xiang Shaoyun also had a look of excitement as he said, “Splendid! I will capture more devil wind beasts then. That should help your evolution!”
“Thank you, master!” Gui Qi thanked joyfully. “Master, where are you exactly? I can sense that this is a place very beneficial for the cultivation of my clan.”
“This is the Devil Domain, the homeland of the devils,” said Xiang Shaoyun.
Gui Qi exclaimed in excitement, “So we have returned to our ancestral land? This is great!”
“Your ancestral land?” Xiang Shaoyun was somewhat confused. “Then again, you’re right. Since you are devils, this is certainly your ancestral land.”
“No, master, this is your ancestral land as well. You possess the most noble of bloodlines, the imperial bloodline. This is a place where you can shine like the sun!” Gui Qi said.
“Hehe, why are you so sure that I have the imperial bloodline?” Xiang Shaoyun asked.
Since Gui Qi was already an Emperor, he had most likely awakened some of his clan’s inheritance memories. Thus, he had possibly gained some memories relating to the devils. This was great, as Xiang Shaoyun was also trying to learn more about himself and the devils.
“Master, since you have the Nether Soul Domain, it can only prove that you are a prince of the Imperial Nether Clan. The Imperial Nether Clan is one of the Four Paramount Devil Clans. As for the ghostrunes, we are one of the subordinate kingly clans under the Imperial Nether Clan. Master, you can use this place to upgrade your bloodline to further grow your strength. It will help you awaken even more of the Imperial Nether Clan’s innate abilities!” Gui Qi proposed respectfully.
F*ck! So the Imperial Nether Clan is really part of the devils! Xiang Shaoyun cursed inwardly.
He had been suspecting the origin of his bloodline as of late, but even after hearing what Gui Qi said, he still found it hard to believe. After all, he had always considered himself a human and had been living on the surface like a human. He also had the belief and values of a human, so finding out he had the blood of devils coursing within his body drove him crazy.
Father, am I really your son? Xiang Shaoyun cursed inwardly. But he quickly recalled something else. No, Father is from the Xiang Clan. The lightning bone in me proves that I am his son. Therefore, the origin of the Imperial Nether Clan’s blood in my body is definitely my mother. It’s too bad I have never seen her. I can only find out more from Father in the future.
Since Xiang Shaoyun couldn’t change the fact that he had devil blood coursing in his body, there was no point thinking too much about it. After all, he only existed because of his parents, and he naturally wouldn’t bring himself to hate them. He had always been a carefree person. The moment he got over something, he would no longer keep thinking about it.
He asked Gui Qi again, “What are the other three clans?”
“The other three are the Undying Devil Clan, the Dark Devourer Clan, and the Diabolic Dragon Clan. The Undying Devil Clan is the number one devilish clan, possessing an undying bloodline. With even a drop of blood remaining, they can regrow their flesh endlessly. The Dark Devourer Clan is capable of devouring anything in existence, also the most destructive of the four clans, an enemy of all living beings. The Diabolic Dragon Clan has the same origin as the true dragons of the demonic beasts, but since those of the Diabolic Dragon Clan are devils, there is also a clear difference between them—the diabolic dragons—and the true dragons,” Gui Qi explained.
All this was novel to Xiang Shaoyun, as this was the first time he had heard about the top devil clans. He wanted to know more about the devils, so he asked even more questions. Unfortunately, Gui Qi knew nothing else. He would only be able to awaken more memories after upgrading his bloodline further.
Xiang Shaoyun did not mind. He withdrew the Nether Soul Domain and instead started planning on how to kill more devil wind beasts to feed the ghostrunes. He wanted to build a massive ghostrune army. This would be very helpful for him in the future when he started trying to take back what the traitors had stolen from him.
He was no longer worried of exposing the ghostrunes. After all, in the Bloodsin City, many experts had devil slaves in their possession. And since he had entered the Devil Domain, even if others found out that he had ghostrunes serving him, they would only assume that they were his devil slaves.
Xiang Shaoyun turned back along the same route he had come from and encountered more than 10 devil wind beasts. Some were Kings, some were weaker, but all were trapped by his Nether Soul Domain. However, he no longer bothered using the Imperial Nether Prison to kill them. Rather, he got the ghostrunes to kill them instead.
In the past, Xiang Shaoyun had always thought that the ghostrunes were only good in soul attacks. But after Gui Qi became an Emperor, he finally realized that the wing attacks of the ghostrunes could not be underestimated either. Facing 8,000 ghostrunes, the devil wind beasts stood no chance.
As the ghostrunes devoured the devil wind beasts, their bloodline started growing rapidly. Xiang Shaoyun had a satisfied smile on his face as he muttered, “Looks like I can really clean this place with my Nether Soul Domain and use the devil wind beasts to help the ghostrunes grow.”
Xiang Shaoyun started traveling in the direction he sensed the eye of a storm. None of the devil wind beasts he encountered along the way could escape his Imperial Nether Prison. They were all transformed into ghostrune food.
Only the higher stage devil wind beast emperors could forcefully break the Imperial Nether Prison. As for the regular devil wind beast emperors, they were reduced to ghostrune food as well.
In two days, Xiang Shaoyun had captured over 100 devil wind beasts, and their numbers in the area had declined steeply. Today, he arrived deep inside the devil wind beast territory and could vaguely sense a nearby ongoing battle. He started moving along with the wind, and using a graceful footwork, he dashed forward rapidly.
Ahead of him was a valley filled with fierce gales. In fact, a random pebble blown by the gale was enough to wound a cultivator without any defensive barrier active. It was obvious that the eye of a storm was nearby and that the yin devil wind was most likely located in the valley. At the valley entrance, a group of people were chasing after one person. The person being chased was none other than Shou Xie, the Little Beast Emperor from the Myriad Beast Sect.
Xiang Shaoyun had a very deep impression of this Shou Xie. He was a fresh ninth-stage Skysoar Realm cultivator and was considered average among the geniuses in the group, but he had four peak Demon Kings under his command. These four Demon Kings were why he was still shown a great amount of respect in the group despite his cultivation level.
One ought to know that all the members of the Myriad Beast Sect were beast tamers. Generally, beast tamers weren’t powerful combatants themselves. But they were able to form a connection with their demonic beasts and share their abilities. This gave them a great advantage over many people.
Nobody would wish to easily provoke someone like this. But now, the geniuses in Yu Ziyi’s group were chasing after Shou Xie. As for the four Demon King pets he had, only a four-winged mantis was left. Both of them were fleeing madly, looking rather sorry.
There were four pursuers in total, each of them seated on a mount. Attacks were being rained down on Shou Xie unendingly. No longer able to block the attacks, Shou Xie and his four-winged mantis were blasted away, and they crashed right in front of Xiang Shaoyun.
“Save me, and I will owe you my life!” Shou Xie cried out, a begging look on his face.
