Immortal God of War

"You're burning the bridge after crossing the river!"

The Heart Demon immediately glared, brows slanted and eyes wide.

Qin Feiyang laughed. "If Mother weren't here, I wouldn't care how long you stayed out, but right now I really want to have a good talk with her. Can't you just grant me that?"

"No."

"I also want to talk to Mother, build up some feelings."

The Heart Demon said.

"Bastard, don't forget, this is my body."

Qin Feiyang snapped.

"It's mine too."

The Heart Demon snorted coldly.

Qin Feiyang said dark-faced, "Do you really have to be like this?"

"Aiya, why don't you get it?"

"Right!"

"All these years, you and Mother have been worlds apart, it's hard enough for you to even see her once."

"But when you were little, you used to be with her a lot!"

"Now look at me. This is the first time I've ever seen Mother, the first time I've ever felt a mother's love. Can't you just let me stay a little longer?"

The Heart Demon frowned, and there was actually a hint of pleading in his tone.

Hearing this, Qin Feiyang fell silent, then let out a silent sigh and smiled. "Alright, you can stay a bit longer. I'll go rest in the inner world and come out later."

"Thanks."

The Heart Demon said.

"No need to be so polite."

Qin Feiyang smiled, looked up at his mother walking in front, and said, "Mother, I'll come out later to keep you company."

The woman halted, turned to glance at Qin Feiyang and the Heart Demon, instantly understanding everything in her heart. She nodded with a smile. "Alright."

Swoosh!

Qin Feiyang's figure instantly faded away.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, the Thunder Leopard's pupils shrank. It scooted up next to the Heart Demon and asked, "Elder Qin, what's going on here? Why are there two of you?"

The Heart Demon had no mood to deal with it and quickly ran towards the woman.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean!"

The Thunder Leopard grumbled in dissatisfaction, then fixed its gaze on the Ghostly Snake Emperor, chuckling. "Little viper, you've followed Elder Qin for so long, you must know what's up!"

The Ghostly Snake Emperor turned its head, stared at the Thunder Leopard, and said, "What did you call this emperor? Say it again."

The Thunder Leopard's body stiffened. It fawned with a grin, "Snake Emperor big bro, Snake Emperor grandpa."

"That's more like it."

The Ghostly Snake Emperor smiled smugly and asked, "Ever heard of the Heart Demon?"

"Heart Demon?"

The Thunder Leopard froze for a moment, then said angrily, "This emperor might've been ignorant before, but I still know what a Heart Demon is. But isn't that kind of illusory thing supposed to not really exist in this world?"

"Who said so?"

"I'm telling you, Boss actually gave birth to a Heart Demon, and right now the one controlling that body is the Heart Demon."

The Ghostly Snake Emperor said.

"What?"

The Thunder Leopard's eyes bulged. It was actually the Heart Demon. No wonder the vibe felt completely different from the Qin Feiyang it first met.

The old crone and the others behind them were also utterly shocked.

They never imagined the Young Lord would have a Heart Demon hidden in his body, and even less that he could coexist peacefully with it.

After the Thunder Leopard came back to its senses, it asked, "So that one who just disappeared is the real Qin Feiyang?"

"Yeah."

The Ghostly Snake Emperor nodded.

"That's insane, actually sharing one body with a Heart Demon..."

The Thunder Leopard muttered to itself, waves of shock surging in its heart, then asked, "How did Elder Qin pull that off?"

The Ghostly Snake Emperor said, "Two words: win him over with virtue."

"Win him over with virtue, two words?"

"Can you even count?"

The Thunder Leopard rolled its eyes hard, then lowered its head, sinking into thought.

Win him over with virtue...

A moment later, it shook its head with a wry smile.

This vicious freak really can't be judged by common sense!

...

Before long.

The Heart Demon and the woman flashed out of the secret tunnel one after the other and hovered above the island, looking down.

The Thunder Leopard, the Ghostly Snake Emperor, the sixteen people including the old crone, and those over a thousand War Emperors also flew out one after another, standing behind the Heart Demon and the woman.

"Young Lord, hurry and free us from the Blood Soul Art!"

A burly man in black couldn't wait and blurted out.

"Once the Blood Soul Art is removed, the State Preceptor will notice, so I'm afraid you'll all have to bear with it a little longer."

"For now, go search the island and see if there's anything suspicious."

The Heart Demon said.

"Yes!"

Everyone bowed in response, then turned into streaks of light shooting off in all directions.

The woman looked at the Heart Demon and asked with a smile, "Tian Er, what are you trying to find?"

That form of address made the Heart Demon feel especially warm inside.

Because it meant Mother really was treating him like her own son.

The Heart Demon smiled. "Your child and the main body both suspect there might be an inheritance ground hidden here."

"An inheritance ground?"

The woman was startled and doubtful.

"Yeah!"

"When they were fighting with the State Preceptor's descendants, the Divine Arts they used were all the same kind."

"There's only one explanation for that situation: an inheritance ground."

The Heart Demon said.

"Makes sense."

The woman nodded.

The Heart Demon said, "And there must be a medicinal field here somewhere, I just don't know whether it's on this island or on another one."

The woman laughed and said, "Now that you have so many people under your command, you really do need a lot of medicinal herbs."

The Heart Demon said, "The matter of medicinal herbs doesn't have much to do with me; it's the true body who handles that."

The woman asked curiously, "Then what does have to do with you?"

"Killing!"

"I'm only responsible for killing!"

The Heart Demon let out a shrill chuckle, a strong blood-red light flashing in his eyes.

The woman's heart trembled; she grabbed the Heart Demon's hand and said, "Even though you are a Heart Demon, you must remember, your urge to kill can't be too heavy, or sooner or later you'll lose yourself."

"Will I?"

The Heart Demon was stunned.

"You will."

The woman nodded with firm certainty.

The Heart Demon took a deep breath and nodded, saying, "Your child will remember."

The woman smiled faintly, lowered her head to look at the old crone and the others, and said, "Tell me about them!"

"Alright."

The Heart Demon then recounted everything in full detail.

Time passed breath by breath.

After listening to the Heart Demon's account, the woman let out a deep sigh and said, "I didn't expect that over all these years, the State Preceptor has done so many utterly heartless things."

"I, as a Heart Demon, consider myself ruthless and vicious, but compared to him, what I've done is nothing at all."

The Heart Demon snorted coldly.

The woman said, "This time, you slaughtered all of his million descendants to the last. And you say that's nothing?"

"They deserved to die!"

The Heart Demon said.

"I never said they didn't deserve to be killed."

"To be honest, I also never imagined that the two brothers not only returned to the Imperial Capital, but even multiplied and thrived here."

"A million descendants—that's no small number!"

"If you hadn't discovered it in time and the State Preceptor rebelled in the future, the consequences would truly be unimaginable."

The woman said with feeling.

The Heart Demon asked, "Mother means that your child didn't do anything wrong?"

The woman smiled and said, "The Great Qin Empire is a realm the Late Emperor fought for with his own hands. You're protecting the Great Qin Empire, protecting billions of citizens. How could that be wrong?"

The Heart Demon let out a breath of relief.

The woman said, "Actually, you don't need to worry. No matter what you do, as long as it's beneficial to the Great Qin Empire, I will never oppose it."

"Thank you, Mother."

The Heart Demon was moved in his heart.

"Silly child, the ones who should be saying thank you are your mother and your father."

"You're still so young, yet we've made you shoulder such a heavy burden. Your mother feels ashamed!"

The woman sighed.

"Don't mention him!"

"What I and the true body are doing is purely for Mother and our ancestors; it has nothing to do with him!"

The Heart Demon snorted coldly, cold light flashing in his eyes.

This "him" naturally referred to the current emperor!

The woman glanced at the Heart Demon, let out a long sigh in her heart, and smiled, saying, "Let's not talk about these troublesome matters. Tell me about your next plan!"

"The next plan…"

The Heart Demon pondered for a moment, then shook his head with a smile and said, "Let the true body worry about that sort of thing. Anyway, I'm only responsible for killing."

"One of you comes up with the plans, the other does the dirty work. The division of labor between the two of you is really very clear!"

The woman couldn't help but shake her head and laugh.

The Heart Demon chuckled.

"But seeing you get along so well, your mother is very relieved."

"Oh right."

"Those villagers are absolutely loyal to you. You must not let them down!"

The woman said.

The Heart Demon smiled and said, "Mother can rest easy; we'll treat them well."

The woman nodded.

Swoosh!

Just then.

The old crone tore through the sky, landed in front of the Heart Demon, cupped her hands, and said, "Greetings, Young Master."

"How is it?"

The Heart Demon asked.

The old crone shook her head.

The Heart Demon frowned slightly and said, "Then let's wait for the others."

Before long.

The others returned one after another, but their answers were the same as the old crone's—they hadn't found anything.

The Thunder Leopard said, "The inheritance ground and the medicinal field definitely exist. If they're not here, then they must be on the other island."

The Heart Demon nodded, swept his gaze over everyone, opened a portal, and said, "Let's go, we'll head over and regroup with the others."

Swoosh!!!

Right away!

The group turned into streaks of flowing light and shot into the portal like lightning, and as they left, this island gradually returned to calm.