Chapter 61: Sweet Time?

Just as Qing was about to stand up and go to the bedroom to sleep for the rest of the time, something suddenly crossed his mind, making him stop for a moment, ’Wait! I can get some of the information from that demon in my Sea of Consciousness. It said something like Miye. Is that the pretending Sect Master’s name?’

He wondered for a moment, recalling the few things he had already learned about the Demon and the mysterious woman pretending to be the Sect Master.

Qing closed his eyes and focused his consciousness, immediately preparing to enter his Sea of Consciousness.

A moment later, his consciousness faded from the outside world as his soul body appeared within the familiar darkness of his Sea of Consciousness once again. He looked at himself for a moment before turning toward Bifrost, which was still releasing Demonbane, while the Demon continued screaming as its soul body repeatedly returned to full health whenever it reached the brink of death.

Qing smiled when he saw that scene, as he had intentionally kept this loop activated inside his Sea of Consciousness. He had left the Demon trapped within this endless cycle, allowing Demonbane to repeatedly destroy its soul body before it recovered again.

Now that he could see the process was working quite well, a grin slowly appeared on his face, ’Heh, a Royal Demon who is comparable to someone at the Peak Golden Core Realm in cultivation is writhing constantly.’

’What a beautiful scenario.’ Qing mused inwardly as he stepped toward the Demon, his expression remaining calm while his footsteps echoed through the surrounding darkness. The moment those footsteps reached the Demon, it stopped screaming for once and immediately looked toward Qing with wide eyes, ’N-No! T-That Bastard is back!’

Fear instantly crept into its mind as it recognized him, and the memories of the pain it had already experienced at his hands resurfaced immediately.

After Qing had left, the pain from those streaks of shadow lightning had somehow lessened, making the Demon capable of enduring the endless torture slightly better. But now that it saw him returning, it became certain that he was going to do something even worse this time, and the thought alone made its entire soul tremble, ’F-Fuck-!’

Before it could even think any further, three streaks of lightning descended upon its liquefying body once again, causing the Demon to scream in agony.

"KHUUAAAAAHHH!!!"

Qing finally approached near it deliberately, even though he could have teleported here without a second thought if he wanted to. He could have appeared directly beside the Demon, but he intentionally chose to walk toward it step by step because he wanted to see the despair in its eyes as it realized who had returned.

He wanted to see every single Demon go through a thousand times worse than what he had gone through, especially demons like these who believed that everything was under their control.

As Qing approached it, he spoke up casually, "How is your sweet time going on here?" A smile remained on his face as he watched the Demon’s eyes immediately turn bloodthirsty, its hatred toward him becoming obvious despite the fear it felt. The Demon clearly wanted to curse him, but its weakened condition made even that difficult.

"Y-YOU SON OF A-!" Before it could complete its shout, another five streaks of lightning descended upon the Demon, and it screamed as its translucent red eyes shut tightly from the pain. Its body twisted under the impact as the Demonbane continued tearing through its already damaged soul, leaving it barely capable of maintaining its form.

Qing grinned before speaking up again, "It seems you ARE enjoying your time here after all. You will now answer some of my questions, or the pain will increase ten times each time you refuse." He crouched down slightly and remained silent for a moment, while the streaks of lightning coming from Bifrost stopped for that brief period. This allowed the Demon to keep its weak eyes open and gather enough awareness to understand what Qing was saying.

"First question, who is this Miye? The pretending Sect Master?" The moment those words came out of Qing’s mouth, the Demon widened its eyes and remained completely silent while its thoughts immediately became chaotic, ’D-Did he hear me t-talking when I ate him?! How?!!’

Qing observed its external reaction and nodded, already getting the first answer he wanted from that brief response. "Alright, I got the first answer, but you didn’t answer, which means..." He didn’t bother completing the sentence, as he simply snapped his fingers again, and the Demon immediately understood what was coming next.

The moment he did, the streaks of lightning that came down upon the Demon became extremely thick, while the power of Demonbane mixed into them even more intensely than before. The lightning completely engulfed its already weakened soul body, and the Demon couldn’t even prepare itself before the immense pain once again overwhelmed its consciousness.

"GUAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

The Demon screamed even more loudly for a whole minute, while Qing remained completely silent and only watched it with indifference. He didn’t say a single word during that time and simply watched as the Demon endured the punishment until it finally stopped screaming.

It then panted heavily as if it was on the brink of death, its translucent red eyes barely remaining open.

"Now the next question, what’s her real plan? Why is she taking her sweet time for hundreds of years and not invading with a massive Demon army?" Qing asked calmly, his eyes remaining fixed on the Demon while he waited for its answer. His expression didn’t change even slightly, as he had no intention of giving the Demon any opportunity to avoid the question.

The Demon widened its eyes again as it wondered how this human had come to know about her waiting for that much time, ’Just H-How?!’ The shock became clearly visible to Qing through its expression, but he couldn’t care less about the reaction. He simply lifted his fingers and spoke up, "Answering, or do I need to give you some more sweet time?"

The Demon felt terror running through its entire being as it remembered that this time the punishment would become even worse. Its already weakened soul trembled at the thought of experiencing another round, and it hurriedly tried to stop Qing before he could snap his fingers again, "N-NO! PLEASE S-STOP! I-I WILL TALK!"

Qing grinned when he heard that, while inwardly feeling a slight sense of relief, ’It’s a good thing he isn’t in his physical body, or else even if he tried to answer anything, he would have died because of the oath they take.’

"M-Miye is waiting because of three different reasons. S-She is secretly building Rune Formations across this entire Upper Realm to summon three Demon Generals and a Demon King.She needs them to handle the two rulers of the other two grand regions." Qing narrowed his eyes for a moment as he rapidly processed the information in his mind.

He quickly considered the meaning behind those words before speaking up, "What are the other two reasons?"

The Demon immediately spoke up as it saw Qing raising his fingers again, knowing that he would not hesitate to punish it if it refused to answer, "The other two reasons are that, First, she would need to avoid the eyes of the Heavenly Immortal Realm to accomplish the Demon Invasion. To do that, she is trying to build something underneath the Nine Lotus Sect."

"I-I don’t know what she is trying to build though!"

Qing looked at the Demon with suspicion for a moment, his eyes remaining fixed upon it as he carefully observed its reaction. The Demon immediately became even more frightened under his gaze and hurriedly spoke again, "I-I really do not know!!! P-Please believe me!"

Qing then nodded as he continued observing its eyes, and from that reaction alone, he knew the Demon wasn’t lying about this particular matter.

"What’s the third reason?" Qing asked, making the Demon immediately mutter in a reluctant voice.

It clearly didn’t want to reveal this final piece of information, and its hesitation was noticeable even before it began speaking. After a brief struggle, it finally forced the words out, "S-She is planning to perform a ritual th-that can only be performed every two hundred years."

"A-A ritual to sacrifice everyone’s soul in this Sect to Ascend to the Immortal Realm, a-and that’s why she is taking our help!"