Though Ye Chu had a thousand, ten thousand reasons not to believe it, at this moment both Ye Chu and Bai Xuan had no choice but to accept it was true.
“Bai Xuan, your father took an object from the General’s Tomb. That was left by the Blood Slaughter Supreme. Back then, I too wanted to enter the General’s Tomb, but because of that object’s existence, even if I forced my way in, it would only destroy the entire tomb. And only after that object was taken away did the Fusheng Palace’s Weak Water dare to make a move on the General’s Tomb,” the Old Madman said. “That object is of great use to your clan. Your father obtained it and actually made use of it. He used it to help you unlock your bloodline power. Otherwise, do you think that with your half-hearted cultivation pace of fishing for three days and drying nets for two, you could have cultivated to the point of nearly approaching the King realm?”
“You mean Uncle Bai took away the Blood Slaughter Supreme’s object back then?” Ye Chu’s heart skipped a few beats. He squeezed Bai Xuan’s hand, signalling her not to mind her origins.
“That explanation does make sense. Fine, even if Sister Bai Xuan is a descendant of the Blood Slaughter Supreme. But what exactly does this thing do?” Ye Chu asked, looking at the dragon-shaped metal.
“The Blood Slaughter Supreme was an unparalleled prodigy, the last Supreme of the Sentiment Domain. When the Great Dao was not manifest and cultivation was withering, he reversed the will of heaven to prove his Supreme position. He is a legend. Compared to other Supremes, his path was even more arduous. Precisely because of this, he was more arrogant than others, believing he could certainly become a deity. Originally able to live for ten thousand years, at his peak of five thousand years, he chose another path, refining himself and burying himself within the Sentiment Domain,” Shui Gu said.
“Why?” Ye Chu asked curiously. “Did he do this to become a god?”
“Precisely. He did it to become a god. He wanted to use the countless living beings of the Sentiment Domain as his stepping stone, refining all living beings to achieve deityhood,” the Old Madman said. “The Blood Slaughter Supreme himself achieved his Supreme position through slaughter. To him, the living beings of the world were truly ants. If they could help him achieve deityhood, he naturally would not hesitate.”
“But he underestimated the Sentiment Domain. Countless sages had appeared there, and there were even absolute grand arrays laid down by the Red Dust Holy Maiden and others. The Blood Slaughter Supreme ultimately failed. He was truly buried in the Sentiment Domain, and perished because of it.
Yet the Blood Slaughter Supreme was, after all, an unparalleled existence. Despite this, he still left a hidden move. Burying himself in the Sentiment Domain, he absorbed its essence, while also permeating his own aura into it. His dragon-shaped bone was the centre. With the dragon-shaped bone as the core, his aura permeated everywhere in the Sentiment Domain, hoping that one day the aura would fully erupt, absorb enough blood energy, and reappear in the world. And the Blood Guards were created to carry out his plan, constantly helping his aura permeate, and constantly killing people to water the Blood Slaughter Supreme’s remnant spirit.”
Ye Chu stared blankly at the dragon-shaped bone before him. The shock in his heart was unimaginable. He had never thought there was such a history behind this.
“This dragon-shaped bone is the Blood Slaughter Supreme’s hope of resurrection?” Ye Chu asked blankly, looking at the Old Madman.
The Old Madman shook his head. “That was before, but not now.”
“Why?” Ye Chu did not understand.
“Because I am going to destroy it!” The Old Madman’s words made Ye Chu jump up abruptly, looking at him as if seeing a ghost.
What is called dominance, what is called arrogance. It is having a Supreme object before you, and saying you will destroy it.
How terrifying is a Supreme object, also nearly invincible. Yet someone actually declared they would destroy it.
“Old Madman, you are not going to tell me you are a Supreme, are you?” Ye Chu stared blankly at the Old Madman, thinking that even if the Old Madman was mad, he would not be this mad.
“Supreme?” The Old Madman shook his head.
Ye Chu breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that if he were truly a Supreme, it would really defy heaven.
“If you are not a Supreme, how can you destroy this thing?” Ye Chu asked curiously.
“Because we have Bai Xuan!” The Old Madman looked at Bai Xuan and said, “With Bai Xuan’s help, we can merge this object into Bai Xuan’s bones. This is a providential opportunity sent by heaven.”
Bai Xuan was silent for a while before speaking. “If I fuse with this thing, will my ancestor be unable to resurrect?”
“The Blood Slaughter Supreme was absolutely extraordinary. He always made multiple preparations for everything. This is only one of his means of resurrection. The great era is coming. I believe the Blood Slaughter Supreme should be nearly resurrected. This thing might merely be the icing on the cake for him,” the Old Madman sighed. “I do not wish for him to come back to life. If he does, blood will certainly flow like rivers. The entire Sentiment Domain will suffer calamity. The vitality the Sentiment Domain has managed to recover will very likely be destroyed by him again.”
Hearing these words, Ou Yi and the others all fell silent. Though Shui Gu’s eyes were filled with killing intent, he also showed helplessness. Faced with a Supreme, he too had no power to resist.
Bai Xuan obviously did not know what the Blood Slaughter Supreme represented. Seeing Ye Chu and the others’ grave expressions, she could not help asking, “Will my ancestor truly slaughter the world?”
“When he achieved his Supreme position, he nearly killed all the strong ones in the Sentiment Domain, just to absorb their blood energy. For this, he created the Soul-Devouring Yuan-Refining Method. Then, to achieve deityhood, he used himself as a furnace, wanting to refine all living beings in the entire Sentiment Domain into blood energy to fuse with himself. Among Supremes, the one with the strongest killing nature is the Blood Slaughter Supreme. The Blood Slaughter Supreme has another name, the Blood Demon,” the Old Madman said.
Ye Chu watched Bai Xuan biting her lip tightly. He did not know what Bai Xuan would think upon knowing she had such an ancestor. Ye Chu embraced Bai Xuan.
“I am fine!” Bai Xuan took a deep breath, then looked at the Old Madman and asked, “What are the benefits of refining my ancestor’s dragon-shaped bone?”
“The benefits to yourself aside, the most important thing is that once the dragon-shaped bone is fused by you, the Blood Slaughter Supreme cannot reach perfection. Part of the aura the dragon-shaped bone permeated into the Sentiment Domain will be under your control. The Blood Slaughter Supreme’s desire to refine the entire Sentiment Domain will then be impossible to succeed,” the Old Madman said.
“Then I will fuse with it!” Bai Xuan said.
“Wait!” Ye Chu suddenly shouted, turning to the Old Madman. “I do not want to know anything else. I only want to know. Is there any danger to Bai Xuan in fusing with this thing, or any after-effects?”
This one sentence made the Old Madman fall silent. Shui Gu also turned his head away, pretending not to see Ye Chu’s gaze.
“As expected…” Seeing the Old Madman and the others like this, Ye Chu cursed, “What does it matter if the Sentiment Domain is destroyed? Having Bai Xuan refine this bone, no way.”
“Ye Chu!” Bai Xuan said.
“I said no!” Ye Chu stared straight at Bai Xuan, his gaze incomparably firm.
“But…”
“I said no!” Ye Chu repeated.
Seeing Ye Chu like this, the Old Madman knew his character. He sighed, “This old man is not that great either, wanting to save the entire Sentiment Domain. However…”
“There is no however!” Ye Chu shouted. “Anyway, Sister Bai Xuan will not agree.”