Free Web NovelChapter 285: Chapter 285: Bai Yang Becomes Demonic
Time passed swiftly, but Bai Yang’s agony did not end.
Instead, it grew even more intense.
He curled up on the ground, foam spilling from his mouth as his limbs twitched uncontrollably.
In his Sea of Consciousness, his Divine Soul was already showing signs of being devoured. A closer look revealed it had actually shrunk by a full size.
His expression was one of terror, but he couldn’t break free no matter how he struggled.
"Let me go!"
"You pack of monsters!"
He screamed desperately in his Sea of Consciousness, his eyes bloodshot and crazed.
But the remnant souls couldn’t understand his words, much less communicate with him. They just continued their frenzied gnawing.
Soon, Bai Yang could no longer even curse.
All his thoughts were buried beneath the pain. In that moment, scenes from his past replayed before his eyes, one after another.
The happy times of his youth, his master’s affection, the respect of his junior brothers, the Sect’s high regard for him...
Then came his master’s disgust, the Sect’s disdain, the deaths of his junior brothers... freёwebnovel.com
In the end, all his memories coalesced into a single face.
The face he had once loved and now hated.
Because of her, he was suffering this inhuman torture.
Because of her, he had lost so, so much...
An endless hatred and killing intent sprouted from the depths of his heart, rapidly growing into a towering tree. Under the extreme pain and despair, his sanity was completely submerged.
His once-stable Dao Heart completely collapsed.
All that remained in Bai Yang’s heart was endless regret and hatred. His unwavering resolve was gone.
His Heart Demon successfully seized his mind. His Dao Heart was shattered.
"AHHH—"
A bloodcurdling scream echoed as endless black wisps began to surge from Bai Yang’s face.
The aura around him roiled violently. His Spiritual Energy, like boiling water, expanded wildly before dissipating. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
These were the signs of falling to the Demon Path.
If Bai Yang could have regained his clarity at that moment, there might have been a chance to stop it.
But all he felt was the agony of his Divine Soul being torn apart and devoured. He couldn’t possibly remain conscious.
His aura completely dispersed, and then a wisp of Demonic Qi gradually appeared, drifting to the center of his brow.
Suddenly, Bai Yang’s eyes shot wide open.
From the center of his brow, the Demonic Qi began to spread wildly to every part of his body.
In just a few seconds, his entire body was completely covered by Demonic Qi.
But this kind of Demonic Qi was different from that of a Demon Cultivator.
Because he had fallen to the Demon Path through a Heart Demon, he had ultimately become a Demon, not a Demon Cultivator.
In other words, he was now a humanoid Demon!
A Demon was a creature whose sanity would be gradually destroyed over time, eventually degenerating into a mindless monster, not unlike those remnant souls.
By then, he would know only slaughter and consumption...
And this kind of Demon was reviled by both the Human Clan and the Demon Clan. No matter where he went, there would be no place for him.
In her past life, Song Wanning had succumbed to a Heart Demon and fallen to the Demon Path. As a result, her sanity was eaten away bit by bit, her actions growing more and more insane until she became nothing more than a stepping stone for others.
Now, if Bai Yang wanted to recover, he would need some world-shaking miracle to have even a sliver of a chance to return to the righteous path.
Countless tendrils of Demonic Qi coiled in his eyes. A powerful tremor suddenly ran through Bai Yang’s body, and in the next moment, all the remnant souls in his Sea of Consciousness were ejected.
When the remnant souls sensed that the fragrant scent of a Human Cultivator had turned into the repulsive stench of a Demon, they circled him a few times, agitated and repulsed.
Then, as if snapping out of it, they flew toward Ye Chuxue in the distance.
The pain in his Divine Soul finally vanished. Bai Yang’s gaze returned to a state of calm, but when he realized what had happened to his body, he was completely stunned for a moment.
He stared in disbelief at his changed aura. He raised his hand to release a burst of "Spiritual Power," only to find that his "Spiritual Power" had already turned into "Demonic Qi."
’How could this happen...?’
Bai Yang nearly lost his footing, stumbling back several steps before collapsing onto a rock behind him, his eyes dazed and terrified.
’I... fell to the Demon Path?’
’How could I have fallen?’
’But I was fine...’
Unwilling to accept this reality, Bai Yang raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face several times.
"This has to be a dream! It must be a dream!!!!"
He mumbled to himself as he slapped his face, then suddenly let out a great roar. The depths of his eyes filled with black Qi, and like a crazed Great Demon, he was consumed by rage.
When he came to his senses again, he was shocked to find that the surrounding trees had been completely obliterated.
The ground was covered in sword marks, and the wild grass had been turned to dust that filled the air.
’I... did this?’
Bai Yang slid off the rock, landing on his rear. He closed his eyes in despair.
How he wished this was all a dream, that he would wake up and still be the favored prodigy of the Heavenly Inquiry Sect, the apple of his master’s eye.
Not this... this thing that was neither human nor ghost.
"A Heart Demon entered my body, and my Dao Heart is destroyed... It was Ye Chuxue! Ye Chuxue, she’s the one who ruined me!!!"
A blood-red glint flashed in the corners of Bai Yang’s eyes. The malevolence in his heart surged forth once more, like an enraged, cornered beast baring its sharp claws and fangs.
"Ye Chuxue, I’m going to kill you!!!!"
He roared at the sky and charged swiftly in Ye Chuxue’s direction.
"AHHH—"
At that moment, Ye Chuxue let out a piercing scream, painfully trying to expel the remnant souls from her Sea of Consciousness.
Because she was a transmigrator, her Divine Soul was much stronger than Bai Yang’s, giving her a bit more strength to resist.
However, the pain of having her Divine Soul gnawed on was too intense. Soon, she was rolling on the ground in agony, screaming incessantly.
When Bai Yang arrived, the sight that greeted him was the pathetic figure of Ye Chuxue writhing on the ground.
Listening to her screams, an inexplicable flash of mania crossed Bai Yang’s eyes. His face filled with excitement, as if he were looking at food.
This bizarre feeling was completely beyond his control. Without a second thought, Bai Yang lunged at Ye Chuxue, opening his mouth to bite her neck.
As a Demon, his primal instinct was to devour everything. To him, Ye Chuxue was now an alluring meal, tempting him to take a taste.
"AHHH—"
As his teeth sank into her neck, Ye Chuxue’s whole body trembled in pain. Her shriek echoed across the entire cliff.
The surrounding birds and beasts were all frightened into scattering. The air was filled with the frantic RUSTLE of their escape.
Even Song Wanning, positioned above, heard it.
She narrowed her eyes, a flicker of curiosity in their depths.
’What exactly happened to Bai Yang and Ye Chuxue?’
’Did they join forces and make peace, or are they trying to kill each other?’
After a moment’s hesitation, Song Wanning leaped and flew down the cliff.
The WHOOSHING wind forced her to squint, and a damp mist rushed against her face.
In the span of two breaths, Song Wanning landed at the bottom of the cliff without causing the slightest disturbance.
She instantly released her Divine Sense. Finding a hidden spot to conceal herself, she began to search for any sign of Ye Chuxue and Bai Yang.
A few hundred meters away, she finally found them.
She saw Bai Yang holding Ye Chuxue tightly, locking her in a death grip. His head was nestled in the crook of her neck.
