Lu Ye nodded. It seemed the Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing was a Celestial Venerable, but his origin had been depleted too thoroughly.
It was basically like using the Heavenly Demon Blood Transformation Escape continuously for tens of thousands of years.
Of course, even so, he was definitely much stronger than a normal soul.
Becoming a main soul was no problem.
But Lu Ye thought about it and decided against it. He was a Celestial Venerable after all, and Lu Ye would give him the respect he deserved!
Also, the Human Emperor Banner only had eight main soul slots. If the Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing took one, and given that his origin was severely depleted, letting a Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing in such a state become a main soul might become a flaw in the Human Emperor Banner in the future.
"Fellow Daoist, it seems we are fated not to meet again. Take care!" The Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing cupped his hands towards Lu Ye.
His appearance began to age at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"There's one more thing."
Lu Ye spoke.
Doubt appeared in the Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing's eyes.
"What is it?"
"What about your last wish?"
The Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing was startled, then laughed wryly.
"Never mind, never mind. Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Everyone I once knew has vanished, and karma has been extinguished with the passage of time. As for a last wish, if Fellow Daoist happens to meet the Demon Ancestor in the future, please punch him twice for me. I would be eternally grateful!"
Lu Ye nodded.
"I've noted it. Fellow Daoist, farewell!"
There was no "take care," no "see you again," only "farewell."
The two cupped their hands to each other. Lu Ye stopped talking nonsense, turned, and left.
It was precisely at the moment he turned around that the Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing's aging speed reached its peak.
His body began to turn into dust, and his soul also dissipated into specks of light.
The entire wooden house was disappearing.
Lu Ye didn't look back, stepped onto the passage, and vanished into the distance.
A generation's Demon Dao Celestial Venerable thus fell, without even the chance of reincarnation.
However, Lu Ye didn't have any particular emotional reaction, because he had seen more than one Celestial Venerable die in front of him, and had even personally killed more than one Celestial Venerable. He wasn't a sentimental person.
But one thing was certain: coming to this No Return Cave was truly a huge gain.
He just didn't know...
How many treasures were left among the Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing's possessions.
There were no incidents along the way, and Lu Ye immediately began to check.
He didn't know until he looked, and when he looked, he was truly startled.
He even felt a bit fortunate, thinking how lucky it was that he hadn't let Shangguan Huanling come in.
If Shangguan Huanling had come in, she would have played the role of a fool with good fortune, obtained this storage ring, and could have cultivated all the way to the Seventh Heaven in one go using the Origin Devouring Heaven Scripture.
Because there were treasures in the ring, many treasures.
As for Emperor Dao weapons, there was a whole pile.
The most terrifying were Emperor weapons!
There were also Chaos Treasures and Supreme Chaos Treasures!
They were all top-tier treasures, treasures, secret techniques. However, there were basically not many Source Stones and great medicines left. There were also many strange items, which the Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing probably hadn't figured out what they were.
So he hadn't dared to use them rashly.
Looking at the dormant treasures, Lu Ye couldn't help but feel a stir in his heart.
However, he was also someone who had seen the world. Calm down, calm down.
For a moment, upon getting these things, Lu Ye didn't know how he should deal with them.
If he had these in his previous life, he wouldn't have to worry, because he could feed them to Shangguan Huanling. This life...
Lu Ye began to ponder. A part of them would definitely be used to upgrade the Stone Sword and the Human Emperor Banner.
As for whether he needed other treasures, that would depend on the effects of these treasures when the time came.
These were important, but there was undoubtedly something even more important.
This heart!
Lu Ye took out this Saint Heart.
The heart was clean, without any special aura, making it impossible to distinguish which Saint's heart it was.
Lu Ye actually had a guess in his heart, but this thing wasn't something that could be determined by mere speculation.
"System, begin deduction!"
"Ding, deduction in progress."
With the System performing deductions, it was much more convenient.
"Ding, deduction successful!"
The owner /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ of the heart had been deduced.
It was...
Zhu Qingshen?
Relentless Sage!
Lu Ye nodded lightly. Actually, he had also guessed it was this Saint.
Because this heart was too calm.
There were only so many Saints in total. Even if all the Saints were counted, how many could there be?
Having such a calm heart was inherently very rare.
For example, if this were the heart of the Yao Saint Devouring Sky Mayfly, the Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing would probably have been sucked dry the moment he touched this heart.
Similarly, if it were the heart of other Saints, they would more or less have some characteristics. Only the heart of the Relentless Sage was as calm as stagnant water.
"Has the Relentless Sage fallen?" Lu Ye asked curiously.
"Ding, unknown, but this heart seems to have some issues." The System replied.
"What issues?"
"Little Heavenly Dao, deduce with me!"
A ray of light shone upon this heart. As the light changed, a light screen suddenly appeared in front of Lu Ye.
Lu Ye stared at the light screen.
He knew what the System was doing. It was using this heart as a medium to push back time through it.
In the previous life, the System was at its peak and could only do this with the support of massive resources. But in this life, the System was the Heavenly Dao, making it much easier.
The images on the light screen were blurry.
This heart first appeared in the hands of the Demon Lord of Heaven Stealing, for a very long time.
Going further back, unexpectedly, this heart was obtained from the Demon Ancestor.
The Demon Ancestor got it from a Forbidden Ground deep within the Void.
Going further back from the Forbidden Ground, the heart belonged in a woman's chest cavity.
That was a woman in pink. She was naturally beautiful, like a lotus emerging from clear water, unadorned by carving. Although not as beautiful as Shen Xitong, she was no weaker than any of Lu Ye's eight former wives.
"This... isn't the Relentless Sage, is it?" Lu Ye asked with some uncertainty.
"Ding, it is not!"
Lu Ye remembered the Relentless Sage was male, but since he was 'relentless', gender didn't matter.
But as time continued to rewind, it became clear that this woman really wasn't.
Because her strength wasn't that strong.
This heart had been inside this woman's body the entire time, saving her life countless times.
Until, a scene appeared.
It was a man in green, looking at the dying woman in pink before him.
His hand reached into his own chest and dug out his heart.
That was a heart emitting infinitely brilliant light. To call it a heart, it was more like a Dao Fruit-like existence, or perhaps a special constitution.
He gave his feelings to the woman, and his heart to the woman.
From then on, they owed each other nothing.
From then on, there was no more Zhu Qingshen in the world, only Relentless, ascending the Saint Dao.
After watching the playback, a light shone in Lu Ye's eyes. Don't tell me, don't tell me, it can be refined!
In fact, he could start refining it right now!
"Deduce the refining method!"
"Ding, deduction starting!"
Lu Ye was very much looking forward to it. What kind of changes would refining a Saint's heart bring to his nascent world and his Nascent Soul's crown!
