Serpent Ancestor
Chapter 540: The Birth of the Inner Demon

"Boom!!"

Xu Hei felt a thunderous explosion in his mind, as if a giant jar had shattered, and a torrent of memories surged in like a raging storm.

"Ah!"

Xu Hei let out a painful howl and fell to the ground, bloodshot eyes staring blankly.

At that moment, he remembered everything about Xu Bai, and simultaneously, another unfamiliar voice echoed in his mind.

"Heh, you remember now? Finally remembered?"

"That's right, she's become what she is now all because of you!"

"Even after becoming the Green Emperor, she still remembers you, did so much for you, and how did you repay her?"

"Why don't you dare to face yourself? What are you avoiding?"

The voice was like a demonic chant, both real and illusory, constantly reverberating in his ears.

"Who, who's speaking?" Xu Hei looked around in confusion.

"I ask you, why don't you dare to face yourself, why don't you take down the Green Emperor and reclaim her!"

The voice boomed like thunder, clear and unmistakably real, right beside his ear.

Instinctively, Xu Hei searched for the source of the voice, only to suddenly realize that it was he himself who had spoken those words.

It was he himself who had just said those words.

He was talking to himself.

Just like the Tomb Elder in the Void Realm, talking to himself, asking and answering his own questions, as if he had two personalities, one being him, and the other also him.

This was an extremely terrifying phenomenon.

Xu Hei realized, had an Inner Demon been born?

"Who are you, get out here!"

Xu Hei shouted angrily, his expression twisted.

But immediately, his expression turned from ferocious to a cold smile, eyes filled with mockery: "Heh, I am you, and you are me. What I just said is your true inner thoughts, and you don't dare to admit it?"

"No! This is definitely not me!" Xu Hei shook his head violently as soon as he finished speaking.

Then, he sneered again: "You're really a waste, not even daring to admit your own inner thoughts. You can fool others, but you can't fool me!"

Xu Hei took a deep breath, trying his best to stay calm.

He understood that an Inner Demon had indeed been born.

How did the Inner Demon appear? Without a doubt, it was the memory jade slip.

After coming out of the Void Realm, memories would be erased to prevent this phenomenon. The other party must have used some unknown method to use the memories of Xu Bai as a medium to generate the Inner Demon.

As long as he recalled those memories, the Inner Demon would act up.

"Calm down, I must stay calm!"

With a thought, Xu Hei fully activated the Heavenly Demon Technique, the Demon Seed slightly pulsating, a power not belonging to this world circulated throughout his body, quickly calming him down, and the Inner Demon that had been constantly appearing suddenly quieted.

Xu Hei breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the memory jade slip, receiving the remaining content.

After a while, he understood the truth of the ancient war.

"So that's it, I've been infected with the Demon Plague." Xu Hei realized in his heart.

The so-called Demon Plague was the culprit that destroyed the Northern Cold Region, forcing Canglan Immortal Lord to bring down a meteorite.

It showed just how dangerous the Demon Plague was!

Every cultivator has a weakness in their heart, and the Demon Plague targets this weakness, attacking and causing the birth of an Inner Demon.

Xu Hei had always been firm in his heart, never believing he had any weaknesses.

But this time, he realized he did have a weakness, and that was Xu Bai!

Forgetting Xu Bai was truly a form of self-protection. As long as he forgot, no Inner Demon would be born, and there would be no flaws.

The Demon Plague was parasitic in the memories of Xu Bai, and as long as Xu Hei remembered, it would act up.

"No flaws, then how am I different from a stubborn stone?" Xu Hei shook his head with a bitter smile.

Everyone has emotions, has joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. Only a heartless person has no flaws, but Xu Hei did not want to be a heartless person.

Moreover, is there truly a heartless person? The heartless ones Xu Hei had seen also pursued strength, had desires, and with desires, naturally came flaws.

Understanding this, Xu Hei felt much better.

At this moment, the space Xu Hei was in was filled with a faint black Dao rhythm, and he seriously suspected that if outsiders came into contact with him, they would also contract the Demon Plague.

This Demon Plague was truly impossible to guard against.

No wonder even Canglan Immortal Lord was helpless, having to bring down a meteorite to completely destroy the Northern Cold Region.

Xu Hei almost caused a great disaster.

"Canglan Immortal Lord took every measure to prevent the spread of the Demon Plague, with tombstone suppression, Naihe Bridge, and even my lost memories might be a backup left by Canglan Immortal Lord."

"However, even such a powerful figure did not expect that I would have the Demon God Cauldron."

Xu Hei pondered internally.

Naihe Bridge was a bridge for eradicating poison, and Xu Hei stored his memories in the Demon God Cauldron, avoiding Naihe Bridge's detection, and at the same time, the Demon Plague was also brought out.

After sorting out his thoughts, Xu Hei felt much more relaxed.

"Heavenly Demon Technique, refine for me!"

Xu Hei took a deep breath, absorbing all the black Dao rhythm into his body, converging it into the Demon Seed.

As long as he operated the Heavenly Demon Technique, he could eliminate the Inner Demon, which had always been Xu Hei's experience, but the Inner Demon was too fierce just now, and Xu Hei suspected it was only temporarily suppressed.

"If the old dog were awake, he would surely be proficient in this." Xu Hei thought to himself.

It took a full two days for Xu Hei to absorb all the black Dao rhythm, with no trace of the Inner Demon appearing again.

Xu Hei finally felt at ease.

He raised his hand to look at his palm, where a golden lotus mark gradually became clear.

This was a mark left on him by Lotus True Monarch when he left the Void Realm.

What purpose it served, Xu Hei did not know for now, but such an important commission left by the other party must have a backup plan.

"Now I have the Infant Breaking Pill and a Supreme Spirit Stone. The urgent task is to gather enough Spirit Stones and find a secluded place to break through to the late Elemental Infant stage."

Xu Hei set a plan for himself.

Speaking of Spirit Stones, he could sell the relics of the Three Corpses Daoist to exchange for enough Spirit Stones, but on the Outer Battlefield, he dared not sell them casually.

He was in urgent need of Spirit Stones, not only for his own breakthrough but also for the needs of the insects.

Suddenly, Xu Hei had a flash of inspiration and thought of a place.

—Windless Valley!

Before entering the Void Realm, he had instructed the people of Tianhen Sword Sect to prepare fifty million Spirit Stones in Windless Valley, and now, after so many years, it was time to retrieve them.

Xu Hei did not act immediately; he spent another day adjusting his state to its peak.

Only then did he walk towards the Cave Dwelling's gate.

After so many days, Sun Wuxiang had not appeared, probably encountering trouble on the way back, but Xu Hei had not counted on him.

He walked to the gate and kicked it.

"Boom!"

The gate shook violently, Xu Hei's energy surged out, the door remained unmoved, but the stone wall beside it cracked with countless fissures, and amidst the fluctuations of numerous array patterns, there was a loud bang, and it exploded.

The entire gate was directly kicked flying by Xu Hei.