He suddenly lifted his head, and before his eyes, there was no longer any other scenery or people.

The little fox demon close by had already vanished, leaving only the scarlet blood moon in his view.

Baili An pressed his palm against his chest, showing no sign of panic.

He stood upright calmly, closing his eyes.

When he opened them again, the blood-red hue in his pupils spread, occupying the entire eyepiece.

As if having activated a certain true vision, a silhouette gradually became clear within the blood moon.

Blood-red king’s robe, gleaming silver armor, pitch-black and slightly curled long hair like the night, on the exquisite face pale as a painting, lines of breathtaking beauty were outlined, the features vividly defined by intense color.

Especially the lips, almost like painted with fresh blood, scarlet and slender, possessing sharp edges.

She was imposingly graceful, demonically beautiful, making it hard for one to look away from her.

Though Baili An was surprised by Princess Si Li’s sudden visit, his expression remained exceptionally calm, he bowed and said: "Greetings, sister."

He looked at her with his red eyes, addressing her as ’sister’, naturally recognizing his identity as a corpse demon.

This awareness made Si Li quite satisfied.

The slender fox eyes slightly cast down, gazing at Baili An with a relentless chill, naturally revealing a sharp taste:

"You truly know how to mess around, Father bestowed upon you the indestructible corpse demon body, yet you managed to abandon bones and soul, rendering yourself as such useless."

"Knowing this earlier, we wouldn’t have wasted the source blood in the Holy Pool on a waste like you."

Faced with Si Li’s immediate and unabashed reprimand, Baili An’s expression showed no change, his eyebrows were pressed in humility and respect.

"Has sister come here to reprimand me?"

"Why? Should you not be reprimanded?!"

From beneath the blood-red robe, a pale hand extended, her fingertips adorned with sharp tips matching the armor’s color.

The cold fingertips lifted Baili An’s chin.

Without the protection of the corpse demon body, Baili An’s chin skin was easily sliced open with a long bloody gouge.

Blood beads trickled down her fingertips, staining the silver nails red.

Baili An raised his eyes to look at the pair of scarlet fox eyes so close by, listening as she spoke coldly:

"You are mistaken, presently I am educating you, my younger brother, not reproaching. Otherwise, how would you survive?"

Baili An softly replied: "I wonder, sister, what instruction might you offer?"

Si Li smiled with cool indifference: "In these few years, you’ve grown quite a bit, unlike your panicked and confused demeanor on Kongcang Mountain."

"Given your current state, it indeed complements the few source bloods Father bestowed upon you."

Baili An blinked, and as his gaze fell, he saw a strand of a burning sword scar crawl up from beneath her layered collar, his heart stirred, and he involuntarily spoke: "Has the injury from the Heavenly Sword improved, sister?"

Si Li’s slender eyes opened slightly, seemingly surprised by his reaction.

The Royal Family of corpse demons always ruled by bloodline suppression.

The seventeen Royal Families were ranked in order.

Furthermore, at this moment, Baili An had not yet condensed his own Corpse Pearl, making him more susceptible to her bloodline aura’s suppression.

But he did not, instead, he progressed rather than retreated under her cold gaze, letting those sharp slender fingernails scratch his chin, blood flowing fiercely.

Baili An fixed his gaze on Si Li, softly said: "Initially, I didn’t know, but then I realized that my ability to become a corpse demon with the death soul and to be reborn to this life...

was due to sister’s sacrifice of the Corpse Pearl, thus accomplishing me. Otherwise, how could sister, with her Realm Cultivation, be so easily injured by the Heavenly Sword."

Baili An’s words were all sincere, filled with guilt to this day.

But Si Li, having extinguished the seven emotions, was a member of the corpse demon royal family, long having forsaken human emotions. How could she be swayed by his few words?

Upon hearing these words, she even gave a cold smile.

"So, you already knew, the owner of that Corpse Pearl in your heart was me.

Your words are full of worry and guilt, but three years ago, when you heroically chose to protect the dawn of the mortal world and abandon yourself...

I didn’t see you show much pity or concern for that Corpse Pearl in your heart that doesn’t even belong to you, so why pretend now."

The finger resting on Baili An’s chin slid down inch by inch, sharply cutting open his collar, revealing the pale chest and heart.

The sharp fingertip pointed at the deadly sword wound on his heart, and Si Li lowered her eyes and said faintly, "Originally, I was against my father wasting Source Blood to resurrect you, a useless being.

I also couldn’t understand why father cared so much about you, even going so far as to have me offer up the Corpse Pearl, leaving the Dark Continent, to protect you in the mortal world for two hundred years."

Baili An felt conflicted.

He knew well how important the Corpse Pearl was to the corpse demon; if it weren’t for Si Li’s special bloodline, forcibly extracting the Corpse Pearl might already have scattered her soul, turning her body to ashes, completely dissipating between heaven and earth.

Si Li withdrew her finger, looking at him with indifferent eyes: "Born for a few years, already transforming into the tribulation-crossing realm, perhaps to others this is a miracle.

But in my eyes, it’s nothing impressive. Without the Source Blood granted by my father, you would merely be a useless being unable to produce even a natal Corpse Pearl.

Lacking ability, indecisive, ensnared in love, now that you have regained your past memories, it means you will be burdened with the seven emotions and six sufferings of this mundane world for a lifetime.

If it weren’t for father’s command, on the day you awakened your memories, I would have killed you and taken back the Corpse Pearl."

Baili An’s eyes were deeply colored: "If Royal Sister wishes to take the Corpse Pearl, you may do so now."

Si Li replied indifferently: "You stop talking so glibly, do you think I don’t want to? It’s just that father’s command is clear: until you condense your natal Corpse Pearl, my Corpse Pearl must be nurtured within your body day and night, continuously.

If I forcibly take it now, you would be on a path of certain death, and no amount of Source Blood could save you."

Baili An, having cultivated till now, had no one to guide him on how, as a corpse demon, he should practice and condense a Corpse Pearl; everything was up to his own exploration, striving to maintain a delicate balance between the light and dark forces within himself.

He sincerely asked, "Royal Sister, dare I ask, how should I go about condensing a Corpse Pearl?"

Si Li scoffed: "If you had such awareness from the start, would it have come to this? Your heart is too greedy, clearly possessing the highest Source Blood of the corpse demon clan, yet still pining for the light of the Immortal Path, attempting to cultivate both paths."

She suddenly leaned forward, expression calm, but the cold dark aura seemed as if it could devour Baili An and pull him into the terrifying Abyss Hell at any moment.

Her eyes, deep as a sea of blood, fixed intensely on Baili An’s face: "Though the corpse demons don’t submit to the Demon World, forming a distinct clan, don’t make the mistake of thinking we are some kind of clean, virtuous beings.

We are demons; if we want to grow strong, we can only rely on slaughter, plundering others’ vitality to enhance our own.

Plundering has never been about orderly cultivation and enlightenment! The belief we follow is the survival of the fittest, brutal as a wild beast’s law of existence!

Just like you, needing to sustain your life by consuming the fresh blood of others.

Condensing a Corpse Pearl involves continuous plunder, devouring endlessly, abandoning humanity, hunting and fighting like beasts. Do you think... you can accomplish this?"

Si Li’s eyes carried disdain: "You are unwilling to part with this bustling mortal world, so you are destined to have no ties with the Corpse Pearl. My Corpse Pearl is not to be retrieved now. Today, I come for another matter."

Baili An was unbothered by the disdainful look in her eyes, giving a listening posture. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

"You must already know, our father, Corpse King Jiang Chen, was originally a Creator God, later became a fallen god turned demon, establishing a clan outside the Six Realms.

He created the Dark Kingdom with his own hands; after the Great Desolation War, he was dismembered and sealed across Biluo Sea and various places of the Six Realms by Immortal Venerable Zhu Zhan."

"These many years, father’s fragmented bodies and avatars have gradually awakened, reconstituting flesh, with a grand resurgence imminent.

Now, the only and most crucial heart is sealed in an unfathomable place, the Kunlun Pure Ruins beyond endless mountains and seas."

Baili An’s gaze finally showed a significant change.

Si Li continued: "Back when father was sealed, the Kunlun God of the Golden Sea put in considerable effort; I want you to infiltrate Kunlun, kill her, and take back father’s heart!"