"Boom!"

In the sea of consciousness of Zhao Changhe, Lie reached out to catch his full-powered punch.

Zhao Changhe himself was already quite tall, but Lie was even taller, and when he grasped Zhao's fist, it somewhat looked like he was grabbing a child's hand, though it wasn't easy for Lie either.

Despite being in the form of a divine soul, he instinctively adopted a cross-step stance to lower his center of gravity, making it easier to exert force. Even so, it was clear that his hand became slightly ethereal from the punch and started to blur, indicating that his soul power had been weakened.

Of course, Zhao Changhe was not having an easy time either, mainly because his body was being lacerated by thousands of cuts as his Blood Evil Qi refused to obey.

Just a while ago, he had been embarrassed to still be contemplating Blood Evil's backlash at this day and age. As it turned out, when faced with a more powerful master of Blood Evil, it indeed wouldn't heed him.

Fortunately, he had never intended to follow in Lie's footsteps, having learned many other martial arts... Otherwise, if he really had to fight Lie using the Blood Evil Saber Technique, he would likely be completely constrained without even fighting. No matter how skilled you are, could you match the one who invented the technique?

Luckily, his own Blood Evil intent wasn't too strong, which meant that the revival of Lie, lurking in the deepest depths, was only halfway there... Actually, if it were Xue Canghai who had triggered it, it might have been even stronger than his own. It just goes to show that the world sees Zhao Changhe as the embodiment of the Blood Evil Saber Technique, but he's really just an amateur. The true legacy of the Blood God lies with old Xue.

As the two clashed palms, Lie spoke, "To be seen by Yin Kui, that old bastard, as the most suitable candidate to awaken me, you must be the one with the strongest intent of Blood Evil in this world. Eyeballing your strength, it's indeed very strong, and your primary focus on the Blood Evil Skill is fitting, but why does it not match the cultivation one would expect?"

Are you saying you're not convinced that old Xue and old Sun have scolded me for not being proficient in Blood Evil?

Zhao Changhe endured the intense pain in his body and grinned with gritted teeth, "Of course, it's because I knew this day would come, and I would rather wander confused on the path of martial arts for a long time than to continue down your path."

Lie paused for a moment, then nodded, "I may have underestimated the wisdom of future generations."

"Are you the one embarrassed, Lie?" Zhao Changhe said coldly. "You once fought against the injustice, pointed fingers at gods and Buddhas, and how exhilarating that was to the hearts of the later generations! Now, to this day, have you become the very person you hated the most? When you started the Creation Restart, I thought it was the passion of an epoch reborn and admired you... but is this the 'creation' you restarted?"

Lie started laughing, "I am a demon, didn't you know? Or did you mistake me for a Buddha?"

Zhao Changhe: "..."

Laughing, Lie said, "Those who learn my Cultivation Technique, how many of them do it for the indignation, to point fingers at gods and Buddhas, to shatter the chains; how many of them seek power, the desire to kill and conquer; and how many of them to become the Blood God themselves... do you know?"

Zhao Changhe knew the followers of the Blood God Sect belonged to the latter two categories, but did he count as the former? Initially, he had no other choice of Cultivation Technique, and several times the pain from the Blood Evil's backlash made him want to abandon it. In the end, he continued with it largely because many predecessors thought the technique was strong and didn't suggest changing it. Of course, his own liking for it was a significant factor – the vigor of gods and Buddhas scattering, and blood filling mountains and rivers was really to his taste, otherwise, no one could persuade him.

Zhao Changhe slowly said, "So when you restart creation, there's really a choice?"

"There wasn't a choice originally. When someone reached the intent of slaughtering the innocents and even shattering Heaven and Earth, I would naturally awaken. No matter the reason behind their learning, they were already becoming a demon through slaughter. What's wrong with me taking over?"

"..."

"Being awakened prematurely by Yin Kui, ironically, gave me a choice." Lie looked Zhao Changhe up and down for a good while, with surprise in his eyes, "Interesting, interesting... I never thought there would be someone like you among my inheritors... You hold such a strong spirit of justice, so unbending, using my Cultivation Technique... and it's unexpectedly such a perfect match..."

During their conversation, Zhao Changhe was secretly struggling for control over the Blood Evil in his body, at least trying to smooth it over, but he frustratingly found that Lie hardly bothered with that mess, leaving him unable to wrest control.

If in this world everything had a god who presided over it, then since Lie existed, he was the master of Blood Evil, and as long as he was there, no one else could compete.

Zhao Changhe wasn't discouraged, since their current struggle was soul against soul, and his soul power mainly developed through his Dual Cultivation with Guigui and had very little to do with Blood Evil. Just now, he had proven that the opponent was also afraid of his punch. As long as he could find another opportunity, throw another punch...

"Such an unbending look in your eyes," Lie laughed. "Hey, let me ask you, haven't you been oppressed much?"

Zhao Changhe was caught off guard by the question, "Not much. There was a bit at the beginning, when the Blood Evil Qi was strongest. Later on, let's just say I was lucky; those who had the right to oppress me, didn't."

Cui Wenjing, Tang Wanzhuang... the "senior experts" he had encountered along the way treated him strangely due to his royal prince status. It was he who was causing trouble for antagonists like Maitreya and Wang Daozhong... The only one who could be said to "bully" him was Vermilion Bird, but at the same time, Vermilion Bird would change identities and let him do some bullying in return, so how could that be counted...

Nodding, Lie sighed deeply, "With your stubbornness, if you had been in an environment of constant oppression, you would surely have become another me. But fate has led you down a different path. Your defiance remains, you scorn gods and demons, yet you can protect the weak and safeguard the people."

Listening more and more, Zhao Changhe felt uneasy. Are you going to fight or not?

Suddenly, Lie said, "You and I are fighting for control over the Blood Evil... It's clear you haven't studied it in-depth, you haven't realized that Blood Qi and Evil Qi should actually be considered separately."

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