Chapter Seventeen: Heart Demon
"Why? Why is it like this? Why am I the reincarnation of the Carefree God? Why is my fate being controlled by others?" At this moment, a voice that couldn't be ignored echoed in the vast Blood Prison Hall. This was Ao Tian, who had been deeply conflicted since hearing the words of the War God Xing Tian. On one hand, as the reincarnation of the Carefree God, his fate was always being controlled, but on the other hand, he didn't want to be a puppet with his fate arranged by others. At this moment, Ao Tian's heart was filled with unprecedented conflict, and his mind was undergoing an unprecedented test. If he wasn't careful, he would fall into the demonic path and never recover. All of this depended on himself. As long as Ao Tian could emerge from this heart demon, his willpower would become unshakeable. Meanwhile, outside the grand hall, four people were sitting anxiously: the Blood Prison King, Zhu Long, the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox, and the Mysterious Bird.
"What's wrong with Ao Tian? Why hasn't he come out from inside?" Xuan Niao started speaking.
"Don't worry, the Upper God has instructed us before he left, let's not disturb him, everything must be decided by himself, let's wait and see." Only the Blood Prison King slowly said.
Looking at the current Ao Tian, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and Ao Tian's mind was struggling. Suddenly, a voice echoed in Ao Tian's mind: "Ao Tian, this world is where the strong are respected, only those with great power can get what they want, and your grandfather's revenge can be avenged." A tempting voice suddenly appeared in his mind.
"What person? Who are you? How do you know what I'm thinking? Is this an illusion?" Ao Tian's heart skipped a beat. "I am the direction you will take in the future, why don't you free your own heart? Why not follow the arrangement of fate? Think about it, if you follow the arrangement of fate, you will become a carefree god admired by all, and possess the power to destroy heaven and earth. Think about your past experiences, think about how your grandfather died. If you had strong powers to protect your grandfather, he wouldn't have sacrificed himself to save you. Come on, follow my guidance and walk this way... then you will gain great power." The voice continued, "Is it only by possessing great power that one can gain the admiration of all, and receive respect?" Ao Tian's mind was now in a state of confusion, his thoughts wavering back and forth. Although he somewhat agreed with what the voice said, he still had some reservations in his heart.
"Don't you want to possess the power to control the lives of others? With such power, you can gain the respect and awe of everyone under heaven, as well as unimaginable rights and privileges. You can easily avenge your grandfather's death, isn't that what you're working so hard for? Just imagine, once you have this power, the lives of others will be in your control, wouldn't it be great to dominate the world?
As soon as the voice fell silent, an image appeared before Ao Tian. A person stood tall with their head held high, exuding an aura of unparalleled strength. The people who had driven his grandfather to death were all kneeling at his feet. And the person in the image looked exactly like Ao Tian."
"No... I didn't think so... not..." Ao Tian cried out in anguish, though without a sound, but Grandfather's kind face and past teachings began to emerge one by one in his mind.
At this time, a slight fluctuation suddenly appeared in Ao Tian's purple mansion. Ao Tian's heart tightened, and this weak fluctuation was undoubtedly a strong stimulus to his mind. He immediately calmed down and began to control his mind to sink into the purple mansion. The boundary infant sat there with no energy, but it seemed to be surrounded by a faint bloody light. He stared at this bloody light and tried to mobilize his yuanqi to get closer to it, so that he could feel more clearly. At this time, his yuanqi seemed to be very cooperative with his movements, and began to frantically rush towards the bloody light like a madman. After the yuanqi came into contact with the bloody light, it actually started to absorb the bloody light. The boundary infant also slowly transformed, no longer so listless, and a faintly visible green sword on its forehead emitted an unusual glow, which slowly turned blue-green and continued to absorb the rushing yuanqi.
"No... it's not like that, this isn't what you mean, don't do this..." The voice suddenly appeared again in Ao Tian's mind, constantly persuading Ao Tian to stop his actions.
He looked up to the sky as if he hadn't heard that voice at all, and continued to command and absorb the blood light. The voice grew smaller and smaller until it was completely gone. The scene in front of him also disappeared, and the small blue sword on Jing Yu's forehead had completely transformed into a blue color, emitting a majestic aura.
At this time, Ao Tian slowly woke up, opened his eyes, and shone with blue light. The small green sword on his forehead also turned blue like the one in Jingying's womb. He then explored the Zifu and found that the Jingying inside seemed to have grown a bit, emitting a majestic aura, just like what he saw in his heart. Only then did Ao Tian realize that he had unintentionally broken through the True Realm period and reached the Object Realm period... His heart felt extremely comfortable. He let out a loud roar "My fate is mine, not heaven's". Then, he slowly walked towards the outside of the main hall....
