Eternal Life as False Emperor

Pain!

Piercing pain!!

Pain like being flayed alive!!!

As early as when Zheng Yi's left arm was torn off by the Demon, he felt a surge of intense pain all over his body.

This intense pain spread rapidly throughout his entire body, penetrating straight into his soul.

And when his head was torn off and consumed by the eagle-bodied, human-faced Demon, Zheng Yi was completely dead.

A screen of darkness!

But the next second…

Another wave of sharp and intense pain emanated from the surface of his body, all around him, piercing directly into his soul!

He suddenly opened his eyes, only to see blades of wind appear out of thin air like surgical scalpels, slicing toward his body!

One cut!

Two cuts!

Three cuts!

A hundred cuts…!

Flayed alive!

He was receiving a punishment by flaying!

Countless sharp blades appeared from the void, slicing and tearing at the flesh on his body, cut after cut.

The pain transmitted from his skin to his flesh, to his Root Bone, to his veins, to his organs, even penetrating into his soul!

He could clearly feel that every inch of flesh, every hair on his body was enduring unspeakable and horrific pain.

"Ah…!"

Finally, unable to endure any longer, a piercing scream emanated from his mouth.

No!

It should be said… emanated from his soul.

Heaven's Wrath and People's Resentment!

This is… his Life Chart!

Yellow Rank Life Chart: Heaven's Wrath and People's Resentment. Upon death, one would randomly experience the underworld punishments of mountain of swords, sea of fire, oil cauldron, tongue pulling, insect devouring, flaying, steamer, saw of knives, etc., with the pain intensifying, acting upon one's soul, and one's pain and resentment could cause massive changes in the surrounding celestial phenomena.

At this moment, after being consumed by the Demon, his soul actually experienced the pain of flaying!!!

"Ahhhhhh…!"

One scream after another, Zheng Yi's figure slowly appeared in the void.

The difference is, at this moment, he remained in the form of a six or seven-year-old child, his entire body was pale and his pupils were cloudy, clearly having transformed into a Fierce Ghost.

And looking down from his perspective, the other nine children who came with him were being consumed by the remaining few Demons.

The gruesome scene was unbearable to look at.

At this moment, the resentment from being devoured by the demons, the anger from being imprisoned by them, and the agony of seeing his kind torn apart, especially after experiencing hellish flaying pain before death.

An endless amount of resentment began to pour out from Zheng Yi's body.

Causing his newly formed pale blue soul to now turn pitch black.

His pupils actually turned blood red!

The strangest thing was, perhaps because Zheng Yi was consumed by the Demons as a child and endured the pain of flaying before death, under the Heaven's Wrath and People's Resentment, an endless amount of resentment was produced, leading to even more bizarre changes!

On his originally fog-shrouded small body, a… blood-red bellyband slowly appeared!

The entire bellyband was blood-red, with a black and red lotus embroidered on it!

It looked incredibly eerie.

This is… Ghost Child's Bellyband!

At this moment.

The blood-colored lotus on the Ghost Child's Bellyband began to slowly unfold, emanating waves of extremely dense and frigid aura.

Resentment!

Yin Qi!

The dense aura immediately surged into Zheng Yi's Soul Body.

Gradually transforming him into a Fierce Ghost!

The difference is.

This time, the Fierce Ghost he transformed into was stronger!

"Eh? Zheng Yi, what's happened to you…"

Suddenly, a crisp voice rang out.

Zheng Yi turned his head and saw several child-like phantoms drifting beside him.

It was the nine children who came with him!

The Yin Qi from the Ghost Child's Bellyband even summoned the souls of these nine children, turning them into Ghosts!

"Is that Zhao Shitou, look below…"

Zheng Yi pointed down, Zhao Shitou and the other children instinctively looked down.

Several Demons were gnawing on their bodies.

Blood, severed limbs, bones, flesh, splattered and flew everywhere.

"What, what happened?"

"We, were we eaten by the Demons?"

"No, no way! Nanny said we were adopted by someone else…"

"Wuwuwu…"

"Nanny lied to us! She lied to us!"

"Wuwuwu…"

Along with a series of sobbing sounds, the souls of the nine children were all tainted by Yin Qi, turning them into Evil Ghosts!

They lost their own spirituality and consciousness.

Driven by instinct, they actually wanted to rush down to kill the Demons devouring them!

Evil Ghosts.

Are essentially those with unresolved resentment in their chests, attracting Yin Qi, and transforming into Evil Ghosts themselves.

In the state of an Evil Ghost, there is no consciousness, only acting on instinct.

And this instinct is to kill those who killed them in life!

Only then can they resolve the resentment in their chests and be reborn!

"Wait!"

Zheng Yi commanded softly, the Yin Qi surged, actually restraining the nine Evil Ghosts.

"If you rush down like this, you won't be able to do anything to them."

"Then what do you have in mind!"

The children like Zhao Shitou suddenly turned around, they no longer resembled humans.

A large amount of inky black Yin Qi entwined them.

Due to the interaction between resentment and Yin Qi, their transformation into Evil Ghosts was faster.

At this moment, just a sliver of memory and emotion allowed them to suppress their rage and actions.

Zheng Yi said, "You want to kill them, I also want to kill them, why don't you merge with me!"

"At that time I'll be stronger and take revenge for you!"

Evil Ghosts can strengthen themselves through mutual devouring.

These children, though transformed into Evil Ghosts, remain incredibly fragile.

Some powerful Demons need only to spit a mouthful of Demon Fire to burn them to ashes.

Just like... everything Zheng Yi experienced on Liuu Miao'er in his previous life!

"Good!"

The nine Evil Ghosts roared furiously and rushed towards Zheng Yi, who immediately devoured them!

The Yin Qi within Zheng Yi surged several degrees, and his entire being—no, the entire ghost—grew significantly larger in size.

Just as he was about to act, faint voices suddenly echoed in his mind.

"I died so miserably..."

"Nanny Liu, you lied to me..."

"Boo hoo... Nanny, you lied to me, where's my favorite osmanthus cake..."

"I was eaten by monsters, boo hoo hoo..."

"I want revenge, I want revenge..."

"Eat me, eat me..."

In the vast room, the empty space unexpectedly began to fill with one dazed, pale-faced child's phantom after another.

They slowly floated in mid-air, their vacant eyes staring at Zheng Yi.

One after another.

A group after group.

Soon.

The entire room's ceiling was almost entirely crowded with children's shadows.

"This is..."

Zheng Yi exclaimed in surprise: "The remnants of the children devoured by Demons in this room?!"

For countless years, at least thousands, if not tens of thousands, of Human Race children have died in this room.

Over countless years, who knows how many Fierce Ghosts, Evil Ghosts, and Resentful Souls have been born.

Unfortunately.

Up till now, only so few remain.

From a rough glance, there are about a thousand.

These children, after transforming into Evil Ghosts and Fierce Ghosts, are utterly powerless against these Demons.

Either scattered into spirits or dissipated over time, ultimately turning into these remnants.

Eternally lingering in this room, unable to leave or reincarnate.

All they can do is make this giant room appear rather eerie and cold.

Against these Demons, they have no means!

Only eternally wandering here, watching their kind being devoured piece by piece!

Gazing at these vacant-eyed children's remnants, Zheng Yi felt a deep empathy.

"You wander here all day, just to seek revenge against these Demons!"

"Come..."

"Merge with me, and I will bear your hatred."

"Your murderous intent, I will fulfill!"

"Roar!"

Accompanied by Zheng Yi's roar, the group's children's remnants all surged towards him.

Under the influence of Yin Qi, they transformed into the purest Yin Qi and were absorbed by him!

His power visibly skyrocketed.

A shroud enveloping his bare body and the Ghost Child's Bellyband became increasingly scarlet.

The blood-red lotus depicted on it transitioned from budding to blooming.

The enticing petals even covered the entire Ghost Child's Bellyband.

At a rough glance, it seemed like a giant black spider web enveloping Zheng Yi!

Black child, blood-red bellyband, blooming lotus made Zheng Yi look incredibly terrifying.

Suddenly, a violent and chilling storm erupted in the entire room.

It swelled and surged.

Overhead, the Yin Qi storm nearly caused a shift in reality.

Among the Demons devouring flesh, someone finally noticed something amiss.

The winged, human-headed Demon was the first to stop and instinctively looked up.

"Not good! A Resentful Soul has emerged!"

"Bah! A mere Resentful Soul, I can easily make it fall with a Demon Fire!"

"No! It's not an ordinary Resentful Soul, but a High-tier Fierce Ghost!"

"Such an aura..."

Several Demons all looked up, only to see a whirlpool slowly appear in the sky before disappearing.

In a blur, the entire room returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

"Hmm? Am I seeing things?"

"Why did the Yin Qi vanish?"

"Charming Ghost, Azure Bone, you are both Ghosts turned spirits, can you feel it?"

Azure Bone shook its massive skull: "I feel nothing; I'm a Skull Demon, not sensitive to Yin Qi."

Beside him, Charming Ghost's form continued to coalesce, eventually forming the appearance of a gloomy old man, though his lower body remained smoke.

"I can feel it; the entire room is incredibly cold with Yin Qi, seeping into every stone brick."

"With this level of Yin Qi, even a newly born Ghost would be at least of the Ghost Soldier Realm!"

"Bah!"

The half-human, half-snake monster snorted coldly: "A mere Ghost Soldier, what are you afraid of?"

"We've eaten so many Humans and killed hundreds of Fierce Ghosts, kill!"

It roared furiously, and a pale white Demon Fire suddenly surged from its mouth, striking the door.

With a "bang," the door shattered, and the Demon Fire began to blaze.

"See, just a little Fierce Ghost..."

It swayed its snake tail and quickly rushed towards the entrance.

The other monsters followed suit.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, the half-human, half-snake monster seemed to notice something and lunged towards a nearby Pig Demon.

It bit the Pig Demon's neck fiercely, tearing with effort.

"Gah gah gah, found you! Bite you to death! Bite you to death!"

"Awooo! Damn Fierce Ghost! I'll kill you! Kill you!"

The Pig Demon immediately went berserk, its massive body charging towards the Snake Demon, slamming hard onto the ground.

Not just those two monsters, even the others started attacking each other, striking with lethal intent!

In an instant, the entire room descended into chaos, with most weaker or more temperamental Demons killing one another.

"This is..."

Charming Ghost's expression changed dramatically, and it exclaimed in panic: "It's an Earth-bound Spirit!"

"This Fierce Ghost has transformed into an Earth-bound Spirit!"