You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 837 - 222: Ancient Divine Punishment

"Restore memory..."

The Second Prince pondered for a moment, then said, "As long as he resumes cultivation and masters the Way of the Heart Phase again, restoring his memory shouldn't be difficult. But... should we really let him restore his memory so quickly?"

"What do you mean?" the Crown Prince looked at him.

"He is just one step away from transcending and becoming the fourth Divine Son."

The Second Prince said, "But he must first condense the Divine Heart. You and I both understand what the Divine Heart is. The key lies in the heart, the mindset of a Divine. Beyond transcending the state of heaven and earth, it also involves transcending the self, freeing oneself from all mortal attachments and obsessions."

He continued, "Being trapped by emotional obsessions might produce great miracles, but it is also a kind of restraint. At this moment, the Seventeenth Brother has lost all memory and is a blank slate. Now, he more closely resembles a blank slate. If we only let him regain the Ultimate Path, he is more likely to condense the Divine Heart. For him, this can be considered both a blessing and a curse."

The Crown Prince remained silent for a moment, then said, "Do you think that if he became the fourth Divine Son, the Primordial would spare my Eternal Night Clan for him?"

"I don't know."

The Second Prince said expressionlessly, "Back then, you didn't think the Divine Emperor would die, so what can be certain?"

The Crown Prince said nothing more.

His gaze seemed to penetrate the void, looking towards the fierce battle at the border of the Great Yong, tens of thousands of miles away.

There, the Human Ancestor was still madly slaughtering the demon army, fighting the final battle of a cornered beast. Where the sword light passed, the Demon Clan fell like harvested wheat, while Xiahou Shou ceaselessly hindered the Human Ancestor with the Hand of the Ancient.

The massive demon army formation, complemented by many Demon Ancestors and Demon Gods, completely trapped the Human Ancestor under Xiahou Shou's leadership.

Only, the Human Ancestor was completely mad, attacking relentlessly without defense.

"He won't last long."

The Crown Prince slowly said, "Although the Divine Heart can slowly restore divine power, once his divine power is exhausted, his strength will be reduced to a tenth. Xiahou Shou won't even need to use the Hand of the Ancient to completely suppress him with the demon formation."

"But at least it's just suppression. The Human Ancestor still has a sliver of hope." The Second Prince said, "Fortunately, Xiahou Shou, to kill Lin Yue, damaged his Divine Soul, and his strength has greatly declined."

They could only silently watch all of this.

There's no way.

Both of them couldn't leave the Great Yong, and among the other princes and princesses, the strongest were only at Divine Son level, and wouldn't be much help.

In front of Xiahou Shou, even the Human Ancestor's level of strength could only rely on the Ultimate Divine Artifact within to stay alive, and others going would be no different from courting death.

"Even if it's suppression, over time, the Demon Clan can still kill him."

The Crown Prince said, "When the time comes, Xiahou Shou will come with the Ultimate Divine Artifact, and no matter how much I command the power of the Heavenly Dao, I won't be able to resist him."

The Second Prince was silent for a long time, then said slowly, "Then we have no choice but to gamble."

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The boundless Eternal Night, the ocean of the demon army, surged recklessly through the dark clouds, repeatedly crashing against that vast sword light.

The mad slaughter continued, countless Demon Clan lost their lives, and many demons were terrified, yet more demons surged forward like tsunamis, fearless of death.

Who knows how long passed, that terrifying sword light finally dimmed.

"Seal!"

The dim yellow light fell, and everything suddenly came to a halt.

When time resumed, Xiahong Feng had been sealed within a giant crystal pillar, frozen within as if in ice.

Xiahou Shou looked at Xiahong Feng in the crystal pillar with a cold and pale face, his eyes filled with anger.

The demon army still dared not approach the crystal pillar, their eyes still filled with fear.

"Tens of millions of the demon army... and he, in his dying struggle, actually slaughtered nearly ten percent..."

Xiahou Shou took a deep breath and immediately commanded, "Prepare the Soul Seizing and Refining Array at once, I want to see how long he can hold out."

Though Xiahong Feng's divine power was exhausted, his strength reduced to a tenth, merely relying on his strength could only suppress him with treasures, it couldn't kill him.

Only with the array, can they slowly refine him to death.

Soon, under the personal arrangement of the Demon Clan's most skilled Kun Yao Ancestor, a complex and vast array was established on the spot.

The intangible black mist and the illusory Red Lotus Fire continuously blossomed, starting to gather toward Xiahong Feng.

Xiahou Shou stood inside the array, coldly watching the sealed Xiahong Feng, indifferently said, "Human Ancestor, as I personally lead the array, in eighty-one days, this array can refine you to soul annihilation. If you are willing to surrender the Ultimate Divine Artifact, I'll give you a swift death, how about it?"

The Human Ancestor, sealed in the crystal pillar, did not answer, only his eyes showed a hint of mockery.

"Then die."

Xiahou Shou said indifferently, "A little later is of no concern; it's only eighty-one days. The day I obtain the Ultimate Divine Artifact will be the day of the Human Clan's extinction."

The illusory Red Lotus and black mist constantly seeped into the Human Ancestor's body, corroding and burning his soul.

After a few hours, a wisp of his soul was decomposed into fragments by the black mist and then completely refined by the Red Lotus Fire.

Xiahou Shou watched impassively, continuing to wield the power of the array to refine the Human Ancestor.

Suddenly—

"Boom!"

A wisp of dark light suddenly burst forth from the Human Ancestor's body, accompanied by a terrifying aura, and the illusory black mist and Red Lotus Fire were also isolated outside the Human Ancestor's body.

This Soul Seizing and Refining Array, unexpectedly, could not harm him in the slightest.

"Hmm?"

Xiahou Shou's eyes changed, "The Ultimate Divine Artifact of the Ancient Master actually took the initiative to protect him? How is this possible?"