The demon lord stood facing the older demon, who opened his eyes to look at the demon lord, causing him to get down on the knees and asked, "What is it?"

The middle-aged man took a deep breath and replied, "A human expert has shown up, and I have a feeling that things are about to change, this human is not normal. He seemed to have gained a lot of information about the secrets of the Eternal Prison."

The old demon, who looked like a skeleton with skin spoke again, "Is his realm higher than you?"

The middle-aged man shook his head and the old demon raised his finger, the next moment a gaping hole appeared in the shoulder of the middle-aged demon, causing him to shiver, and the old demon said, "Since you have a higher strength, why have you come to disturb me? Kill him, and erase the information again."

The middle-aged man wanted to retort, ’Because you wanted me to inform you of every development there, you old bastard.’

However, he was forced to hold back and just nod, because he didn’t wish to die so quickly. He thought for a minute and replied, "I will arrange for it all."

The old demon replied, "Fuck off."

Then he closed his eyes and went back to his own cultivation. The demon lord stood up and walked out of the vault like area. After closing the door he thought, ’You will pay for all that shit you have put me through, old dog, just wait.’

...

Hao Ren was focusing on increasing his Slaughter Dao prowess. At this moment, he was sitting in the wide desert of the Eternal Battlefield. The sensation from the finger of the Arch Demon had left a deep impression on him. His body was covered with red aura, and he was sitting on a dragon scale that he had gotten from the corpse of the dead dragon. This thing was the reverse scale, and it had was something that could trigger the most destructive intention of the dragon. This was why Hao Ren was using it to cultivate.

His body was surrounded with red energy that was gradually condensing into something that looked almost like a liquid. The young man had no idea about the waves that he had created and the actions that the demons have intended to take against him. Just then Hao Ren sensed a strong intention to kill aimed at him from multiple directions. The young man opened his eyes and turned to look into the direction where he sensed the heaviest killing intention.

The young man raised his brow and asked in a soft voice, "Have you come here to die?"

The killing intention vanished almost instantly, the people in the distance were shocked, they had no idea what how could Hao Ren sense them but he did, and one of the people even asked, "Commander, could that human see this far away?"

The man in the lead shook his head and replied, "I never paid any attention to it, and so what if he can sense us, does it give him the fortune to avoid death?"

The demon soldiers all chuckled, but suddenly, they all froze as they looked behind the demon commander. The latter was very confident that he would be able to stop Hao Ren, however, now that the person they were after had stood behind the demon Commander. This situation was something that nobody really expected, however, Hao Ren didn’t give the demon commander the time to react. All it took was one attack and the pride of the demon commander and turned him into a dead corpse.

Hao Ren killed the other soldiers as well, because leaving even one of them out was giving them a chance to pass on the information. So, he didn’t spare anyone, and killed as many as he could, the demon contingents were akin to pillows that have been served up for him when he was about to sleep. He comprehended the Dao of Slaughter and new runes were added in his Saint Halo, further improving his slaughter Dao comprehension.

The young man thought for a bit and replied, "To think that demon leaders are so impatient, but that is to be expected of demons. They were not very cautious about the things they did, the only thing that they have done well was to cover up the facts behind why they were killing humans in this place and the dynamics of this place."

That said, he sat down to cultivate one more time and this time his speed was faster, but his mind was clearer. The reason was the runes that he had comprehended.

His runes were the powers that were helping him calm down and also keep a clear thought process, because the biggest obstacle that a person could face when they comprehend the Slaughter intent is losing themselves to the mania that set them on the path of chaos and killing.

Days have turned into weeks, and Hao Ren sat their in cultivation until one day, when Ye Jian found him. The Sword saint almost lost his balance when he came close to Hao Ren. The gain in strength was crazy and the aura was even more baleful. Ye Jian was shivered as he thought about what Hao Ren might have done to comprehend this much of Slaughter Dao.

Hao Ren opened his eyes and asked, "What happened?"

Ye Jian gulped and replied, "Well, things have been progressing quickly, there have been several thousand attacks in the past three weeks. The spirit cannons have done there job well, but it is not easy for us to handle such things. The men have not been able to rest at all, their spiritual energy is depleted completely. So, I thought of asking you about this."

Hao Ren sighed and stood up before he asked, "Have any of you taken action yourself?"

Ye Jian nodded and said, "I have acted several times, but with a flood of demons, my sword seems to be losing it’s edge."

Hao Ren raised his brow and said, "Do you want me to give you a beating?"

Ye Jian shivered and said, "Apologies."

Just one look and one threat and the doubt in his head was cleared up. Hao Ren sighed and replied, "Go, kill till either the flood is cleared up, or you fall down to your death."

The young man vanished from the place, he knew what he had to do, because if he didn’t do it, Hao Ren would make the move and then their would be a punishment. The level of punishment would be a nightmare, the people have suffered many such punishments in the past and they never wanted to handle something like this ever again.

...

Han Lingshi finished dealing with the demon flood outside the Floating Moon City. She took a deep breath and replied, "I have no idea what Ren is thinking about at the moment."

Xiao Mei replied, "He is thinking of using blood to bait the demons and then have the people gain merits. This way the elders would not have any trouble accumulating enough to create the Star Cities Project."

Han Lingshi sighed and asked, "He is handling all this own and I have no idea what to say, he has been holding back a lot lately and Ye Jian told me that his aura has reached the height where it was suffocating him. Imagine, Ye Jian, the man who can make all the people kneel down with just a gaze was having trouble breathing because Hao Ren looked at him. I wonder if that guy would still be my husband when he comes back or the king of this world."

Xiao Mei chuckled and said, "Well, don’t tell Boss that I said this, but the fact of the matter is, he is the biggest Simp in this universe. He can become anything that he wants but he would always choose to be the henpecked husband, and mind you, Yanling might get away with being naughty because that little one knows how to please Boss, but Xuanshen is going to get his ass spanked like crazy."

Han Lingshi chuckled and replied, "What can I say, I lucked out on him."

...

After a month, Hao Ren stood up on a hill, the Reverse Scale of the dragon under his body had cracked apart like an egg shell. He picked it all up and looked at the horizon. The system asked, *What do you intend to do now?*

The young man replied, "Check what Xiao Mei has found, and then take action against the Demons. They have been sending in people for a long time. We have enough merits for now, it is time for phase two to kick off." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

*Good, you have become more logical and cold in your approach. Now the only soft corner in your heart is your wife and children. Good.*

Hao Ren didn’t even react, his personality has changed completely but that was the temporary price he had to pay to gain strength.