When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 1054 - 402: A Drop of Blood_3

Li Xiu did not return to the City of Light but went to the Celestial Sea.

The once Divine Realm-like Celestial Sea now looked somewhat desolate. Not only was the Celestial Sea Palace destroyed, but those Divine Position Level magical spirits were also severely injured one by one. The Unicorn Demon Spirit was missing a front hoof, and upon seeing Li Xiu, its eyes immediately turned Blood Red, with steam huffing from its nostrils.

If Li Xiu had not let Bu’Er die, the Celestial Sea would not have ended up like this.

"Let him come." A voice from Celestial Sea Peak resonated as the Unicorn Demon Spirit gave Li Xiu a hateful glare before stepping aside to make way.

Li Xiu flew to Celestial Sea Peak, where he saw Old Xie sitting on a collapsed stone pillar. Although his white robes were still spotlessly clean, his face looked bad, with a dark aura about it.

The chairman did not kill Old Xie, to Li Xiu’s surprise. He originally came here to find Belona and the others but was surprised to find Old Xie still alive.

"Do you know why Li Boyang didn’t kill me?" seemingly reading Li Xiu’s mind, Old Xie spoke slowly.

However, his voice sounded extremely weak, as if he were a terminally ill old man about to draw his last breath.

"Why?" Li Xiu asked.

"Because I am a creature of this world," Old Xie said bitterly.

Though out of context, Li Xiu understood from Old Xie’s words that as one of the Four Great Evil Spirits, he was an essential being in this world.

If Old Xie were killed by the chairman, the chairman would face even harsher suppression and rejection from this world.

"Li Boyang’s goal has never been slaughter," Li Xiu sighed inwardly and said to Old Xie, "Can you tell me who the missing one of the Four Great Evil Spirits is?"

"Why are you inquiring about it?" Old Xie asked Li Xiu with some surprise.

Li Xiu did not hide anything, recounting the matter of the Demon Spirit embryo inside his body.

"I lost without grievance, despite calculating against him earnestly for so many years, nearly exhausting all my efforts, yet he still had the mind to set up so much. I lost without grievance, truly without grievance," Old Xie said bitterly. Although he remarked that he wasn’t grudging, it was apparent he was not reconciled.

After being silent for a while, Old Xie continued, "The one inside you should be the Devouring Spirit among the four."

Li Xiu wasn’t much interested in the name of the Evil Spirit, but rather wanted to know what abilities the Evil Spirit had and whether there was a way to separate it from his body.

Although Li Xiu knew the hope was slim, knowing something was better than knowing nothing at all.

Old Xie naturally understood what Li Xiu desired, so he continued, "While the Four Evil Spirits, like the Sixteen Ancestral Spirits, are the first creatures birthed by the Spirit Suppressing Stone, there are some differences. The Sixteen Ancestral Spirits were purely born from the Spirit Suppressing Stone, while we were not born entirely due to the Spirit Suppressing Stone."

"In fact, it was after the Spirit Suppressing Stone was polluted that we came into existence. In a certain sense, the Four Evil Spirits weren’t originally part of the first creatures nurtured by the Spirit Suppressing Stone; it’s just that the Spirit Suppressing Stone needed to expel the tainted part, resulting in our birth," Old Xie explained.

"What polluted the Spirit Suppressing Stone?" Li Xiu was a little shocked that the Spirit Suppressing Stone, the world’s origin, could be polluted.

"A drop of blood," Old Xie said.

"Whose blood?" Li Xiu was even more shocked. A single drop of blood could pollute the Spirit Suppressing Stone and birth beings like the Four Evil Spirits, an unimaginable existence. What kind of life form’s blood could achieve such a thing?

It’s certain the blood wasn’t from the chairman, since the Four Evil Spirits were suppressed in the Spirit Suppressing Stone long before he went to the Spirit Suppressing Palace.

"I don’t know," Old Xie smiled bitterly, "We’re merely creatures birthed from that drop of blood and the Spirit Suppressing Stone, essentially their children. How could we possibly know whose blood it belongs to? Perhaps you could ask Belona and the others who were born before us and might know something, but they refuse to speak."

Li Xiu nodded and directly asked, "Since the Four Evil Spirits were born of the same drop of blood, you should be clear on the Devouring Spirit’s abilities, right? Is there any way to separate the Devouring Spirit from my body?"

"I’m afraid I can’t help you," Old Xie shook his head, "Though the Four Evil Spirits sprang from the same drop of blood, their abilities differ. Moreover, that Devouring Spirit is a very special existence among the Four Evil Spirits, and our understanding of it is limited."

Li Xiu frowned slightly and asked, "Born of the same drop of blood, why is the Devouring Spirit so special?"

"It’s a matter of bloodline. Though we were born from that same drop of blood, the proportion of bloodline differs. The bloodline of myself and the other two Evil Spirits mainly originates from the Spirit Suppressing Stone and, in essence, is closer to the Sixteen Ancestral Spirits. The Devouring Spirit is different; its bloodline leans more towards that drop of blood. In terms of percentage, the three of us combined might only account for twenty percent, if not less, while the Devouring Spirit alone claims eighty percent, so we’re quite different," Old Xie explained.

"I see," Li Xiu felt an even greater urgency to learn the source of that drop of blood.

This question might only be known to the Sixteen Ancestral Spirits. Li Xiu was about to ask Old Xie how he could meet the Sixteen Ancestral Spirits when a door suddenly appeared in the sky. It was clearly the Celestial Sea Gate.

A seductive figure emerged from the slowly opening door—it was Belona.

Belona walked up to Li Xiu, scrutinizing him gravely, "I heard your conversation; is the Devouring Spirit really inside you?"

Li Xiu nodded, and Belona sighed, "Then that’s troublesome."

"Do you know whose blood tainted the Spirit Suppressing Stone?" Li Xiu asked Belona.

Old Xie also looked at Belona, eager to know the answer.

"I do," Belona said with a strange expression, "That drop of blood came from a human."