This different "Fan Wubing" was very clever, learning to speak at half a year old, to walk at one year old, and by two years old had read a variety of Confucian classics, and at three began studying the Holy Sage Book. It seemed to be the start of a genius path.

But the timeline was completely off.

At age four, the incident where a great force of combat left fallout that killed his mother, Lan Sisi, at the Fan Family did not happen. The Little Princess, Fu Manman, did not take refuge at the Fan Family after being attacked.

Just as Fan Wubing thought "Fan Wubing" was going to embark on a different genius rise in life.

On his fifth birthday night, a blood-red eye suddenly opened in the sky, from which a Yinghe Evil Beast rushed out, and plunged into the Fan Family Mansion, devouring "Fan Wubing" in one gulp.

"Ah?"

Fan Wubing was stunned...

The turn of events was too fast and sudden. He completely didn’t understand what had happened. How did the Yinghe suddenly appear and devour?

Then,

sensations began to collapse.

Time swiftly rewound back to the starting point.

"Fan Wubing" started a new life again, but this time died even quicker, being devoured by the Yinghe before turning five.

Then, "Fan Wubing"’s life kept rebooting, but it was always the same. He would inevitably die from the Yinghe before turning five. His life thus looped repeatedly, unable to escape the destiny trap.

Fan Wubing stood by the side, witnessing all of this happen.

He was sure that the Fan Wubing caught in the destiny trap was not him. He gradually realized that this might indeed be the real heavenly slaughter fate, completely without any means of resistance; once it happened, there was only a road to death. Moreover, the most cruel part was that the Fan Wubing of the Heavenly Slaughter Fate was trapped in an unchangeable destiny trap, completely unable to escape.

Fan Wubing lost count of how many reincarnations this was.

Until one reincarnation,

a prompt suddenly appeared in his consciousness—

[You have comprehended a hint of the Power of Reincarnation]

Power of Reincarnation!

The power of the Reincarnation Dao among the Nine Supreme Innate Dao?

Did comprehending the Reincarnation Dao require continually experiencing reincarnation?

He hadn’t had time to ponder when suddenly he saw layered dark clouds above the Fan Family Mansion in Kuiyu City, with red light suddenly appearing.

It was the anomaly at the time of his birth!

Soon after reaching the Fan Family, he heard Fan Qi saying to Daoist Yushan, "Daoist Yushan, you’re here. It’s a boy, four jin and two liang. The name is settled, Fan Wubing."

The wheel of fate, from this moment on, rolled forward, no longer spinning in place.

Afterward, Fan Wubing witnessed his entire life from a bystander’s perspective.

"So... was it my arrival that changed the heavenly slaughter fate?"

The tide of the river of time gently receded.

Fan Wubing suddenly "came to life," regaining his various senses, finding himself in a darkness.

A beam of light shone in, and Jiang Sha appeared within it. At that moment, she was not sitting in a wheelchair but standing with healthy legs, looking entirely healthy, walking up to Fan Wubing. She was not tall, just reaching Fan Wubing’s Adam’s apple, appearing somewhat petite. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"Why are you here?" Fan Wubing asked, frowning.

Jiang Sha smiled faintly, "Because I’m connected to the Celestial Demon, of course I can be here."

"Then where is this place?"

Jiang Sha said, "In the will of the Celestial Demon."

"Will?"

"No one knows what a Celestial Demon looks like or where it exists. We only know that the Celestial Demon created the Demon Dao and introduced Demonic Qi. At the end of the Path of the Demon Lord, the Demon Lords can feel the will of the Celestial Demon and, upon gaining its acknowledgment, become a Demon Lord."

"I don’t get it, how does all this work exactly?"

Jiang Sha said, "It’s actually not complicated. From the moment of your birth, your Path of the Demon Lord began. You are inherently demonic. As to when you completed it, I think you should be able to guess."

Fan Wubing thought for a moment, "During the Heavenly Slaughter Tribulation?"

Jiang Sha laughed and said, "Yes. From that moment, you became the Blood Demon Lord."

"So that’s why you saved me?"

Jiang Sha shook her head, "No. I only confirmed it when I shielded your destiny after you woke up."

Fan Wubing paused, "So, what exactly is the Blood Demon Dao?"

Jiang Sha started walking, her gaze deep, "Just like the ’slaughter’ in Slaughter Demon Lord isn’t just about killing, bloodshed, the ’blood’ in Blood Demon Lord isn’t just about bleeding, or bloodshed. It’s a kind of... rebellion against fate."

Jiang Sha stood before Fan Wubing, raised her left hand, and poked his chest with her index finger, saying,

"Your entire life has been a rebellion against fate. You’ve done what no one else could. Therefore, you are the destined Blood Demon Lord."

"If it’s a path of rebellion against fate, how can it be destined?"

An unusual light gleamed in Jiang Sha’s eyes, she laughed and said, "Yes, you’re right."

Fan Wubing said with a furrowed brow, "I don’t like it."

"Don’t like what?"

"Don’t like this feeling of being manipulated by you."

Jiang Sha laughed, "You’ve got it wrong. It’s not that I’m manipulating you; it’s you manipulating me."

Fan Wubing thought she was referring to needing his care, sighed helplessly, "How can that be the same."

Jiang Sha smiled silently.

"Alright, but even after becoming the Blood Demon Lord, I still don’t feel anything special," Fan Wubing said.

Jiang Sha said, "The Demon Dao... is a rebellion. Just like my Slaughter Demon Dao is a rebellion against order and symbols, your Blood Demon Dao is a rebellion against fate. And sometimes, rebels of a thing understand it better than its champions do. You rebel against fate, so you must understand what fate is. Therefore..."