The palace was deathly silent, without the slightest sound. The terrifying aura that had filled the palace moments ago vanished instantly as the headless corpse turned to dust.
Outside the palace, Long Yi and the others were instantly alerted. Their eyes were vacant, and the oppressive pressure had suddenly disappeared.
Long Yi and the others quickly rushed towards the palace and pushed open the grand doors.
"Big Brother!" Long Yi shouted, his face filled with anxiety.
Li Xiaotian was lying on the ground, covered in blood, his aura chaotic.
Long Yi and the others quickly gathered around. Li Xiaotian looked horrifying, his flesh and blood mangled, with no part of him intact.
Long Yi and the others looked on with anxious expressions, all of them panicked. Li Xiaotian's current state was akin to a corpse. If not for his faint heartbeat, they would have believed Li Xiaotian was dead.
Meanwhile, Li Xiaotian was completely unaware of everything happening outside. His consciousness had fallen into a deep slumber, feeling nothing, as if he were truly dead.
Long Yi and the others carried Li Xiaotian out. They were all in a state of panic. No one knew what had happened after Li Xiaotian entered the palace. The palace's oppressive aura had vanished, and Li Xiaotian had ended up in this state, filling them with dread.
"Seal the bronze gates and have all the exploring brothers gather in the plaza!" Long Yi commanded. He had no idea what had occurred, so all he could do was reinforce their defenses and wait for Li Xiaotian to awaken.
If not for the slow recovery of Li Xiaotian's injuries, he would have felt an urge to leave the place immediately.
Everyone from the Dragon King's Hall quickly returned. All training ceased, the plaza was cordoned off, and everyone's expression was filled with vigilance.
Li Xiaotian's injury made everyone feel as though they had lost their anchor. Even the soldiers cultivating demonic soldiers looked worried.
Fortunately, as time passed, Li Xiaotian's injuries healed faster. After an unknown amount of time, Li Xiaotian's appearance became clear, and all his injuries had healed.
However, he had not yet awakened.
Li Xiaotian was now in a strange state. His injuries were all healed, and his aura was even stronger than that of a normal person. Yet, he remained in a coma, like a vegetative patient.
After an immeasurable period, in the boundless darkness, Li Xiaotian gradually regained consciousness. However, he could not feel his body, nor did he have any other thoughts. He only instinctively felt that he was not dead and was still alive.
Time flowed by slowly. Li Xiaotian's consciousness gradually cleared, and he discovered that a vast amount of content had appeared in his mind out of nowhere.
"What is this?" Li Xiaotian wondered. He browsed through the memories in his mind, and then his heart was shaken, filled with shock.
The memories in his mind were a person's inheritance, primarily divided into two parts: one was cultivation techniques, and the other was a person's cultivation experience.
And clearly, that person was the owner of the headless corpse.
The Demon Lord!
The Demon Lord was one of the top ancient powerhouses, a peak Heavenly realm expert. He established the overlord-level force, the Demonic Cult. Apart from him, everyone in the Demonic Cult consisted of demonic soldiers. It could be said that he alone was an overlord-level force.
The Demon Lord was warlike, bloodthirsty, and domineering in his actions. In ancient times, he was a figure feared by all.
From the memories, Li Xiaotian understood the identity of the headless corpse and was filled with horror. Such a powerful being had actually been killed.
Unfortunately, the memories were incomplete. He could only infer the Demon Lord's identity from the memories, but he knew nothing about his life or the ancient era.
He understood why; after all, the Demon Lord was dead, and his inheritance was likely a last resort left by a sliver of consciousness after he was killed.
The Demon Lord had created the Demonic Art, which allowed him to cultivate by devouring all things. Not only was the person domineering, but his cultivation technique was even more so. Because of this, the Demon Lord's path to power was met with universal opposition. He fought from a young age until he became a top ancient powerhouse, gaining recognition from the numerous forces of ancient times.
Li Xiaotian's heart stirred. The Demonic Art, devouring all things, integrating all energies.
Upon seeing this, Li Xiaotian couldn't help but feel excited. His current situation involved two energies within his body: one was the energy cultivated by the Heavenly Emperor Art, and the other was the blood power cultivated by the Blood Sea Technique.
Although these two powers made him strong, they also repelled each other. Furthermore, the Blood Sea Technique had significant hidden dangers, which had always made him worried.
However, with the Demonic Art, his physical problems could be solved with ease. He could integrate the energies in his body and even eliminate the hidden dangers of the Blood Sea Technique.
Li Xiaotian suppressed his excitement and continued to browse the memories in his mind. He had to admit, this was a stroke of great luck.
He quickly searched for memories concerning the demonic soldier cultivation technique's viciousness. More than twenty thousand soldiers had cultivated the demonic soldiers, and he did not want those brothers to become soulless machines in the future.
The demonic soldier cultivation technique was created by the Demon Lord to cultivate his own forces. The Demon Lord was a suspicious person who only trusted himself. Therefore, he had no friends, which led him to create the demonic soldier cultivation technique.
The demonic soldier cultivation technique allowed people to rapidly increase their strength, but the price was to give up all emotions and their future lifespan.
A trace of anxiety flashed in Li Xiaotian's heart. He carefully reviewed the introduction to the demonic soldier cultivation technique, and his heart gradually turned cold. Could the demonic soldier cultivation technique truly have no solution?
Suddenly, Li Xiaotian's heart stirred. He saw the very end, and his heart was filled with joy.
Those who cultivated the demonic soldiers sacrificed everything for strength, but it was not an unsolvable problem. Unless they broke through to the Heavenly realm, their lost emotions and lifespan would return.
Li Xiaotian frowned, but he was not discouraged. The demonic soldier cultivation technique had a solution! His brothers were still saved!
Although breaking through to the Heavenly realm was extremely difficult, at least there was still hope!
"Perhaps there are other methods. The Demon Lord created this technique precisely to cultivate a batch of loyal death soldiers who would only obey him. He never considered anything else."
Li Xiaotian murmured to himself. His current strength was still too low, and he had encountered too little. There were definitely other ways to resolve the issue of the demonic soldiers, not necessarily according to the Demon Lord's methods.
After reading the memories of the demonic soldier cultivation technique, Li Xiaotian investigated other memories. He became increasingly shocked, and at the same time, his heart was filled with excitement.
The Demon Lord possessed two supreme treasures: one was his weapon, the Demonic Sword, a Heavenly realm weapon. The Demon Lord had infused it with countless rare treasures, making it indestructible.
One had to consider that this sword had killed the Demon Lord, which spoke volumes of its terrifying power.
The other supreme treasure was the Demon Lord's palace, the Demonic Palace, a Heavenly realm defensive weapon. It could change its size and ignore all attacks below the Heavenly realm. Even Heavenly realm experts, even the most powerful sword cultivators, could not easily break the Demonic Palace.
Li Xiaotian was excited because the memories the Demon Lord had left him contained methods to control these two supreme treasures.
He never expected that he would turn misfortune into fortune. Not only did he gain a safe haven for cultivation after entering here, but he also obtained the Demon Lord's inheritance.