The weather in July was incredibly hot and dry.

The sun hung high in the sky, relentlessly baking the earth.

Qiao Suinian carried An Shengyao on his head to shield her from the sun as they ran. The body temperature of the Abyss Demons seemed to be lower than that of humans, and An Shengyao's body was still as cold as jade even after being exposed to the sun for a long time.

It wasn't until they were far from Kyoto that Qiao Suinian finally found a dilapidated building to stop in.

This place is separated from Kyoto by Kitakawa City, so it should be basically safe once you get here.

He untied An Shengyao, who was bound hand and foot, and then removed the sock from her mouth.

"Who are you? Why did you kidnap me? Where are you taking me? Why can you summon the shadow of my Abyss Demon God?"

An Shengyao bombarded Qiao Suinian with questions, driving her to the brink of despair. Qiao Suinian had no choice but to slap An Shengyao twice, her favorite move. Only then did An Shengyao realize she was now a prisoner and immediately fell silent.

"What did you just say? What about the gods of your Abyss Demon Clan?" Qiao Suinian asked.

However, An Shengyao seemed to have gotten angry after being hit, and she turned her head away forcefully, not wanting to pay any attention to Qiao Suinian.

Qiao Suinian slapped her twice more, her favorite slaps, before An Shengyao finally spoke up, feeling wronged.

"That enormous black shadow that just appeared behind you is the guardian deity of my Abyss Demon Clan! The Otherworldly Demon God!"

When An Shengyao uttered the words "Different Evil God," her expression became devout.

"The Otherworldly Demon God? Are you sure you're not mistaken?" Qiao Suinian murmured this name. Could it be that the evil god power he had been collecting all along was related to this so-called Otherworldly Demon God?

“There’s no mistake! The aura emanating from that dark figure is exactly the same as the aura emanating from the statue during our clan’s sacrificial rites! There’s absolutely no mistake!” An Shengyao said with absolute certainty.

Qiao Suinian nodded and secretly made a mental note of it. If he became stronger in the future, he would definitely go to the Abyss Demon Clan to see what this so-called Evil Demon God was all about.

Of course, he definitely can't go now. With his current strength, going to venture into the Abyss Demon Clan alone would be no different from suicide.

What he needs to do now is to improve his strength by any means necessary, which is why he risked capturing An Shengyao.

The Abyss Demons are a very peculiar race. Each advanced member of a different race has a unique skill that can be acquired, and this skill is unique; only the first person to kill an advanced member of the race can obtain it.

In addition to a unique skill, an Abyss Demon can provide an even more terrifying skill: it can enable humans to control demonic energy!

However, to obtain this skill from an Abyss Demon, one must find an Abyss Demon who is still a virgin and then make them willingly offer themselves to him.

It's fortunate that Qiao Suinian is a reincarnated person, otherwise he would never have been able to obtain such important information.

He found it hard to imagine what the person who obtained this information in his previous life had done to the Abyss Demons.

So when An Shengyao was captured, her fate was already sealed. The only challenge now is how to make An Shengyao do it willingly.

Fortunately, Qiao Suinian is no novice. At first, he might be a little unfamiliar with being a scumbag and feel guilty, but after doing it many times, he gets the hang of it.

One of the most important skills for a scumbag is to learn how to tell white lies.

"Cough cough!"

Qiao Suinian cleared his throat, and then his voice became low.

"That's right! Now that things have come to this, I can no longer hide it from you. In fact, I am the reincarnation of the Otherworldly Demon God!"

An Shengyao looked at Qiao Suinian as if she were a fool, her face full of disbelief.

"Do you think I would believe you? Even if the guardian deity of my Abyss Demon Clan were reincarnated, he could never become so vile and filthy!"

Qiao Suinian gave a helpless, bitter smile.

"It seems you don't believe me. In that case, how do you explain that shadow just now? It was clearly summoned by me, wasn't it?"

An Shengyao wavered upon hearing this. The aura emanating from that dark figure was indeed from their Abyss Demon Clan's guardian deity; there was no doubt about that.

"That only proves that you have a connection with the Otherworldly Demon God, it doesn't prove that you are a reincarnation!"

"Hehe..." Qiao Suinian's lips slowly curled into a smirk, looking as if she had everything under control. "Then why don't you try this one! This time, feel it carefully!"

Qiao Suinian pointed a finger at An Shengyao, and the dark power brought by the Dark Blessing began to relentlessly erode her body.

An Shengyao's expression changed slightly. When she was fighting Qiao Suinian, she did feel a strange power constantly eroding her, but she could not find the source of this power.

After focusing intently on sensing it this time, she felt a familiar power within the force that was eroding her—it was... the power of the Otherworldly Demon God!

Although it was only a very, very faint trace, An Shengyao would never mistake this power!

"How is this possible?!" She looked at Qiao Suinian's face, her expression full of disbelief.

"Nothing is impossible. Why do you think I captured you instead of killing you? It's because you are one of my people!"

After a moment of change in expression, An Shengyao suddenly calmed down, raised her cold eyes and stared at Qiao Suinian. Even as a prisoner, An Shengyao's every move was still breathtakingly beautiful.

"Don't try to fool me, you are clearly a living, breathing human being! The Otherworldly Demon God would never choose a human as his vessel!"

"Who told you I'm human?" Qiao Suinian said nonchalantly. "Human abilities have limits. I've learned one thing from my short life... The more you scheme and plot, the more you'll discover that human abilities have limits... Unless you surpass humanity."

"What exactly are you trying to say?" An Shengyao frowned.

"I stopped being human a long time ago!"

Qiao Suinian opened his bright eyes, then tore off his clothes, revealing his muscular and strong body.

However, he wasn't there to show off his physique; instead, he exposed his back to An Shengyao.

"See that? That's livor mortis! Do you think it's possible for a human to develop livor mortis?"

Before An Shengyao could recover from her shock, Qiao Suinian immediately pulled out a gleaming dagger.

"What are you going to do?" An Shengyao was startled.

But the next second, something even more surprising happened: Qiao Suinian actually plunged that incredibly sharp dagger straight into her own heart!

Qiao Suinian slowly pulled out the blood-soaked dagger, then tossed it away as if nothing had happened.

"See that? If I were human, could I survive having my heart pierced?"