All races revere me as the Heavenly Emperor, solely because of my nine disciples!

"Tell me, where is my senior brother?"

Zhou Hai's icy voice came through, like a demon god from the deepest hell questioning him.

"Qingyue Tower...he's at Qingyue Tower!"

"Elder Zhou, your senior brother is not dead. I was just talking nonsense. Please spare my life, Elder Zhou..."

At this moment, Lin Shixiong was no longer the forceful man he had been moments before. In Zhou Hai's hands, he couldn't even resist and could only confess the truth.

"Qingyue Tower?"

"Damn it... He promised to save the world, but he's sneaking off to brothels again?"

Zhou Hai was stunned, and was speechless for a moment.

He even worried about this senior brother; what a waste of his feelings!

"Yes, Elder Zhou's senior brother is at Qingyue Tower!"

"Sect Leader Murong is not dead! Please, Elder Zhou, spare my life!"

Lin Shih-hsiung begged for mercy again.

"Spare your life?"

"Heh heh, as subjects of the Great Zhou, it's one thing for your Lin family to collude with evil forces and attempt to usurp the throne, but you even dare to sacrifice blood for the living!"

"You think you deserve to live?"

Zhou Hai sneered, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"No... Elder Zhou, that's not true!"

"I am the Crown Prince's man, the Crown Prince's man!"

"How could I betray the Crown Prince..."

Lin Shih-hsiung was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly explained.

However, before he could finish speaking, everything went black, and excruciating pain struck him.

His body was instantly crushed by Zhou Hai, turning into a pool of blood on the spot.

"You're still trying to deny it at a time like this!"

"So, in the face of death, you are no different from any other living being!"

Zhou Hai clapped his hands, and as he spoke, he released the Soul Devouring Demon Palace from the system space.

As the palm-sized main body of the Soul Devouring Demon Palace appeared, its mysterious power spread in all directions!

"what……"

Immediately afterwards, screams rang out.

The already deceased Lin Shixiong, along with the ten experts at the Life-Seizing Realm, appeared in the air.

Their bodies were transparent, and their faces showed terror, as if they were enduring unimaginable pain.

"Is this what a soul is?"

Zhou Hai curiously examined these souls, watching them being taken into the Soul Devouring Demon Palace.

The next moment, a flash of dark light appeared within the Demon Palace, and countless sharp blades emerged, instantly piercing through these souls.

The screams grew even more piercing; even the soul felt the pain of being pierced by a thousand blades.

Moreover, the pain of a broken soul is a million times greater than that of a physical injury.

That wasn't all. As soon as the blade passed, raging demonic flames burned, scorching these souls and making their screams a thousand times louder!

Immediately following, various punishments appeared, including the chilling air of the Netherworld, the biting of countless insects, and the Yin-Yang millstone.

The small demon palace now seemed to have transformed into a hellish inferno, sending chills down one's spine.

The key is that the Demon Palace has its own soul regeneration system. No matter how much torture is inflicted, even if these souls are completely destroyed, they can reassemble in an instant and continue to endure the torture.

This scene terrified the surrounding cultivators from the Lin family, who were at the Innate Realm and Foundation Establishment Realm, causing them to flee in terror.

Some people tried to escape, only to find that they couldn't even move their legs.

They were scared!

At this moment, they were just like ordinary people, their calves cramping. They couldn't even muster the courage to run away, let alone avenge Lin Shixiong. They could only hope that Zhou Hai would ignore them!

"father……"

Seeing her father suffering endless torment in the Demon Palace, Lin Wan'er let out a heart-wrenching cry.

She tried to get up, but all her bones were broken. Not only could she not get up, but the injury aggravated her injuries, causing her to cough up blood.

"Dad...Dad..."

At the same time, the three young men who had just rushed out of the mansion also saw this scene and couldn't help but roar loudly.

Zhou Hai turned his head and saw the entire governor's family inside the gate, staring at him with bloodshot eyes!

"Heh, so even your governor's mansion has feelings!"

"So even people from your governor's mansion can feel heartache!"

"You've come at the perfect time; a family should always be together!"

Zhou Hai's eyes were cold, and a cruel smile appeared on his lips.

He raised his hand and waved it, and the huge palm print reappeared, even larger than before, over a hundred feet long, and crashed down.

"Do not……"

The Lin family members looked terrified. Some tried to escape, but the space seemed to freeze, and they couldn't move at all. They could only watch helplessly as the palm print fell.

"boom……"

The courtyard inside the Lin family mansion gate collapsed instantly.

The ground collapsed several meters deep, and all the Lin family members instantly turned into blood and mud, merging into the ground, dying a violent death.

"Do not……"

"Brother...Mother...Grandma..."

Of the entire Lin family, only Lin Wan'er remained alive at this point.

Upon seeing this, her eyes widened in horror. Ignoring her physical pain, she screamed like a cuckoo crying blood, a heart-wrenching sound.

She never imagined that one day she would witness her entire family die a violent death.

At this moment, when she looked at Zhou Hai, it was as if she were facing a devil.

She never felt there was anything wrong with killing.

This world is inherently a dog-eat-dog world. In the face of the strong, the weak are like pigs and dogs; they are killed without consequence.

Only then did she truly feel the pain of the weak.

Up until now, she has never considered the pain of those harmed by the Lin family; she only feels her own pain!

She hates...

Why is this devil in front of me so ruthless and inhuman?

She hates...

Why does such a devil exist in the world? Why doesn't Heaven punish him?

"Lin Wan'er, are you in pain?"

"When you tortured my father with hot irons and let Kui Mudiao gnaw on his flesh, did you ever imagine this day would come?"

"When you stripped my mother naked in public, caught her in a net, and cut off pieces of her flesh to feed Kui Mudiao, did you ever think about this day?"

"Hehehe... You say my parents are lowly, and that it's their honor to become food for your spirit pet!"

"You say you're strong, and that their deaths make you happy because they've done good deeds!"

“Now, my master is stronger than all of you. He killed your entire family. Why aren’t you grateful to my master?”

"Now that the souls of your parents and relatives are at my mercy, why don't you thank me profusely?"

Beside Zhou Hai, Qin Xiyao coldly watched this scene before finally speaking.

"Qin Xiyao, you are not human..."

Aren't you afraid of retribution?

Lin Wan'er coughed up blood and cried out loudly.

"Hahaha... That's what I said when you first tortured and killed me!"

"You said, how can there be retribution for killing an ant?"

"I never thought you'd say something like that!"

Qin Xiyao laughed loudly, but tears welled up in her eyes.

Zhou Hai felt a pang in his heart. He knew this girl had suffered, but he never imagined her life was so dark.

No wonder she was so ruthless towards the Lin family. Anyone who has experienced such a thing would probably not be kind-hearted.

Just then, the demonic palace unleashed its power once more, imprisoning the souls of all the Lin family members and subjecting them to the same treatment as Lin Shixiong and the others.

For a moment, shrill screams echoed continuously.

The entire entrance to the governor's mansion seemed to have transformed into the depths of hell, with a hundred ghosts roaming at night, a truly terrifying sight!

"Who dares to cause trouble here..."

At this moment, a cold voice sounded.

"Lady Ruyan, help me!"

Upon hearing this voice, the cultivators who had been frozen in fear and dared not even flee were overjoyed.

In an instant, they felt the pressure around them lessen, and they all turned around and knelt down to a stunningly beautiful woman walking towards them from a distance.