Revealing the two Nascent Souls—more or less unintentionally showing off his strength—once the Bone Nightmare Old Demon saw his goal achieved, he withdrew his two Nascent Souls.
When he looked at the other cultivators again, there was already a slight change in his gaze.
"Back then, after I counter‑killed this old demon, I took that Water Spirit Infant, refined it into my own Second Nascent Soul. On this point, Master, you shouldn't have anything left to say, right?"
The Nightmare True Monarch looked at his high‑spirited prized disciple, and there was not much anger in his eyes.
Or rather, that anger had long since burned itself out.
"I have to admit, Gu Yan, you really are a genius—with fortune, with skill, and with scheming."
"If we master and disciple hadn't come to this stage, but instead jointly ran this Nightmare Sect, then with three Nascent Souls in one sect, even across the entire Jiyuan Continent, we'd be a rather illustrious sect, wouldn't we?"
