196: Therefore, he deserves to die.

Deathly silence.

Above the Soul Severing Valley, there was a deathly silence.

The Three Women stared blankly at Qin Feng, looking at the strange black banner in his hand that had just "eaten" a Middle Stage Soul Transformation expert.

On those three faces, beautiful enough to overturn nations, the expressions were surprisingly uniform: pale and horrified.

The scene just now was too subversive to their understanding.

That wasn't murder; it was a more terrifying, more complete erasure! A living Soul Transformation expert was forcefully swallowed by that black banner right before their eyes!

Not even a trace of his existence was left behind!

Such a method had long exceeded their comprehension of the words "Dao technique."

This was Demonic!

It was an ability that only the most evil and cruel Devil Heads of legend possessed!

“Senior... Senior Brother...”

Lin Yao was the first to break the silence. Her small face, usually adorned with a charming and mischievous smile, was now deathly white, devoid of any color.

She looked at Qin Feng, and for the first time, her large, watery eyes held something named "fear."

Her voice was trembling.

“W-where is he? Where did that bad guy go?”

She couldn't believe what she had just seen, preferring to believe it was just an incredibly realistic illusion.

“Junior Brother...” Ye Nianxin, standing beside her, was no better. Her beautiful face, usually gentle as water, was ghastly pale. She subconsciously clutched Qin Feng's sleeve, and her eyes, which were always full of tenderness, were now filled with deep unease and worry.

She looked at the black banner in Qin Feng's hand, which radiated an ominous aura, and her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz: “That banner... it... it's so sinister...”

As for Zhao Muxue, she remained silent from beginning to end.

However, her ice-and-fire phoenix eyes, slightly widened in shock, and her jade hands, whose knuckles were white from excessive gripping, betrayed the extreme turmoil in her heart.

As a Tribulation Crossing Great Power, she could feel what had happened more clearly than Lin Yao and Ye Nianxin. She could sense that Wang Ba's vitality, magical power, Divine Soul—everything about him—had been completely swallowed and refined by that black banner in the most unreasonable and tyrannical way in that instant!

This type of Cultivation Technique, which devours the Divine Souls of others for one's own use, is one of the most forbidden and malicious Cultivation Techniques in the Demonic Path! And Qin Feng not only knew it but used it with such skill and ease.

It was as if... he had done it countless times before.

A thought that she dared not and could not accept surged wildly into her mind!

Could it be... could this Bad Husband, whom she both loved and hated, this man for whom she had cast aside all her pride and reserve, willingly descending into ruin with him—could he truly be...? Zhao Muxue's delicate body trembled almost imperceptibly. She slowly raised her head, her ice-and-fire phoenix eyes staring intently at Qin Feng's handsome face, which still held a hint of a calm, indifferent smile.

Her voice became somewhat dry and hoarse due to extreme shock. It took all her strength to squeeze out the words from between her tightly bitten red lips—words that were enough to break the heart of any Dao Companion:

“Husband... have you... have you entered the Demonic Path?”

Boom!

This sentence was like a bolt of Nine Heavens divine lightning striking Qin Feng's heart, and it also caused Lin Yao and Ye Nianxin's delicate bodies to tremble violently!

Entered the Demonic Path?

Senior Brother (Junior Brother)... has he entered the Demonic Path?

The smile on Qin Feng's face froze slightly.

He knew that his attack just now was indeed a bit heavy-handed, and he had forgotten just how "sinister" the style of the human emperor banner had become after being demonically modified by the System.

Now look what happened; he had completely terrified his three wives.

How should he explain this? He couldn't possibly say that this thing was a gift from his Golden Finger, right?

Qin Feng's mind raced. The only way was to use a more "high-end" and "impressive" method to redefine the concept of "Demon" and reshape their worldview!

Thinking of this, the stiffness on Qin Feng's face slowly receded, replaced by an unprecedented sense of calm and depth.

His half-God, half-Demon eyes quietly watched them. He didn't answer immediately, allowing the suffocating silence to spread among the four of them.

The invisible pressure made The Three Women's hearts jump into their throats.

"Entered the Demonic Path?" After a long time, Qin Feng finally spoke, "Xue'er, Yaoer, Nianming."

He looked at their three exquisite faces, which were taut with nervousness, and slowly asked, "In your eyes, what is an Immortal? And what is a Demon?"

The Three Women were stunned simultaneously.

What is an Immortal? What is a Demon?

An Immortal is one who slays Yao Beasts and eliminates Demons, maintaining the Righteous Path. A Demon is one who wantonly kills the innocent and poisons living beings.

But when they met Qin Feng's eyes, so deep they seemed to see through everything, those so-called "standard answers" etched into their bones suddenly became so pale and ridiculous.

They knew that this was not what he wanted to hear.

“Husband...” Zhao Muxue's red lips moved, wanting to say something, but she didn't know where to start.

Qin Feng smiled, looking at their bewildered expressions. "Is it because I just devoured his Divine Soul?" He raised the human emperor banner in his hand, his face showing no guilt or apprehension.

“Then tell me, those so-called Righteous Path Great Powers, who refine living Yao Beasts or even Demonic Path Cultivators into Medicinal Pills to increase their cultivation and prolong their lifespan. Are they Immortals, or Demons?”

“Is it because my methods are too cruel?”

His voice became somewhat cold.

“Then tell me again, the Heavenly Dao sends down Nine Heavens divine lightning, blasting those Cultivators who have practiced bitterly for millennia and dared to act Heaven-Defying, causing their Divine Soul to be destroyed, never to be reincarnated. Is It an Immortal, or a Demon?”

Every word Qin Feng spoke was like a ten-thousand-pound heavy hammer, fiercely smashing against The Three Women's already precarious Dao Heart!

They were speechless.

That's right, does this world truly have absolute black and white? Who ultimately defines the so-called "Righteous" and the so-called "Demonic"?

“In this world, there has never been such a thing as Immortal or Demon.”

Qin Feng looked at them, his half-God, half-Demon eyes flashing with the brilliant wisdom of one who has seen through the ways of the world.

“There is only strength and weakness. The victors write history and define the rules, so they are the 'Immortals.' The losers are erased and nailed to the pillar of shame, so they are the 'Demons.' That is all.”

His voice was not loud, but it roared like a morning bell and evening drum in The Three Women's Sea of Consciousness! It was an instant enlightenment for them!

“The strong prey on the weak, and only the fittest survive. This is the only eternal truth in this cruel world of cultivation.” Qin Feng's gaze became incomparably firm and domineering. “I killed him, not because I entered the Demonic Path, but because he was too weak.”

“Weak, yet foolish enough to dare bare his fangs at me and at my most cherished family.”

“Therefore, he deserves to die.”

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