Chapter 3: Those who humiliate others will be humiliated by others.

  The Taoist Heart Devil is one of the highest secret arts of the Kaiyang Great Teaching. It is said that when the great emperor of the Kaiyang Great Teaching first used the Taoist Heart Devil technique, he enslaved five half-step great emperors and forcibly crossed the nine punishments with his power, becoming a supreme great emperor. What's even more terrifying is that the five half-step great emperors' furnaces also became great emperors, each with the strength of a great emperor, roaming the Tianxuan for tens of thousands of years, ultimately disappearing without a trace, showing just how fearsome the Taoist Heart Devil technique is.

  The most critical process of cultivating the Tao is to find a person with exceptional natural talent and unwavering determination, who embodies justice, to serve as the crucible for practicing the Tao.

  Those who cultivate this skill must secretly enter the depths of their opponent's heart, experiencing all kinds of changes and planting magical seeds, from nothing to something, and the great method is established. However, it is in the boundless and unpredictable, with unlimited scenery, like the infinite landscape of nature, sometimes sunny and windy, shining brightly; sometimes dark clouds and heavy rain, thunder and lightning, seven emotions and six desires, changing and unpredictable.

  Cultivators are like sailing a boat on an angry sea. If one is not careful, they will be hit by the fierce winds and waves of emotions and desires, causing the boat to capsize and the person to perish. Lightly, they will fall into madness, and heavily, they will be destroyed forever, their body and spirit annihilated. Therefore, from ancient times to the present, although many talented individuals have emerged, all those who cultivate this method have ended up in defeat, death, and destruction.

  So this is a forbidden technique in the Kaiyang Sect, and except for that great emperor, basically no one can successfully control the furnace tripod. If Huayang Furen hadn't seen Qin Hao's realm being so low, yet possessing such against-the-heavens combat strength, she probably wouldn't have used the Dao Xin Zhong Mo Great Technique either.

  But she never expected that the heart demon she planted in Qin Hao's heart was easily resolved by him, and instead, she was trapped by her own moral integrity with the words of Tao Te Ching. Now Qin Hao's moral character is comparable to those of saints, but unlike them, he is not a stubborn conservative.

  It's likely that even a sage king wouldn't be able to plant a demon in Qin Hao's heart.

  "It's indeed miraculous, the magic of the Taoist heart." Qin Hao looked at Madame Huayang with a smile. In an instant, he grasped the true meaning of any mysterious technique, except for secret methods, such as the Introspection and Transformation Decision. He could cultivate it to the point of returning to simplicity in an instant, as long as he had enough power to display it. He could transform all things, which was also why he transformed into a wisp of smoke and escaped under the noses of the seven Holy Kings.

  "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of heaven and earth. The Named is the mother of all things. Therefore, always desire to be without desires, in order to observe its subtlety. Always desire to have desires, in order to observe its boundaries. These two come from the same source but differ in name; this is what we call the mysterious. The mysterious of the mysterious..."

  Qin Hao's voice was like a lotus flower, as if it had been echoing since ancient times, speaking about the Tao with a saintly tone.

  At this moment, Lady Huayang was trapped in the first sentence. When Qin Hao recited the following sentences, Lady Huayang's face suddenly relaxed. However, Qin Hao suddenly stopped reading, and Lady Huayang was filled with doubts again. Seeing this, Qin Hao smiled, then his vital energy entered Lady Huayang's spiritual repository, entering her soul, planting a demon in her heart.

  Madam Huayang, however, was completely unaware, her face still looking bewildered. Qin Hao continued to recite the scriptures, and Madam Huayang's gaze towards him changed, as if she had met her most revered teacher. She listened intently to his every word, and thus the cycle repeated itself until the entire demonic heart was cultivated. Madam Huayang transformed into the most loyal furnace tripod.

  But she didn't notice at all, when her eyes cleared up again and regained their brightness, the aura on her body changed completely, and she actually started to break through, a terrifying aura spreading out, her spirit entering the realm of mystery within mystery. It was clear that Madame Huayang was just one step away from breaking through, her power had reached it, but her state of mind was not enough, after having the Tao Te Ching expounded, her state of mind went even further.

  The entire flow of water surged towards her, transforming into a water robe that wrapped around her, with the seven major meridians entwining her body and bursting forth with mighty energy.

  Everything around the "splash" was still, and this terrifying pressure should have made Qin Hao tremble, but he didn't feel anything at all. Instead, he could see every move in Madame Huayang's heart, that subtle change seemed to have been transmitted into his mind, as if he too was breaking through.

  But this feeling only lasted for a moment, and suddenly came to an abrupt end. Qin Hao's heart was still shrouded in darkness, and he couldn't break through: "Damn Heaven's Scar, damn the Heavenly Way."

  No wonder he would scold loudly, it's just like when you're in the middle of doing something and feeling great, someone suddenly pours a bucket of cold water on you, I reckon even if you were in high spirits, you wouldn't have any intention of continuing either.

  After about half a time, Huayang Furen finally broke through and reached the peak of Wang, just one step away from entering the Holy King realm. Originally, Qin Hao would also follow suit and advance, which was the effect of the furnace tripod. However, due to Tian Que's reason, he forcibly blocked Qin Hao's path, not even getting a bit of benefit.

  "Qin Hao." Just then, a furious voice came from the sky, apparently Huayang Furen had discovered something. The terrifying pressure radiated out, even Qin Hao felt a bit dizzy. He said he was capable of rivaling Wang Xiu Shi, but it was clear that it wasn't just about killing, only being able to run one round under Wang Xiu Shi's feet.

  And that's just an ordinary King's Cultivator, not even a mid-tier King or someone like Lady Huayang, yet he had such great luck and coincidence to turn Lady Huayang into his own furnace.

  "What's going on?" Qin Hao pretended to be stupid: "The Taoist scripture I recited earlier, that's the most mysterious and profound secret of the Taoist heart. Look, you've broken through, haven't you."

  Qin Hao wasn't worried at all, but he didn't plan to say anything either, unless this woman really had a thing for her. Otherwise, he wouldn't use the Heart Demon to control him. This was one of the advantages of the Heart Demon technique - as long as the person who planted the demon didn't try to control it, the person being controlled would be completely unaware and behave normally.

  However, the gap between Qin Hao and Madame Huayang is now too great. Moreover, Madame Huayang has just broken through, obviously exposing everything in her heart, so she will naturally notice something.

  "You, you still say, what have you done?" Lady Huayang said angrily, with a feeling as if she wanted to kill Qin Hao, as if she had been desecrated by him. She obviously guessed something, but didn't dare admit it. Being planted with a heart demon by someone whose cultivation was far inferior to hers made her, a supreme witch and peerless beauty, lose face.

  "I've already said that, it's just to help you break through." Qin Hao smiled and said, he would rather die than say that he had planted a demon in her heart, otherwise this woman would have to fight him to the death. Although he could control her, that was only when there was no other choice.

  "What a great help to break through, then I'll kill you, see if you dare say anything." Huayang Madame was furious, her absolutely beautiful face, red and radiant, without any signs of injury or the calculating gaze from earlier. She simply raised her hand, and seven major forces attacked at once.

  A space that sealed everything, a terrifying power crushed everything. Qin Hao now has the strength to be called the king of the enemy, but the gap in their realm is still not negligible. However, he was also furious. This woman first schemed against him without saying anything, and now she was pretending to be deaf and dumb to save her own face. She even wanted to kill him, which was unbearable.

  Qin Hao leapt up, hundreds of feet in the air, raised his hand and threw a punch. The entire momentum of heaven and earth collapsed directly, and the terrifying power struck upwards. At the same time, he secretly activated the Demon Heart Technique, and in an instant, Madame Huayang's aura paused. However, Qin Hao's left foot stomped on his right foot, and his vital energy radiated tens of thousands of feet. At this moment, he seemed like a ancient war god from afar.

  "Hmph!" He raised his hand and threw another punch, shattering all the grand momentum. Although he was interrupted by the Heavenly Dao in his cultivation of the Life Grid, his power had not diminished in the slightest, but instead became even more astonishing. The three starry momentum of Zhuque, Xuanwu, and Baihu, he had all grasped thoroughly. Huayang Furen was once again planted with a demon in her heart, she was the Holy King, yet she couldn't control Qin Hao either.

  "Do you want to die or live?" Qin Hao grasped Huayang Furen's throat in an instant, his voice cold. With just a slight squeeze, this so-called Wang Xiu Shi would certainly meet her demise.

  "You... you have planted a demon in my Taoist heart..." Lady Huayang couldn't believe it, but the balancing force within her body told her that the person before her was her master, and if she made a move, she would definitely go mad and die completely. Qin Hao can now feel Lady Huayang's unease, fear, and even desire to destroy everything together.

  But unlike other cultivators, Qin Hao was not affected by such emotions and instead adhered to his Dao heart. If the old antique of the Kaiyang Sect were to know about this, he would definitely be stunned. Even if it were the Saint King himself, who could turn a cultivator into a furnace tripod, after feeling this emotion, he would still be unstable in mind and spirit. However, Qin Hao did not feel anything at all, as if this furnace tripod was not his at all.

  "Yes, I have planted a demon in his heart. This is to use the enemy's way to cure the enemy's body. My way of doing things is like this: for a drop of kindness, I will repay with a gushing spring; for a slight humiliation, I will return it a hundred times over. Remember, those who humiliate others will be humiliated by others." Qin Hao said coldly, without any emotion.

  "You... I'd rather self-destruct than let you have your way, let's die together then." Lady Huayang was filled with despair, having become a furnace tripod, she would never be able to turn back into her true form for the rest of her life. As someone as talented as her, who had come so far and achieved greatness, it was rare for her to suffer humiliation, let alone become someone else's furnace tripod. This disparity gave rise to thoughts of self-destruction in her mind.

  A terrifying aura enveloped the two, and that powerful force was about to blow Qin Hao away. Qin Hao could feel the horror of this power, and King Xiu Shi was indeed frightening. He even felt that the heart demon he had planted was a bit unstable, which was the result of self-detonation.

  However, Qin Hao wouldn't let her do so. If it were true that she would self-destruct, then he would also be reduced to nothingness. The self-destruction of a cultivator at the peak of the Sovereign Realm was something even a Sacred King might not be able to withstand.

  "Dignity is not given by others, but by yourself. If you can't even give it to yourself, then I'll destroy the last bit of it." Qin Hao's only solution now was to control his heart demon and destroy the last remaining dignity of Huayang. He almost effortlessly dispersed the water energy surrounding her.

  He directly pulled her into a tight hug, his powerful aura and dominance on full display at all times. Lady Huayang was stunned, she couldn't believe that the young man who had been blushing just moments before when they were hugging, could be so overbearing and fierce.

  But the next moment, she felt an overwhelming sense of shame, as if her entire body had been desecrated. She could feel something invading her chest, brazenly and unscrupulously, and even a scorching object pressing against her lower abdomen, leaving her utterly bewildered. She had never experienced anything like this before, and the previous time she had initiated an embrace with Qin Hao was also for calculated reasons, but now it was completely different.

  But the next moment, she felt a scorching hot thing brutally entering her lower body, she felt humiliated, followed by pain...