After separating from Jue Ji, Zhou Bai returned to his own bedroom, planning to see what exactly Wei Cangsheng had left behind in his eye.

Injecting the power of his Primordial Spirit into it, upon directly contacting the residual power left by Wei Cangsheng, a flood of information surged through by way of the Primordial Spirit.

Visual information, auditory information, tactile information…

As Zhou Bai read through these pieces of information with his Primordial Spirit, along with the influx of visual, auditory, and tactile data, he found himself as if he had come to an endless grassland.

Wei Cangsheng walked across the grass, came before him, and looked at Zhou Bai, saying, “Zhou Bai, this is the gift I left for you before my death–the inheritance of the great Xia imperial lineage.”

A trace of bitterness showed on his face: “Originally, only the most outstanding disciples among successive generations of the Xia imperial family could inherit all this, the inheritors bearing the responsibility for reviving humanity, and protecting civilization.”

“Unfortunately, today, five hundred years later, even the bloodline of the Great Xia has been completely severed.”

“Zhou Bai, you are too impulsive, too driven by emotions, and you still have sympathy for demons…” Wei Cangsheng looked at Zhou Bai with a sigh, “Five hundred years ago, I would never have chosen you as the heir, but at this moment, I no longer have a choice.”

“Let’s start with your eye; I’ve passed on my right eye’s Demon Illuminating Eye to you.”

“During the great human-demon war, to be able to distinguish between demons, my Xia imperial family expended countless precious resources to create several special magical treasures according to the standards of Ninth Realm Magical Treasure, specifically to help people discern human from demon, to see the true form of demonic bloodlines.”

“This Demon Illuminating Eye is one of them, capable of inhabiting your eye, constantly aiding you in perceiving the presence of demons. The higher your cultivation and the stronger your Primordial Spirit, the more powerful the demons you will be able to identify.”

“Do not doubt the truth of what you see through the Demon Illuminating Eye, for what you see is their true form.”

In the next moment, Wei Cangsheng clapped his hands, and numerous bookshelves descended from the sky, piling up before Zhou Bai: “I’ve left the method for refining and controlling the Demon Illuminating Eye here, along with the martial arts of the Great Xia imperial family, the sword techniques of the Emperor’s Sword, various recipes for Artifact Refining and Alchemy… I’ve left all the inheritance of the Xia imperial family right here.”

“Zhou Bai, the rest is up to you.”

“Remember, neither demons nor immortals are trustworthy. The only ones we can trust are ourselves.”

As Wei Cangsheng finished speaking, his figure dissipated into the wind, vanishing before Zhou Bai’s eyes.

“Really talks to himself, doesn’t he?” Zhou Bai sighed. “Let’s start with figuring out this Demon Illuminating Eye; I can’t keep on using just one eye to look at things.”

Zhou Bai approached the bookshelves in front of him, and as the Primordial Spirit operated, countless books materialized before him, one of which was indeed the introduction to the Demon Illuminating Eye.

Zhou Bai reached out to touch the book. As soon as he made contact, the book vanished in streams of light; what followed was an array of characters and images that appeared before him.

All of it pertained to the Demon Illuminating Eye, but the more Zhou Bai looked into the introduction, the more he furrowed his brow.

Firstly, the Demon Illuminating Eye’s distinction of demons didn’t rely on actual vision, but rather on a kind of lock-on to the demonic bloodline.

Seeing the awakened true appearance of a demon was merely its basic function. It could even see demonic aura, tracking demons by following the demonic aura, and gauging a demon’s strength through their aura.

After the Demon Illuminating Eye was successfully refined, by the time it reached Ji Wuchang’s generation, it had altogether passed through three hosts.

The founding king of Great Xia was its first host, Wei Cangsheng was the third, and Zhou Bai became the fourth.

The previous three hosts each spent a lifetime battling against demons, and it is unknown how many demons were hunted down by relying on the Demon Illuminating Eye.

Although they had died, their extreme strength and their prolonged use of the Demon Illuminating Eye in hunting demons meant that their intense emotions and wills lingered within the artifact after repeated skirmishes. The most abundant among these were the hatred and killing intent towards demons.

Hence, starting with the second host, every successor of the Demon Illuminating Eye would be affected by the emotion of demon-slaying.

This gave them stronger willpower in battles against demons, enhanced the host’s endurance against pain, provided greater courage, reduced the fear of monsters, and could even amplify the power of the host’s fist intent.

But the downside was… if one did not slay demons for an extended period, that urge to slay demons would grow increasingly strong, and only the blood of demons could appease this urge.

After Wei Cangsheng awoke, during his time in Central City, he often felt this impulse to slay demons welling up. Sometimes, he almost instinctively caused carnage, and by the time he realized it, all was already over.

And now, after being passed down through three generations, the Demon Illuminating Eye that Zhou Bai had received… the inherited impulse to slay demons was only stronger.

“Based on the description of this Demon Illuminating Eye, now that everyone in the world has demon blood mixed in, my tracking abilities have indeed improved significantly.”

“Willpower has always been my strength, so that’s somewhat advantageous.”

Then Zhou Bai frowned, “But this impulse to slay demons is too troublesome… This is probably the main reason Wei Cangsheng passed the Demon Illuminating Eye to me; do you want me to inherit your will of slaying demons and expelling evil?”

Zhou Bai reviewed the information on the Demon Illuminating Eye several times, but he found no methods to turn it off or transfer it.

“Intentional, isn’t it? Do you want me to live on with such an eye?”

Zhou Bai touched his own eye, a wave of concern surfacing in his heart. If this impulse to slay demons was truly as formidable as described, what if one day he was influenced by the impulse and, upon regaining his senses, found he had killed Jing Xiu, killed Zheng Wentian, killed Qian Wangsun, or even killed Ying Hui…

“That would be terrible.”

Zhou Bai suddenly reached out a hand, grasping his right eye: “I might as well dig the entire eye out, entirely removing the Demon Illuminating Eye’s influence.”

Seeing Zhou Bai’s action, Christina gasped in shock, “Zhou Bai, you want to dig out an eye with your bare hands? Aren’t you afraid of the pain?”

Zhou Bai proudly said, “A bit of pain, what’s that compared to the agony of potentially losing companions?”

Christina exclaimed, “Zhou Bai, you are so strong!”

Zhou Bai smiled, and after a long pause, he silently lowered his hand, “But with my defensive power, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to gouge out my own eye even if I tried with all my might. Forget it, let’s think of another way.”

Christina said, “But you can actively transfer the pollution using the Calamity Displacement technique, then move away the Guihai Black Evil, so that you can…”

Zhou Bai said, “No more, Christina. I won’t let you manipulate my body and then use my Primordial Spirit to gouge out my eye. It would be too painful for you, as if you were experiencing the agony of eye gouging.”