Qin Ye wasn't overly surprised to hear this.

The inner demon was a massive threat that warranted his full attention, but it wasn't something to panic over.

After all, the inner demon was only a single entity.

While it was true that hidden threats were always the most troublesome to deal with, at the very most, it was only a threat of the same level as the other three pillars. The Cathayan Underworld had no shortage of enemies in the underworld, and it wasn't overly concerning for another one to be thrown into the mix.

In that case, everything that it had said about now wishing to make an enemy out of Qin Ye and that they had no conflict of interest had been nothing more than lies.

"So what happened to me earlier?" Qin Ye asked.

"You adopted your true Yin spirit form," Nothingness replied. "You've actually already seen it many times. For example, Oda Nobunaga has revealed his true form in your presence in the past. Oda Nobutada also did the same thing back when you were in Daehan. There was also the recent instance where all of the Yama-Kings of the world revealed their true forms in order to deal with the extraterrestrial threat."

"I want to know what exactly triggered that transformation," Qin Ye said.

Nothingness was silent for a moment before sweeping a hand through the air, upon...