Time quickly passed and a week had gone by since Ling Chen had reunited with his father after five years of traveling throughout the Divine Demon Beast Region and Heaven Suppression Region.

During this past week, Ling Chen never left the Guardian Mountain Peak nor did he meet with any of the people from the other sects.

Aside from his father and his big brother Ling Xiao who was now being groomed to be the next sect master of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Ling Chen had never met or talked to anybody, not even the elders and the protectors of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

It wasn't that he was acting aloof and distant because of his power and status, but aside from his father and his people, Ling Chen didn't have that much liking and attachment to anyone or any living being.

It's something that was imprinted deep within his soul and he couldn't change it even if he wanted to.

Furthermore, because he was able to see the true color or nature of every human or person he met with his Divine eye power, it further enhanced his dislike towards them.

Outside of his circle, it was pretty rare for him to meet a human who didn't have any malicious intent toward him or approached him because they wanted something from him. And even when they were laughing with him and treated with respect, they always had an ulterior motive.

"Why is it like that? Why can't I still control it?" At this moment, Ling Chen was walking around his courtyard barefooted while looking at the dead grasses and dark spots left behind by his footsteps with a confused expression on his face.

It all happened two days ago when he was quietly enjoying a little walk in the Guardian Moutain peak while his children were away like usual.

At that time, he was barefooted. While he was walking, he suddenly realized that all the grasses and little plants around and beneath his feet died. It was as if they had their tiny life force sucked dried.

Ling Chen didn't pay much attention to it. But after walking for a while, he realized that he was the one unconsciously absorbing the life force of the plants, grasses, and insects around him.

What was even more surprising, he wasn't able to stop it even when he tried. It was beyond his control.

This kinda thing never happened before and it didn't even take him a second to find out about the cause of it.

It was the result of the Dark Skeleton made by the Dark Godly Tree after he had broken through the 1st Life Transition Mortal Deity Rank a few days ago.

The main reason he was able to absorb the blood and life essence of his opponent was because of the tree roots of the Dark Godly Tree.

However, at that time, the tree roots were within the endless dark void within his lower dantian. Now that his whole skeleton was made by tree roots, his whole body somehow became an extension of the Dark Godly Tree.

As such, he didn't need to summon the dark tree roots to absorb the blood and life essence of someone anymore, he could do it with his body alone or a simple touch which led to this situation.

Ever since then, he's been trying to control it but to no avail. The only good thing was, it only happened when he's barefooted.

He also had to wear a pair of gloves now as his hands also absorbed the life force of any living thing he touched without his command.

When he first broke through the 1st Life Transition Mortal Deity rank, the first thing he did was to come to Heaven Desolate Region and battled with Qi Fengyang. As such, he didn't have any time to check out his new powers as well as the changes in his body.

Luckily he was not the huggy type or the kinda person who loved attention, otherwise, he would have absorbed the life force of many of the people that came to meet him.

Although it wouldn't have killed them as the suction force wasn't that strong when it's done automatically, they would have still lost a portion of their precious life force.

"Brother, there's a young woman outside that insisted on meeting you." While Ling Chen was still trying to control his power, a respectful voice suddenly rang out in his ears.

As he turned around, he saw a young man looking at him with a fearful and respectful look on his face. This young man was none other than Ling Xiao, Ling Chen's older brother and also the future sect master of the Heavenly Demon Sect.

"Ohh! Who is it?" Asked Ling Chen with an interesting expression on his face.

He already told his father that he didn't want to be bothered by those people flocking to the Heavenly Demon Sect to meet him and didn't plan to meet anyone.

After knowing that, no one insisted on meeting him as they didn't want to piss him off and having their sects and family destroyed.

They all came and offered their congratulations along with their gifts and quickly left. It was the first time someone insisted on meeting him which kinda intrigued him a little.

"She said that her name was Sima Yun and once you hear that name, you will want to meet her." Respectfully answered Ling Xiao.

Even though Ling Xiao didn't say anything, he was a little curious about the young woman insisting to meet his brother. And from the look of it, it seemed like they knew each other.

Not only Ling Xiao, even Ling Chen's father, Ling Tian, was also curious about that young woman as well when he met her.

Despite Ling Chen's status and power, no woman wanted to get close to him. Even though many people viewed him as the savior or hero that subjugated the demon beasts in the demon beast Mountain range, deep down, they were all terrified of him and viewed him as a cruel and merciless devil. That was even more true after knowing about his devouring power.

Now seeing that a pretty young lady was looking for Ling Chen, they all became curious about their relationships.

"Ohh, it's her. Bring her to me." Answered Ling Chen with a mysterious smile on his face.