"Fine, you win," Felix said. "All your massage expenses in Kashmere are on me."

Billy chuckled. "Now you're finally getting it. Alright, I'll tell you.

"A long time ago, during a period of great turmoil, the Phaeron Codex and a few other legitimate soul cultivation techniques suddenly emerged. Martial artists flocked to them because soul cultivation was like opening a whole new door. But you know how strict the conditions for cultivation are.

"Hence, human nature took over. People started experimenting and taking shortcuts. In no time, alternative soul cultivation techniques emerged, including the dark arts.

"The interesting thing is, the Red Moon Reincarnation Requiem was actually created by someone who had successfully cultivated the Phaeron Codex. He was naturally arrogant, extremely gifted, and didn't want to follow in the footsteps of those before him.

"Hence, he decided to forge his own path and succeeded at that. However, what he created turned out to be a dark art. When