"I don't know who you are, nor do I care to know. Now, I want you to return to the lower realm immediately, or I will scatter your ashes to the wind," Mu Anxiao clenched her fist.
"Look who it is," the little black-clad demon said, drawing a line in the air. Shen Yan's soul appeared beside him.
Xu Lanyan and Heifeng were both shocked.
Mu Anxiao also showed surprise, "What did you do?" she glanced at Shen Yan, who was surrounded by black mist, staring blankly into the distance.
"Do you know who I am now?" the black-clad demon tilted its head slightly.
Mu Anxiao looked back at the black-clad demon, her eyes widening in sudden realization, "It's you, the Wolf Demon."
"It is I. My physical body disappeared, but my soul lives on," the Wolf Demon grinned, revealing its fangs. "These fifty years, I have absorbed quite a bit of Shen Yan's resentment, but it's still not enough. His hatred for you is too weak. Only when I provoke him does his hatred for you surge. It's such an unpleasant feeling."
"You've been living within his body like a parasite since that day," Mu Anxiao said, glancing at Shen Yan beside her.
The Wolf Demon chuckled, "That's not a very nice way to put it, calling me a parasite. But in a way, you should thank me."
"Thank you?" Mu Anxiao pointed to herself.
"To tell you the truth, that day, I put Marrow-Changing Powder into Shen Yan's immortal blood. Marrow-Changing Powder is a poison that can swap the lives of humans and immortals, and it's also the poison that allows my soul to attach itself. Originally, I intended for that woman to drink it, but I was worried it might not work since she wasn't Xian Yuan. But you are different, you possess Xian Yuan."
"What do you mean by that?" Mu Anxiao could hardly believe she was responsible for Shen Yan's predicament.
"What I mean is, thanks to you, I'm still alive today. In other words, you are my savior," the Wolf Demon said, then turned to Shen Yan's soul. "He is my best vessel. I'm taking him to another dimension now. Farewell, savior." With that, he disappeared with Shen Yan, dissolving into black smoke.
Mu Anxiao's eyes widened.
"He didn't go to that dimension, did he?"
"Which dimension?" Mu Anxiao turned to look at Xu Lanyan.
Xu Lanyan swallowed and said, "It's a dimension called the mortal world, where the people are entirely different from us."
"How do we get there?" Mu Anxiao asked urgently.
"We'll have to ask Shen Yan's master."
"Take me there," Mu Anxiao stepped forward.
"This..." Xu Lanyan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Heifeng.
Heifeng frowned, "Take her. If the Wolf Demon truly succeeds, Shen Yan will hate Mu Anxiao for another lifetime. That's secondary. What if the Wolf Demon uses Shen Yan's body from that life to disrupt the mortal world? In the end, both Shen Yan and the demon will be punished with the destruction of their souls."
"Shen Yan is innocent," Mu Anxiao said.
"We know, but the judge of that era might not," Heifeng said, then conjured a peculiar jade tablet and handed it to Mu Anxiao. "With this, you can descend. Remember, you must stop the Wolf Demon from possessing Shen Yan's soul and reincarnating together."
"I understand," Mu Anxiao took the jade tablet and asked, "How long will it take for the Wolf Demon to reach that dimension?"
"Even if it gets there first, it will have to wait in line, so don't be too anxious," Heifeng guessed.
"Alright," Mu Anxiao nodded and looked at Xu Lanyan, "Let's go, Brother Lan."