The white-haired woman crouched beside her own body, asserting, "This is me."
"Then the Yin Messenger has been lying to you all along."
"Why don't you eat me?" the white-haired woman asked, tilting her face up to the wolf demon.
The wolf demon looked down at the white-haired woman, a sinister smile spreading across its face. "Because you're still useful. I was just refining your soul. Who knew the brat controlling you would be such a fool? If that's the case, I might as well return your body."
"Can I go back?"
"As long as it's not past the twelve-hour mark, you still have that chance," the wolf demon said with a smile.
Hearing the wolf demon's words, the white-haired woman's eyes immediately filled with hatred for the Yin Messenger. "Why did you lie to me?"
The Yin Messenger, feeling guilty, remained silent.
The white-haired woman clenched her fists, turned her head to look at the Yin Messenger, and asked again, "Why did you lie to me?"
"I..." the Yin Messenger began, glancing at the dark aura behind the white-haired woman. "I was helping you."
"I don't believe you," the white-haired woman said, then slowly bent down and re-entered her own body.
In an instant, the white-haired woman transformed back into the white-robed, long-haired woman, but this time, her eyes had turned red, just like the wolf demon's.
The Yin Messenger watched the white-robed, long-haired woman slowly rise, then looked at the wolf demon's smug expression and said, "If you're willing to listen to my explanation, I will..."
"You're a liar, just like that human. I can't kill you, but I want to kill him," the white-robed, long-haired woman declared. With that, she turned into red smoke and vanished.
"Are you satisfied now?" the Yin Messenger roared at the wolf demon, then leaped upward in pursuit of the red smoke.
The wolf demon took a deep breath and laughed. "Now, let's see how you're going to control me, Yin Messenger."
"He's here."
"Mm," the wolf demon replied, turning to face the woman who had stopped in front of it. It smiled. "I didn't expect your method to be so effective."
"I never imagined you'd hide that monster's body behind the cabinet."
"The best must always be saved for last. Now," the wolf demon sighed lightly, "it's truly a shame."
"There are plenty of female demons like that in the forest. If you want to eat, I can take you there."
"It's not the same. This is a divine being."
"A divine being." The woman chuckled. "Are you crazy? Gods and monsters are the same in this world."
"Do you know why they are the same?"
"Perhaps..." the woman mused, her eyes downcast. "Perhaps because the names sound nice."
"Superficial," the wolf demon spat out the word coldly.
"They aren't different?" the woman furrowed her brows slightly.
"Of course they're different. Divine beings are formed by the spiritual energy of nature. Monsters, on the other hand, are simply cultivated by drawing from the essence of heaven and earth, or through fortunate encounters. They are not the same."
"Are divine beings very rare then?" the woman asked curiously.
"They are very rare. Your junior disciple has found a treasure, because a divine being can ascend to immortality at any time. And from my observations of that divine being, in a few more years, an immortal will take her to the heavens. If your junior disciple treats her well, he might even be able to leave with her. But your junior disciple is too foolish; he was too quick to believe your master."
"Before you said that, I had no idea there was a difference between divine beings and monsters," the woman said.
"It's not surprising you wouldn't know. I only heard this from an old immortal by chance," the wolf demon said, looking up at the sky and humming. "However, if she kills someone, she'll only have two paths to choose from."
"Two paths?"