Qi Yue shoved the Nine-Leaf Lotus into her mouth, and countless grey threads erupted from her body. These threads transformed into giant palms in mid-air, reaching directly for Chun Hong Venerable’s dantian.
Chun Hong Venerable, her face pale, retreated repeatedly.
Looking at her sister, who was now a complete stranger, her heart sank to the bottom: “Yue’er, you deceived me.”
Killing intent, unwillingness, resentment, and remorse tore at her furiously. Her inner demon grew rampant, instantly becoming as thick as a towering tree.
The wind howled, and thunderclouds gathered.
Chun Hong Venerable stood in the center of the thunderclouds. Her scarlet eyes suddenly closed tightly, and she raised her sword, scattering the grey palms. When she opened her eyes again, she stared at Qi Yue: “After I overcome this tribulation of inner demons, I will kill you.”
Qi Yue, however, was fearless. She covered her mouth and chuckled, “Sister, I am your good sister. Can you bear to kill me?”
To overcome tribulation with killing, Chun Hong, Chun Hong, you are still so arrogant and foolish.
Qi Yue flicked her wrist, and the grey threads twisted into a small snake, slithering to the edge of the thunder tribulation, watching menacingly. As long as there was the slightest opportunity, it would not hesitate to charge in, dig out Chun Hong Venerable’s Dao Heart, and offer it to its master.
At this moment, the lightning struck down with a roar!
“Chun Hong’s First Sword, Flying Flowers!”
A sea of flowers flew out, hidden killing intent within their beauty, directly dispersing the lightning in mid-air!
The second bolt of lightning struck again.
Chun Hong Venerable raised her sword.
Qi Yue suddenly cried out in pain, “Sister Chun Hong, I’m in so much pain.”
Chun Hong Venerable’s sword paused.
In that brief pause, the lightning arrived with a roar, crackling and exploding at the tip of Chun Hong Venerable’s sword, causing the blade to slightly curl.
The little snake moved even closer to Chun Hong Venerable.
The third bolt of lightning struck again.
Qi Yue said pitifully, “Sister, I was wrong. I didn’t mean to. Sister, you love Yue’er the most. Please spare Yue’er…”
“Rumble… sizzle…”
Sword light and lightning battled fiercely.
“Chun Hong’s Third Sword, Bound… less…” Chun Hong Venerable suddenly looked up, her gaze firm and resolute. “Qi Yue, you can no longer influence me.”
“Is that so?” Qi Yue put away her pitiable act, patted her sleeves, and stood up, smiling sweetly. “But why are your hands trembling?”
Chun Hong Venerable suddenly felt something was wrong.
She looked down and saw a small snake suddenly dart forward, passing through the lightning as if nothing were there, baring its fangs at her.
On the little snake were threads of karma.
“You cultivate the path of goodness, question karma, are most sentimental, and also most foolish. That is why I could pretend to be weak and pitiful, become your sister, become someone you protected, become your inner demon, and I also formed karma with you. Your Dao Heart is destined to be in my grasp—”
“Crack—”
With a subtle crisp sound, Qi Yue’s unfinished words got stuck in her throat.
Chun Hong Venerable slowly crushed her Dao Heart, her face ashen, blood trickling from her lips. She casually wiped it away, raised her head, and slowly said, “I will not give it to you.”
She would rather shatter her own Dao Heart than let Qi Yue benefit!
Qi Yue was her inner demon tribulation, but her Dao Heart was Qi Yue’s inner demon!
She raised a light, cheerful smile, as free-spirited and unrestrained as ever, so dazzling it almost burned Qi Yue’s eyes.
“Chun Hong!” Qi Yue’s eyes split with rage, furious!
She had wasted so much time here with these bitches just to obtain this Dao Heart of karma, and it was destroyed by Chun Hong, this bitch!
How could she!
How could she!
“You forced my hand!”
Qi Yue said darkly, then withdrew all the black mist and grey threads from within the town, commanding the little snake to charge at Chun Hong Venerable with a scarlet glint.
Chun Hong Venerable, her Dao Heart destroyed, was already at the end of her strength. She could only watch helplessly as the little snake transformed into a pile of grey smoke and unexpectedly entered her body.
“Ugh!” she grunted, then clutched her head in pain, kneeling on the ground.
At this moment, Qi Yue, once again appearing pitiful and innocent, rushed out of the town, screaming shrilly—
“Help! Venerable Chun Hong has fallen into demonic ways!”
A treasure had appeared in the center of the Red Maple Mountain Range, attracting a large number of cultivators. Although there were rumors that the Nine-Leaf Lotus had already been taken, many cultivators still lingered, hoping for a chance.
Seeing Qi Yue’s delicate and innocent appearance, and hearing that another cultivator had fallen into demonic ways, a crowd immediately surrounded Red Maple Town. As everyone was about to enter, the leader suddenly spoke.
“No need to go in. Fellow Daoist Tianshu is in the city.”
“Fellow Daoist Li, did you see clearly? Is it Senior Brother Tianshu from the Buddhist Sect?”
The cultivator called Fellow Daoist Li nodded and turned to Qi Yue, saying, “Fairy, you don’t need to be afraid. Fellow Daoist Tianshu is the Buddha Son of the Buddhist Sect, he certainly will not tolerate a fallen demonic cultivator causing trouble.”
“Senior Brother Li, thank you!” Qi Yue said bravely, “Otherwise, I wouldn’t know what to do.”
“Fairy, you jest. If you have nowhere to go, why not travel with us?” He invited warmly, and the other cultivators behind him echoed his sentiment.
“That’s right, our Supreme Sect disciples are the most reliable teammates. Little Fairy, as long as our senior brothers are here, we will protect you completely.”
In the sky above Red Maple Town, Bai Shengyi looked at Li Tingyun appearing in the illusion, and suddenly understood.
“The Way of Karma?”
In the town, Qi Yue, who was smiling softly at Li Tingyun, suddenly turned and gave Bai Shengyi a sinister smile.
The illusion shattered with a roar!
Yellow Springs Azure Sky Flowers bloomed one after another, and in a short while, they surrounded Bai Shengyi in the center.
Bai Shengyi looked down and saw countless thin threads growing on his body. These threads stretched densely into the distance, held in Qi Yue’s palm nearby.
“Oh, you noticed?” Qi Yue’s body turned back into a ball of grey silk, “Unfortunately, it’s too late.”
“It’s not too late. Since you used such a circuitous method to show me the grievances between my master and Dao Monarch Yanhua back then, thus forming and deepening my karma with Dao Monarch Yanhua, let me guess.” Bai Shengyi paused, “Is it only with this karma that you can do whatever you please with me?”
Not only that, Dao Monarch Yanhua was Qi Yue, but this ball of grey silk was clearly not Dao Monarch Yanhua, but merely impersonated Qi Yue in the illusion.
And the reason she couldn’t get away from the illusionary Qi Yue was because these invisible threads of karma bound her tightly.
“You guessed correctly.” The grey silk let out a scoff, “But what can you do?”
The Way of Karma was the deepest secret of their Prison Wraith clan, and because of this, the Prison Wraith clan could retreat unscathed after absorbing the spiritual power and essence blood of so many cultivators.
This little girl in front of him, thrown into the Gate of the Underworld by the princess, was no more than twenty years old. Even if her cultivation was profound, she couldn’t possibly comprehend the rules, right?
It scoffed and said, “You might as well obediently offer your spiritual power!”
As it spoke, it reached out and pulled the threads of karma fiercely, but its movements faltered.