Jinling.

A spiritual magpie fluttered its wings and landed within a noble estate.

A pretty maiden reached out to touch the magpie's head, removed a leg ring, and fed it with some spiritual grains: "Xiao Ling, you're so obedient!"

The maiden, clad in maidservant attire, walked through a hall and arrived outside a quiet chamber: "Commandery Princess... a winged sparrow letter has arrived."

"Come in!"

The door of the quiet chamber opened with a rumble, and the faint sound of a baby crying could be heard, causing the maid to shrink her neck involuntarily.

She knew that her Commandery Princess was a Great Cultivator, and the retreat was filled with many mysteries, often said to echo the cries of an infant.

Yet the servants who dared to investigate all went missing, neither seen alive nor found dead!

Thus, she became exceedingly obedient, her eyes fixed on her nose, her nose on her heart, entering the chamber, and disregarded the surrounding murals and writings, handing the leg ring to the Commandery Princess Tianluo seated on the prayer mat.

Commandery Princess Tianluo took the leg ring, her divine sense penetrated into it, and her expression unexpectedly changed: "Fengwen Building has been annihilated?"

The leg ring was a magic artifact, capable of storing vast amounts of information, including the news of Fengwen Building's destruction.

This cultivation force was utilized by the Imperial Family to gather information about the Great Saint, and recently should have had a breakthrough, yet suffered this calamity!

According to the message, all cultivators of Fengwen Building died unbearably miserably, with bloody holes for eyes, as if they had exploded.

It seemed... they witnessed something they shouldn't have, forming a curse capable of spreading.

If it were an ordinary dynasty, they would be helpless, but the Great Zhou Dynasty is experienced in dealing with all sorts of great evil-level contamination, and immediately sealed the relevant area, strictly forbidding any verbal or written information to leak outside, effectively controlling the spread of the curse inside.

"This Great Saint is indeed ruthless... or perhaps, it's another force silencing witnesses?"

Commandery Princess Tianluo muttered to herself, when suddenly another maid entered: "Urgent report from the East Sea!"

"Oh?"

She took another leg ring, her expression suddenly froze: "What? [Beihai Giant Demon]? No... how is this possible?"

As she continued reading, Commandery Princess Tianluo's expression became extremely peculiar, admiration, dread, fear... various emotions appeared successively, and then transformed into a deep sigh: "Indeed... when side paths produce a Great Saint, it is always supreme!"

"But Huang Long Ancestor also came from the side path..."

"Alas... I hope the Ancestor can hold on a bit longer, so Uncle Xuanhai can succeed..."

She collected herself, silently deliberating the shocking news she just received.

That Fang Lang Great Saint actually battled a great evil-level demon and succeeded in severely wounding and sealing it!

Moreover, it was not just any type of sealing.

You see, even when severely injured, dormant, or sealed, those great evils would respond to believers' prayers, spreading influence.

Yet after the [Beihai Giant Demon] was sealed by him, all contact was completely severed, as if it had died.

This suggests the possibility of utterly eliminating great evil-level demons, ending the Heavenly Demon calamity, potentially having profound impact on the current cultivation world!

"Issue orders to cut off all ties with Fengwen Building, and... cease all covert investigations."

The Commandery Princess Tianluo ordered sternly.

Now, that Fang Lang Great Saint has reached a level where even the Imperial Family must look up to him.

His prestige and renown nearly rival that of the Banshan Great Saint!

...

Chongming Island.

Li Xuan Saint is out patrolling the sea, leaving only the San Shan Great Saint guarding this place.

Inside the quiet chamber.

The San Shan Great Saint, clad in a robe made of countless talismans, wore an increasingly effeminate face: "Fang Lang?!"

He already knew the news from the Ten Thousand Island Sea Domain and had to admit that towards the young Great Saint, a sense of jealousy and resentment arose within him.

"Why... I am the true heir of Zhengyi, the orthodox Xuanmen, why am I not comparable to a mere loose cultivator from the side path?"

"I am not satisfied!"

"Hehe... haha..."

At this moment, the San Shan Great Saint even felt he heard a hallucination, with a giggling voice echoing in his ears.

A twisted silhouette seemed to appear before him, morphing into the form of Fang Lang: "I am the Heart Demon you cannot shake off for a lifetime!"

"No... you're not my Heart Demon, but... an external demon!"

On the San Shan Great Saint, talismans for clarity and concentration ignited spontaneously, emitting intense dao sounds.

His eyes became clear instantly, though his voice changed tone: "Manifesting myriad forms, infiltrating the mind... you are... the Great Evil—[Heart Demon Prince]!"

The fame of this great evil-level demon is like thunder in one's ears.

Not only can he manifest in countless forms, undetectable, but he once led a Great Saint into demonic possession!

This time, his target is the San Shan Great Saint.

"Look, this is your ugly face!"

Opposite 'Fang Lang' smiled, transformed into a mirror.

On the smooth mirror surface, the San Shan Great Saint saw himself, with a twisted face, merging with sinister features, uglier than even Rakshasa evil spirits, growing increasingly unlike himself.

"No... this isn't reality, but deep within my mind!"

The San Shan Great Saint's expression turned incomparably grave: "[Heart Demon Prince], you've infiltrated my mind?"

"True is untrue, illusion is illusion, flowers are not flowers, mist is not mist... how do you know this isn't the real world?"

The face in the mirror distorted and replied: "Even if this is the illusionary heart... how do you know your real physical body in the real world isn't already transformed into dao?"

Dao transformation?

A terrifying feeling suddenly struck the heart of the San Shan Great Saint, causing his mountain-like will to give birth to threads of fear.

Additionally, there's resentment towards those two Great Saints, Meng Nanhua!

'What is Meng Nanhua doing? He practices Dao through dreams, adept at entering hearts, and is the human race's last line of defense for the mind in the Great Thousand World... and along with the other Great Saint, two of them together still couldn't watch out for the [Heart Demon Prince]?'

"Yes, they cannot watch out for me... The Heart Demon transforms endlessly, Taishang never dies... as long as there are intelligent beings in this world, I won't perish!"

Gulp!

On the San Shan Great Saint's left shoulder, a massive tumor bulged, quickly growing, twisting into a head somewhat resembling the San Shan Great Saint, spewing words like viper venom.

Each muttering of the [Heart Demon Prince] pierced into the San Shan Great Saint's mind like flying swords, aiming to tear down his last defense.

"And about Meng Nanhua? You need not wait for him anymore... The supreme [Shadow of Taichu] has descended with a trace of power, he will immerse in the deep, endlessly twisted shadows of the mental ocean, perhaps... when you see him again, he'll become one of us, hmm, you too will become one of us, becoming... a Great Evil known to the world!"

On the right shoulder of the San Shan Great Saint, another sinister head grew.

And the words it spoke further plunged the San Shan Great Saint into the abyss: "The projection power of supreme existence... Could it be the Heavenly Demon Tribulation is about to begin again?"

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