Shi Feiyang had completely killed Grandmaster Ha Ha and sent Miaomiao to the root of the Heavenly Jade Lotus for hidden cultivation and restorative tranquility. He then plucked the White Jade Lotus and temporarily stored it in the Qiankun box.

He still didn't know how to refine it into the Nine Grades Lotus Platform and would have to wait until later when he had time to calm his mind and thoroughly study it.

What he was concerned about now was the Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor. Although Grandmaster Ha Ha was detestable, he wouldn't lie.

He probably did leave behind a seed of intention, which by now must have directed Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor to find Chi You's third soul piece.

With the capabilities of Grandmaster Ha Ha and Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor, they would surely cast spells to conceal Heaven's Secret. Until the seed of intention activated, no one else could divine its whereabouts.

It must have activated by now!

In Tianxin Palace, Shi Feiyang devoted himself to deducing the mysterious Heavenly Dao. The heavens remained obscure and impenetrable, and after much effort, he could only link it to the Nine Palaces.

The "Nine Palaces" most closely related to Chi You was the Xuanyuan Nine Palace Divine Sword. Could it be that Chi You's third Primordial Spirit was hidden in the Nine Palaces Sword? Or was the Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor going to use the Nine Palaces Sword to find the third Primordial Spirit?

Shi Feiyang was worried that it might be harmful to Shi Zhu and quickly recalculated the situation of Shi Zhu and the Nine Palaces Sword. All was well; there were no changes or signs of danger.

If it wasn't the Nine Palaces Sword, then what other Nine Palaces-related item could be tied to Chi You?

Shi Feiyang unraveled the divination, muttering to himself, "Chi You, Nine Palaces... Chi You, Nine Palaces..."

Suddenly, his gaze fell on Deng Yin, and he unconsciously spoke a phrase aloud, "Chi You, Nine Palaces, mirror... the Chi You Nine Palace Mirror!"

Shi Feiyang broke out in a cold sweat, his scalp tingling with numbness. Initially, he had thought Chi You's soul was in the Chi You Three Disks Scripture; after acquiring the Scripture from the Red Corpse God Monarch, he found nothing, and no matter how he deduced, he could not locate Chi You's third Primordial Spirit.

The Chi You Nine Palace Mirror, another one of Chi You's treasures, was in the hands of the Jiulei God!

Due to the enmity between his disciples and the Jiulei God, his visits to the Seven Evil Palace of West Kunlun had been numerous, but he rarely engaged with the Jiulei God, barely speaking or even drawing close to each other.

Indeed, it's darkest under the lantern; the Chi You Nine Palace Mirror could also divine the heavens and calculate the universe. It was normal for Chi You's spirit to hide within it, focused on disrupting the Heavenly Number and making it impossible for others to divine.

When he had read the original text years ago, he knew that the Jiulei God possessed this Treasure. The memory was too distant... and it wasn't a Treasure commonly used for attacking or dueling, so Shi Feiyang had never considered it in the past.

He immediately set out, taking Deng Yin with him: "Quick, to West Kunlun!"

The two traversed the Aurora Fire at top speed, leaving the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, and hurried to the Seven Evil Palace, only to find the Red Corpse God Monarch at home.

Upon asking where the Jiulei God had gone, the Red Corpse God Monarch said, "Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor came earlier and mentioned that years ago, he had already collected the fragmented souls of Jiulei's wife and child, managed to condense the soul and anchor the spirit, and then sent them to reincarnate. They've now grown up, and he took Jiulei to see them."

"How is that possible!" The Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor, having received the notification from Grandmaster Ha Ha, would have been at most a step behind; how could he have possibly gathered the fragmented souls of Jiulei God's wife and children years ago?

Upon recalculating, Shi Feiyang sighed.

It was Grandmaster Ha Ha stirring the pot again!

That old fellow had seized the Nine Palaces Sword from Yuanjiang and deduced some of the past and future events. When Huo Wuhai went to duel with the Jiulei God and was exterminated, Grandmaster Ha Ha was thousands of miles away and set up a Dharma Platform to remotely collect their fragmented souls, nurture them, and then send them for reincarnation.

After doing all this, he told no one, saving it for an opportune moment to use as leverage.

At that time, he did not know that Chi You's Primordial Spirit was hidden within the Chi You Nine Palace Mirror. He only discovered this recently when he visited the Seven Evil Palace, intending to incite Deng Yin and two junior brothers to turn against Shi Feiyang, accidentally uncovering the secret...

Tracing back the animosity, Shi Feiyang's feud with Grandmaster Ha Ha also stemmed from his rush to seize the Nine Palaces Sword from Yuanjiang Golden Ship. Shi Feiyang later took it back, deepening the enmity between them.

Moving further back, although there were minor frictions, none amounted to profound hatred or grievance.

Having learned that Jiulei God left with Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor to see his wife and children's reincarnated selves, Shi Feiyang did not continue the pursuit.

Things had gotten to this point; Chi You's emergence was inevitable, and Taiyi Hunyuan Ancestor must have departed with Chi You's third soul piece. It was already too late for him to intervene and stop it.

No wonder his calculations suggested that even if he had spared Grandmaster Ha Ha's life, Chi You would eventually emerge. It turned out he had so much more planning and action ahead of him.

Grandmaster Ha Ha schemed and schemed, but in the end, he died at the hands of Shi Feiyang.

Shi Feiyang schemed and schemed, yet he ultimately couldn't prevent the emergence of Chi You.

This shows that human effort sometimes has its limits. Without Harmonization, one can never fully peer into Heaven's Secret...

It seems the water only gets muddier the more you stir it; better to let it stand and clear on its own.

He spent another forty-nine days in the Seven Evil Palace, rigorously calculating the future, sorting through every major event that would take place, one by one.

In the end, he bid farewell to Deng Yin and Red Corpse God Monarch, "I'm returning to Outer Heaven Divine Mountain to continue contemplating the Heavenly Dao and to refine a few Treasures in preparation for the looming catastrophic calamities.

You mustn't act recklessly just because you possess Technique Divine Power, or you will inevitably face your doom. I truly hope you can stay safe; don't let it come to the point where we meet in battle."

He especially instructed the two, "The most crucial aspect of Demonic Path Skills is being able to command demons without being commanded by them. Do not overestimate yourselves. Red Corpse, you should carry your Sky-Blue Divine Sand, and Ayin, you should keep your Child Mother Dragon Sparrow Ring with you at all times.

If there's something you cannot handle, come find me at Outer Heaven Divine Mountain. If that's not convenient, send a Flying Sword Transmission or have someone deliver a message. I'll come immediately. As long as you can maintain a single clear thought, there's a chance to turn back."

After saying all there was to say, he left West Kunlun again, saw a few of his disciples with some special instructions, then returned to Outer Heaven Divine Mountain.

In the next thirty or forty years, there wouldn't be anything in Central Earth that required his intervention. If he had stayed, he would have inadvertently caused many earth-shattering events.

Huo Wuhai, Lin Han, and Shi Sheng did not remain in Central Earth but returned to Outer Heaven Divine Mountain with him. Qiu Yuan and Shi Zhu also wanted to return with him but were refused; they were instructed to manage the Huangshan Sect in Central Earth instead. He also included Bai Qi, Li Zhenchuan, and a few other early disciples as their senior disciples within the Huangshan Sect to join them in studying and practicing the Purple Ying Immortal Scripture.

After returning to Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, Shi Feiyang first visited the Never Night City, meeting with Jin Xunu and Yuan Hua to catch up on recent affairs in Yu Country.

In fact, Shi Feiyang had always been aware of the major affairs in Yu Country; he oversaw them broadly and had revised several memorials sent via Flying Sword Transmission by Yuan Hua over the decades, addressing matters critical to the nation's fate.

This time he took the time to review all the national policies of the Demon Kingdom, regardless of size, addressing and amending any issues or outdated regulations.

Yu Country was unlike the Republic; within this nation of a myriad of demons, he was the Demon Emperor with the greatest Mana, deriving power from himself, making him the state's most formidable force.

And with his vast Divine Skills, nothing, from great to minor, could be hidden from him. Therefore, whatever he wished to do, he could do so with just a word, whether an adjustment or a reform.

After spending over two months sorting out state affairs, he returned to the Bright Realm's Heavenly Heart Palace to start his tranquil life of Immortal Cultivation.

Outer Heaven Divine Mountain was eternally bathed in day; the landscape of Bright Realm was picturesque. The Heavenly Heart Palace was truly a Heavenly Palace, majestic and grand, descended alongside Outer Heaven Divine Mountain from the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm. The magnificence spoke for itself, and with Shi Feiyang's further renovations and decorations, plus the setting of the Heavenly Heart Lake in front, it was genuinely an Immortal's blessed land. Occasionally, standing at the railing, looking down at the myriad of fish and dragons that graced the golden waters, some would even leap out to pay homage and communicate with him, providing a different kind of delight.

Shi Feiyang, apart from meditating on the Dao and Cultivation, also studied the Nine Grades Green Lotus, looking to understand how it had been refined by predecessors and aiming to improve upon that method to refine the White Jade Lotus.

Within the Green Lotus, the Princess of Stone God yearned to come out and meet Deng Yin, but Shi Feiyang disagreed.

The Princess of Stone God had tried both persuasion and insistence.

Shi Feiyang, helpless, said, "I took the risk to enter Emei Mountain and retrieve this Hua Bi Pearl to give it to Deng Yin. But I never imagined you would be inside it. If it were just a mere scripture or if someone else was commanding the Divine Demon within, I would have delivered it to Deng Yin immediately. However, knowing that it is you inside, my calculations show that delivering you to him will inevitably trigger another catastrophe. I don't know why it's the case until I later discovered that unlucky Blood God Scripture host you in the first volume, while another Witch resides in the second. Fighting between good and evil would surely stir up a storm of blood and gore, which I cannot allow."

The Princess of Stone God argued, "Red Flower Princess is the most malicious at heart. If she stays with Deng Yin to work on that Evil Book, given enough time, Deng Yin will fall into the Demon Path beyond redemption, which will still lead to a catastrophe,

and blood and tragedy will ensue just the same. What good does it do to keep me trapped here? What you ought to do is take me to see Deng Yin, and then we join forces to destroy the second volume, along with that Red Flower Witch. Only by eliminating her can we uphold the Righteous Path!"

Shi Feiyang fell silent, pondering.

The Princess of Stone God continued, "The Red Flower Witch is most adept at seducing hearts. Do you think Deng Yin calls you 'brother' and obeys you now, he will do the same in the future? He once caused Master Changmei to fall into a calamity, dying a miserable death. How did Master Changmei treat him in his next life?

He himself regretted what he had done profoundly, weeping bitterly, swearing to reform and change his ways, but what was the result? He's on the brink of corruption encountering the Red Flower Witch. You think your Mana and Divine Skills are powerful, that you have everything under control, but how are you different from Master Changmei?"

Shi Feiyang nodded, admitting, "My current Technique Divine Power is indeed inferior to Master Changmei's, and the bond between Deng Yin and me can't even compare. But delivering you to him now is not a good solution. By destroying the second volume of the scripture and eliminating the Red Flower Witch within, can the problem not be resolved? That Red Flower Witch resides in his heart; how could we possibly eliminate her?"

The Princess of Stone God, ready to argue at first, also fell silent upon hearing the end of his point.

She knew Deng Yin loved her, but she also knew Deng Yin loved the Red Flower Witch, not a bit less than he loved her!

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