"Li Yuyu employed the Nine Heavens Secret Demon Technique, using her own Primordial Spirit to cultivate the Lifebound Divine Demon, which the Nine Heavens Demon Witch used to arrange her formation; she turned her body into the earth, her hair into vegetation, and transformed into an illusion.

Jiang Shu only felt that something was wrong here, but he didn't know what specific problem there was, still trying to lock onto Li Yuyu's position by the sound, his body being drawn downwards and slowly descending against his will.

He prided himself on being from the orthodox ranks of the Mysterious Sect, believing his Primordial Spirit wouldn't be lured away by the enemy. In reality, his mind had already been drawn in by the opponent, with all his attention above, he fell to the ground oblivious.

He felt as if he was stepping on something soft and mushy underfoot, as if stepping on flesh, without realizing he had already been caught by the Yuan Yin Absorption Method, and was actually stepping on Li Yuyu's thigh.

A wave of heat surged from the soles of his feet straight to his crown, and a heatwave exploded in Jiang Shu's head, all his channels were debilitated, barely clinging to a sliver of reason, his left hand formed a talisman, and with all his might, he cast, releasing a Qiantian Taiyin Divine Thunder.

With a 'crack', the golden lightning struck down onto the ground like a frenzied dance of electric snakes.

Demon Light surged, clouds and mist swirled, and a hole was blasted through the illusion, revealing Li Yuyu lying on the ground.

Seeing that he was standing over her, Jiang Shu exclaimed in panic, urgently trying to summon his Flying Sword to escape as one with his sword but found himself firmly held down by an invisible magic so that his body was extremely heavy and unable to rise into the sky.

Li Yuyu grabbed his ankle with her cold little hand, repeatedly calling 'Brother' and clinging to his leg, pulling him down.

Jiang Shu fell on top of her and looked at her foolishly with a smile; he didn't struggle anymore but began to respond instead.

Li Yuyu, seeing her magic successful, was pleased with herself; she hugged Jiang Shu's neck and transmitted a stream of Primordial Qi into his mouth and sealed both his eyes and ears with Demon Light, thinking that a treasure was about to emerge, and she would leave him here for now. She planned to get the other boy and secure both the person and the treasure, which would be doubly fortunate. There really was nothing more beautiful than this in the world.

She intended to leave Jiang Shu and deal with Shi Feiyang, but when she tried to get up, she was instead gripped tight by Jiang Shu, who sent a scorching Primordial Qi straight into her face.

Li Yuyu's channels began to boil too. She assumed he was from the orthodox Mysterious Sect, a virgin that had entered the Dao for many lifetimes, and was now instinctively clinging to her due to her magic.

She placed her hand on his forehead and said softly, "Wait here for a moment. This Miss will go get the other little brother, and then I will come back to favor both of you together. Then don't you get jealous."

She thought that by controlling his Primordial Spirit she could free herself, but unexpectedly, he was not at all affected and held her firmly in his arms, "Don't go! You are to favor only me!"

Li Yuyu then felt that something was amiss, hastily formed talismans and cast a spell, forcefully slapping the opponent's forehead.

A green mist rose from Jiang Shu's body, and his appearance changed; it was a handsome young man draped in green gauze, laughing heartily at her, "Dear sister, I haven't been close to anyone in a long time, and it's rare to meet someone of such high Dao Level. You can't just abandon me."

Li Yuyu was taken aback, "Who are you? When did you come?" She hastened to form talismans and cast a spell to break free, but she was firmly held in place by the other's absorption technique of Yuan Yang.

Yuan Yin can absorb Yang, and Yuan Yang can naturally absorb Yin!

She was unable to break free from his embrace, and upon closer look, he was incredibly handsome, not inferior to the ones before, those by the creek retrieving treasures, and even the corners of his eyes and brows seemed more refined. Additionally, his Divine Sense was extremely concentrated, and she could tell his body contained profoundly deep mana.

Ordinarily, meeting such a beautiful young man would have delighted her, and if he was willing to be intimate with her, that would have been even better.

But looking at this young man now, the more she saw, the less he seemed a normal human; demonically intriguing, filled with a demonic aura that made her heart suddenly sink, no longer daring to hesitate, she quickly released the Peach Blossom Seven Evil Swords that she had nurtured over many years. All seven swords thrust violently into his body!

Meanwhile, at the bank of the Purple Gold Waterfall.

Jiang Shu lay on the ground, slowly opening his eyes to see Shi Feiyang sitting beside him, holding two gleaming Treasure Hooks.

He quickly sat up, "What happened? I just..."

"You were seduced by a female demon, nearly lost your soul."

"I..." Shaking his head, Jiang Shu formed a talisman with his left hand and placed it on his brow, casting a spell to concentrate, trying hard to recall the recent events, and thinking of the last moment when Li Yuyu pulled him into her embrace, his face flushed to the base of his neck, "This... this, that..."

"What's all this this and that?"

"I mean, did you save me?"

"What else? Could it be that the witch suddenly found her conscience, or got sick of the taste, and spat out the fresh meat she'd gobbled up?"

Jiang Shu looked around, "But where is that witch now?"

"Ah, the witch? She's enjoying herself. I used a demon, the one I told you about earlier, made from a Great Demon cultivated over ten thousand years. In the final moment, I replaced you with it, and now it's battling with the witch in your place."

"A battle?" Jiang Shu couldn't quite picture it, standing up, "Is that witch still in the forest over there?"

"You're going over?"

""

"What...what do I have to be afraid of..." he said, but deep down, Jiang Shu felt a bit dejected. After cultivating Daoist techniques and swordsmanship for so many years and determining to sweep away the hordes of demons with his sword, he had now been defeated by a witch. If Shi Feiyang hadn't saved him, he would probably have lost his virtue by now. It was both shameful and infuriating.

He was about to say something when suddenly, from within the forest, a large amount of green Qi emerged, accompanied by the pitiful scream of a woman. Then flames flickered within the green Qi.

Shi Feiyang furrowed his brow and stood up, looking toward the west with a very serious expression on his face.

Jiang Shu asked worriedly, "What's wrong?"

Shi Feiyang didn't speak but gestured with his hand, "No more playing around! Come back!"

The green Qi in the forest rapidly contracted, finally shaping into a handsome young man wrapped in green gauze, licking his lips with a wicked charm. Then, with a turn of his body, he transformed into a streak of green smoke flying toward Shi Feiyang, entering his sleeve.

This young man was none other than the Myriad Cold Centipede transformed into a Divine Demon.

The Cold Centipede was originally hermaphroditic; it was born solely from accumulating Taiyin Energy. If it managed to endure the once-in-ten-thousand-years catastrophe and cultivate an Undying Body, the Lifebound Embryo it cultivated would be of yang nature.

In the original text, Han Fairy, the wife of Divine Camel Yi Xiu, had a Golden Spider which she had spit silk at the Yuan River to haul up Guang Chengzi's Golden Ship to retrieve treasures. After swallowing a compass capable of traversing through the Aurora Fire, an ancient treasure from before the dawn of time, the spider wanted to flee to Outer Heaven Divine Mountain to seek unity with the Cold Centipede.

Thus, the Cold Centipede could choose to be male or female at will, being born from yin energy and needing to supplement itself. When transforming into a human, it took a female form; after cultivating an Undying Body, it changed from yin at its extreme to yang, and thus it would transform into a male image.

Shi Feiyang thwarted its dream of overcoming the final disaster and cultivating the immortal enterprise of an Undying Body, refining it into a Divine Demon instead and integrating it into the Twelve Flower Evil God Gang.

Today, in order to seduce Li Yuyu, he let it show a male form and swapped it for Jiang Shu to give to Li Yuyu.

His Heavenly Secret Demon Technique and the Nine Heavens Secret Demon Mysterious Scripture passed down by the Old Demon of Iron City Mountain to his disciple Jiu Panpo, the Demon Monk, were also variations from the same root, with Heavenly favoring breadth and Nine Heavens favoring purity.

Shi Feiyang's cultivation in the Demon Path was far inferior to that of Red Body Sect Hierarch Jiu Panpo, but it was much more exquisite than Li Yuyu's. He switched people in the air with the Heavenly Secret Demon Technique, using yin to extract yang and Demons to control Demons, trapping Li Yuyu within the Cold Centipede's embrace, unable to extricate herself once she realized it.

The Cold Centipede exhaled Green Pill Energy, wrapping up Li Yuyu in it, reverted to its original form with six heads, and tore Li Yuyu apart to swallow her whole.

Shi Feiyang originally intended to imprison Li Yuyu's Primordial Spirit and also refine it into a Divine Demon within the Twelve Flower Evil God Gang, but Li Yuyu's magic was exceptionally profound; she had cultivated her Primordial Spirit into a Divine Demon. When she plunged the Peach Blossom Seven Evil Sword into the body of the Cold Centipede, the creature was oblivious and continued to bite into her corpse, also imprisoning her Primordial Spirit.

In the direst moment, a burst of intense fire erupted from her torn body, and within the flames, a Barbarian Monk appeared, forming a hand seal and striking the Cold Centipede's head with a palm. What seemed to be a single strike affected all six heads of the Cold Centipede at once, imprinting a talisman on each, causing the creature to momentarily lose its senses.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yuyu brought together the Peach Blossom Seven Evil Sword, merging it with her Primordial Spirit as one, and fled into the sky.

Shi Feiyang could tell that this was the work of Chuandeng Monk. He felt a bit startled by the methods of the Western Demon Cult. It was clear that Chuandeng Monk was at least thousands of miles away; he had tried several times and simply couldn't track him. Yet, this Demon Monk could repeatedly attack him from so far away through casting—it was utterly annoying!

He retracted the Cold Centipede, handing over the two Broken Jade Hooks he had just collected from the spring to Jiang Shu.

Jiang Shu happily admired the brilliantly glowing Treasure Hooks, but did not take them. "Are these really for me?"

Shi Feiyang nodded.

Still hesitating, he asked, "What kind of Flying Sword are you using now? Rather than this hook, you might as well keep it for yourself. If you're willing to part with it, you could lend me your personal sword for the time being."

"No need. Although my sword isn't an extraordinary treasure of the ages, it's also a treasure refined by an Immortal of the Han period after much effort. It has been further improved with lots of Primordial Qi and Sword Evil in my possession. Now it's not any less than these Broken Jade Hooks. Just take them."

It was only then that Jiang Shu reached out to take the hooks, grabbing them to pull away, but Shi Feiyang didn't let go. Jiang Shu looked at him, puzzled.

Shi Feiyang stared into his eyes and said, "Promise me that you will never use these hooks against me."

Jiang Shu, annoyed, simply let go, "Are you going to say that if I awaken my past life's memories, I'm going to become your enemy again? I've said it! Either restore my memories now, or don't bring up this matter again! I respect you in my heart and see you as my own brother, but you doubt me like this. If you don't trust me, why bother giving me these hooks?"

Shi Feiyang sighed, "Alright, take them then." He tossed the hooks directly over.

Jiang Shu caught the hooks, "Are you not suspicious of me anymore? Aren't you afraid that I'll use these hooks against you in the future?"

Shi Feiyang laughed, "I was being petty, not generous enough! I'm giving you these hooks now because the Jiang Shu of today is worthy of them, and recognizes me as his elder brother. I also treat you as my younger brother. If the Jiang Shu of the future sees me as an enemy and insists on using these hooks to kill me, we'll sever our brotherhood then and fight a fair battle. I will personally behead you and take these hooks back!"

Jiang Shu huffed, caressing the icy surface of the hooks with his fingers and said while turning his head, "What's this 'current Jiang Shu', 'future Jiang Shu'? Past, present, future—there's only one Jiang Shu. I am who I am. According to me, even if we had met in a past life, we could still be friends, and if we meet in the next life, we can still be brothers.

Memories may change, but I'm confident my standards for friendship will not. Unless you fall into depravity, follow the Evil Path, truly start to slaughter innocents and become a Great Demon, whichever incarnation of me that encounters you will never stand by. I'll tell you this—if you truly turn wicked in the future, even if I can't defeat you, I'll still fight a desperate battle against you with these hooks you've given me!"

Good! Good!" Shi Feiyang nodded with a smile, "Such fervor in your words. Shall we go and deal with a real Great Demon who slaughter innocents next?"

Lan Shu seemed puzzled, "Didn't you say we were going to deal with Chuandeng Monk?"

"It's him!"

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