Deng Bagu and Liu Quan had studied the Dao together for many years, deeply understanding his temperament and nature, which fundamentally was not of the demon and evil sort. If he were to follow the steps of One Light Master to the dark end, he would surely face tribulation, and his outcome would be extremely miserable.

In the original text, he was able to wait for the One Light Master to receive Heavenly Punishment, thereby freeing himself from his shackles and gaining his freedom.

Now Shi Feiyang faced the One Light Master, and the Old Demon had triggered a Human Tribulation before the Heavenly Punishment, necessitating the use of all his strength to overcome this fated calamity. Liu Quan simply could not avoid it.

Deng Bagu calculated that if she did not come to find Liu Quan, he would definitely be forcibly retrieved by the One Light Master to the Zhuanlun Temple. At that time, unless he could rebel at the frontline and realize his errors in time, there would be a sliver of a chance for survival. Otherwise, a great battle would ensue, with the Flying Sword falling silent; at best, he would face Soldier Disintegration and reincarnation, or at worst, he would be captured by One Light Master at the brink of death, offered as a sacrifice with Essence Blood to the Divine Demon, surely resulting in body and soul being destroyed.

She came specifically to persuade Liu Quan, knowing he would not be swayed by mere words; she had to use 'facts' to convince him.

The ugly Demon King Xing Kun and the Evil Mute Yuan Da were not weak in strength and, when compared in swordsmanship, paled significantly, immediately releasing their own Demon Skills.

Years later, Deng Bagu saw the Demon Skills cultivated by the two, noting their superior quality. Knowing how formidable they were, she dared not show the slightest negligence and raised her hand to summon the Snow Soul Pearl.

Her Snow Soul Pearl forcibly took away Ye Bin's Ice Soul Divine Light Sword, which comprised the Ice Soul Divine Light that Ye Bin had gathered and refined over hundreds of years and the Ice Soul Essence coalesced and refined with countless Essence Blood. Deng Bagu had infused it into the Snow Soul Pearl, and under the guidance of Shi Feiyang's sacrificial refinement, it had now completely merged with the Snow Soul Pearl.

The Snow Soul Pearl emitted a bright white essence glow, surrounded by a ring of colorful lustre. With a gesture from Deng Bagu's hand, a colorful light screen hung before her, blocking and confining all approaching Divine Demons.

The Divine Demons bared their teeth and grimaced, frantically exerting strength to twist and tear open the colorful light, with the Ice Soul Divine Light already condensing nine Immortal Swords lined up like a rainbow, shooting toward Xing Kun and Yuan Da.

The two could not hold back and recalled their Demon Skills to defend against the nine Ice Soul Divine Light Swords. The Demon Skills, glowing red, mingled with the constantly dividing and morphing Ice Soul Divine Light. The colorful light surged forward and back, swaying left and right, casting the entire cave in bizarrely colored light, turning everyone into shades of color.

Deng Bagu used the colorful Ice Soul Divine Light to trap the two men in the middle, the colorful light continuously pressing towards the center. Yuan Da formed hand signs and cast a spell, attempting to seize Deng Bagu's Primordial Spirit from afar.

Standing there, Deng Bagu coldly laughed, "Don't bother with such spells that only embarrass you! You better bring out all your trump cards and show me what ferocious Demon Magic you've learned from following old dog One Light Master all these years!"

The ugly Demon King Xing Kun was adept at cultivating Demon Fire, but knowing it was restrained by the Snow Soul Pearl, he had not yet used it. He had also refined a special Demon Fire Thunder Pearl, which was difficult to concoct and rarely used. Now, with colorful Ice Light continuously surging from all directions and even if blocked by the Divine Demons, the reflected light still made him unbearably cold, and his cultivation techniques could not withstand the cold invading his body, knowing another moment of battle would certainly lead to defeat.

He hardened his heart, took out two Demon Fire Thunder Pearls, bit his tongue tip, sprayed Essence Blood on them, and with all his might, sent them into the colorful light ahead.

His Demon Fire Thunder Pearls were unique. Once released, they turned into two flickering flames, floating leisurely forward, neither fast nor forceful.

Deng Bagu guessed they were something resembling a Magical Treasure that he had refined from Demon Magic learned from One Light Master. She tried to wrap them with Ice Soul Divine Light to extinguish them, not realizing that while the outsides were flames, the insides contained Thunder Pearls. Encased tightly in Ice Soul Divine Light, following Xing Kun's furious shout, they exploded immediately.

"Boom!" Both pearls detonated simultaneously, blasting two thick columns of fire skyward, instantly scattering the surging colorful light.

The colors scattered wildly within the cave, the mountain rocks shook, and a large area of the cave ceiling cracked, with pieces of stone falling down with loud clatters.

Xing Kun seized the moment to fly out of the cave with Yuan Da.

Several places inside the cave had collapsed, and Deng Bagu and Liu Quan flew out shortly after.

Xing Kun stood aloft, pointing at Deng Bagu, "You wretched slave, helping outsiders oppress your own path, you will eventually face tribulation and will not die a good death!" With that, he summoned the Vajra Pestle to strike at her.

Deng Bagu used the Snow Soul Pearl to hold up the Steel Pestle, releasing the Flying Sword to slash across, while Xing Kun countered the Flying Sword with a blast of the Golden Wheel, and Yuan Da attacked from the side with the Precepts Blade, calling on the Lifebound Demon to emit a Demon Sound, continually calling out Deng Bagu's name, "Junior Sister Eight, back then you pined deeply for the Kunlun Sect's thief Mr. Zhong. Have you managed to get your hands on him now? There are many skills in our Demon Cult to seduce men. You could have used just a few of them and had him in your grasp. Have you used them yet? Or is your art not refined enough? After all these years, you haven't even cultivated your Lifebound Divine... Junior Sister Eight, my master said you always like to put on a so-called 'dignified and self-respecting' act. In reality, people come into this world naked, and they leave naked. The body is the cleanest thing, yet you insist on covering it with clothes, which is a delusional thought, a barrier of knowledge. When facing men, you should bravely strip off your clothes, using the most primal attraction to captivate men's hearts and minds. Why don't you respond? Have you used that already? Did the thief Mr. Zhong get a look at your body and not feel a thing? Has he ever glanced at you? How many times did he look? With your Dao Level, merely having the inclination to look once should have allowed you to capture his heart..."

Those who follow the Demon Path must first provoke an emotional response before they can capture a person's Primordial Spirit. If one's heart is calm, their spirit is focused, and if the heart remains unmoved, so does the spirit. If the spirit doesn't move, it cannot be captured. Therefore, one must first stir the heart, no matter what the emotion might be—greed or rage, fame or beauty—breaking the opponent's inner defenses is a must. Once the heart sways, the Primordial Spirit immediately loses its sovereignty, allowing them to make their move.

Yuan Da knew that Deng Bagu was proud and resolute, despite being a woman who cultivated Magic, she would never debase herself, and she despised using her beauty to entice men the most. She would not practice Spells like "Heavenly Demon Dance" or "Demon Princess' Complaint". Yuan Da also knew that her unrequited love for Mr. Zhong was a wound in her heart, so he deliberately poked at this sore spot, making his words increasingly offensive.

Deng Bagu knew that Mr. Zhong was her fated tribulation, but these few words were not enough to "stir her heart". While dueling, she said to Liu Quan, "Your cave dwelling has been destroyed by them! Since you're out now, you can't escape this tribulation. Why not strike with us and kill those two innate scum, clear the door for our former master, then go to Zhuanlun Temple to slaughter the old dog and avenge our master?"

Liu Quan was still afraid and merely said, "We were once fellow students learning the Dao together. For the sake of our past relations, please cease this!"

At this, Deng Bagu became somewhat angry. She snorted coldly, summoned back the Snow Soul Pearl and Flying Sword, and with a unified body and sword, she flew southward, vanishing into the clouds in the blink of an eye.

Xing Kun and Yuan Da didn't expect her to leave just like that, and so decisively too. Yuan Da wanted to provoke Deng Bagu precisely to lure her to the Huashan Sect, but his plan had fallen through.

Looking down from their vantage point, the two said to Liu Quan, "Our master commanded us to find you and bring you back to Zhuanlun Temple, so come with us!"

Liu Quan didn't want to go, "I still have some things..."

"Whatever matters you have, they cannot outweigh the command of our master! Don't you know our master's words are law, and disobeying him is not allowed?" the Demon King Xing Kun said fiercely, "You haven't been to Zhuanlun Temple for many years, and you even took another master outside. Out of respect for that old monk, and for giving him face, our master hasn't come out to take you back. But now that the Demon Dragon is about to invade Buddha Light Mountain, can you still not come back to help defend?"

Yuan Da also added with a Divine Demon's voice, "Junior Brother Liu, you know our master's temper. He gave us a strict order before we came, and if you don't leave with us, don't blame us for being inhospitable!"

Liu Quan was in a predicament. He always remembered the last words of Elder Kuti and had recently foreseen that a great battle would take place at Buddha Light Mountain. He was truly unwilling and fearful to get involved, "I have made up my mind to close the door and focus on cultivation, to stop meddling in worldly affairs. Please, my fellow brothers, stop forcing me."

He had a feeling that as long as he didn't go to Zhuanlun Temple, as long as he stayed here, he could avoid this calamity, so he persisted in his refusal to move.

"If you're so unwilling to return that you'd rather die, then we'll just take your Primordial Spirit back and report to our master," the Demon King said and conjured a Demon-Subduing Pestle, while Yuan Da released two Precepts Blades.

The moment they attacked, it was two against one. Liu Quan released his Flying Sword, but couldn't withstand the assault and began to retreat. Yuan Da suddenly reached behind him, stood on the high ground, and scattered several red lights, unleashing Divine Demons.

Seeing the Divine Demons arrive, Liu Quan didn't dare to be negligent. Quickly, he put on the Evil Extinguishing Immortal Robe given to him by Elder Kuti.

This treasure was crafted by Elder Kuti before he converted to Buddhism. In Antarctica's minor Immortal Source, close to an Earth-level Fire Acupoint under a glacier, he gathered Fire Silkworm Silk, spun and refined it with an extremely vile Evil Skill into this artefact.

When not in use, it was just a stack of fine gauze, thin as cicada's wings. When danger appeared, it unfolded like a bell from head to foot, enveloping the body in a silver-white mist, like lightweight clouds or faint smoke. After converting to Buddhism, he refined it with Buddhist Law, and once worn, it protected against thousands of evils!

When Yuan Da's Demon Lights reached him, they were all blocked by the mist. The Evil Extinguishing Immortal Robe contained Buddha Light, which could shoot out intense flames upon contact. The Demon was engulfed in fireballs by the scorching flames. While the Divine Demon didn't fear fire, it couldn't break through the barrier of the robe for a while.

Liu Quan invoked the Golden Mandala Divine Scissors, which turned into a pair of intersecting rainbows. First, he targeted Xing Kun. Xing Kun, seeing the formidable approach, quickly withdrew the Vajra Pestle and flew away.

Liu Quan caught his breath and turned the treasure against Yuan Da. When Yuan Da used a Precepts Blade to fend off the attack, the Divine Scissors clamped onto the blade. With a crisp "crack", the blade was cut in half. Without the golden light, it turned into two pieces of mundane iron and fell downward.

Enraged, Yuan Da prepared to fight to the death, but suddenly, from the sky above, Xing Kun yelled fiercely. Upside down, with his hands forming a seal, he surrounded himself with a massive fire cloud, covering tens of acres like a mountain, crashing down.

Seeing the attack, Liu Quan, with his Body and Sword Combined, hurriedly tried to escape, but inside the Fire Cloud was the Vajra Pestle. A beam of golden light shot from its tip and landed on his Flying Sword. With a single light touch, the sword light was scattered. Liu Quan felt the pestle's weight was like a mountain, and if he let it fall, the Evil Extinguishing Immortal Robe might be penetrated. In a rush, he brought out the Divine Thunder Gold Light Hammer. With a thunderous crack, the artefact was transformed into a bolt of Golden Light Thunder that struck hard on the Vajra Pestle, scattering its light by half and forcefully knocking it aside.

But this slight delay allowed the giant Fire Cloud to descend, enveloping him inside.

Xing Kun, proud, emitted several flames from his mouth to intensify the fire. The Demon Fire made even the vast sky redden.

Liu Quan felt the heat pressing in on him from all sides. While controlling the sword and holding his treasure, he tried to break free, but they blocked his every attempt with their combined might. As the fire burned fiercely, he felt pain through the robe as if his skin was being roasted. He had no choice but to sit cross-legged, recalling his Flying Sword for protection while he exerted his Cultivation to resist.

With a triumphant laugh, Xing Kun said, "If you had the Snow Soul Pearl like your Eighth Sister, I'd be somewhat wary of you, but sadly you don't. You might have many Magical Treasures, but none can break my Demon Fire. Don't even think that your immortal robe alone will save you from this predicament. As long as I maintain my Magic for a day and night, I'll reduce you and your treasure to ash. Then I'll capture your Primordial Spirit and report back to our master!"

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