The woman in the cliff was none other than Zhuge Han'er, the master whom Ling Yunfeng had once paid respect to!

In the past, when Shi Feiyang went to Qiao Mountain to seek treasures, Han'er left in a huff, thinking that Shi Feiyang would chase after her and coax her back...

But as she traveled over a thousand miles, she saw no sign of Shi Feiyang coming after her. After two thousand miles, still no Shi Feiyang, and even after traveling tens of thousands of miles, not to mention Shi Feiyang himself, not even a disciple was sent after her.

She felt an intense loneliness and isolation, sensing that in this vast world, full of countless people, there was no longer a place she could go, no one she could rely on.

She had always felt her parents did not love her; she was merely an accident that occurred after her parents, Zhuge Jingwo and Lady Bao Xiang, were ambushed. As a result, both her parents underwent Soldier Disintegration.

Later, she met Shi Feiyang and, for some unknown reason, she felt an inexplicable closeness to him, a sense of dependency arise in her heart.

To her disappointment, Shi Feiyang didn't take her seriously; she had traveled so far and been away for so long, and still, Shi Feiyang didn't send anyone to persuade her to return.

Overwhelmed by grief, she broke down crying on a mountaintop, never expecting that this place was the dwelling of a Great Demon who had been in hiding for many years!

The Red Lotus Demon, a highly mysterious demon in the Shushan World, once harassed and bullied the Saintess Jiayin, driving her to extremes. Hating all men in the world, she made a vow to the Heavenly Demon in the Illusion Wave Pool, cursing all men who enter the pool to suffer a terrible fate and die in hatred.

In fact, this was the Red Lotus Demon's scheme; if the Saintess didn't love or hate him and was completely indifferent to him, he would have no way to proceed.

Since the Saintess hated him, resentment turned into the seed of demons, tying a karmic thread to him, thus creating a connection between them.

He placed a Prohibition on Jiayin's Primordial Spirit, his destined Demon Queen, waiting for the right opportunity to capture her and make her his Demon Consort once and for all.

The Saintess, originally from a side branch of the Daoist tradition, could only transcend and transform between heaven and earth after attaining her Nascent Soul. She had no way to ascend to the Spiritual Space Immortal Realm, could not become a Heavenly Immortal, nor could she achieve liberation.

Late, under the guidance from her previous life from Li Ying's father Li Ning, she obtained Buddhist Scriptures from within a piece of Divine Wood in the Shendu Country, and completely devoted herself to Buddhism.

Yet she could never find peace and liberation because of her fateful entanglement with the Red Lotus Demon.

Only at the verge of her final meditation did she awake to the realization that resentment obstructed her cultivation, and she deeply regretted this, but it was too late. She managed only to make some simple arrangements, entrusting all her affairs to Li Ning and the Emei Sect.

Her final meditation was not entirely successful; the Xuanyuan Dharma King had arrived, and in that year she had used Cui Ying, her misguided disciple, to revive herself, marry Poison Hand Mo Shen, and the Xuanyuan Dharma King took over the Illusion Wave Pool. The Emei Sect had to exert a great deal of effort to finally drive him away.

Finally, they opened the final meditation chamber and asked Jiayin to come out, but she still couldn't achieve her ultimate goal. Her Nascent Soul had to fly elsewhere to continue her hidden cultivation, waiting for many more years before she could succeed.

The Saintess was a resolute person, knowing that she couldn't ascend to Pure Land unless she completely resolved her karma with the Red Lotus Demon. She boldly went to West Kunlun to undergo closed-door cultivation.

Confronted with the Saintess who had come to him, the Red Lotus Demon naturally didn't hold back. He harassed her three times, the first two times feigning decorum and proposing marriage to the Saintess.

The Saintess simply meditated, paying no attention to him. On the third occasion, he lost hope and directly used force to break into the cliffside, capturing the Saintess's Nascent Soul and taking it back to his Red Lotus Grotto Heaven World, where he confined her as his Demon Consort.

By that time, Han'er had already been taken to the Demon Palace for quite a while.

The Red Lotus Demon was exceedingly handsome, with a tall stature, fair skin, bright, piercing eyes, a golden crown on his head, and dressed in a red robe; he possessed an immensely charming demeanor.

When he first appeared before Han'er, she never imagined he was a Demon Master. Believing him to be a profound expert from the Mysterious Sect and hearing his self-proclaimed title of Red Lotus God Monarch, Han'er addressed him as True Master Red Lotus.

The Red Lotus Demon looked suave, unrestrained, easygoing, well-versed and knowledgeable, and possessed unparalleled mana. Such a man instantly captivated Han'er.

Gradually, Han'er felt that Shi Feiyang wasn't as desirable. When the Red Lotus Demon invited her to be a guest at his Demon Palace, she happily agreed.

The world within the Grotto Heaven of the Red Lotus Demon was truly beautiful, with thousands of acres of red lotuses and plum groves covering the hillsides. The landscape was embellished with stacks of rocks, pavilions, and towers; almost every step revealed a splendid sight, dazzlingly splendid, rivaling even the legendary Immortal Realm.

Han'er lingered there, forgetful of returning home.

At first, the Red Lotus Demon visited her almost every day to chat, taking her to tour through the celestial scenery. But as time went by, he came less frequently, visiting only every three to five days, which left Han'er anxious and fearful of loss.

Thus, within the Red Lotus Cave Heaven, she spent a wonderful time, so happy that she forgot about home and thoroughly forgot about Shi Feiyang.

It was as if she was in an incredibly sweet dream, hoping never to wake up, to remain this blissful forever.

However, dreams are just dreams, and whether they are beautiful dreams or nightmares, there comes a time to wake up.

Until one day, she encountered the Saintess Jiayin in an ice cave.

Jiayin was a Nascent Soul Body, refined and condensed; only Daoist practitioners from the Mysterious Sect cultivated the Nascent Soul. She wanted to ascend to the Pure Land; even her Nascent Soul had to be let go.

For Buddhists, essence, energy, spirit and the Nascent Soul were all temporary and illusory, only temporary measures on the path to the ultimate truth. She could not ascend with even a shred of attachment or reluctance in her heart.

She was sincere in wanting to end this karmic debt, so she took the initiative to come to West Kunlun, only to be captured by the Red Lotus Old Demon.

Understanding Han'er's potential, she took advantage of the time when the Red Lotus Old Demon was in closed-door cultivation to lure Han'er here. To her surprise, Han'er turned out to be Zhuge Jingwo's daughter from a past life. Jiayin felt relieved, believing she had found her savior, and thus shared her own origins with Han'er.

Han'er, upon hearing that she was a Saintess, felt indifferent, but learning that the gentle and generous Red Lotus True Master was in fact a Great Demon, she couldn't and wouldn't believe it.

The next day, she encountered the Red Lotus Old Demon and questioned him to his face if he belonged to the Demon Path.

The Red Lotus Old Demon was initially taken aback, but soon, through Heavenly Demon Sensing, he understood what had happened and admitted it, claiming that Saintess Jiayin was not a good person, merely a hypocrite who played the saint while being a whore... He didn't say it in those words, but this was the gist of his message.

Confused about whom to believe, Han'er sought further explanation from the Saintess. After asking repeatedly, she only became more perplexed.

In the end, she chose to believe the Red Lotus Old Demon and stopped seeing the Saintess.

Until this day, when the Red Lotus Old Demon joyfully announced that he was prepared to take her as his Demon Consort.

At this point, the Red Lotus Old Demon stopped hiding his true intentions. His Grotto Heaven World was divided into two sections: the front was the Ice Mountain Lotus Pond, covered with beautiful blooming plum trees, while the back housed a gigantic Demon Palace. Initially, he had used a spell to conceal the back, and Han'er, who had been there for half a year, had not noticed any signs. Only now did he reveal the Demon Palace.

Han'er then realized that this man already had fifty-four Demon Consorts, along with Demon Concubines and Demon Ladies of Honor...

He intended to make Han'er another one of his Demon Consorts and elevate the Saintess to be his Demon Queen.

He had been preparing for this half-year; now the elixirs were complete and his cultivation technique had reached the proper level of fire control, making it the perfect time for dual cultivation and refining.

Now, Han'er finally saw his true colors and knew fear, but it was too late. At first, she thought she could escape with her Magical Treasure, but she was no match for the Red Lotus Old Demon and could not even leave the Red Lotus Cave Heaven.

Fortunately, the Old Demon didn't take her seriously, being preoccupied with his own affairs. Knowing she couldn't escape, he didn't confine her but allowed her to move freely.

Thus, she sought help from Saintess Jiayin again.

Jiayin taught her a mental method, instructing her to sit in her own cave and to disregard any disturbances, focusing solely on the cultivation of this mental method she'd passed on: "The day will come when I must settle matters with him once and for all. Much of what he does is meant to subdue me, and as long as I do not fall, you will be safe. However, the prerequisite is that you must recognize him as a demon and not seek him out."

The Old Demon was ready, so he came to seize the Saintess and Han'er to take them to the Demon Palace.

Of course, the Saintess refused, and the two engaged in a duel. Being only a Nascent Soul Body, the Saintess had neither Magical Treasure nor even a Flying Sword, so she couldn't overpower him. But she defended herself with all her might, using the Five Elements Immortal Law externally and Buddha Light internally, shattering all the magic he unleashed, whether it was Time-Space Transfer, Soul Hooking, or Demon Fire Burning.

She also used words to provoke the Red Lotus Old Demon into a contest of spells, and he actually refrained from using Magical Treasures, seeking to subdue her with his spellcraft alone.

After more than twenty years of struggle, the Old Demon still could not prevail over her.

The sly demon soon shifted his focus to Han'er.

Without directly interacting with Han'er, he changed his tactics in the duel with the Saintess. His spells were no longer aimed at subduing the Saintess; instead, each one appealed to Han'er's heart.

For instance, the Three Lives Reincarnation Great Technique allowed her to clearly see the transformations of her past, present, and future lives, as well as her fated parents and children's fortunes with him.

Such spells naturally stirred Han'er's heart; she always wanted to know more about her past life and what the future held. She was even more curious about her parents.

The Red Lotus Old Demon was cunning, seemingly targeting the Saintess with his spells, but the future changes that appeared were his own wishful fantasies with the Saintess, even pointing to several adorable children saying, "Jiayin, these will be our future children!"

After he left, Han'er couldn't help but ask Jiayin in a small voice, "Saintess, will you really have children with that demon in the future?"

Jiayin told her, "Unless it is a Saint who has achieved Harmony or a True Master of the Daoist way, no one can foresee everything. The past is fixed, the future is variable. His technique is nothing but a crooked path and a delusion of his vain heart!"

Relieved by this, Han'er still longed to learn such a spell, to understand the intricate ties with her parents' past.

Besides that, the Old Demon deliberately performed numerous similar spells to allure Han'er's heart.

If he was diligent, he would duel with the Saintess daily. Usually, it was a minor duel every three days, a major one every five, and occasionally, he would come only once every two or three months. The spells he used lacked any pattern, so even the Saintess did not notice.

Han'er secretly learned the Old Demon's spells from behind her...

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