Han'er had learned the magic of the Red Lotus Demon and had thus formed a bond with this old Demon, subtly influenced by him in her mind.

At that time, the Saintess alone could barely hold her own against the Red Lotus Demon. Especially since he couldn't defeat the Saintess, he released Demon Light and Demon Fire as he left, setting up a Demon Formation to trap them and left many demons to harass them day and night.

The old Demon deeply knew the Saintess's weakness, allowing the demons to specifically conjure images of Poison Hand Mo Shen and the enchanting corpse Cui Ying rewarding each other on her bed Cave, complete with not just images but also sounds, continuously pouring into her ears, brain, and heart.

The Saintess focused intensely on countering the magic day and night, failing to notice that the person behind her had gradually become demonized.

After more than a decade, Han'er had cultivated many top-tier Demon Path spells, and finally, during a duel with the Saintess, the Red Lotus Demon had Han'er suddenly strike in pincer attack with him.

With an unexpected turn of events, the Saintess was severely defeated and the Red Lotus Demon captured her Primordial Spirit, sending it to the Red Lotus Six Paths Reincarnation Realm. She went through the six states of deities, Asuras, Hungry Ghosts, Beasts, Hell, and Humans, ultimately returning to human form and was taken into the Demon Palace to become his Demon Queen.

What he did not anticipate was that the Saintess, even after six lifetimes, still preserved a trace of the composure she had cultivated over a hundred years, and once in the Demon Palace, despite all the efforts of the Red Lotus Demon, he was still unable to compel the Saintess to merge Qi with him and unite Primordial Spirits and essence.

As long as the Saintess's spirit remained clear, she would not fully merge her spiritual energy with him, thus his magic could not be cultivated.

During this time, the arrangements the Saintess had made earlier in the Illusion Wave Pool were activated by the people of the Emei Sect, distantly controlling the Red Lotus Demon's Primordial Spirit, leading to a stalemate between the two sides for a while.

And just as the Saintess had said, as long as she did not fall, Han'er would not be harmed.

Although she was the Demon Queen in name, the Red Lotus Demon never truly accepted Han'er as his Demon Consort.

Having attacked the Saintess, Han'er later felt regret, but when it came time to cultivate Demon Skills, she felt she had done the right thing again, fluctuating back and forth like a split personality.

The Red Lotus Demon never came looking for her again, and she spent the first half of this winter cultivating alone. During this time, she experienced deviation but managed to correct it with some mental techniques taught by Shi Feiyang.

Trapped in this Grotto Heaven World, she could only go as far as the cave entrance, which led to a cliff. She often looked out, capturing birds with spells when she saw them fly by. Just yesterday, she happened to see Ling Yunfeng's Nascent Soul flying by and captured it with an invisible Demon Net.

Ling Yunfeng had once sworn discipleship to her, truly performed the formal gestures and taken her as a master, but later joined the Emei Sect, which greatly upset Han'er. She had long sought retribution, and now, decades later, they met again in this manner.

Ling Yunfeng was shocked; over the years, she had cultivated her Nascent Soul to the level of an Earth Immortal on Emei Mountain, thinking she had far surpassed Han'er. Acknowledging Han'er as her master was a "stain" in her life, a past she wished to erase.

It couldn't truly be erased, only remedied. She'd discussed Han'er many times with Zhuge Ziling at the Emei Sect, probing Zhuge Ziling's perspective.

After several discussions, they agreed: Han'er had strayed into the Evil Path and would not only fail to achieve true enlightenment and ascend to the Spiritual Space but would also sink into the Demon Path, leading others astray.

She decided to help Ziling find Han'er and guide her to join the Emei Sect, returning to the right path of the Mysterious Sect.

In her eyes, she was much stronger than Han'er, being a pure human, unlike Han'er who was a half-blood with a Heavenly Fox mother and had no influential relatives. She had joined the Righteous Path, whereas Han'er had strayed.

She faced this situation with a mindset of rescuing Han'er in the future.

Now, captured by Han'er in her most disheveled state, if she had still possessed her physical body in peak condition, indeed her mana and Dao Level would have far exceeded Han'er's.

But now, having lost her physical body and much of her Primordial Qi in the West Sea, her Dao Level had fallen to that of a Ghost Immortal, and she had lost all her Magical Treasures, leaving her unable to contend with Han'er, whose magic was at its peak!

"You despicable traitor! When you took me as your master, what did you say? I pitied you and took you in, taught you swordsmanship and Immortal Law, yet you silently left with someone else,

and even joined other Sects, taking another as your master! I've been wanting to find you, and I've not had the chance until today — it's divine providence, a perfect opportunity to cleanse the Sect!"

Han'er captured Ling Yunfeng, brought her to the pool, and confined her within a Red Lotus.

The lotuses were all demons; through her casting, she trapped Ling Yunfeng inside, where magical fire spewed from below and burned her Nascent Soul, and Han'er also released Demon Needles to puncture her all over.

Ling Yunfeng was in agony, knowing her survival hung by a thread at Han'er's mercy, so she tried to strike up a conversation to draw closer to her.

First, she mentioned Zhuge Ziling, talking about the sisterly bond they had formed over the years at Emei Mountain, but Han'er ignored her.

Then she mentioned Zhuge Jingwo, calling him Brother and saying they had a good relationship, claiming that Zhuge Jingwo had always cared about her as his second daughter, which only made Han'er puncture her even harsher.

Ling Yunfeng tried many times to no avail, then suddenly remembered someone and brought up Shi Feiyang.

Hearing this name, Han'er paused, stopping the Demon Needles, and asked, "Did you see Uncle Shi later on?"

"There is none..."

She had barely said there is none when Han'er released the Demon Needles again, all forty-nine of them pierced into her Nascent Soul, causing excruciating pain that shattered her spirit!

"But I've heard quite a few things about him! And... ah... also... I just recently met his disciple, Deng Bagu."

Han'er then stopped the needle grinder: "What has happened to him over these years?"

Finally, Ling Yunfeng got a brief respite from the torture and quietly took a breath, then began to recount the major events Shi Feiyang had been involved in over the years.

For Shi Feiyang, many people at the lower levels did not pay attention, nor were they able to obtain firsthand information. The Emei Sect, with its extensive connections and high status, actively sought out information, amassing a considerable amount regarding Shi Feiyang. Whenever something happened, the Emei Sect would make every effort to gather information, then discuss and deduce together with the help of True Master Xun Lanyin and the two elders.

Ling Yunfeng had heard numerous tales about Shi Feiyang, which were mostly unknown to outsiders: for instance, how Shi Feiyang had subdued Elder Kuzhu with Lu Yu, how he had killed Grandmaster Ha Ha at the Outer Heaven Divine Mountain, and how he had somehow made his way to Emei Mountain and stolen a precious relic left by Master Changmei...

The more Han'er heard, the happier and more excited she became, patiently listening to her stories.

But every story eventually comes to an end, and Ling Yunfeng knew only so much about Shi Feiyang, which she soon finished recounting.

Then Han'er was about to use the needles on her again, so she reverted to detailing the stories, embellishing each one; what originally could be told in three hundred words, she now expanded to a hundred thousand words...

After more than ten days like this, she finished her stories again, and Han'er was about to torture her once more, so she had no choice but to fabricate stories about Shi Feiyang.

She had figured out what Han'er liked to hear, which was the protagonist always being Shi Feiyang, who must display his mighty prowess, overcoming all obstacles, punching this one, kicking another. Han'er loved these stories — whenever Shi Feiyang faced setbacks, Han'er would frown, and if he suffered losses, she would become furious and use the needles on her again.

So Ling Yunfeng began to concoct stories about Shi Feiyang thrashing others, praising him immensely, saying how wise and martially powerful he was, with boundless mana, sweeping away all demons and devils. Every old demon and old fiend had to kneel and beg for his mercy...

Han'er listened delightedly, not only stopping the needles but also halting the Demon Fire, although she still trapped her within the Red Lotus without allowing her to leave.

Ling Yunfeng could finally breathe a sigh of relief. In this Red Lotus Cave Heaven, there was no distinction between day and night; there was always light, and every three or five days, Han'er would come to listen to her stories for half a day.

In her heart, she cursed Han'er as a psychotic freak; no wonder Ziling said she had a bizarre temperament, an absolute maniac, but luckily not smart enough for her own manipulations to deceive through these tough days.

However, in reality, Han'er cultivated the superior magic learned from the Red Lotus Demon, highly capable of sensing people's thoughts. She had long known Ling Yunfeng was deceiving her, but she just loved to hear these stories.

Speaking of this Red Lotus Demon, he was originally an Elder of the Demon Cult thousands of years ago, a contemporary of the Stone God Palace Master and Shi Pi the Elder. In terms of Dao lineage, he was closer to the Stone God Palace Master and the Old Demon of Iron City Mountain.

Based on his past actions, he should have been destroyed under the Heavenly Tribulation long ago, but he knew the Avoiding Tribulation Method and had opened this small Cave Heaven world, hiding inside without emerging.

Normally, he would only open its entrance every sixty years, holding the Red Lotus Dharma Assembly, where anyone from the world, regardless of Sect or moral alignment, could attend.

But now, it had been six sixty-year cycles since the last gathering.

He opened the entrance this time because he sensed that a great catastrophe was approaching!

This catastrophe was no small matter; his Cave Heaven world was also about to collapse and be destroyed, and once exposed in the outside world, he would immediately resonate with the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao, drawing the Heavenly Tribulation, and he must quickly return. But if the Cave Heaven world collapsed, he would no longer have a place to hide!

The only solution he could think of was to completely conquer the Saintess, absorb all her spiritual energy, and refine the Red Lotus Demon God Dharma Body, giving him some hope of surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.

But the will of the Saintess was too strong; despite her temperament having its weaknesses and flaws, which he meticulously exploited, whenever he touched the core and was about to succeed, the Saintess could still remain unshaken. Over the years, he had spent much effort and used all methods but still could not overcome the Saintess.

Seeing the days pass by, the patience of the Red Lotus Demon was rapidly wearing thin.

But one day, someone came to the entrance of the Cave Heaven, outside on the cliffs.

To be precise, it was a manifestation of a Great Technique Cultivator's thought, formed into a human figure through condensed Essence Energy.

As soon as he approached, the Red Lotus Demon sensed him. Had it been anyone else, he would have ignored them, but this person he could not afford to neglect.

The old demon went to the entrance: "Ha Ha, dear friend, why have you come to see me so suddenly?"

It turned out to be a stray Divine Sense left by Grandmaster Ha Ha before his death, a manifesting sentient body.

Looking just as he did in life, he said with a chuckle: "I know what you're worried about, Red Lotus friend, and I've come specially to help you out of peril!"

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