"With the true Holy Daughter by your side, how can you not feel a sense of responsibility? Though you are smart, sometimes you are overly confident and trust yourself too much. Though I must admit, your potential indeed surpasses that of Prince of Glais."

The mysterious woman in the white gauze dress sighed softly and spoke.

"Saying that makes me rather sad."

Suddenly, amidst the immortal light, the figure of Glais appeared.

He was still him, still the Glais from Sword Burial Ancestor Star, still the Glais who killed Mo Yuyao.

But now he had also reached the Divine Spirit Nine Transitions, gathered Emperor Blood, with a remarkable degree of transformation.

However, Zhou Yan could feel that Glais could break through into the Venerable Realm at any moment without any shackles.

At this step, how could Zhou Yan not understand that everything was crafted for someone else?

He lost this round in the Dark God Domain, and lost completely.

Because from the existence of the Jade Soul Stone, it was clear that it was all a setup.

Because the Jade Jade Hairpin Mo Yuyao obtained was so similar to the Jade Soul Stone, almost identical in nature.

Because calculating against Jiang He seemed too easy.

Now, possessing the Divine Spirit Nine Transitions, Zhou Yan could understand how strong and terrifying the Venerable would be, yet why couldn't he gather the Tao body?

This was evidently a trap.

Yet Zhou Yan still jumped in, believing that the Holy Daughter he saved was truly the Holy Daughter.

Such a connection in heart, such sudden sensing, how was it different from Mo Yuyao being completely deceived by Glais?

Natural Returning True Clan, where even lies feel unbelievably genuine, thus deceiving from the heart.

How frightening is that unique unknown realm?

So that the thoughts in the heart are actually the biggest misleading.

One wrong step leads to a hundred wrong steps.

So that now the realm is locked by others, making it impossible to step into the Venerable Realm.

So that very likely the sense of overwhelming perfection and strength might be fake, a mere illusion, the true bloodline possibly already refined with a new method of dual cultivation.

Moreover, knowing that only Zhou Yan could take the Heart-soothing Spring from that blind, one-armed woman, knowing that only Zhou Yan could devour the Domain Fruit so they sacrificed the purity of a Natural Divinity Wisdom Goddess to accomplish this fruit picking.

Because only time-honored accompaniment ensures no suspicion arises.

Afterwards, the pressure-free intoxication is precisely a numbness, a gentle trap.

Mo Yuyao's past experience is now happening to Zhou Yan himself.

Yet Zhou Yan said nothing.

Because there was really nothing to say.

Because this setup involved too many elements, possibly even his brother was turned against and plotted.

Otherwise, how could everything originally belonging to Zhou Yan become the current situation?

Suddenly, Zhou Yan thought of many things, yet his emotions calmed down.

Now, Zhou Yan pondered a more terrifying outcome; however, before this outcome appeared, he wouldn't easily believe such a dreadful prediction.

While Zhou Yan was deep in thought, he heard the mysterious natural woman laughingly say, "You know we Natural Returning True Clan people are very singular, so even if you're sad, there's nothing that can be done. Who made you give your woman to Zhou Yan? I originally didn't like him, but preferred you, kept my purity intact for you. Yet to achieve the goal, you had Jiang He extract the Holy Daughter's Life Soul, empower me with it, then you made me accompany Zhou Yan, even let me be humiliated by him, needing to maintain the alignment with his Divine Soul wave layers, pretending to be very happy."

The woman spoke softly, her tone carrying a quiet sigh.

"Husband, supposed to be Prince yours, but became Zhou Yan. However, he treated me very well, moved me, for the first time didn't seal him."

This woman spoke softly, her voice still gentle as water, making one feel immensely comfortable.

But this comfort made Zhou Yan's heart resist and repulse.

"You? He sincerely treated only Jiang Yuning that wench, you're not Jiang Yuning, you're Yamina! You're Natural Wisdom Goddess Yamina of the Returning True Clan, the first Wisdom Goddess who once helped the Jiang family plot against Netherworld Goddess Mu Qingyan."

Glais spoke somewhat displeased.

After all, plotting to gift one's pure woman for the enemy's pleasure, though purposeful, it was still disgraceful.

Hence speaking of this matter, Glais naturally felt humiliated.

"Don't explain so much. Actually, Zhou Yan is quite nice; he's the first and will be the only man in my life. Zhou Yan, I've always belonged to you."

The woman in the white gauze dress smiled, her eyes beautiful like crescent moons.

But such a tone, such a noble aura of natural divinity, made Zhou Yan's whole body cold.

...

Within the golden light, two figures descended.

Glais glanced coldly at the woman in the white gauze dress, Yamina, and said, "Stop using that wench's appearance, she's probably decomposed into rotten bones now, just thinking about her annoys me."

"That's jealousy, unstable disposition."

The woman in the white gauze dress, Yamina, said.

"When will the immortal divine soul liquid you refined be given to me? Wouldn't it make more sense to directly refine for me rather than value that shred of chastity?! When we're successful, we'll be able to restore our ancestral glory!"

Glais spoke discontented.

"Glais, you're impertinent! Who do you think you are, daring to insult me like this? Have you forgotten the ancestral teachings of the Returning True Clan and the humiliation of ancestor's bloodline?!"

The woman in the white gauze dress suddenly became angry.

Her anger was as if heaven and earth were going to be destroyed, extremely terrifying.

When she was calm, she was remarkable; when angry, she was even more striking.

Even Gles could not help but break into a cold sweat at this moment.

But Gles did not speak; instead, he remained silent.

"Although we, from the Returning True Clan, are regarded as mongrels and inferior by the Immortals and Buddhas of the Immortal Buddha Realm, we have a natural focus. Devoted to affection, focused on the heart. I have no objection to you insulting the Holy Daughter, Jiang Yuning, because she has never been your woman. But for you to treat me so frivolously is a smear on our ancestors. Do you really think that because you are a prince, I cannot destroy you?!"

"Sorry, without hatred, where is the obsession? Besides, how do you know I don't care about you?"

"Do you think that when you were pressed beneath Zhou Yan, my lifelong rival, I felt happy? Proud?"

"The pain isn't yours. Although you suffer, Zhou Yan, even as an enemy, is a hero of his time. Speaking from the heart of natural divinity, I don't deny that he is worthy of you."

"But I am different. You were initially granted to me by the clan, supposed to be mine, but because of this hatred, this chain of scheming, I lost my beloved Holy Daughter and you forever."

"Saying this now is just complaining because I don't want to wait. I want to strike him, strike him hard!"

"But even saying this, even if it were truly possible, I would never defy the ancestral teachings or forget the ancestors' humiliation. So, you need not worry."

With that, Gles suddenly laughed coldly and continued, "Zhou Yan, in this regard, I admit, you're impressive. Even my woman has become yours and is utterly devoted to you.

Therefore, when you die, you will have no regrets!"

When Gles said this, Zhou Yan merely sneered and said nothing.

Because everything was already laid bare.

Previously, during dual cultivation, the transformation of the bloodline was a false deception, merely sustained by immortal power. The so-called 'suppression' that left Zhou Yan unable to sense the Venerable Realm was to prevent him from realizing the 'Immortal Soul Liquid' had vanished.

This entire plot was meticulously planned, every step interlinked, ruthless in its execution, and unnoticed.

"If that's truly what you think, then good. The Immortal Soul Liquid, I've only extracted nine-tenths of it, leaving one-tenth behind, temporarily detained with sealing power, otherwise, he would immediately detect something amiss."

"Moreover, I've agreed with the Mechanical Clan to hand him over to them. They've already captured Demon Heart Lee Sha and suppressed him. Now, we just await the soul poison in Zhou Yan to take effect, allowing the Blood Demon's avatar projection Li Sha to refine his true self, and then everything will succeed."

The woman who had disguised herself as Jiang Yuning explained as she revealed her true form.

She was a truly beautiful and natural woman, as stunning as an unparalleled elf, with exquisite ears like jade, a prominent and delicate nose, and an alluring face that took one's breath away. Her slender and enchanting figure sparked endless imagination.

Any female cultivator, upon seeing such a woman, would immediately feel willing to do anything for her without regret.

Yet, upon seeing her true face, Zhou Yan felt a familiar and intuitive connection in his heart, but suddenly, his heart felt as cold as an abyss.

He realized that perhaps never in his life had he experienced such darkness as he did now.

It was as if he had fallen into a truly silent and icy abyss, from which escape seemed impossible.

Because he considered the most terrifying outcome, which was now about to happen.

The projection avatar of the Blood Demon caught by the mechanical puppet was about to devour him, then, taking on his appearance, roam the world, completing the reverse scheming against his daughter Yanyan and brother Lee Ran.

Moreover, the altar that existed here, under these peculiar conditions that seemed to completely block all energy signals, made it impossible to derive what had happened.

And by the time Zhou Yan left this place, perhaps he would no longer be Zhou Yan at all.

Zhou Yan's heart sank to the bottom.

In fact, he should have been cautious, realizing when he believed he couldn't be plotted against, that was exactly when he should be wary of being plotted against.

But now, thinking he couldn't be plotted against, he was precisely in the middle of a scheme.

So now, what solution was there?

Deep within his heart, Zhou Yan remembered the flame throne he had stored in the Luo Book River Map before entering.

He thought of the mysterious Luo Book River Map, as if grasping a thread of opportunity for reversal.

But now, what he was thinking in his heart, would it be known to Wisdom Goddess Yamina, who was completely in tune with him?

Zhou Yan pondered this thought in his heart.

And as he pondered, he also started a unique derivation.

...

In the depths of the Cold Ice Palace in the Guang Han Domain, within the area of the forbidden array.

A red-clothed girl held a peculiar ancient Eight Diagrams Mirror, which presented strands of unknown immortal mechanism dao patterns.

This was a very peculiar energy rune.

"Flame Throne, Virgin Soul Destruction."

Staring at the runes, the girl muttered to herself.

"Commandery Princess, how do you decide? The situation has already become quite perilous."

"Oh, has the great peril approached already? I didn't expect it to be so soon..."

The girl seemed a bit startled, then she retracted the shimmering ancient Eight Diagrams Mirror in her hand, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Let everything proceed as it should. We just have to focus on the progress of Hou Chen and Liu Haoxin."

"It's time to let go appropriately, for sometimes the path needs Father King to walk it himself."

The red-clothed girl seemingly made a difficult decision.

By her side, the maid Qing Luo's gaze revealed a complex and helpless look, but she could only nod slightly, obeying the commandery princess's order.

"By the way, has Hua Qiudao mentioned anything about Zhou Gucheng in these past few days?"

After a moment of silence, the red-clothed girl asked again.

"Well, not really. However, Hua Qiudao did mention that the Jade Fox Clan people might be unstable."

Qing Luo responded somewhat nervously.

"I see, I understand now."

The red-clothed girl seemed to suddenly comprehend many connections.

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