True Immortal Lingxu stared intently at the water screen.
He was waiting!
Waiting for Li Shuang to also make an inappropriate move!
At that time, what face would she have left to admonish others?
Relying on modern business knowledge and fresh ideas, Li Shuang quickly established a partnership with the Spirit Artifact Pavilion.
However, unlike Ye Zhao Zhao's situation, Li Shuang was purely doing business; she neither defrauded nor cheated, and she always remained honest and trustworthy.
When Deacon Chen from the Spirit Artifact Pavilion almost went astray, it was Li Shuang who pulled him back.
Several years passed like this.
Li Shuang, relying on modern knowledge, earned her first pot of gold, and her basic sword techniques, through her persistence, became perfected.
Three years later, during the second inner peak assessment, Li Shuang successfully joined the inner sect.
During this time, whenever she made no progress in her sword practice or encountered setbacks in her business, the system would suddenly appear and try to tempt her.
But Li Shuang never wavered, not once.
She took each step steadily, forging her own path.
Later, the system's energy dwindled, and it eventually stopped appearing, disappearing to who knew where.
Li Shuang continued to earn money with modern and novel ideas while diligently honing her sword skills.
Eventually, her presence led to a long-term collaboration between the Sword Sect and the Spirit Artifact Pavilion, benefiting both sides greatly.
The Sword Sect, in turn, acquired a large amount of resources and rapidly developed.
In the end, Li Shuang, in her role as Ye Zhao Zhao, built a massive business, perfected her basic sword techniques, and began to establish her own reputation in the cultivation world.
The water screen then dispersed.
When Li Shuang returned to reality, she was slightly dazed for a moment.
Just now...
She seemed to have lived through Ye Zhao Zhao's life.
But that wasn't important.
Li Shuang looked at the specks of light in the sky with a calm expression.
Ye Zhao Zhao... turned out to be from another small world.
Her mind contained so many things that were completely different from here.
Entering Ye Zhao Zhao's world of obsession had both drawbacks and advantages.
The drawback was that if she made a wrong step in the world of obsession, she could easily be judged.
The advantage was that she gained Ye Zhao Zhao's complete memories, which was a novel experience for Li Shuang.
"You... weren't tempted..." Countless specks of light converged to form Ye Zhao Zhao's phantom.
Ye Zhao Zhao was already dead.
This phantom here was merely the manifestation of her obsession.
Who knew how much regret Ye Zhao Zhao held in her heart for this obsession to still exist?
Li Shuang calmly said, "Why should I be tempted? I can walk my own path. You possessed memories from two worlds—what an advantage! If you hadn't relied on that so-called system from the beginning, and instead walked step by step on your own, the heights you could have reached would have been far greater than what you achieved."
Ye Zhao Zhao's phantom fell silent.
If Li Shuang hadn't experienced her world of obsession, she would have dismissed Li Shuang's words as empty talk.
But precisely because Li Shuang had experienced everything she had, and truly forged a different path, Ye Zhao Zhao's phantom began to tremble.
It turned out...
She really had taken the wrong path.
It turned out...
Everything really could have been different.
Her regret, her anger, all became a joke in the face of Li Shuang's perfect resolution.
Ye Zhao Zhao looked at Li Shuang with a complex expression, then the phantom said, "Li Shuang, farewell."
As the words fell, countless specks of light suddenly converged towards Li Shuang.
Li Shuang was slightly taken aback.
As a reward for resolving Ye Zhao Zhao's obsession, Li Shuang's spiritual soul grew a little stronger.
Li Shuang looked at the empty sky, her heart filled with peace.
She and Ye Zhao Zhao had been entangled for a long time, and now, it was finally over.
"Open the Demon-Slaying Barrier and let Li Shuang out first," Yun Qingyu smiled faintly and gave the order.
Ming Yan's expression changed a little, but he still complied.
Yun Qingyu glanced calmly at Ming Yan.
This incident involved more than just Ye Zhao Zhao's exposure.
Moreover...
Some people, in their complacency, inevitably revealed some flaws.
After this incident concludes, the human race will need a thorough internal cleansing.
The expressions of some of the top human experts, however, were not looking good.
Whether it was the bizarre creature that emerged from Fang Qingyu's body earlier,
or the so-called system in Ye Zhao Zhao's memories,
they all pointed to the same thing:
a demonic seed!
It was a demonic seed!
The demonic seeds, which were originally only found on the Central Continent, had now, for some unknown reason, come to the Southern Azure Continent.
Such demonic seeds, once there was one, there would be more!
The demonic seed in Ye Zhao Zhao was likely a parasitic demonic seed, a higher-grade one, and its numbers shouldn't be too many.
But what about the medium-grade and low-grade demonic seeds?
Who knew how many there might be!
Judging by when Ye Zhao Zhao's problem appeared, it was thirteen years ago.
So...
Did these demonic seeds arrive here thirteen years ago?
Thirteen years!
To what extent had the demonic seeds' power grown?
They dared not even imagine.
Once the great formation was lifted, these top human experts actively invited Li Shuang to meet.
Previously, without any evidence, Li Shuang naturally couldn't say anything.
But now, with Ye Zhao Zhao's exposure and the abnormal actions of Ming Yan and others, when Li Shuang offered her conjectures, even the top experts had to listen carefully!
After sharing her conjectures and handing over the list Yan Fan had helped her discover, Li Shuang then bid farewell to these human experts.
Next, the human race would naturally undertake a major internal operation.
As for these matters, for the time being, Li Shuang could not participate.
In the northern barren lands, a massive tree grew directly in the center.
The moment Ye Zhao Zhao and the True Demon were eliminated, a grotesque face emerged on that tree.
"Useless creature! To just... die like that!"
There was only one high-grade demonic seed that had successfully made it to the Southern Azure Continent.
He had originally thought this parasitic demonic seed could serve a greater purpose.
So, over the past three years, he had invested considerable effort in cultivating Ye Zhao Zhao.
But what was the result?
This waste had simply died so easily.
Not only dead, but also exposing the matter of the demonic seeds to the public!
His informants within the human race were likely also discovered!
Next, the human race was bound to make great moves!
A strange smile began to appear on the giant tree's face.
Just a high-grade demonic seed, it didn't matter if it was destroyed.
Originally, he had intended to slowly support sects like the Flowing Moon Sect and the Overbearing Gate, achieving a peaceful evolution of the Southern Azure Continent.
However...
Since these humans were being so uncooperative, then the plan would commence ahead of schedule!
With his current strength, what difficulty was there in destroying the entire cultivation world of the Southern Azure Continent?
"I truly didn't want to see the entire cultivation world drenched in blood. Originally... I only planned to slowly erode it, bit by bit. But since you enjoy courting death so much, then... I'll send all of you on your way early."
A eerie voice echoed throughout the barren lands.