"To dare wield the Nine Demons Soul-Slaying Axe, hahahaha..." As he laughed, blood then appeared in front of Shen Tu, making his smile exceptionally insane, "The Nine Demons Soul-Slaying Axe is a soul contracting spiritual artifact, connected to the soul. Anyone who touches it will be eroded by the Nine Demons. Even if you’re a late-stage body cultivator of the Foundation Establishment, you’ll end up with soul destruction and no rebirth..."

The last word "place" wasn’t spoken out, for the Nine Demons’ cacophony of demonic roars surged into the body of East Spring Undying Bone and pounced toward his corpse soul, only to be immediately wrapped by Spirit-Extinguishing Corpse Qi. Any movement would lead it to be devoured by the Spirit-Extinguishing Corpse Qi.

Nine demons entering the body amounted to delivering oneself into a trap.

Of course, Shen Tu was unaware of this scene. He only knew that after the Nine Demons entered the body, the Li-named cultivator in front of him showed no change in his aura and instead suddenly vanished into the yellow sands.

"No!"

Shen Tu exclaimed.

As expected, the next moment, an oppressively strong corpse aura appeared behind him. When he attempted to use his escape technique, he found himself utterly unable to move, his soul being dragged out of his body by the soul-capturing power.

When a massive surge of corpse aura rushed into his body, swiftly flooding his meridians and reaching his Dao foundation, Shen Tu despaired. He finally understood why even a Yin Yang cultivator couldn’t flee.

After the corpse aura entered the body, it quickly devoured his Yin Technique. Even the massive Yin Technique within his Dao foundation only lasted two or three breaths.

"No... You can’t kill me... I’m a Golden Core seed favored by Wusheng’s Three Life Gates... Their Golden Core Elder intends to cultivate me into a future heterodox Golden Core of the Three Life Gates... If you kill me..."

The voice grew weaker.

Finally, it abruptly ceased.

After capturing Shen Tu’s soul, Wen Jiu put his corpse and the Nine Demons Soul-Slaying Axe directly into a storage pouch; as for the nine soul demons, they continued to be controlled by the Spirit-Extinguishing Corpse Qi before being directly smashed into the Nine Demons Soul-Slaying Axe.

Once settled, Wen Jiu executed a Blood Corpse Escape, arriving beside Heihe and taking Heihe away directly.

Not leaving a trace behind.

By the time Li Hun and others from the Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect arrived, they could only sense residual corpse and demonic aura.

...

After leaving the battlefield, Wen Jiu took Heihe, performing Blood Corpse Escape three times in succession, fleeing a hundred miles away in preparation to loop back to the Little Demon Realm.

Heihe suggested heading directly to the Wind and Cloud Immortal City, as his master brother, Daoist Wei—at the perfection of Foundation Establishment—was stationed there with a third-stage lower spirit beast comparable to a Golden Core left by his master.

Even if the people from the Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect and Wusheng’s Three Life Gates were furious, they wouldn’t dare pursue them there.

Wen Jiu directly rejected this retreat plan because, when examining Shen Tu’s soul memories, he discovered that his escape from murder incidents in the Wind and Cloud Immortal City was due to secret aid, and the helper was not weak.

This time Heihe’s covert visit to the Three Wonders Blood Corpse Sect was discovered likely because this insider leaked information.

Going to the Wind and Cloud Immortal City now, who knows what trickery that insider might pull, so returning to the Little Demon Realm was the safest.

Even if it meant taking time to loop around by flying through the Wilderness of the Divine Fall Mountain Range or the Mortal Desolate Land, as long as there were Three Thousand Blood Inks and Blood Demon Undying Bone remotely supplying corpse qi, a circuit around the Divine Fall Mountain Range could maintain a state of abundant corpse qi.

However, Wen Jiu didn’t directly transmit these words to Heihe through the East Spring Undying Bone; he only transmitted one line, "The person who betrayed Fellow Daoist might be within the Wind and Cloud Immortal City, whether it’s safe is yet to be determined."

Wen Jiu didn’t speak too firmly to avoid exposing too much.

After all, even matters that Wind and Cloud Immortal City couldn’t clarify, if he spoke with certainty, it would inevitably cause trouble.

After careful consideration, Heihe felt it was reasonable, even abandoning the thought of transmitting the situation to his master brother Daoist Wei.

"Fellow Daoist Li speaks with reason." Heihe expressed gratitude again, "Thank you so much for saving me this time. Once we return to the Little Demon Realm, I’ll be sure to prepare a generous gift, and also ascertain the identity of the traitor to give Fellow Daoist a satisfactory explanation."

In Heihe’s view, although killing Shen Tu was a risk Li Mu needed to bear in their bargaining, it was essentially still a transaction. Without INSANITY arising in Wind and Cloud Immortal City, Li Mu wouldn’t have been in such peril.

Therefore, the mistake lay with both Wind and Cloud Immortal City and himself, so explanations were obligatory.

Otherwise, who would dare work for the Wind and Cloud Immortal City in the future, and who would be willing to join them?

As for the generous gift, it was his way of thanking Li Mu.

Without Li Mu, he, with an upper-grade Dao foundation and a top-grade spirit root, who had the potential to reach the perfection of Foundation Establishment in the future, might have fallen victim to the traitor’s schemes.

Besides gratitude, there was actually some guilt. His master brother only regarded Li Mu as a tool to kill Shen Tu, abandoning him if he failed, but this time, it was Li Mu who, despite being ensnared, could have left him yet still saved him.

Of course.

There might also be a factor of wanting to stay in the Little Demon Realm relieved.

But a gentleman assesses actions, not intentions.

Wen Jiu was quite satisfied with Heihe’s attitude, feeling his rescue wasn’t in vain.

However, now wasn’t the time for that, Wen Jiu transmitted through the East Spring Undying Bone, "These matters can be discussed when we return to the Little Demon Realm, but before that, I have a deal I’d like to make with Fellow Daoist."

"A deal?"

Heihe was taken aback.

Wen Jiu continued transmitting, "I’m just a loose cultivator. Killing a Shen Tu isn’t much of a deal, but a Yin Yang cultivator is a Fate Technique Cultivator of Wusheng’s Three Life Gates, and surely has a teacher and big backing."

Teacher and backing weren’t just nonsense from Wen Jiu.

He had just discovered while reviewing Yin Yang Cultivator’s soul memory that this fellow’s teacher was actually a Golden Core Zhenren of Wusheng’s Three Life Gates.

And he was also practicing Fate Techniques.

If this matter spread and he were targeted by a Golden Core Zhenren who practiced Fate Techniques, things could get problematic. Investigating his background wasn’t feasible with the limited lifespan of Yin Yang Dust, but a Golden Core Zhenren could manage.