"Sir, please save me!" Li Xuanji bowed his head and cupped his fists, speaking again to Su Que.

Su Que asked, "Who did this?"

Li Xuanji replied, "The one who did this is a demon called ’Eastern Prison’."

’Demon?’

Upon hearing these two words, Su Que’s expression and gaze remained unchanged.

However, a slight ripple arose in his heart.

He possessed a Golden Finger that could reverse side effects, making him particularly attentive to those demon skills with side effects.

Since Eastern Prison was called a demon by Li Xuanji, it was possible that he possessed the demon skills Su Que needed.

Li Xuanji continued, "Eastern Prison became famous three hundred years ago as a demon."

"At that time, the Nine Fiends Sect he founded wreaked havoc across the Central Plains."

"However, it was eradicated by Xiao Yuan, who was then a Crown Prince, leading the court’s troops."

Upon hearing this, Su Que’s heart stirred slightly. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Xiao Yuan was the current Emperor Jing of Liang, and for the past three hundred years, he has been known in the Martial Arts world as Liang Kingdom’s number one in Martial Arts.

As Su Que was contemplating, Li Xuanji continued, "After the Nine Fiends Sect was eliminated, rumors spread that Eastern Prison was dead."

"And indeed, for the next three hundred years, people from the Martial Arts world never heard of Eastern Prison resurfacing."

"When Xiao Yuan was still the Crown Prince, he began to eradicate the demon sects in the Martial Arts world with the court’s troops one by one."

"When he became emperor, he was able to gather even more strength."

"He issued a Demon-Sweeping Edict, starting a large-scale extermination of the demon sects."

"A few years later, every demon sect in the Central Plains, regardless of size, was completely eradicated."

"His accomplishments were so grand that they almost rivaled those of his ancestor, the first emperor of Liang Kingdom."

"For the next three hundred years, there were no more demon sects in the Martial Arts world of Liang Kingdom."

"It wasn’t until he secluded himself for several years that the White Lotus Sect emerged."

"And now, because you, sir, killed the patriarchs of those noble families,"

"firstly, it has greatly weakened the power of Liang Kingdom."

"Secondly, people from the Martial Arts world, seeing Liang Kingdom in such a state, with Xiao Yuan yet to emerge, believe that Xiao Yuan has died in seclusion."

"The rampant actions of the White Lotus Sect, coupled with Xiao Yuan’s continued absence, further proves this point."

"Therefore, the remnants of the demon sects that survived the court’s eradication efforts in the past have started to resurface."

"These resurfaced demon sect remnants, led by Eastern Prison, have formed a ’Demon Alliance’ with multiple demon sect factions."

"A few days ago, Eastern Prison approached me, saying that their ’Demon Alliance’ intends to support me in becoming emperor."

"I saw that the Demon Alliance was very powerful."

"And Eastern Prison is a martial arts master at the late stage of the Divine Realm, possibly even at the peak of the Divine Realm."

"I thought of using their strength to first overthrow the Liang Court."

"Eastern Prison presents himself as scholarly and doesn’t seem like the ruthless character of legend from the demon sects."

"He even voluntarily guided me in my cultivation."

"Moreover, by following his methods, my Martial Arts cultivation has further improved."

"Little did I know, he secretly planted something in my Dantian."

Upon hearing this, Su Que asked, "How do you know for sure that it was Eastern Prison who planted it?"

Li Xuanji replied, "During this period, other than my own people from Heaven-Breaking Army, I have only been in contact with Eastern Prison. If not him, then who else?"

Having said this, Li Xuanji earnestly said to Su Que again:

"Sir, please save me. These days, I feel this thing seems to be gradually merging into my body and is bound to harm me."

"I’ve heard that in the demon sects, there is a Dharma Gate that involves using others as furnaces. Perhaps right now, I am Eastern Prison’s furnace."

"I implore you, sir, to use your divine powers to help me get rid of Eastern Prison!"

After hearing this, Su Que thought that this demon Eastern Prison, who had lived at least three hundred years, must have many demon skills stored away and desired to capture the demon and force out his skills.

Furthermore, Eastern Prison was also a master of the Divine Realm, and he certainly had at least one set of the Divine Intent Diagram.

If he could capture Eastern Prison, he could integrate another set of the Divine Intent Diagram into his own body.

"Where is Eastern Prison now?"

With that in mind, Su Que immediately asked.

...

In Celestial River Prefecture, Luoxing Town.

This town has now become a base for the entire Demon Alliance.

After the Nine Fiends Sect was eradicated, Eastern Prison escaped with serious injuries, and over the past three hundred years, not only did he rebuild the Nine Fiends Sect in secret,

but he also traveled throughout Liang Kingdom, seeking the remnants of other demon sects from the past.

Once found, he would ally these remnants with him to form the Demon Alliance.

For these three hundred years, Eastern Prison has been paying attention to the power shifts within Liang Kingdom.

In recent years, he has noticed the Heaven-Breaking Army that occupies the Southern Domain.

He founded the demon sect to gather resources and actually has no interest in ruling the world.

He prefers to control an emperor, and then the demon sect he created would become the state religion of that country.

Just like how the Great Buddha Temple once helped Emperor Liang overthrow the previous Dynasty.

By controlling the emperor of a country, he wouldn’t need to worry about governing, yet could control an entire nation’s cultivation resources.

At this time, Eastern Prison was sitting cross-legged in a dim, quiet room.

Although he had lived to be over three hundred, nearly four hundred years old, his appearance was only that of a man in his thirties or forties.

Li Xuanji wasn’t wrong; he looked scholarly.

He didn’t resemble a demon but looked more like a teacher.

If his appearance were a few years younger, if he changed his simple robes for luxurious attire and held a folding fan, he would be a beautiful man with unparalleled looks.

His appearance was three or four decades old, but his temples were graying.

Yet, these gray temples surprisingly made him look more charming.

True Qi circulated through his meridians as he was practicing the demon skill—Dao Heart Demon Planting Technique.