When Yunxi and Di Fei arrived at the heart of the Qianshui Mountain Range, they saw Baili Yanque's face twisted with shock and fury, while Qian Ji Ghost King was burning her own soul body, utterly prepared to perish together with the Evil Insect inside her.
Having received her master's permission, the Void Heaven Ice Flame had already rushed into Qian Ji Ghost King's body. Light flickered through Yunxi's eyes as she borrowed Lili's innate skill and clearly saw Qian Ji's dire situation. The Black Beetle inside her had grown into an adult the size of a fist and was still continuously drawing on Qian Ji's Soul Power, seeking to speed up its evolution.
In order to stabilize the Black Beetle within Qian Ji and prevent her from being controlled, Ghost King Baili had no time to deal with the Insect Nest. He could only open his domain when the larvae flew away, trapping them while calling for Yunxi and Di Fei's support.
But Yunxi and Di Fei had struck too ruthlessly, wiping out more than half the Black Armored Larvae in a single exchange. This made the Black Beetle lurking within Qian Ji Ghost King sense danger. It wanted to control Qian Ji and kill them, but Baili Yanque naturally would not allow Qian Ji to harm his own people, so he fiercely suppressed it.
However, after Yunxi controlled the Soul-Collecting Mirror and forcibly extracted the divine souls, bringing all the remaining Black Armored Larvae under control, the adult beetle realized that things had gone wrong and immediately began to struggle. It no longer thought of saving its kind. It only wanted to devour all of Qian Ji Ghost King's Soul Power and escape safely.
Qian Ji Ghost King was equally unyielding. She did not want to become an