Stripping the Evil Soul

Yunxi looked at the Su brothers and asked calmly,

"Are you ready? It is still not too late to change your minds. You need only revoke the Heaven and Earth Contract. Once I begin stripping away the Evil Soul, it cannot be stopped—not even if you wish to call it off."

Su Jing gritted his teeth and said,

"We have thought it through. Fellow Daoist Ranxi, please proceed."

Su Miao, standing to the side, merely nodded. The arrow was on the string and had to be loosed; he had no right to stop this now.

Su Jing then swept his sleeve and brought out the Ice Coffin. He personally opened its lid, took one deep look at Sheng Xia sleeping within, then signaled to Yunxi that he was ready.

Yunxi nodded and said to Bing Li beside her,

"Bing Li, once I draw Sheng Xia's divine soul from her body, act together with me."

Bing Li answered respectfully,

"Understood."

The Su brothers did not know why Yunxi wanted Bing Li to act alongside her, but they did not ask. All they wanted was a result.

To ensure they would not be disturbed while stripping away the Evil Soul, Yunxi also activated the Hong Energy Shield, shrouding the small courtyard where she was staying and ensuring that no one outside could spy on them.

Yunxi then said to Su Jing,

"You may lift the seal now."

Su Jing immediately formed hand seals and began undoing the seals on Sheng Xia's body. One spell after another entered the Ice Coffin, and shortly afterward, a layer of radiance surfaced over Sheng Xia's body as the seal was released.

Almost at the same instant, Yunxi flicked her sleeve, and the Soul-Collecting Mirror hovered above the Ice Coffin, forcefully drawing the divine soul from Sheng