Ju Yunxiu said, "Uncle-Master, Yunxiu can see the effect of this move, but what is your purpose in doing this?"
"There is no particular reason. I truly do want to borrow the Power from Beyond the Heavens. Everyone has seen how Jiuying soared by leaps and bounds through it—who would not covet that? Yet I neither wish to become someone else's puppet nor open the door and invite wolves inside. What else can I do?" Heavenly Mystery Child smiled. "Just when I was at my wit's end, this unfilial disciple wanted to kill me... Then there was no need for me to keep playing the loving master and filial disciple."
As Heavenly Mystery Child spoke, he reached out and lightly pressed the void.
The immense energy Zheng Yunyi had originally absorbed became a vortex and gradually flowed into Heavenly Mystery Child's body. Not only that, all the residual energy throughout the area—the energy Zheng Yunyi had not had time to digest and absorb—now all belonged to Heavenly Mystery Child. In the blink of an eye, he reached No Form Perfection.
Ju Yunxiu said coldly, "Uncle-Master, are you no longer afraid of being controlled by the power beyond the heavens?"
"The Outerspace Mark has already been separated and scorched, while the energy has been refined once by my good disciple, its sharp edge worn away, becoming power that we can use. Why would I not be pleased?" Heavenly Mystery Child took a deep breath and revealed a satisfied smile. "The Scheming Sect's Thirty-Six Stratagems: Grafting the Plum Blossom. What do you think of this stratagem, Yunxiu? Give it a taste."
Ju Yunxiu lowered her head to look at Zheng Yunyi on the ground. He was already withered beyond recognition, dead beyond all doubt.
He had stabbed his master in the back