"Are you the Haotian Demon Lord?" the old woman asked Jiang Hao.
As she spoke, the old woman released her pressure, displaying the cultivation of a Three-Tribulation Loose Immortal. Yet Jiang Hao remained unmoved, a faint smile always on his face.
"If I'm not mistaken, you are Fire Phoenix Luan Hongying, the Demon Venerable who once shook the entire cultivation world?" Jiang Hao said.
During this time, Jiang Hao had people gather much more information about the cultivation world. He learned that the Soul-Capturing Bell had an extraordinary origin and had once been the signature Magic Artifact of Fire Phoenix Luan Hongying, a demon cultivator of a previous generation. After learning of Luan Mingyue's luan-bird identity during their previous battle, he had naturally guessed the old woman's identity.
"That is correct. It is this old one."
The old woman scrutinized Jiang Hao from head to toe and found that she could not see through his cultivation at all. "It is said outside that the Haotian Demon Lord came from Emei and was originally Dan Chenzi, True Person Bai Mei's eldest disciple. I see no Evil Energy or baleful aura on you. Why, then, do you mingle with the demonic path?"
Jiang Hao chuckled. "You are correct. My previous identity was indeed Dan Chenzi, but now I have returned to my original name."
The old woman frowned inwardly. "I have crossed paths with Bai Mei several times. Shu Mountain is the foremost sect of the righteous path, yet I cannot understand why you left Emei."
"Left Emei? Demon Venerable, you overstate it. All things in the world rise and fall from the heart. Cultivate the heart to understand truth. When the heart rises, All Things Grow; when the heart falls, no beings perish. The arising of conditions is empty by nature,