Before my eyes, the hideous, horribly twisted figure of Slave Nu was gone. In her place stood a new Slave Nu, her skin gradually becoming smooth. Her upper body was no longer hunched and covered in festering sores, but had taken on the texture of a living person. I believed it would not be long before she could fully return to her original form.
"You... how did you do it...? Why can I grasp multiple Dao traditions...?" Slave Nu still kept her eyes closed, but her temperament had temporarily returned to normal. Even so, the vicious aura accumulated over so many years had made her habitually wear a savage expression like the Demon Venerable, along with an agitation that was difficult to suppress.
"The One Dao embraces all rivers. As long as you follow my guidance and reshape your Dao body, you can naturally grasp other Dao traditions without realizing it, and thereby return to normal. Besides, whenever your vicious aura arises now, it will be absorbed by the innate demonic aura I divided off and placed in your forehead. So it is only natural that your thinking has returned to normal. However, where there are advantages, there will naturally be drawbacks as well..." I spoke indifferently.
"What drawback...?" Slave Nu opened her eyes. They were no longer scarlet, but clear black. She was gradually returning to purity.
"It means that you may never get angry again," I said gently.
"Heh... I hope so. But it probably won't be long before you are disappointed." Slave Nu shook her head, a twisted smile inexplicably appearing at the corners of her mouth.
I sighed. She had probably remembered something infuriating, so I asked calmly, "Is it because of what Li Xiangru did to your Supreme Immortal Dao?"
Slave Nu nodded, then said,