"Suppressing... No! Xiaoxiao, wait."
Yu Jing suddenly realized that he, too, had been misled.
The Shadow Demon inside Yu Xiaoxiao had always been suppressed here by the Demon Sealing Chains. It had probably been trapped for several hundred years, if not a thousand... If it continued to be suppressed, there was no way to resolve the fundamental problem, and Yu Xiaoxiao would have even less chance of merging souls with this ghost and reaching the ghost state.
The reason Yu Jing had reached the ghost state so quickly was that he coexisted harmoniously with the two ghosts inside him.
Yu Xiaoxiao was unable to communicate smoothly with this Shadow Demon, which had been suppressed for so many years. If the suppression continued, it would be difficult to make any greater breakthrough.
"The chains binding her self-awareness and this Ancient Shadow Demon that has been trapped for so long... The key is how to bring them into harmony. I know! Xiaoxiao, keep the chains on and let this Shadow Demon devour you. Trust me, I absolutely won't let anything happen to you."
No one else would have dared to try something so insane.
But Yu Xiaoxiao was different. With her simple way of thinking, she trusted her fiancé one hundred percent.
Yu Xiaoxiao immediately followed his instructions, willingly carrying the chains as she fell into the giant Shadow Demon's open maw.
There was no time to lose. Yu Jing wriggled the tentacles beneath his body and stood atop the Ancient Shadow Demon's head, pressing his palm against its forehead. "Serve her well. It's better than being trapped here forever, isn't it?"
"What are you to the King in Yellow—Hastur?" the Shadow Demon asked.
"Hastur is my friend. Can you agree to my request? My girlfriend has excellent talent, but she's somewhat