Back at the Carefree Sect, Xiao Ya saw Zhantai Jin talking with Li Susu but paid them no mind. She entered the palace, eager to advance further and recover her memories.
It took her half a month to refine the resources the Dragon God had given her. By then, she was only one step away from becoming what this world called a True God.
Though she had yet to recover her memories as a True God, she now remembered every lifetime of trials she had undergone over the past ten thousand years.
The insights of more than a dozen lifetimes were immense. In some of those lives, she had come within a step of godhood—just as she had now, or even closer.
A month later, her divine tribulation descended. With no other choice, she entered the Divine Domain of Shangqing once more, survived the tribulation, and became a True God.
The instant she did, more memories returned, and her cultivation surged.
Spirit Transformation... the peak of Spirit Transformation... the early stage of Void Refinement... Great Perfection of Void Refinement. She had hoped to reach Return to the Dao in one leap, but she encountered the same obstacle her original self once had: the limits imposed by heaven and earth.
When she returned to Buzhao Mountain, she found Cang Jiumin bound to the Demon-Subduing Pillar on Demon-Subduing Peak, gravely wounded.
Before him, Li Susu blocked a combined attack from the sect leaders. She was injured herself and coughed up blood.
"Sect leaders, Cang Jiumin will not become the Demon God!"
Cen Haoran, leader of the Chixiao Sect, believed Cang Jiumin had killed his son Cen Mi. He snapped, "Hmph. Li Susu, Cang Jiumin's identity is beyond doubt.
"I'll put this down to your youth and ignorance and tell you once more: