As Fairy Jade Spring refined the devil soul, she also learned of its origins through its lingering memories!
Around eight thousand years ago, a Demon-Corrupted Cultivator in the Nine Nether Sea of Cangwu Immortal Continent advanced to the seventh rank. The moment it broke through, it began devouring blood food on a grand scale to strengthen itself. Even the True Immortals of the Ancient Devil Palace could not stand the sight of it. After all, those on this path merely wished to imitate demons and monsters, complete the transformation of their own life forms, and cultivate into True Immortals—not become food for demons and monsters. Thus, they gathered three other True Immortals and joined forces to slay this Great Heavenly Demon.
However, like Pure Yangzi, before dying, this demon had cast the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique, turning the essence, energy, spirit, and origin of its being into hundreds of millions of devil souls that scattered across the Immortal Realm. One of them entered True Lord Subduing Dragon's body. At first, it guided True Lord Subduing Dragon in the guise of a remnant soul left behind by a fallen great cultivator, helping him cultivate step by step until he reached the realm of Formless Supreme Being.
Yet as his cultivation continued to rise, True Lord Subduing Dragon also discovered the devil soul's true nature. By then, however, he had lived alongside it for nearly two thousand years, and his thoughts had long been influenced by it. In the end, he still chose to trust this devil soul and keep its existence secret.
Later, True Lord Subduing Dragon reincarnated as the Silver-Haired Boy and set foot upon the immortal path anew. This devil soul also contributed greatly, but unfortunately, it had harbored ill intentions from the very beginning. It merely wished to