Fan Ying obediently followed Shen Mo back to Five Dragon Mountain, but instead of immediately returning to the sect gates, she went to the ruins of Jade Verdant Cave!
When she awakened the innate wisdom of her past life, the sealing restriction Shen Mo had placed within her Consciousness Sea was also broken. She recalled her childhood memories and learned that her parents, along with the countless immortals and mortals of Jade Verdant Cave, had all been transformed into vile insect fiends by Venerable Myriad Saints' malicious methods.
Fan Ying had come this time to pay respects to her parents, the Jade Verdant Cave Master Cheng Ganbao, and the others who had died such miserable deaths.
Fortunately, just as Chen Mengze had said back then, Fan Ying's childhood memories spanned only a few short years. Her two or three centuries of cultivation had already diluted those harrowing recollections, and she had also suffered the fierce impact of her past-life memories. Thus, though sorrow still lingered in her heart, her Dao heart was not severely affected. Instead, it further strengthened her resolve to advance toward a higher realm of the Dao!
After completing the memorial rites, Shen Mo took her back to the Scarlet Flame Sect.
Because the immortal aura around Fan Ying fluctuated unpredictably, Shen Mo specially refined a mid-grade spirit-tier inner armor for her. Once she wore it, she needed to expend only a tiny amount of true essence to conceal her own aura. Cultivators below the Formless Realm would be unable to see through her reality unless they had specifically cultivated ocular arts.
As for Fan Ying and the Evil Spirits of the Feather Immortal Realm, Shen Mo told only the three vice sect masters and a scant few others such as Jiang Lingfeng, lest the Dao companions,