But Lu Zhaoyao's inner demon had grown far stronger after decades of cultivation. Its demonic energy was so powerful that there was no way she could dispel it in such a short time. Fortunately, the iceberg formed by the Ice Heart Formula in her Sea of Consciousness had a much stronger effect on her inner demon. It kept the demon from leaving her Sea of Consciousness, let alone affecting her body, allowing her to keep chanting the incantation.
Time passed second by second, and Lu Zhaoyao's inner demon was gradually purified. Even the part of it that had escaped was purified by her as well. Only then did she finally breathe a sigh of relief, stop chanting the Ice Heart Art, and begin to meditate and cultivate.
The formation of an iceberg in one's Sea of Consciousness was an unprecedented wonder. Chanting the incantation had made it easy to form, but melting it would be much harder. Lu Zhaoyao practiced a Demonic Cultivation Technique that leaned toward the cold and yin, so her Sea of Consciousness already contained chill energy. That made melting the iceberg even more difficult.
Lu Zhaoyao couldn't think of any other solution. She thought the whole inner-demon affair was too embarrassing to tell Wang Yue about. Unable to come up with another idea, she decided to break the iceberg open by force and then melt it piece by piece.
She was reckless enough to dare anything. If things went wrong in a situation like this, she might end up a fool for the rest of her life. But she didn't care and simply plunged ahead, gambling with her own fate. It was undeniably rash.
But that was exactly what made her Lu Zhaoyao!
She really did manage to smash off a few chunks of the iceberg