The Current Situation

"Damn it, how had the sect ended up like this?"

An Jing furrowed his brow, already cursing inwardly. Yuansha Peak and Shihui Peak both have dirty hands.

Seeing An Jing's expression, True Monarch Yangui caught on too. There are even more? It's not just me—not even just two?

How could things have gotten this bad? When did the Heavenly Demon manage it? Could the fallout from the Frost Calamity really have been this severe?

An Jing didn't answer, but True Monarch Yangui sighed. He understood the situation completely now. I think that even when the demonic energy is the same, the circumstances must differ greatly.

The True Monarch thought it over. I was corrupted because I was competing with the Taiming Sect. Their Ghost God had demonic energy, and they were controlling Heavenly Demons as servants. They've studied demonic energy extensively.

But who else could possibly have ended up like me?

An Jing had still been hesitating, but he more or less understood that True Monarch Yangui was probably an ally—at least a partial one. After thinking it over, he spoke frankly. "At the moment, I suspect Yuansha Peak and Shihui Peak, but I don't know the specific reasons."

Information was only useful when shared. Hearing An Jing's suspicions, True Monarch Yangui understood at once. Those two, Fujing and Yulun? Then I think I see what's going on.

True Monarch Fujing is very, very old. In his early years, he suffered a hidden injury in the sect's service that was impossible to heal completely. If he has demonic energy in him, then he probably used a Heavenly Demon's methods to prolong his life!

*As for True Monarch Yulun, the answer is simple: Taixu. The Heavenly Demons know far more about the Dao of Taixu than we do. It's entirely possible