The Method of Cracking

Leaving the Western Region, they flew onward.

After flying some ten thousand li, Ning Ye had Jiang Xiaofan return to Aurora Island on his own before saying, "Come out."

The old man Black Flame Demon God had transformed into appeared with a beaming smile.

"Congratulations, Brother Ning! Felicitations, Brother Ning! You've happily acquired a fragment of a Saint's Primordial Spirit!"

Something about that manner of speaking felt inexplicably familiar to Ning Ye.

He smiled. "Speak properly. Here—this time, I've done you a huge favor, haven't I?"

Black Flame Demon God wore a look of utter confusion. "Oh my, Brother Ning, where did that come from? You didn't do what we agreed upon. Instead, you stepped in and ruined the Devil Ancestor's plan. How could that possibly count as helping?"

Ning Ye sneered. "Fine, keep pretending. Take your time with it. Shall I notify the upper realm right now about what Evil Rakshasa Devil Ancestor has really done? Do you truly take me for a fool? Sacrificing an indestructible golden body and squandering ten thousand years of cultivation just to seize a wisp of Purple Zenith's Primordial Spirit?"

Black Flame hurriedly said, "Alright, alright, you're amazing. Brother Ning's discerning eyes miss nothing; there's nothing under heaven that can be hidden from you. But that old ghost Purple Zenith was already at odds with you. Us plotting against him was helping you too."

Ning Ye snorted. "If I hadn't known that, why would I have given you this way out? Had I not intervened, this affair would not have wrapped up so neatly. With the experience of the Nine Sacred Venerables, they would certainly have seen something amiss. Now that I stepped in, the return of the split soul is only natural. But in doing so, I've also betrayed the righteous path