Han Bing

The Flower Clan chief, this twin lotus, had originally been one body with two souls. Yet whether those two souls merged into one or acted separately, she was no different from a single person.

Only later, when Hua Qingshi journeyed far into human territory while Hua Qingxiu remained alone in the Spirit-Devouring Forest, did the great distance and long separation give them both independent consciousness. Thus, it was truly difficult to say which was the clear and pure original self, unchanged through ten thousand years, and which was the incarnation that had lost her true heart and become stained by demonic obstructions.

So long as the two of them had been of one mind and willingly merged, they would have become one person again. But once they developed independent consciousness, each wished to devour the other and make herself dominant. Thus, the previous Flower Clan chief had allowed them to fight, believing that once one side was defeated, they could merge completely.

Who could have known that the flesh could perish, the Primordial Spirit could be severed, and the soul could be extinguished, yet consciousness alone would not disperse? The defeated one refused to let even a trace of her consciousness fade, no matter what. That was why they had remained entangled for tens of thousands of years.

Now, faced with a great trial of life and death, Hua Qingshi and Hua Qingxiu had no choice but to abandon their former grudges and choose this best method of merging. Yet although the Primordial Spirit True Thunder had greatly weakened, it was still not something cultivators at the Dao Integration Stage and Origin Core Stage could withstand head-on. Both were therefore severely injured. Fortunately, the Primordial Spirit True Thunder had chiefly targeted the Flower Clan chief, while Hua Ying had merely