The Trap (Bonus Chapter, Seeking Subscriptions)

Qi Refining Path.

Azure Sea.

Inside an iceberg cave residence, the walls gleamed with crystalline light.

Clear and turbid qi flickered, forming a doorway. Fang Qing emerged with his hands behind his back, his expression grave.

"Blazing Feather Heaven-Harmonizing Great Sage... Toad Palace Embryo-Forming Transformation Lady... and the Great Sun Dragon-Phoenix Fuyu Lady..."

"This Qi Consumption Path world is truly becoming more and more dangerous..."

"But if I want to see the shifting situation clearly, I have a feeling that Bi Moon Crow is the breakthrough point..."

This Demon Race Great Sage was exceedingly unusual. Not only did it represent the phoenix's own demonic nature, but it was also influenced by the Lunar Year Guardian. It might even have been the strongest among the phoenix's five sons!

Though it had indeed been slain by the ???? Great Sage, Fang Qing did not believe it at all. He only felt that there was a hidden hand behind it—perhaps the phoenix had secretly lent its aid...

Its experiences, even its ending... held many secrets. Once he learned them, Fang Qing would be able to unravel many ancient mysteries.

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"Besides that... I need to determine how many Water Virtue True Lords there are now, and which positions they occupy..."

He sighed. To him, the latter might be the more important matter.

And to find out these things, even the Purple Mansion might not be enough. He would still have to rely on his identity as the Buddha's Son to play the mystic and the ghost, and even then there was only a slight chance.

"At the very least... it has been confirmed that there should be a Dragon Lord within the Dragon Palace. After all, even an immortal retainer has appeared..."

"I just wonder which Water Virtue fruition position he holds?"

"Beyond