By the time the Heavenly Demon Tribulation Baleful Intent truly descended and ran rampant, Yu Ci was already more than a hundred li away. Tie Lan could no longer maintain his form and could only rely on his own strength to escape. Bathed in blood from head to toe, he was having a truly hard time.
But compared to the other person, it was nothing.
Behind them, shadows spread and ghostly cries chirped, but Yu Ci understood that they were merely lowly Mind Demons. They could not even breach the area within one li of He Qing. The true demon came from within He Qing's heart.
By Yu Ci's estimation, He Qing's Dao foundation had at least three parts: one influenced by Fang Hui, one influenced by the Fish-Dragon, and one from He Qing's own cultivation. The three parts interlocked with one another, roughly akin to the fractal structure of the Life and Death Talisman within his Inner Void.
The facts proved that the three parts—"Fang Hui," "Fish-Dragon," and "He Qing"—were not harmonious.
Of the three, the "Fang Hui" portion was the strongest. One only had to look at the losses suffered when the Yang God was severed to know that. Earlier, He Qing had judged that the problem lay in the "Fang Hui" portion and had wanted to settle it once and for all with the Heart Splitting Sword Lock. It seemed to have succeeded, but the result was precisely the opposite. With that largest puzzle piece removed, the other two pieces, which had long been suppressed, rebounded all at once. Outwardly, this manifested in her previous string of inexplicable actions and subtle emotions.
Especially He Qing's true heart. That piece had always been deeply buried and surrounded on all sides. In ordinary days, she had grown accustomed to