The Laws of the Void, the Divine Powers of Life and Death (Part 1)

The realm temporarily elevated by star power quickly fell back. Yu Ci could no longer maintain his lofty, overlooking perspective, but everything he had discovered struck him like a bucket of cold water over the head, jolting him awake from the joy of his cultivation advancing. At this moment, what occupied most of his thoughts was neither Madam Huanyong nor Supreme Good Demon Lord—though the latter's behavior was strange, Yu Ci needed only grasp one point to sweep aside all the other knots: could Supreme Good Demon Lord, who had only managed to linger on by relying on Old Crow, truly have another chance to start over? Of the many dependents Yu Ci had tainted and transformed, leaving aside the rest, Gui Yan alone had no problems dealing with outsiders or handling affairs. Even several Devil Lords would find it difficult to see through him in a short time. Yet how could this incarnation possess a self? Every word and action of his, in the end, stood upon Yu Ci's position. If Yu Ci wanted him to throw himself into peril, or even draw a blade across his own throat, he would not entertain the slightest stray thought. If even he was like this, how could Supreme Good Demon Lord be an exception? Yu Ci himself found it strange. Why had he never considered this question from beginning to end? To him—and to all cultivators of the demonic sects—was this not the most natural line of thought? Once this idea became clear, many earlier details surfaced. One particularly important point was this—Supreme Good Demon Lord had constantly been interfering with Gui Yan's thoughts, and the traces left in the boundary between form and spirit were irrefutable proof. This was actually a perfectly normal practice. Who did not understand the principle