Time Waits for No One; To Take, One Must First Give (Part Two)

Yu Ci still remembered Ma Huai, that man under the Ten Directions Great Venerable in the Yellow Springs Secret Mansion who had always harbored ill intentions toward Miaoxiang. When his inner demons had bred and evolved into a delusional realm, he had made a complete spectacle of himself. The memory remained fresh in Yu Ci's mind.

But that man had also been struck by the Five Sacred Peaks True Form Diagram and had been too busy looking after himself, allowing the heavenly demons to slip in through the gap. What was Lu Qing's reason?

Could it really be the influence of the Ten Demon Inner Prohibition...

Judging by the delusional realm, it covered perhaps three to five li in radius, half the size of Ma Huai's back then. Yet figures moved back and forth inside it like images in a revolving lantern, and it seemed even more complex than Ma Huai's had been.

Watching a delusional realm up close always revealed something of the thoughts of the one trapped within it. Yu Ci studied the "scroll" before him closely. Compared to Ma Huai's vulgar **, this one was filled mostly with debates on the Dao and meditative discussions, flashing blades and clashing swords, heavenly fire and tribulation lightning. Its scale was immense, making it difficult to imagine that the woman who had always been quiet and taciturn possessed such grandeur in her heart.

Yu Ci did not know what this represented, nor could he spare much thought for it at the moment. At once, within Chengqitian, he formed the Jade Capital Three Lights Yuan-Breaking Demon-Dispelling Talisman. After informing Tie Lan, he intended to use the talisman's demon-dispelling power to help Lu Qing escape her plight.

Seeing this, the Shadow Ghost said coldly, "Be careful you don't dispel her along with