It was the demon that had taken possession of Shu Wenzhou's body.
"I won't fall into the same pit twice, boy. Trying to form your Nascent Soul again to escape my control?"
The demon was furious. He had thought that letting him go once out of goodwill could count as payment for borrowing this body, yet he had nearly capsized in a gutter, his grand scheme ruined by these three brats.
"You hid such a fine thing on you, yet you could endure until now before using it? If I were you, I would have used it the day you were trapped in the city. You should have been out by now."
The demon was not entirely lying. The outer barrier was not as sturdy as the inner world. At that time, the Pill Formation's power had yet to fully converge. An attack from a Body Integration Cultivator could not have broken the city, but if three Golden Core cultivators had escaped, he would not have pursued the matter.
"You can only blame your righteous, prestigious sects for being too greedy. You wanted to save people and stay alive too. Where in the world could you find such a splendid bargain?" The demon had not come in person, sending only a wisp of consciousness to kill. Yet even so, Wen Xu could not move at all. His life and death rested upon a single thought from the demon.
Wen Xu struggled with all his might. Even when he tried to undergo tribulation, heaven and earth gave no response.
"Stop struggling. Leave your last words, and I'll send you on your way."
Was there truly no way left? Wen Xu questioned his Dao Heart, then discovered with great sorrow that he really had no options left. As the jade slip's power