"..."
Deep within the void, violent Demon Qi exploded with a thunderous boom.
Motian Xing's face was dark. Only after expending more than half the power of his demonic soul did he forcibly seal and suppress the crazed Shen Huai'an deep within the Sea of Consciousness once more.
"Damn fool! He nearly ruined my grand plans!"
Motian Xing ground his teeth and cursed under his breath, his eyes brimming with venomous hatred.
Although Shen Huai'an's interference had delayed him somewhat, it did not hinder him from advancing the next stage of his plan.
Motian Xing closed his eyes and crushed an ancient jade talisman, black as ink, in his hand.
In an instant, the hidden demonic agents he had secretly planted over the past several centuries, lurking throughout Great Yan and the neighboring dynasties, all received a secret command at once.
In merely a few days, a horrifying "truth" spread with outrageous speed, sweeping madly across the entire continent!
"Have you heard?! The true mastermind behind the Battle of Yin Mountain was not Motian Xing at all, but Su Yueli of Great Li!"
"That female devil had long colluded with the Ancient Devil in secret! The two laid a monstrous and poisonous scheme, using demon extermination as a pretext to lure more than a dozen Fourteenth Realm patriarchs from across the world into the Yin Mountain Severed-Vein Dungeon, where they slaughtered them!"
"The strongest patriarchs in the world were all refined into blood food. Su Yueli alone devoured the lifelong Qi and Blood of several Fourteenth Realm great powers, which was why she escaped unscathed!"
"Despicable! She is no hero of the human race—she is plainly the number one female devil of this age!"
Like a plague, the rumors instantly ignited the resentment of the entire continent and the fury