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News of Jiang Xuan, son of the White-Robed God King, the current head of the Jiang Family, returning to the Jiang Family swiftly spread through the outside world, soon reaching the entirety of the Northern Region.

Moreover, the Jiang Family directly revealed that Jiang Xuan possessed the Primordial Supreme Bone and Undying Double Pupils.

For a time, all the major powers were shaken.

The Primordial Supreme Bone and Undying Double Pupils—these two supreme constitutions had actually appeared in the same person. It was simply unimaginable.

Some geniuses and powerful cultivators from various factions had even already set out for the Jiang Family, wishing to see Jiang Xuan's true face for themselves.

At this moment, Jiang Yifei, far away at the Heavenly Evolution Heaven-Mending Sect in the Eastern Wilderness, finished cultivating.

He rose to his feet, his blood and qi vast and boundless, overwhelmingly domineering. The aura of his cultivation was even more astonishing—he had actually reached the Fourth Heaven of the Dragon Transformation Realm!

Jiang Yifei removed a letter from a spirit pigeon that had flown in and gently opened it.

Once he saw its contents clearly, his expression abruptly changed, turning incomparably grim.

The letter was shockingly filled with news concerning Jiang Xuan, as well as the potential consequences this might have on his acquisition of the Jiang Family's position of Imperial Son.

"The Primordial Supreme Bone and Undying Double Pupils? Interesting. Then I shall return and see just how a tiny Dao Palace Realm ant like you intends to contend with me for the position of Imperial Son!"

A wisp of Dao Flame ignited in Jiang Yifei's hand, instantly setting the letter ablaze and reducing it to drifting ashes.

Through the dazzling firelight, a savage crimson glint flashed through Jiang Yifei's pitch-black eyes.

Immediately afterward, Jiang Yifei left his cultivation chamber, sought out the Heaven-Mending Sect Master, and told him of the matter.

Upon hearing this, the Heaven-Mending Sect Master was first utterly astonished by Jiang Xuan's terrifying talent. Then he immediately stated that he would accompany Jiang Yifei to the Jiang Family in the Northern Region to see what exactly was going on.

Jiang Yifei readily agreed to this.

That was right. He intended to borrow the Heaven-Mending Sect's strength to help himself ascend to the position of the Jiang Family's Imperial Son!

"When shall we depart?"

The Heaven-Mending Sect Master asked Jiang Yifei.

"Seven days from now. In these next three days, I can break through another realm. Then I can return and give that brat Jiang Xuan a small shock, letting him understand what a true genius—a true monster—looks like!" "Good. Seven days from now, I will go with you."

The Heaven-Mending Sect Master nodded.

Meanwhile, within the Heavenly Demon Sect of Demon Province in the Northern Region.

A woman slowly opened her eyes. A peculiar light bloomed from a pair of eyes even more radiant than the stars in the sky.

She was wrapped in blood-red gauze, her jade-like feet bare, with a silver bell tied around her ankle.

Her skin was frosty as snow, her figure graceful and exquisite. She seemed like Nuwa's showpiece creation, without the slightest flaw to be found.

Most peculiar of all, an Other Shore Flower mark was imprinted upon her brow, lending her several more shades of mystery.

"Hehe, you never expected this, did you? I, Leng Lingshuang, did not die. Instead, I sealed my memories and reincarnated into an ordinary realm among the Three Thousand Realms!"

After quite some time, the woman suddenly laughed. Terrifying demonic qi radiated from her body, incomparably dense, nearly condensing into substance.

If outsiders witnessed such a sight, they would surely be shocked beyond measure.

That was because the demonic qi emanating from the woman was actually even more vast than that of the Heavenly Demon Sect Master!

"Just wait. I will return to the Immortal Realm and slaughter every last one of you hypocrites who parade yourselves as righteous!"

The Other Shore Flower mark on the woman's brow blossomed with a mysterious violet glow as she coldly shouted at the empty void.

She had originally been an Immortal Realm Empress. With talent unseen throughout all ages, she had risen from humble beginnings and, with an ordinary mortal constitution, become one of the Immortal Realm's nine Immortal Emperors. Her might shook the myriad heavens and worlds, suppressing countless geniuses throughout the ages.

However, because she cultivated demonic arts, she had always been criticized by the other eight Immortal Emperors.

What infuriated her most was that, while Leng Lingshuang was fighting a group of strange experts beyond the heavens, the other eight Immortal Emperors had joined forces to ambush her, causing her body and Dao to perish!

Fortunately, Leng Lingshuang had studied the Dao of reincarnation. At the final threshold between life and death, she successfully comprehended a trace of reincarnation's true essence, allowing a remnant of her soul to enter the Three Thousand Realms.

In order to avoid continued pursuit by the eight Immortal Emperors, Leng Lingshuang sealed her memories for eighteen years, all to completely erase the lingering reincarnation aura from her past life.

And today marked the passing of those eighteen years!

Thus, Leng Lingshuang's memories awakened.

"Wait, this body... Half a month ago, I lost myself within an illusion in a secret realm and was actually taken advantage of by some insignificant disciple from the Profound Heaven Sect?"

"That fellow seemed to be called... Jiang Xuan? Hehe, he dared defile this Empress's body. He truly deserves to descend into hell ten thousand times!"

After fully accepting the memories of these eighteen years of her current life, Leng Lingshuang's expression suddenly changed drastically.

Although she had not fared particularly well during the first eighteen years of this life—she had only barely become the Saintess of the insignificant Heavenly Demon Sect, and her cultivation had merely reached the late stage of the Four Extremes Realm—overall, things had not completely fallen apart.

With the memories of her previous life, she would soon rise to prominence and crush everything in her path.

The only thing that dissatisfied Leng Lingshuang was that her body had actually been defiled by some insignificant disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect in this tiny place.

This left her deeply displeased, and a determination to kill Jiang Xuan had already arisen in her heart.

Then, she left the great hall and sought out the Heavenly Demon Sect Master, Lian Nishang.

She was also the only person Leng Lingshuang trusted in this life.

According to her memories, Lian Nishang had found her, allowing her to survive. Under Lian Nishang's careful guidance, she had become the Heavenly Demon Sect's Saintess. It could be said that Lian Nishang was this life's greatest benefactor to her.

Lian Nishang treated her as her own daughter; the two were both master and disciple, as well as mother and daughter.

"Ling Shuang, haven't you been busy cultivating these past few days, ignoring all affairs of the outside world? Why have you come to see me now?"

Within the Heavenly Demon Sect's master's hall, a white-haired woman with an exceptionally voluptuous figure sat above, smiling as she watched Leng Lingshuang enter.

She was Lian Nishang, the renowned master of the Heavenly Demon Sect in the Northern Region!

Lian Nishang was no longer young; she had to be at least several hundred years old.

"Sect Master, I want you to help me find someone!"

The moment she saw Lian Nishang, Leng Lingshuang went straight to the point and asked.

"Oh? The fellow who took your virginity?"

Lian Nishang stared at Leng Lingshuang with a half-smile and asked.

"Mhm."

The corner of Leng Lingshuang's mouth twitched slightly, but she still nodded.

"What is his name?"

Lian Nishang nodded and asked.

"Jiang Xuan."

The scene from that day surfaced in Leng Lingshuang's mind. Even as an Empress in her previous life, she could not help but feel her cheeks flush slightly.

After all, Jiang Xuan was the first man in both her past and present lives.

In her previous life, as an Empress, her standards had been sky-high. Apart from that youth from her childhood, she had never encountered a man who caught her eye.

"Jiang Xuan?" Upon hearing this name, Lian Nishang's expression shifted slightly, becoming somewhat stunned.

"Sect Master, do you know that fellow?"

Seeing the change in Lian Nishang's expression, Leng Lingshuang's eyes lit up as she asked.

"Ling Shuang, is the Jiang Xuan you speak of Jiang Xuan from the Profound Heaven Sect of Nether Province?"

Rather than directly answer Leng Lingshuang's question, Lian Nishang questioned her instead.

"That's right!" Leng Lingshuang's eyes brightened further. "Sect Master, if you know, hurry and tell me. That lecherous scoundrel ruined my chastity. I must make him pay a heavy price—for instance, cripple the proof that he is a man!"

Leng Lingshuang's voice was incomparably cold, carrying bone-piercing frost that seemed capable of freezing the entire space.

"Ling Shuang, this matter cannot be rushed. I fear we must consider it over the long term."

However, Lian Nishang's expression changed upon hearing this, and she spoke thus.

"Sect Master, that lecherous scoundrel is merely an insignificant disciple of the Profound Heaven Sect. There is no need to wait. I will go kill him now!"

Leng Lingshuang's voice was icy, brimming with intense killing intent.

Her cultivation was currently at the late stage of the Four Extremes Realm, but with her various forbidden methods, she could even slay those below the Saint Realm.

Therefore, she could fully charge into the Profound Heaven Sect right now and kill Jiang Xuan.

And if Lian Nishang accompanied her to the Profound Heaven Sect, everything would be even simpler.

"Ling Shuang, Jiang Xuan is the son of the White-Robed God King, the head of the Jiang Family, an imperial clan of the Northern Region."

Lian Nishang spoke after pondering for a moment, reminding Leng Lingshuang.

"What?"

Upon hearing Lian Nishang's words, even Leng Lingshuang could not help but have her expression change.

Naturally, she knew of the Jiang Family, the imperial clan of the Northern Region.

It was the strongest power in the Northern Region. An emperor had once emerged from its ancestors, and its foundation was incomparably profound, utterly beyond comparison with the Northern Region's other factions.

"I never expected that lecherous scoundrel to possess such an identity!"

Leng Lingshuang furrowed her brows, swiftly calming the turbulent emotions in her heart. "Since that lecherous scoundrel possesses such an identity, it seems we truly must consider this over the long term..."

"Ling Shuang, that boy is actually quite outstanding. According to the rumors, he is an unparalleled genius who possesses the Primordial Supreme Bone and Undying Double Pupils."

After falling silent for a moment, Lian Nishang suddenly said this to Leng Lingshuang.

Huh? Black lines appeared across Leng Lingshuang's forehead.

Did the Sect Master mean that she should reconcile with that lecherous scoundrel who had ruined her chastity?

"Sect Master, I can never spare that fellow. You need not say any more."

After coldly dropping those words, Leng Lingshuang directly left the master's hall.

"Sigh, Ling Shuang is good in every way, except she is rather slow when it comes to this sort of thing... Isn't that Jiang Xuan quite good? Both his background and talent are first-rate. Not only in the Northern Region—even in the genius-filled Central Province, he would still be among the finest geniuses..."

Watching Leng Lingshuang's gradually retreating figure, Lian Nishang softly sighed and muttered to herself.

In truth, Lian Nishang, as the Heavenly Demon Sect Master, had recently been troubled as well.

The Heavenly Demon Sect was no longer as it had once been. It was beset by enemies on all sides, constantly facing the threat of being jointly besieged by the other powers of Demon Province.

Most importantly, her condition had also begun to decline far below what it once was.

Therefore, at a time like this, Lian Nishang truly hoped Leng Lingshuang could find herself someone to rely on, so that if a great calamity truly descended one day, she could still retreat with her whole body intact.