Shi Feiyang had previously calculated the threads of cause and effect surrounding the Nanming Li Fire Sword in detail. The Snow Soul Pearl had not been involved, nor had he known beforehand that Fan Najia Yin'er and Kayin Shabu would intercept him. That encounter had been an unexpected branch sprouting beyond the plan. After subduing the two demonic monks, he had decided to collect the Snow Soul Pearl while he was there. Calculating its threads of cause and effect, he had discovered that Deng Bagu would come.
In the original novel, Deng Bagu had suffered cultivation deviation and struggled in the snowy valley to comprehend the Withered Meditation Master Youtan had taught her years before. She had persisted for many years, until the Emei Sect helped Ling Hun crush Green Conch Ravine and rescued her from her plight, using the Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Ruler and Soul-Gathering Form-Refining Pills that Ling Hun had recently acquired through his schemes.
He told Deng Bagu, "Become my disciple now, and I will teach you a way to avert your calamity. Not only will you escape years of having ice and snow refine your body and inner fire refine your spirit, I will also give you the Snow Soul Pearl we are about to dig out. Otherwise, before long, cultivation deviation will leave you sitting rigid, half your body paralyzed and lifeless. Even if you later send someone to beg me for pills and a supreme Pure Yang treasure, it will be too late."
Deng Bagu possessed formidable magical power, no less than Unorthodox Path patriarchs such as the White Bone Lord and Nether Saint Xu Wan. She was also entangled in many karmic ties and personal obligations. Taking her as a disciple would not only give him another powerful ally, but also leave