Deng Bagu and Liu Quan had studied the Dao under the same master for years, and she knew his temperament well. He was no evil fiend at heart. If he followed Revered One Yideng down that road to its bitter end, disaster would surely strike him, and his fate would be miserable.
In the original story, he had survived until Revered One Yideng met Heavenly Retribution, freeing him from his shackles at last.
Now that Shi Feiyang had set himself against Revered One Yideng, the old demon had provoked a Mortal Tribulation before Heavenly Retribution arrived. He would use every means at his disposal to weather this calamity, and Liu Quan would have no way to escape it.
Deng Bagu had divined that, unless she came to find Liu Quan, Revered One Yideng would forcibly summon him back to Wheel-Turning Temple. Then his only chance of survival would lie in changing sides on the battlefield and repenting in time. Otherwise, once battle erupted, flying swords would show no mercy. At best, he would undergo corpse-release ascension and be reborn through Reincarnation; at worst, Revered One Yideng would seize him in a final, desperate struggle and sacrifice his heart's blood to the Gods and demons, destroying both his body and spirit.
She had come expressly to persuade Liu Quan, but she also knew words alone would not move him. She would have to persuade him through deeds.
Ugly Demon King Xing Kun and Evil Mute Yuan Da were far from weak, but their swordsmanship paled in comparison. One after the other, they immediately unleashed the Gods and demons they had refined.
After all these years, Deng Bagu saw that their god-demons were of Supreme Vehicle quality. Knowing their power, she dared not be careless and raised her hand to release the