Shi Feiyang steadfastly refused to send Stone God Princess to see Deng Yin, and there was nothing she could do about it.
In the end, she told Shi Feiyang, "You will certainly need my help someday. If things can still be salvaged then, I can agree to help you. But if you wait until everything has spiraled beyond repair, don't come looking for me. I won't agree to anything."
With that, she sat cross-legged inside the azure lotus and vanished into thin air.
Shi Feiyang did not dispute her words. This witch's timeline spanned a thousand years and two lifetimes; she had already known Elder Longbrow and Deng Yin in their previous lives.
She was also the only daughter of the Lord of Stone God Palace, the foremost practitioner of the Demonic Path in those days. For her sake, he had delayed attaining the Dao for many years.
She certainly knew many things that others did not.
But there was no helping it. At this moment, Shi Feiyang could not possibly release her.
Then again, if turning Deng Yin around were that easy, Elder Longbrow would have done it long ago. He could simply have sent Deng Yin the Good Book of the Blood God Scripture, without having to wait until now.
Every day in Celestial Heart Palace, Shi Feiyang worked hard on his own cultivation while also reorganizing, nurturing, and refining his magic treasures.
For instance, the Primordial Umbrella needed repairs, and the Suiren Fire Drill needed further refinement and upgrading. There were also several hidden dangers he needed to eliminate in advance.
The most powerful treasures he possessed were the Haotian Mirror and the Nine-Doubt Cauldron. Both required further study, with many mysteries still waiting to be unearthed.
He estimated that he had grasped less than a tenth