Shi Sheng had received only seven God-Demons. He said to Sand God Boy, "Give those two God-Demons back! I'll use the Heavenheart Twin Rings to separate the Nine-Child Mother Heavenly Demon from Jiupan Po's Primordial Spirit. Once I've refined and restored her body, if you still want to take her away, I'll hand her over to you then."
Standing atop the cliff, Sand God Boy said calmly, "Can the words of you orthodox cultivators still be trusted? Years ago, my junior sister captured Bai You-nü and was about to tear her Nine Ghosts Devouring Living Souls apart. It was the Emei Sect's leader, Qi Shouming, who staked his reputation to ask for her back. Now that the Yi Family has come to Nine-Ring Mountain for revenge, where is Qi Shouming?"
Yi Jing had suffered disaster, and now Sand God Boy was criticizing Qi Shouming as well. The Emei Sect disciples would not stand for it.
Qi Lingyun was the first to step forward and retort. She said Jiupan Po had committed countless evils and was destined to face a great calamity; today's events were merely Heaven acting through the hands of the orthodox sects. She added that the Yi Family had originally been helping avert the Calamity of Heaven and Earth in the South Sea today. It was Jiupan Po who associated with villains and sheltered evil demons. Those fiends had lured the others here, and Jiupan Po could not sever her ties with them. As a leader of the demonic path herself, she had ultimately brought about this terrible disaster...
Sand God Boy did not argue with her. "Ever since Daoist Longbrow, your Emei Sect has been arrogant and overbearing, intent on becoming the leader of the myriad immortals, yet lacking the virtue to match that position... I won't