Inside Qian'an Palace, Pan Ning's figure had vanished. In his place sat Hu Meiniang, her expression and bearing so changed that she seemed an entirely different person.
Though still dressed provocatively, she now had the stillness of a deep pool and the solidity of a towering mountain, her bearing unfathomable as the sea. Clearly, the Puppet Dao Grandmaster, Great Elder Pan Ning, had taken possession of her body.
Seizing the moment when control of the grand formation changed hands, the three had joined forces to kill Hu Meiniang, who had lost every support she could rely on.
Poor Hu Meiniang. As a fox woman in the Demon King Realm, she ranked among the formidable experts even across the Myriad Heavens and Worlds. So long as she did not encounter a Primordial Spirit Realm Great Power or one of the Peak Nascent Soul experts stronger than herself, she could run rampant without fear.
Here in the forbidden palace of Great Qian's Sacred Capital, protected by countless expert Demon Cultivators and the sacred spirit grand formation, she should have been able to rest easy.
Yet worldly affairs were impossible to predict. Li Chen had secretly gained control of the sacred spirit grand formation, then used it to bring everyone in, allowing the other Puppet Dao Grandmasters to descend here as well.
She had encountered three enemies she could not afford to provoke all at once, been stripped of her authority, and come under attack from the four great sacred spirits.
Such a death could be considered a treatment rarely seen in this world. Even the deaths of most Primordial Spirit Realm Great Powers could not muster a lineup like this.
Shen Longcheng felt rather moved by it as well. With a chuckle, he said half-jokingly, "This demoness could be said to have