"Then there's something I'd like to ask."
Lu Qingfeng suddenly spoke up, looking curiously at She Xilu, who was holding the Heavenly Dog. "A peak true immortal attracts a first-rank true demon. What about someone stronger? What level of outer demon would a Great Golden Immortal attract?"
"A Great Golden Immortal?" Youchan chuckled. "Naturally, an existence beyond a Demonic Fiend of the Outer Path. Even a Great Golden Immortal would have only a slim chance of surviving an encounter with one."
She paused, then added, "For example, the seal Xiao Sui's second Primordial Spirit guards in Qing City contains an existence beyond a Demonic Fiend of the Outer Path."
Lu Qingfeng's expression changed abruptly, his face turning grim. As though unable to accept it, he asked in a trembling voice, "The existence inside that seal... is actually beyond a Demonic Fiend of the Outer Path?"
"Yes. You've heard about it, haven't you, Sword Immortal Lu?"
Xiao Sui gave Lu Qingfeng a puzzled look. "Five hundred years ago, that seal loosened ever so slightly. The terrifying outer demon sealed inside released a trace of its power, forming a projected avatar. It tried to pass through the Sealing Array and slaughter the mortals of Qing City, willingly returning to the embrace of the Outer Path Sovereign to escape the Sealing Array."
"An avatar..." Lu Qingfeng murmured.
Xiao Sui sighed. "Back then, accomplished cultivators from all the lineages sacrificed many of their fellows to stop its avatar. Even several Earthly Immortals fell. Fortunately, a Banished Immortal repaired the breach in the seal at the cost of having her soul utterly destroyed."
Lu Qingfeng fell silent, his gaze lost.
Memories buried for five hundred years, an obsession that had haunted him for five hundred years-the scene from back then resurfaced in his mind once