Although Daoist Zhenyuan seemed to have taken his demonization too far and lost some of his reason, his strength had truly exceeded Li Xiaoya's expectations...
Indeed.
If Daoist Zhenyuan had not undergone demonization, defeating him with Li Xiaoya's divine abilities would have been only a matter of time...
But after his demonization, that bizarre giant cauldron had helped put Li Xiaoya in such a sorry state...
In fact, Li Xiaoya's final strike had succeeded not simply because his divine abilities surpassed Daoist Zhenyuan's, but because the daoist's demonic cultivation method had backfired at the last moment. Only then had Li Xiaoya managed to trap him completely inside the Five-Element Heavenly Venerable Heaven-Shaking Tower...
That had caused Daoist Zhenyuan's demonic nature to erupt, and he had died mutilating himself. Otherwise, if the battle had continued, Li Xiaoya would have had no choice but to use the Fire Dragon Sword to kill him...
Still, whatever the case, he had finally killed that damned bastard...
Naturally, Li Xiaoya had wasted no time collecting the spoils Daoist Zhenyuan had left behind. The Black Demon Sword and the cauldron were his trophies, but both were so heavily steeped in demonic qi that he could not use them. The Black Demon Sword was manageable; he could probably use it after forcibly refining away its demonic qi. The giant cauldron, however, seemed to be meant for storing demonic qi. It was an inherently demonic Heaven-Opening Treasure, and unless Li Xiaoya practiced a demonic cultivation method, he could forget about using it. He found that a real pity, yet he also felt that this cauldron was more than a mere demonic Heaven-Opening Treasure...
The fact that Daoist Zhenyuan had used the cauldron to withstand so many of his attacks was one thing. He also vaguely sensed that, although