The Main Hall was deep in darkness, its lamplight flickering.
Northern Yin True Person's voice was chilling, laden with profound wariness. The ink-blackness in his eyes seemed to have settled deeper, without the slightest trace of light.
He looked down at Xu Xuan:
"This Primordial Lord's origins are connected to both immortals and Buddhas. Some also claim that the Primordial Lord was enlightened by [Papiyan] beneath Mount Sumeru, hence the ability to manipulate demonic nature. But these are all claims that grasp at wind and chase shadows."
"Papiyan."
Xu Xuan frowned. He had heard that what lay suppressed beneath Mount Sumeru was precisely this kind of demonic nature. According to Buddhist cultivators, it was the source of all Heavenly Demons in the world.
"Buddhist Dharma Methods emphasize thought and nature, which makes them more prone to breeding such intangible things. In the past, the Immortal Dao also had a demonic nature on the verge of coalescing into something akin to [Papiyan], but that Supreme Immortal Nanhua slew it."
The old True Person above looked down. The man before him could, just barely, be counted as having some connection to the Fengxuan lineage.
"The secret arts of the Bliss-Desire Demon Land use demonic trials as a pretext to probe the inner demons of outsiders."
At these words, Xu Xuan's thoughts raced. If there truly was a demonic obstacle in his heart, it was his own origins, and the Bliss-Desire Demon Land might very well be able to glimpse them.
Still, he had now opened his grotto-heaven, and his clear qi had risen further. Unless another demonic trial came, other methods targeting his mind would struggle to shake him.
*An artifact of the Three Pure Ones should, according to what it said, rank above [Primordial Beginning Myriad Kalpas] and the [No-Thought Demon