Su Jiu was inwardly horrified. "Multiple barriers overlapping? Aren't they afraid of triggering other reactions and creating an alternate dimension?"
Ning Fan glanced at Su Jiu. "Perhaps that's exactly their goal?
"I imagine you already know that Xia Jue merged with the false Heavenly Dao...
"No, to be precise, he merged with part of the Heavenly Dao consciousness that split off from the Heavenly Dao.
"No one can rival his command of the laws now. Overlapping a few barriers is no trouble for him at all."
Ning Fan paused again. He stared into Su Jiu's eyes, faint radiance flickering within his otherworldly eyes. Su Jiu could sense his seriousness.
"Junior Sister, there's something I must warn you about! Xia Jue is no longer our Senior Brother. You absolutely cannot show him mercy on the battlefield! He's a pure demon now, understand?"
Su Jiu looked somewhat dazed. "Wasn't he... a half-demon?"
At that question, Ning Fan's brows drew together slightly. "That should indeed have been the case, but... after he came out of the Demon-Subduing Land, I kept feeling as though something was missing from him.
"Later, Master told me he had become a demon..."
Ning Fan's master, Ning Hai...
"How is the former Sect Master now? Speaking of which, why did he suddenly hand over his position?"
Su Jiu's original purpose in coming here had actually been to get to the bottom of that question. Ning Hai had not appeared in a single Recording Stone from beginning to end, which left her rather worried.
Moreover, Ning Fan seemed to have only a partial understanding of Xia Jue's situation. At the very least, he did not know why Xia Jue had become a pure demon...
But since Ning Hai had been confident enough to give that answer, he undoubtedly knew more.