Right before Du Yu sat a young monk with delicate, handsome features, who looked no more than seven or eight years old.
The young monk's knees were covered in blood, as though they had been beaten to a pulp.
"This is... Great Dark Heaven...?" Du Yu's lips moved slightly as he stared at the scene before him in disbelief.
The young monk looked even more shocked. His hand held a lotus gesture, and he stared fixedly at his palm, as though some astonishing change had appeared upon it.
"Hey! Little novice, ready to die?!" Du Yu roared. "You've killed so many people! I'll tear you to pieces!"
But the young monk ignored Du Yu. Instead, he continued staring at his palm, murmuring, "Mother?"
"Mother?"
Confused, Du Yu turned toward the light a short distance away. It showed Great Dark Heaven's field of vision.
In that view, Great Dark Heaven held someone in his palm.
That person was Xie Yujiao.
Xie Yujiao was wrapped in a strange black mist, her eyes tightly shut, as though she were undergoing some painful transformation.
Before long, a tremendous power surged through her body, only to be replaced by a force of utmost darkness and evil.
After a moment's thought, Du Yu understood what was happening.
Xie Yujiao was about to become You Si!
Although Du Yu had not witnessed Xie Yujiao's transformation into You Si himself, he knew it should have been gradual. Sage had kept Xie Yujiao by his side for decades before she finally became You Si.
Why, then, had she suddenly begun to change now?
Xie Yujiao floated into the air, allowing that awakening power to roam through her body.
Just as that power was about to occupy her entire body, another force suddenly erupted within her.
These two forces, one