Because of Zhang Hu's death, everyone had lost their direction for a time. They did not even know who Zhang Hu really was, who had killed him, or whether anyone had obtained the Heavenly Demon Canon. Everything was shrouded in fog. On top of that, Everlasting Spring Mountain was riddled with formations and dangers at every turn. So many people of the Jianghu had been killed or wounded that fear had taken root in their hearts. In the end, the survivors withdrew from Everlasting Spring Mountain one after another. As for news of the Heavenly Demon Canon, they could only continue making inquiries later.
Meanwhile, Huang Xiao was cultivating the Heavenly Demon Skill. Things went fairly smoothly at first. Although the cultivation method was profound and difficult to comprehend, he was making progress nonetheless.
But Huang Xiao could not cultivate the Heavenly Demon Skill alone. After all, he also had to practice his Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art, at least enough to restore his former cultivation.
Yet the moment he began, something went wrong. The true qi of the Heavenly Demon Skill had originally been fairly docile, because it was the only internal power in his body. But when Huang Xiao resumed cultivating the Everlasting Spring Youth-Restoring Art and everlasting spring ageless true qi emerged in his dantian, the two streams of true qi clashed violently.
A demonic art truly lived up to its name. In sheer tyranny, how could everlasting spring ageless true qi be its match? Thus, when the two streams of true qi fought, heavenly demon true qi naturally gained the upper hand. Yet that was all it could do; it could not completely crush the everlasting spring ageless true qi within him. After all, everlasting spring ageless true qi's strength lay in its ceaseless renewal, making it