However, a protective shield activated, blocking the palm strike. Chu Nian said coldly, "Do you Ouyang family members think I don't exist? A bunch of despicable people!"

As she spoke, her voice grew even colder and more stern. A burst of magical energy traveled through the sound waves, and the four members of the Ouyang family immediately cried out in agony, collapsing to their knees in unison, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

But at that moment, Wen Ruyan suddenly transformed into a gust of wind and vanished into the distance. She still possessed many of the talismans and magical artifacts Wen Zi'ang had given her; activating any one of them would allow her to escape right under the noses of numerous Mahayana powerhouses: Lin Jingting had once successfully escaped from a group of demon lords using talismans of this level!

Seeing her flee, Lin Zhao and Li Jueyin immediately tried to catch up, but Wen Ruyan, who was fleeing rapidly, crashed into an invisible wall. She let out a miserable cry and was bounced back, landing back in front of Hua Tianling.

Upon closer inspection, the body was covered in blood and had been turned into a meat patty.

Chu Nian said, "Tian Ling, you can deal with Wen Ruyan and Ouyang Hao for now. As for the three Ouyang brothers..." She looked at the three kneeling there, staring at her in fear and terror, "They dared to launch a sneak attack back then, so they must have been prepared for my revenge!"

After speaking, she subtly flicked her fingertips, sending out three streams of magical energy, which were then injected into the bodies of the three Ouyang brothers. She had initially intended to drain them dry like Ouyang Ren, but remembering that Lin Jingting was still alive, she changed her mind.

The three Ouyang heroes were struck directly into their souls by her magical power, instantly losing their breath and then ascending to immortality. The spiritual energy on their bodies transformed into countless feathers, merging into the world.

Chu Nian actually had some doubts. The reason why Lin Jingting, who became a ghost immortal in the later generations, absorbed the life force of others to enhance his cultivation might be influenced by her practice of turning her enemies into dried corpses. But the people she absorbed were all people who wanted to kill her!

Sure enough, educating children is still too difficult for her.

Just as she was fretting over this matter, she heard Lin Jingting say, "Hua Nian, I heard that you like to absorb other people's magical energy to increase your own cultivation. Why don't you absorb these three Ouyang heroes into dried-up corpses?"

Chu Nian looked at him with a hint of horror: This child really is not going to learn anything good.

Just as she was about to speak, Lin Zhao shouted, "Is it your place to call me Hua Nian?"

Li Yun said, "Yes, Xiao Linzi, you don't remember anymore, back then you once..."

"Shut up!" Chu Nian shouted, and Li Yun immediately fell silent, glancing at Chu Nian with a hint of fear.

Chu Nian said, "Lin Jingting, absorbing the cultivation of others to enhance oneself is ultimately not a feasible method..."

"Why?" Lin Jingting asked.

Chu Nian: "It will cause you to lose your own merits and affect your future cultivation and Dao heart."

Lin Jingting: "Then why are you still smoking?"

Chu Nian: "I was ignorant before, but I've stopped smoking now. You're not allowed to smoke either."

Lin Jingting gave a soft snort.

Chu Nian felt a bit of a headache: she felt that this brat hadn't listened to anything she said at all.

She turned to look at Hua Tianling, who was staring blankly at Wen Ruyan, and asked, "Tianling, what do you plan to do with Wen Ruyan and Ouyang Hao?"

Before Hua Tianling could answer, Ouyang Hao shouted, "Hua Nian, I know I wronged you back then, but don't hold Ru Yan responsible. She never hurt you..."

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his tongue, and blood gushed from his mouth. His tongue, mixed with blood, fell to the ground in front of him, leaving him stunned for a moment.

"Shut up!" Chu cursed.

Hua Tianling finally said, "Wen Ruyan and I were husband and wife after all. Since she later fell in love with Ouyang Hao, I will give her her freedom." With that, he waved his hand and threw a divorce agreement to Wen Ruyan.

"Hmm." Chu Nian nodded, raised her hand and released two streams of magical energy at the same time, one striking Wen Ruyan, who was only exhaling and not inhaling, between the eyebrows, and the other striking Ouyang Hao between the eyebrows.

Seeing her do this, Hua Tianling was a little stunned and called out, "Auntie, you..."

Chu Nian: "I said I'd hand them over to you to deal with first, but I didn't say I wouldn't deal with them. After you've dealt with them, isn't it my turn to deal with them?"

She felt that Wen Ruyan and Ouyang Hao had wronged Hua Tianling the most, which was why she let Hua Tianling deal with him first. But if Hua Tianling handled it too hastily, then she would have to step in, after all, the original owner's grudge was still there!

Chu Nian guessed that with the deaths of Wen Ruyan and Ouyang Hao, the two original owners' last enemies, she wouldn't be able to stay in this world for long.

So after killing the two, she immediately gave the Divine Flower Sea to Hua Tianling. This belonged to the Hua family, and she had no intention of keeping it. Besides, with her current Soul Void, she had no need for it at all.

Then, she waved her hand and shot out a stream of magical power, which carried Lin Jingting to her front and placed her palm on Lin Jingting's crown.

Tao Anbo and the others were startled upon seeing this and exclaimed in succession, "Hey, Xiao Linzi!" "Demon, what are you doing?"

However, they soon noticed that Lin Zhao and Li Jueyin were both looking at Hua Nian calmly, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

Seeing that the situation was already settled, and frankly speaking, all the demon lords present realized that their efforts had been in vain. They were lucky if they hadn't been sucked dry by that female demon. How could they dare to stay and cause trouble? They were already grateful that trouble wasn't coming their way.

They slunk away, trying to keep their voices down.

At this moment, Chu Nian was using a secret method to transfer the things she had previously plundered from the Demon King's Palace from her own ruins into Lin Jingting's ruins.

Lin Jingting didn't feel any discomfort, but he clearly felt that many treasures were being moved into the space he had painstakingly cultivated deep within his soul. He looked at Chu Nian with some surprise.

He knew this woman was Hua Tianling's aunt, and now he could tell that she seemed to have some past relationship with his parents, but surely she wouldn't secretly give him such a bunch of treasures!

Most importantly, how did this woman know that there was such a space deep within his soul?

Thinking about this, he suddenly had some guesses about the doubts that had been in his heart for a long time.

He discovered early on that he had several special cultivation methods in his mind. Unlike the methods for cultivating spiritual power in the world of cultivation, these methods seemed to be for cultivating the soul. After cultivating them, the soul would become stronger and would generate strange abilities.

This not only caused his spiritual power to increase rapidly, but also opened up a space deep within his soul by a set of techniques, where placing small demonic beasts would not affect their vitality at all.

But he never knew where these techniques came from. Now he understands them a little better.

Chu Nian stole the Demon King's Palace because he discovered a special crystal coffin in the treasure room of the Demon King's Palace, which was probably the same one that Lin Jingting used to store corpses in later generations.

She had actually visited this place once when she first joined the crew, but she didn't notice this thing at the time. This must be a new treasure that the Demon King's Palace acquired after that visit.