The poison from the Ghost Eye was extraordinary; soon Huo Yuwei's entire hand turned black, and the poison was even spreading to his entire arm.

"Big brother!" Qiqi exclaimed.

Ghost Eyes sneered, "Those poisoned by my 'Bone-Rotting Poison' will die within fifteen minutes from their entire body festering. Unless..."

He looked at Qiqi, "Unless you use the blood of someone with a pure Yin constitution to detoxify. Little girl, will you use your blood to save your brother, or watch him die? Choose."

Qiqi glared at him resentfully, "You're actually a pretty nice person, aren't you? You even told me how to detoxify."

She looked at the wound on Huo Yuwei's hand and watched the black aura spreading upwards along his arm.

She could sense that it was an extremely vicious toxin that was eroding her older brother's life force.

"Qiqi, don't listen to him," Huo Yuwei said through gritted teeth. "It's just a little poison, I can handle it."

But his voice was already weakening, and cold sweat was beading on his forehead, clearly indicating that he was in great pain.

Qiqi's tears fell.

Blood from a person with a pure Yin constitution does indeed have detoxifying effects, especially against Yin-related toxins.

However, each bloodletting depletes one's vital energy, and excessive bloodletting can even endanger one's life.

But that's my older brother.

He is the older brother who promised to take care of him in his old age, and the older brother who promised Xiao Jiu that he would protect him and not let him suffer any more harm.

Qiqi wiped away her tears, her eyes hardening.

She walked up to Huo Yuwei and stretched out her little hand, "Big brother, let Qiqi help you."

"No!" Huo Yuwei tried to push her away, but his arms were too weak to move.

Qiqi took out a small knife from her bag. It was a magical artifact she had made herself, with purification runes engraved on the blade.

She cut her fingertip, and bright red blood seeped out.

Qiqi dripped the blood onto Huo Yuwei's wound.

A miraculous scene unfolded.

Where the blood dripped, the black toxins vanished as quickly as snow meeting the spring sun, the wound began to heal, and the rotten flesh regained its vitality.

But Qiqi's face turned pale at a visible speed, and her body swayed, almost falling over.

Upon seeing this, Ghost Eye's eyes flashed with wild joy, "It really is a pure Yin body! Such a strong purification ability, if used for a sacrifice, my lord's power can be restored by at least 30%!"

He held nothing back and went all out. The skull cane erupted with monstrous black energy, transforming into a giant ghostly hand that reached for Qi Qi.

"Protect Qiqi!" Lin Wei shouted.

Everyone stood in front of Qiqi, but the power of the ghost hand far exceeded their expectations, and their defenses were broken down layer by layer.

Just as the ghostly hand was about to grab Qiqi, suddenly, the jade pendant on Qiqi's chest burst forth with dazzling light.

In the light, a phantom figure appeared.

It was indeed Qingyangzi!

Although it was only a projection of his primordial spirit, Qingyangzi's aura was still powerful.

With a flick of his whisk, a beam of golden light shot out, shattering the ghostly hand.

"Qingyangzi!" Ghost Eye exclaimed in shock and anger, "You actually managed to spare a thought!"

Qingyangzi's projection stared at the ghost eye, his voice authoritative, "The Netherworld Palace's perverse actions will surely incur divine retribution. Today, even if it costs me my primordial spirit, I will protect this girl!"

He turned to Qiqi, his gaze softening. "Qiqi, remember, the Pure Yin Body is not your curse, but your responsibility. Use your power to save, not sacrifice."

After saying that, Qingyangzi's projection transformed into a golden light and shot into Qiqi's body.

Qiqi felt a gentle yet powerful spiritual energy flow into her body, quickly replenishing her energy reserves.

Even more miraculously, this spiritual power contained a kind of enlightenment, which gave her a deeper understanding of her own power.

"Grandpa Qingyangzi," Qiqi murmured, tears welling in her eyes.

She knew that Qingyangzi had burned a portion of his primordial spirit to transfer his power to her.

This would be a huge drain on Qingyangzi, and might even shorten his lifespan.

Seeing that things were not going well, Ghost Eyes turned around and tried to escape.

But Qiqi suddenly looked up, a golden light flashing in her eyes.

"You hurt Qiqi's older brother and even wanted to capture Qiqi to be sacrificed. This is unforgivable!"

She formed hand seals, and this time, the seals were more complex and fluid than ever before.

As her hand seals changed, a faint golden light emanated from her body, within which a faint lotus flower phantom bloomed.

"Heaven and earth are boundless, and the universe lends its power. With my blood, I draw upon the righteous energy of heaven and earth to vanquish evil!"

Qiqi bit her tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood.

The essence blood transformed into a huge golden rune in the air, which spun around and emitted a vast righteous energy.

Ghost Eye's expression changed drastically. "This is... the 'Evil-Slaying Blood Talisman' of the Celestial Master's Mansion! How could you...?"

He wanted to escape, but it was too late.

The golden runes fell like a mountain crashing down, enveloping Ghost Eye and all his remaining corpse puppets.

Under the purifying power of the runes, the corpse puppet turned to ashes, the ghost eye let out a shrill scream, and its body began to disintegrate.

"Venerable One, save me!" Ghost Eye let out a final wail before vanishing completely.

The golden runes also dissipated, and Qiqi's body went limp, falling backward.

Although Huo Yuwei was still somewhat weak, he caught her in time.

He was surprised to find that although Qiqi's face was pale, her breathing was steady, and she was not as severely exhausted as last time.

"Grandpa Qingyangzi's power protected Qiqi," Qiqi said weakly. "But Grandpa Qingyangzi..."

She looked towards Eagle's Beak Cliff, her eyes filled with worry.

Qingyangzi burning his primordial spirit to transfer power indicates that his situation at Eagle Beak Cliff is extremely critical, and he may not be able to hold on for much longer.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Lin Wei walked over and said, "The Ghost Eye has been removed, but the commotion was too great. Venerable Netherworld must already know. We must set off immediately and get to Eagle Beak Cliff as quickly as possible."

Huo Yuwei nodded and picked up Qiqi, "Can you still hold on?"

Qiqi nodded vigorously, "Yes! Qiqi will save Grandpa Qingyangzi!"

The convoy set off again, and this time, everyone was even more anxious.

Deep within Eagle's Beak Cliff, the Netherworld Venerable stood on the altar, looking at a black jade pendant that had suddenly shattered in his hand.

That's Ghost Eye's natal jade pendant.

The jade pendant shattered, signifying that the ghost eye was dead.

The Netherworld Venerable's face remained expressionless; he simply said, "Useless."

He turned to look at the center of the altar.

There was a huge pool of blood there, in which forty-nine children were submerged.

The children were all unconscious, with black tubes inserted into their bodies, through which their blood flowed.

Beside the blood pool, Qingyangzi was impaled by nine black chains and pinned to a stone pillar.

His eyes were closed and his breath was weak, but there was still a pure yang energy resisting the erosion of the chains.

"Qingyangzi, your primordial spirit has weakened even further." Venerable Youming walked up to him. "Is it worth it for that little girl?"

Qingyangzi slowly opened his eyes, golden light still shimmering within them. "Evil forces will never understand what the righteous path is, or what sacrifice is."

The Netherworld Venerable sneered, "The righteous path? Sacrifice? How laughable. On the night of the alignment of the seven stars, I will use that girl's pure Yin blood and your pure Yang blood to open the Yin-Yang passage and welcome my lord's arrival. At that time, the entire world will submit to the Netherworld Palace!"

He looked up at the sky, a fervent glint in his eyes, "One day left, only one day!"

Outside Eagle's Beak Cliff, dark clouds gathered and thunder rumbled faintly.

A storm is brewing.