Facing each other

At night, when Yuanli fell into a deep sleep, Cha Suxun left his body again. He set up a barrier and array in the house, and with hundreds of spirit butterflies guarding it, he could rest assured and leave.

Back in the netherworld, Cha Suxun personally reads the Yang scroll to investigate the Chen family's son. He did die due to fate, killed by his mother, and his life span has ended. However, his soul has not yet reached the seventh day, and has not yet been detained by the netherworld.

Cha Suxun picked up a psionic butterfly and flew away. He closed his eyes and saw it rest in a dimly lit room. Inside the secret room was Chen Qingxian's spirit tablet, beneath which was placed a yellow paper talisman containing his birth date. A soul-binding curse was inscribed on the back of the tablet, the bloodstains already black, suggesting it had been there for several days.

Behind the altar rested a coffin, but beneath it, according to mortal funeral custom, there was no perpetual lamp. Mortals believed that lighting a perpetual lamp protected the deceased, dispelled darkness, and illuminated the path to the afterlife. But the Chen family hadn't lit one, clearly indicating they didn't want Chen Qingxian to have a safe journey to the underworld.

The psionic butterfly flew over the spirit tablet three times, and Chen Qingxian's soul appeared above the spirit tablet, with a circle of talismans wrapped around his soul. Chen Qingxian drooped his head, his cheeks sunken, his face horrible, and the skin on his face seemed to be sunken.

The most important thing was that in the room outside the secret room, there was a mourning hall, also belonging to Chen Qingxian, and people were kneeling in front of the coffin, burning paper and crying. The inside of the coffin was clearly visible to Cha Suxun. Lying inside was clearly a paper doll with eyes painted on it, wearing clothes that bore the aura of Chen Qingxian.

This is somewhat similar to the trick used in the mortal world to capture souls and raise ghosts.

The person who helped the Chen family set up this trap had some real skills, but their skills were superficial and superficial. This technique wasn't enough to fool the ghost messenger, but it did allow him to temporarily trap Chen Qingxuan's spirit. This also explains why so many people saw Chen Qingxuan's spirit.

Chen Qingxian's soul was not tainted with the sin of killing, which showed that he was only controlled to appear and scare people, but did not kill anyone, so he could still be saved. He dispelled the suppression on Chen Qingxian's soul, allowing him to wake up.

Afterwards, Cha Suxun sent fourteen Psylockes to touch the fourteen bodies that had hanged themselves. After watching all the scenes, Cha Suxun concluded that the murderer was the spider spirit.

Although she didn't come herself, everyone died at the hands of the Red Spider.

After completing all of this, Cha Suxun personally searched for A Wan's whereabouts. The moment he sensed A Wan, the strand of Li Wan's soul within Cha Suxun's true body reacted slightly, and he quickly caught on to this slight movement.

So, Ah Wan must be related to Li Wan...

She was trapped in a cave, her body wrapped in spider silk like a white cocoon. The demonic aura was clearly that of the red spider. But there was also a lingering aura of another powerful demon in the cave, very faint and difficult to detect without careful observation. It was obvious that the demon was many times more powerful than the next one.

Afterwards, Cha Suxun, regardless of anything else, immediately went to the cave and brought Ah Wan back to the Netherworld Bianhua Sea. With most of his Netherworld power sealed, he was unable to explore her connection with Li Wan, so he could only summon Nian Dai.

"See if there is any connection between her and Li Wan."

Nian Dai, looking at the woman before her who bore a striking resemblance to Li Wan, felt doubtful. However, she had undoubtedly gathered all of Li Wan's soul threads brought by Hades over a period of ten thousand years to form them, and she dared not miss a single one. She exerted all her strength to sense the true nature of this woman's soul, even when her forehead was covered in sweat and her body was beginning to give way, yet she did not relax even a bit.

Just as she was about to see the true face of her soul, a familiar yet unfamiliar force shook her out. Nian Dai could not hold on and fell to the ground. She was seriously injured and almost fainted.

Cha Suxun immediately cast a spell to stabilize her real body so that she would not be beaten back to her original form.

"What's going on?"

"Your Majesty, the Pluto King, this woman's soul has been restricted. As soon as I approached, it ejected me, preventing me from spying. And that magical power comes from... the Demon Lord Li Wan."

"Are you sure you didn't make a mistake?"

"I won't admit my mistake. Your Highness placed all of Li Wan's soul threads in this sea of ​​red spider lilies. I spent ten thousand years repairing and reuniting them day and night. I've been wounded many times by the restrictions left on her soul threads. I'm all too familiar with this feeling. I'm certain of it. But I swear on my life to Your Highness that I absolutely haven't lost a single bit of the soul threads Your Highness entrusted to me."

Cha Suxun was speechless for a long time. The facts were right in front of him, and he didn't dare to think about it too deeply. He had done everything himself in the past, not daring to slack off even a little bit, and now he was told that he might have chosen the wrong person, he couldn't accept it.

"What about Yuanli?"

"Now she is the Broom Star Lord, a celestial being. With my limited cultivation, even if she is now a mortal after her tribulations, even if I were given ten lives, I would definitely not be able to peek into the true nature of her soul."

He calmed down, stabilized his emotions and thought carefully about the past. Every step seemed to be perfect.

"When I found her in this sea of ​​flowers, I recognized her. It was her, so I took her to be enlightened and reincarnated. She transformed by absorbing the ghost energy of the underworld. She is the only one in this world who transforms with ghost fire. I couldn't have mistaken her. I will leave Ah Wan with you for now. When my tribulations are over, I will personally explore the true nature of her soul."

Nian Dai dissuaded him, "Your Highness, this woman is still alive. She cannot remain in the Netherworld forever. The ghostly energy will devour her completely. Only when her life span has ended and she has passed the seventh day of her life, and then enters the Netherworld according to the rules, can her essence be spared."

Cha Suxun immediately took out the Yang Scroll and looked through her destiny in this life. According to the Yang Scroll, she only had three days to live and would be killed by the Western Frontier State Master's men.

"In three days, on the seventh day after her death, I want you to go to the mortal world and bring her soul back. Don't try to pry into the true nature of her soul until I come back. And, hide her well, don't let A-Li see her."

After explaining everything, Cha Suxun immediately brought her back to the mortal world. After much deliberation, he decided to leave her on the path that Qi Heng would have to pass. Only after seeing Qi Heng take her away with his own eyes did Cha Suxun feel relieved to leave.

Before entering his mortal form, Cha Suxun examined the marks of his devourment. This time, not only had they cracked a bit, but there was even a deeper mark on his chest. The pain from the devouring Heng had left him feeling a dull ache even after entering his mortal form. Upon regaining consciousness, he felt his body had been significantly weakened, as if he were terminally ill and beyond medical help.

Since there was a great demon circling nearby, it meant there must be a jade hairpin in Dishui Town. Before his death, he had to have a jade hairpin in his hand to ensure that he could successfully pass Li Wan's spell when he peeked into A Wan's soul's true form.

He is determined to grab this lily hairpin!

At this moment, He Qi, following Cha Suxun's instructions, was rushing to the cave to investigate the faint demonic aura. As soon as he reached the cave, the stench of the aura forced him to cover his nose. He Qi was filled with disgust, wondering what unorthodox magic the spider spirit had cultivated to create such a nauseating aura.

As soon as he entered, He Qi began searching for the extremely faint demonic aura that Cha Suxun had mentioned. As the Lord of the Demon Realm, he was naturally more sensitive to demonic auras. As soon as he sensed the other party's traces, He Qi knew that the other party was more than just a demon, so he became more cautious.

He Qi had to use the special method Li Wan taught him to track the owner of the demonic energy. The owner seemed to be very far away from here, so his search was intermittent, wasting a lot of time. When He Qi arrived outside the palace, he felt something was wrong. The palace's dragon energy was suppressed by the black air above, and it became a little dim.

If the emperor's dragon aura is dim, the country's fortune will be bad.

There were so many gods passing by here that it was impossible for them not to notice something unusual. They were in a hurry, but no one came for this strange black gas.

Just as he was about to head towards the place where the black air was thickest, Tianshu suddenly appeared and stopped him.

"Where is Lord Heqi going?"

He Qi asked in confusion, "Can't you see that strange black aura?"

"Mortals' fate should be determined by Heaven. We, as gods, never interfere. The rise and fall of a nation depends on its ruler. If it truly declines, it will be so bleak."

He Qi questioned in a low voice, "You call this normal? This country's fortune is declining, but so many of you gods have passed by here. Don't you think any of you realized that the black energy is likely a Fallen Angel-level creature at work?"

Upon hearing this, Tianshu immediately communicated through telepathy, saying, "The Celestial Realm already knows that there are Fallen Angels causing trouble here. The Demon Lord must not mention it again, lest he alert the enemy. If you have something to ask of me, let's talk somewhere else. Since you can't come, I'll also go to the Demon Realm to find you."

Heqi nodded and followed Tianshu away from here. Unexpectedly, Tianshu immediately withdrew his immortal energy and took him to the demon world.

"One...needs to hide from the demon world to talk?"

"Heqi, find the most reliable place to talk. What I'm about to say is about someone you care about."

He didn't know how to start the question when he heard it was Baiyan. He had to consider Tianshu after all. Although he didn't interact with Tianshu much after his sister's death, he had heard some of Tianshu's stories and knew the deep friendship between Tianshu and Baiyan.

Taking him to his sister's former residence, He Qi hesitated again and again and changed the subject. "You just said you wanted to ask for something. What is it? This is my sister's former residence, and it's also a forbidden area in the demon world. There are countless barriers, so it's absolutely safe."

After Tianshu told him everything, he said, "Since Yuanli Xingjun was taken away by Cha Suxun, who was pretending to be me, I was taken to some remote place by Cha Suxun. I disappeared for a long time. The Heaven Realm couldn't find any trace of me, which made me even more suspicious. The Heaven Realm immediately issued a wanted notice for me. I can't explain myself even if I open my mouth eight times. Only by finding them can I return to the Heaven Realm and exonerate myself. So, I have to hide with you for a while."

"If I protect you, wouldn't that only make the relationship between the Demon Realm and the Heaven Realm even worse? You should return to the Heaven Realm and confess your crime."