“…Blackened Brother?” Shen Sanruo hesitated before speaking, but seeing Qi Yan’s gloomy face, she couldn’t help but curl her lips into a smile.

The name itself clearly indicates that it was the work of her second senior brother.

"It's Young Master Qiyan!" Qiyan corrected through gritted teeth.

"Now that you have successfully broken through, hurry up and clear away the influence of demonic energy from this young master."

Shen Sangruo ignored him, saying, "You can step back for a moment; I have more important things to do."

She was obviously referring to targeting Shi Mu.

"Anyway, it's all for the sake of protecting the cultivation world, isn't it your duty?"

After saying that, she walked straight toward the cell where Shi Mu was imprisoned.

Qi Yan was so angry that he stomped his feet, but there was nothing he could do but follow behind her in frustration.

Ever since he met Shen Sangruo, he felt that his status was getting lower and lower.

In the past, who would have dared to treat him, one of the Five Divine Beasts, in such a way?

To welcome her breakthrough, her master, senior brothers and sisters were all there, so they went to the cage together.

This concerns the entire cultivation world, so we cannot be careless.

After bringing the man out, the group surrounded Shi Mu, giving him no chance to escape.

Shen Sanruo walked up to Shi Mu, gathered her divine soul power in her hand, raised her hand, and poured it all into Shi Mu's body, attempting to remove the restriction that Ya Lan placed on his divine soul.

A moment later, her brows furrowed involuntarily.

"What's wrong? Is it not working?" Immortal Lord Changli stared at her expression.

She shook her head. "The only option is to use the soul-searching spell."

The Azure Phoenix Fairy's eyes flickered slightly, and she moved a little closer to her.

She was the only one present who knew that the soul-searching spell might be risky.

Shen Sangruo made a new hand seal and, following the method recorded in the Ya Lan book, re-condensed the power of her divine soul.

The Soul Searching Spell consumes a great deal of spiritual power, and soon a powerful cluster of spiritual power appeared between her two fingers.

Whether it was their illusion or not, the red divine soul power seemed to be tinged with wisps of black.

They all knew of Xiao Hei's existence, and that Xiao Hei's soul power was black, so they didn't think much of it.

As she moved her hands, the ball of divine soul power entered Shi Mu's brow.

Soon, Shi Mu began to struggle violently.

The soul-searching spell is essentially to extract his soul and examine it from head to toe.

Memory is retrieved gradually from the present to the future.

Therefore, the first piece of valid information that Shen Sanruo found was when the system contacted Shi Mu a few months ago.

That day, a mysterious energy suddenly contacted Shi Mu, and just as she had expected, Shi Mu, feeling that the other party's origin was unknown, directly dispersed it.

"My name is System, and my master wishes to speak with you..."

"What system or not? This is probably just some conservative group trying to cause trouble. Get out of here!"

The system hadn't even finished speaking.

Upon receiving this result, Shen Sanruo remained silent for a moment.

For a moment, I didn't know whether I should be happy or not.

The system failed to contact the radicals and collude with them, but she also couldn't find out the system's purpose in contacting the radicals.

The only clue was the half-finished sentence spoken by the system.

It was the system's owner who wanted to contact the radicals. She remembered that the system referred to Bai Mumu as "host," not "master."

Could it be that the system's owner is someone else?

Further speculation suggests that the system's owner might be connected to heretical cultivators.

Pulling his thoughts back, he continued to delve into the memories related to the evil cultivation conspiracy.

Fearing she might miss crucial information, she meticulously examined every single memory, leaving virtually nothing out.

This caused her to receive a surge in information, and her spiritual energy was consumed more quickly. Before long, her face began to turn pale.

During these ten thousand years, Shi Mu never once mentioned anything related to the evil cultivators' conspiracy, nor did he make any unusual moves.

It's possible that he intentionally avoided this matter, or it could be due to the influence of the Cliff Wave spell.

Only by finding the source of this memory, that is, when Shi Mugang first learned of this matter, can the truth be understood.

If Shen Sangruo speeds up the search, without having to search every detail, he quickly jumps back to ten thousand years ago.

However, that memory seems to be covered by something, a dark and blurry mess.

She attacked fiercely with her divine soul power, and the things that were covered were burned away by the fiery divine soul power in the blink of an eye.

This also revealed the truth hidden beneath.

"Has the Demon Lord allied with the evil cultivators?"

“Those evil cultivators have some creative ideas this time, and their plan is quite good. I'll lend them a hand.” Ya Lan’s eyes gleamed with interest.

"What does the Demon Lord need us to do?"

"Just pay attention to the spiritual energy in the cultivation world. If it is decreasing, it means that their plan is proceeding normally. You don't need to worry about anything else. Maintaining the plan is the business of those evil cultivators."

His cooperation with the evil cultivators was based on mutual benefit; he only thought about how to extract more benefits from them and naturally wouldn't put in any effort for them.

"If we succeed, it will be beneficial to us demonic cultivators. I'm already tired of staying in this small Misty Abyss." Ya Lan's eyes were full of ambition.

"Your subordinates obey."

My memory ends here, and nothing more is mentioned after that.

Shen Sanruo searched repeatedly without success, and frowned, clearly finding it beyond her expectations.

Shi Mu only knew this much information. That old scoundrel Ya Lan was so wary of even his own subordinates.

There was no point in continuing the search, so he decided to withdraw his divine soul power.

But the moment she withdrew her divine soul power, the black unidentified object in Shi Mu's memory suddenly reappeared and attacked her!

Shen Sangruo was caught off guard, and even though she reacted quickly, her soul was still injured by the attack.

She could have dodged it, but the soul-searching spell she used and the black unidentified object were both Ya Lan's moves, and the two complemented each other, leaving her with no way to avoid them.

At the critical moment, it was the little koi fish that used its lucky skill to help her escape, only injuring part of her soul.

The others didn't know what had happened; they only saw her face turn deathly pale in an instant, and then her body lost its support and swayed precariously.

"Sang Ruo!"

"Junior Sister!"

The unexpected event caused everyone to gasp in surprise and rush forward to catch her.

The fairy Qingluan was closest to her and immediately caught her.

Her brows were furrowed; if her spirit hadn't been strong enough, she would have already lost consciousness and fainted.

After a long while, she finally opened her eyes.

"She's awake! She's awake!"

The crowd surrounded her, their faces filled with concern and worry, bombarding her with questions.

How are you feeling now?

"What happened?"

"Could it be that Ya Lan did something?"

She waved to Qingluan Fairy and stood up. "Yailan's magic suddenly attacked and injured my soul, but it's nothing serious. I can recover on my own, so don't worry."

"I've found information related to the evil cultivators' conspiracy."