Lingxiao Zhenren smirked, "What does the tense situation have to do with me? In my eyes, only you are the most important."

“Sang Ruo, do you know how much I have been tormented by my inner demons during this time? I have been suffering every day and have been hoping for your return to Zhenlin Peak every single day.”

“You know nothing. You only care about others. You weren’t like this before. You used to have great respect for me.”

Lingxiao Zhenren's voice was tinged with a hint of grievance.

This sight only made Shen Sangruo feel even more disgusted, and a chill ran down her spine.

"They may have regained their feelings, but they couldn't win you back. That's because they're useless. I, of course, can't be like them." His tone was filled with disdain and confidence.

Tormented daily by his inner demons, Master Lingxiao desperately wanted to win back her affections, bring her back to his side, and have her become his disciple again.

He was really being driven crazy by his inner demons.

"So you want to strip me of my cultivation and make me start practicing your Profound Fire True Dragon Technique again?" Shen Sangruo's voice was icy cold.

Lingxiao Zhenren asked in a daze, "You knew all along?"

She quickly adjusted her mindset, thinking, "So what? Isn't this what should be done?"

"Do you intend to become my disciple again in the future and learn someone else's techniques? I believe you would not want that, so I will remove them for you first."

She sneered, "Why strip away my cultivation to regain my emotions and exchange them for my cultivation techniques? No cultivator is willing to lose the cultivation they have worked so hard to gain. What right do you have to make decisions for me?"

Moreover, she is already at the Nascent Soul stage. What kind of pain would she have to endure if she wanted to strip away all her cultivation?

"I've already exhausted my cultivation once because of you. Do you want to do it again?"

"Is this what you mean by wanting me to be your apprentice, wanting to make up for what happened in the past, and wanting to treat me sincerely?"

"Are you really thinking of me, or are you just unwilling to be subservient to others, and your twisted mentality is using the guise of doing what's best for me?"

"Has Master really driven you to this point? It's clear that you've been greatly provoked by my Master, but you, Lingxiao Zhenren, are no match for even a feather of Changli Xianjun."

Shen Sangruo's words were like pearls, each sentence like a fine needle, piercing into the heart of Lingxiao Zhenren.

Hearing her words, Lingxiao Zhenren felt a splitting headache, as if his inner demons were about to flare up again.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, "You haven't regained your emotions yet, and the words you said to me weren't from your heart, so I won't care."

"Once you regain your emotions, you will naturally understand my good intentions."

It's the same old story; Lu Shiqing used to say the same thing.

"He is just as unreasonable as Lu Shiqing. They are truly master and disciple."

Lingxiao Zhenren felt as if he had suffered a great humiliation. "He is not my disciple. How could he be worthy of me? He is a disgrace to me!"

"Not your apprentice? Then why did he imitate your crazy behavior so perfectly? Are you his apprentice?" she retorted sarcastically without any politeness.

"Release me, and you'll still have a chance to turn back. Otherwise, you know what the consequences will be."

She knew, of course, that Lingxiao Zhenren would not back down, so she withdrew her spiritual power and attacked with her divine soul power instead.

Her spiritual power was no match for Lingxiao Zhenren, but her divine soul power was something even Yalan couldn't resist.

In addition, since Lingxiao Zhenren had already lost part of his soul, it felt as if a row of steel nails had pierced into his brain, constantly scratching at him.

His face instantly lost all color, and he trembled uncontrollably from the pain.

The surrounding clones were still attacking Lingxiao Zhenren. The fact that the evil creatures had intervened to stop Changli Xianjun and the others was already a great favor to Lingxiao Zhenren, so naturally they would not clear a path for him.

Lingxiao Zhenren was currently unable to spare any attention and had no way to restrain Shen Sangruo. He could only grit his teeth and try to break through the encirclement of the clones with her.

"I'd like to see how you manage to change my cultivation technique under these circumstances," Chen Sangruo said coldly.

How could she possibly be polite to Lingxiao Zhenren after he had acted in such a way?

It's not just about attacking Lingxiao Zhenren's soul; it's about directly shattering his soul.

They even used Xiao Hei's demonic cultivation soul power to attack, and the effect was immediate, directly shaking the foundation of Lingxiao Zhenren.

How could Lingxiao Zhenren's soul withstand such a powerful attack?

Disbelief flashed in his eyes, as if he were astonished by her ruthlessness. He gritted his teeth and said, "How could you treat me like this?!"

How important is the soul?! She actually used the power of a demonic cultivator's soul to shake his soul!

"Don't you have inner demons? I'll lend you a hand. Once you fall under their spell, you won't have to keep complaining about how your inner demons torment you every day."

Shen Sanruo sneered, her spiritual power remaining undiminished.

Lingxiao Zhenren felt as if wisps of demonic energy were floating around his body, which was really bad for him.

Fortunately, he soon broke through the encirclement of the clones with Shen Sangruo, and was finally able to spare some attention to restrain her.

The spiritual power bound her tightly, and the tormenting force that had plagued his soul finally disappeared.

However, it had already caused irreversible damage to his soul, and Lingxiao Zhenren's expression turned cold.

"Fine, consider it something I owed you in the past, let you vent your anger. From now on, don't mention those things again."

Compared to the excitement of regaining her affections, these pains seemed insignificant.

Lingxiao Zhenren led her to a relatively secluded location, and because of the urgency, he did not go too far.

He surveyed the surroundings, seemingly checking if the place was safe, and reappeared in her sight a quarter of an hour later.

Thinking of the clones that had stopped Immortal Lord Changli and the others, he was somewhat surprised that the evil creature would help him.

Even evil beings are on his side. Isn't this a destiny that Shen Sangruo will return to Zhenlin Peak?

After this ordeal, Master Lingxiao was exhausted, but he forced himself to gather a ball of spiritual energy and slowly walked towards Chen Sangruo.

"Sang Ruo, don't worry, I will block most of your senses, so the process of changing your cultivation method won't be too painful."

His eyes seemed to hold concern for her, but Shen Sangruo only saw obsession and selfishness in them.

Her brow furrowed slightly. She hadn't expected that Lingxiao Zhenren could still withstand her attack on his soul, clearly relying on burning his life force to move.

Extremely insane.

In his mind were messages from Qi Yan, the Snake Woman, and others.

"Where are you? What's the situation? I'm trying to get away as quickly as possible. Damn it, that evil thing is too troublesome. Wait for me!" Qi Yan's voice was extremely anxious.

"Immortal Lord Changli and the others have gone berserk. Quickly kill all those clones. You must protect yourself." The snake woman's voice was equally urgent.

Besides them, there was another voice.

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