At this moment, Lingxiao Zhenren's reason had been completely devoured by his inner demons, and he had completely gone to an extreme of madness.

The series of blows he had just suffered made him disregard everything else; he was determined to find the Shen Sangruo he once knew, even if it meant resorting to any means necessary.

"There is nothing in this world that I cannot do! Heaven has treated me unfairly, so what's wrong with me defying Heaven?!"

Lingxiao Zhenren roared, and even his voice changed.

Despite the tense situation, it still attracted everyone's attention.

Before they could figure out what was wrong with Master Lingxiao, they saw countless demonic energies pouring out from his body, as if they were baring their fangs and claws around him.

Lingxiao Zhenren has fallen to demonic possession!

The evil creature frowned, stopped its attack, and a hint of interest reappeared in its eyes, which had been ravaged by killing intent.

The demonic energy was released recklessly. The fallen demon was more powerful than a normal demon cultivator of the same level. The terrifying power had already stirred up gusts of wind, snapping the trees in the surrounding area in half.

Moreover, Lingxiao Zhenren had gone mad and had lost all reason. The destructive power of an out-of-control Nascent Soul stage fallen demon cultivator was no joke.

In a very short time, the black mist-like demonic energy surged up to knee-deep beneath everyone's feet.

Everyone hurriedly dodged, but the demonic energy released by the fallen demon was even more frenzied. If they didn't dodge in time, they might also have their Dao hearts disturbed by this demonic energy!

He secretly wished that Lingxiao Zhenren would explode and die. Having an evil spirit was already troublesome enough, and he even put on a show of falling into demonic possession on the spot.

Only Shen Daochen looked sorrowful; the thing he least wanted to see had still happened!

Putting aside the fact that Lingxiao Zhenren is his junior brother, the fact that Lingxiao Zhenren has fallen into demonic possession is a huge blow to the Feiyun Sect. The Feiyun Sect is completely hopeless!

"Ling Xiao, Ling Xiao!" His voice was filled with grief.

It's over, it's over!

No matter how much he shouted, he couldn't change the fact that Lingxiao Zhenren had fallen into demonic possession.

The others, having no time to pay attention to Shen Daochen, quickly withdrew from the demonic energy area. Suddenly, they noticed that something seemed to be faintly glowing beneath the layer of black mist.

"This is……"

Without them needing to examine it closely, the object grew brighter and brighter until it was easily identifiable to them.

Shen Sanruo's temples throbbed with anxiety, one wave of worry after another. Looking at the shimmering lines, she remembered that after Lingxiao Zhenren arrived here, he first walked around the area.

This must have been something he did at that time.

Based on what Lingxiao Zhenren said, she suddenly had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the next moment she heard Master Lingxiao shout, "I, the Venerable One, will reverse this time and space!"

Everyone's expression changed drastically. Time reversed?!

Lingxiao Zhenren has truly gone mad! He's even gone so far as to try to reverse time!

No one expected that Lingxiao Zhenren was even more insane than Lu Shiqing.

Reversing time exists only in legends; how dare he presume to reverse time single-handedly?!

Lingxiao Zhenren was well aware that this was difficult to accomplish, so he set up a sacrificial spell at this spot from the very beginning.

This was a backup plan he had long ago, a last resort.

He wants to sacrifice the souls of everyone who enters this place, using their souls as energy to achieve a reversal of time and space!

He has no other option but to succeed this time!

"Give me—Reversal!"

Lingxiao Zhenren roared, releasing all his power, but it was still not enough to offset the consumption of the time-reversal spell.

At this moment, countless cracks had appeared on his face, and cracks were slowly creeping onto his body.

It seemed as if it was already on the verge of exploding and dying.

The formation he had set up in advance had been activated and was continuously absorbing the spiritual power of everyone within it.

It firmly adhered to them, preventing them from moving an inch.

Their souls felt as if they were being violently torn apart by two hands, trying to forcibly pull their souls out of their bodies.

Such pain is truly unbearable!

Even Shen Sangruo could sense that she was the key target of the time reversal, or something else; her senses were particularly strong.

It was as if something was pushing her back to the state she was in a second ago.

After absorbing a portion of the divine soul, the surrounding space actually began to distort, and spacetime began to fluctuate, becoming increasingly pronounced!

Are we really going to let that bastard successfully reverse time?!

Everyone was filled with unease, and their panic was evident on their faces. Clearly, the scales in their hearts were tipping in favor of Master Lingxiao.

"Interesting." The evil creature smirked and sat down in the sky again, quietly enjoying the show.

Just as everyone's hearts were about to sink to the bottom, Immortal Lord Changli spoke with difficulty:

"You can't reverse time. How can you possibly withstand such a massive spell?"

Lingxiao Zhenren is like a transit station, absorbing the power of their souls, and then he uses the magic of reversing time and space.

Regardless of whether sacrificing their souls is enough to reverse time, the energy required to reverse time has already exceeded the limit that Lingxiao Zhenren's body can withstand.

A river embankment that can only withstand a small stream will inevitably burst when a large amount of water suddenly floods in.

Reversing time is already defying the heavens, but it's clear that someone like Lingxiao Zhenren isn't capable of doing so.

"Shut up! How dare you interfere in my affairs!" The cracks on Lingxiao Zhenren's face were becoming more and more numerous.

You can even see the flesh and blood glowing with an eerie red light beneath the cracks.

"If I say I will reverse time, then I will definitely reverse time!"

"You are only fit to be a sacrifice for me to reverse time!"

"If your divine souls are insufficient, then I will sacrifice my own! Reversal!"

Without hesitation, Lingxiao Zhenren even offered up his own divine soul.

They've gone completely mad, reckless and utterly disregarded everything.

This baffling operation even made Shen Sangruo, who was constantly swaying in the fluctuating spacetime, unable to help but complain: If his soul is gone, what's the point of him reversing time and going back?

But this is enough to prove that Lingxiao Zhenren was indeed unable to support the operation of the time-reversal spell.

Yet, unwilling to give up, they could only burn their own divine soul to sustain themselves.

He has reached the end of this road.

Now all they need to do is wait for Lingxiao Zhenren to exhaust his divine soul, and then they can escape.

Thinking this, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. Fortunately, that evil creature was also an oddball; it actually had the leisure to watch the show even in this situation.

She breathed a sigh of relief so hard that her vision went black and she fainted.

The fluctuations in spacetime enveloped her, and the last vestiges of her consciousness made her vaguely feel as if a pair of hands were pushing her somewhere.

But she had already lost consciousness and was no longer responding.

Second update! Thank you all for your support! *tweets*

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