Ji Fengyao paused slightly before looking at Hei Xiao again and said in a low voice, "The longer the demonic seed stays in the host's body, the deeper and more thorough its control over the host becomes; if the demonic cultivator forcibly recalls the demonic seed, the host will be unable to resist at all."

Moreover, I suspect that the voice of the Scorpion Envoy that Brother Xiao Chen heard was most likely transmitted directly to Brother Xiao Chen's soul by the Scorpion Envoy through the Demon Seed, rather than the Scorpion Envoy coming to Da Zhao in person.

If the Scorpion Envoy himself came to Dazhao…

Ji Fengyao didn't finish her sentence, but everyone could imagine the serious consequences:

I'm afraid that once the Scorpion Envoy appears, Black Owl will completely lose control and be taken to the Scorpion Envoy by the Demon Seed without anyone noticing.

Black Owl clenched his fists, the dark and humiliating images flashing before his eyes, his voice low and firm: "Then cut it out, even if it means tearing out my dantian, I will use all my strength to take revenge and survive."

Hearing Black Owl's words, everyone felt as if they had been pricked by needles.

Ji Fengming reached out and put her hand on his shoulder, smiling gently: "Yes, don't be afraid. We agreed to take revenge together."

Ji Fengyao shook her head and rejected even his suggestion: "It cannot be removed. It has been inside you for nearly twenty years and has become one with your bloodline. If it is removed, it will probably drain all your spiritual power and blood energy in an instant, and fight you to the death."

"Is there really no way to do this?" Shang Xiye was getting anxious.

Ji Fengyao frowned slightly: "I know two methods, but both have hidden dangers; that's why I said this is not just a thorny issue."

"I'm willing to try as long as there's even a sliver of hope," Black Owl said firmly.

"The first way is to kill the Scorpion Envoy. Once he's dead, no one will be able to summon and recall the Demon Seed. The second way is for you, Brother Xiao Chen, to cultivate diligently. As long as your cultivation level is higher than the Scorpion Envoy's, you can resist his control over the Demon Seed and even devour the Demon Seed within you to control him in return."

Ji Fengyao looked at everyone with a serious expression and said, "But neither of these two methods can remove the demonic seed from your body; the second method will make you merge with the demonic seed. If your mind is not firm, you may... fall into the demonic path."

Upon hearing this, Ji Chenhai, who had been silent all along, finally spoke: "Yao'er, what you're saying is so mysterious. Does this mean that immortals and demons really exist in this world?"

Ji Fengyao had long anticipated that they would ask her this question sooner or later.

However, Ji Chenhai asked the question later than she had expected.

Ji Fengyao nodded firmly and replied, "Father, cultivators do exist. It's just that they didn't originally exist in our world, but I'm certain that cultivators from other worlds have come to our world, and they may have been here for a long time. I suspect that the person who created the Black Purgatory was from the cultivator world."

"How...how did you confirm that?" Ji Chenhai asked suspiciously.

Ji Fengming and Hei Xiao shared the same doubts.

Shang Xiye's heart tightened slightly, and he gripped Ji Fengyao's hand a little tighter, just about to speak up to help his little wife out of the predicament.

Ji Fengyao calmly answered, "This was all deduced by the old immortal in my dream." Then she turned to Shang Xiye and asked, "Your Highness, do you remember when Wuzhong was seriously injured in Tongyou last time?"

Shang Xiye quickly nodded in affirmation: "Of course I remember."

"That night, the old immortal appeared in my dream and told me that the almost fatal wound on Wu Zhong's body was caused by the sword energy released by the cultivator," Ji Fengyao said without changing her expression.