(The second half of the previous chapter has been modified, it is recommended to reread)

A mixture of black air and ice and snow rushed towards Hua Xiangwan. Kunxuzi warned loudly: "Young Master Hua!"

Hua Xiangwan turned around instantly, and a powerful spiritual power mixed with a blanket of snow and wind came towards her. Shen Yichen was instantly blown away by the spiritual power. Hua Xiangwan almost instinctively opened the magic circle and barely blocked the ice and snow rushing towards her.

"Someone come!" Hua Xiangwan couldn't see anything clearly, so she just shouted, "Take Master Shen away first."

"Ah Wan!"

Shen Yichen stood up in a hurry, but someone beside him rushed over and quickly supported him: "Master Shen, the young master will be fine, let's go first."

As he spoke, someone dragged Shen Yichen to the side, tiptoed, and ran away quickly.

Just as Shen Yichen walked away, the ice and snow suddenly exploded. The huge impact force shattered Hua Xiangwan's magic circle. Hua Xiangwan was severely shaken away by the spiritual power and crashed into the tree.

Before she could react, she felt the sword wind coming, and the cold sword blade suddenly pressed against her neck. When she raised her head, she saw a pair of blood-red eyes in front of her.

His sword-holding hand trembled slightly, and his whole body was stained with blood. He seemed to be trying hard to restrain something, and spoke hoarsely: "You killed me for him."

"I didn't mean to kill you," Hua Xiangwan swallowed the blood in her throat and quietly found the Qingxin Bell. Not far away, Kunxuzi made a gesture to her, and she understood what he meant. She turned to look at Xie Changji and said, "I just wanted to save you."

"You want to go with him."

"I don't……"

Hua Xiangwan was about to move when Xie Changji suddenly pressed her against the tree.

The sword cut into her neck, blood flowed down, Hua Xiangwan dared not move, Xie Changji approached her: "Hua Xiangwan," he looked at her with a dazed look, "Wanwan, do you really like Xie Changji?"

"You..." Hua Xiangwan was puzzled when she heard this question again. She had answered it many times, but he always asked the same question, "Why do you always ask about the past?"

"Besides the past," Xie Chang looked at her quietly, "what else do I have?"

Hua Xiangwan was stunned by this, and Xie Changji murmured, "But you lied to me even about the past... You said you loved me, but you left me in the realm of life and death, and you left me when you said you would leave, and you forgot me when you said you would forget, and you let me go when you said you would let me go - and you said this was love?"

"What do you like about me?"

Xie Changji looked at her and couldn't help laughing: "Face?"

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything. She watched Kunxuzi set up a magic circle behind them and silently rang the Qingxin Bell.

The pain from the Qing Xin Bell made Xie Changji gasp for air. He grabbed her neck and shouted, "Speak!"

"Whose face is this?" Xie Changji asked hastily, "Is it Shen Yichen or me?"

"You..." Hua Xiangwan struggled to speak, "It was him...who turned into you..."

"Then why don't you let me kill him?!" Xie Changji became excited. He stepped forward and stared at her. "Why does he use my face? You like it, don't you? I'm boring, I'm dull, and I have responsibilities that cannot escape the boundary of life and death. I'm not good to you, and I'm not as gentle as him. Now he has the face you like, and you have to go with him——"

Before he could finish his words, Kunxuzi's formation was formed. Hua Xiangwan raised his hand and hit Xie Changji hard in the abdomen. Xie Changji was blown away. He opened his eyes wide and was knocked into the formation by the huge force.

In an instant, countless runes rushed towards his body. He struggled to his feet. At this moment, Hua Xiangwan suddenly rushed in and grabbed him into his arms.

The warmth came suddenly, and Chang Ji froze. Hua Xiangwan hugged him tightly and growled, "You made me leave!"

Xie Changji stood there in a daze, and his consciousness gradually became clearer.

Evil spirits will infinitely magnify all possibilities that can stimulate the dark side of people's hearts, and they will even hide and change some memories.

"It was you who said sorry to me and said you didn't like me. It was you who left on the day of our wedding. It was you who didn't give me any hope until the last moment. That's why I left. I didn't abandon you."

The evil spirit was repelled and suppressed by the rune. He slowly calmed down and was hugged by Hua Xiangwan.

"Xie Changji," Hua Xiangwan said hoarsely, "I like you, how could you forget?"

"You..." Countless images flashed through Xie Changji's mind, and he murmured, "Like me..."

These words made Xie Changji's breathing quicken. He seemed to want to say something, but Kunxuzi's seal was formed outside the formation, and the light of the formation shot up into the sky. Xie Changji trembled and howled as if he was experiencing great pain.

Hua Xiangwan used her spiritual power to hold him tightly in the magic circle to prevent him from struggling. When the light faded, Xie Changji seemed to be exhausted and fell into her arms.

Hua Xiangwan's spiritual power was almost exhausted. She panted for a moment before looking up at Kun Xuzi. She swallowed the blood in her mouth and said with difficulty, "Elder Kun, what's going on?"

"Lock him up first," Kunxuzi sat down on the ice, panting, "It's just temporary suppression now. It will take some time to completely eliminate the evil spirit in his body."

Hearing this, Hua Xiangwan slowed down, then nodded and stood up tiredly: "Let's go to the underground palace."

As she spoke, she called for people, supported the unconscious Xie Changji, and led Kunxuzi to the secret room in the underground palace.

There were layers of seals in the secret room. She opened the seals and placed Xie Changji in the middle.

Kunxuzi immediately began to deploy his troops. Hua Xiangwan had already exhausted herself after the struggle. She sat on a chair and watched Kunxuzi deploy his troops. She asked in a dilemma, "Why is Elder Kun here?"

"I'm here to find Changji." Kunxuzi bit his own flesh and drew blood, then wrote runes on the iron chain and tied it to Xie Changji's hand.

Hua Xiangwan looked at his actions and couldn't help but ask, "Does he need this?"

"Just in case."

Kunxuzi said solemnly: "Changji has a special physique. His spiritual power was exhausted just now, so we had the opportunity to take advantage of him. If he was in his prime, you and I might not be able to control him even if we joined forces."

"Special physique?" Hua Xiangwan was stunned and couldn't help but look at Xie Changji, "What kind of physique does he have?"

"Where did Master Hua come from?"

Kunxuzi did not reply to her immediately, but asked her where she came from. Hua Xiangwan did not hide the truth, "Today, Xie Changji accompanied me to kill Qin Yunyi. He was injured and went back to Huan Palace first. I went to Demon Palace to kill the Demon Lord, and then I noticed that Xie Changji was in trouble, so I hurried back."

Hearing this, Kunxuzi paused, turned around, looked at Hua Xiangwan, frowned and said, "Young Master, did you just kill the Jade Blood God? It is said that the Jade Blood God is very powerful. He slaughtered nearly half of the tribulation-crossing monks in the Western Territory and ascended the throne. Young Master, you..."

Kunxuzi didn't say it, but Hua Xiangwan understood what he meant. She didn't have any serious injuries on her body, and she didn't look like someone who had just fought with a top master.

"He was already poisoned, and then he was stabbed by Xie Changji with a fatal blow." She explained patiently, "I went over there just to give him the final blow."

After hearing this, Kunxuzi understood, but then became a little confused: "Then how do you know that Changji is in danger?"

"The Demon Lord reminded me," Hua Xiangwan said solemnly, "Elder Kun came here because he should know that the half of the Ghost Spirit that the Heavenly Sword Sect lost was with me."

Kunxuzi didn't expect Hua Xiangwanhui to talk about this directly. After a pause, he nodded and said, "Yes, Changji also had a little conflict with the sect because of this. I was worried about his situation, so I came here specially."

"And the other half of the spirit is actually in the Demon Lord. I originally planned to kill him and devour the other half of the spirit, but after killing him, I found that the spirit was not left. Before the Demon Lord died, he told me that it was he who broke the barrier of the life-death boundary. After he got the spirit, he exchanged blood with me, opened the seal of the spirit, and then went to the other world. He wanted to open the life-death boundary and let the evil demons from the other world come in to disrupt the world of cultivation. Unexpectedly, Xie Changji actually fought with him in the other world for two hundred years."

"He was in another world back then?"

Kunxuzi was very surprised: "Then... why didn't Changji tell me?"

"He was in the dark, and Xie Changji might not know about it." Hua Xiangwan pondered and continued to summarize to Kunxuzi, "The alien world was massacred, and his plan was ruined. But before he died, he told me that he did not lose. Since Xie Changji left the realm of life and death for me, Xie Changji and I were destined to lose, and asked me to go and see Xie Changji as soon as possible. So when he died and did not leave a ghost spirit, I immediately came to find Xie Changji."

Hua Xiangwan raised her head and said, "Elder Kun, do you understand why he said that if Xie Changji leaves the realm of life and death, we are doomed to lose?"

Kunxuzi didn't say anything. Hua Xiangwan frowned slightly and said, "Elder, the Demon Lord is not a normal person. His goal seems to be to completely destroy the people in the cultivation world. Although I stole ghost spirits, I don't intend to really cause trouble in the world. Now we should exchange information and join forces."

"I didn't mean to hide it," Kunxuzi felt helpless after listening to Hua Xiangwan's words, "I just... didn't know where to start for the moment."

"Then let's talk about Xie Changji's physique."

Hua Xiangwan stared at Kunxuzi: "What kind of physique is he in?"

Kunxuzi listened, lowered his head and squatted on the ground, drawing a magic circle, and said in a heavy tone: "He is a body of emptiness."

"What is the Void Body?"

"The Void Body can be said to be a human body, but it can also be said to be an excellent container. With this kind of physique, one can easily reach the state of unity between man and sword when practicing swordsmanship. However, at the same time, he is also the best parasite for evil spirits such as ghosts."

Hua Xiangwan was stunned when she heard this. Kunxuzi slowly explained, "When ordinary people are parasitized by ghosts, they still need to summon them themselves. But Changji is different. His body is not a barrier for ghosts and other monsters to parasitize him. No matter he summons them or not, or whether he is willing or not, they can enter his body at any time and merge with him."

"But..." Hua Xiangwan was a little confused, "Then how did he stay in the realm of life and death for more than 200 years?"

The place with the most evil things in the world should be the realm of life and death.

"It is the Sword of Conscience that is protecting him."

Kunxuzi sighed, "When he was born, the Sword of Inquiry began to move. Yunting personally claimed the place where he was born and asked me to find him. When I found him, his entire family had been killed by evil spirits, and a baby was still alive in the snow. Later, I brought him back to the sect. On the day I returned to the sect, the Sword of Inquiry lit up, and the sword spirit emerged and directly entered his body and merged with him. He then surpassed Yunting and became another master of the Sword of Inquiry."

"So, even though he has a hollow body that is easily invaded by evil spirits, you still let him become the Master of the Sword of Conscience."

Hua Xiangwan understood, and Kunxuzi nodded: "It was not us who chose him, but the Sword of the Heart that chose him. Although he is easily disturbed by evil spirits, if he can seek the truth with all his heart, have a firm mind, and have the Sword of the Heart to protect him, then even the evil spirits will not be able to get close to him."

After hearing this, Hua Xiangwan slowly realized the problem: "What if his Tao heart is unstable and he has become possessed by the devil?"

"Then," Kunxuzi raised his eyes and looked at Hua Xiangwan seriously, "he is the most perfect container for ghost spirits in this world."

Hua Xiangwan was stunned. Kunxuzi lowered his eyes and said, "Any dark and biased attitude is an opportunity for evil demons to take advantage of. If I am not mistaken, the Demon Lord probably meant to start from the realm of life and death under the long silence—"

"He is destined to fall into the devil's way."

"So his target from the beginning was Xie Changji."

Hua Xiangwan recalled what happened before and spoke quickly, "He has been fighting with Xie Changji in the other world for two hundred years. He knew that Xie Changji's weakness was me, so he used me as bait. He originally wanted to destroy his Tao heart and kill him, but he didn't expect that his Tao heart would be broken and he would go to the realm of life and death."

"But there is only a fine line between turning and falling," Kunxuzi said in a low voice, "If he guides him a little, it will be a disaster for Changji. I don't know what Changji has been through, but Master Hua," Kunxuzi raised his eyes and looked at him with some restraint, "Changji shouldn't be like this."

Hua Xiangwan didn't dare to say anything. She stared blankly at Xie Changji who was tied up with iron chains in the magic circle.

He shouldn't be like this, doesn't she know?

He was originally the bright moon in the sky between life and death, the number one person in Yunlai respected by people all over the world.

But now that things have gotten so bad, doesn’t she know why?

It's because of her.

It was because of her that he had come to where he is today.

Because she killed Wen Shaoqing for personal reasons.

Because she allowed Yun Qingxu to die, she allowed a good man to die for personal reasons.

Because she knew that the evil spirit existed and did not destroy it, she neglected her duty because of her personal feelings.

Because she betrayed her religion and gave up everything for love.

Now he killed Shen Yichen, an innocent person, because of her.

If a cultivator like Xie Changji, for his own selfish reasons, wantonly kills even innocent people, then his Taoism will be completely destroyed.

But he was still schemed against, and it was all because of her that he ended up like this.

She looked at the unconscious person in the magic circle and felt the sharp blade scraping back and forth on her heart.

She realized clearly that she had never really understood him.

She thought she had made it clear enough, and she believed him when he said he really didn't care.

He said he didn't care that she lied to him, didn't care whether she liked it or not, or whether she responded or not. She thought he was very clear-headed and understood everything she did. However, it was not until today that she realized that he was, after all, just a human being.

How can I not care? How can I not feel pain?

It's because he cares too much and is in too much pain that he dares not ask for anything more. She has lied to him too many times, so he will never believe her again.

Even if she really said that she liked him, even if she promised him again and again, to him, it was just a lie.

He couldn't believe the present moment and could only comfort himself with the little warmth in his memory.

As long as she had liked him, that was enough.

As for whether he likes it now, he no longer dares to believe it or accept it.

Does he care that Shen Yichen looks like him?

He was so smart, how could he not know that Shen Yichen was a merman and could freely choose his own face and gender.

But he was still invaded by the evil spirit, simply because there was a one in ten thousand chance that this incident would shake the only thing he had.

Loving and thanking Changji every night is the foundation of all his persistence now.

However, this "foundation" was so weak that even he himself could not believe it.

He doesn't believe in "love at first sight" or "sudden enlightenment" because it's too slow for him to love someone and too difficult for him to let go of someone. He doesn't understand.

"Then," Hua Xiangwan didn't dare to think about it anymore. She looked away with great difficulty, trying to keep herself calm, and spoke hoarsely, "Now...what are you going to do?"

"I will discuss this matter with the headmaster, but before that, I have three questions."

Kunxuzi said, looking up at Hua Xiangwan: "First, how do you plan to deal with the ghost spirit?"

"Second, where is the other half of the ghost?"

"Third," Kunxuzi paused, "Demon Lord, are you sure you are dead?"