un smiled slightly, her gaze somewhat scrutinizing: “Your cultivation progress is truly impressive. Back then, you were just at the Shen Hai stage, and now you have reached the Yue Yao mid-stage, even...The great battle subsided, but not a drop of blood was spilled.

And at the very instant the enemy died, Lu Ye distinctly felt a mysterious force surging from some direction. It was as if in that moment, his physical cultivation had been replaced by something else entirely.

Stand-in puppet!

Xiao Wai has taken it over.

The five remained in the Xuanwu formation, their array's power unactivated. Each channeled their spiritual energy forward, appearing aimless and without direction.

After a few moments, Xiao Wai suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "This thing is reacting!"tive and ambitious demon cultivator, this is akin to torture.Unfortunately, the lionheart ultimately proved ineffective.As they were talking, Hei Yun got up and was about to go outside."Fellow Daoist,...