My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

The white-haired woman still didn't think she had done anything wrong.

Even though thousands of dead souls stood behind her.

"Although you are the reincarnation of the Sun God, you are not as good as me. If I were to encounter the same bewitching, I would definitely handle it better than you. I will not let the people of this city die in vain!"

Joey nodded.

"You're right. In the first life, it was my fault. Although you were the one who harmed me, there are other spirits and monsters who would also manipulate people's hearts even without you."

I face my mistakes squarely. Now, have you faced your mistakes squarely?

Joey snapped her fingers, and the bloodstained Qilin returned to normal.

There were no limbs turned to skeletal remains, nor was the body covered in blood.

The Qilin tilted its head and, amidst the mist, transformed into a girl with a bun hairstyle.

She was dressed in green, and although she still looked quite young.

But his words already revealed his maturity.

“Joey…I acknowledge you as my master. You have seen through my schemes, uncovered the truth of the village, and guarded against those I have misled. You have seen through everything, even the first and second incarnations of the Sun God.”

Qiao Yi nodded to Qilin.

"you flatter me."

She chuckled and then looked at the white-haired woman.

"You've been in this village, trying to accumulate yin energy like in Shiqiao Village, to create some kind of derivative in your heart, right?"

Indeed, testing human nature often only requires a survival test.

Then, the trials of survival usually wear down humanity. After all, no one can selflessly give their life to others. Gradually, greed emerges and resentment runs rampant.

At this point, the Qilin became the primary target. If the Qilin was lost, two of the four beasts under the Sun God would be gone, and I would never be able to return.

After Joey finished speaking, she swallowed and cleared her throat.

"Unfortunately, you miscalculated. Not every person or beast can be bewitched by you. The Qilin's feigned compliance wasn't because she thought what you said made sense, but because she wanted to test me."

Now that I've completed her assessment, any action taken will inevitably lead to a change in the outcome of any event.

Hearing these words, the white-haired woman knew that the other person had spoken exactly what she was thinking, so she could only sneer.

"Alright, even if Qilin is still alive and acknowledges you, Zhulong is completely dead. Without Zhulong, you are missing one of your three attendants and still cannot return!"

"Your yang energy is severely depleted, almost completely depleted! I can see that the yang energy in your body right now is even lower than mine, the one who borrowed your first incarnation's corpse!"

Joey looked at the Shadow Monster's face, which was exactly the same as hers, and clicked her tongue.

He raised his left hand upwards, and in that instant, the ground and even the entire mountain began to shake.

It was accompanied by the howling of a strong wind.

Joey and the others' hair was blown into a mess.

Then quickly, the ground was shrouded in shadow, and a huge, crimson dragon with long, upright eyes swept across the sky.

The shadow monster's eyes widened this time.

"Zhulong..."

She even took a few steps back just to get a clear look at the entire Zhulong.

Then Zhulong landed beside Qiao Yi.

The white-haired woman clenched her fists this time, no longer maintaining her composure.

"Impossible! The Candle Dragon's soul was scattered, how could it appear here? The Candle Dragon died in that village long ago, killed by its own backlash!"

Joey scoffed.

That's just your opinion!

Joey looked at the Candle Dragon, gestured for it to lower its head, and patted its head.

"Brother, what do you think of this new body?"

Are you adjusting well? Please tell me if you experience any discomfort.

The white-haired woman couldn't help but murmur softly.

"My brother... is that blockhead. No matter how much I bewitched him in his dreams, he couldn't sense it! That's why I chose his sister, Qiao Yu!"

You put his soul into the body of the Candle Dragon…

Qiao Yi nodded happily.

She acted calmly and unhurriedly, but in fact, this was the best way to strike the Shadow Monster.

It was the kind of gradual process that made her realize with every step that there was no way forward, and that there was an abyss ahead.

"You said your yang energy is too low right now, so you can't beat me. Well, look at how things are now."

As soon as she finished speaking, a roar came from not far away, and the birds and beasts in the whole village took flight in fright.

Ji Meng emerged slowly from a small river.

Meanwhile, Qiao Dawan, carrying Hua Ran and Quan Shen on his back, also arrived.

"Master! Is this the real master?"

Qiao Dawan also asked the dog god standing next to him.

The white-haired woman's lips trembled.

"They're all here... their four beasts are all here..."

She knew she couldn't bring Joey down.

She suffered a complete defeat in this contest with Joey.

Qiao Yi quickly told Qiao Dawan to lay the bowl flat.

Hua Ran felt such pain in his chest that he could hardly breathe.

Consciousness was also very blurred.

But Hua Ran could still sense Qiao Yi.

"My lady...my lady! Cough cough cough...cough..."

With just one sentence, Hua Ran vomited a lot of blood.

His clothes were soaked with his own blood.

“My lady… I’ve made the people in this village wicked… wicked to the extreme. That shadow monster must have been influenced by it as well…”

I tried my best... I don't know if it helped you.

Qiao Yi quickly grasped Hua Ran's hand and gently stroked it in her arms.

"Stop talking. You did a great job and helped me a lot! If it weren't for you, the Shadow Monster would still be hiding there and wouldn't come out, which would have been a real problem for me."

Upon hearing this, the Shadow Monster turned back to look at the undead.

She then realized that the things behind her were neither magic nor illusions.

Rather, it was the result of being polluted by the village's abundant yin energy.

She looked at her palm again; the black hole had sunk deeper and deeper.

It probably won't be long before she can't use this body anymore.

damn it!

"what!"

She couldn't help but yell at the air.

"Why is the reincarnation of the Sun God still tainted by Yin energy? Why!"

"damn it!"

However, the more anxious she became, the larger the black indentation on her palm grew.

In an instant, her entire hand disappeared!

Left with no other choice, the Shadow Monster detached itself from its physical body, which it had used for thousands of years.

His mouth stretched to his ears, and his entire face was covered in cracks.

A plume of black smoke emerged from her mouth.

Finally, it formed a faceless, completely black person.

That's the real Shadow Monster.

To put it bluntly, it's just a shadow.

"Even if I die, I won't let you get away with it! Hua Ran doesn't have much time left; the Great God of Taiyin is about to disappear!"

At that moment, another voice came from behind the shadow monster.

"You're the one who hid Hua Ran's heart, aren't you? I've got it."

The shadow monster turned around and found a Joey standing behind it.

This is the real Joey.

Her hand cradled a whole heart.

The Shadow Monster looked at Joey, who was surrounded by four beasts, and immediately understood what was going on.

"Three souls and seven spirits... You've taken away all three souls... You're copying me..."

That's right, the soul is currently inside the body of the dead man facing the Shadow Monster.

One soul resides within the body of the paper figure beside Hua Ran.

There was another soul, secretly judging the baby girl, learning about her past life memories, and seeing how to enter that house.