Transcending two realms to become an earth immortal

Xu Lingmiao's pupils suddenly contracted.

Only then did she realize it.

Within my own body, a very faint and thin mist had quietly spread.

This mist is invisible and intangible, silent and imperceptible, yet it has deeply penetrated every inch of flesh, tendons, and even bone marrow.

Enveloped in this faint, ethereal mist, she was horrified to discover that her physical body seemed to have completely broken free from the control of her own will, and was being dominated and drawn by the invisible, intangible, cold, and indifferent inner demons of the self.

The power of the Yin spirit over the physical body is being rapidly eroded and stripped away!

"The human body is inherently fragile. Do you think you are in control of everything?" The voice in the mist was indifferent, as if expounding on the Daoist scriptures of the Heart Demon. "In reality, it is the five internal organs that govern the Qi and blood, the three corpses that stir emotions, and the flow of primordial Qi that determines life, death, rise, and fall. When liver Qi is excessive, there is anger; when kidney Qi is deficient, there is fear; when heart fire is blazing, there is joy; when lung metal is stagnant, there is sorrow... All these seven emotions and six desires are subtle aspects of the human body. How can they truly be controlled by you? All these emotions are merely external manifestations of the Qi and blood of the internal organs."

"Yes, I cannot kill you now, for that would surely invite the Red Lotus Karmic Fire Calamity, turning a thousand miles into a dead land. We, too, will be implicated by karma and fear that we too will perish." A voice emerged from the white mist, yet it was as chilling as an autumn pool. "However, the word 'death' has different meanings for different beings."

The voice continued, unhurried and deliberate:

"For mortals, the decay of the physical body is death; for cultivators, the dissipation of the soul is death. But if... I use a secret method to imprison your Yin spirit within this body, and then use external demonic energy and filthy essence to gradually corrupt, distort, and reshape your flesh and blood."

"At that time, the five internal organs will be repositioned, the six bowels will shift, the qi and blood will be disordered, and the three corpses will be in full bloom. Although the spirit and memory will remain, the temperament will be greatly changed, the three poisons of greed, anger and ignorance will be deeply rooted, the seven emotions will be reversed, the six desires will run rampant, and the original true self will no longer exist."

"In this way, your soul will be corrupted and assimilated by flesh and blood for a long time. Day after day, your temperament will gradually change, your memories will become clouded, and eventually your consciousness will become turbid and your true spirit will be obscured, transforming you into an existence whose words, actions, and thoughts are completely different from Xu Lingmiao's, and who is also one of our relatives... Even flesh and blood and soul can be altered, so why can't memories and emotions be altered?"

"At that time, your feelings for me will no longer be hatred, but love, attachment, and madness... Love can make people disregard life and death, so what's wrong with giving up oneself?"

"When your emotions are altered, your true spirit is distorted, and your true self is inverted... will it be life or death for you then? And will the calamity of the Red Lotus Karmic Fire descend upon you?"

Cold, low, and eerie... These words didn't sound like human voices, but rather like countless moths of a mind corrupting the spirit, fluttering out from the misty fog and heading straight for Xu Lingmiao.

They were everywhere, burrowing into her ears, crawling into her eyes, gnawing at her senses, and finally penetrating deep into her heart, drawing out the most primal fear from her very marrow.

In an instant, goosebumps spread all over her body like a tide, and her beautiful face was distorted with extreme terror, becoming sinister.

"You...you are...a member of the Heavenly Demon Sect?!"

Xu Lingmiao's voice was shrill, and her eyes were filled with horror as she thought of the legendary, terrifying demonic sect... the Heavenly Demon Sect!

Even to the White Lotus Sect, the Heavenly Demon Sect was a taboo among taboos, a truly terrifying existence that had extinguished all humanity!

What the White Lotus Sect seeks is nothing more than to guide the Eternal Mother to descend to earth and reshape the pure homeland on earth. Although they engage in acts of killing and sacrifice, they believe that this is a necessary tribulation to cleanse the turbid world and redeem all living beings. They believe that once the general succeeds, all the bones will wither. As long as their actions succeed, they are meritorious deeds.

However, the Heavenly Demon Path is completely different.

Those who cultivate this path can manipulate souls as easily as reading lines on the palm of their hand.

They can manipulate the three souls and seven spirits of living beings, alter their past karma, and reverse their nature of love and hate.

They can turn loving couples into enemies in an instant, blood relatives into cannibals, and devout believers into slandering the Buddha and destroying the Tao... To them, the human body, its seven emotions and six desires, love and hate, and the inner demons of the Great Tao are all human beings that can be manipulated at will!

Furthermore, the Heavenly Demon Path cultivators believed that the vast world, the billions of living beings, and even the gods, Buddhas, immortals, and saints before them were not real.

Everything was merely a ripple, a fleeting thought, arising from the very beginning of the Great Change.

The so-called Great Way, Laws, Cause and Effect, and Reincarnation are nothing but false illusions in the delusions of sentient beings.

The vast world, the billions of living beings, the countless gods and Buddhas, and even the cycle of suffering itself, are all nothing more than dreamlike illusions born from the endless void at the beginning of the Great Change, the greatest delusion and illusion in the sea of ​​suffering for all beings.

Heaven and earth are a cage, and all living beings are mayflies; existence itself is an error.

Therefore, what they seek is neither creation nor the end, but the return of all things to oneness.

He desires to use his supreme power to correct all the chaotic and erroneous phenomena of this world and all the beings that defy reason.

All things in heaven and earth, whether sentient or insentient, are, in their eyes, nothing more than the same kind that have sprung from, drifted away from, or even erroneously evolved from that original source.

Therefore, we must shed this cumbersome body, discard unnecessary emotions and reason, and let billions of souls shed their impurities, merge back into one, and return to that source of no thought, no self, no other, and eternal stillness.

For in their eyes, this was not destruction, but rather the return of their lost brethren to their homeland!

"No! Even if you are of the Heavenly Demon lineage, you can't usurp my Yin God!" Xu Lingmiao seemed to recall the terrifying rumors, and her eyes showed even greater fear.

"Heh." A sneer echoed from the mist, carrying a chilling sarcasm. "Even killing a mere candidate for Holy Maiden like you required the casting of a karmic fire spell. To spy on and alter your memories, to touch upon the very secrets of the White Lotus... Do you think I'm that stupid?"

In the thick fog, it seemed as if an invisible gaze was seeing right through her:

"You say you can't, but deep down... you're probably hoping I'll do something to your spirit, aren't you?"

"A mere candidate for Holy Maiden possesses such a protective spell. Within your sea of ​​consciousness lies the fundamental secret of the White Lotus Sect. Wouldn't your sect's powerful beings, even those at the Yang God and Primordial Spirit levels, have set up far more dangerous restrictions and counter-spells? Once touched, I fear that in an instant, the mighty power of the Eternal Mother would descend from the Void Homeland across the realms and crush us into ashes?"

The tall, ethereal figure in the mist slowly approached, its words like icicles, slowly shattering her remaining sanity:

"Therefore, the best method is to work from the outside in, from the surface to the core. First, take control of your physical body, then subtly influence and distort your mind, and finally... make your last bit of yin spirit completely change course without your knowledge or awareness!"

"No! Don't even think about it! The Holy Elders will definitely find out, and they will tear you to pieces, scatter your soul, and condemn you to eternal damnation!" Xu Lingmiao's voice was shrill, on the verge of collapse.

"You need not worry about that." His voice remained indifferent, sending a chill down one's spine. "When you wake up again, I will be the love of your life."

"The word 'love' is the most intoxicating thing. It's enough to make someone willingly abandon everything and forget their true self. At that time, you will... reveal everything I want to know."

"No, no..."

After an unknown period of time, the swirling white mist gradually dissipated, revealing two figures entwined within.

Xu Lingmiao reappeared, her eyes sparkling with autumn waves, her cheeks flushed, without a trace of evil charm.

She nestled close to him, gazing at Fang Chen beside her, her lips parted slightly, her voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz, tender and lingering:

"My lord..."