Chapter 661

Chapter 661: Reversed Demons as Partners

“I am Ouyang Xiao Yi, cultivating by the seaside of the Heavenly Realm. That year, Jiang Yi’s black peony bloomed particularly beautifully while I sat on the Luo Sheng Stone pondering the Six Paths. It was also that year that I met him, a lower realm cultivator for whom I have been searching tirelessly for three hundred years.”

“Others think I searched for the opportunity to prove the Dao, believing he is a stepping stone for me. Yet, only Jiang Yi, who knows me best, understands that it is just an excuse.”

“At first, I didn’t know why I obsessively sought him, as others believed. They thought that the lower realm cultivator held the key to my ascension. However, when I traveled to the lower realm and saw those couples, a great fear arose within me, and my first thought was of my own stepping stone.”

“For thirty years, I have traveled to all directions, hoping to accidentally encounter him once more! Thirty years later, I remain tireless…”

“I am a Reversed Demon, meticulous to a fault, yet whenever I think of him, my heart is in turmoil, and I can’t extricate myself… Sometimes I can’t help but ridicule myself. How could I, once a decisive Reversed Demon, become so foolish? I’m no longer devoted to cultivation, willingly falling into decline, with no progress for many years.”

“While my peers have already reached the earth-level, I remain Ouyang Xiao Yi, stubbornly refusing to make any changes, even less willing to sever the image of him in my heart.”

“I know that Jiang Yi has always looked out for me, blocking many challenges from other Reversed Demons. Just as I stubbornly sought that man, he stubbornly feigned ease and said nothing.”

“Eventually, Jiang Yi comforted me in his own way, asking me to stay by the seaside for twenty years to tend to the flowerbeds.”

“During those twenty years, I did not think deeply; I merely sought to survive those two decades. It wasn’t until the eighteenth year that I learned Jiang Yi had long severed his path a hundred years ago and could never become earth-level. To calm me, he preferred to enter the secret realm early, which led him to meditate for two years.”

“However, when the time came, I burned down the flowerbed. Meditating for twenty years did not make me forget him; instead, it deepened my impressions of him.”

“After that, I, like a moth to a flame, swooped into Mufeng City. At the moment I used the supreme secret technique to reincarnate, I first calmed myself to ask, ‘What is this for?’”

“The answer seemed ridiculous; it was only to meet him again, unrelated to the opportunity to prove the Dao.”

“How foolish! I even swore an oath that if one reincarnation failed, I would reincarnate again until I encountered him… I wanted him to stop running around and to talk more, to tell him that I, this Reversed Demon, am not that terrifying…”

Sanjiu City, by the Fragrant Lake.

Li Hui held Bai Xiaolu and said with a smile, “I see now, I misunderstood you! You didn’t cultivate the heart of Dao into demons; you have always been singularly focused, tirelessly searching for me for three hundred years.”

Bai Xiaolu blushed, unsure of what to say!

She was Bai Xiaolu, and she was also Ouyang Xiao Yi; the long-awaited encounter of three hundred years finally fulfilled her wish.

Li Hui apologized, “I’m sorry! Earlier, when you were at home and felt those terrifying thoughts creeping into your mind, that was my doing. I wanted you to think you were about to fall into demonic madness or that you were a demoness reborn. I intended to use the chaotic emotions to force out Ouyang Xiao Yi.”

After a pause, Li Hui smiled wryly and said, “I never thought that you were Ouyang Xiao Yi, who doesn’t need coercion. Just awakening a layer of consciousness would suffice. If you were to reincarnate again, your divine soul would surely shatter beyond repair, unable to withstand the damage of another reincarnation. In fact, you already bear irreparable scars. Bai Ze’s divine eye has been elevated to the level of Dao talismans, and I just saw this hidden danger; it’s very troublesome.”

“Li… Li Hui, I… don’t matter.” Bai Xiaolu shook her head vigorously.

“You matter more than you think!” Li Hui pulled her into his embrace and said, “Actually, for the three hundred years, your shadow has always accompanied me. Unknowingly, you have been by my side for many years. According to the original time trajectory, when you reincarnate, your divine soul shattered, becoming Yang Jiuzhen, which is just one of the largest fragments. There’s also Mu Qianyun, Ji Mengxue’s love demon, and Rakshasa woman. Together, they complete the Six Paths.”

“Six Paths?” Bai Xiaolu began to regain her memories as Ouyang Xiao Yi, looking contemplative.

Li Hui sighed, “Isn’t it the Six Paths? Having emotions ties you to this destiny. Your Six Paths through Bai Xiaolu’s lifetime, if unfulfilled, would become the path of tragic love. Then the divine soul shatters, evolving into Mu Qianyun’s path of friendship, the love demon’s Extreme Love Path, the Rakshasa woman’s Heartless Path, Yang Jiuzhen’s true love path, combined with the feelings of the first life as a Reversed Demon. It could genuinely lead to proving the Dao, directly becoming a big-shot Reversed Demon.”

“Then… are those girls really all me?” Ouyang Xiao Yi felt flustered.

“They are the ones who cultivated the heart of Dao into demons, influenced by you to bind fate with me. Now that I have reversed the heavenly mandate, I finally broke free from a heavy predicament. As long as you are safe and sound and do not reincarnate again, they can naturally return to the proper path.”

“It seems like I did many things wrong.” Bai Xiaolu buried her head in Li Hui’s embrace, as if seeking comfort like an injured Xiaolu.

Li Hui laughed heartily, “Hahaha, my dear should be happy! Today we finally achieved our ultimate goal. Who knows if in this life, it’s not to meet with you again six hundred years ago? This is our fate.”

“Boom…” Dark clouds gathered overhead, and thunder shook the earth.

The mist rapidly converged into an extraordinarily refined black dragon, as a wild-haired man descended slowly, stepping onto the black dragon’s massive head.

Ouyang Xiao Yi suddenly asked seriously, “Husband, how will you kill him?”

“Difficult to kill, but… it must be done.”

Xiang Long Wang laughed as if hearing a joke, “You two shrimp soldier and crab general? No matter how peculiar, weak cultivation is still weak; it will collapse like a house of cards before absolute power.”

“Oh? Then let’s kill you three times first!” Li Hui said confidently, “Watch closely, this is the first kill.”

“Splash, splash…” The sound of flowing water echoed nearby, and Xiang Long Wang rarely frowned. He felt a power equal to his own piercing through, hidden nearby, forcing him to endure it without the option to evade.

“Bang, bang, bang…” Xiang Long Wang looked at his feet in shock, realizing he was actually moving backward, leaving footprints on the black dragon’s head.

Li Hui softly recited, “River of Underworld declares death, Yellow Springs of clear skies, are you still alive?”

Xiang Long Wang suddenly felt an ominous premonition, and he naturally followed up on Li Hui’s words, “Yes! Am I still alive?”

Upon this thought, his body instantly shriveled, and even the black dragon beneath him shrank considerably, resembling a dragon corpse, growing increasingly decayed in appearance.

“How long can you endure the cleansing of a hundred years, a thousand years, or ten thousand years?” Li Hui’s words echoed like sword aura and smoke and mist, swirling from all directions; layers of killing intent seeped in, causing Xiang Long Wang to step back and confront the signs of death.

At this moment, Xiang Long Wang no longer dared to underestimate Li Hui, bringing out his strongest techniques to face the foe.