Chapter 1000 - 333: Faction_2

"Mm."

"No matter what happens later, don’t resist. Otherwise, you’ll bear the consequences yourself." Lin Zheyu let out a soft hum and spoke lightly.

His heart stirred slightly, and some thoughts arose.

In the past, he had already considered forming a power of his own.

But because his strength was improving too quickly, any force he built couldn’t keep up with his pace, so he gave up.

Now, however, the strange woman’s proposal made his heart move again.

Even ants struggle to cling to life; how much more so these Demonic cultivators who have cultivated to such power?

No one wants to die.

If there is hope of surviving, these Demonic cultivators who have long fallen into madness will make choices with no bottom line.

The woman before him was a fine example.

At the sight of a single thread of hope, she clutched at it like a drowning person grasping a straw.

If he could master a method to help Demonic cultivators suppress the Demonic will, maintain their rationality, then he could use this to control Demonic cultivators to work for him.

"Demonic cultivators are actually a decent source of power. If I could control a group of powerful Demonic cultivators for my own use..."

Lin Zheyu muttered to himself in secret.

His thoughts shifted, and the Mysterious Energy cultivated through the Heavenly Deceit Skill wrapped around the golden energy and poured into the woman’s Sea of Consciousness.

Even though the woman had opened her Sea of Consciousness, it still wasn’t easy for Lin Zheyu to channel the golden energy into it.

Fortunately, her Sea of Consciousness had long been riddled with holes under the corrosion of the Demonic will and Demonic Energy.

This greatly reduced the difficulty for Lin Zheyu to send the golden energy into the woman’s Sea of Consciousness.

"Ah!!!"

"Mm..."

Suddenly, the strange woman let out a shrill scream.

She felt a bout of stabbing pain from her Sea of Consciousness, as if the whole Spirit sea had been placed upon blazing flames to be roasted. The pain twisted her features.

But recalling the instructions from the senior just now, the woman hurriedly forced herself to endure the soul‑deep agony, letting out intermittent, barely audible groans.

She no longer had any other choice.

She could only bet that this senior truly had a way to resolve the Demonic will problem.

To treat a stranger—who was also a Demonic cultivator—as the last straw for her life, she was indeed treating a live horse as a dead one and still trying to cure it.

"No. The golden energy is not only opposed to Demonic Energy, it also causes tremendous damage to any energy that doesn’t belong to me."

"If I don’t control it well, before the Demonic will in her Sea of Consciousness is cleared, the woman’s soul will collapse first."

Lin Zheyu furrowed his brows slightly, also feeling a hint of difficulty.

Yet it was only a hint.

The golden Celestial Eye was pushed to the extreme. Under the gaze of the Celestial Eye, Lin Zheyu carefully controlled the golden energy, clearing the Demonic will in the woman’s Sea of Consciousness bit by bit.

Strands of black, formless, twisted smoke steamed off the woman’s body, spreading through the grand hall.

Feeling this aura, both U Di and Xi Chi couldn’t help but furrow their brows, showing a trace of disgust.

Immediately after, Xi Chi reacted, a flash of surprise and expectation appearing in his eyes: "This means... it worked?!"

Xi Chi felt rather uneasy inside.

Listening to the woman’s suppressed, pained moans and seeing her contorted face, he found it hard to imagine how cruel and terrifying this process was.

The will of Demonic cultivators was extremely tenacious. Those who could survive, maintain some rationality, and cultivate to the false‑core stage had wills incomparably firm, far beyond ordinary cultivators.

Moreover, under the corrosion of the Demonic will, these Demonic cultivators’ Spirits had already developed problems, becoming even more frenzied.

To make such madmen suffer to the point they couldn’t help but scream and groan—just thinking about that kind of pain made one’s scalp tingle.

Time flowed by slowly.

More and more twisted, formless black smoke rose from the woman’s body, and the repulsive aura in the hall grew thicker and thicker.

The pale face of the strange woman actually showed a bizarre flush.

As Lin Zheyu used the golden energy to grind away more and more of the Demonic will, the woman’s Spirit and soul felt increasingly relaxed.

She even birthed a strange sense of pleasure.

"I... I... I’m saved!"

The strange woman’s body trembled slightly, her heart surging with emotion.

If she weren’t worried about disturbing Lin Zheyu, she would have already knelt down in excitement.

After a long while.

Lin Zheyu let out a long breath of turbid air, withdrew his palm, and stepped back.

"We’ll stop here for now."

"You..."

Lin Zheyu hesitated. Up till now, he still didn’t know this Evil Heart Sect Demonic cultivator’s name.

"This concubine is Kong Yu Jing. Senior may call me Xiaojing or Xiaoyu."

As if guessing Lin Zheyu’s thoughts, the woman quickly spoke.

After Lin Zheyu stopped, her complexion began to turn rosy at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even her aura rose faintly.

Kong Yu Jing felt an unprecedented ease from body to soul, from inside to out.

"Xiaojing, is it? How do you feel now?"

Lin Zheyu withdrew the Heavenly Deceit Skill’s shroud and then asked softly.

"Many thanks for Senior’s aid. This concubine feels a comfort never felt before; my soul is much more at ease."

"Now that the filthy, evil Demonic will in my Sea of Consciousness has been reduced, this concubine’s burden is much lighter."

"Originally, in less than two years, this concubine would no longer be able to hold on and would have to use a death‑seclusion to forcibly suppress the Demonic will, delaying its corrosion."

"But now, this concubine feels I can extend it by at least another five years."

Kong Yu Jing carefully probed her condition, speaking in uncontrollable excitement.

If not for outsiders being present, she would already be kneeling and pledging herself on the spot.

"Fellow Daoist succeeded?!!"

The moment Lin Zheyu released the aura shroud of the Heavenly Deceit Skill, Xi Chi’s figure flickered and he arrived beside the two of them.