Chapter 1008: Eliminating Hidden Dangers

Chapter 1008: Chapter 1008: Eliminating Hidden Dangers

"Fairy, within Fulong Immortal Master’s soul, there is an Accompanying Demon Soul!"

Shen Mo had always had a good relationship with the Silver-haired Child. In the past, he was unaware of the dangers of Accompanying Demon Souls and chose to turn a blind eye.

Now, however, he knew that this Demon Soul would continue to grow, ultimately taking over the Silver-haired Child’s Soul Body and Dao fruit, potentially developing into a Seventh Rank Heavenly Demon and causing a calamity. Naturally, he could no longer feign ignorance and thus informed the Jade Spring Fairy of the entire matter in detail.

Upon hearing Shen Mo’s words, the Jade Spring Fairy was slightly surprised.

The mountain gate of the Dragon-suppressing Sect was on Jade Spring Mountain. Over six thousand years ago, before Fulong Immortal Master had perished, she had once invited the Grand Cultivator of the mountain for a feast, yet had not detected anything strange about this person.

"More than seven thousand years ago, when Fulong came to open the mountain gate on my Jade Spring Mountain, he was already a No Phase State Grandmaster. Unless I deployed Soul Curse spells to shatter his mental defenses, I couldn’t penetrate the secrets of his soul. However, wantonly spying on others’ souls is a major taboo in the cultivation world. If I did this, I’m afraid more than half of the Grand Cultivators on the mountain would relocate..." The Jade Spring Fairy murmured with a slight frown on her brow.

Even so, the then Fulong Immortal Master and the current Silver-haired Child were able to cultivate for many years under the watchful eye of an Earth Immortal without revealing any flaws, a testament to the extraordinary origins of that Demon Soul within them. If Shen Mo did not possess the Destiny of "Insight into All Beings" and had not personally witnessed the Accompanying Demon Soul dominating the Silver-haired Child’s soul, he would probably have considered him just an ordinary Great Cultivator of the Human Race!

The Jade Spring Fairy had to remain stationed there to protect Master Jinguang and the other four Earth Immortals. Her real body could not immediately return to Jade Spring Mountain, so after a moment’s thought, she summoned the Taihua Mirror, transforming into a hazy mirror light that flew towards Phoenix Continent.

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Over two hundred years ago, Shen Mo visited the Kang Family at Canluan Lake. After a duel with the Kang Family’s No Phase State patriarch Kang Yan, he brought the Silver-haired Child back and reclaimed his previous life’s Storage Bracelet from the remnant soul of Ciji.

Since then, the Silver-haired Child, having acquired numerous spiritual resources, had been in closed-door cultivation on Jade Spring Mountain, repairing the damaged Five Dragon Divine Chariot in the meantime. Due to the awakening of his previous life’s Wisdom, his cultivation progressed rapidly, and he has now advanced to the late stage of the Divine Bridge!

That day, he had just finished his cultivation. Having overcome a small bottleneck, his mood was quite good. He was about to call upon the current Fulong Sect Law Master, True Master Bian, for insights on advancing past the Divine Bridge, when a wisp of mirror light silently breached the numerous prohibitions outside the secret chamber and appeared before him.

"It’s the Jade Spring Fairy’s Taihua Mirror..."

Before the thought could fully form in the Silver-haired Child’s mind, he was captured by the mirror light into the Mirror Realm, losing all perception of the outside world.

It was unclear how much time passed before his five senses were restored.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Shen Mo and, beside him, the Jade Spring Fairy shrouded in immortal light.

"Greetings to the Fairy and Qingyun fellow Daoist!" The Silver-haired Child felt an ominous premonition, steadied his mind, and bowed in salute to the two.

"Fulong fellow Daoist..."

Shen Mo returned the salute, then, not beating around the bush, directly informed him of the hidden danger posed by the Accompanying Demon Soul.

"Please, Fairy, save me!" On hearing this, the Silver-haired Child’s face changed dramatically, and he immediately knelt in great ceremony before the Jade Spring Fairy, hoping that this powerful Earth Immortal would save his life.

Before he reincarnated and was reborn, this Demon Soul had already been parasitic in his soul. It was through the guidance of the Demon Soul that the Silver-haired Child embarked on the path of cultivation, eventually achieving Formless Realm cultivation and later dying under the evil influence of the "Immortal Preaching," only to rely on this Demon Soul to reincarnate and then awaken his past life’s Wisdom to once again cultivate to the Divine Bridge Realm!

For thousands of years, he had regarded this Accompanying Demon Soul as his greatest immortal opportunity.

Truthfully, compared to Shen Mo or even the Jade Spring Fairy, he actually trusted this Demon Soul that had been with him for years more, believing that this Demon Soul would not harm him. However, now that it had been exposed, how could he dare to defend a remnant soul of a Heavenly Demon in front of a True Immortal?

Shen Mo’s expression shifted slightly as he prepared to plead for leniency for the Silver-haired Child.

After all, this Accompanying Demon Soul had long become inseparable from the Silver-haired Child. If this Demon Soul were to be killed, the Silver-haired Child would also perish. If the Jade Spring Fairy could dispel the Demon Soul without harming the Silver-haired Child’s soul, that would be ideal.

However, before Shen Mo could speak, the Silver-haired Child’s entire demeanor changed dramatically, becoming shrouded in sinister, deep Demonic Qi, transforming into a streak of dark demon light, fleeing into the distance!

"To think he could break through the prohibitions I implanted in his Dao Body and soul, it seems... it truly is a remnant soul of a Seventh Rank Great Demon." The Jade Spring Fairy drained the spiritual wine in her cup in one go, then activated the Taihua Mirror to recapture the fleeing Silver-haired Child.

Even with the Demon Soul in control, restricted by the Silver-haired Child’s cultivation strength, he could only display power equivalent to Formless Realm strength. Even without the Jade Spring Fairy’s intervention, Shen Mo alone could easily suppress him!

"Hey you, I’ve once fought alongside you, sharing life and death, why do you want to harm me?" the Silver-haired Child, his face wreathed in ominous Demonic Qi, looked coldly at Shen Mo.

Shen Mo snorted coldly, retorting without mercy, "The path is different, and thus we don’t work together. You and I were never comrades on the same path. Moreover, my association is with Fulong fellow Daoist, not with you, a sinister remnant Demon Soul within him seeking to usurp his Dao fruit! How could I watch helplessly as you take his life?"

With that, Shen Mo expressed his thoughts to the Jade Spring Fairy, hoping to preserve the Silver-haired Child’s life and cultivation.

"This matter is not difficult!"

The Jade Spring Fairy nodded in agreement, then activated the Taihua Mirror, casting mirrored light to envelop the Silver-haired Child. After about ten breaths, a Demon Soul phantom, bearing seven or eight parts resemblance to him, was slowly extracted and ultimately refined into nothingness amidst heartrending screams by the mirror light.

At that moment, the Silver-haired Child regained control over his Soul Body. Seeing the Accompanying Demon Soul refined away, his expression was complex and ineffable, but he quickly reacted, once more offering grand thanks to the Jade Spring Fairy.

"Without the Accompanying Demon Soul, fellow Daoist’s soul will inevitably be weak for some time. Consuming some soul-nourishing spiritual items and Elixirs, and recuperating for about a decade, will lead to recovery," the Jade Spring Fairy instructed briefly, then activated the Taihua Mirror to return the Silver-haired Child to Five Dragon Mountain’s Fulong Sect.

When the Taihua Mirror returned, she turned her gaze to Shen Mo: "Fulong fellow Daoist has trusted the Demon Soul for many years. Now that I’ve intervened to remove it, he may not be grateful. He might even resent us both in his heart!"

"He’ll come to understand. Once again, many thanks to the Fairy for her intervention!"

With that, Shen Mo took out several jars of Drunken Immortal Wine as a token of goodwill to the Jade Spring Fairy.

He did not stand idly by as his primary motive was to prevent the scene of the "Silver-haired Child becoming a vessel for the Seventh Rank Heavenly Demon’s rebirth and unleashing a calamity upon creatures" from unfolding; everything else was secondary.