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The appearance of the Yin Queen seemed to instantly steal away the surrounding sunlight, bathing the entire lake in a mysterious purple halo. Though she merely stood there, she appeared to be the center of the entire world, her powerful demonic aura permeating the air, making it thick and tense. That penetrating allure and absolute majesty blended perfectly, creating a contradictory attraction that was both suffocating and irresistibly drawing one closer.

However, this powerful figure of the demonic sect, whose face could bewitch all living beings, had lost its usual composure and control. His eyes, capable of captivating countless souls, were now filled with unprecedented shock, horror, and a hint of...bewilderment!
She received an urgent report from her trusted aide, informing her that her daughter, Shan Meixian, was searching for her at West Lake. Worried and curious about the "young man" who had prompted her daughter's search, she rushed back through the night. She had just quietly approached, intending to observe him first, but unexpectedly overheard Yi Huawei's shocking pronouncements about the fate of the Demonic Sect!

From Yi Huawei's cold pronouncement of the death penalty for branches such as the Extinction Path and the Evil Extreme Sect, to his insightful analysis of the core values ​​and positioning of the four lineages of Yin Kui, Hua Jian, Butian, and Tian Lian, and finally to the earth-shattering imperial admonition that "water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it"... every word was like a heavy hammer, striking Zhu Yuyan's heart hard!

Especially the saying, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"
These simple eight characters contained unparalleled wisdom that could overturn her decades of understanding and point directly to the core of imperial rule! Like a lightning bolt tearing through the fog, it instantly illuminated a path of survival for the demonic sect that she had never imagined and dared not even think of! That grand vision, that ruthless choice, that penetrating control over the world's affairs... this was a perspective that no ordinary person could possess, not even kings and generals!

This is the art of imperial strategy that has wielded the sacred power of the state and truly established the rule of the world!
What made her even more disoriented was Yi Huawei's comments.

"Tormented by love, driven by hatred, trapped at the threshold of the Grandmaster realm, her deep obsession has become her shackles"... These few words, like a sharp sword, precisely pierced her deepest hidden pain and demons! They pointed directly to the root cause of her stagnant cultivation and inability to see the final step!

Under the intense shock, the demonic aura that had long been integrated into his bones and blood and could be controlled at will leaked out uncontrollably. Although it was extremely weak, it was enough for Yi Huawei to catch it instantly!

At this moment, having her whereabouts exposed by Yi Huawei's words, Zhu Yuyan forcibly suppressed her turbulent emotions, but the light of shock and inquiry in the depths of her bewitching eyes pierced Yi Huawei as if it were a tangible thing.

"Your insight is remarkably keen!"

His gaze lingered on Yi Huawei's moon-white robe and his deep, calm face, finally settling on his eyes that seemed to see through everything. His voice carried a strange sense of inquiry and solemnity.

Her lips parted slightly, and her voice seemed to possess a strange magic—lazy, magnetic, and with a subtle, almost imperceptible huskiness, like the finest silk gliding over the heart, enough to make any man who heard it melt away, utterly captivating.
"What's even more remarkable is that your insightful remarks are truly... earth-shattering, unprecedented and unparalleled. You've actually pointed out such a... path to heaven for our Holy Sect?"

With light, graceful steps, her bare feet left a trail of silent imprints on the deck, and the hem of her deep purple skirt rippled with an elegant yet dangerous arc as she moved. She didn't directly board the pleasure boat where Yi Huawei was, but her invisible aura had already crossed the water's surface, firmly locking onto him. A powerful and alluringly oppressive demonic aura silently spread, seemingly causing the lake's surface to freeze slightly.

"only,"

Zhu Yuyan's lips curved into a captivating smile, but her eyes were sharp as knives: "You are intimately familiar with all the branches of my Holy Sect, able to judge life and death, determine value, and see through the 'shackles' of my meager cultivation... Such insight and knowledge truly terrify me. May I ask who you are, and why you are so 'concerned' about the affairs of my Holy Sect?"

As the last word fell, her captivating voice carried a chilling killing intent and an unprecedented solemnity. She stared intently at Yi Huawei, as if trying to pierce through his calm exterior to see the terrifying soul hidden beneath, a soul capable of stirring up the world. The ship's deck beneath her feet silently cracked under the unconscious force she released.

"Your Majesty?!"

Shan Meixian's voice trembled slightly, and the fan in her hand fell to the deck with a "thud." Seeing her mother's unprecedented loss of composure, her heart churned. She knew that her mother's defenses had been completely shattered by this "young master"! Those eight words, "water can carry a boat," had a hundred times greater impact on a demonic sect's empress who craved power and influence than on herself!
Zhu Yuyan shifted her gaze, her red lips slightly parted: "Beautiful Fairy, it's been so many years, you've... found a good backer."

Her gaze swept over Yi Huawei, a hint of solemnity flashing deep within her purple eyes. She, the dignified Empress of the Underworld, whose Heavenly Demon Technique had reached the seventeenth level, had her presence concealed, yet this man had seen through her with a single sentence!
Yi Huawei calmly met Zhu Yuyan's gaze, completely unaffected by the Heavenly Demon Charm Technique: "Since you have come from afar, why not move aside for a chat?"

Zhu Yuyan's eyes gleamed with a purple light, and her red lips curled into a dangerous smile: "Young master, you have quite the courage to remain so calm in front of me. Your words just now were... quite insightful."

Before she finished speaking, her figure floated up like a ghost, her dark skirt drawing a graceful arc in the air, like a bewitching flower blooming in the dark night. Without using any leverage, without stepping on the water, she simply traversed the lake surface, which was more than ten feet wide, and landed lightly on the bow of the painted boat where Yi Huawei was, without disturbing a speck of dust.

Shan Wanjing stared in disbelief, her sapphire-like eyes filled with shock. This was the legendary maternal grandmother? The Yin Empress Zhu Yuyan, whom her mother both loved and hated? She was more beautiful, more terrifying than she had imagined!
After landing, Zhu Yuyan's gaze lingered on Shan Wanjing's face for a moment, a complex emotion flashing in her purple eyes, before she resumed her ambiguous smile: "This is my little granddaughter? She is... quite beautiful."

Shan Meixian instinctively shielded her daughter behind her, her voice tinged with tension and stubbornness: "Mother, what brings you here so suddenly?"

Zhu Yuyan chuckled softly, her laughter like the tinkling of silver bells, yet it sent a chill down one's spine: "What? A daughter travels a thousand miles to see her mother, and a mother can't even come and see her?"

She turned to Yi Huawei, a hint of inquiry flashing in her purple eyes: "What's more, you get to meet such an interesting young man."

"young people?"

Yi Huawei smiled noncommittally, standing with his hands behind his back. His moon-white robe fluttered gently in the lake breeze, creating a stark contrast with Zhu Yuyan's dark dress. One white, one black; one still, one in motion; like yin and yang, they faced each other in the shimmering waves of West Lake.

"Since the Queen of the Underworld has already heard what I just said..."

Yi Huawei cut to the chase: "What are your thoughts?"

A purple glint flashed in Zhu Yuyan's eyes, and her red lips pursed slightly: "Young master, what a big mouth you have, demanding that my Demonic Sect cut off its own arm?"

Her voice remained gentle and alluring, yet carried a chilling edge: "Do you know that those old monsters from the Extinction Path and the Evil Extreme Sect, aren't they all ancient beings who have lived for decades? You think you can just kill them like that?"

Yi Huawei's gaze was calm as still water: "Without removing the rotten flesh, new flesh cannot grow. If Empress Yin only seeks to prolong her life, she may continue to associate with these malignant tumors. If she wants to find a path to heaven for the Demonic Sect... this is the only choice."

Zhu Yuyan's pupils contracted slightly, her black dress fluttered without wind, and an invisible pressure spread out, causing the lake water around the painted boat to begin to boil slightly!
Shan Meixian's expression changed drastically: "Mother! This is West Lake!"

Zhu Yuyan sneered: "What? Afraid I'll hurt your...little lover?"

His gaze swept back and forth between Yi Huawei and Shan Meixian, with a hint of sarcasm: "No wonder you've hated Bian Bufu so much all these years, it turns out... you have someone else in your heart?"

"Mother!" Zhu Yuyan's mockery pierced Shan Meixian's heart like a cold, poisonous needle. She trembled with rage, tears of humiliation welling in her eyes: "Mother! How could you... how could you do this..."

Yi Huawei's gaze instantly turned as deep as a cold pool, and an invisible trace of the cold majesty of an emperor permeated the air, instantly diluting the charm and oppressive feeling that Zhu Yuyan had deliberately created, making the air inside the painted boat seem to freeze.

"Empress Yin"

Yi Huawei's voice was calm and undisturbed: "Words only bring laughter. Since you have doubts and are even more suspicious of my identity, why not try it yourself?"

He took a step forward, his moon-white robe fluttering without wind, and an aura of profound and unfathomable power rose up, directly confronting Zhu Yuyan's unpredictable demonic aura. The ripples on the lake's surface, which had been slightly boiling due to Zhu Yuyan's oppressive aura, strangely calmed down after Yi Huawei took this step, as if smoothed out by an invisible force.

"Try? What a boastful tone!"

Zhu Yuyan's purple eyes flashed with a fierce light. Yi Huawei's calm demeanor and the way he subtly dissolved her aura sent alarm bells ringing in her heart, but the pride of the Yin Empress wouldn't allow her to back down, especially since the other party had so blatantly disregarded her! She absolutely refused to believe that, apart from a handful of people like Shi Zhixuan and Ning Daoqi, anyone else in this world could easily suppress her!
"Qiang!"

A clear, resonant sword cry, like a dragon's roar, rang out, not from Yi Huawei, but from Zhu Yuyan! She gracefully extended her jade-like arm, and a deep purple longsword, seemingly formed from pure demonic energy, instantly appeared in her hand. This was not a physical weapon, but rather something she had condensed with her incomparably pure Heavenly Demon True Energy; the sword's blade shimmered with an eerie light, flickering erratically.

"Young master, be careful!"

Zhu Yuyan's voice remained soft and alluring, yet it carried a chilling killing intent. Before she finished speaking, her figure had already transformed into a purple phantom, almost invisible to the naked eye!

Searching Heart Sword Technique!

The Yin Queen's self-created unique skill is known for its extreme speed and unpredictability!
In an instant, dozens of afterimages of Zhu Yuyan seemed to appear around Yi Huawei simultaneously! Each afterimage wielded a demonic sword, stabbing from all directions and unbelievable angles! The sword tips pointed at vital acupoints and energy channels throughout the body. The sound of sword energy tearing through the air was sharp and piercing, yet it carried a bewitching demonic sound, and the sword light was like a purple venomous snake flicking its tongue—swift, cunning, and ruthless! The lake surface was instantly covered by countless purple sword shadows, like a demonic net ready to devour its prey, threatening to completely crush Yi Huawei at its center!

Shan Meixian and Shan Wanjing watched in horror. Zhu Yuyan's move was no test; it was a full-force killing blow! Shan Meixian was even more aware of the terrifying power of the Heart-Searching Sword Technique. This sword technique, combined with the Heavenly Demon Phantom Movement Technique, was difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion, and was as fast as lightning. A slight mistake could result in ten thousand swords piercing one's heart!

However, Yi Huawei, who was at the center of the storm, remained calm and composed in his eyes.

Just as the purple sword shadows were about to reach him, Yi Huawei moved.

There were no fancy moves, no earth-shattering momentum. He simply raised his right hand, his index and middle fingers together, as if plucking a flower or touching water, and casually pointed forward.

"Ding!"

A crisp, metallic clang resounded across the lake!
The purple phantoms that filled the sky vanished abruptly!

Yi Huawei's seemingly casual two fingers precisely touched the tip of the demonic sword in Zhu Yuyan's hand! The sword tip, which was condensed with the pure true energy of Zhu Yuyan's seventeenth level of the Heavenly Demon Technique, was firmly held in place by the two fleshy fingers, unable to advance an inch!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Zhu Yuyan's purple eyes were filled with disbelief and horror! Her Heart-Searching Sword Technique was unparalleled in speed and unpredictable, and she was confident that no one in the world could completely see through it! But her opponent... her opponent had so casually used two fingers to touch the core starting point of all her changes! It was as if all her sword path changes were within the opponent's expectations, or even guided by the opponent to strike this sword!
"Wandering among the flowers? No...more than that! It's a higher level of insight!"

Zhu Yuyan was shocked. This single finger strike not only embodied the essence of the Flower School's ability to see into people's hearts and anticipate the enemy's moves, but also carried an absolute confidence of detachment and complete control! It was as if all her struggles were nothing more than child's play in the other's eyes!
"break!"

Yi Huawei uttered a single word.

An indescribable, immense power suddenly erupted from his fingertips! This power was not simply fierce and domineering, but contained a profound meaning of birth and death, yin and yang, and mutual transformation!

Birth and death are determined by the mind!

This is a higher realm that Yi Huawei ultimately comprehended by integrating the insights from "Wandering Among Flowers," the illusion and reality from "The Art of Escape," and the secrets of the cycle of life and death from "The Immortal Seal Technique"! True Qi circulates at will, arising and ceasing with a single thought, transformation at the heart's command!
"Buzz!"

The demonic sword in Zhu Yuyan's hand let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain, shattering into pieces and dissipating into a sky full of purple mist! A powerful, pure, yet terrifyingly decomposing and transforming true energy surged like a burst dam, rushing into the sword hilt and crashing into Zhu Yuyan's meridians!
"puff!"

Zhu Yuyan felt as if she had been struck by a heavy hammer. Her delicate body trembled violently, and she let out a muffled groan. A trace of crimson blood trickled from the corner of her exquisite lips, staining her snow-white skin, a striking contrast. She staggered back several steps, each step leaving a deep footprint on the solid ship's deck. The pure Heavenly Demon True Qi within her body was thrown into turmoil by the invading force, and a tearing pain instantly spread throughout her entire body! This was precisely the effect of Heavenly Demon True Qi invading another's body, and now it was happening to her!

"impossible!"

Zhu Yuyan was utterly horrified. Not only had her swordsmanship been seen through, but the purity and power of her true energy, as well as her control over life, death, yin, and yang, far surpassed the Heavenly Demon Art she had painstakingly cultivated for decades! That power was like a bottomless vortex, or an inexhaustible millstone, constantly eroding and transforming her proud Heavenly Demon True Energy! Her renowned "Absorption Technique" was utterly useless before her opponent; his true energy was perfectly integrated, flawless, and impossible to absorb. Instead, it was easily invaded!
"The Heavenly Demon Arena!"

Zhu Yuyan let out a sharp cry, forcefully suppressing the churning blood and the excruciating pain in her meridians. She was absolutely unwilling to be defeated!

(End of this chapter)