Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 1802 You dare blaspheme against God! The inner demon is slain!
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Xiao Yi's body trembled violently, and pale golden light threads spilled from her seven orifices, indicating that her soul's essence was being severely depleted.

She clenched her teeth tightly, as a continuous stream of power poured into her mind from different realms.

She remembered her determination to rebuild the Wood Department, and Chen Xiaojun's promise: "The path you choose in this world is yours."

On the other side, "her" figure also began to fluctuate violently under the entanglement of the golden chains and the wash of the power of light.

For the first time, cracks appeared in that timeless, divine indifference, revealing a hint of panic and...unbelievable weakness.

The light of the silver magic circle was visibly dimming under the suppression of the golden light.

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"You... stole my power?!" Her thoughts were filled with anger.

"Steal?" A faint golden blood trickled from the corner of Xiao Yi's mouth, clear and cold.
"Do you really think I, the sage Kibe, never encountered inner demons?!"

"Inner demons—?!"

These two words, like millions of poisoned ice needles, pierced deep into the core and darkest forbidden zone of "her" mind!
Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

"Ants!"

absurd!

ridiculous!

It's impossible!

Her mind was in turmoil, and she went almost blank for a moment.

But this blank was fleeting, consumed by an even more intense and frenzied rage.

After that moment of blankness and bone-chilling cold, something exploded like a stellar core furnace, a mixture of utterly offended rage and a trace of... indescribable panic.

This chaotic storm of thoughts churned and surged within her core, almost tearing apart the divine radiance that enveloped her.

"How dare you blaspheme God!!!"

A vast field of dark power appeared on her body, violently twisting and vibrating, just like the collapse of her inner cognition!

Xiao Yi's fingers moved again, "Nine Palaces Soul Transfer Technique - Annihilation Word Technique!"

As soon as this statement came out!
boom--! ! !
The golden nine-palace formation suddenly erupted with light that pierced through the ages.

The nine golden cyclones spun at their maximum speed.

The runes on the nine golden chains lit up instantly, transforming into nine divine dragons burning with purifying golden flames.

A powerful will, born from the sedimentation of countless years and the accumulated experience of the ancient masters of the Wood Department in fighting their inner demons, suddenly surged forth and empowered it.

The darkness was completely washed away.

Click!

A silver chain snapped first!
Then came the second, the third... The silver nine-palace magic array was like a shattered mirror, cracks instantly spreading everywhere.

"Do not--!!!"

She let out a shrill, piercing scream of her own mind.

The nine silver chains rapidly melted and disintegrated under the entanglement and tearing of the golden flame dragon, turning into cold silver fragments.

The massive silver nine-palace magic array collapsed and vanished. Finally, with a silent sigh from the deepest part of the soul, the chaotic figure completely disintegrated, utterly engulfed and purified by the vast golden light.

All that remained was the radiant golden nine-palace magic array above Xiaoyi's head, and the nine golden divine chains that slowly converged and coiled around her body.

Xiao Yi's figure swayed, barely managing not to fall. Her gaze pierced through the gradually dissipating golden light, looking down at the Dharma image—there, the "she" who had been sitting cross-legged had vanished without a trace.

Silence returned, once again enveloping the core of this sea of ​​consciousness.

Only Xiaoyi's heavy breathing and the low hum of the golden nine-palace magic circle slowly rotating announced the end of this battle concerning "self" and "divinity," "will" and "inner demons."

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In reality, the "she" sitting cross-legged beneath the Dharma image is not some divine will at all.

If it were truly the will of a god, it could have easily killed Xiaoyi from the very beginning, without giving her any chance to fight back.

The truth is, this is a demon that was born in the sea of ​​consciousness before the true awakening of the Lesser Goddess of Fate, thanks to its special properties.

This inner demon, through a series of fortuitous encounters, came into contact with the nascent manifestation of the Lesser Master of Fate, thus gaining a trace of the power to control that vast Dharma form, as well as an extremely weak ability to interfere with the rules of fate.

It was through this stolen power that the inner demon was able to imprison Xiaoyi's consciousness within layers of the sea of ​​consciousness.

The reason why Xiaoyi was able to find the correct exit path in the seemingly dead-end maze time and time again was precisely because the profound and unbreakable connection between herself and Shao Siming's origin guided her in the dark.

When Xiaoyi finally saw the seated "her" in the core of the Purple Cloud Sea, based on the relevant records in the ancient books of the Wood Department sages, she had already vaguely judged it to be a demon in her heart, but a trace of doubt remained.

Her relentless questioning was precisely to force the other party to reveal a weakness.

Those thoughts and words that seemed to be uttered by the "divine will" echoing in her sea of ​​consciousness were actually generated directly in Xiaoyi's heart by this inner demon taking advantage of its unique origin and unity with Xiaoyi.

The only exception was the question, "You...are I?"

That was not caused by inner demons, but rather by the true will of the Lesser Fate Master.

It was this question, tinged with an ancient sense of bewilderment, that confirmed Xiaoyi's suspicion that the "she" before her was a demon.

As for why the sages encountered inner demons?
It's quite simple. The Yin-Yang School takes a fringe approach, so naturally each approach has its own problems and shortcomings.

Compared to the elders of the other four departments, the successive Shao Siming elders are more prone to encountering inner demons due to the unique nature of their cultivation systems.

They truly draw upon the "Lesser Fate Master" (whether it be the will of a deity or a sacrificial spirit) to possess their bodies, and coupled with the enormous consumption of soul power from cultivating the "Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow," their souls are often damaged.

The combination of these two factors makes it extremely easy for inner demons to arise.

The inner demons born under such special circumstances, due to the source and nature of their power, tend to identify themselves as "Shao Siming" herself.

The Wood Department's secret forbidden technique, "Nine Palaces Soul Transfer Technique," has the core function of not only replenishing soul power but, most importantly, suppressing such inner demons.

This technique is based on the theory of Yin and Yang. Its mechanism for combating inner demons appears to be light suppressing darkness, but in essence, it does not manipulate the laws of light. To be precise, it uses the power of the "Yang spirit" to eliminate the "Yin spirit" (i.e., inner demons).

However, in this new world, a crucial change has occurred: "Shao Siming" has truly ascended to the status of a deity.

The inner demon's contact with this true deity, tainted with a trace of divinity, brought about two significant consequences:

First, the power of inner demons has increased dramatically.

Its own strength and the power of the divine avatar were greatly enhanced. If it weren't for Xiaoyi's twin martial souls and the vortex of her soul sea, she would have had almost no chance of turning the tide in this battle.

Secondly, inner demons distort cognition.

The influence of divinity made the inner demon more hollow and detached, further distorting its self-perception and making it more convinced that it was the embodiment of "divine will" rather than Xiaoyi's inner demon.

This distorted perception persisted until the very last moment when it was utterly shattered, at which point it uttered a sigh filled with complex emotions, as if waking from a dream.

(End of this chapter)