The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

"Seventh Brother, have you never told me a single truth?" Liu Mengli's voice was filled with heartbreaking grievance.

"Haha... Eighth Sister, you're a cunning old fox who's lived for millions of years! How can you believe such childish words? I've given these beads to Third Sister and Sixth Sister as well; it was all a lie!"

"I know all that. They just threw it away and laughed at me for being stupid." Liu Mengli smiled slightly, but that smile sent a chill down Huo Xin's spine for no reason.

"Third Sister only has eyes for Wan Shuo, how could she possibly look at a broken bead like you? Not to mention Sixth Sister's spiritual essence... I'm a fool, so I keep everything."

The smile on Huo Xin's face faded slightly.

Liu Mengli slowly handed the bead to him again, "Seventh Brother, you said that you put a lot of effort into making this bead, and that it contains all your tenderness and deep affection. I take your words as your vow, so I have never been willing to throw it away."

Upon hearing the word "oath," Huo Xin's face grew increasingly grim! "You're talking nonsense! I never swore an oath!"

"A lie spoken in front of me becomes the truth, Seventh Brother. Have you forgotten my identity? Or are you so certain that I will die?"

"Eighth Sister, what do you mean by that?" Huo Xin's tone turned noticeably somber. "Back then, before you perished in that battle, I personally witnessed your remnant soul shatter into pieces and scatter into the cycle of reincarnation. Your resurrection is already a miracle; what other means could you possibly possess?"

"Seventh Brother, your memory isn't very good." Liu Mengli gently stroked the pink bead with her fingertips, her eyes sparkling, her tone as gentle as spring water, "Have you forgotten what I do?"

My mind went blank for a moment.

The Demon God of Reincarnation.

To control the cycle of life and death, and to reverse the fate of Yin and Yang.

Liu Mengli held the pink bead up to her eyes, looking at him through its luster. "The beads you gave to Third Sister and Sixth Sister back then were all tokens of sweet talk, but this one you gave me... is a little different."

"What's different?" Bewitching's voice already carried a hint of barely perceptible wariness.

"You have a bad habit of keeping things to yourself. The one you gave to Third Sister contained a trace of Wan Shuo's residual energy, used to monitor her. The one you gave to Sixth Sister contained a drop of your life essence, which could activate her mind at crucial moments. And this one of mine..."

Liu Mengli smiled slightly, "Seventh Brother, when you gave me this bead, did you think I was soft-hearted and easy to fool? Did you hide a wisp of your remnant soul inside, planning to find an opportunity to take root and sprout in my sea of ​​consciousness and turn me into your puppet?"

Huo Xin remained silent. His gaunt face betrayed no emotion.

There was no reaction, which, for someone as skilled at acting as Liu Mengli, meant that everything she said was true.

"What a pity," Liu Mengli said, gently twirling the bead between her fingers. "You didn't expect that my specialty, the Reincarnation Demon God, is manipulating other people's souls. The wisp of your remnant soul hidden in the bead was discovered before that chaotic battle back then."

She paused, a hint of smugness in her voice: "Then, I used the power of reincarnation to refine it."

"You!" Huo Xin's expression finally changed.

"Don't rush, Seventh Brother, I haven't finished yet." Liu Mengli put the bead into her palm, opened her hand, and saw a tiny human figure faintly emerging in the bead, struggling and rolling in the light, but unable to escape.

"The remnant soul you hid in this bead of mine has long since become mine after being repeatedly refined by me through tens of thousands of years of reincarnation. I'm just keeping it, waiting to return it to you in person when I see you one day."

Huo Xin's face darkened completely, and his eyes, fixed on Liu Mengli, were like poisoned knives.

"Lunji, you're ruthless."

"Likewise." Liu Mengli smiled. "Seventh Brother, if you obediently withdraw from my master's sea of ​​consciousness, it might still be in time. If you insist on forcing it... then I'll have no choice but to dig out all the memories in this remnant soul of yours. If I were to reveal your shameful deeds in front of my master, it wouldn't look good."

Huo Xin was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter.

The laughter echoed in Shen Yifei's mind, making his scalp tingle.

After he finished his bewitching laugh, he slowly stopped smiling and said, "Eighth Sister, you are truly clever. But have you forgotten who I am?"

Liu Mengli frowned slightly, but refused to back down: "Seventh Brother, I can forget anyone but you. You're the most shameless person in the world."

"Fine, fine, fine." Huo Xin said "fine" three times, but the smile on his face grew increasingly sinister. "Since you've put it this way, Eighth Sister, then I'll be frank with you. You think you can control me just because you refined a wisp of my remnant soul and have some leverage over me?"

He suddenly opened his arms, and his entire sea of ​​consciousness trembled.

"This remnant of my soul is but one ten-thousandth! Even if you refine it, I can still be reborn elsewhere! But you..."

Huo Xin pointed at Liu Mengli, then at Shen Yifei and Ye Ling, "Today, I will not spare a single one of your souls!"

Seeing his posture, Shen Yifei shouted, "Mengli, this old bastard is going to kill himself!"

Huo Xin laughed loudly: "That's right! I'm going to risk my life! You all like to play games, don't you? I'll play a big one with you!"

Before he finished speaking, his withered body suddenly expanded, turning into a huge cloud of gray-black mist that instantly filled most of his sea of ​​consciousness.

Amidst the churning gray mist, one could vaguely see distorted faces struggling and howling within—the vengeful spirits of countless beings devoured by the bewitching mind.

"Even if I were to self-destruct with this remnant of my soul today, I would take you all with me!"

Liu Mengli's expression changed drastically: "Hurry! Don't let him self-destruct!"

Ye Ling was already poised to strike, his black spear wrapped in a layer of golden light, the tip pointing directly at the face in the center of the gray mist.

Shen Yifei didn't have time to think much and unleashed all the power of the five elements within his body, blasting it towards the gray mist that bewitched the mind.

However, the power of the mind-destroying self-destruction far exceeded the three's imagination.

The gray mist exploded with a roar, and black energy, carrying vengeful spirits and lingering resentment, slammed into Shen Yifei's soul one after another.

Liu Mengli staggered, and cracks appeared in the protective layer erected by the power of reincarnation. She was blasted backward and sent flying.

Even Ye Ling's spear couldn't withstand that violent power; the spear hummed, and her illusory soul trembled slightly.

Shen Yifei was the first to be affected, feeling as if his soul was being gripped by a giant hand from all sides. An indescribable pain exploded from the depths of his consciousness, as if it were going to tear him in two from the inside out.

"It's over..."

Shen Yifei and the others had considered countless possibilities. They originally thought that even if they couldn't defeat Huoxin, Liu Mengli could easily control him.

Despite their meticulous planning, they underestimated Huo Xin's ruthlessness. This old man was not only cunning but also incredibly willing to go to great lengths, even self-destructing his remnant soul without batting an eye.

This time, I'm really going to be dragged down with Huoxin to die!