After descending the mountain, my aloof fiancée became completely devoted to me.

The crimson sacrificial array that was operating wildly underground suddenly froze.

The rampant, dark aura froze in mid-air, and the array patterns that had been frantically devouring the life force of the Southern Frontier were all frozen in the soil.

The extremely violent and murderous aura between heaven and earth experienced a fatal break at this moment.

Lin Ping stood in the center of the courtyard, supporting Shen Aoxue, whose breathing was disordered and whose soul was trembling. His deep eyes pierced through the towering rock layers, locking onto the hidden soul that had been concealed for ten thousand years in the deepest part of the earth's veins.

The ancient golden light flowing around him subsided considerably, seemingly having shed the domineering power that had just crushed everything. His demeanor remained calm and composed, as if he had never used the supreme power that had shaken the earth's veins.

But only he himself knew that the ancient secret seal that had just been unsealed had captured the deepest and most terrifying truth of this millennia-old game.

It wasn't some sinister old ghost that parasitized Shen Aoxue, waiting for an opportunity to possess her.

It is Shen Aoxue's second original divine soul, which has been dormant for ten thousand years, coexisting with evil spirits, and using the old ghost's hand to set up the entire fateful killing scheme!

"teacher!"

Alu rushed forward, her small hands tightly gripping her sleeves, her eyes filled with anxiety as she looked at Shen Aoxue, then hurriedly looked up at Lin Ping: "Sister Aoxue's soul fluctuations are completely chaotic, and the underground formation is stuck too. What exactly happened?"

Zhu Xiaohan quickly stood on the other side, her cool and aloof expression filled with seriousness. With her profound cultivation and perception far exceeding that of ordinary people, she also keenly sensed the abnormality at this moment.

Just now, the old ghost frantically activated the sacrificial array, its power overwhelming. It was clearly only one step away from completely detonating the killing move, but it stopped without warning. This was definitely not because the opponent deliberately withdrew.

"Deep within the earth's veins, a second divine soul has intervened," Zhu Xiaohan said in a deep voice. "This aura shares the same origin as Ao Xue's, yet carries an extreme chill and vicissitude; it is definitely not one of them!"

Shen Aoxue leaned against Lin Ping's chest, her slender body trembling incessantly. Fine beads of cold sweat seeped from her fair neck, and her clear black and white eyes were now half clear and half covered with a dark mist.

Two completely opposite spiritual forces clashed and tore apart her original spiritual essence within her body.

She bit her lip and spoke with difficulty, her voice weak and bewildered: "I... I can feel another self inside me... She's waking up, she's merging with the evil energy from underground..."

Boom!

After a moment of silence, an even more ferocious roar suddenly erupted from the ground.

The sinister old ghost that had been lying dormant for ten thousand years finally realized the scheme that had been hidden for ten thousand years. Endless resentment and rage exploded through the soil, resounding throughout the entire southern border!

[You bastard! It was you!]

[I lay dormant for ten thousand years, expending endless resources to orchestrate a scheme to seize your body, only to have it all come to your benefit!]

Shen Aoxue! You've been hiding your true nature so well! This remnant soul of yours, dormant for ten thousand years, has been using me all along!

The piercing roar, carrying with it shattered malevolent energy, shook the entire void, causing it to hum and vibrate.

Outside the Wutong Manor, the remaining evil energy of the earth veins surged wildly, no longer targeting the barrier, but flowing back towards the rift at the source of the earth veins.

The Yin energy accumulated by the old ghost over ten thousand years was forcibly extracted and devoured by an invisible force.

In the courtyard, Aru looked utterly bewildered, then instantly realized what had happened: "It turns out that from the very beginning, all our calculations were wrong! We thought Old Ghost was the one playing the game, but we never imagined he was just a pawn in the hands of another soul within Sister Aoxue!"

Zhu Xiaohan's gaze darkened, and her fingertips flickered with spiritual energy, constantly on guard against the crisis that could erupt at any moment: "The Ten Thousand Years of Fate Killing Scheme was never the old ghost's scheme to seize his body, but rather the scheme to awaken Ao Xue's second divine soul. The old ghost wanted to seize his body under the full moon, but little did he know that he had already become nourishment for others."

Lin Ping held Shen Aoxue's waist with one hand, and the warm and profound ancient golden light continued to flow into her limbs and bones, suppressing the two restless souls.

His expression remained calm, showing no sign of panic; his eyes held only a clear, all-knowing coldness.

From the moment he first came into contact with the ancient Yin and evil essence within Shen Aoxue's body, he sensed something was wrong.

The evil spirits were too docile, and their erosion was too rhythmic. They seemed to be pressing forward step by step, but in reality, they were subtly nourishing Shen Aoxue's soul foundation.

Everyone thought that evil spirits were devouring Shen Aoxue and waiting for an opportunity to possess her.

Little did anyone know, it was Shen Aoxue's hidden soul that, under the guise of yin and evil, secretly strengthened itself and devoured the source of yin and evil!

"Utilizing the accumulated evil energy of ten thousand years, nourishing the soul with the evil energy of the earth's veins, enduring for ten thousand years, waiting for the final moment."

Lin Ping spoke slowly, his clear and cold voice piercing through the chaotic world.

"You predicted that the old ghost would be greedy for life and bloodthirsty, that he would do anything to seize a body, and even that I would intervene to break the deadlock and shatter his original evil energy."

"You are very smart."

Deep underground, a soft yet incredibly cold female voice slowly rang out, replacing the old ghost's frantic roar. It was ethereal and echoed throughout the world.

The voice was exactly the same as Shen Aoxue's, but it lacked the gentleness and purity of the present-day Shen Aoxue, and instead possessed the coldness and indifference accumulated over countless ages.

Through countless ages of rise and fall, through the changing times, I lie dormant here, awaiting only to return to my rightful place and be reborn.

[That old ghost is dull-witted and obsessed with possession; he's merely a stepping stone on my path to nurturing a soul. Your breaking of his earth's ley lines and destruction of his sacrificial array may seem like a rescue, but in reality, you've cleared all obstacles for me.]

Lin Ping, thank you.

As soon as he finished speaking, a dazzling black-gold light suddenly erupted from the depths of the earth!

The Yin energy that Lin Ping had purified most of, and the ten-thousand-year-old divine soul essence that the old ghost had burned, were all devoured and absorbed by this newly born divine soul.

From the depths of the earth came the old ghost's last desperate and mournful howl, which vanished in an instant. The sinister soul of ten thousand years was completely devoured, and both soul and spirit were destroyed!

The ultimate villain behind the scenes, who has entrenched himself in the southern border for ten thousand years, controls the source of the earth's veins, and stirs up endless storms.

He did not die from Lin Ping's supreme secret technique, nor from the deadly clash.

He believed himself to be the one playing the game until his death, but in the end, he became someone else's pawn, his soul was completely swallowed up, and his body was never found.

This ending is utterly ironic!

With the destruction of the old ghost's soul, the sinister power of the entire southern border's ley lines completely changed hands!

The originally violent and chaotic evil energy of heaven and earth instantly became docile and condensed, all converging towards the Wutong Manor and surging into Shen Aoxue's body.

Shen Aoxue's body trembled violently, her eyes snapped shut, and she collapsed limply into Lin Ping's arms.

The next instant, she suddenly opened her eyes!

Those stunning eyes have undergone a complete transformation. The left eye is as clear as snow, representing the gentle and kind Shen Aoxue of the present world; the right eye is as black as ink, representing the ancient divine soul that has been sleeping for ten thousand years and has experienced countless ages!

Her eyes are heterochromatic, and she is stunningly alluring!

The two divine souls coexist in one body, neither merging nor devouring each other, achieving a strange balance!

"The two divine souls have fully manifested in the world." Zhu Xiaohan stared intently at Shen Aoxue, her tone extremely solemn. "The ten-thousand-year plan has come to an end, the old ghost has been destroyed, and the true ultimate opponent has appeared."

Aru instinctively took a step forward, blocking Lin Ping's side, her small face tense and full of vigilance: "Who are you? You're not Sister Aoxue! Give Sister Aoxue back to us!"

His black and gold eyes swept over Aru indifferently, without any killing intent, but with a detached indifference that seemed to look down upon the ages.