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

A gentle yet domineering aura suddenly appeared, instantly shattering the devouring power that enveloped Ake.

Lin Ping raised his palm and gently waved it, a faint spiritual light flowing around his body. It seemed gentle, but it steadily blocked all the evil attacks.

The dying Ake suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, staggered backward, and looked at Lin Ping with a complicated expression, still in shock.

She thought Lin Ping would stand by and watch her be devoured by the evil spirit, seeking revenge for her repeated scheming and betrayal.

But the other person intervened and saved her.

The phantom of the evil spirit of the earth veins trembled violently, seemingly enraged by Lin Ping's power. Its dark, malevolent aura surged several times over, and the entire secret realm was filled with howling winds and swirling rocks.

"Guardian...you've finally shown yourself..."

The evil spirit's hoarse voice echoed through the secret realm, carrying endless resentment and fear.

"Back then, you sealed me deep within the earth's veins, stripping me of my essence. Today, I break free, determined to devour the Shen family's divine soul, seize control of the Southern Frontier's veins, and slaughter all who stand in my way!"

Lin Ping's eyes were indifferent, without the slightest ripple: "Decades of lying low, surviving by stirring up conflict and devouring greed, a mere wild earth spirit dares to be so arrogant?"

Aru stood to the side, spirit blade in hand, her fighting spirit surging: "Sir, leave this evil spirit to me! I'll slay it!"

"No need."

Lin Ping slightly raised his hand to stop A Lu, and slowly took a step forward.

With just one step, the malevolent energy raging throughout the entire secret realm instantly froze, and the violent flow of earth vein energy completely subsided.

The aura of an unparalleled, age-old powerhouse slowly spread out, causing the dark, evil spirits to continuously contract and tremble.

He personally sealed the earth's veins and suppressed evil spirits back then; today it's just bringing up old matters again.

The evil spirit's phantom twisted violently, its face filled with terror, yet it still refused to admit defeat, roaring fiercely, "You can seal me once, but you can't seal me a second time! I have devoured decades of killing energy and merged with half of the earth's ley lines' origin!"

It suddenly reversed its evil aura, no longer attacking Lin Ping, and headed straight for the fragment of Shen Aoxue's soul that was floating in mid-air!

"I devour divine souls and merge with the origin; today I will replace Shen Aoxue and take control of the earth's veins!"

Once it completely devours this core divine soul, it can transform into a true master of the earth veins and break free from all constraints!

court death.

A cold glint flashed in Lin Ping's eyes.

He flicked his finger, and a ray of pure spiritual light shot out, landing precisely on the outer edge of the divine soul light cluster.

The spiritual light instantly transformed into a protective barrier, firmly shielding the snow-white fragments of the divine soul, remaining unmoved despite the frenzied impact of the dark, malevolent energy.

At the same time, Lin Ping raised his palm and pressed down in mid-air!

Boom!

An invisible, immense force enveloped the entire secret realm, instantly crushing and compressing the overwhelming dark, malevolent energy.

The evil spirit of the earth veins, which had been so ferocious just moments before, was instantly suppressed, its phantom image distorted and dimmed, and its power rapidly dissipated.

"Impossible! How can your power be so strong!"

The evil spirit let out a terrified roar, filled with resentment and despair.

It lay dormant for decades, accumulating boundless power, believing it could overturn everything, but it was utterly vulnerable before Lin Ping.

Lin Pingsheng said coldly, "You were born from the earth's veins, and those veins are under my control. The foundation upon which you depend for survival has always been in my hands."

Lift your hand and press down again!

The immense power erupted completely!

puff!

The pitch-black, malevolent phantom instantly shattered and disintegrated, transforming into countless fragments of malevolent energy that were completely absorbed by the earth's vein patterns and utterly annihilated!

In just a few moves, the evil spirits that had plagued the southern border for decades were completely wiped out!

Within the secret realm, the eerie winds dissipated, and all malevolent energy vanished, leaving only the gentle, moist spiritual energy of the earth's veins lingering around.

The fragments of Shen Aoxue's soul, suspended in mid-air, drifted slowly and spontaneously moved closer to Lin Ping, their spiritual light gentle and docile.

The crisis has been completely resolved.

Ake, standing to the side, was completely dumbfounded, frozen in place, her whole body ice-cold, her mind and soul shaken.

Overwhelming strength, masterful planning, and the confidence to control the world.

At this moment, she truly saw that she, Mo Qi, Xiao Yu'er, and even all the forces in the shadows were nothing more than pawns and ants used to nurture evil spirits and to help him catch them in the net in Lin Ping's eyes!

All the scheming, ambition, and struggle seemed utterly ridiculous.

Her legs gave way, and she collapsed onto the edge of the stone platform, her face filled with dejection, devoid of any trace of arrogance or greed.

Lin Ping withdrew his gaze and looked at the distraught Ake, his tone calm: "You have betrayed us repeatedly, harbored evil intentions, coveted the earth's veins, and released evil spirits. You deserve to die."

As the cold verdict fell, Ake trembled, looked up and gave a bitter laugh: "I know I was wrong... I schemed and plotted, but it was all for nothing. I am at your mercy."

She had no more will to resist and completely surrendered.

Lin Ping's eyes flickered slightly, but he did not punish him immediately. He said calmly, "Although you were greedy and did evil, you also unintentionally forced out the true form of the evil spirit and broke all the earth vein restrictions. You can be considered to have made amends for your mistakes."

"I will cripple half of your cultivation, spare your life, and imprison you in the Southern Frontier to atone for your crimes by guarding the ley lines of the secret realm, never to leave again."

This is both forgiveness and punishment.

She was spared her life, but deprived of the opportunity to reach the top, confined to a corner for life, to atone for her greed.

Ake shuddered, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes, before finally bowing her head and saying, "Thank you for sparing my life, sir."

There was no resentment, only endless regret.

After dealing with Ake, Alu rushed forward, her eyes filled with joy: "Sir! The evil spirit is gone, the secret realm's restrictions are all broken, and Sister Aoxue's soul fragments have been retrieved! Now all the problems are solved!"

Lin Ping raised his hand and gently supported the floating ball of snow-white divine soul light. All the murderous intent in his eyes faded away, leaving only extreme gentleness.

"Just one last step."

"Only when her soul returns to its rightful place and her memories are restored can all the pretense and hidden dangers within Ao Xue be completely eradicated."

He turned around and prepared to return to the manor to help Shen Aoxue fuse her soul and restore her original essence.

But at that moment, in the deepest, darkest crevice of the now completely peaceful underground secret realm, a very soft, very subtle laugh suddenly came.

The laughter was gentle and melodious, with a tone exactly like Shen Aoxue's, yet it carried a chilling eeriness and unfamiliarity.

hum-

A faint, ancient, dark aura, far surpassing the level of the evil spirit from before, quietly pierced through the cracks in the ground, instantly enveloping the entire Peach Garden Secret Realm, before disappearing without a trace.

Lin Ping suddenly stopped, his deep eyes instantly locking onto the darkness at the deepest part of the secret realm.

Aru sensed something was wrong and quickly asked, "Sir, what's wrong? Is there still some residual evil energy?"

Lin Ping's gaze was deep as he stared at the unfathomable darkness. The ball of divine soul light he held in his fingertips trembled slightly, as if he were afraid.

He slowly shook his head, his voice carrying a hint of solemnity.

"It's not an evil spirit from the ley lines."

"There's something else deep underground."

"A truly slumbering entity beneath the southern border's earth veins, something even I, back then, never fully explored... an ancient, sinister entity."

The moment the words fell, in the bedroom of the Lin family manor, Shen Aoxue, who had been unconscious and recuperating, suddenly trembled violently, and the corners of her lips silently curved into a dark and eerie arc, completely opposite to her gentle temperament.

With old and new hidden dangers overlapping, the ancient evil spirits are awakening. Within Shen Aoxue's body, where her soul has returned to its rightful place, the extreme entanglement of a dual personality is about to be born. A crisis more terrifying than the evil spirits of the earth veins has quietly descended!