The entire sect is obsessed with love, but I'm the only one who's truly insane.

Lin Du frowned as she looked at the scene before her. Although she had long known that Wen Fu was proficient in unorthodox secret arts and was especially skilled in the art of altering and possessing bodies, the person in front of her was even more outrageous than the craftsman who could casually remove heads.

Even if the craftsmen pieced it together, they still cherished his own head; it was his own head, his own face.

She took a step back, unsure whether the person in front of her was truly Wenfu.

Wen Fu looked at Lin Du, who had taken a step back, and smiled self-deprecatingly. It turned out that even someone as audacious and daring as Lin Du from the Demon Realm would be afraid after seeing his appearance.

"Scared?"

Lin Du shook his head. "I'm analyzing the rationality and feasibility of your facial bone modification."

Modern cosmetic surgery at least strives for symmetry, but this bone structure and trend make it look like a completely different person.

Wenfu was taken aback.

Lin Du sighed, "Why do you and Quan Jiangren both like the patchwork style? Why can't you make your designs more symmetrical and look better? Is it because you don't like it?"

"Aren't you afraid of me?" Wenfu asked.

"Can you threaten my wallet or my life now?" Lin Du crossed his arms. "Trying to scare me? No way."

To prevent the spell from being cast, Wen Fu even had his knuckles bound, but Lin Du was truly unafraid.

Wen Fu chuckled. "You should be afraid. You're afraid of the sect falling apart, your fellow disciples and friends falling into obscurity. You're afraid of knowing the truth but being powerless to change it. You're afraid of discovering it too late and it will be too late to turn back."

Lin Du listened quietly as he finished speaking. "Unfortunately, my sect is thriving, and all my fellow disciples and friends are on smooth paths. All the conspiracies before me have been thwarted. Wen Fu, there's one, two, and three. So, those after me are nothing to fear."

"You were already afraid of me before you even managed to scare me, weren't you?"

Lin Du stood in front of Wen Fu, calm and collected, casually mentioning his own hardships.

It's happened once already; it won't happen again.

This time, she was already ahead of him, far superior to him.

Wenfu fell silent for a moment after hearing this.

Yes, Lin Du has grown at a speed that completely exceeded his imagination.

Mo Lin made a wrong move, Xia Tianwu couldn't make up for it, and Yuan Ye couldn't fully nurture the dragon vein before stripping it away. As for the rest, Ni Jinxuan's move is about to be wasted, and as for the banquet, judging from Lin Du's arrival today, it may soon be wasted as well.

He wanted to force Lin Du to stay in the Demon Realm because he was afraid.

Both of them clearly saw what the other feared, so they didn't hesitate to stab each other in the back; whoever broke down first would lose.

"Oh, by the way, you want to trap me so as not to interfere with your pursuit of the Candle Dragon bloodline within Sheng Yan?"

"The power of the Candle Dragon is the power of the sun's operating rules. You want to use the power within her to nourish the fragments of the Heavenly Dao?"

"Yes." Wenfu replied calmly. "With your intelligence, do you need confirmation from me?"

Lin Du smiled and snapped his fingers. "Master Quan, did you hear that?"

Wenfu was stunned for a moment when he saw the cultivator push open the door and enter.

He looked at the face calmly. "So it was you."

"You only know that Sheng Yan is my child, that she is of the Zhulong bloodline of the Jiang family, but what you don't know is," Quan Jiangren said calmly, "that her bloodline is not a gift, but something created by humans."

"The bloodline of aristocratic families gradually becomes weaker, and the bloodline becomes even weaker as it is inherited after marriage, which is not as strong as the bloodline power inherited after marriage."

"My wife wanted the best for our child, so together we found a way to purify our bloodline. The rich bloodline of the Feast depleted all of my and her mother's essence."

"It's a pity that nurturing such a pure bloodline fetus means that no matter how much the mother takes care of herself after childbirth, she can't replenish her original essence. When I wanted to perform surgery to replace her necrotic body, I was caught on the spot. Being expelled from the clan for secretly practicing witchcraft is the retribution I deserve."

The craftsman's facial muscles were stiff, but he could not hide his anger at this moment. "I originally thought that at least after I left, the bloodline concentration in Sheng Yan's body would be enough for the family to pay attention to her. But I didn't expect that she was rejected by the family because of malnutrition when she was young. I hid for a long time and only learned by chance that she was not doing well."

"So I asked one of the cooks I had saved before to at least give her something to eat. Once she recovers, her bloodline will be activated, and her future path will be easier."

"Actually, she might have lived a better life without that bloodline, because she was excellent enough." Quan Jiangren's voice sounded somewhat regretful.

Sheng Yan rarely used the Candle Dragon Blade Technique. For her, it was the beginning of tragedy, a burden, and an insignificant embellishment after she had fully grown up.

"It's all... misguided parental love." Quan Jiangren frowned, as if the words were difficult to utter. "I regret it deeply; I was a failed father too."

He finished speaking in one breath, raised his head, and looked directly at Wenfu, "But no matter how much I fail, I am still a father."

"My child, you shouldn't have schemed against me."

He turned to look at Lin Du, "If you trust me, I can check and tell you why he's like this."

Lin Du raised his chin, stepped aside, and gestured for him to come forward and begin his performance.

Wen Fu didn't understand. "But isn't bloodline a talent? Even a purified bloodline is enough to nourish the fragments of the Heavenly Dao."

"Do you really think the proper Heavenly Dao would devour this?" Lin Du asked.

Wen Fu gritted his teeth, "If it's not the Heavenly Dao, it's at least the power of rules. It's all the same; it can all be used to mend the heavens. Lin Du, the Heavenly Dao of the Insightful Realm is declining! I'm just ahead of everyone else!"

"If it weren't for the will of Heaven, I wouldn't have known about those wicked people and their evil thoughts, those places that harbored filth and corruption. Wouldn't it be better if they disappeared? Isn't this the peaceful and prosperous world you wanted?"

Lin Du laughed, "No wonder you can find the villains you think are so easily. It turns out it's the guidance of the fragments of the Heavenly Dao. Small sects, minor families, and bandits are all villains in your eyes."

"Yes, they did commit evil deeds, but I want to ask you, can you take away a person's rights as a human being?"

"Do you know that there are other things inside the fragments of the Heavenly Dao! The Three Poisons are enough to catalyze the greed, anger, and ignorance hidden in a person's heart. Those people become vicious and wicked, and it's not impossible that the fragments of the Heavenly Dao that you claim to have nurtured are involved!"

"You can use the fragments of the Heavenly Dao, but the fragments of the Heavenly Dao are also using you. You think you are a level above the heavens, but the heavens also think they are a level above you."

"What are you so smug about, Wenfu?"

Lin Du's words were clear and distinct, shattering Wen Fu's proud worldview.

Wen Fu's face was unusually ferocious. "Lin Du, are you really right about everything?"

"The status quo you want to maintain—your relatives, friends, and fellow disciples—will all leave you in the future. The way of Heaven is declining, and someone will eventually mend it. It will be either Lin Tuan or..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Du's short blade pierced into his dantian.

"Yes, you're right, but I won't listen."

"I am determined to save the collapsing edifice and bind all living beings to the earth; not one can be missing, nor should one be missing."

At this moment, the craftsman pulled out a row of strange little knives. "You don't need to say anything. The truth is revealed by hand. As for your cunning, don't say anything. Leave it to me."

The Mindful One herself: ? Oh no, she's mutated too?

When Feng Chao arrived, Lin Du was sitting lazily on the ground, pondering over a chessboard.

"Senior sister."

Lin Du moved aside the chess pieces and reached out as if waiting for Feng Chao to help her up.

Feng Chao sighed helplessly, "How old are you? You're still so childish."

She reached out and pulled Lin Du up, not noticing Wen Fu and Quan Jiangren immediately.

As soon as the knife clattered onto the plate, Feng Chao looked in that direction.

"What happened?"

"One good news, one bad news." Quan Jiangren turned around. "Which do you want to hear first?"

Lin Du thought for a moment, "Bad news."

"Wenfu is still outside," Quan Jiangren said calmly.

Lin Du had a feeling that he had expected this. "I guessed it. So, what's the good news?"

"This is also Wenfu, the real Wenfu. You've caught the true form. Aren't you surprised? Unexpected?"