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

The people of Doubu all had the impression of Daoist Lingwei based on Kaiyang's occasional complaints.

Every day, you can't see what they're actually busy with. The whole group just eats, drinks, and has fun, wasting the Heavenly Palace's resources every day. Their commotion is all for their own selfish desires, and revenge is the norm.

Although everyone knew Kaiyang's temperament, they couldn't help but have a somewhat negative impression of Lingwei.

But when Yao Guang finally faced Lingwei directly, he realized that there were not that many idle and carefree people in the world.

A Dao Lord is a Dao Lord, even if he is not even a fraction of their age, he is still a true Dao Lord.

The chilling pressure made Yao Guang's breathing difficult. She spoke with difficulty, "Daojun, when the Thunder Department was patrolling the Heavenly Realm searching for the Heavenly Dog, they discovered that Kaiyang was acting suspiciously. When they went to arrest him, they accidentally found the corpse of a rogue immortal. His soul had been scattered, his immortal power had been absorbed, and his body was empty."

"Ten thousand years ago, there were evil spirits causing trouble. I suppose Daoist Lord doesn't know much about evil spirits."

"Although things have been peaceful for a long time now, Kaiyang was caught on the spot today. He looked exactly like the evil demon that had appeared before. We confronted him, and he fought back fiercely, but was no match for us and fled."

"After Lei Bu told us, I chased after the Holy Disciple Tian all the way. I searched the residences of all the other Dao Lords, and only yours remained. I didn't expect Kaiyang to actually break into a Dao Lord's residence. I wonder if he caused any irreparable consequences?"

Lin Du looked up and indeed saw the Lei Brigade members who had arrived a step later.

She raised an eyebrow. Mo Lin had just finished his shift, so the news hadn't reached her. Was it a coincidence?

But wherever human intervention occurs, there won't be many coincidences.

Lei Bu Daojun and Xingjun Chonglindu cupped their hands in greeting. "Where is Kaiyang's body? We must deal with it quickly. If the demon fetus escapes, it will surely cause another tragedy."

Lin Du stared at them for a moment, then said, "Come in."

The three entered the mansion and then saw the corpse under the tree.

Yao Guang frowned, as if she could not bear it.

The people of the Thunder Department were different from the Emperor directly under the Fighting Department. The people of the Thunder Department decisively bypassed Yao Guang, went straight forward, bent down and took off a brocade pouch from the corpse, revealing a precious jade that was exactly the same as the precious tree in Lin Du's mansion.

"Lord Lingwei, please look. This is the concealing artifact he crafted using branches from the Three Pure Ones Tree."

Lin Du lowered her eyes and remained silent, glancing at the marks on it. The Three Pure Trees were precious trees born from the pure primordial energy, which is why they could serve as the core of the array to suppress the entire source of demonic energy for so many years. However, it was impossible for anyone other than her, who could ascend to the Heavenly Saints and the Three Pure Heavens, to obtain such a treasure. Such a treasure would not be seen at the auctions in the cities of the Loose Immortals.

But the array patterns on it are indeed traces of Kaiyang.

Array masters all have their own unique habits. A truly knowledgeable array master can tell at a glance the personal habits of each array. The array of the spiritual treasure in front of us was indeed created by Kaiyang.

Lin Du remained expressionless. "I see. So how did you detect whether an immortal was carrying a demonic fetus?"

The Daoist Lord of the Thunder Department shook his head and said, "This thing is hidden very well and cannot be found. If it weren't for the fact that Kaiyang used his immortal power in a panic, which was filled with demonic energy, we would not have been able to find it either."

"Unless you wait until someone dies and then dissect them to verify, ordinary methods won't be able to detect it. When the outbreak happened before, we even invited a true Buddha from the Western Paradise to examine it, but there were times when they failed."

The Star Lord had already forcibly cut open Kaiyang's abdomen and extracted the immortal essence from his lower dantian. There seemed to be a broken mirror surface on the immortal essence, emitting a faint immortal aura, making it another spiritual treasure.

Lin Du saw that after the mirror shattered, the mark of the demonic fetus was revealed inside.

Lei Bu Daojun spoke up, "Lingwei Daojun, look, this demonic fetus has accumulated a great deal of the three poisons, and you can see on the back of this immortal mirror that it has been tainted by the three poisons for nearly ten thousand years, which means that Kaiyang was invaded by the demonic fetus as early as ten thousand years ago."

She stared at the seal for a long time, so long that when the Star Lord of the Thunder Department hesitated to say something, Lin Du withdrew his gaze and said, "In that case, you may take the body away and dispose of it."

Lei Bu Xingjun breathed a sigh of relief, "It was our fault for failing to capture Daojun properly, as we frightened him."

Last time, when Daoist Lingwei had an accident at the residence of the Holy Disciple Tian, ​​the entire Siwei Prefecture was searched. If their Thunder Department were to suffer the same fate, it would be too terrible.

"It doesn't matter. What I'm curious about is where he was found?"

"It's a forest in Nagano," Xingjun replied. "Our patrol team passed by and noticed something was wrong."

"Was the dog found that day?"

"Tengu... Tengu has not yet been found, but judging from the situation at the scene, Tengu must have escaped long ago."

Lin Du nodded slightly. "It's alright."

Lei Bu Xingjun summoned heavenly soldiers to carry the corpse away. Lin Du suddenly stepped forward, picked up the broken sword, and asked, "Is this broken sword Kaiyang Xingjun's sword?"

Yao Guang replied, "Yes, this was when he first joined the Doubu and made great contributions in slaying demons. The Heavenly Emperor allowed him to choose a treasure as a reward, and Kaiyang chose a sword."

Upon hearing this, Lin Du repeated, "The Heavenly Emperor?"

Yao Guang nodded, and seeing Lin Du's subtle expression, asked again, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"

Lin Du shook his head, "No problem, I was just asking out of curiosity."

It seems this matter needs further consideration.

Yao Guang looked at Lin Du, inexplicably wanting to say something more, "Does Daojun also find it strange?"

Lin Du looked at her, "Does Xingjun also find it strange?"

"I just felt that Kaiyang usually hated evil and was the most impatient. He could still maintain a bit of the Star Lord's elegance and dignity in front of outsiders, but in fact, he was the one who was least able to hide his true feelings in our Dou Department. How could that be... But that's the truth. I didn't see the scene that Lei Department found, but the corpses don't lie."

"Moreover, the place where the source of demonic energy is buried is the place he hates the most. The fact that he ran here on his own when he was injured is even more irrefutable proof... After being injured, demons can repair their damage by absorbing demonic energy, not immortal energy."

Yao Guang was clearly having a headache. "No matter how much I dare not believe it, I have no choice but to believe it. It's all irrefutable evidence."

Lin Du stared at Yao Guang. Her words and emotions were genuine. Even she wondered if it was because of the two immortal artifacts that the Heart-Binding Rope hadn't detected anything amiss in his body.

She suddenly frowned. "Kaiyang, you've been to my Floating Life Illusion."

That was too clever, so clever that it made Lin Du appear utterly incompetent.

The chain of evidence is too strong. The only problem is that Kaiyang entered the Floating Life Fan. If Kaiyang's matter is settled, the Floating Life Illusion will be inferior. Lin Du's previous attitude was to find out the problems of the people in the Heavenly Palace. The person behind the scenes must know what she intends to do by guarding the source of demonic energy.

She wants to find the evil spirit, so Kaiyang is the evil spirit.

Kaiyang alone put Lin Du at a real disadvantage.

The broken sword that Kaiyang held was a gift from the Heavenly Emperor. If Lin Du felt that there was something wrong with Kaiyang being a demon, he could only investigate the Heavenly Emperor. This would shift Lin Du's position from within the Heavenly Emperor's tolerance to being on the opposite side of the Heavenly Emperor.

Even if Wei Zhi successfully finds the truth about Yin Huaitian's death and learns that there is a demonic fetus hidden in the Heavenly Palace, Lin Du can no longer use the Floating Life Illusion to detect it if he wants to make trouble, because Kaiyang failed to detect it, and Lin Du has no legitimate reason and no means of detection.

This is a conspiracy.

This is an even more blatant and overt scheme than the previous Eight Mirrors.

Lin Du, who had been a master strategist for many years, had his entire plan disrupted for the first time, and the situation was so difficult that he couldn't even think of a solution immediately.

Seeing that Lin Du was deep in thought, Yao Guang cupped her hands and said, "If there is nothing else, Yao Guang will take her leave now."

Lin Du nodded, "Take care, Star Lord."

After everyone had left, Lin Du raised his hand and used his immortal power to seal off the entire mansion again.

Chu Guanmeng looked at Lin Du anxiously, "Are you in big trouble?"

Lin Du shook his head, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, and walked back to his residence to sit down. "Let me think about it."

Kaiyang's findings may not be reliable, and the reaction of the Heart-Binding Rope is hard to say whether it can be used as a reference after acquiring those two spiritual treasures. The only reference is the Floating Life Illusion, but even the teachings of the Three Officials Emperor do not provide a specific answer as to whether demonic energy can be detected unconditionally. Lin Du has to figure it out himself.

"That's impossible," Lin Du said softly. "How could that be?"

She looked at the Floating Life Fan on the table. "The Floating Life Fan determines a person's entire journey. Even if someone turns into a demon along the way, it should still show up."

Chu Guanmeng looked at Lin Du, who was leaning against the corner of the table. The immortal took out a chessboard, which was rare for him, and played against himself. The sound of chess pieces being placed could be heard.

The last time I saw Lin Du so withdrawn was the last time.

Mao Tuanzi couldn't understand the game, but felt inexplicably scared.

Lin Du only got up when the starlight shifted and the cold wind howled for miles.

She casually walked to the tree, lifted it up, and the nail from Xiaoqi Pass popped out of the ground with a thud, and a soul struggled to squeeze out of the soil.

"If you had come any later, I really would have become a demon." The soul gritted its teeth, yet inexplicably felt weak.

Lin Du bent down and casually used his Floating Life Fan to lift the soul. "Is that so? Isn't that perfect?"

Kaiyang: ...

He whispered, "Even immortals implanted with the demonic embryo cannot be separated; they can only be destroyed along with the fallen god's demonic embryo. How did you manage to do that?"

"In your eyes, this is just pointless fighting created by these commoners of the Insightful Realm," Lin Du said in a flat, indifferent tone. "What? Feeling wronged?"

Kaiyang dared not feel wronged; in fact, he wished he could strangle his past self.

But isn't Lin Du a bit too vengeful?

Lin Du asked, "Why is he carrying the Heavenly Emperor's broken sword? Is the Heavenly Emperor the one behind this?"

Kaiyang stammered and couldn't speak. Lin Du frowned slightly, then understood.

The person behind the scenes is just as shrewd as her, so how could they not notice this?

Lin Du thought for a moment, "How about this, if you're right, say apple, and if you're wrong, say peach, okay?"

"The demonic fetus inside you was only recently inserted, wasn't it?"

The soul group desperately squeezed out two words, "Apple, peach."

Lin Du: ...

"Forget it, it's useless now." Lin Du said, flipping his hand as if to crush the soul directly.

"No, no, I can't answer that. I... you understand, right?" The soul group wrinkled its nose in frustration. "You're so smart, you understand, right?"

Lin Du sneered, "Now you remember I'm smart? I'm still useful, but you're useless."

Kaiyang stammered anxiously, "No, Daoist Lingwei, you can't think of me like that! I really tried my best! I thought I was going to die, so I came here to give you one last warning. You really don't care at all about the hints I gave you."

Lin Du lowered his eyes, the corners of his eyes pointing straight up in a cold, sharp arc. "Do you know that the demonic fetus inside you proves it existed ten thousand years ago? Your presence is very disadvantageous to me."

"I can understand that you didn't have a demonic fetus inside you before, but you did have a trigger within you, which you were unaware of, and it was only after the incident that it was transformed into a demon, right?"

"apple."

"But you did indeed forge the spirit treasure?"

"Apple, no, I can say that, it was indeed forged by me, but not to shield myself from demonic energy. I have a quick temper, and I used it to calm my mind."

Lin Du nodded, but didn't immediately believe it. "This precious jade can only be obtained by someone above the Emperor. The mastermind behind it is someone you would never expect—Fusang?"

"..." Kaiyang's soul ball suddenly shrank even more. "I don't know, I really don't know, it's impossible, you're thinking of peaches!"

Lin Du suddenly felt a little irritated. She sighed deeply, "The broken surface of that sword shows signs of melting. Did you really not know that?"

There was a brief silence on the other end. "Apple."

"But that's impossible." Kaiyang repeated, "Absolutely impossible, there must be some other conspiracy."

"Even you think it's impossible," Lin Du raised his hand to his forehead, "others think it's even more impossible."

She took out the soul-nourishing wood that had housed many remnant souls. "This place previously contained the souls of two bad people. One has dissipated, and the other was disposed of by me according to the sect rules. You'll have to make do with this third-hand item."

Kaiyang felt that Lin Du's actions were blatant revenge, deliberately meant to scare people.

"To be able to cast a silencing spell on a star lord, and to do so so meticulously and deeply, indicates that your cultivation and supernatural powers are superior to mine."

Lin Du stated the facts, "Although I am only a Dao Lord, I am only lacking in cultivation reserves, not in temperament, compared to a Yuan Lord."

"Kaiyang, remember, it was I who saved your chance at reincarnation."

Kaiyang was silent for a moment, then said, "Of course I know."

How could he not know? Otherwise, he would have jumped up and down in anger long ago.

"I'm sorry, thank you."

"No need for further questions. One last question." Lin Du held the Soul-Nourishing Wood. "Yin Huaitian, do you know him?"

The spirit within the Soul-Nourishing Wood remained silent for a long time, saying, "I'm sorry to her."

"Back then, she said she had refined a magical artifact that could detect any immortals still carrying demonic fetuses, and planned to try it out at the source of demonic energy first. After the news came out, we didn't pay any attention to it."

"But we received her plea for help that night, saying there was a demon, but the sealing array where she was clearly located was not disturbed, so we did not go there. After that, she never appeared again."

"Yin Huaitian... she has caused many wrong cases because of demonic matters. People in the Heavenly Palace say she is possessed, so I don't know if she really encountered a demon that day, or... if something else happened."

Upon hearing this, Chu Guanmeng suddenly pounced forward and slapped the piece of wood several times, the blows almost leaving afterimages, while letting out a threatening growl.

Lin Du let it make a fuss and ignored it.

She picked up her pen and wrote several letters, leaving them in the Three Elements and Nine Palaces. After arranging everything, she ascended to the Thirty-Sixth Heaven.

She will not stop moving forward, nor should she stop moving forward.

She is not a pawn being schemed against or trapped, nor is she a vessel; she is the one in control.

The Thirty-Six Heavens, the Great Luo Heaven, is the ultimate sacred realm. Those who are allowed to reach this place must be saints who will not pollute their origins.

Thousands of years ago, there was Yin Huaitian; today, there is Lindu.

As they ascended, Lin Du's eyelashes were covered in frost, and his imposing presence surpassed even that of Jade Capital Mountain.

Chu Guanmeng suddenly sensed something and whispered, "You... are you going to fulfill Yin Huaitian's last wish?"

Lin Du finally responded, "Didn't I promise you?"

Chu Guanmeng stammered a little, feeling that Lin Du seemed to have come seeking death.

Lin Du is not someone who identifies with those in high positions; deep down, she is defiant of everyone. The only thing that can make her willingly submit is the genuine gentleness of others.

That day, the Dao Ancestor granted her special access, and she performed the highest level of courtesy. Chu Guanmeng originally thought it was to thank the Dao Ancestor for granting her access.

But something's not right.

Something's really not right.

Chu Guanmeng began to regret not checking what kind of letter Lin Du had left for that group of people. It couldn't have been a suicide note, could it?

Lin Du guessed Chu Guanmeng's thoughts, "If I really die, I will take the mastermind with me. I will kill them all before I die."

Chu Guanmeng gave a fake laugh and covered Lin Du's mouth, "If you say another word, the primordial pure energy will digest your bloodlust first."

Lin Du, who was inexplicably covered in hair, silently plucked the hairballs off, ascended to the Thirty-Sixth Heaven, and closed his eyes as the bone-chilling pure energy entered his body.

Once, a single rune was enough to occupy Lin Du's entire divine palace, but now Lin Du can use it continuously within his divine consciousness without any restrictions.

The primordial pure energy continuously flowed into her body. The power that an ordinary immortal could digest for a long time after receiving a wisp of it was now running rampant in Lin Du's body.

The Heart-Binding Rope on his wrist was also glowing at this moment, with divine talismans constantly overflowing and pouring into Lin Du's consciousness.

In the thirty-sixth heaven, the white-haired immortal was surrounded by pure energy, divine light, and flowing runes, day and night, as if he were a deity born here.

Within the Twenty-Eight Heavens and the Three Elements and Nine Palaces, several people were deep in thought as they looked at the letter.

The following day, the three palaces and nine offices closed their doors to guests, and the courtyards and surrounding areas became deserted again, like a fleeting ephemera that withered in the darkness before dawn.