Chapter 1153: Fragrant Divine Demon Eyes, Coveted Mu Zixi

What does it mean to be "effortless"?Perhaps the current scene perfectly exemplifies it!

Heaven's Demise never imagined that with just Jiang Buyi and fifty Void Crystals, using a tiny space ring, he could manage to outwit Night Owl's true form.

Inside the Temporal Gold Talisman, even with that kid's help, how much effort did Heaven's Demise expend to entirely shove the "Lord of Disaster," formed from a Body of Decay, into Night Owl's puppet body?

That move almost completely shattered all of Night Owl's countermeasures, leaving her with nothing but the thought of escape, daring not to contemplate fighting back.

Yet, now…A goal that should have required various complicated battles to achieve was accomplished in a single move, thanks to Jiang Buyi's intervention. Heaven's Demise hadn't even considered that this small trick he played would succeed!

But it seems that's how unpredictable life is; sometimes people strive with all their might and still fail to achieve their goals, while other times, a seemingly casual move can trip up even the cleverest individuals.

"It's a matter of timing, and fate!"

Heaven's Demise couldn't help but sigh with emotion; seventy percent of the credit for his success actually belonged to that little girl who suddenly lashed out and caused harm.

She helped him control Jiang Buyi, preventing Jiang Buyi from snatching the space ring.

She also helped him frighten Night Owl, making Night Owl unable to consider, for a brief moment, whether that space ring was truly a trap.

The name "Mu Zixi" was familiar to Heaven's Demise.

Even that pale, bloodless little face seemed familiar to him.

But the "God-Demon Eye"—now *that* truly exceeded everyone's expectations.

And this was the real reason why the entire scene was controlled, leaving even Jiang Buyi unable to react!

Of the four individuals present, one was a high-ranking member of the Holy Divine Palace, one was the perpetrator of the Tear Family tragedy from years ago, one was a Yama member constantly collecting Tear Family Eyes, and the last possessed the Tear Family's supreme God-Demon Eye.

These four could not be said to have no connection to the surname "Tear"; their connections to each other were, in fact, incredibly close!

In fact, all four knew.

The reasons why Dao Xuanji led a large force to annihilate the Tear Family years ago were twofold: first, for the Tear Family's authority and punitive power, and second, for the Tear Family Eyes.

Among the Tear Family Eyes, the "God-Demon Eye" was unequivocally the most supreme, containing two types of ancestral power.

This was a power that had to be recovered, and it was Dao Xuanji's greatest objective at the time.

The result was failure!

The Tear Family was indeed wiped out, with only a handful of survivors.

But the God-Demon Eye was still transferred away, its whereabouts unknown.

Now, this supreme eye, coveted by countless people for countless years, had inexplicably appeared on Void Island, in Sin Hall One, on a little girl.

What do you call "searching high and low for something, only to find it unexpectedly"?

Heaven's Demise, at that moment, even directly abandoned his initial plan against Night Owl.

After he controlled Mu Zixi with his Three-Loathing Eyes, he hooked his hand, and a smile was almost spilling out from beneath his mask!

"Come here."

Mu Zixi, like a marionette, numbly obeyed the command and flew towards Heaven's Demise.

"Who dares touch her!!"

Just then, Jiang Buyi, enveloped in demonic energy, his eyes full of struggling bloodshot veins, still roared in fury, the extraordinary holy power contained in his words freezing the surrounding space for a moment.

This just goes to show, a Half-Saint is indeed a Half-Saint.

Mu Zixi's God-Demon Eye was powerful, and her "Demonic Extreme" was also strong, but she was only at the Throne Dao Realm cultivation level; controlling a Half-Saint for even a moment was already difficult.

After Jiang Buyi struggled to regain his senses, he immediately ignored the demonic energy entwining him and furiously redirected all his wrath towards Heaven's Demise.

He was enraged!

The God-Demon Eye!

This was *the* God-Demon Eye!

Jiang Buyi had yearned for it, searched fruitlessly for years, even going so far as to release the Three-Loathing Eyes as bait to lure out the true big fish, thinking it was...

...most likely the God-Demon Eye that had fallen into Yama's hands.

As it turned out, it had been trailing him, following closely behind him all along?

"It infuriates this Saint!"

At that moment, Jiang Buyi was filled with intense regret; he was angry, furious, and remorseful.

He thought, if only he had chosen to make a probing move the moment he encountered this forbidden puppet, perhaps the little girl would have revealed the God-Demon Eye to save her life.

Then, his dream would have been realized a day earlier—to obtain the God-Demon Eye and ancestral power!

Why had it come to this, with the God-Demon Eye appearing in the sights of all major forces?

It was true that Jiang Buyi had a "banishment countdown" placed on him, preventing him from acting freely.

But this didn't mean he truly couldn't act; there were merely restrictions, and perhaps a single move would just shorten the countdown!

Just "that"!

For the "God-Demon Eye," what did it matter to risk banishment by making a few moves?

"Come back to this Saint!"

Jiang Buyi completely forgot the banishment countdown in his mind, burst forth with his Saintly Body, transforming into an ethereal colorful cloud.

In his eyes, this forbidden puppet, having originally followed him, was his property.

Something even a Half-Saint considered an exclusive possession, how could ordinary people dare to lay a finger on it?

Even if the covetous individual was Heaven's Demise, the one Jiang Buyi currently feared the most.

"Boom!"

The shimmering light of the ethereal colorful cloud instantly illuminated Sin Hall One, which was as dim and gloomy as night.

At the same time, a cloud-like barrier, as if it had existed since ancient times, materialized between the flying Mu Zixi and Heaven's Demise.

That cloud barrier separated the two sides, reaching high to the peak of Sin Hall One and deep into the earth's core.

After blocking Mu Zixi, it transformed into a giant hand, carefully grabbing the forbidden puppet and pulling it back.

"Jiang Buyi, are you insane?"

Heaven's Demise angrily exclaimed, "Are you going to start a war with this old man here? Take a look at that 'banishment countdown' in your mind!"

Of course, Heaven's Demise was wary of Half-Saints.

But had Jiang Buyi truly gone mad? Did he not know how much time he had left?

Even if he obtained the God-Demon Eye, if Heaven's Demise simply launched a few attacks, Jiang Buyi would only be able to defend.

Once his "banishment countdown" reached zero and he was sent to the inner island, what good would the God-Demon Eye do him? Would he even have a chance to enjoy it?

Heaven's Demise couldn't comprehend Jiang Buyi's actions.

This didn't align with his understanding of Jiang Buyi; the other party was supposed to be a calm individual.

"This Saint *is* insane!"

Jiang Buyi's anger soared; the ethereal colorful cloud coalesced into a human face, entwined with demonic patterns, even black, bulging veins crawled across its face, making it grotesque and terrifying.

She came with this Saint; she belongs to this Saint, and no one can take her away.

"This Saint is here, and my word is law. Who dares defy me?"

Jiang Buyi, with his ethereal colorful cloud coalesced into two fists, struck the air.

The aura of peak Saintly Intent was unleashed to its fullest, causing even the entire Sin Hall One to tremble violently.

A Saint Domain instantly outlined itself, encompassing everyone present.

It was clear that, at this moment, Jiang Buyi intended to kill everyone who had witnessed the appearance of the God-Demon Eye, eliminating future troubles forever.

"You really are mad....."

Heaven's Demise looked up and saw that the upper half of the ethereal colorful cloud had been dyed black by demonic energy.

He then knew that Jiang Buyi, who hadn't immediately cleared the demonic god's power from his body after escaping under the God-Demon Eye's influence, had been affected.

"Jiang Buyi!" Heaven's Demise called out, raising his head.

"Roar—!"

A non-human roar echoed from the void, and the human face formed by the ethereal colorful cloud looked over.

With a "whoosh," spiritual light gathered, and gray mist entered its eyes.

The gray three-petaled flower in Heaven's Demise's right eye once again spun...

...and without hesitation, he confronted that human face.

With a muffled grunt, the opponent barely moved, but Heaven's Demise himself trembled, his entire aura weakening slightly.

It was as if most of the spiritual energy in his body had been drained at that moment, leaving him so weak that even his right eye bled.

But such severe backlash indicated that Heaven's Demise's action had also succeeded.

He successfully controlled Jiang Buyi, who had been blinded by rage and somewhat dazed by the demonic energy attack.

"Take a look at your banishment countdown, Half-Saint Jiang!"

Jiang Buyi felt the world spinning around him and instinctively reached for the restriction deep within his consciousness.

"Banishment Countdown: Three days."

Just the single word "three" pulled Jiang Buyi back to full rationality.

He abruptly sobered up, reined in all his power, immediately deactivated his liberated Saintly Body, and the ethereal colorful cloud transformed back into his human form, returning to the ground.

Without a word, Jiang Buyi's face flushed red as he began to deal with the rampant demonic energy that had spread through his muscles, bones, and meridians, like a deadly poison.

"Fool."

Heaven's Demise muttered a low curse in his heart, then continued his actions, wrapping Mu Zixi in decaying energy and pulling her back.

"You!" Jiang Buyi suddenly looked up, almost losing control again.

But this time he held back, gently persuading, "Heaven's Demise, I'll agree to whatever you want, but return this puppet to me first."

Puppet?

Heaven's Demise paused for a moment, then a smile appeared in his eyes.

"You should kill Night Owl first. If she lives, the charge of your Northern Domain Puxuan Jiang clan colluding with the Tear Family's God-Demon Eye successor will be confirmed."

"You..." Jiang Buyi was choked again.

He wouldn't be so foolish as to believe, just based on Heaven's Demise's words, that this forbidden puppet was truly a remnant of the Tear Family.

But ever since the deep sea, due to Situ Yongren, Rao Yaoyao had misunderstood him.

Now that Night Owl had personally witnessed the little girl he brought revealing the God-Demon Eye, Jiang Buyi couldn't clear his name no matter how hard he tried.

However...

Night Owl was Heaven's Demise's enemy, not his own!

Jiang Buyi had no intention of being that blade.

Regarding Teng Shanhai's death earlier, with Heaven's Demise's reminder, he vaguely realized there was an element of being exploited.

But there was no choice; Teng Shanhai had to be killed. Jiang Buyi couldn't tolerate him and didn't dare to leave any loose ends.

And now?

Now he was to be used as a weapon again, and by Heaven's Demise?

Oh, so this Saint does all the dirty work, and you, Heaven's Demise, reap all the benefits, including the God-Demon Eye, right?

Jiang Buyi was almost so angry he'd vomit blood, yet he was helpless.

Because Heaven's Demise's words made sense; if Night Owl didn't die, he'd be finished!

While dealing with his demonic energy, Jiang Buyi swore that as soon as he removed that blasted "banishment countdown" from his mind...

...the first one he'd kill would be Heaven's Demise!

The second would be that forbidden puppet who dared to deceive him!

Speaking of the forbidden puppet...

Jiang Buyi and Heaven's Demise had almost both forgotten that the host of the God-Demon Eye on the scene was, in fact, an unconscious puppet.

She was like a kite with two strings; after being sent soaring, the strings split into two, one in Heaven's Demise's hand...

...and one in Jiang Buyi's hand.

The two pulled her back and forth, and the puppet floated in the air, twisted into a knot, swaying here and there, utterly powerless to resist, completely at their mercy.

Precisely because Jiang Buyi and Heaven's Demise were both extremely familiar with the abilities of the Three-Loathing Eyes.

When the vessel was a peak Grand Void, the Three-Loathing Eyes could even control a Half-Saint, let alone a little girl at the Throne Dao Realm?

Both of them almost completely relaxed their attention on this God-Demon Eye vessel.

Just as this kite was about to be pulled back into Heaven's Demise's hand, its fate grasped by the neck...

...at that moment, the numb, stiff, delicate puppet's eyes suddenly shimmered with spiritual light.

"Divine Fall!"

Mu Zixi's left eye swirled, and her entire body radiated divine brilliance.

Instantly, an immense, sacred 'other shore flower' bloomed beneath Heaven's Demise's feet.

At the same time, a divine light descended from the heavens, fiercely striking the orange figure supported by the flower's spike, splashing forth the radiance of dawn in the darkness.

"Thud!"

Heaven's Demise felt as if his soul had been struck by a heavy hammer; in that instant, his spiritual body nearly collapsed from the impact—he was completely unprepared!

In that momentary daze, Heaven's Demise understood something.

"The God-Demon Eye—"

Outsiders might not understand, but King Pavilion studied the Tear Family Eyes.

In the introductory description of the first Tear Family Eye recorded in "All-Under-Heaven Eye Arts," there was such a sentence regarding the God-Demon Eye:

" 'Divine beings are immune to spiritual control, possess passive defense, and are free from all constraints, including all eye-art abilities recorded thereafter.' "

Heaven's Demise was struck by "Divine Fall" with such force that his eyeballs bulged, blood flowed from all seven orifices, and his head throbbed as if it would split.

Amidst the hazy crimson, he clearly saw Mu Zixi's limbs twist and transform into branches, coiling around his body.

At this moment, he understood.

So, Mu Zixi had never been under the control of his "Three-Loathing Eyes" from the very beginning?

All her previous behavior was an act?

"Old geezer, you still want to control this young lady with your eye art?"

Mu Zixi finally felt a surge of triumph.

She had endured for so long, held back for such a period, and watched such a spectacular show, all relying on the phrase "take the initiative to attack" that Lei Xi'er had told her.

She didn't understand why, but she was living it out with her life—because there was no other way!

It wasn't until her actions verified the results that Mu Zixi understood the reason behind "taking the initiative to attack":

Jiang Buyi coveted the God-Demon Eye, so he dared not harm her.

Heaven's Demise also coveted the God-Demon Eye, so he dared not harm her.

Once a person has desires, flaws will inevitably appear.

Although Mu Zixi had no strategy to "plan in the tent and win a thousand li away," everyone has quick wits when facing life and death, right?

A desperate person will take desperate measures.

The moment Mu Zixi was about to be seized, such a perfect idea flashed through her mind.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

As the God-Demon Eye spun, the instant "Divine Fall" controlled Heaven's Demise, Mu Zixi transformed into vines, instantly coiling around Heaven's Demise's body.

When she raised her head, she was already on Heaven's Demise's lower back.

From her small mouth, which struggled to open wide, gleaming tiger teeth were faintly visible in the darkness, sparkling.

"Chomp~"

Just like on the Wind-Cloud Hegemony stage, when Mu Zixi, unable to bear it any longer, bit Xu Xiaoshou.

At this moment, she treated Heaven's Demise as her most difficult enemy, biting down on the large artery in his neck.

Her limbs transformed into sharp, life-draining vines, plunging with a "hiss" into Heaven's Demise's kidneys and thighs.

"Ugh!"

Heaven's Demise, struggling to regain his senses, grunted, feeling an unbearable pain pierce his body.

The next second, the vitality within him flowed at a frantic rate towards the parasite on his back.

"Impudent!"

Heaven's Demise endured the splitting headache, his entire body's spiritual energy surging, and with a "bang," decaying energy vibrated, attempting to shake off the parasite on his back.

The damage from this attack was undeniably strong.

Mu Zixi's vine-like limbs, which had pierced Heaven's Demise's body, were instantly blasted out by the power of Grand Void.

But she showed no mercy with her mouth; even as the attack blew her limbs into flying splinters of wood, she still bit Heaven's Demise's neck fiercely.

"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle~"

Life force surged into her body in large gulps.

The attribute of the Utmost Life Demonic Body seemed to have been activated.

Mu Zixi became more and more addicted as she absorbed; her eyes began to glow, and her complexion instantly changed from pale to rosy.

"Hmm, did I forget something?"

"Who's talking? Oh, never mind, this life essence smells so good, just one more bite!"

Almost instantly, Mu Zixi's limbs recovered and transformed back into vines, once again plunging into Heaven's Demise's kidneys and thighs.

"Ugh!"

With his wounds not yet healed, Heaven's Demise suffered a second heavy blow and grunted again.

The pain wasn't fatal, but the speed at which that ghost-like little girl on his back devoured life force...

...was terrifying!

Heaven's Demise visibly withered at a speed noticeable to the naked eye.

He panicked.

He no longer dared to use brute force to try and blast that vampire off.

Instead, his spiritual sea trembled, and endless decaying energy furiously poured out, sending it along with his life force for Mu Zixi to absorb.

You want to absorb? Fine!

As long as you can withstand the decaying energy that even Night Owl couldn't bear...

"Hmm?"

Soon, Heaven's Demise sensed something was wrong.

This little girl's physique was... too special!

The decaying power that entered her body was being assimilated into life force?

Although the assimilation speed was slow, even if she used the absorbed life force to counteract it, the decaying power couldn't affect her in the short term.

In the long term...

...naturally, all energy would transform into life force within her!

"What kind of physique is this?"

Heaven's Demise was momentarily bewildered.

This insane life force absorption rate...

This characteristic trait of all energy transforming into life force...

Crucially, it could even assimilate the decaying power of the Body of Decay, one of the Five Great Absolute Physiques.

This meant that Mu Zixi's Saintly Body nature was no weaker than the Body of Decay!

A physique that was once listed among the Five Great Absolute Physiques flashed through Heaven's Demise's mind, but it was eventually excluded from the Five Great Absolute Physiques because its destructive, deadly, and repulsive nature couldn't compare to the later-surpassing Voodoo Body—

"The Utmost Life Demonic Body?"

Night Owl knew she had been careless.

The possibility of the space ring being a trap hadn't even crossed her mind at the time!

More accurately, or to put it another way, the moment she lunged to snatch it, she had a sudden premonition that something was slightly off.

But the appearance of the "God-Demon Eye" interrupted her subsequent thoughts, causing her true form to be infused with endless decaying energy, following the invasion of her puppet body by the "Lord of Disaster."

"You will die an unnatural death!"

Heaven's Demise's words at that time seemed like child's play, but now, upon reflection, it was almost a prophecy.

Night Owl could no longer hold on.

Her true form was a three-legged black owl, but under the influence of massive decaying energy, the signs of Heaven's Demise Tribulation had reached their peak.

At this moment, Night Owl couldn't even maintain her human form, only transforming into a translucent, ghost-like three-legged black owl.

The black owl's feathers had lost their luster, tainted by the dust representing the decay of the Grand Dao.

It was covered in pus, and the smell emanating from its entire body was like a corpse that had rotted in a ditch for several days, making one sick to their stomach.

The frenzied and chaotic emotions in her mind made it difficult to maintain thought.

It was only because Night Owl was inherently taciturn and constantly thinking that she was able to endure.

At a time like this, she wouldn't be like Jiang Buyi earlier, losing her reason and completely collapsing.

Even so...

When she slowly recovered her senses, the first thing Night Owl saw was her sworn enemy, Heaven's Demise, being pierced by Mu Zixi, whose eyes contained the God-Demon Eye, with her body transformed into vines.

Her thoughts, too, became extreme!

"Wood attribute..."

"Devouring Life Wood Body? No, Utmost Life Demonic Body?"

"God-Demon Eye, she also has the God-Demon Eye..."

"Dao Xuanji annihilated the Tear Family but didn't find the God-Demon Eye; it's highly probable that these eyes would only appear on a surviving orphan of the Tear Family."

"Utmost Life Demonic Body... if she's still the Utmost Life Demonic Body..."

"At that time, did Dao Xuanji destroy the Utmost Life Demonic Body?"

"Somewhat familiar... something's not right... what am I thinking?"

Confusion suddenly appeared in Night Owl's ink-black eyes.

Perhaps it was due to the influence of Heaven's Demise Tribulation's 'Displeasure of the Throne,' or perhaps it was because various memory fragments were constantly surfacing at the brink of death.

Night Owl knew her life was fleeting, and she couldn't hold on much longer.

But at that moment, a flash of insight struck her, and she finally grasped what that familiar feeling was.

"The Utmost Life Demonic Body!"

"That's right, I once deduced that there was someone in the Cloud-Sifting Mountains who possessed the Utmost Life Demonic Body."

"Rao Yaoyao sent you to find her to verify this conjecture, but now, you're dead, and Rao Yaoyao has completely forgotten about it."

"I harmed you, it was me! But I won't forget, I've always remembered!"

Light suddenly shone in Night Owl's eyes.

"Mu Xiaogong, Mu Zixi..."

"Xu Deyi, Xu Xiaoshou..."

"Heh! Heh! Hahahaha, ahhh!!"

At this moment, Night Owl almost collapsed.

Even though these lacked theoretical basis, she trusted her instincts.

There was a slim chance the God-Demon Eye was lost outside, but the greatest possibility was that it resided with a surviving orphan of the Tear Family!

There was a slim chance the Utmost Life Demonic Body could be born on another part of the continent, but its last appearance was within the Tear Family!

Now, for these two distinctive things to appear on one little girl, was it just a coincidence?

Night Owl didn't believe in coincidences at all!

She immediately became certain that Mu Zixi was Mu Xiaogong.

And following this deduction, Young Master Xu from the First Tower in the Sky was Saint Servant Xu Xiaoshou.

"Everything, it's all true!"

The truth, as it turned out, had been right under everyone's noses all along, even having been deduced more than once before.

It was just that too many major events had obscured this truth.

Rao Yaoyao was too focused on other matters to discern it, her attention entirely drawn by Ba Zun'an and Void Island.

If only she had the resolve to delve a little deeper, to uncover this truth, and to first find the mystery of Yi's death!

Naturally, everything she desired could then be connected.

Smoothly and without effort, all unknown mysteries would be unraveled.

But she didn't!

Night Owl looked at Mu Zixi, and the hatred in her eyes transformed into a surging tide, overflowing with malice.

At this moment, she felt that the entire world was wrong.

Even if Rao Yaoyao came, Night Owl wanted to kill her!

Night Owl thought, if her deduction was correct, then Yi died at that very moment—the moment he discovered the truth!

What kind of truth could prevent Yi from sending even a single signal before his death?

This was originally impossible!

But discarding the impossible, the only remaining explanation was that Yi fought to the death to eliminate a shocking secret he had discovered, right then and there!

So, what level of secret would this be?

It was the "Utmost Life Demonic Body," it was the "God-Demon Eye," it was the "Tear Family remnant"!

If, at the Cloud-Sifting Mountains, Mu Zixi had set a trap using the "Utmost Life Demonic Body" and the "God-Demon Eye," and Yi's target happened to be her...

Then she would only need to reveal these two secrets step by step. Yi actively sought her out, so his first thought couldn't have been retreat.

Night Owl knew Yi too well!

She instantly became certain that after the Saint Servants found Yi isolated, they used the Tear Family orphan as bait, and Xu Xiaoshou brought the Saint Servant high-ranking members there, where they lured Yi into a trap from which he couldn't escape, and killed him!

"This is the truth!"

If Night Owl were in a rational state, she might have chosen to escape immediately, seizing the opportune moment when Heaven's Demise was temporarily controlled and Jiang Buyi was unable to act.

She absolutely had to transmit this top-secret information, buried by the Saint Servants, first—to the Holy Divine Palace.

That way, even if she died in battle, others would follow up and seek revenge.

But at this moment, Night Owl looked at Mu Zixi, feeling the world slow down; she saw Yi shaking his head and waving his hand at her.

"Don't come near..."

How could she not go?!

"Caw—!"

After an owl's cry, cracks formed in the gloomy sky, and the Grim Reaper's Owl Eye awakened in mid-air.

Night Owl made a wild and daring decision!

She abandoned her main body, which was suffering from Heaven's Demise Tribulation; her soul body transformed into a beam of light, streaking across the sky, and under the gaze of the Grim Reaper's Owl Eye, she lunged towards Mu Zixi.

A single lapse in her main body, and she would lose everything.

To stay any longer would only lead to continuous misfortune and an unnatural death.

Since waiting for reinforcements was unlikely, abandoning her current body to seize another was not an unwise decision.

No one present had imagined that the biggest unforeseen turn of events would come from Night Owl, who had already lost her combat ability!

Jiang Buyi finally stopped the demonic energy's invasion. He looked up and saw that the Head of the Dark Department was actually trying to seize his forbidden puppet's body?

What the hell kind of development was this?!

"You wish to lay hands on what belongs to this Saint?"

Jiang Buyi roared and was about to make a move.

But at this moment, he was lucid; he instantly remembered his remaining banishment time of less than three days, and his rise was half a breath slower.

At the same time, the Grim Reaper's Owl Eye in the sky aimed at him, and Night Owl's hysterical, murderous voice rang out:

"If you block me, you kill me. This act is no different from being hostile to the Holy Divine Palace. The Dark Department will come out in full force, first slaughtering the Northern Domain Puxuan Jiang clan, and then seizing you, Jiang Buyi! Don't forget, I have the authority to act first and report later!"

Jiang Buyi was momentarily dumbfounded.

What suddenly got into this crazy old woman, such strong killing intent?

Had she gone mad?

But Night Owl was right.

Jiang Buyi could choose to be neutral between Heaven's Demise and Night Owl because he couldn't act, and he could explain it later.

But Night Owl's body snatching of the forbidden puppet at this moment was an act of survival.

Cutting off someone's path to life is no different from leading them to their death, isn't it?

How was this different from cooperating with Heaven's Demise to kill Night Owl?

Jiang Buyi hesitated.

Mainly, Heaven's Demise had also set his sights on the forbidden puppet, and Jiang Buyi couldn't snatch it at the moment.

Since that was the case, he might as well be the fisherman and observe how Night Owl, Heaven's Demise, and the forbidden puppet's situation developed.

Acting on his thought, Jiang Buyi instead calmed down, truly sat down cross-legged, and continued to recuperate.

"You're right, then this Saint won't act."

"Jiang Buyi, aren't you going to make a move?!"

Jiang Buyi could be calm, but Heaven's Demise couldn't, roaring aloud.

His life force was almost drained, but Night Owl's target wasn't him, it was Mu Zixi.

If the Head of the Dark Department, who commanded the power of the Grim Reaper, successfully took over Mu Zixi's body, she would gain an Utmost Life Demonic Body comparable to the Body of Decay, plus a pair of God-Demon Eyes.

Heaven's Demise wouldn't want to provoke someone like that!

"Whoosh."

With a soft sound, Heaven's Demise dared not hold back anymore and threw out a space ring.

Jiang Buyi glanced at it, not daring to take it.

Heaven's Demise directly detonated it, and fifty Void Crystals flew out from inside.

"Here's fifty for you, stop Night Owl!"

"In your eyes, is this Saint merely a beggar?"

Jiang Buyi watched the fifty Void Crystals fly towards him with a cold sneer, not even having the desire to reach out and take them.

But soon, his eyes shifted, and enlightenment dawned in them.

"Whoosh!"

With a sweep of the flowing cloud, the fifty Void Crystals were collected; Jiang Buyi got up and ran, turning his back to the battlefield, disappearing into the horizon on the spot.

"You two fight first, this Saint will be right back."

Heaven's Demise, seeing this, was stunned for a moment, then finally seemed to realize something, and roared hoarsely, "Old dog Jiang, may you die a terrible death!"

The Grim Reaper's Owl Eye in the sky lost its target and was able to turn its gaze to Heaven's Demise, placing all its pressure on him.

As the situation developed to this point, Night Owl, now a soul body, couldn't help but let the corner of her lips curl up.

Jiang Buyi left, choosing not to help either side, which was originally a bad thing.

But Heaven's Demise had actually been controlled by that little girl!

After her continuous misfortunes, her main body was even gone.

But if this body snatching succeeded, she could gain an Utmost Life Demonic Body and the God-Demon Eye, and finally eliminate Heaven's Demise.

What was this called?

The wheel of fortune turns, that's what it is!

"Now, it's your turn for disaster."

Night Owl transformed into a soul beam in the night sky, and with lightning speed, plunged into Mu Zixi, who was intoxicated by the life force absorption process, her cheeks flushed, her eyes glazed over, completely forgetting her original goal of escaping through a weak point in space immediately after gaining control.

No one had anticipated such an erratic little girl getting involved in the battle of wits and clashes of power between Half-Saints and Grand Voids.

"Body snatching!"

Night Owl crashed into Mu Zixi's soul body; at this moment, she was confident of victory.

"Heh."

All the worry in Heaven's Demise's eyes vanished after Jiang Buyi disappeared; his life force was almost depleted, yet he could still smile.

Finally, when everything was set in stone...

Night Owl's soul body crashed into Mu Zixi's spiritual world, and she saw two spiritual entities, one large and one small, looking at her simultaneously. She was stunned.

Mu Zixi's action of absorbing Heaven's Demise's life force was also slightly interrupted due to the "body snatching" process.

It was at this moment that Heaven's Demise regained his mobility.

He painfully raised his head, and the gray three-petaled flower in his wrinkled right eye spun, meeting the gaze of the three-legged black owl—Night Owl's abandoned main body—standing far in the distance.

"Whoosh!"

At that instant, the weak, dejected three-legged black owl suddenly raised its head, and gray three-petaled flowers simultaneously appeared in its owl eyes.

It opened its mouth, but instead of an owl's cry, a hoarse, ancient voice full of mockery spoke:

"The annoying fellow has finally left."

"Spirit, return!"