Leng Yuan hadn’t expected Mu Yunjin to be so ruthless toward herself, directly destroying the two hard-won Soul-Avoiding Pearls. It was so close, just a little bit more and Siqing would have agreed to her conditions…

“Heh, Huan’er, you say Siqing will forever be yours alone? But don’t forget, with the Soul-Avoiding Pearls destroyed and the seven red stars appearing, the moment of soul exchange is approaching…” Leng Yuan’s voice was ghostly, her face full of smiles.

Mu Yunjin ignored Leng Yuan and fixed her gaze on Chu Li before her, her eyes flickering. “Chu Li, I don’t want you to sacrifice yourself for me.”

Chu Li glanced at the pile of powder on the ground, sighed, bent down to pick up Mu Yunjin, and without saying a word, carried her toward the entrance of Moonlight Cliff.

Seeing the two about to leave, Leng Yuan narrowed her eyes and immediately flashed in front of Chu Li and Mu Yunjin. Her body shimmered, unexpectedly creating several copies of herself, surrounding Chu Li and Mu Yunjin in the center.

Seeing Leng Yuan causing trouble again, Daoist Feng Xuan raised his palm and struck out, but only hit an illusion, ineffective.

What kind of demon woman was she? She had some skills!

“At this point, none of you can leave!” Leng Yuan exclaimed angrily, her eyes fixed on Chu Li. “Siqing, don’t blame me for being heartless. If you must blame someone, blame yourself for loving the wrong person!”

After speaking, Leng Yuan suddenly let out a cold cry, spread her arms with her robes fluttering. A bewitching purple light gradually emerged from her back, slowly rising toward the sky.

Following the direction of the rising purple smoke, Mu Yunjin saw that the single red star had reformed into seven, and the color of those seven red stars was gradually deepening from light to dark.

Half an hour had passed.

Had the moment of soul exchange arrived?

Mu Yunjin pressed her lips together, clenched her fingers, with a sharp flying dagger gripped in her palm.

“This is bad! Chu Li, take the stinking girl away first!” Daoist Feng Xuan muttered in alarm, looking toward Chu Li.

Chu Li was carrying Mu Yunjin and had just taken two steps when all of Leng Yuan’s copies gathered again, shooting out fierce winds from nowhere.

The ink qilin darted out at this moment, murderous and furious, roaring wildly, causing the earth to tremble momentarily.

The ink qilin was truly angry this time!

Chu Li ignored this side and, while carrying Mu Yunjin, he channeled his true energy, preparing to open the seal at the entrance of Moonlight Cliff.

“Chu Li, I have a scroll excavated from Snow Mountain with a string of ancient characters written on it. I don’t know what they mean.” Mu Yunjin suddenly remembered this scroll.

Chu Li frowned. At this moment, how could he care about some scroll? His mind was solely focused on opening the seal.

When he was at Screen Peak Cliff, he experienced two days and two nights of darkness. Initially, with the support of Mu Yunjin’s jade pendant, he could still see a trace of light, but suddenly, the light from the jade went out.

And the jade pendant, at the same time, slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

The jade pendant that had been fine suddenly showed an anomaly. Chu Li’s heart sank completely. It was said that jade worn for a long time would develop human characteristics. Now that it had suddenly darkened, was it presaging something?

So he sent his strongest helper, the ink qilin, back first to investigate the situation.

Later, when leaving Screen Peak Cliff and heading toward Moonlight Cliff, he met Daoist Feng Xuan and learned about some of the situation in Tiansheng Continent. Especially when he learned that a woman called Mu Yunjin “Huan’er,” Chu Li’s ominous premonition grew even stronger.

When he entered Tiansheng Continent, the first thing he saw was Mu Yunjin lying in a pool of blood, her face pale, with Leng Yuan and the ink qilin fighting fiercely nearby…

Fortunately, she still had breath.

The seal at the entrance of Moonlight Cliff was finally opened.

At this moment, a red light descended from the sky, directly targeting Mu Yunjin’s position. Mu Yunjin was surrounded by a ball of red light.

The purple light from Leng Yuan’s back had also rushed up to the sky, merging with the seven red stars…

Lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, and an eerie wind blew.

Chu Li inwardly sighed “not good” as he prepared to enter Moonlight Cliff, but saw that although the seal was flickering, the door did not open.

“Chu Li, quickly, kill me.” Mu Yunjin, encased in red light, couldn’t move at all. Even though she still held the flying dagger in her hand, she couldn’t lift her arm.

Kill her…

Chu Li’s hands tightened around Mu Yunjin, his expression cold. “What nonsense are you talking?”

“The time has come. I am about to exchange souls with Leng Yuan. From then on, she will occupy my body.” Mu Yunjin frowned, suddenly feeling her body flying toward mid-air.

Chu Li also felt this strong force, holding Mu Yunjin tightly, unwilling to let go.

But just then, he suddenly felt a sweet fishy taste welling up in his throat, and a piercing pain came from his heart and lungs. His black pupils contracted, and he spat out several mouthfuls of blood.

His body weakened, and Mu Yunjin slipped from his grasp.

Chu Li wanted to fly up and grab Mu Yunjin, but somehow he had no strength at all.

“Brother Li, you fought for two days and two nights at Screen Peak Cliff. I’m afraid you’ve suffered serious internal injuries.” Little Yu’er quickly approached, took out a medicinal pill, and handed it to Chu Li. “Take this first.”

Chu Li didn’t take the medicinal pill, his gaze was fixed unblinkingly on Mu Yunjin in mid-air. At this moment, a scroll fell from Mu Yunjin’s body to the ground.

Originally, Chu Li had no mind to deal with this scroll, but a glance from the corner of his eye caught a glimpse of the characters revealed on one corner, causing his eyes to tremble. He bent down to pick up the scroll.

After quickly scanning the characters, Chu Li’s heart suddenly began to race.

Both Leng Yuan and Mu Yunjin’s bodies had flown to mid-air, one surrounded by red light, the other by purple light. Amid darkness, only this place emitted an eerie glow.

“This is bad. These two lights are extraordinarily strange, impervious to weapons.” Daoist Feng Xuan, who had just struck several palms, gasped.

Hua Ying also had a dejected expression, having no solutions at all.

“Chu Li, think of something quickly! Otherwise, it will be too late!” Daoist Feng Xuan, seeing Chu Li standing aside holding a scroll, seemingly unmoved, was truly worried.

Chu Li seemed not to have heard Daoist Feng Xuan’s voice, gazing fixedly at mid-air, motionless.

In mid-air, Mu Yunjin felt something inside her body attempting to break out, jumping up and down, causing extreme discomfort.

Mu Yunjin lowered her eyes, her gaze meeting Chu Li’s, who was watching her.

Inexplicably, Mu Yunjin’s heart trembled. Encountering this familiar expression, she felt a sense of security.

Was she becoming delusional again?

At this critical moment, she felt secure?

Just as she was thinking, the red light surrounding her instantly turned purple. Mu Yunjin shifted her gaze and saw that the light around Leng Yuan had turned red.

On the side, Leng Yuan curved her lips, her eyes cold and vicious.

Finally, this moment had arrived!

Finally, she could possess a perfect physical form and openly leave Tiansheng Continent.

From now on, the world would belong to her, Leng Yuan.

“Hahaha…” Leng Yuan grew more excited as she thought about it and burst into laughter.

But in the next second, her smile abruptly ceased, frozen on her face. Her brow twitched, somewhat incredulous.

Just when Mu Yunjin thought she was about to have her body taken over by Leng Yuan, suddenly, she felt a warm current rising from her feet.

It flowed upward, spreading throughout her body.

After this warm current receded, Mu Yunjin was amazed to discover that all her internal energy had returned!

Stretching out her hand, she found that her plain clothes had transformed into a fire-red brocade dress, exquisite and brilliant.

Below, Daoist Feng Xuan, seeing this scene, exclaimed excitedly, patting Chu Li’s arm, “Look quickly, the red peach blossom on that stinking girl’s forehead is glowing.”

When Mu Yunjin felt all her strength returning, her first thought was to break through the purple light encasing her, but no matter how much true energy she used, she remained trapped within this purple light.

As her thoughts wandered, Mu Yunjin’s back suddenly became scalding hot, almost burning her skin.

Mu Yunjin frowned and reached back to touch her back.

Leng Yuan, seizing this opportunity, moved her lips, quickly chanting a string of incantations.

With the incantation cast, Leng Yuan’s face became increasingly ethereal, and on her forehead, a red peach blossom gradually appeared.

Meanwhile, Mu Yunjin felt her consciousness suddenly becoming hazy, as if gradually being extracted from her body. Her vision blurred.

“It’s over. Look at that demon woman’s forehead!” Hua Ying, seeing the peach blossom mark on Leng Yuan’s forehead, showed shock in her eyes.

Daoist Feng Xuan frowned tightly, sighing in lament, “Now it’s truly over!”

“No, it’s not over.” Chu Li’s lips slowly curved into a smile.

As soon as his words fell, a blazing light flashed in the night sky. The light was so bright that it illuminated half the sky, dyeing the black night a complete crimson.

Following that brilliant light, a phoenix of pure gold with five-colored tail feathers flew out from Mu Yunjin’s back. The phoenix bathed in the blood-red sky, proud and noble, looking down upon the mortal world.

“The Five-Colored Divine Phoenix has emerged!” Chu Li announced.

“Five-Colored Divine Phoenix…” Daoist Feng Xuan repeated, his eyes full of astonishment.

This Five-Colored Divine Phoenix was twice the size of the previous red phoenix, its feathers flowing with brilliant colors. More importantly, this divine phoenix appeared more fierce and ruthless.

Mu Yunjin hadn’t expected to suddenly summon the Five-Colored Divine Phoenix. This divine phoenix had always existed only in ancient relics, recorded only in some divine books, but no one had ever truly seen it.

This time, it had appeared.

And in ancient relics, the Five-Colored Divine Phoenix was said to govern the souls of some immortal spirits…

But this was just hearsay, of unknown veracity.

When Leng Yuan saw the Five-Colored Divine Phoenix emerge, her eyes widened in shock. She drew in several sharp breaths, her heart suddenly beginning to tremble.

Just as she was about to withdraw her true energy and leave this place first, the Five-Colored Divine Phoenix suddenly let out a long cry. With a sweep of its wings, a ball of fire headed straight for Leng Yuan, surrounding her body.

Trapped in a ball of fierce fire, Leng Yuan couldn’t break free for a moment, her face gradually becoming ferocious.

At this time, Imperial Tutor An and others, noticing the anomaly here, quickly ran over. Upon seeing the Five-Colored Divine Phoenix, they all showed astonishment in their eyes.

Black Robe and others also ran over.

“When the Five-Colored Divine Phoenix appears, it can destroy heaven and earth.”