Only the Queen of New Xia had such capability!

Feng Miaojun’s gaze turned cold: “This was your trap!”

For Yun Ya, when Yingshui City became bustling with activity, it meant the Prince of Yan had arrived. If he timed his arrival to the abandoned capital at this juncture, there was a high probability he could capture the Prince of Yan!

That old man had always valued his life. Yun Ya had faced him multiple times on the battlefield, surrounded by numerous powerful experts. Putting the Prince of Yan to death would have been extremely difficult.

But with Heavenly Demons and the dream city as bait, the Prince of Yan would come to Yingshui City.

How obsessed the Prince of Yan was with immortality—perhaps no one in the world understood this better than Yun Ya.

The earth dragon’s awakening in Yang City was probably the opportunity Yun Ya had been waiting for. If he could capture the Prince of Yan, the war in the Southern Continent might end early, and his long-cherished wish could finally be fulfilled.

“This trap isn’t just the dream of Yingshui City.” Yun Ya picked up a strand of her hair, playing with it in his hand. “The stone chamber in the temple is also a trap.”

Feng Miaojun looked at him, her eyes slightly reddening, yet she couldn’t help but laugh coldly: “Well done, Yun Ya, very well done.”

How bitterly he had deceived her!

He lowered his head, looking directly into her eyes: “After the Heavenly Demons attacked the city years ago, Hao Minghuan knew that the original seal could no longer contain these creatures for long, so he changed his approach and devised another method. But he preserved these sealing restrictions and arranged them into a trap. In his mind, the escaped Heavenly Demon would return to rescue its kind, but by then it would be weakened, and the entire Heavenly Demon race would no longer be trapped in the stone chamber. So it would fall into the trap without being able to escape, once again being sealed away, thus eliminating the source of chaos in the world.”

“Such profound calculation.” The more Feng Miaojun learned about Emperor Haoli, the more she admired him. “Unfortunately, man’s plans are no match for heaven’s will. The Haoli Empire couldn’t linger on for many more years.” As insightful as Hao Minghuan was, he couldn’t foresee that even after defeating the invading Heavenly Demons, the Haoli Empire would only have a decade more to live.

“Although times have changed, and today the barrier between illusion and reality in the abandoned capital is far weaker than it was over three hundred years ago, still no cultivator should be able to break through and escape—that would be beyond human capability.” Yun Ya’s eyes flashed with intensity as he spoke word by word: “Only a Heavenly Demon could break through the barrier and return to the human realm!”

Three hundred years ago, the Heavenly Demons accomplished it; three hundred years later, only Heavenly Demons could do it again!

In a word, “Being able to escape from there proves you are a Heavenly Demon.”

This was the only reason he had restrained her!

“You’re testing me?” Feng Miaojun’s eyes showed contempt. “You set this trap not just to capture the Prince of Yan, right?”

“Your scheming doesn’t fall short of Hao Minghuan’s at all.” As long as the Prince of Yan was trapped and couldn’t escape, what difference did it make from him being dead? The Wei Kingdom could still quickly achieve victory on the Southern Continent. She gritted her teeth, yet a thin layer of moisture appeared in her eyes. “What if I couldn’t escape? What would you have done then? Trap me in there along with the Prince of Yan?”

“I also wanted to sneak into the stone chamber, but it rained in the dream city these past few nights, and without moonlight, I couldn’t activate the Dragon Phoenix Staff.” Yun Ya’s fist at his side suddenly tightened. “I had already decided that as soon as the moon came out, I would enter the stone chamber. Whether you were a Heavenly Demon or not, I wouldn’t leave you trapped in despair!”

“But tonight, you emerged.” He sighed deeply, his voice filled with countless troubles. “Who can say this isn’t fate’s design?”

When he first saw Feng Miaojun awaken, he wasn’t happy but alarmed, precisely because he understood this chain of cause and effect.

Storm clouds gathered in those peach blossom eyes. Feng Miaojun’s red lips curved up, not without mockery: “The Prince of Yan also escaped. How do you know he isn’t a Heavenly Demon? Perhaps a Heavenly Demon attached itself to him and fled.”

“We both know that’s impossible.” Yun Ya spoke softly and slowly. “Until half a month ago, I finally understood seven or eight tenths of the mark in your dantian.”

Feng Miaojun suddenly held her breath. He had deciphered it?

“No wonder you were so concerned about my life, rushing to save me time and again.” Yun Ya suddenly burst into laughter, his voice full of self-mockery. “Ha ha ha ha! So our lives are bound together!”

At Yai Mountain’s sea of fire, at Wei Kingdom’s front line, at…

He had once believed that in this world, apart from her, no one else would risk their life for him without hesitation.

He was wrong. Even she couldn’t.

All she ever wanted to save was her own life!

His eyes contained both rage and icy coldness, making Feng Miaojun feel extremely uncomfortable. She opened her mouth but couldn’t utter a word, only biting her lip. Yes, initially she had kept this secret to protect her freedom and future. But she also understood that as long as she let Yun Ya continue to study the Ao Yu mark, the truth would eventually come to light!

After a long while, she finally sighed softly: “At first, I was indeed afraid that if you knew the secret, you would imprison me. But later…”

Yun Ya raised an eyebrow, giving a light snort: “Later?”

“Later, I couldn’t bring myself to tell you.” When did this secret become such a heavy burden in her heart?

She looked at him without blinking and said earnestly: “Yun Ya, my heart toward you is sincere and true, as heaven and earth can witness!”

Sincere and true?

Yun Ya chuckled, swallowing back many words that had surged to his lips. He shifted his gaze, looking out the window: “There was one more detail on that mark that took me many years to decipher. Besides sharing spiritual energy and life force with me, it also unilaterally restricts you from body snatching!”

Feng Miaojun was greatly surprised: “Cannot body snatch?” Since practicing the Heavenly Demon’s secret techniques, although her skills had rapidly advanced, she had never tried to seize another person’s body, so she had never felt this restriction.

“That’s right.” Yun Ya said flatly. “Who else would be specifically restricted from body snatching except a Heavenly Demon?”

Body snatching was precisely the Heavenly Demons’ specialty, and their greatest advantage in coming and going without a trace, making them difficult to track. Whoever placed this mark on her had gone to great lengths.

Indeed, who else besides a Heavenly Demon would deserve such special treatment?

Yun Ya’s gaze toward her was indescribable: “No wonder all these years, you’ve never changed your physical form.”

Feng Miaojun felt his gaze and suddenly laughed, laughing so hard her body shook, unable to stop for a moment.

Her laughter was filled with grief and self-mockery.

Based on all this, he had judged her to be a Heavenly Demon.

Yun Ya remained silent, only reaching out to grasp her neck, slowly tightening his grip.

Her snow-white neck was so slender as if he could break it with one hand.

“I’m sorry.” His eyes also reddened, his hand slightly trembling. “I can’t take this risk!”

Now that he had confirmed she was a Heavenly Demon, the entanglement between the Haoli royal family and the Heavenly Demons—the entanglement between this world and the Heavenly Demons—should finally come to an end.