"Xia Ruoyin, my lotus is my true form. If I risk the destruction of my soul, even if you obtain my lotus, it will only be an ordinary object, at most giving you a chance to step into the Quasi-Sage realm." The Holy Maiden's angry tone softened, she was truly unwilling to become a stepping stone for an ant like Xia Ruoyin.

Xia Ruoyin also stopped her Cloud Light Silk, her tone carrying a hint of coldness, "You are at least a Sage. Even if I seize your true form, you still have a chance to be reborn and reincarnate..."

"Haha, what meaning does that kind of reincarnation, where all memories are lost, have for me?" Even at her weakest, the Holy Maiden still laughed.

"What do you want?" Xia Ruoyin stared coldly at the primordial spirit that was about to dissipate. She had already made up her mind that even if the Holy Maiden could not retain her memories, she would definitely not allow her to reincarnate.

Back then, she had even plotted against the man she loved. A mere Holy Maiden was nothing in her eyes. It was just that she had not yet entered the Sage realm. If she did, she would understand that no matter how hard she tried, she could only kill the Holy Maiden, not prevent her reincarnation.

"I only want to ask you one question. Why are you unaffected under this Heavenly Dao suppression? Otherwise, I will not die in peace and will never leave the Red Lotus for you." The Holy Maiden's weak primordial spirit stared at Xia Ruoyin and slowly said.

This was indeed the only reason for her unwillingness after being plotted against. She knew how powerful the Heavenly Dao suppression of this ripple array gate was. After each attack, everyone in this space would be suppressed by the Heavenly Dao. Unless they possessed a Creation Treasure, even if they did, they could not get too close to this ripple array gate.

She knew that Xia Ruoyin did not have a Creation Treasure. Moreover, when she attacked the ripple array gate, Xia Ruoyin was less than ten feet away from her.

After she attacked this ripple array gate, she was suppressed by the Heavenly Dao. Xia Ruoyin should have been suppressed as well. Why was it that she was suppressed while Xia Ruoyin was unharmed and could even subdue her? She and her disciples had tried more than once here before. Each time they attacked this array gate, Xia Ruoyin would be suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, just like them.

"If I tell you, will you willingly hand over the Red Lotus true form?" Xia Ruoyin stared at the Holy Maiden's weak primordial spirit shadow.

The Holy Maiden's voice grew weaker, "I swear I will give you my Red Lotus. You can erase all marks at will and refine it into your magical treasure."

In the Holy Maiden's weakened state, her oath would be engraved on her primordial spirit and true form. Even the Holy Maiden herself could not go back on it.

"Alright, then I will tell you." Xia Ruoyin said calmly, "Because I cultivate the Mortal Dao."

"That's impossible." The Holy Maiden exclaimed, "I know your cultivation method. You are not cultivating the Mortal Dao at all."

Xia Ruoyin sneered, "I am cultivating two Daos at the same time, possessing both spiritual meridians and mortal meridians. Spiritual meridians are for spiritual root cultivation, while mortal meridians are the true mysteries of Mortal Dao cultivation. This is a secret that any mortal can cultivate."

"No wonder you had Yi Shang and the others search for Meteor. So you are the inheritor of Meteor." The Holy Maiden suddenly understood, her primordial spirit shadow growing dimmer.

Xia Ruoyin said coldly, "What is Meteor? What I cultivate is the true Mortal Dao. The true Mortal Dao can open up as many meridians as spiritual meridians. I have one hundred and one spiritual meridians, and I have opened up one hundred and one mortal meridians at the same time. The true Mortal Dao does not require spiritual roots. It only needs to form a circulation through the meridians and then absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The true Mortal Dao also possesses Essence Storage Meridians..."

Hearing Xia Ruoyin's words, the Holy Maiden murmured, "You are a genius. Someone once said that mortals can also enter the Dao. It turns out to be true."

Hearing the Holy Maiden's words, Xia Ruoyin's eyes unexpectedly dimmed, "I am not a genius. The real genius is a mortal. My Mortal Dao was learned from him. He opened up the meridians. That is the starting point for cultivating the Mortal Dao..."

"With your temperament, you must have already killed him, right?" The Holy Maiden sneered, her primordial spirit now only a faint shadow.

Xia Ruoyin's tone was even calmer, "Killing him is also a relief for him. He will always live in my heart. That is much happier than him living for less than a hundred years."

"So it is, I actually have a partner..." The Holy Maiden's primordial spirit murmured to itself. She was Xia Ruoyin's savior, and Xia Ruoyin could plot against her, let alone the guy who created the cultivation of the Mortal Dao by opening up meridians.

Xia Ruoyin calmly watched the Holy Maiden's primordial spirit. She knew very well that once the Holy Maiden's primordial spirit completely dissipated, she would completely control the Red Lotus.

"I have one last request. Show me the image of that unfortunate partner like me." After saying this, the Holy Maiden's primordial spirit was almost completely dissipated.

Xia Ruoyin knew very well that even if only a wisp of the Holy Maiden's primordial spirit remained, she would be qualified to destroy the Red Lotus.

After she plotted against the Holy Maiden, the Red Lotus was very important to her. She knew that the Holy Maiden had too many good things, such as the *Manjusaka* flower she had obtained not long ago. As long as she could obtain the Red Lotus, she would have the opportunity to open the Holy Maiden's world. Moreover, even if she could not open the Holy Maiden's world, her harvest of the Red Lotus would be enough.

So she did not stop the Holy Maiden's request, and raised her hand to draw an image in the void. A young man was sitting in the laboratory with rapt attention, staring at each test tube.

Soon the young man seemed to discover something and turned his head to smile at the door.

"It's him?" The Holy Maiden immediately recognized Mo Wuji, the Meteor she had seen before.

Although the current Mo Wuji and the previous Mo Wuji had slight differences, the Holy Maiden was certain that she had not mistaken him. The Meteor she had seen was Mo Wuji.

At that time, Meteor had said to her face, "I am not Meteor. It's just that Dao Friend Yi Shang mistook me."

Before, she thought that Mo Wuji said that on purpose, but now she knew that the man she saw was really not Meteor.

"Hahahaha, I'll be waiting for you..." The Holy Maiden suddenly laughed, even with a hint of joy. Her originally thin primordial spirit body quickly collapsed and disappeared in her laughter.

She had reason to laugh joyfully because she knew how powerful Mo Wuji was. Mo Wuji, at the mere Divine King realm, could escape from under her nose. In the future, when Mo Wuji stepped into the God Fusion realm, the God Fusion realm Xia Ruoyin would definitely not be his opponent.

Xia Ruoyin harmed Mo Wuji. If Mo Wuji would give up revenge, she would not believe it at all. She was confident that her vision would not be wrong. Mo Wuji spoke to her neither humbly nor arrogantly. He was definitely not the kind of person who would offer his face to be slapped a second time after being slapped once. So she was waiting for Xia Ruoyin to be killed by Mo Wuji.

If Mo Wuji was really the one who opened up the meridians and discovered that mortals could cultivate the Dao, she would stay here and wait. She believed that Mo Wuji would come again.

A starlight that even Xia Ruoyin could not detect fell out of the Reincarnation Mirror and into the ground in front of the array gate.

Xia Ruoyin did not know why the Holy Maiden was laughing. She even felt a sense of satisfaction in the Holy Maiden's laughter, which made her frown. However, she did not have time to think about that anymore. She raised her hand and grabbed the Red Lotus flower, then put away her Reincarnation Mirror and directly bombarded the ripple array gate of the God's Rest Place.

If Yi Shang and the others were here, they would be shocked to find that Xia Ruoyin's attack was not suppressed by the Heavenly Dao. Not only was it not suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, but Xia Ruoyin also tore open the ripple array gate and disappeared without a trace.

...

Mo Wuji stopped continuing to cultivate. After countless years in the Time Plate, he had entered the perfected Divine King realm and had also comprehended the Five Elements Escape Technique and the River Dividing Land Creation Divine Power.

Not only that, but he had also refined a large number of Binding God Array Plates.

He could go out now. Mo Wuji looked somewhat reluctantly at the endless Heavenly Dao rules of the Universe Heart. If possible, he really did not want to go out like this.

It was just that if he did not go out, his strength could only forever remain at the perfected Divine King realm. In this Universe Heart, he could only cultivate but could not break through to a higher realm and attract thunder tribulations.

Improving his strength was too important to him.

The only way was to bind the Universe Heart after he went out, undergo tribulations to become a God Fusion expert, and then he could return to the Universe Heart to continue cultivating.

Having made all preparations, Mo Wuji stepped out of the Universe Heart and threw out hundreds of Binding Array Plates at the same time, as array patterns were about to be engraved.

To Mo Wuji's disappointment, only a dozen of his Binding Array Plates were activated, and before the binding array patterns could be engraved, the Universe Heart turned into a black light and disappeared into the endless vast universe. The few activated Binding Array Plates he had were blasted to pieces by the impact of the Universe Heart's power.

Mo Wuji's divine sense quickly swept out, but where could he still see any trace of the Universe Heart?

Sighing, Mo Wuji quickly adjusted his mentality.

This meant that he had no fate with the Universe Heart. At least he had gained a lot with the help of the Universe Heart. There was no need to force anything, and there was no point in forcing something that could not be obtained. It was better to let it go.

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