The Blood God's Disciple, Deng Yin, had cast an immense psychological shadow over the collective immortals of the Emei Sect.

Qi Shuming even went so far as to seal off the mountain, calling everyone back to cower at home and cultivate their swordsmanship in seclusion, turning the whole family into homebodies.

Generations of accumulation and a millennium of inheritance were forced into such a state, becoming the laughing stock of peers over tea and meals!

Yue Yun, who had a close relationship with the Emei Sect, was well aware of this matter. When he realized the person before him was the Blood God's Disciple, Deng Yin, his mind reeled, and he knew he was finished!

Deng Yin betrayed and destroyed his mentor, skinned himself alive to cultivate Demon Skills, a genuine Great Demon!

Yue Yun thought of how the man before him looked exactly like his own disciple yet was entirely someone else.

The only explanation was that Deng Yin had pounced on his disciple's body, stealing his Essence Qi and Primordial Spirit, and was now wearing his skin to harm Yue Yun!

It was all lining up! Every bit of it!

This was the legendary Blood Shadow Divine Skill!

At this thought, Yue Yun's scalp went numb, knowing he was absolutely no match for this Great Demon!

Shi Feiyang, however, laughed and denied, "What's Blood God's Disciple Deng Yin? Is he worthy to be my master? In my eyes, he's nothing but a junior brother!"

Seeing his denial, and the lack of respect for Deng Yin in his tone, which would not be the case if he really was Deng Yin's disciple, Yue Yun puzzled, "Could it be that aside from Deng Yin and his disciples, others have also mastered the Blood Shadow Divine Skill?"

"Who said I am using the Blood Shadow Divine Skill?" said Shi Feiyang. "Never mind who I am. As long as you can defeat me, I will let you go, and I will allow you to take your two disciples with you."

Yue Yun retracted his Flying Sword, sat down cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and took on an attitude of "Do whatever you want, I won't cooperate with you anymore."

He knew that no matter who the person before him was, his Daoist power far surpassed his own. He was simply being toyed with, and no matter how hard he tried, he could never win against him.

Moreover, since he was instructed to do so, there must be a reason behind it, and Yue Yun was determined not to let him succeed!

Shi Feiyang had anticipated such a situation: "Have you given up resisting? Then I will have to make you suffer a bit!"

Shi Feiyang formed hand seals and pointed forward, and thick Chaotic Primordial Qi gathered around Yue Yun, as if he were trapped inside a mountain forged of steel.

Then, a tremendous force locked onto Yue Yun's right hand as if an invisible steel Demon Claw had grabbed it and started pulling violently.

Agonizing pain traveled from his wrist, and as Yue Yun struggled to resist, he found himself entirely unable to contend. Soon, the pulling and twisting disfigured his right wrist.

Drenched in sweat from the pain, he could no longer endure it, formed hand seals to cast spells, and released his Flying Sword, slashing at the void.

After the sword light crossed, the invisible Demon Claw vanished, leaving his dislocated wrist injured. He quickly reset it himself, but the tendons and bones were already damaged, and even slight movements brought excruciating pain.

Shi Feiyang said, "You should continue to fight me. Otherwise, I'll tear your body apart piece by piece, starting with your limbs, then your heart, liver, spleen, and lungs,

and finally, only your head will remain, with your Primordial Spirit sealed inside. Then, I'll use other methods to torment you. By then, you won't be able to fight me anymore, not even a chance for reincarnation."

"Demon! I'll fight you with everything I've got!"

Yue Yun, driven to desperation, unleashed his Flying Sword Magical Treasure in full force, attacking Shi Feiyang.

"That's right, just like that. As long as you behave, I won't harm you."

Shi Feiyang also defended himself by controlling his sword and casting spells.

He knew many spells, even ones he invented himself, and as their Daoist power differed too greatly, Yue Yun, despite all his skill, could not force Shi Feiyang to reveal his true spells.

After battling for more than ten days, Shi Feiyang had thoroughly grasped Yue Yun's swordsmanship, spells, use of various Magical Treasures, personality, habits, and even his tone and manner of speaking.

Next, Shi Feiyang forcefully took all of Yue Yun's Flying Sword Magical Treasures one by one and finally snatched his Qiankun Bag.

Finally, with both hands clenched into empty fists, Yue Yun said with grief and anger, "Are you going to kill me? No matter who you are, having cultivated to such a high level of Daoist power, you must be a predecessor of standing. Even as a demon, you should have some noble spirit.

Since I embarked on Cultivation under Master Lianshan, despite receiving esoteric teachings, I have not committed any grave sins against heaven and earth. You want to kill me, and I cannot resist. Just grant me a quick death without torture!"

Shi Feiyang laughed, "Who said I'm going to kill you? If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead by now. Don't be scared or overthink things. Just think of it as going to sleep. When you wake up, everything will be back to normal!"

With that, he threw nine Golden Needles, nailing them into the vital acupoints of Yue Yun's head, chest, and abdomen, sealing his Mud Ball Palace and two other Dantians, pinning down his Essence Energy and spirit, and sealing his spells.

He then left the Nine Suspicions Tripod and opened the Qiankun Box to transfer Yue Yun into it.

The Chaotic Primordial Qi inside the Nine Suspicions Tripod could annihilate one's spirit and destroy one's form, and if spent too long within, even a Heavenly Immortal entering would disperse the three flowers atop their head and extinguish the five qi within their chest.

Shi Feiyang transferred him into the Qiankun Box, but since Yue Yun's Daoist power was not weak, given enough time, it was possible for him to escape from the box on his own, so he had to seal his Dantian first.

The Qiankun Box contained the Essence Qi of the Five Elements from both the Acquired and Innate realms, distorted space and time, and inverted spells and calculations. Anything of the Five Elements that fell into it was like falling into chaos, losing the concept of space-time, just like "disconnecting," and upon release, they would only continue from the memories they had before being put inside.

After dealing with Yue Yun, Shi Feiyang began to organize the items he had collected throughout the day.

He first transformed himself to look like Yue Yun, found new clothes of a similar style from his own Qiankun Bag to change into, and matched his headdress and belt to Yue Yun's preferences.

Then he began to cultivate Yue Yun's cultivation techniques and swordsmanship, re-sacrificially refining his Magical Treasures one by one with his skills.

After everything was in order, he immersed himself in prophetic calculation for a while. Seeing that there was still some time left, he wasn't in a hurry to leave and thus released Sun Dong and Yu Xiangzhu.

The two youths tumbled to the ground, shaking with fear, knelt down, and upon seeing "their master," they were first stunned, then burst into tears, wailing loudly, "Master! Oh, Master!"

"What are you crying for? I'm not dead yet!"

This sentence reached the tip of his tongue, but Shi Feiyang swallowed it back down; it was not Yue Yun's style of talking.

He sat upright on the chair, cleared his throat, and said, "It's normal for a cultivator to encounter the seven disasters and eight difficulties. Behaving like a weeping child is disgraceful!"

He tossed their Qiankun Bags to them and instructed them to dress properly.

The two youths tidied themselves up and returned to kneel before him, crying as they recounted the inhuman mistreatment they had suffered over the past days.

Shi Feiyang nodded and said, "I already know everything about this matter. However, I don't know who that person was, and I cannot deduce it at the moment. Luckily, I returned in time to drive him away, and he did not take your lives, which is indicative of your good fortune and strong fate. In the coming days, you are to stay inside the cave and not permitted to go anywhere!"

The two youths tearfully agreed and stood up.

When Shi Feiyang had stored them, he had placed them in the box one at a time, and they had not seen each other while being tortured. Their thoughts had also been still while in the box, so they were unaware that the other had experienced the same misfortune. They returned to their own cave and matched their testimonies.

The reason Shi Feiyang released the two was to validate whether there were any flaws in his disguise.

He would live with the two closest people to Yue Yun for a while to see if they could tell that their master was an impostor. If even these two, who were in close contact day and night, could not tell, then those who met Yue Yun only once over many years would be even less likely to notice.

Mimicking Yue Yun as closely as he could, he would summon the two disciples daily to check and instruct them on their cultivation lessons, ensuring every word, movement, and gesture was a perfect imitation.

After more than ten days, the two youths had not realized at all that their master had been switched.

When the time Shi Feiyang had calculated arrived, he took advantage of the youths' distraction, placed them back into the Qiankun Box, then left his abode, sealed the cave, and took to the skies on his Sword Control, heading straight for Central Earth.

No sooner had he left than a colorful cloud flew in from the east. On top of the cloud stood more than a dozen men and women, including the five who had argued and dueled with Sun Dong and Yu Xiangzhu that day.

At the forefront was an oddly shaped woman, with one hand longer than the other and mismatched legs, naturally handicapped yet with a face full of arrogance. She leaned on a bamboo staff; she was the most valued disciple of Leng Yun Fairy of West Sea Island in the East Sea, the poor girl of Three Xiang, Yu Xiangzhu!

She had intended to come earlier, but she was delayed in closed-door cultivation refining a Magical Treasure. Her fellow senior brothers and sisters knew that the True Master of the Jade Cave, Yue Yun, was not easy to provoke and did not dare to come for revenge lightly.

This matter could not trouble her master, Leng Yun Fairy, so it had been delayed until Yu Xiangzhu finished her closed-door cultivation. Only then was this matter reported to her.

Yu Xiangzhu was used to being domineering with a temper that was even more volatile. Upon hearing this, she immediately flew into a rage, and without delay, brought along all her Magical Treasures, and led her junior brothers and sisters, along with her many younger nephews and nieces, to come over in a furious rush.

When they arrived at the island and saw that the entire island was sealed off by prohibitions, she thought Yue Yun was scared and sneered, "Ever since the Blood God Deng Yin appeared, he has been specifically seeking revenge against the Emei Sect! Although this Yue does not belong to the direct orthodox lineage of the Emei Sect, his master is the Lianshan Master.

He also associates closely with the Three Immortals of the East Sea, and must also fear the revenge of the Blood God. Given these circumstances, he should understandably continue to be the frightened turtle, not daring to let his disciples run rampant!"

She assumed that Yue Yun and his disciples had locked down the entire island to hide upon learning of her coming, which to her meant they had completely conceded. So she considered leaving.

However, her disciples were not willing to let this go. They spoke incessantly about the humiliations they had faced that day, adding that their opponent had elder support and used the Taiyin Divine Thunder to shake them to the point of bleeding from all openings, clearly showing no regard for her or her master, Leng Yun Fairy!

After hearing this, Yu Xiangzhu's anger, which had just subsided, flared up all at once, igniting a towering rage: "Indeed! This time we must teach them a lesson they will not forget!"

She led everyone to surround the island and began to break the array. Various Flying Sword Magical Treasures and Divine Thunder Evil Smoke bombarded wildly in a continuous assault. After two days and nights of relentless attack, they finally broke the island's prohibitions and then proceeded to attack the cave entrance.

An Independent Immortal from overseas passed by and saw from afar, shaking his head with a sigh, "Ever since the Blood God emerged, not only has the Emei Sect gone into seclusion to avoid calamity, even the True Master of the Jade Cave has been oppressed like this! Had Master Changmei been alive, who would dare do such a thing!"

He too knew the might of Yu Xiangzhu and, while he sympathized, did not dare to come forward to uphold justice, not even daring to linger a moment longer, for fear of attracting trouble, and he swiftly flew away on his sword.

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