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âSect Master Shen!â The childâs voice was softer and gentler once again. He looked extremely nervous. âI am Chen Ge. Quick, help me to dispel this demon from my body. It has become one with my own mental demons. I cannot get rid of him on my own.â
âChen Ge?â Shen Ying asked, staring blankly at him. âWho are you?â
The Celestial Emperor Chen Ge: ââŠâ I am the owner of this entire mainland afterall. Am I really that unpopular?
âHahahaâŠâ Just as he began to explain, his voice changed once again and he laughed maniacally. âYou think this Earth Immortal will be able to stop me? Donât forget that weâre in the demonic realm now. She might not even be able to protect herself. An Earth Immortal canât even handle an average demon, much less the demon king in this realm.â
âDemon King? You mean him?â Shen Ying stepped aside and pulled the demon â who had been hiding behind her, timid as a sparrow â forward..
The two personalities: ââŠâ
âLittle Black, see whatâs wrong with him.â The child looked fine the day before. Why did he suddenly have a split-personality disorder now?
âYes, Great Immortal! No problem, Great Immortal!â The Demon King pulled up its sleeves and walked toward the child. It could not help but steal glances through the gates to the other realm.
For billions of years, the gates of the demonic realm had stayed resolutely closed. This was the first time the Demon King saw it open, and the immortal realm lay on the other side. That was the realm that the demons have been wanting to enter all this time. Yet, they never could have because of the gates. Some demons managed to allow shreds of their consciousness to break through into the immortal realm using special means. Of course, those were the lucky ones.
But now⊠the gates were really open.
The Demon Kingâs heart leaped. Then, it turned around to glance at the woman standing next to it, and felt the excitement leave him as quickly as it came.
It might as well be closed!
Ning Ziâan felt a huge surge of demonic Qi rush toward him. Both of the personalities inside his body fell silent. He felt the demon in front of him suck the demonic Qi out of his body. The force bearing down on his body was almost unbearable.
The demonâs face was swollen and covered in bruises now, but he⊠was very strong! Extremely strong. Even the Celestial Emperor Chen Ge, at his peak, would not be his match at that moment!
He⊠is really the demon king!
The Demon King scanned the child on the ground with his eyes very briefly. He already understood the childâs situation. For fear that the Great Immortal would think he was being slipshod about his work, he reached out and touched the childâs forehead, using his divine perception to peer inside his mind.
He hesitated. There was a Rebirth Seal.
âReporting to Great Immortal!â The Demon King sniggered and reported every detail to Shen Ying, âThis little⊠little friendâs soul is carrying a demon. The demon incubated in his body and merged with his mental demons. Now, the demon is waging war against all the good thoughts and consciousness in this childâs body, fighting for control.â
âThis is nonsense, isnât it?â Who couldnât tell that he had a split-personality disorder? âIâm asking where this demon came from?â
The Demon King jumped and lowered his voice immediately. âI⊠Iâm not sure about this either. Demons arise for many reasons. Whatâs more, the demon in this child was there from the moment he was born. Thereâs no way to find out how it appeared now.â
âYou mean⊠he was born this way?â She had never heard of anyone who suffered from split-personality disorder at birth!
âNo!â The Demon King shook his head. âIt was not there since birth, but it was there since his past life.â
âWhat does that mean?â
âGreat Immortal!â The Demon King pointed to the child excitedly. âThere is a Rebirth Seal inside his divine perception. This means that he did not go through the rebirth cycle off the Three Realms. The child was an immortal in his past life and the demon planted itself in his body in that life, but the demon only became fully grown recently.â
What is this confusing mess? All of it was enough to film an entire drama about a past and present life.
âLittle Friend, I am going to bring you back right now. But we have to resolve this matter first, or I wouldnât know how to answer to Father Niu!â She scanned the child from head to toe. âTell me, what exactly happened? Who is the real⊠Whatever An?â
âSect Master Shen, actually Iâm-â
âI am!â The childâs voice changed mid-sentence. There was a twinkle in his eyes as he said, âI am the real Ning Ziâan! Chen Ge has been trying to take over my body. Do something! Get him out of my body!â
âRidiculous!â The Demon King spat. Demonic Qi shot forth from his body. âIs this the way you speak to Great Immortal?â
âYou are ridiculous!â Shen Ying reached out and slapped the back of his head. âWhy are you scaring the child? Does that make you feel powerful?â
ââŠâ The Demonic King kept quiet after his failed attempt to suck up to Shen Ying. He once again became like a sparrow. Great Immortal is so fierce, so unique, and so unreasonable!
âLittle Friend, keep speaking.â
âThis Chen Ge is trying to steal something, so ââŠâ
âShut up, Iâm not talking to you!â She pointed at the face covered in demonic scars before waiting for Ning Ziâan to finish his sentence. âYou are so ugly. Switch to the good-looking child inside of you.â
Upon hearing this, the Demon King shot out a burst of demonic Qi to suppress the demon inside of Ning Ziâan without Shen Ying having to say anything. The scars on Ning Ziâanâs face faded, and the youthful childâs appeared once again. Finally, Shen Ying recognised the obedient child she had seen before. Except there was a sense of maturity in the boyâs eyes.
âShen⊠Great Immortal Shen.â He glanced at the Demon King beside him and changed his greeting immediately and cleverly without any questions asked. He began to tell his story, âI am Chen Ge. I was assassinated ten thousand years ago and suffered grave injuries. At that time that this demon entered me. At that time, I was very weak. All I could do was create a seal. But the demon unexpectedly got stronger and stronger and merged together with my mental demons. After I recovered, I realised it had become too late. If I tried to drive the demon out by force, my cultivation would be hurt. I could even have fallen by an entire cultivation level.â
He frowned, recalling the events of the past. Then, he continued, âLater on I found a solution. It was to create an immortal infant. In the process of rebirth, I had to seal off my cultivation temporarily, together with my memory. But at the same time, I would also be able to cleanse my body of any demons. The entire process was going to take a few thousand years before I would regain my cultivation. SoâŠâ
âSo you re-birthed into Qu Shuang City?â
âYes!â He nodded. âI hesitated for a long time. Then, I sealed my immortal body into the woman of the Bao Family. But I didnât know that the Bao Family would make use of such large amounts of immortal Qi to bring the immortal body that I haphazardly created into this world. That was how I was born with the innate sword embodiment.â
ââŠâ The innate sword embodiment came about because his mother had taken too much nutrients in while she carried him? Does Chef know about this?
âWhat was more coincidental was that the innate sword embodiment lured another demon to myself. Because of that demonic Qi, I am unable to get rid of the demon inside my body. Instead, the demon awoke prematurely and tried to turn me into a demon before I could regain my memory.â He frowned even deeper. âAt last, when I regained my memory, I had no way of getting rid of this demon. I even forgot Great ImmortalâŠâ
Before he could finish, his expression changed and his voice became lower. He shouted nervously, âSect Master Shen, donât listen to him! Iâm Ning Ziâan! Heâs lying to you⊠Do you remember? When you did not want to give me the pastries the other time? Believe me, Chen Ge is trying to win somethingâŠâ
âOkay! I believe you.â Shen Ying nodded.
âActually, Iâm⊠Eh?â The demon hesitated.
âGreat Immortal!â Chen Ge cried in shock.
Shen Ying ignored him and turned to the Demon King. âLittle Black!â
âYes!â The Demon King stood upright.
âCan you get one of them out of the body?â
âI will, I am a professional!â The Demon King patted his chest. âGreat Immortal, leave it to me!â
âOkay, then pull out the⊠the ugly one!â
The demon: ââŠâ You said you believed me!