The happiest thing for people is to gain without effort.

Why bother working hard when you can earn money by being a salted fish?

And Lin Yun, being a Great Demon, loved nothing more than plundering.

However, up until now, he hadn’t seriously plundered anyone’s home.

Fighting all the time without any benefits, it’s all because storage rings aren’t popular, and spatial items are too precious.

Even the High Priest, this poor sod, didn’t have a spatial ring.

But you can run from the monk, not from the temple; the Divine Temple is right here, and there are still many opportunities for Lin Yun.

Wang Wanqiu is currently withdrawn, with no interest in plundering; she’s solely focused on studying the power within herself, trying to contain the Demonic Qi.

But it seems like she can’t do it. The Demonic Qi inside her is too abundant and has already turned to liquid form. Since she isn’t very good at controlling it, she can’t compress it.

The excitement she felt just after awakening has vanished without a trace.

But she didn’t object to Lin Yun’s suggestion. She simply said, "I know where the treasure vault of the Divine Temple is, follow me! However, before that, let’s go check on the other witch first!"

Wang Wanqiu had no personal connection with those witch, but as a heroine who looked out for the weak, she considered it part of her responsibility.

It was fine when she was too weak to help, but now that the High Priest is dead, if possible, she certainly wanted to save those poor witch.

Lin Yun had no objections; even if Wang Wanqiu hadn’t mentioned it, he would have done the same.

While searching for the other witch, Lin Yun couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Do you remember the process of turning into a demon, what do you still remember?"

She was the first to successfully transform into the Demon Race, and Lin Yun thought this was very valuable for reference. In the future, if others needed to be transformed, with this successful case, Lin Yun might be able to master it more skillfully.

Wang Wanqiu didn’t hide anything. She candidly replied, "I only remember sinking slowly, as if I was going to fall into the abyss, and then I saw another me..."

"Another you?"

Lin Yu was astonished on the spot.

If it had been before, she might not have thought much about it, but Yuxuan had said that the moment between life and death is key to reclaiming the Earthly Soul.

Could it be, by some fluke, Wang Wanqiu encountered her own Earthly Soul?

But now that Wang Wanqiu has become a demon, Lin Yu didn’t know whether the cultivation principles Yuxuan spoke of would still apply to her.

"Yes, another me, merged with me."

Wang Wanqiu had a vivid memory of this part; maybe it was also because of this that she felt so full of power.

She even wondered if she was being too presumptuous, thinking she wasn’t really that powerful.

She felt with one finger, she could flatten an entire mountain.

"Try your magic and see," Lin Yu wanted to confirm something.

She also wanted to break through in cultivation level, for only by doing so could she face the challenges that lay ahead.

But without seizing the Earthly Soul, it’s impossible to ascend to a higher realm.

Only with the Three Souls Unification can one advance.

However, Wang Wanqiu hadn’t even reached the Celestial Knowing Realm, so naturally, she could not seize the Life Soul. Yet, from what she said, it seemed she had already obtained the Earthly Soul.

Could it be, one could obtain the Earthly Soul before the Heavenly Soul?

Wang Wanqiu certainly satisfied Lin Yu’s request. It’s just that she couldn’t think of any spells to cast at the moment, so she decided to stick to her simple Sword Dao.

Wang Wanqiu formed a sword with her fingers, and with her strongest force, she released her Sword Qi into the sky.

As the Sword Qi shot into the sky, streaks of purple cracks suddenly emerged and then quickly disappeared.

Lin Yun had a hunch about what it was.

He had seen it when Little Gold performed the Great Spatial Escape.

That was the void.

With the strength of a single sword, Wang Wanqiu had shattered the void.

Lin Yu was also shocked, for the strength of this sword exceeded even the one she had wielded.

In the Enlightened Realm, Lin Yu believed she should be among the strongest, but the attack Wang Wanqiu unleashed was even more powerful, which could only mean that Wang Wanqiu had, perhaps, reached the Defiant Heavenly Realm...

Coming to this conclusion, Lin Yu herself couldn’t cope, suspecting her mind had gone silly.

How could that be possible!

Yet, those purple cracks seemed to remind her, after eliminating all incorrect answers, that this was the only possibility left.

"Master, how was it?"

Wang Wanqiu also felt that her sword was very powerful, but she didn’t know what those cracks were, nor did she pay them much attention.

Now, she was simply seeking Lin Yun’s praise.

But Lin Yun didn’t respond; instead, she looked towards Lin Yu.

Lin Yun couldn’t help but tilt his head. What are you looking at me for?

"There’s something off about you!"

Lin Yu then recalled how her own cultivation level had recovered.

Originally, she was just in the Heart Guarding Realm. After Lin Yun’s treatment, she directly ascended to the Enlightened Realm, and not just any Enlightened Realm, but the very pinnacle of it.

Now, Wang Wanqiu’s progress was even more outrageous, leaping straight from the Heart Guarding Realm to the Defiant Heavenly Realm. Was such a thing even possible?

Lin Yu felt that her entire worldview was collapsing; the issues surrounding Lin Yun were too significant.

"What exactly did you do to Wanqiu?"

"I really didn’t do much..."

He had merely channeled the Demonic Qi that had surged into his body from the Demon Summoning Well into Wang Wanqiu, and incidentally gave her a massive transfusion of blood. Her sudden advancement in cultivation level was not his fault, was it?

He couldn’t take the blame for this!

Just like when Lin Yu’s cultivation level was restored, that must have been due to the White Tiger Jade Carving, and what did that have to do with him? He had merely facilitated the return of the White Tiger Jade Carving to Lin Yu’s body.

And this time, he hadn’t done much either. Wang Wanqiu had said she merged with another version of herself, perhaps, that was the reason she suddenly became so powerful!

I only contributed just a tiny and insignificant amount of blood; what does that have to do with me?

Seeing that Lin Yun seemed just as confused about the situation, Lin Yu had no choice but to let it go.

Never mind, it’s pointless to keep questioning. She had long known that Lin Yun was extraordinary, it was just that this extraordinaryness had once again surpassed her understanding.

"It’s good that Wanqiu has attained such a level of cultivation, but..."

Lin Yu still had her reservations and cautioned, "Just make sure, Wanqiu, that you stay focused and do not veer off the right path due to the sudden acquisition of power."

Lin Yu’s worry was not unfounded; the sudden attainment of considerable power, without refining one’s mental state, and with Wang Wanqiu having been transformed into a member of the Demon Race by Lin Yun, made Lin Yu very concerned about whether Wang Wanqiu could properly control her own power.

Power is not always a good thing. If Wang Wanqiu developed the wrong mindset, this profound strength could turn into the very thing that spelled her doom.

"I understand, Master."

Feeling Lin Yu’s concern, Wang Wanqiu’s heart warmed. Hmm?

Do I even have a heart?

Although she still felt warmth, upon close sensing, Wang Wanqiu realized there was no heart in her chest, just a mass of black blood.

Wang Wanqiu suddenly understood that this was the source of her power, the core of her being.

Her Divine Soul was also fused within it.

"Heartless yet undying, Lin Yun had indeed created such a miracle..."