Amidst the howling demonic shadows, flying sand and rocks filled the Tiewa Temple, its pavilions and towers collapsing one after another.

The shattered walls and broken tiles were swept into the air by the demonic energy, raining down like a storm upon the Liangjie Hall rushing to reinforce.

Although the Liangjie Hall had mobilized all its members, their numbers seemed insignificant against the backdrop of flying stones.

However, the Liangjie Hall was pushing forward desperately.

Under the flashing blades and palms, the flying boulders were reduced to dust.

The fine dust, swept up by the fierce wind, spread across the sky.

The wind howled, and the gravel fell like rain.

There was no bloodshed in the Tiewa Temple, but it was even more unsettling than a field littered with corpses.

You didn't know if someone would be unable to withstand the force of a falling boulder and collapse to the ground.

Once they fell, they might never be able to stand up again.

Wang Butcher and the others were pushing forward desperately, and my twin blades stirred up layers of shadows in the Tieding Temple, like raging waves breaking through the air, slamming against the clouds.

The continuous blade light, like ocean waves, swept across the Tieding Temple, repeatedly slashing at the demonic shadow.

But the demonic shadow split and merged under my blade light.

One moment, the demonic shadow was shattered into countless pieces under the blade light.

The next moment, it reassembled itself.

The demonic shadow's voice swirled around me: "You can't kill me! Back then, Yan Pianxian destroyed her own cultivation, but she couldn't incinerate this seat."

"Your power is not even comparable to Yan Pianxian's, and you still want to contend with this seat?"

"This seat will give you one last chance. Abandon your body and let me use it, and I can let your companions leave. Otherwise, Tiewa Temple will be the burial ground for all of you."

I didn't say a word, my blade momentum raging. After shattering the demonic shadow in the air, I passed through the demonic energy pulverized by my true qi.

Before I could steady my feet, I felt the demonic shadow reforming behind me.

As I swept my blade backward, the demonic energy, shaped like a human hand, had already entangled with my wrist.

The face formed by the dark demonic energy suddenly met my gaze: "Do you think this seat can't kill you?"

"This seat just doesn't want to hurt your bones. This seat's bones are still inside you!"

The demonic shadow sneered and wrapped itself around me. At that moment, I only felt that the other party wanted to penetrate my skin and entangle my bones, but I couldn't break free from its entanglement.

At the critical moment, I suddenly heard Ye Yang shout coldly: "One Sword Lühun, Gods and Demons Shall Fall!"

As Ye Yang's voice fell, the demonic shadow wrapped around me collapsed with a bang.

This time, although the demonic shadow reformed, it was much smaller than before.

Only then did I realize that Ye Yang had split open the incense burner in the Tieding Temple with his sword. That was where the demonic shadow's soul resided.

I stared at the demonic shadow and said, "Ye Yang, kill it!"

The demonic shadow said urgently, "Don't kill me, I'll tell you the Gui Shen mystic technique. I'll tell you the truth of what happened back then."

"No need! Kill!" As I roared, Ye Yang's sword momentum sank, and the demonic shadow collapsed in front of me.

The wound that I had originally inflicted on myself had already completely ruptured after I made my move. I had reached my limit to be able to persevere until now. As soon as my originally tense nerves relaxed, I passed out.

When I woke up, I was already back in the Liangjie Hall.

Wang Butcher was holding a bowl of chicken soup and said, "You still know how to wake up? Aren't you capable? Next time, just pull out your internal organs and I'll make blood sausage for you!"

I smiled and took the chicken soup: "No need for blood sausage, chicken soup is fine."

Wang Butcher said, "Did you figure out what happened at the Tiewa Temple this time?"

"Only half of it!" As I spoke, Lao Liu and the others walked in. I told them in detail what had happened after I entered the Tiewa Temple.

Lao Liu's expression was grave as he said, "Looking at it this way, we can now confirm that the Old Boss only took the Gui Shen relic from the Tieding Temple. We can't determine why he changed your fate."

"As for the half-ghost body..."

Lao Liu looked at Ye Yang and said, "I think it's more likely that Head Ye consumed another Gui Shen relic."

Lao Liu said, "Looking at the legends of Xie Bangui and Wang Hun."

"Xie Bangui died once. When he was resurrected, he should have been treated by the secret guards using the method of creating living puppets, which is how he achieved his half-ghost body."

"Wang Hun was buried in the tomb along with his mother before he was even born. During this process, the Wang family also performed secret techniques on them. Wang Hun was born dead, but Wang Chou forcibly saved him."

"Looking at it this way, it would be better to achieve a half-ghost body before a person is born."

"If the Old Boss knew the exact location of Head Ye's reincarnation, it is very likely that he used Gui Shen puppets on him in advance. But..."

Lao Liu pondered, "The biggest loss this time is that you didn't mention the Gui Shen mystic technique in the things you saw. That Gui Shen was killed a little too early!"

I shook my head and said, "Leaving that demonic shadow behind wouldn't have been very meaningful. If we want to find out the secret of my father changing my fate, we still have to start with my mother."

As I spoke, I looked at Chen Shuyu: "Little Orange, how is your investigation going?"