Chapter 1063: Chapter 599: Then It Is Betraying the Master and Annihilating the Ancestors (Triple Update in One)

In the dried-up Heart Lake, this woman suddenly appeared, just the face Chen Yi vaguely yearned for day and night.

However, goosebumps rose on Chen Yi’s skin, a chill piercing through to his chest.

She had two hands.

Even if the face was identical, her body shape and outline were completely different. Since Chen Yi met Zhou Yitang, she had always been one-armed, and now the appearance of a "two-armed Zhou Yitang" gave him a sense of disharmony and unease.

A chilling aura.

"What does the master intend for me?" Chen Yi propped himself up with his sword and stared at her, sneering, "Are you here to claim a title?"

She lowered her gaze silently, and this sudden contemplation was just like Zhou Yitang. In the past on Cangwu Peak, Zhou Yitang was this silent, imposing an invisible pressure that made people tremble, making them confess everything obediently. When he hadn’t yet become a rebellious disciple, he naturally confessed everything obediently.

Chen Yi took a deep breath and directly questioned, "Are you her Heart Demon?"

She looked calm, without any anger, and said, "Yes." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

After hearing this, Chen Yi raised his sword sideways, and the scattered, flowing Sword Qi reconvened, standing densely, ready for a killing move that could unleash a scene of dragons and serpents rising from the earth.

Yet, the two-armed Zhou Yitang hardly reacted, calmly saying, "I am the Heart Demon, and also the master of this place. You cannot eliminate me."

The restless Sword Qi remained on the verge of exploding, Chen Yi’s brows knitted tightly. The Heart Demon before him could communicate and bore no hostility. Could it be true, as one might expect of Zhou Yitang’s Heart Demon, it was truly extraordinary?

"Put it down first," she said.

This tone was exactly like Zhou Yitang’s. Chen Yi hesitated repeatedly and dispersed the Sword Qi, staring at this Heart Demon with suspicion written all over his face.

"I know you have doubts."

She turned around and continued,

"Follow me."

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes, unsure of her intentions, but since this Heart Demon could manipulate these obsessions at will, it was the best tactic not to become enemies with her. If possible, maybe he could enlist her help to remove his obsessions.

All along the way, familiar yet somewhat strange scenery of Cangwu Peak came into view, and Chen Yi looked around while organizing his words and thoughts.

He occasionally glanced at this Heart Demon. Her words and actions were exactly like Zhou Yitang’s. Otherwise, when he first heard the voice, Chen Yi wouldn’t have mistaken it for a secret transmission.

The only difference being, she had two hands... Chen Yi couldn’t help but criticize internally. Thinking slightly, if Zhou Yitang should be called the one-armed woman, then should this one be called... the two-armed woman?

"How should I address you?" After pondering for a moment, Chen Yi asked aloud.

Zhou Yitang had only one identity, as his master and as his wife in two lifetimes. He truly didn’t want to use this name to address the woman before him. After all, although he was fond of beauty and had embraced many beauties into his harem, he wasn’t the type to leave without a trace of commitment. He was deeply affectionate to every woman, each was unique in pure love.

"Tongxuan."

Luckily, she seemed to understand Chen Yi’s thoughts and didn’t make things difficult for him.

Tongxuan was Zhou Yitang’s Taoist name. She used the Taoist name for herself, with an unknown hidden mystery within.

The path on Cangwu Peak had few twists and turns. Once they walked through, they arrived at a small building below. It was where Zhou Yitang usually practiced in seclusion, facing south on a gentle slope. Looking out from there, one could take in the entire scenic view of the mountain slopes, and Chen Yi always knew that peonies were planted in that direction.

Tongxuan led Chen Yi upstairs, the sound of creaking wood echoing as they climbed. Inside the room was just one meditation cushion. Chen Yi brushed off the dust and sat down cross-legged on the floor, while Tongxuan naturally sat opposite him.

Between them was a chessboard, much like when they had met on Dragon and Tiger Mountain.

Tongxuan just glanced, and Chen Yi understood the meaning, picking up a chess piece and casually placing it on Tianyuan. After a moment of contemplation, he asked, "Since you are the Heart Demon, when were you born? When I broke the sword?"

Zhou Yitang was someone extremely proud of her Sword Dao, obsessed with the sword, thus the Sword Armor was her.

In the past, he had asked Zhou Yitang, since he had transcended the boundaries of Taoist and Martial Dual Cultivation, was there a chance he could inherit her mantle and become the Sword Armor one day, but she shook her head in denial.

"Why?"

"Your heart is not with the sword."

"And what about you? Is the master’s heart with the sword?"

"Only with."

That brief sentence cut off many of Chen Yi’s thoughts. The Living Sword was incredibly important to her. She had cut her Three Corpses, was passionate about the sword, and was indifferent to people.

He remembered feeling a bit down about it, and the seed of breaking the sword might have been planted at that time. In fact, there had been a better solution in his past life, but he hadn’t chosen it.

After breaking the sword, she belonged to him.

The chess pieces he placed on the board were all mixed up, and Tongxuan gently shook her head and suddenly said, "No."

Chen Yi was startled, opening his eyes wide, and the guilt in his heart vanished completely. He looked at Tongxuan in surprise and murmured, "Could it be... when I was repairing the heavens?"

Tongxuan still shook her head, saying, "No either."

Chen Yi continued to frown in confusion. After careful consideration, this was reasonable as well. She had cut her Three Corpses, and although she had a myriad of obsessions entwined with her heart, she had no more desires or demands, so it shouldn’t have been enough to brew a Heart Demon.

But since a Heart Demon had been created, there surely was a reason behind it.

So... if it wasn’t when the sword was broken, nor when the heavens were patched, then when was it?

He frowned while placing several stones.

When Chen Yi was puzzled and lost in thought, with a "snap", she placed a piece on the board, saying, "It was in this lifetime."

Chen Yi suddenly returned to his senses, astonished, and exclaimed, "Before the Three Corpses were cut?"

He placed stones haphazardly, and she nodded slightly.

Tongxuan continued to place stones, with her eyes focused straight ahead, saying, "In this lifetime, she was reborn in the Sword Tomb, when Wu Buxu cut off an arm. After Wu Buxu’s sword fell, the Three Corpses were cut off, and no more obsessions could form a Heart Demon. However..."