As Xiao Lingxi tio t, each word resounded in the sea of his soul like the world-shaking peals of a heavenly bell. They also unlocked a boundless essence, eg from a distant era...

  One will to sainthood, another will to fall; all desires are nothingness. Wrath is sin, envy is sin, lust is sin, greed is sin, sloth is sin... the end of all that lives, the in of all creation.

  Yun Wuji's eyes stared bnkly as the world in his vision grew dimmer and dimmer, fading away until it disappeared entirely. His sight went pletely white before dissolving into a boundless darkness...

  Only Xiao Lingxi's words tio resonate in his mind, eg like the peals of a vast, a bell.

  As his heart and soul sank into the realm of enlighte, a world of nothingness appeared before his eyes.

  This world was an endless sea of darkness. No, an undeniable feeling, arising from nowhere, told him that this was not darkness but rather a pletely empty "void." There were no living beings, no dead beings, no sound, and not even time or space.

  He could sehing else's existence. In fact, he couldn't even feel his own.

  ...

  When Yun Wuji's eyes regained focus, he saw Xiao Lingxi looking at him with a pleased expression. "Master! You're finally awake," she excimed happily.

  'Why does this feel so familiar?' Yun Wuji thought, staring bnkly at her. A meme from his past life popped into his mind. 'Well, at least I'm not in a wooden carriage.'

  "Master, Master, are you alright?" Seeing his ck of rea, Xiao Lingxi grew anxious and called out to him repeatedly.

  "Yeah, I was just thinking about something." Yun Wuji shook his head, casting aside the stray thoughts, and asked, "How much time has passed?"

  He was still in the garden, standing in the same spot. Gazing up at the sky. It was already getting dark. He pulled up a chair and sat down.

  "Four hours… Earlier, you gave us quite a scare. I was reading the text, and suddenly, you stopped responding and stared bnkly into space," Xiao Lingxi said as she sat dowo him. "Sister Qingyue and I were worried, but then Big Sis Yue told us not to fret, saying you'd entered a state of enlighte."

  "Right, that was irue," Yun Wuji nodded, his gaze softening. "I prehended something important after hearing your transtion." He looked at her with gratitude. "I owe you thanks, it was of great help to me."

  "Really? I helped Master?" Xiao Lingxi beamed with happiness. Then, with a mischievous smile, she added, "Since I helped Master, you give me a reward?"

  "Sure," Yun Wuji said, in a good mood and readily agreeing. But just as the words left his mouth, he suddenly thought of something. With a tired expression, he added, "Let me guess... you also want that teique, don't you?"

  "Hehe, as expected, Master's dedu abilities are almost frightening. You guessed it before I even spoke," Xiao Lingxi chuckled, pulling his hand pyfully. "Master is the greatest and the best. Yoing to give it to me, right? Right?"

  "Your fttery skills are far inferior to Little Che's," Yun Wuji shook his head and said with a smile. "Since I already gave it to Qi wouldn't make se to give it to you as well."

  "Thank you, Master!" Xiao Lingxi beamed with joy as she threw herself at him.

  "Where is your sister Yue and others? Why are you the only one here?" he ignored her a and asked.

  "After cheg on your dition, Sister Yue and the others left. They said they were preparing for the marriage," Xiao Lingxi g to him and replied.

  "Alright, stop! Sit down. I'll impart the teique to you and help you refihe dragon blood," Yun Wuji sighed helplessly, then forcefully pulled her away from him.

  ...

  After sending Xiao Lingxi off, Yun Wuji finally had some time to himself. He stood up and said, "e out."

  "Yes, master!" Suddenly, the voice of an infant echoed. Immediately after, a cluster of dense bck light began to dense. Within that bck light, an incredibly tiny and delicate silhouette y. As the bck light dispersed, it revealed a small girl, barely two feet tall, ed in bck clothing. She had short bck hair, bck eyes, and pale white skin.

  She was the spirit of the Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tributions, or more accurately, the Evil Infant itself!

  "You're finally free from your seal. How does it feel to see the light again?" Yun Wuji looked at the tiny girl and asked.

  "I feel super good!" The Evil Infant excimed excitedly as if she hadn't felt any sadness from being ensved, so long as she could finally see the outside world.

  "Good. Then you'd better be obedient, or you'll end up sealed again," Yun Wuji nodded, his tourning serious.

  "Yes! Master, I will be very obedient!" The little girl nodded her small head vigorously as she hovered around him.

  Yun Wuji walked around the ke in the garden, and when he found a good spot, he began taking out his cooking items.

  "Master, what are you doing?" The Evil Infant, newly freed and curious about everything, floated above his head and asked.

  "Making something to eat. Food is one of the six senses of living beings; it's as important as, if not more than, the pleasure of the flesh. Sometimes, eating a delieal is better than having an oyakodon," Yun Wuji expined as he pulled out a piece o and, with exquisite and swift movements, began slig it.

  'Oyakodon? What is that?' The Evil Infant tilted its head and wondered silently.

  He then pulled out seasonings and sprihem over the meat. With a thought, a golden fire ignited, beginning to cook the meat. He trolled the fmes with perfect precision, cooking the meat at exactly the rate he desired. The Golden Crow's fire was incredibly hot, it needed extreme trol to be used effectively.

  If the Golden Crow were to see her proud fme being used for cooking, she might regret ever choosing him as her ior.

  As he trolled the fire, he took out fresh vegetables and began preparing them. He always stored his vegetables ihe Sky Poison Pearl, which kept them incredibly fresh.

  A few mier, he finished cooking and pced the dishes on a table. Throughout the entire process, the Evil Infant silently hovered above him, watg closely as he worked.

  Yun Wuji sat down in his chair and said, "Go ahead a. You probably haven't tasted anything in millions of years."

  "Eating? I really eat too?" The Evil Infant asked timidly.

  "Of course! Why else do you think I suddenly cooked all of this? Do I look like I'm that free?" Yun Wuji poked the little girl's head with his finger and chuckled.

  "Hmm," the little girl nodded and sat down in a chair. However, because she was too small, she couldn't reach the table. She struggled, stretg her arms to the edge, but her short arms couldn't quite reach. Finally, with a huff, she gave up on sitting in the chair and floated up until she reached her dishes.

  "Woaah! What is this? What is this?! It's so delicious! So yummy! Is this what food tastes like?" After taking a bite, the Evil Infant began to fly around like a bck butterfly, shouting in surprise and astonishment. When she finally stopped, she suddenly started g, "Waah! Waah!"

  "What's wrong with you?" Yun Wuji was taken aback by the Evil Infant's cries. She had been jumping around happily, so why did she suddenly start g like an infant?

  "I... I... sniff... I've never eaten anything... sniff... ever since I came ience... sniff... so I felt sad that I never enjoyed something like this for so long," the little girl wiped her tears while sniffing and expined.

  Ba the a era, she was sealed shortly after ing ience by the Four Devil Emperors because she caused too much destru.

  The Evil Infant spent most of her time sealed away by the devils, so she likely never had a ce to experienething like eating.

  "..." Hearing her words, something inside Yun Wuji's heart trembled. He took a deep breath, calming himself. 'I 't let my guard down. This Evil Infant is the st boss. I o stay on guard!'

  After repeatedly warning himself, he spoke to the little girl, "As long as you stay obedient, I'll give you delicious food."

  'I didn't give her a lollipop, so the FBI won't e after me, right?' he thought to himself.

  "Hmm, thank you, master!" The Evil Infant wiped her tears and floated around Yun Wuji's head happily.

  "Okay, stop pying around a. That's bad manners!" Yun Wuji told her.

  "Hmm!"

  ...

  After feeding the Evil Infant for probably the first time in her life, Yun Wuji took out a green pearl.

  "Sky Poison Pearl! Unfortunately, its spirit is already dead. It won't be able to recover its power iure," the Evil Infant excimed upon seeing the pearl.

  "And whose fault is that?" Yun Wuji gave the Evil Infant a fleeting gnce. Back when the Evil Infant was freed from its seal, she had kidhe body of the Moon Sughter Devil Sn and also stolen the Sky Poison Pearl to unleash the Myriad Tribution Poison which killed all the gods and devil races. During this process, the inal spirit of the pearl perished.

  "This... this... I'm sorry, master," sensing his displeasure, the little girl fearfully apologized and begged, "Please don't stop making me food!"

  "...Who said I would stop?" Yun Wuji eechless, he held the pearl and asked, " you trol two heavenly treasures at the same time?"

  He Ling was a Wood Spirit Race who ter became the Sky Poison Pearl's spirit. Despite being obviously weaker than the Evil Infant, she was still able to trol both the Sky Poison Pearl and the Eternal Heaven Pearl.

  So logically speaking, the Evil Infant should have an easier time trolling both treasures, especially sih the Sky Poison Pearl and the Eternal Heaven Pearl are birthed from Yin energy.

  After all, the Evil Infant's Wheel of Myriad Tributions is the terpart of the Heaven Punishing Aral Sword, while the Sky Poison Pearl is the terpart of the Primordial Seal of Life & Death.

  "Yes! I trol it, master," the little girl nodded her head vigorously, eager to prove that she wasn't useless, hoping Yun Wuji wouldn't stop giving her food iure.

  In fact, she could trol the Sky Poison Pearl much easier than any other Heavenly treasure, since she had already done so a million years ago. Back then, she forcefully trolled the Sky Poison Pearl eve still had its spirit. Now, with the spirit go was far easier for her to do it again.

  "Alright, then go ahead and do it," Yun Wuji pced the Sky Poison Pearl betweeiny hands and gave the and.

  "Hmm!"

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