Reborn as a Human Cauldron, But I'm the Top - Chapter 97

Chapter 97: The Real Culprit and Credibility

Shen Yirong’s anxiety intensified. She wanted to go out, but she also knew her injuries were not fully healed, and going out might not change anything.

However, she couldn’t just stay put either.

Shen Shuci, who had been silent, suddenly jumped out. She held her head and looked in the direction Su Wanxing had left.

She didn’t care that she was seen in this state and quickly flew to Shen Yirong. “Host, the place where I was locked up is exactly as she just described.”

Shen Yirong was puzzled. “What was locked up?”

Seeing her host’s confused face, Shen Shuci suddenly couldn’t speak. She shook her head and smiled. “It’s nothing.”

Shen Yirong felt she was acting strangely. “Are you hiding something from me?”

“No,” Shen Shuci said, then flew back into Shen Yirong’s sleeve. “I’m a little tired. I’m going to hibernate first.”

Shen Yirong knew she was lying, but Shen Shuci’s voice sounded genuinely exhausted.

Shen Yirong let the matter go, but her mood didn’t improve. She asked softly, “You know who the impostor is, don’t you?”

Shen Shuci didn’t answer, but silence was an answer.

Shen Yirong sighed. “Sleep well. You must be tired too.”

Shen Shuci, who was pretending to sleep, finally spoke up. “Host, I just don’t want you to be sad.”

Shen Yirong smiled. “I understand. Now, sleep well. When you wake up, I’ll buy you peanut brittle.”

The more Shen Yirong spoke like this, the more heartbreaking it was. Shen Shuci felt useless. She missed the time in the previous world a little.

Perhaps the Heavenly Dao’s warning to flee back then was meant for them to escape this world?

Shen Shuci couldn’t help but let her mind wander. She wanted to contact the Heavenly Dao, but she was afraid that the Heavenly Dao was also one of the enemies.

Seeing that Shen Shuci was no longer talking, Shen Yirong looked up at the sky. She looked at the large group of people from the Tai’an Sect and then at Senior Sister Mei beside her.

The other person was like a mountain of snow that never melted, wearing the same expression no matter what happened.

Shen Yirong was also a mountain, but with a gentle breeze blowing through, streams flowing, and all things growing freely—very lively.

Their common trait was resilience.

Shen Yirong took a deep breath to suppress the emotions churning inside her. She suddenly shrugged and smiled. “This is truly a terrifying world.”

Mei Xin’s expression changed slightly. “Are you thinking of cultivating the emotionless Dao again? Permit me to refuse.”

Shen Yirong covered her eyes, then chuckled softly after a long silence. “No, not this time.”

She lowered her hand and looked toward the exit.

Outside, the world was in turmoil. Song Yin had dragged the person out of the shattered space. The person stumbled wretchedly onto the ground.

A white veil covered her eyes. She wore the star and moon robes of the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion. Even in disgrace, she maintained elegance.

Su Zhao smiled. “The Venerable’s acting is quite good.”

Song Yin released her hand after pulling her out. The palm that had just held the other’s wrist began to petrify. She frowned, mobilizing her spiritual energy to suppress the abnormality.

Su Zhao on the ground was lifted up like a puppet. It seemed an invisible hand was gripping the clothes at the nape of her neck.

Song Yin mobilized the lightning, but just as the lightning gathered, it dispersed without warning. At the same time, Song Yin’s memory began to fade again.

Fortunately, the light ring on her hand lit up, and Song Yin’s memory began to recover. She recklessly gathered the lightning again, ignoring her gradually petrifying hand.

Song Yin raised her sword and thrust it towards Su Zhao. However, the chaotic space twisted the longsword she had conjured into many segments. The entire world stood behind Su Zhao, helping her ward off all danger.

The petrification on her arm continued to creep upward, but Song Yin didn’t care at all. She gripped hard with her right hand, forcibly squeezing the chaotic space together. The moment the space reset, the lightning sword pierced through Su Zhao’s chest.

Su Zhao let out a muffled groan and coughed up a mouthful of blood, but she was still smiling, albeit somewhat strained. “I told you, you can’t kill me. My destiny is now linked to this world. To kill me, you must destroy this world.”

The lightning in Song Yin’s hand dissipated. As expected, the opponent’s body was undamaged, even her clothes were intact.

Song Yin looked at her petrifying arm. “You’re insane.”

Su Zhao didn’t deny her madness. She looked at the stars in the sky. “The Venerable is wise and must know why I have become this way. If you were me, you would make the same choice.”

Song Yin sneered. “I am not you. You say these things only because you know what you are doing is wrong and you want people’s understanding.”

She then looked at the people from the Heaven’s Secret Pavilion sleeping on the platform above. Song Yin scoffed. “Aren’t these people you spend time with important? Aren’t your old friends important? Since you are in internal agony, why not stop now? Everything is still reversible. Master is a very tolerant person. As long as you admit your mistake and turn back, she will forgive you.”

Su Zhao chuckled. “Tolerant? You’ve spent too little time with your Master. You don’t understand her true self. Of course, she’s tolerant of friends, but if a friend becomes a criminal, her heart becomes the hardest thing in the world.”

The next instant, Song Yin’s lightning sword condensed again. This time she aimed for Su Zhao’s neck, but it was again twisted by the space.

Su Zhao knew this move wouldn’t work for long, so she prudently retreated back into the space, using the distorted space to limit Song Yin’s range of activity.

Song Yin snorted. Instead of letting the chaotic space control her, she decided to completely shatter this area of space, causing Su Zhao to lose control over it.

Four hundred years had passed. Song Yin was no longer the weak cultivator who was helpless against the demon calamity.

Thunder gathered between heaven and earth. The lightning flashed so brightly that one couldn’t keep their eyes open. Song Yin’s spiritual energy circulated wildly.

“Boom!”

Amidst the lightning, the originally chaotic space was directly shredded. Except for the spot where Song Yin stood, the space around her was shattered into pieces.

Su Zhao hadn’t expected Song Yin to become even more monstrous after some time apart. This seemed to be more than just simple lightning.

Despite this, Su Zhao remained unhurried. She looked at Song Yin with eyes full of appreciation. “The Venerable seems to have a deep understanding of space as well.”

The surrounding space was like a broken mirror, reflecting everything in the area. Song Yin stood among the fragments, her eyes on Su Zhao icy cold. She was angry.

Song Yin ignored her praise, her eyes full of the murderous intent to take her life. “You deserve to die.”

Su Zhao realized she was heavily locked onto by Song Yin, with no chance of survival left. Yet, she wasn’t afraid. She asked with great curiosity, “Why is the Venerable angry?”

Song Yin remained silent.

The Heart Demon laughed in her head. No way? Are you jealous just because she said you haven’t spent much time together?

Song Yin angrily rebuked, “Shut up!”

Su Zhao sensed her anger had increased. If she could see, she would see an incredibly ferocious face.

She had been impulsive today. Even having stolen the destiny of this world, it was difficult to defeat the monster before her.

But Su Zhao sensed something. She subtly curved her lips, looking at the mirror that suddenly appeared at Song Yin’s feet.

The enraged Song Yin also sensed the mirror’s presence. Seeing the mirror about to be sucked into the shattered and chaotic space, Song Yin forgot everything else and bent down to grab the All-Seeing Mirror.

As she picked it up, the All-Seeing Mirror began to move uncontrollably, even emitting a bright light, trying to swallow Song Yin.

Song Yin saw her Master and the others inside the mirror. She didn’t dare to fully suppress it, but the mirror was frantically resisting Song Yin as if it had gone mad.

Su Zhao smiled. She called out softly, “Come here.”

The All-Seeing Mirror shook even more violently. Song Yin naturally wouldn’t let the opponent succeed. The All-Seeing Mirror was unable to move an inch in her hand.

But she quickly discovered the problem. Unable to break free, the All-Seeing Mirror began to self-destruct.

Song Yin was momentarily caught in a dilemma, but in just that instant of hesitation, the cracks in the mirror grew larger, on the verge of splitting in two.

She could see the situation inside the mirror. The world inside was collapsing with the All-Seeing Mirror’s self-destruction. Her Master, sitting on the tree, had a very solemn expression.

Song Yin’s anger turned to panic. She urgently wanted to rescue her Master, but the Master in the mirror suddenly looked up and smiled at her.

Immediately after, the All-Seeing Mirror began violently ejecting people as if it had an upset stomach. Mei Xin was the first to be spat out.

Song Yin extended her hand, creating her own space to catch her. Subsequently, the All-Seeing Mirror spat out the rest of the Tai’an Sect members in one go, and Song Yin caught them one by one.

Only one person remained in the mirror.

The cracks in the mirror continuously widened, almost reaching the point of destruction.

Su Zhao saw her situation and smiled. “Aren’t you going to let go? If the All-Seeing Mirror is destroyed, the Sword Venerable will also disappear.”

In the second before the mirror was destroyed, Song Yin finally let go. The released mirror returned to Su Zhao’s hand.

Su Zhao no longer lingered in the fight and hid herself again.

Su Zhao’s aura disappeared. Everything began to return to normal. The Heaven’s Secret Pavilion above also vanished, and the moons merged back into one.

Song Yin looked up at the moon, closed her eyes, and returned to her own space.

Aside from Mei Xin, the Tai’an Sect members didn’t have a good impression of Song Yin, as Song Yin was partly responsible for the Tai’an Sect’s poverty.

After being enemies for so many years, they never expected to be saved by this Demon Lord one day.

Song Yin had no time to care about their mental journey. She was very annoyed now and wanted to find someone to fight.

Mei Xin looked at her petrifying arm. “Is it serious?”

Song Yin looked up at Mei Xin. “Can I hit you?”

This politeness was very familiar. Mei Xin was momentarily dazed, then refused. “No.”

Seeing the nervous Tai’an crowd, Song Yin felt bored again. She briefly assessed the strength of this group of people. It was somewhat passable.

But other sects would not have this strength.

Song Yin said coldly, “Inform the major immortal sects that Su Zhao has stolen the destiny of this world, attempting to sacrifice it to create another world dominated by her, to resurrect an old friend. The cultivation world will face a tribulation soon. Tell the major sects to be on high alert.”

Mei Xin had been collected into the space right after coming out, so she hadn’t seen Su Zhao. She was a little taken aback by this.

However, she didn’t doubt her. Before the Tai’an crowd could raise any questions, she decisively agreed. “Okay.”

But she seemed to have another question. “Will Junior Niece not inform them yourself?”

Song Yin turned and walked towards the area where the Tai’an disciples were gathered. They all moved aside as they saw her approach.

Song Yin chose a spot and sat down. She closed her eyes, looking very tired. “Did you forget? I am the Demon Venerable.”

The Demon Venerable had no credibility. If she said this, the immortal sects would definitely think she was sowing discord.

But if Mei Xin said it, it would be different. She was the most credible person in the cultivation world.

Her credibility was so high that a casual word from her could change the public perception of an evil person like Song Yin.

Mei Xin didn’t understand, but she would follow the instructions.

Song Yin then threw a magical artifact to her. “Use this.”

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