Yaoyao was munching on a sugar-coated hawthorn stick with gusto when she suddenly realized he was gone. She tried to look for him but couldn't find a trace of him at all, so she had no choice but to stay put and wait.
Mu Hua the Page entered the temple and quietly placed the statues of the ancient gods inside Chongming's idol.
Due to the lack of faith power, Chongming was gradually weakening, and the seal on Danxue Mountain was on the verge of collapse.
Yaohua worked even harder to spread blessings, but she couldn't stop his decline. She was filled with doubts but couldn't find a clue.
One day, after spreading blessings, Yaohua held the jade in her hand with a worried look on her face. "I don't know why, but spreading blessings these days has been of no use at all."
Chongming was about to comfort her when his face changed. "No! Someone is breaking the seal!"
Yaohua rushed back to Danxue Mountain in a hurry and saw a black figure pounding on the seal.
The seal shattered like a spider's web under her attack. She turned around and smiled smugly. It was Xilan!
Xilan opened her mouth, but a double voice came out.
An angry female voice said, "I've become this wretched state all because of Chongming. I'm going to pull him off the altar of gods and make him fall into the demonic path!"
The other voice was a gentle male voice. "Didn't expect it, did you? I'm not dead at all."
Yaohua stared at the scene in shock and saw a spirit slowly rising from Xilan's head. It was Qingque!
It turned out that Qingque wasn't dead at all but had been hiding inside Xilan's body.
The two of them combined and used the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon to attack Chongming.
Yaohua lunged forward with bloodshot eyes. "No!"
But it was already too late.
The surging demonic power turned into blade - like fragments and cut towards Chongming. He was directly hit and immediately lost consciousness and fell into a coma. But at this moment, a small amount of demonic power in his comatose body began to circulate, emitting a faint light, and actually started to absorb the demonic power around him!
Under his absorption, the blade - like demonic power gradually turned into something as gentle as silk. It no longer had any offensive power but meandered around him obediently.
Xilan stared at this scene in shock. "How could this be... He's clearly a god. How could he absorb the power of the Nine - Heavens Mysterious Demon?"
Yaohua drew her sword and charged forward. "No matter who you are, you'll die here today!"
Unfortunately, although Xilan was no match for her at all, she had a mysterious movement technique and quickly escaped.
The black demonic power poured into Chongming's body like an endless stream of sea water and finally turned into a huge black cocoon.
Crack!
The cocoon shattered, and Chongming opened his eyes. His left pupil was a sacred golden color, while his right pupil was a bottomless black.
At the same time, the power of the seal also shattered and was all absorbed into his body.
"Master, how do you feel now?" Yaohua asked anxiously.
Chongming clenched his fist, feeling the surging power in his body, and smiled bitterly. "Now I've completely fallen into demonhood. From now on, there will be no more God Chongming in the Three Realms, only the demon lord Chongming."
Yaohua held his hand. "If you become a demon and everyone hates you, I'll surely follow you!"
Since Chongming had fallen into demonhood, how could she bear to let him face this alone? So she was determined to become a demon too.
But Chongming patted her and said slowly, "I've already degraded to this state. How could I drag you down with me?"
With that, he flew away and disappeared without a trace.
Yaohua was extremely pained. She wanted to fall into demonhood but was stopped by her elder brothers.
Several elder brothers swarmed around her. "Sister, you have to look on the bright side. There are plenty of fish in the sea. Why be infatuated with just one?"
"Even if you really like him, you can't choose to degenerate. We can think of other ways."
"I'll go and look through the ancient books right away. By the way, we can go and ask God of War Chenyu. He and Chongming have always been on good terms. Maybe he'll know how to turn a demon back into a human."
The comfort from her elder brothers made Yaohua regain her spirits. "You're right. Maybe there's still a way."
Just as she was about to set off to find God of War Chenyu, a message was brought by a small paper crane from the Heavenly Realm.
The brothers all asked curiously, "Whose message is this?"
Yaohua's expression became solemn. "This is a message from the God - Lord, saying that there's an important matter to discuss."
"One who shows kindness for no reason is either a scoundrel or a thief!" Yan Ling said.
Based on their previous experiences dealing with the group leader, the elder brothers all knew that the God - Lord was unreliable.
Yaohua naturally knew this too, but she still held a glimmer of hope. Despite their dissuasion, she headed for the Heavenly Realm.
The God - Lord's Palace.
The God - Lord stood proudly with his back to the door. After Yaohua approached, he slowly said, "If I'm not mistaken, Chongming should have fallen into demonhood by now, right?"
"How do you know? Did you do something?" Yaohua couldn't help but be filled with suspicion.
The God - Lord turned around and conjured up a water mirror in his hand. "This has nothing to do with me."
The water mirror clearly showed the situation on Danxue Mountain.
Yaohua asked, "Then why did you summon me here?"
The God - Lord said seriously, "Do you know why Chongming couldn't obtain divine power to maintain the seal?"
Yaohua pressed on. "Why?"
The God - Lord sighed. "I just found out that Mu Hua the Page secretly placed the statues of the ancient gods inside all the idols in the mortal world. As a result, the faith power from the people's worship all went to the ancient gods instead of the outer idol shells."
"Really?" Yaohua couldn't believe it.
The God - Lord sighed. "If you don't believe it, go and check for yourself."
Yaohua went to Henan Prefecture. After a careful inspection, she indeed found something strange about the idol. She picked up the idol and smashed it to the ground hard. The outer shell of the idol was broken, revealing the pure - gold statue of the ancient god inside.
She visited several places in a row, and it was the same in all of them. Moreover, the monks in those places all said that they had seen Mu Hua the Page.
Just as she found the fifth location, she bumped into Mu Hua the Page.
Mu Hua the Page saw the statue she was holding high in her hand and couldn't help but swallow hard. He pretended to be nonchalant and said, "May I ask what you're here for?"
"I think you should ask yourself this question!" Yaohua snorted. "Why did you place the statues of the ancient gods inside the idols? Do you know that this will make Chongming completely fall into demonhood!"
"Aren't all the lands in the world owned by the ancient gods? What's wrong with placing some statues of the ancient gods?" A look of guilt flashed across Mu Hua the Page's eyes.
Yaohua said hatefully, "You refuse to repent. I'll kill you today and see how you can collect faith power for those despicable ancient gods."
With that, she summoned the fire phoenix and attacked Mu Hua the Page.
Boom!
Dark clouds instantly covered the sky.
Mu Hua the Page didn't expect her to attack without warning. He panicked and said, "I'm an ancient god. Killing me will trigger heavenly retribution. You can't kill me!"
Yaohua stared at him coldly, and a dazzling and murderous sword light appeared.