“You seem very afraid of me.” Diexi advanced on the king soldier. She was no match for him at her current strength, but he seemed extraordinarily terrified of her. He stumbled over his feet and plopped to the ground.

“Don’t, don’t force me!” the king soldier stammered. “You better put that crystal coffin away. The chief worlds will be doomed if it splits open! You’re nothing good either, you’re a demon! A perverse demon!

“That coffin of empyrean crystal isn’t meant to bury you, but to seal you away!” A strange curve flashed across the king soldier’s lips and he turned to Lu Yun. “Didn’t you ask about the mistress? I can tell you that she sealed this person into the coffin!”

“Mo Yi?” Diexi blinked, the look in her eyes clear. She didn’t seem like the demon that the king soldier spoke about, one that could destroy the chief worlds.

A tiny ripple appeared in the...