15: Chapter 15 Save Me

The demoness suddenly stepped forward. "I can help you."

Chu Yang was wary. "How?"

"I can lend you some power temporarily," the demoness bit her finger and drew a complex rune on her palm. "Consider it our cooperation."

Daoist Wangchuan was shocked. "Demoness, how dare you!"

Ignoring everything, the demoness pressed the rune onto Chu Yang's chest. In an instant, a powerful surge of demonic energy poured into Chu Yang's body, intertwining and merging with the power of the Yin-Yang Talisman.

Chu Yang felt as if two forces were warring inside him, the pain nearly causing him to faint. But soon, the Yin-Yang Talisman and the demonic energy reached a delicate balance.

"This is..." Chu Yang looked at his hands in astonishment. One was wreathed in Yin-Yang energy, the other shimmered with purple demonic energy.

"A temporary power loan," the demoness said, her face pale, clearly having paid a significant price. "End this quickly. I can't hold on for long."

Daoist Wangchuan roared, "Li Qingxuan, attack together! We cannot let them continue!"

Li Qingxuan and the other masked cultivators rushed forward as one. Chu Yang waved his hand, unleashing a wall of interwoven Yin-Yang energy that sent several masked cultivators flying. Simultaneously, the purple energy from his left hand transformed into a sharp sword, forcing Li Qingxuan back.

"Interesting," Chu Yang felt the strange power within him. "This kind of coordination feels oddly familiar."

The demoness turned her face away. "Focus on the fight!"

Seeing this, Daoist Wangchuan hesitated no longer. He formed hand seals, and nine golden flying swords instantly appeared in the sky. "Nine Heavens Sword Array, Slash!"

The nine swords fell together. Chu Yang barely dodged seven, but two still slashed his arm and thigh.

"Chu Yang!" the demoness cried out, then gritted her teeth. "Are you capable or not? Is the title of Yin Yang Loose Cultivator a fake?"

Chu Yang retorted angrily, "Do you think I don't want to win? This body is too weak, and my memories are incomplete!"

"Then I'll teach you a move," the demoness leaned close to Chu Yang's ear and whispered rapidly. "This is what you taught me back then. I'm returning it to you now!"

A look of sudden understanding dawned on Chu Yang's face. He formed hand seals and chanted incantations. The Yin-Yang Talisman blazed with light, perfectly fusing with the demonic energy to form a Taiji diagram suspended before his chest.

"Yin-Yang transforms to Demonic, All Laws Return to One!" Chu Yang pushed his hands forward.

The Taiji diagram instantly expanded, enveloping the entire battlefield. Daoist Wangchuan's face paled in shock. "Impossible! This technique requires our combined effort to perform. How can you use it alone?"

The demoness sneered, "Who said he was using it alone?"

Daoist Wangchuan suddenly understood something, his expression changing drastically. "So that's it! Back then, you two really..."

Before he could finish, the Taiji diagram swallowed him. Seeing this, Li Qingxuan was horrified and thrust his sword at Chu Yang's back. The demoness flashed into motion, blocking the attack behind Chu Yang with a shield of purple energy.

"You..." Li Qingxuan stared at the demoness in shock. "You would take a sword for him?"

The demoness sneered, "My prey is not for you to touch."

Inside the Taiji diagram, Daoist Wangchuan exerted every ounce of his strength to resist. But the power of this technique was immense. Even with his profound cultivation, he gradually weakened. On the verge of being completely consumed, Daoist Wangchuan suddenly pulled out a golden token.

"Bishui Palace, save me!"

A beam of golden light shot into the sky, piercing through the Taiji diagram. From the distant horizon, a blue light streaked towards them—it was Bi Luo.

"Master!" Bi Luo landed anxiously, shielding Daoist Wangchuan.

Seeing this, Chu Yang's Taiji diagram maintained its power, still pressing down on the two. "Bi Luo, move aside!"

Bi Luo shook her head. "I cannot let you kill my master."

"He was the one who killed me back then!" Chu Yang roared.

"I know," Bi Luo's eyes welled with tears. "But he is still my master. Chu Yang, I don't want to be your enemy."

Seizing the opportunity, Daoist Wangchuan formed a seal. Countless golden needles shot up from the ground, forcing Chu Yang to retract the Taiji diagram for defense. The demoness grabbed Chu Yang. "The situation is bad. We should retreat!"

Chu Yang was unwilling. "Just leave like this?"

"The fusion of power within you is about to collapse," the demoness whispered urgently. "If we keep fighting, we'll both be in danger."

Only then did Chu Yang feel the Yin-Yang energy and demonic energy within him repelling each other, like two armies poised for battle, ready to erupt.

He looked at Bi Luo. "What exactly did he do to me? Why does everyone want my soul of samsara?"

Bi Luo hesitated, words caught in her throat. "It's more complicated than you think..."

"That phrase again!" Chu Yang laughed bitterly in anger. "Everyone says it's complicated, but no one will tell me the truth!"

"Because the truth is too cruel," Daoist Wangchuan suddenly spoke up. "Who do you think you are? You're merely a vessel I cultivated!"

Chu Yang shuddered. "What vessel?"

"Enough, Master!" Bi Luo shouted to stop him.

Daoist Wangchuan sneered. "He will find out sooner or later. Six hundred years ago, that Yin Yang Loose Cultivator died long ago. And you are merely a substitute I created using a secret technique, all to nurture a complete soul of samsara!"

Chu Yang felt as if struck by lightning. "What... what are you saying?"

The demoness's expression changed drastically. "Daoist Wangchuan, how dare you..."

Bi Luo closed her eyes in pain. "Master, I beg you, say no more."

"Why not say it?" Daoist Wangchuan laughed maniacally. "What does it matter if he knows the truth? Six hundred years of planning will be completed today! Chu Yang, you think you're the reincarnation of the Yin Yang Loose Cultivator? A joke! You are merely the vessel I meticulously prepared to reshape the Yin Yang Loose Cultivator's soul of samsara!"

Chu Yang felt the world spin. The memory fragments that had just surfaced in his mind suddenly became blurred and unclear.

The demoness pulled Chu Yang behind her. "Wangchuan, you're mad!"

"Mad?" Daoist Wangchuan laughed loudly. "If not for your interference back then, my plan would have succeeded long ago! Now, the soul of samsara within this boy has matured. It's time for me to reclaim it!"

Chu Yang staggered back. "I'm not me... I'm just a vessel..."

The demoness pinched him hard. "Snap out of it! He's trying to shake your Dao heart!"

Li Qingxuan suddenly attacked, thrusting his sword at Chu Yang's heart. "Master, let me take his life and extract the soul of samsara!"

Bi Luo hurriedly blocked in front of Chu Yang. "You must not!"

Li Qingxuan did not withdraw his sword. "Move aside, Senior Sister Bi Luo!"

Bi Luo stepped forward instead of retreating. "Master, you promised me you wouldn't harm Chu Yang's life!"

Daoist Wangchuan sneered. "That was the previous agreement. Since he has resisted, he leaves us no choice!"

In the chaos, the power within Chu Yang finally spiraled out of control. The Yin-Yang Talisman blazed with intense light, expelling all the demonic energy from his body.

"Ah!" The demoness cried out in pain, sent flying several yards by the backlash of demonic energy.

Chu Yang didn't fare well either. His internal energy was in disarray, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Seeing this, Li Qingxuan seized the chance to close in, his green sword aimed at Chu Yang's throat. "Surrender!"

At the critical moment, a purple shadow flashed. The demoness, summoning the last vestiges of her strength from somewhere, pushed Chu Yang aside while simultaneously repelling Li Qingxuan.

"Go!" The demoness took out her last talisman and crushed it.

Purple mist spread. By the time the mist cleared, Chu Yang and the demoness were gone.

Daoist Wangchuan was furious. "After them! We absolutely cannot let them escape!"

Bi Luo hesitated for a moment, then sighed. "Master, you shouldn't have told him those things."