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Just as she wiped away her tears, the ice mist bubbles that held her captive shattered instantly.

Lin Qi looked on, also quite surprised.

He smoothly passed the jade pendant fragments in his hand to Tianmang.

"This jade pendant might be the secret weapon left behind by Master Ancestor, containing a sliver of her soul."

Now that her spirit has vanished, and the jade pendant is broken, these shards remain as a memento for you.

Tian Mang nodded, his eyes red as he silently took the object, tears welling up with unspoken sadness.

When Lin Qi turned around to look around, she found Shen Jun's body burning inch by inch. In the blink of an eye, there was only a pile of ashes left.

The surrounding ice and snow gradually melted, and the aura of the Demon God's Domain and Shenjun slowly dissipated.

Lin Qi shouted to Tian Mang, “Should you gather up the ashes of your celestial lord?”

Tianmang, like a dream just waking up, immediately wiped her tears and ran to the side of Shenjun's ashes. Looking at her empty hands, she suddenly felt lost.

Lin Qi handed over a bottle. "Try this?"

Tiān Máng lowered his head in silence, and after a while, he softly said: "Thank you."

"No, do you know how to leave here?" Lin Qi finally found an opportunity to ask.

The matter of Yuan Ye and Shen Jun was resolved, but she who was trapped in the underground palace couldn't be released.

Especially the withered tree on top of my head and the giant black python, I don't know what happened to Ye Jian Shijie.

Tianmang was taken aback.

Perhaps Lin Qi's performance was more friendly, and she finally spared her brain to think, giving Lin Qi some useful advice.

"Library!"

"What?"

Tian Mang's eyes glistened with tears as he exclaimed, "Immortal Lord once told me that the Library of Scriptures contains records about everything related to the Demon Imperial Palace. If I have any doubts, I can look for them in the library."

"Didn't your friend put all the books from the library away? You could go look around, maybe there's a way out in there."

Four rooms, the study was just a through-the-roof green vine trellis that helped Lin Qi collect. She still didn't know what kind of books were inside.

After being reminded by Tiān Máng, Lin Qī swiftly sprang into action, pulling the Sky-Piercing Green Vine to look for information.

Actually, you don't really need to look hard.

Since Shenjun was prepared to leave opportunities for future generations, she didn't intend to hide the information about the Demon Temple.

Lin Qi and quickly found a black box emitting a lustrous sheen.

She touched the box, always feeling that the touch was familiar.

Tian Mang had already collected Shen Jun's ashes, holding the urn and walking closer. His gaze was fixed on the box in Lin Qi's hand.

"This box is made of dead wood."

"Seeing Lin Qi, she emphasized again: "It's true, I can feel it."

"I didn't doubt your words."

As they were talking, Lin Qi had already opened the box and saw a letter inside.

Whoever receives this message is sure to be a disciple of my Taiji lineage.

I am Shenjun, the great disciple of Taigujiao Jun. In order to stop the Heavenly Demon Shin Yuan from harming both humans and demons, I ultimately chose to perish with him.

Within the Demon Palace lie my and Yuan Ye's lifetime collection, of immeasurable value. To avoid causing chaos, I persuaded Yuan Ye to set up five secret treasure chambers within the Demon Palace long ago, awaiting those destined to find them.

The treasures and precious books in the four rooms within the subterranean palace are my gifts to the disciples of the Taiji lineage.

I am determined to die with the wilderness, yet there are still three things that trouble my heart.

The first thing to worry about is the formidable power of the wild spirits. They are like centipedes with a hundred legs, even in death they do not perish. After several years, they can return to life through the art of possessing corpses.

If this were to happen, I implore the disciples of Tai Chi to lend me a hand, lest Yuan Ye stray from the right path and bring harm upon the world.

The second item is Tianmang.

Tiān Máng was raised by me, and I consider her my own daughter.

In order to seek immortality, Ran Yuanwo slaughtered the entire Earth Demon clan and seized the Heavenly Withered Tree. He then accidentally learned a wicked demonic technique, planting the seeds of the Heavenly Withered Tree within his own body to conduct an experiment.

If Tianmang survives, he can live as long as Tianku Mu. Then, he plans to seize Tianmang's body.

I can protect Tiān Máng for a while, but I cannot protect it for all time.

Please, disciples of Tai Chi, remember our shared ancestry and take care of Tian Mang for me. Send her back to Tian Yi Zong and let her join the Tai Chi lineage.

If it is too much trouble, please do not force yourself. Just take a little care of her would be enough.

The third thing is the two innate treasures that remain in the Treasure Pavilion.

This is the treasure of Xuan Tian Zong, I happened to obtain it. If you want to keep it and use it, remember to be discreet in your actions and avoid attracting unwanted attention, lest you provoke a conflict between the two sects.

As for the Frozen Mist Pipe, it was a gift from my master, the Grandmaster of Taiji Dao. You are also a disciple of the Taiji lineage. If I were to leave, you could simply contractually inherit it without worry about its origins.

Other treasures in the Treasure Pavilion, all gathered by me and Yuan Ye from various places, are here for you to arrange as you wish.

A map of the Demon Palace is also included. Please give my regards to Master, and tell him that his disciple Shen Jun is unfilial and has let him down despite all his kind guidance.

After reading the letter, Lin Qi let out a sigh and her gaze fell on Tian Mang.

Seeing Shen Jun worried about all her arrangements, she thought of everything Gong Shaojun had done to pave the way for her.

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Parents in the world are to be pitied.

Since she has taken the divine artifacts, she must abide by her principles and bring Tianmang safely back to Tianyi Sect.

Lin Qi handed the letter in her hand to Tian Mang, "Master Shen Jun wants me to take you to Tian Yi Sect. What do you think?"

Tiān Máng took the letter and looked at it. The tears in his eyes, which had just subsided, burst forth again instantly, and tears welled up one by one.

She carefully handed the letter to Lin Qi, "I'll go to Tianyizong with you!"

"The Immortal Lord said that Heaven One Sect was her home. It was the place she loved and missed the most. If it weren't for the Demon Lord's forceful imprisonment, she would have brought me back to Heaven One Sect long ago."

Although it's been several years... I still want to take Shenjun back home and see the Tiān Yī Zōng she spoke of.

Lin Qi nodded and was flipping through the Demon God Palace map.

But in his heart, he thought, Master Shenjun had written in the letter that he wanted Tianmang to enter Tiyizong and pay respects to Taigui lineage again.

Within the Taiji lineage, Taiji Daojun vanished eight hundred years ago. No one knows whether he is dead or alive.

Now that Shen Jun Daojun has completely faded away, her master and grandmaster have vanished as well, leaving only the lineage of Shen Jun Daojun's second disciple... who just happens to be enemies with Lin Qi.

Tiān Máng wants to become a disciple, possibly joining Tiāngānfēng.

But with her physique, not to mention it's easy for people to covet her, can she even learn the techniques of Tiangang Peak? Can she integrate into Tiangang Peak?

However, these things were not her concern at the moment.

Lin Qi retracted her thoughts, her fingertip falling on a certain spot on the map. "The exit is here."

She turned and walked toward the stone table, putting a little more force into her hands. Her natural strength surged forth instantly, and with one push, she toppled the entire stone table.

The formation in the four-room chamber vanished instantly, and the floorboards interlocked, creating a gap where the stone table once stood. Stairs descended into darkness from below.

Tiān Máng was also quite surprised, "How could there be a tunnel here?"

If she had known sooner, she wouldn't have been trapped here for so long.