Back In The Homeland

Tang Qin was in pain too. Not everyone could bear the feeling of one's soul being stripped away. However, all these years, the only thing she had experienced was pain, so she could still bear this pain. She walked over to Cao Xinrui's side and said coldly, "You're too naive! Even if I killed you a hundred times over, it still won't be enough to vent my anger for what you did to me! Why would I let you go? You're as dumb as a rock."

After saying this, Tang Qin finally told Cao Xinrui what she thought of her. Then, her body fell to the ground.

Xiaoyao quickly rushed over, grabbed her, and placed her body on the grass.

Then, Cao Xinrui's body moved, and she opened her eyes again. Her lips curved into a confident smile.

"Master?" Xiaoyao called out tentatively.

Tang Qin touched her new unfamiliar face. 

"It's me!"

Compared to looking for an unfamiliar body, Cao Xinrui's identity was much more suitable. She could enter the royal palace without any obstacles, and no one would suspect her!

"Awooooo!" 

The fire dog suddenly twitched. Its master's soul had disappeared from this world. As her spirit beast, it naturally could not escape death either. Soon, the fire dog turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared from this world.

"The only problem with this body now is… How exactly am I supposed to find a fire dog?" 

Tang Qin stood up slowly and stretched her body, deep in thought.

"Don't worry about that, Master. I can transform into a fire dog," Xiaoyao said. Then, Xiaoyao transformed from his previous child-like body into Cao Xinrui's fire dog and licked Tang Qin's palm affectionately.

"Is this your ability? Then can its attributes and moves be completely mimicked?" Tang Qin asked in surprise.

"Of course! As long as the difference in strength isn't too great, I can change into anything I've seen before. I'm even stronger than those low-rank spirit beasts anyway!" 

Xiaoyao's voice was filled with pride, but he quickly realized something and said, "Of course, I'm definitely not as strong as Master!"

Tang Qin touched his head. "If you can be stronger than me, then that's great! We'll protect each other in the future, but the most important thing for us right now is to find my other life spirit beast. Do you understand?"

"Yes," Xiaoyao nodded.

After that, Tang Qin took out the real antidote and removed the hidden poisonous insects in her body. She then stomped on the ground with one foot.

Moments later, two shadow beasts slowly emerged from the ground and circled around Tang Qin, trying to please her.

The shadow beast was the only demonic beast that could freely enter and leave the Abyss Realm because, not only did it have no attack power, but it was also a tonic that helped cultivators. It was regarded as a walking high-level ginseng. It was also because of this attribute of theirs that they were hunted down fervently. Therefore, shadow beasts did not dare to leave the Abyss Realm under normal circumstances.

"I'll have to trouble you both to help me bring my body back to the Abyss Realm. Once I find a way to unseal the Abyss Realm, I'll take my body back." 

Her soul had already left her body, and the seal of the Abyss Realm no longer had any restrictions on her body, but she still had to use the shadow beast to help her move it back.

"I know, Qin'er, don't worry! But you should be careful. If you encounter any danger, run back to the Abyss Realm! Mother Tang Xi is the strongest and can definitely protect you," the two shadow beasts said in unison.

Tang Qin nodded and sat on Xiaoyao's back as they headed toward the Canglan Kingdom.

By the time Tang Qin returned to the royal palace, the sky was already bright. Having returned to this place again, Tang Qin stood outside the tall palace gates, looking at the kingdom that had tortured her even though she was born here. She no longer possessed the fear she had before.

"Did Miss Cao go out last night? It's so dangerous for you to travel alone!" 

The guards at the gate laughed out of fear and flattery as they opened the huge palace gates for her. Cao Xinrui's temper was really bad, and they would be beaten up if they were not careful.

At this moment, these two soldiers had no idea what kind of terrifying existence they had just welcomed into the palace.

Tang Qin's face was cold. As soon as she walked in, she heard a burst of strange-sounding laughter from the side. 

"Oh, where did my dear sister go? You're really not embarrassed to go out with that face full of pus and sores? Aren't you afraid of scaring people?"

Tang Qin turned around and saw who it was. It was a girl who looked to be about 17 or 18 years old. She was Cao Xinrui's sister, Cao Xinyue! These two sisters were born from the same mother, but they did not have any sisterly feelings. In order to snatch what little resources they could from their family, they had long been at odds with each other. They often employed secret methods to attack each other. They wanted nothing more than to stab each other to death and get rid of each other as rivals.