Chapter 251: A Hero, Not a Demon Lord
This time, Xiangliu was indeed severely injured. The day he was sent to Jade Pool, he was shattered almost to dust. Seeing this, the Queen Mother furrowed her brow deeply, sparing no effort of her own divine essence to mend his true form. Her action was driven not only by her bond as teacher and student with Xiaoyao, but also because Xiangliu had plunged himself into the Suspended Mirror of Destiny, exhausting all nine of his lives and risking the complete destruction of his soul to shatter the evil arts and rescue countless living beings from the depths of misery. It was a truly genuine and devoted act between heaven and earth, an achievement of immeasurable merit.
After his true form was mended, the Queen Mother and the King of Haoling personally cast spells to guide the protected souls back into Xiangliu’s body. Afterwards, the Queen Mother sent Lieyang to New City, attempting to exchange a golden elixir for Xiangliu's demon core to bring it back to Jade Pool and help him regain his human form. To the surprise of even the Queen Mother, despite Lieyang's immense spiritual power, he could not budge the demon core even a fraction, and in the end, they had to give up.
Chapter 251