Only after finishing the events there did she go to Fanghu Mystic Isle, enter a secret realm to obtain the Immortality Herb, heal the Water Qilin, and return to the mainland.

By then, the war between demon abyss had just ended.

As for the other events on Fanghu Mystic Isle, Xiao Shou skipped over them and focused on what he remembered about Tongchan.

The first time was when Xiao Ran became involved with the current chief disciple, the future Abbot Zhunsheng.

By chance, she saw Tongchan’s back and felt an inexplicable stirring in her heart.

When she asked Zhunsheng, he explained that Tongchan had been brought back by their grandmaster when he was only an infant.

After the grandmaster ascended, Tongchan was raised by Abbot Kumu.

When he went to Yingzhou Celestial Isle, he was exactly twenty years old.

Twenty?

That meant he was even younger than himself.

Xiao Shou felt a bit awkward as he glanced at the man in front of him who stood more than two heads taller with a striking and heroic appearance.

He found it strange.

Why did Xiao Ran feel her heart stirred upon seeing this man in the original story and why did he himself also feel an unusual sense of closeness?

Just as Xiao Shou was pondering this, Tongchan who appeared calm despite Xiao Shou’s obvious distraction spoke. "This humble monk is indeed Tongchan. Forgive my abruptness, but may I ask, can your spirit fire burn away this Seven Deadly Sins?"

"So what if it can?" Xiao Shou replied lazily as if he did not care, while continuing to search his memory for more about Tongchan.

The second time was when Xiao Ran drawn by that same inexplicable pull approached him to understand it.

But Tongchan treated her who was irresistibly charming to men as nothing more than a fleeting beauty and bones.

He showed no reaction at all and even advised her to stay away from Zhunsheng, warning her not to disrupt his cultivation.

The third time was when Xiao Ran released the three thousand ancient demons sealed within the Exquisite Pagoda on Fanghu Mystic Isle in order to claim it.

Faced with the impending catastrophe, Kumu and Tongchan sacrificed themselves to save all living beings.

After Kumu’s sacrifice, he successfully advanced to the Golden Body Arhat and ascended to the higher realm.

But Tongchan encountered a fatal problem at the final step of forming his Golden Body and perished.

The novel never explained what went wrong.

It only said: "At the crucial moment when Tongchan was reconstructing his golden body, his soul suddenly let out a mournful cry and shattered. In disbelief, Tongchan thought, ’So I am actually...’"

Xiao Shou sighed.

That author really knew how to leave a mystery hanging.

Actually what?

The story never gave an answer, even by the end.

What exactly was it?

His intuition told him that whatever came after that sentence was deeply connected to him.

Unfortunately, the author never wrote it.

A bit frustrating.

All that thinking for nothing.

And now?

The Source of Profound Ice that should have belonged to Xiao Ran had been taken by Yu Lin.

She even seemed to have bound herself to the Seven Deadly Sins for life, making it her spirit pet.

Now she was controlling it to spread across the seas and the mainland, infecting more and more living beings, advancing step by step, all for the sake of completely defeating Xiao Ran.

What would become of the Heaven Origin Realm in the future?

Just moments ago, as Xiao Shou tapped his forehead in deep thought, Tongchan who had felt an inexplicably strong urge to know what the young man before him was thinking could not resist using his Eye of Truth ability.

Under its effect, Xiao Shou’s thoughts rang clearly in his mind.

But what were these thoughts?

What did "female protagonist" mean?

The Crown Princess was still alive, so why did he think she had been assassinated?

The Seven Deadly Sins had actually been released by that so-called female protagonist for revenge?

General Ping Guo was such a despicable person?

He had even used his senior brother...

And his martial nephew Zhunsheng would be bewitched by this strange woman called Xiao Ran?

So refining the three thousand ancient demons in the Exquisite Pagoda could directly lead to attaining the Golden Body Arhat state?

His own soul... collapse?

And what was this "female supporting character" Yu Lin supposed to be?

The more he saw, the dizzier Tongchan felt.

What kind of chaotic thoughts were these?

This young man who made him feel so close was thinking about things that completely tangled his mind.

If this continued, he would not even be able to think straight.

He immediately cut off his Eye of Truth.

Never again would he peek into this person’s thoughts.

Still, he had seen quite a few interesting things just now.

He would need to think about them carefully later.

After ending the ability, Tongchan looked at Xiao Shou, his face slightly pale, and said, "If your spirit fire truly has such power, then I ask you, benefactor, please save these innocent lives."

"Save people?"

Finally, he said it.

Xiao Shou had been waiting for this exact opportunity to let his little flame have a full feast.

At the same time, it would disrupt Yu Lin’s plans.

He did not know exactly what she was plotting or whether it was all for a final battle against Xiao Ran, but her actions had gone too far.

Even a passerby could not ignore it.

He did not want to see more victims appear.

Completely unaware that his thoughts had been fully exposed under the Eye of Truth, Xiao Shou made up his mind and summoned the small flame again.

However, before he could say that he agreed to use his spirit fire to burn away the Seven Deadly Sins, a gray robed monk suddenly rushed over with his expression flustered.

"Martial Granduncle, something terrible has happened. The Emperor and Island Master Ying have just joined forces to take Jian Li’s Vermilion Bird Fire. They are now gathering spirit flames to feed it and preparing to raise it to the level of the Vermilion Bird Sacred Flame."