Once, I wanted to be a good person

This is the trump card Fang Ze thought of just before the battle! Corpse-driving talisman paper!

Corpse-driving talisman paper: As long as this talisman paper is affixed to a creature, it can control the creature's actions. The control time and degree are influenced by various factors such as the difference in power between the two parties and the will of the controlled being. If the power disparity is too great, there may be backlash (Chapter 59).

This is an artifact Fang Ze obtained while investigating Miaomiao. Due to its powerful capabilities but astonishing side effects, he has kept it in reserve until now without using it!

And now, facing this life-and-death moment, Fang Ze couldn't care less and had to take a gamble!

Sure enough, the moment the artifact took effect, the side effects immediately followed!

Even though the Fiend Codex was heavily damaged, even though Fang Ze was now in a demigod's body, the power disparity between the two was still significant. So, when the talisman paper was affixed, Fang Ze felt as if his entire body was being crushed by a massive mountain, as if he was about to be shattered, causing him to directly spit out a large mouthful of Divine Blood!

This was just the backlash he received for merely controlling the Fiend Codex's inability to move—a simple demand! If he dared to control the Fiend Codex to commit suicide, he might explode and die!

However, this outcome was enough for Fang Ze!

After all, he has the Demigd Prison! As long as he can immobilize the Fiend Codex, he can use his most powerful weapon against demigods!

So, at that moment, Fang Ze endured the pain throughout his body, the pressure like Tai Shan hanging over, the backlash he received, and then shouted loudly, "Talisman paper sealing!"

This shout was for the demigods watching the event unfold.

And as he shouted these words, he silently activated the [Demigd Prison], quietly chanting in his heart, "Demigd Prison, lock up!"

Although the Fiend Codex is an ascension-level Divine Fiend, it lost its ability to act, and thus it instantly passed the Demigd Prison's determination! Therefore, a white light fell from the sky, enveloping his body, and shortly thereafter, the powerful Divine Fiend Codex, both man and wolf, vanished from this world!

At that moment, everyone who had been observing the battle was dumbfounded, somewhat doubting what they saw.

What did they see?

The Fiend Codex...not only was defeated but also sealed?

Two seconds later.

"This is impossible!"

A loud shout echoed on the dune!

Ghost Mother turned her head to look at Blue Blood Venerable, who had just spoken.

From the beginning of the battle, Blue Blood Venerable had always appeared calm and extremely confident, but now his brow was furrowed to the extreme, his face full of disbelief.

....

"Bang!" "Snap!"

In Heaven Beyond the Heavens, a steel-constructed fortress.

A cyborg bristling with all sorts of mechanical tubes, with parts and gears interlocking all over its body, suddenly stood up, knocking over the furniture beside him!

Below, his subordinates seemed to be having a meeting, discussing something, and were somewhat perplexed when they saw him standing up like this, glancing at each other in confusion, unsure of what was happening.

But the cyborg paid no attention to his subordinates' astonishment. He just stood there, his mechanical eyes staring directly toward the direction of Fang Ze's battle, as if piercing through countless walls and spatial barriers to see the scene of the battle that had just occurred!

....

"Interesting."

On the outskirts of Heaven Beyond the Heavens.

The demigods invisibly spectating in the sky heard the voice and couldn't help but turn to look.

And then they discovered, for a time unknown, a young, beautiful woman wearing palace attire standing quietly behind them, her gaze soft as water, looking towards Fang Ze's location.

Seeing the woman, several demigods revealed expressions of surprise and hurriedly bowed respectfully, "Venerable Frost White."

Their attitude towards this woman seemed more reverent than toward other Venerables....

...

And just as the Venerables were in shock, Fang Ze did not stop his actions!

The sudden attack and the sudden death of the people around him almost brought Fang Ze's tension to its peak!

The battle with the Divine Fiend Codex also made Fang Ze realize the strength of the enemy!

The Fiend Codex is a peak ascension-level demigod, albeit slightly weakened after transforming into a Divine Fiend, but anyone wielding such a powerful war machine must be strong!

According to the battle information Fang Ze received in between fighting from the Flower God, only Venerables could control Divine Fiends of this level!

Even though he wasn't clear about what kind of realm and strength Venerables possessed, the fact that even Emperor Li dared not easily clash with them, and considering not a single Venerable has emerged in the human world to date, makes their power evident!

Fang Ze believes: with someone like this hidden in the shadows, sending the Divine Fiend to deal with him, it certainly won't allow him to simply seal the Divine Fiend without doing anything, and will likely intervene or show themselves!

Therefore, Fang Ze must, before the opponents react, ensure he has the capability to resist them or at least make it difficult for the Venerables to act!

And before all this, Fang Ze must ensure he doesn't have a weakness that the opponents can exploit: meaning Bai Zhi and the others aren't in their hands!

Only when all these conditions are met does Fang Ze have the possibility of breaking the siege!

So thinking like this, Fang Ze hesitated not a bit, and directly reached into his pocket, pulling out the second key artifact he had entrusted the Flower God to find: the Beauty Book! (Chapter 133)

This artifact, which Fang Ze obtained while investigating Miaomiao, has the capability to contain ordinary items and creatures. It was thanks to Bai Ling mentioning space system artifacts on the road that Fang Ze remembered it during battle!

After taking out the Beauty Book, Fang Ze swiftly opened it, illuminating it over the pile of spoils on the ground, which instantly transformed into rays of light and flew into the book!

This action took only three seconds, and immediately, Fang Ze used Instant Step, taking advantage of the moments while everyone was unaware, to pursue Bai Zhi and the others in their fleeing direction!

At this moment, seeing Fang Ze escape, Blue Blood Venerable finally came to his senses! Seeing his Divine Fiend taken away by Fang Ze, he panicked too, and flashed over in pursuit!

Three seconds later, Fang Ze arrived beside Bai Zhi and her two companions!

The three of them were already covered in scars, especially Bai Zhi who seemed to have overexerted herself and was exhausted.

But fortunately, the three were clearly fine and hadn't been taken away, because... around them lay the corpses of four or five Disaster Creatures!

Seeing this scene, Fang Ze breathed a sigh of relief, and then he hurriedly explained nothing, flipping through the Beauty Book again, saying to the three, "Don't ask! Get in!"

The three at this moment understood the gravity of the situation, so without any hesitation, agreed to be sealed within the Beauty Book!

In that instant, the artifact took effect, and they transformed into a light, entering into the Beauty Book!

And in this eight to nine seconds of delay, Blue Blood Venerable had caught up!

However, upon reaching Fang Ze's vicinity, he looked at those corpses on the ground, and then at Fang Ze, who was now without weaknesses, standing alone, and he didn't immediately strike.

His mind raced, momentarily, forcing a smile on his face, "Garo, it's been a while. The last time I saw you, you were with Yuan Gu, but now you're already handling things on your own."

Hearing Blue Blood Venerable's words, Fang Ze felt relieved in his heart.

He wasn't relaxed because Dahei Jialuo's original self knew this Venerable in front; if knowing were useful, the opponent wouldn't be ambushing him.

He was relaxed because... "Venerable, it seems you haven't come yourself this time. Otherwise, instead of being courteous, you'd have acted directly."

Upon this, he paused again before saying, "What's the matter? Delaying time for your true self to arrive?"

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, Blue Blood Venerable laughed twice and said, "Garo, you're joking. I'm just a businessman, doing business when someone pays me, it's nothing personal."

"And you've already escaped, signifying this mission's failure. I won't personally act to complete it."

He paused, then altered his tone, saying, "I'm just here to take back my weapon."