"Please forgive me for the question, but is there anything that we can use to guarantee her survival? What about that room?" Xiao s.h.i.+ asked cautiously. 

Since Xiao s.h.i.+ was allowed to step into the Mortal Domain, she already knew that Gao Lan Mei was special for her master. After all, Yen Mingjue calls Gao Lan Mei 'Little sister'. 

Add to the fact that only Xiao s.h.i.+ knew; Yen Mingjue had already broken to help Gao Lan Mei earlier when the YinYings were trying to use the entire s.h.i.+zi Empire and its citizens for their ritual as a blood sacrifice. 

w.a.n.g Yin gazed at the red stone door deeply. "There were four main attributes, fire, water, earth, and wind. The higher the level of mastery for each attribute, the more one can manipulate its different forms. Above these four, however, are two higher rare attributes. These are the light and darkness attributes. Do you all know this?" 

The two girls beside Xiao s.h.i.+ did not respond, but she noticed them silently nodded their heads. 

"Yes, we know, Your Highness. I am personally aware that anyone who has darkness will descend to the Underworld instead of the Beyond. Even if they managed to reach the highest form of cultivation in the Heavenly Domain, they could never attain G.o.dhood." Xiao s.h.i.+ responded truthfully. 

w.a.n.g Yin nodded, "Darkness and light were both born at the same time. Darkness is a symbol of all negative things. But, was it really a bad thing? Why did it exist in the first place? Is it just because the one who made it all want to make our life more fun?" She asked mockingly. 

Many a.s.sumed that those who have darkness attributes were immediately called YinYings that only have destructive emotions. In reality, though there were some similarities, both were completely different. 

The first was from the natural law of creation. While the second was the result of dark magic that badly wants to mix into the current world, trying to fight the natural order. 

Though the darkness attribute was also destructive and chaotic, it could be controlled eventually without anyone getting crazy. This was unlike impurities that have the stage of Impurity Madness. 

Anyone who survived after the Impurity Madness would become cruel, bloodthirsty, and violent. They did not have the rationality from what was right versus wrong. Thus they would commit any crime for their personal gain and satisfaction. 

"It was a good thing that there is a law above everything else." w.a.n.g Yin finally noted. 

"A law above everything else? What is this, Master?" Before Xiao s.h.i.+ could ask, one of the girls already did. 

The girl was wearing an all-black robe. She was the one who seemed to be controlling the shadows from earlier and also barely talks. 

"My dear, Mae'er above your darkness attribute is nothing." w.a.n.g Yin replied seriously without looking at them. She was just focused on the room with the red door as if waiting for something to happen. 

"…" They were all confused but unable to voice it out. 

"Law of Void, it is returning everything to nothing." w.a.n.g Yin continued. 

"This... Apologies Your Highness, I am not sure what you mean by this…" Xiao s.h.i.+ said truthfully, "Are you saying that the only way for her to be saved was to turn her cultivation to nothing?" She did not ask anymore why the Law of Void that w.a.n.g Yin was referring to sounds like the Void Forest that they were currently at. 

"That is correct. However, that is easier said than done, but that red room will help us accomplish this. So all we need to do is wait." w.a.n.g Yin was never cruel. Though she knew some methods to completely eradicate someone's cultivation, it would be harmful to the weaker party. Most of the time, it was best to be dead instead. 

Xiao s.h.i.+ was also aware of this. Because of that, she shook her unhappily. "Your Highness, I do not think that is a good idea. Is there really no other way? Can we still get her from there? We can just make her unconscious for now, while we wait for Master to go-" She tried to suggest but was unable to continue when w.a.n.g Yin suddenly turned around and glared at her. 

"Tsk." w.a.n.g Yin voiced her dissatisfaction with being questioned, "Child, it is the best method. But, I will not step in to do it myself. Yes, we are removing her cultivation. That is the only way! She will be a mortal, yes. However, if my son blessed her in the future, she can be like me! My son should already be thankful that I exerted effort for her to get in there and use that Red Room! We do not even have the permission of the owner, who is the one who made this Void Forest!" 

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Inside the Red Room… 

Despite being called Red, it was completely different inside it. It was dark inside the room, and not even dim pinp.r.i.c.ks of light could get in. Not only the light but everything within it, looked gloomy, wholly isolated from the outside. Aura or sound could not be heard, even her sound of breathing. 

In the center of the darkroom, Gao Lan Mei lay silently. No one could tell how long she needs to be inside the room to lose all her cultivation and continue living. 

If there were a tiny light, one would be able to see that smoke was quickly getting out of her body that indicates that any form of energy inside her body was being removed. 

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