From the moment she recognized Jiang Li's identity, the White Lotus Saint Mother had never intended to let Jiang Li escape. She did not initiate the attack but instead restrained from the side, carefully observing her prey until the appropriate moment arrived to make her move and capture Jiang Li.
Strangely enough, Jiang Li's target had always been the White Lotus Saint Mother.
After extracting information about the Precelestial Human Species Bag from the Joyful Arhat, he had been on guard, always keeping a trick up his sleeve, and then at the crucial moment, he pulled off a switch with the real Joyful Arhat.
The Joyful Arhat, having been invaded by the Innate Qi and corrupted by Sword Intent, still had his own consciousness, but in an inadvertent moment, Jiang Li forcibly controlled his physical body and True Qi, causing him to involuntarily flee and be captured by the Precelestial Bag.
