Haha lantern tried to mess with a cultivator. Cultivation is a ruthless business. Backstabbing, scheming, assasination, sabotage is elementary in a cultivation society.
Cool chapter. But I hope the feeling he had at the end was relief from dealing with a threat. Or perhaps even the release of a ‘heart demon’. Whatever it is I just hope he doesn’t have some evil lineage or some spirit trying to influence him into becoming an evil cultivator.