Stealing the Heavens.

Chapter 103 was fake all along.

Zi Dong glanced at Xue Ling meaningfully. Although she had a wood spirit root, she still relied on the power of the demon spirit.

He glanced at Zhou Xinyu again, reminding her to be careful, and then flew towards the sky above the forest, wanting to see if the sky was real.

"Wait for me!" Feng Qingwu had no intention of watching Zhou Xinyu and Xue Ling's competition, and followed Zi Dong as they flew into the sky above the forest.

"Junior Sister Qingwu, you should stay just in case." Zi Dong stopped, unable to help but complain.

"You're the one who should stay. Zhou Xinyu is competing on your behalf!"

Feng Qingwu sped up and glared at Zi Dong with dissatisfaction; the competition had nothing to do with her.

"I need to explore the Snow Lotus Peak; this is more important than the competition!" Zi Dong stared at Feng Qingwu with utmost seriousness.

“Yes, that’s precisely why I’m helping you!” Feng Qingwu stared intently at Zi Dong.

"With Zhou Xinyu's skills, taking down Xue Ling is a piece of cake, not to mention Uncle Ji and Elder Qiao are also there."

"Alright." Zi Dong had no choice but to agree. Feng Qingwu was right, and he trusted Zhou Xinyu completely.

Even if a Void Breaking Realm cultivator's cultivation hasn't fully recovered, there are countless ways to defeat a Core Formation Realm disciple.

There were no restrictions above the forest, and Zi Dong and Feng Qingwu easily flew out of the forest, but were stunned by the scene inside the mountain.

The mountain is very wide, and the surrounding walls are covered with colorful vines, interspersed with blooming lotus flowers.

The vines swayed like long snakes, forming a large net that tightly sealed off the mountainside walls.

These vines were very wary of Zi Dong and Feng Qingwu, but they were not controlled by the divine sense of any cultivator.

"Are these vines all alive?!" Feng Qingwu asked curiously as she examined them.

“Demon spirits.” Zi Dong’s expression was very solemn. The purple aura from the east wanted to devour the demon spirits within these vines.

The higher they flew, the narrower the mountain became, and the closer they got to the vines, the more anxious the purple aura from the east seemed to become.

"The sunlight is getting brighter, but why is it getting colder?!" Feng Qingwu asked again, puzzled.

"It's winter now, and there's a blizzard outside." Zi Dong always doubted that the blue sky, white clouds, and sunshine were real.

"Where did the blue sky, white clouds, and sunshine come from?!" Feng Qingwu was even more puzzled by Zi Dong's words.

"We'll know once we go up and take a look," Zi Dong said, immediately speeding up. The vines tried to stop them, but were too afraid to go forward.

Although Zi Dong did not release any purple mist, the demon spirit's keen senses had already detected the presence of the purple aura coming from the east.

There were no cultivators inside the mountain, or perhaps they were all hiding in caves in the walls, letting the vines deal with them.

Lotus Peak is very high. It took Zi Dong and Feng Qingwu a full hour to fly to the top of the mountain, only to be blocked by a protective shield.

“Blue sky, white clouds, and sunshine are this protective shield!” Although Feng Qingwu’s divine sense could not penetrate the protective shield, she was still able to confirm it.

"But why can snowflakes fall in?!" Zi Dong knew, of course, that the blue sky, white clouds, and sunshine were a protective shield, but he was even more puzzled.

“This protective shield only intercepts life, but it doesn’t intercept natural forces.” Feng Qingwu quickly realized this.

"Since we can't get out, let's go down and see if Zhou Xinyu has won or not," Zi Dong said helplessly.

He has basically figured out the situation inside the mountain. All the demon spirits are here. This is the biggest secret of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect.

Zi Dong didn't know why the Azure Lotus Sword Sect had let him learn these things, nor did he know what would happen next. When the two returned to the forest, Zhou Xinyu and Xue Ling were still on the arena, their match undecided.

Zhou Xinyu was surrounded by vines, while Xue Ling stood aside watching the spectacle, having handed the battle over to the demon spirit.

Zi Dong immediately channeled 100 points of ninth-grade Qi into the main vein, allowing the purple Qi from the east to devour all the demonic spirits in the vines.

Zhou Xinyu was so angry that she wanted to kill Xue Ling. More than a dozen flying swords shot out. If Xue Ling hadn't run fast, she would have been torn to pieces!

"Senior Brother Zidong, why did you attack?!" Xue Ling shouted angrily from below the arena.

“Junior Sister Xue Ling, you broke the rules first. You were competing with Junior Sister Xin Yu, but you had a demon spirit help you. Of course I have to take action!”

Zi Dong stared at the disappearing arena and said with a disdainful expression.

"There was no rule saying before the competition that demon spirits couldn't help!" Xue Ling said confidently.
"Cultivators of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect all merge with demonic spirits; demonic spirits are also a part of our cultivation!"

"Really?!" Zi Dong's eyes widened immediately. "Then should I devour you too?!"

"What gives you the right?!" Xue Ling retorted without backing down, glaring at Zi Dong.

"Because demons are enemies of the Daoist sect of the Eastern Continent, and since demons are part of the cultivation of cultivators of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect, then all cultivators of the Azure Lotus Sword Sect are enemies of the Daoist sect!"

Zi Dong righteously and angrily rebuked, for he still held the identity of the Eastern Dao Ancestor, and directly judged the Qinglian Sword Sect as a demon race.

"Xue Ling, step back now!" Elder Li Mei, who had already walked out of the wooden building with Elder Feng Ji and Elder Qiao Hankun, angrily rebuked Xue Ling.

"Elder Li Mei, Xue Ling asked the demon spirit for help, why didn't you stop her?!" Zi Dong pressed on relentlessly.

“Zi Dong, Elder Li Mei originally wanted to stop them, but Elder Qiao and I let Xue Ling and Zhou Xinyu continue their competition.”

Elder Fengji quickly tried to explain for Elder Li Mei, repeatedly giving Zi Dong meaningful glances, implying that they should discuss it further when they returned.

The competition ended badly, and Elder Li Mei, with a gloomy expression, led Zi Dong and the other five out of the mountain before taking her leave.

"Uncle Ji, why did you agree to let the demon spirit help Xue Ling?!" Feng Qingwu asked impatiently.

"Because Zhou Xinyu has always had the upper hand, Xue Ling had no choice but to ask the demon spirit for help. Elder Qiao and I want to see how the demon spirit helps the Qinglian Sword Sect cultivators."

Elder Fengji explained with an embarrassed smile, while constantly giving Qiao Hankun meaningful glances, urging him to speak on his behalf.

“Zi Dong, the Azure Lotus Sword Sect wants to force Dao Ancestor Donglai to show himself through this competition, so Zhou Xinyu’s win or loss is not important. We can take this opportunity to investigate the demon spirit.”

As a Void Breaking Realm elder, Qiao Hankun naturally holds a high position in the Yuntian Sect and can represent Zhou Yunting here.

"Elder Qiao, you want Junior Sister Xinyu to lose the competition, so that I can have another match with Xueling, and use Dao Ancestor Donglai to suppress the Qinglian Sword Sect, right?"

Zi Dong directly exposed Qiao Hankun and Feng Ji's conspiracy, revealing that their investigation of the demon spirits was a pretense, and that this was their true purpose.

“Zi Dong, this is also to establish your authority,” Elder Feng Ji quickly spoke up for Qiao Hankun.

"I'm afraid things won't end well now, will they?" Zi Dong asked, looking at the two of them.

"I have devoured quite a few demon spirits. The Azure Lotus Sword Sect will certainly not let us leave easily. Do the two elders have any other plans?"

“Zi Dong, let Dao Ancestor Donglai reappear. If the Qinglian Sword Sect dares to make things difficult for us, then they are making an enemy of the entire Daoist sect!” Qiao Hankun said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)