Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

When Xuanling Daoist saw that the people from the Demon Sword Sect had actually come to challenge the Sword Inquiry Sect, he couldn't help but curse:
"Are those demons from the Demon Sword Sect crazy? Instead of going to challenge the Joyful Union Sect, they actually came to challenge us!"

To put it bluntly, many of you came to this celebration to embarrass the Hehuan Sect and demoralize them.

The fact that the Demon Sword Sect disciples made a surprise appearance just to challenge the Sword Inquiry Sect disciples is like occupying a toilet without doing anything; it's utterly ridiculous.

"The Demon Sword Sect wants to give the Joyful Union Sect some face!"

Shang Huai, the Void Refinement stage elder, saw through the Demon Sword Sect's intentions and then instructed Xuanling Daoist:
"Xuanling, arrange for the disciples to go up and fight. They are only allowed to win, and they are not allowed to lose!"

Shang Huai agreed to arrange for someone to fight, since refusing to fight would be telling others that the Sword Inquiry Sect was full of cowards.

Xuanling Daoist also knew the importance of this battle to Wenjian Sect. After a brief selection of his troops, he chose a disciple he favored.

"Zong Sheng, go and meet the enemy!"

"If you win, my sect will reward you handsomely!"

"But if you lose, this sect will strip you of your status as a personal disciple and demote you to a true disciple!"

For the Sword Inquiry Sect, it is acceptable for its disciples to lose to anyone, but they absolutely cannot lose to anyone from the Demon Sword Sect.

"Disciple obey!"

Zong Sheng knew how heavy the burden on his shoulders was, but he was confident in his abilities.

"Demon, cease your arrogance! Zong Sheng, the direct disciple of the Sword Sect, has come to slay you!"

Zong Sheng angrily rebuked Han Mang and then flew into the martial arts arena.

The two faced each other, one sword hanging high in the heavens, the other sword hanging low over the earth.

They carried the mission of their sect, which made their brows furrow and their gazes solemn.

Both attacked simultaneously, their sword techniques changing unpredictably.

In an instant, they unleashed hundreds of breathtaking and unparalleled sword techniques.

It must be said that the Sword Inquiry Sect and the Demon Sword Sect are indeed worthy of being branches of the Longevity Sword Sect, and their inheritance in the path of swordsmanship is truly remarkable.

While others were praising Han Mang and Zong Sheng's swordsmanship, Cao Meng showed disdain and asked Shi Shi:

"Shishi, what do you think of their swordsmanship?"

"It has all show and no substance, and is easily defeated."

Although Shi Shi is now a living corpse, she still retains the swordsmanship talent of her predecessor, Wen Bing, and has also recovered many of her memories.

"I think so!"

Cao Meng had fought against the projections of many of the Changsheng Sword Sect's geniuses on the Sword Inquiry and Dao Seeking Ladder, so his eyesight was naturally exceptional.

Han Mang and Zong Sheng were evenly matched in strength. After fighting for hundreds of rounds, Han Mang, relying on the advantage of his weapon, shattered Zong Sheng's spirit sword with a single strike.

With a backhand slash, Han Mang severed Zong Sheng's left arm, and then severed several of his vital meridians with another slash!

"The disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect are nothing special!"

Instead of killing Zong Sheng, Han Mang kicked him out of the training ground.

Killing Zong Sheng was merely a momentary act of gratification.

If Zong Sheng were alive, people would say that he was Zong Sheng, the disciple of the Sword Inquiry Sect who was defeated by Han Mang, the direct disciple of the Demon Sword Sect.
The Sword Inquiry Sect was furious about Zong Sheng's defeat.

It should be noted that the Demon Sword Sect entered first, while the Sword Inquiry Sect sent their people in later, giving them an advantage. Yet, they still failed to win, which was a huge embarrassment.

"Young man, you're only relying on the power of the Fierce Sword!"

"Your heavy sword has been used as a sacrifice for at least ten thousand people; you are utterly inhuman!"

In order to save face for the Sword Inquiry Sect, Xuanling Daoist could only try his best to shift the blame to the magical artifact.

“Xuanling, the Sword Sect has a long history of using living people to sacrifice for swords. As disciples of the Demon Sword Sect, we are the orthodox lineage of the Sword Sect. Using people to sacrifice for swords is in accordance with our ancestral tradition. What’s wrong with that?”

"The fact that your Sword Inquiry Sect disciples lost because of the spirit sword only proves that your Sword Inquiry Sect disciples do not know how to wield the sword. Their defeat is not unjust!"

The Nine-Hua Sword Demon felt that if the Sword Inquiry Sect couldn't accept defeat, they shouldn't play at all. Losing and not wanting to admit it was just shameful.

"The Longevity Sword Sect did indeed enjoy using human sacrifices to consecrate its swords back then. The Demon Sword Sect split off from the Longevity Sword Sect, so there's nothing wrong with that!"

"..."

The other sects also felt that the Sword Inquiry Sect was making a fool of itself; losing was no big deal.

Xuanling Daoist: It's not you who are embarrassed. You're all just talking without understanding the situation.

In an attempt to regain his honor, Xuanling Daoist glanced at one of his personal disciples, who immediately understood and jumped into the training ground.

"You demon of the Demon Sword Sect, you have injured my fellow disciples. Do you dare to fight against me, Zhi Gu?"

Although Zhi Gu wanted to cripple Han Mang, he knew that since Han Mang had already fought one battle, if he attacked right away, he would be ridiculed for his strategy of using a war of attrition. Therefore, he wanted to lure Han Mang into accepting this battle.

Once Han Mang agrees, Zhi Gu can proceed with his plan with peace of mind.

"I, Han, refuse!"

Han Mang resolutely refused, then cursed:
"Your Uncle Han just fought that piece of trash for half a day, and now that my spiritual power is almost gone, you come to challenge me? You really know how to take advantage of someone in distress!"

Han Mang wasn't stupid. He had already used up a lot of his spiritual energy. If he fought Zhi Gu now, there would only be one outcome: defeat.

If you know you'll lose, why fight at all?
Han Mang left the training ground and flew back to the Demon Sword Sect's territory.

Han Mang's refusal to fight was not condemned by anyone.

Han Mang has already fought one match, and it's an undeniable fact that he lacks spiritual power. It's perfectly reasonable for him to recover his spiritual power in the next match!
Seeing Han Mang run away, Zhi Gu couldn't help but curse angrily:
"Your disciples from the Demon Sword Sect will surely rely on your verbal skills!"

Zhi Gu is furious right now. Not only did he fail to show off, but he also got scolded and was pointed at and gossiped about by the other guests.

Suddenly, the little girl in the black brocade dress from the Demon Sword Sect jumped into the battlefield and shouted at Zhi Gu:

"I'll fight you!"

Cao Meng remembered the little girl in the black dress. Despite her small size, her weapon was a large sword as tall as a person.

In the Sword Competition and the Longevity Sword Sect's secret realm, this little girl was the leader of the Demon Sword Sect, which shows that she is quite strong.

"Little girl, if I were to win against you, it would be an unfair victory!"

When Zhi Gu saw that the other party was a tiny little girl, he was immediately dismissive.

"This piece of trash dares to spout such nonsense! He's asking for death!"

The little girl in the black dress cursed and immediately drew her greatsword, charging towards the opponent, Zhi Gu.

After just a few rounds, Zhi Gu was at a disadvantage and was being overwhelmed by the black-dressed loli wielding a giant sword.

"One sword separates the worlds!"

The girl in the black dress seized the opportunity and unleashed a high-quality imitation of 'One Sword Separates Worlds'. Faced with the girl in the black dress's killing move, Zhi Gu had no time to surrender before the sword light pierced through his body.

Blood splattered wildly, and the ancient flower bloomed, cleaved in two by a sword from the top of its head between its eyebrows.

"Qiu'er, next time you strike, control your strength and try to leave the opponent with a whole corpse!"

Seeing that the girl in the black dress had killed Zhi Gu Huo, the Nine-Hua Sword Demon reprimanded her.

However, he couldn't quite suppress the smile on his face, clearly intending to annoy the Sword Inquiry Sect.

"trouble!"

The little girl in the black dress, Qiu'er, said casually, not paying much attention to the Nine-Flower Sword Demon.

"Jiuhua, the competition should have ended there. Why did you people from the Demon Sword Sect have to kill him?" With Zhigu being cleaved in two by Qiu'er and the strange yin-yang aura of the Jiuhua Sword Demon, Xuanling Daoist was burning with rage.

The Nine-Flower Sword Demon completely ignored Xuanling Daoist's accusations and continued to mock him.
"Xuanling, this is not my disciple's fault. My disciple thought your disciple could withstand this move, but who knew that your Wenjian Sect disciple was so weak!"

The Sword Inquiry Sect sent Shang Huai, a Void Refinement stage cultivator, while the Demon Sword Sect sent two Void Refinement stage elders. This is the source of the Nine Hua Sword Demon's arrogance.

"Good good!"

Xuanling Daoist gritted his teeth and said "good" three times, which showed just how angry he was.

……

On Cao Meng's side, Shi Shi pointed at the little girl Qiu'er in the black dress and said to Cao Meng:
"Cao Meng's 'A Sword Across Worlds' is not authentic!"

Cao Meng rubbed Shishi's head and gave a helpless, bitter smile.

The Longevity Sword Sect has been divided for hundreds of thousands of years. It's normal that the techniques passed down have become incomplete and not authentic.

Just as Cao Meng and Shi Shi were chatting, Jian Yan, the Void Refinement stage patriarch of the Demon Sword Sect, suddenly bowed to Shi Shi and said:

"Ancestor, the Wenjian lineage has repeatedly defied you. This junior dares to request that you order the Wenjian lineage to be expelled from the Sword Sect and demoted to traitors!"

Jianyan felt that today was the perfect opportunity to abolish the title of Sword Sect Successor of the Sword Inquiry Sect. Once the title of Sword Inquiry Sect Successor was abolished, some things would be much easier to do.

Cao Meng nodded to Shi Shi, and Shi Shi immediately understood.

"My teacher~"

Shishi had just uttered two words when she suddenly froze.

Shishi's eyes instantly turned icy cold, her power surged, and she roared to the sky:
"I, Wenbing, the nineteenth generation Holy Maiden of the Longevity Sword Sect, have been reborn."

However, the Wenjian lineage does not recognize me as their ancestor. Today, I, Wen Bing, hereby order the Wenjian lineage to be expelled from the Changsheng Sword Sect.

From this day forward, all those who follow the "Sword Inquiry" lineage are traitors to the Sword Sect and are forbidden from calling themselves successors of the Sword Sect. Disciples of the Sword Sect should execute these traitors.

Cao Meng noticed that something was wrong with Shi Shi in front of him, so he waved to the female demon, the great fairy, and Qin Lin'er beside him, indicating:

"You all need to get out of here right now!"

"Shishi seems to have turned into Wen Bing!"

Cao Meng remembered that look. He had fought against Wen Bing's projection on the Sword-Seeking Path Ladder, and the other party's eyes were exactly like Shi Shi's now!

"interesting!"

Looking at Shishi now, Chi Liyu, who was in the main seat, suddenly became quite interested.

"Cao Meng, you're about to be in trouble!"

When Chi Liyu thought about how Cao Meng usually treated Shi Shi like a pet, she guessed that Cao Meng was going to get into trouble this time.

Shang Huai, a Void Refinement stage cultivator from the Sword Inquiry Sect, hadn't yet noticed anything amiss and was shouting sternly:

"Your Demon Sword Sect, for the sake of the name of the Sword Sect's orthodoxy, already recognized an evil being as your ancestor, and now you even want this evil being to abolish the orthodox status of my Sword Inquiry lineage. How laughable!"

They kept calling Shishi an evil creature—no, it's Wen Bing!
Meanwhile, in the forbidden area of ​​the Sword Inquiry Sect, a spirit sword that had been sealed for many years awakened, and Po Xu escaped from the forbidden area of ​​the Sword Inquiry Sect.

Wen Bing (Shi Shi) cast a cold gaze at Shang Huai, and Shang Huai felt a chill run down his spine, as if he were a rabbit being watched by a vicious tiger.

Just then, a divine sword pierced through the void and appeared in the martial arts arena!
"Azure Rain Divine Sword!"

Shang Huai recognized the divine sword at a glance, because it was one of the most treasured assets of their Sword Inquiry Sect.

According to the records of the Sword Inquiry Sect, the Azure Rain Divine Sword possesses a spirit and has protected the Sword Inquiry Sect for hundreds of thousands of years, slaying dozens of Nascent Soul stage cultivators!
Shang Huai felt that with the Azure Rain Divine Sword at his disposal, no one could harm him.

The Azure Rain Divine Sword shone brightly, transforming into a woman in green robes who embraced Shishi and wept, saying:
"Master!"

"Qingyu has been waiting for you for so long!"

This scene left the onlookers bewildered. This was a martial arts arena for fighting, not a large-scale family reunion!

The guests present couldn't help but turn their attention to the Hehuan Sect, hoping they would explain what was going on!

Even the Hehuan Sect members were completely bewildered. They then turned their attention to Cao Meng, since Shishi was the one Cao Meng brought back.

???

At this moment, Cao Meng's brain also went blank.

who am I?
Where am I?

What's happening here?
Wen Bing (Shi Shi) looked at Qing Yu in her arms and asked:
"Qingyu, why have you become like this?"

Wen Bing remembered that before she fell into a deep sleep, her disciple Qing Yu was still a human. Now that she had just awakened her consciousness, how did her disciple turn into a transformed spirit sword?

“Master, the lifespan of a flesh and blood body is limited. I was afraid I wouldn’t live to see you resurrect, so I hardened my heart and refined myself into a spirit sword, thus achieving immortality in a different way…”

Qingyu briefly recounted what had happened.

Qingyu felt that the best thing she had ever done was to refine herself into a spirit sword, endure endless years, and finally wait for her master to be resurrected.

Shang Huai's scalp tingled at this moment. The divine sword that the Sword Inquiry Sect had worshipped for hundreds of thousands of years was actually Wen Bing's disciple. What the hell was going on?!
"You have just blasphemed me; your crime deserves death!"

With a wave of her hand, Wen Bing was about to restrain Shang Huai, who was like a dead dog, and immediately felt extremely terrified.

Wen Bing threw the imprisoned Shang Huai in front of Jian Yun and Jian Yan, and commanded:
"Since you two have made a vow, then you two shall kill him!"

Although Wen Bing has been in a deep sleep, she possesses all of Shi Shi's memories and knows about Jian Yan and Jian Yun.

Although these two only acknowledged him as their ancestor for the sake of the Longevity Sword Sect's inheritance, at least they still recognized him as their ancestor, unlike the rebellious ants of the Sword Inquiry Sect.

Now that she has just been resurrected, she needs to rebuild the Longevity Sword Sect and needs people to serve her. The Demon Sword Sect is a perfect fit!
"Thank you for your kindness, Ancestor!"

After bowing to Wen Bing in thanks, Jian Yan and Jian Yun each severed Shang Huai's life force with their swords, thus fulfilling their vow!

After Shang Huai died, he turned into a blood mist and was devoured by Wen Bing.

"Ho!"

With a low shout, Wen Bing turned everyone in the Sword Inquiry Sect, including Xuanling Daoist, into a blood mist and was devoured by Wen Bing.

After Wen Bing devoured those rebellious disciples and followers of the Sword Inquiry Sect, she was going to settle accounts with someone.

"Cao Meng!"

Just as Cao Meng was about to slip away quietly, Wen Bing suddenly called him back!

If you were to ask Wen Bing who she hates the most, it would definitely be Cao Meng.

Before her soul awakened, Cao Meng actually treated her like a pet and a maid, ordering her around and taking advantage of her body.

Wen Bing, the 19th generation Holy Maiden of the Changsheng Sword Sect, a proud daughter of heaven, when had she ever been humiliated like this?

"Shishi, calm down, you must calm down!"

Cao Meng was a little flustered. After all, the opponent had just displayed enough strength to easily imprison a Void Refinement stage ancestor, which showed that his strength was not bad!

Wen Bing's eyes immediately turned even colder, revealing murderous intent:
“'Shishi,' I hate that name!”

Wen Bing felt that the name 'Shishi' was a disgrace to her, and that it was evidence of Cao Meng's humiliation of her.

Wen Bing dislikes the name 'Shi Shi', but Shi Shi likes it very much.

"I am Shishi!"

"Wen Bing, I won't allow you to hurt Cao Meng! Give me back my body!"

Cao Meng's cry of "Shishi" awakened Shishi, who was imprisoned in his sea of ​​consciousness. To protect Cao Meng, Shishi began to fight for control of his physical body! (End of Chapter)