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

Despite her gentle and delicate appearance, Nangong Yan was quite the little tyrant in her youth.

Among her peers, many people from both the righteous and demonic paths have been beaten by her.

Nangong Yan is actually skilled with a broadsword, because sword-type spiritual weapons have stronger offensive power.

However, because Nangong Yan had previously obtained the cultivation method of "One Sword Separates Worlds" from Cao Meng, she switched to swordsmanship.

Nangong Yan felt that the heavy sword and the broadsword were similar in use; you could just twist them and slash around.

Nangong Yan swung her heavy sword incessantly, her moves wide and powerful, her sword techniques incredibly domineering.

If there were someone skilled in using sword-type magical weapons, they would surely be able to tell.

Nangong Yan completely combined sword and saber techniques, using extremely domineering saber moves to perform swordsmanship.

The heavy sword in Nangong Yan's hand was both a sword and a knife at this moment!

Master Zhenkong, wielding a long sword, engaged in battle with Nangong Yan.

Back in the day, Zhen Kong was a rising star among the younger generation, but he was beaten up by a few people, which made him lose face. Nangong Yan was one of them.

Back then, Nangong Yan wielded a large sword and severely injured him, requiring him to recuperate for many years before he recovered.

Now that Nangong Yan has abandoned the dagger and switched to the sword, Master Zhenkong feels this is a good opportunity, and today he will wash away his shame!
The battle began, the two swords clashing together with a deafening roar. Their swordplay was as ferocious as a raging dragon, each move containing immense power and subtle skill.

Nangong Yan wielded her enormous heavy sword, like a colossal beast galloping across mountains and seas.

Master Zhenkong wielded a spiritual sword that moved like a dragon, its speed as fast as lightning, each strike precise and powerful.

On this vast sky battlefield, the two figures clashed in the air. Their movements were so fast that they were difficult to catch. Every collision produced a thunderous roar that shattered a piece of the void!
Nangong Yan's swordplay became increasingly fierce, her heavy sword resembling the sun, moon, and stars, causing the entire world to dim!

In contrast, the long sword in Master Zhenkong's hand was clean, pure, and flawless.

The two fought and flew higher and higher. They reached a tacit agreement to raise the battlefield and leave the battlefield below to Cao Meng's group and the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Xuantian Sect.

To avoid accidentally injuring our own people when the two of them fight.

As for Shishi, she did not take action to help Nangong Yan, but instead hid in the void, secretly protecting Cao Meng.

Her responsibility is to protect Cao Meng, not Nangong Yan, so why should she help the other party?

……

With Nangong Yan and Master Zhenkong clearing the battlefield, the battlefield once again belonged to Cao Meng.

Seeing that his master, Master Zhenkong, was being held back by Nangong Yan, Tiancong immediately used a teleportation talisman to escape the battlefield in order to avoid being targeted by Cao Meng.

Tian Cong felt that he was not afraid of fighting; he was just afraid of becoming a burden to Master Zhen Kong. What if he were captured by Cao Meng and used to threaten Master Zhen Kong?
Since he couldn't help, he might as well just leave to avoid distracting his master, Master Zhenkong.

Moreover, given the current situation, as long as I cause trouble for Master Zhenkong, I've already done him a favor!

"Damn Tiancong, he colluded with the traitor Cao to harm Wu Hui, the master of Tiangang Peak, and now he dares to flee in fear of battle. Let's go and capture Tiancong!"

A veteran Nascent Soul cultivator at the fifth level shouted loudly and then used a teleportation talisman to 'capture' Tian Cong.

Someone took the lead in 'capturing' Tian Cong, and those with weaker cultivation levels, especially those at the Nascent Soul stage, all fled to 'capture' Tian Cong!

As for whether they were going to arrest Tian Cong, everyone knew the truth.

The Xuantian Sect sent over fifty Nascent Soul stage cultivators this time. Cao Meng and his two companions killed over twenty of them and over a dozen escaped, leaving only sixteen remaining.

Among these sixteen people, four are at the half-step Void Refining stage, six are at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage, and four are at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

These people stayed behind, clearly wanting to take a gamble.

They were betting that Cao Meng's spiritual power would run out, after all, Cao Meng, a sixth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, was already terrifying enough for killing enemies beyond his level.

Moreover, Cao Meng must have consumed a lot of spiritual energy after using so many killing moves. It's impossible for his spiritual energy to be as boundless as a vast ocean, right?

Cao Meng: I'm sorry, the Ten-Sun Sacred Body can absorb the power of the sun to replenish its own spiritual power, and the spiritual power is definitely enough!
……

"You little devil, you're asking for death!"

Seeing Cao Meng kill another Nascent Soul cultivator, Chi Yu was furious and launched a fierce attack on Cao Meng with a palm strike.

"You old woman, you're asking for it!"

Facing Chi Yu's attack, Cao Meng disdained to dodge and went straight to meet it.

Chi Yu struck Cao Meng in the chest with her palm, unleashing the spiritual power of a half-step Void Refinement stage cultivator.

To her astonishment, her cultivation level was completely ineffective against Cao Meng.

"You old woman, how dare you take advantage of me! Take this punch!"

Cao Meng grabbed Chi Yu's arm with one hand and punched her in the chest with the other.

With the blessing of the innate Geng metal energy, Cao Meng's fist was like an indestructible divine weapon.

When it landed on Chi Yu's chest, the protective robe on the other party was ruthlessly torn apart, piercing through Chi Yu's chest cavity.

Before Chi Yu's primordial spirit could abandon her physical body, Cao Meng forcibly extracted her.

Cao Meng was very satisfied with the primordial spirit of Chi Yu in his hand. This was a primordial spirit of a half-step Void Refining stage cultivator. It would be great to use it to refine a Snow Maiden!
Moreover, Chi Yu's physical body is quite good; when I have time, I'll use it to refine a fierce corpse.

"This……"

"He killed a half-step Void Refinement stage cultivator with a single punch; this Cao traitor's combat strength is truly no weaker than that of a Void Refinement stage cultivator!"

The Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Xuantian Sect were stunned to see Cao Meng kill Chi Yu with a single punch.

"Cao Meng, release Uncle Chi Yu's primordial spirit!"

Just as Cao Meng was about to collect Chi Yu's primordial spirit and corpse, Su Qingyue pointed her sword at Cao Meng.

Su Qingyue felt that Cao Meng could not be allowed to continue making mistakes. Cao Meng had already killed many people, and she, as his master, had to stop him from continuing to do evil!

"Fairy Qingyue, I'm very curious how you became a half-step Void Refinement stage cultivator?"

Cao Meng put away Chi Yu's physical body and primordial spirit, and kept scrutinizing the other party with his gaze.

Cao Meng remembered that the last time he developed Su Qingyue's spiritual energy, she was only at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul stage, and he hadn't given Su Qingyue any spiritual essence.
Why did the other party advance three minor realms in just a few months, reaching the half-step Void Refinement stage?

Could it be that Su Qingyue has encountered some kind of fortuitous opportunity?
How strange!

"Cao Meng, it's not too late to stop now."

"As long as you are willing to surrender and hand over the method for refining the Immortal Inquiry Technique, the Four Ancestors will surely show leniency and forgive your previous sins!"

Even now, Su Qingyue still hopes that Cao Meng will lay down his weapons; she really doesn't want to fight with Cao Meng.

"Fairy Qingyue, it was you, the Xuantian Sect, who forced me to take up the butcher's knife, and now it is you who is making me lay down the butcher's knife. Don't you find that ridiculous?"

As soon as Cao Meng finished speaking, his afterimage remained in place, while his true form, wielding the Liuhong Sword, charged towards Su Qingyue.

Cao Meng also wanted to test Su Qingyue, his former master, to see just how strong she really was.

Cao Meng's sword was fast, fierce, and brutal, but Su Qingyue's sword was not slow either. She used a soft approach to overcome the hard one and parried Cao Meng's sword, knocking him away.

"Fairy Qingyue, as expected of Fairy Qingyue, your strength is indeed far superior to that of an ordinary half-step Void Refinement cultivator!" Cao Meng wiped the Liuhong Sword in his hand. Through the test of that move just now, he could confirm that Su Qingyue's strength was much greater than that of an ordinary half-step Void Refinement cultivator.

However, Cao Meng felt that no matter how powerful Su Qingyue was, she was just a local native and could not be compared with him, an extraterrestrial demon.

In my past life, when I became Su Qingyue's disciple, I followed Su Qingyue in my cultivation.

Every time this woman gives me guidance on my cultivation, she beats me up and says that I'm not taking my cultivation seriously!
Today, it's time for me, Cao Meng, to guide Fairy Qingyue.

In contrast, Cao Meng spoke frivolously, while Su Qingyue's expression was strange.

Through their exchange just now, she was certain that Cao Meng's strength was no less than her own.

You should know that your master is only at the half-step Void Refinement stage, while Cao Meng is only at the sixth level of the Divine Transformation stage.

He was four minor realms higher than Cao Meng, yet his earlier probing hadn't given Cao Meng any advantage whatsoever!
To be honest, Su Qingyue was in a state of confusion. She was very pleased with the strength that Cao Meng had shown.

I was happy, but also a little sad.

Because Cao Meng's current apparent master is that female demon, Duanmu Fei, not Su Qingyue.

Therefore, no matter how well Cao Meng performed, others would only say that the female demon Duanmu Fei was good at teaching her disciple, while Su Qingyue would not receive any praise!
Duanmu Fei: Su Qingyue, the disciple you taught is really useful!

Cao Meng wiped the Liuhong Sword and charged at Su Qingyue again, not caring whether Su Qingyue was distracted or not.

……

On the other side, a giant pink fox stood alone against a group of cultivators.

There was no way around it; the combat prowess displayed by Cao Meng and Jin Ning'er was simply too terrifying.

The remaining Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Xuan Tian Sect were so frightened that they had no choice but to shift their focus to Hong Qi.

Those cultivators at the eighth and ninth levels of the Nascent Soul stage thought: If we can't beat Cao Meng and Jin Ning'er, can't we at least bully Cao Meng's beast pet?
They could tell that Hong Qi's cultivation level was at the late stage of the fifth rank, which corresponds to the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

They didn't believe that Hongqi, a demon beast, could have such abnormal combat power. It couldn't possibly be like its master Cao Meng, who was at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul stage and was fighting against the half-step Void Refinement stage, could it?

They had just seen Hong Qi's human form; she was incredibly beautiful, a rare beauty.

They didn't believe that Hongqi was just Cao Meng's pet; she might even be Cao Meng's bed warmer!
Therefore, these Nascent Soul stage cultivators planned to gang up on Hong Qi, capture her, and use her as leverage to control Cao Meng.

Hongqi: This princess does indeed often warm the bed for this traitor Cao, but this warming of the bed is not the same as that warming of the bed!
I always claim the bed first, just when it's warm.

This traitor Cao threw himself off the bed and then took over his blankets!

……

Hong Qi looked down at the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Xuan Tian Sect, her eyes flashing with anger.

The noble Princess Hongqi wants to fight a half-step Void Refinement cultivator to prove her strength.

Instead of wasting time fighting these useless eighth and ninth level Nascent Soul cultivators!
These useless people at the eighth and ninth levels of the Nascent Soul stage are not ganging up on Cao Cao and the three-legged crow, but instead they are ganging up on me.

Do you think Princess Hongqi is so easy to bully? So weak?

These good-for-nothings dare to look down on me, they deserve to die!
There were seven people besieging Hong Qi, three of whom were at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage and four of whom were at the eighth level of the Nascent Soul stage.

With a command from the leader, a ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, the seven of them attacked together.

They gathered their energy, transforming spiritual power into swords that attacked Hong Qi.

"Humph!"

Hong Qi snorted coldly, her figure soaring into the air as she unleashed a secret fox clan technique.

Suddenly, all nine of Hong Qi's tails emerged, and a strange phenomenon appeared behind her.

Mountains and seas, heaven and earth, chaotic behemoths, the vast world, the universe, all evolve within her extraordinary phenomena.

The attacks from the seven Nascent Soul stage cultivators appeared minuscule in her presence, like a speck of dust.

Hong Qi used her agile movements to dodge the attacks of seven Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

She then summoned the Heavenly Fox Divine Bell again. This time, Hong Qi did not disperse the power of the Heavenly Fox Divine Bell, but concentrated its power to attack and kill a Nascent Soul Stage 8 cultivator.

The eighth-level Nascent Soul cultivator immediately lost his mind, as if the pause button had been pressed.

How could Hong Qi let such a good opportunity pass by? With a flick of her tail, her three fox tails attacked the dazed eighth-level Nascent Soul cultivator.

The three tails have distinct functions: two tails are responsible for extracting the heart and lungs, and one tail is responsible for extracting the primordial spirit and true soul.

"This fox demon's treasure is extraordinary; it can attack the soul. You must be careful!"

The leader, a ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, was shocked to see Hong Qi instantly kill an eighth-level Nascent Soul cultivator and quickly reminded the others.

Just as the leading cultivator at the ninth level of the Nascent Soul stage was organizing the others to counterattack...

Seeing that Cao Meng hadn't noticed her, Hong Qi swallowed the physical body and primordial spirit of the eighth-level Nascent Soul cultivator she had killed.

Want to fight? We'll fight and eat at the same time!
After eating the dessert, Hong Qi's fighting power increased dramatically.

With a flash, she appeared behind a ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, opened her mouth and spat out a stream of foxfire. This foxfire changed seven colors like glass, which was Hong Qi's innate divine power - Cloud Flame Glass Fire!

Under Hong Qi's foxfire, the ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator was burned to a sorry state.

Hongqi flicked her tail again, and the pink fox tail resembled a pink scimitar, slicing her opponent in half at the waist.

The remaining five Nascent Soul stage cultivators quickly launched an attack on Hong Qi.

Hong Qi possesses the bloodline of the ancient divine beast, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, and is able to fear these people.

Princess Hongqi isn't even afraid of Cao Cao, so why would she be afraid of these Nascent Soul stage trash?

The five Nascent Soul stage cultivators fought with all their might, but their attacks were suppressed by Hong Qi like waves, unable to cause even the slightest ripple.

Hong Qi's power, like the hand of judgment that ends everything, struck a cultivator, instantly reducing him to nothingness.

As their companions died one by one, the cultivators were filled with fear at the sight of the powerful pink-furred fox before them.

It should be noted that initially, it was the seven of them who surrounded and killed Hong Qi. All seven of them had higher cultivation levels than Hong Qi, and they were originally confident of victory.

But now it has turned into Hong Qi, a fox, who hunted down the seven of them, leaving only four of them.

The leader, a ninth-level Nascent Soul cultivator, wanted to ask others for help.

Su Qingyue was fighting Cao Meng alone and couldn't support them at all, let alone the four of them.

As for Mingyu and his group, Mingyu and Hanjun initially led three Nascent Soul Stage 9 cultivators to fight against Jin Ning'er.

After several rounds, two of the three Nascent Soul Stage 9 cultivators had died, leaving only one, who was still severely injured.

Currently, Mingyu and Hanjun's side are also being suppressed by Jin Ning'er and are still hoping for support from others. How could they possibly have the spare capacity to support them?

For a time, all the Nascent Soul stage cultivators of the Xuantian Sect placed their hopes on Venerable Zhenkong, hoping that he would quickly defeat Nangong Yan and come to their rescue.

Otherwise, they would probably die here.

Little did they know, the Venerable Zhenkong they were counting on was also in a bad situation, even somewhat annoyed! (End of Chapter)