Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 360 Rescue
Upon hearing Yinglongwang's explanation, Zhao Qing had a bad feeling and hurriedly asked, "What will happen to Liuzhou!?"

"Let it be as it is." King Yinglong glanced at Zhao Qing, his anger barely contained, but he didn't take it out on her. He simply said stiffly, "Why should the dragons of our clan pay for the sins committed by the Sword Sect? As for what will become of Liuzhou? It will be nothing more than rampaging evil spirits, the corruption of the Nine Netherworlds, and a living hell. What else can happen?"

Zhao Qing panicked, ignoring the fact that she had fallen to the ground from the earthquake, and said anxiously, "Ah!? But, but there are still many innocent people here!"

To everyone's surprise, the Dragon King said, "Innocent? Hmph! Anyone born and raised in Liuzhou is not innocent! They are born sinful! That's all there is to it!"

At this point, she even gritted her teeth: "Why do you think this 'Soul-Devouring Rift' 'devours souls'? This Sword Sect imprisoned my clan's little dragon here, making it take the place of the Yinglong Ancestor, stealing the Yinglong Ancestor's divine office and power with its Yinglong bloodline. But in order to suppress the evil souls bred by the blood sacrifice, it has no choice but to actually devour souls to fight against the increasingly powerful sins... This is forcing him to commit evil! When he can no longer suppress this place, it will sooner or later become an even wider abyss of sin! At that time, this place will sink into the Nine Netherworld, and maybe the Nine Netherworld will become the 'Ten Netherworld'! Fine, fine Sword Sect! Fine Sword God!"

The Dragon King gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do.

The Sword Sect has been destroyed, and the Sword God has long since vanished. Even if she wanted to seek justice, there was nowhere to do so, and she had nowhere to vent her anger, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Ah, this, this..."

After hesitating for a while, Zhao Qing couldn't say anything. After understanding Yinglong Wang's introduction to the Soul-Devouring Rift, she felt inexplicably ashamed—although logically speaking, the Sword Sect and the Sword God had nothing to do with her, and she was even a native of the Blue Star, completely unrelated to the humans of the Returning Void Realm, the fact that someone had done such a thing made her feel quite ashamed. She could only ask in a low voice, "If you take the Dragon Soul away, and the title of Ancestor Yinglong is no longer replaced, will the Soul-Devouring Rift stop 'devouring souls'? Can normal people go through it?"

She asked this question hoping to mobilize the players to rescue the people, but she didn't expect Yinglong King to reply irritably: "Of course not! Such a great sin, even the Sword God can't do anything about it, what can I do! Just wait, even without Ji Yuan, those evil souls that broke free from suppression in the Rift Valley will devour the souls of others! If they are immortals or gods, they might have some power to protect themselves, but if they are ordinary people, hmph!"

Huai Ren had followed his father around since childhood, bringing rain and receiving incense offerings. He also cared a lot about the human race. After hearing Yinglong Wang's words, although he also hated the Sword Sect and the Sword God, he also agreed with Zhao Qing's statement that "the common people are innocent." He then cried out in a sorrowful voice, "How could this be... Is there really no way to fix it?"

"Hmph! The dragon race itself is not at peace, and you and your father are just meddling in other people's business! You—"

As King Yinglong was reprimanding Huai Ren, he suddenly let out a muffled groan, as if he had been injured or had his attention diverted.

Then, a "crack" suddenly appeared behind her, the same kind of "crack" she tore out when she hid her soul and Huai Ren's soul in the Ruins of Return.

Immediately afterwards, a bewildered white-scaled dragon was thrown out of the "crack," while the avatar of the Dragon King transformed into a golden light and disappeared into the crack, leaving behind the words: "If you really want to get involved in this mess, you can figure it out yourself! I still need to take Ji Yuan back to Kunlun Hill to nourish his soul and reshape his body!"

After he finished speaking, the "crack" vanished into thin air, along with Yinglong King, as if it had never existed.

The little white-scaled dragon, thrown out to the side, paused for a moment. Turning its head, it saw Zhao Qing lying on the ground and the earth-shaking surroundings. Only then did it realize what was happening. It hurriedly spat out its dragon pearl, retracted its avatar, and transformed back into human form to help Zhao Qing up. Huai Ren, half explaining to her and half convincing himself, said to Zhao Qing, "Baili... Fellow Daoist Zhu Tu, are you alright? The Land of Return to Nothingness is fraught with danger. Just now, the Dragon King must have encountered some formidable enemy and had to leave without saying much."

Zhao Qing waved her hands repeatedly and said, "It's alright, it's alright. Your Dragon Clan was the victim in this whole thing, so we can't morally blackmail you! I... I have to figure out how to save the people inside first!"

She had barely finished speaking when everything went black, and she felt dizzy and disoriented. When she regained her senses, she found herself back in Chang'an, sitting opposite Wang Ergou—she had been switched back into her original body! A mission completion notification even popped up in her vision!
Wang Ergou was completely unaware that Zhao Qing had returned. He still sat upright with an unprecedented posture, sipping his milk tea and reciting a few words, as if he were studying very seriously.

Zhao Qing had never seen Wang Ergou like this before—this guy had always hated English, so why was he suddenly memorizing words?

She tentatively asked, "Ergou?"

"Hey! Senior Sister, what can I do for you... Hey!? Zhao Qing!?"

Wang Ergou's previously overly solicitous tone suddenly turned normal when he realized that the person calling him that was none other than Zhao Qing and the others. He even breathed a sigh of relief and immediately crossed his legs: "You've finished your mission?"

"Just finished!"

Zhao Qing answered casually, then rolled her eyes at Wang Ergou's unseemly sitting posture and asked curiously, "Why are you memorizing vocabulary words?"

But asking the question only made things worse. Wang Ergou immediately wore a bitter expression and complained, "Don't even mention it! Aunt Wang said it's a mandatory requirement! Everyone in our project team has to learn it! Those of you with CET-4 or CET-6 certificates don't have to, but I don't! My God! I'm already thirty! And I still have to take classes with Da Di and the others! Isn't that unfair?!"

Zhao Qing chuckled and offered a gloating consolation: "Please accept my condolences."

"Screw you! By the way, how's things going in Liuzhou? Has it been resolved?"

"Liuzhou! Yes! Yes, yes, yes!"

Upon hearing Wang Ergou's words, Zhao Qing became anxious and quickly stood up from her chair, pacing back and forth restlessly. She said, "We have to find a way to save people! Arctic Flow Continent is in chaos! Yinglong King has destroyed the Soul Devouring Rift! Now there are all sorts of things called 'evil souls' everywhere! I don't even know what they are! I didn't even have time to ask before Senior Sister threw me back! All I know is that they eat souls! If we leave them alone, Arctic Flow Continent will be like a zombie apocalypse, and we'll be wiped out sooner or later!"