Gentlemen, it's time to enter the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.

Chapter 450 There are too many people with ulterior motives.
The Yellow Springs Palace, the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Chen Ye had just bid farewell to the Great Sage of the Overturning Seas when he rushed back to the Yellow Springs Sect at top speed.

The next task is to deal with the entire Demonic Sect, which is a matter of utmost importance. He must explain things carefully so that the Yellow Spring Sect and the righteous sects can prepare in advance.

As soon as he explained the whole story, Qu Heng, standing to the side, burst into laughter in front of everyone, completely losing his composure.

Once he started laughing, he just couldn't stop. Seeing that Qu Heng was almost laughing until tears streamed down his face, Chen Ye finally spoke up helplessly.

"Grandmaster, what are you laughing at?"

Qu Heng wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, pointed one finger at the expressionless Demon Lord Fei Lian beside him, and the other at Chen Ye.

"I laugh at my disciple Qu Heng, who has only cultivated for a few years, yet not only has he made the entire righteous path bow down, but now he can also make the only Dao-Merging Demon Lord of the Demonic Sect sit beside him like a wronged little wife, not daring to utter a fart!"
"Not only that, he'll also obediently help you unify the demonic sects! Both the righteous and demonic paths will have to respect you! How can I not laugh? I've never even dared to dream of such a scene in my entire life!"

Qu Heng became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally leaned close to Chen Ye, looking him up and down with an extremely suspicious gaze.

"My good grand-disciple, tell me the truth, is that Great Sage Who Overturns the Sea really not just putting on an act with you? Could he really be your long-lost father?"

Qu Heng had previously stated righteously that Chen Ye had absolutely no connection with that True Immortal.

But after hearing the news Chen Ye brought back today, he couldn't help but start to have doubts himself.

If he didn't have some extraordinary background, how could Chen Ye's miraculous cultivation speed and incredible luck be explained?

Chen Ye rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to this old geezer who was starting to overthink again.

He turned to the Demon Lord Feilian and said apologetically, "Lord, please don't be offended. Let's hurry up and get on with our business."

Fei Lian's face was unreadable, showing neither anger nor numbness. He had been like this ever since he compromised in the snow mountain.

He clearly had no interest in engaging in a war of words with Qu Heng, and simply nodded calmly.

"Let's go, we only have ten days."

Qu Heng was somewhat disappointed to see that the Demon Lord Fei Lian had no reaction. He had thought he would see this arrogant Demon Lord lose his temper and become furious.

However, he was not afraid of Fei Lian taking action.

This is Fengdu City, the territory of the Yellow Springs Sect, a place where the incense and prayers of the entire Northern Frontier converge. Here, Qu Heng has enough confidence to contend with any Dao Integration Realm expert. Not to mention, there are hundreds of City Gods within the city, as well as Chen Ye's Fengdu Emperor.

If a real fight breaks out, it's questionable whether the Demon Lord Feilian can escape the city unscathed.

Since the other party wasn't taking the bait, Qu Heng didn't want to keep pestering them.

He was just happy inside.

Ten days later, Chen Ye became the leader of both the righteous and demonic sects.

This is a feat that has never been seen in thousands of years.

Qu Heng even felt that his own realm had loosened somewhat.

When Qu Heng insisted on building the Yellow Springs Sect so that Chen Ye could inherit his mantle, he was actually taking another path to ascension. Once the Yellow Springs Sect truly became the number one sect in both the righteous and demonic paths, he would have no more attachments, and that would be the time for him to achieve the Great Dao.

Once Chen Ye completes this feat, he might be able to take advantage of this opportunity to try and open the door to the Dao.

On the other side, Chen Ye and the Demon Lord Feilian flew out of Fengdu City together and asked directly, "Does the Lord think we should go to the Mirage Sect or the Incense Burning Sect first?"

The original five righteous sects have now been reduced to four, and a new sect called the Yellow Springs Sect has taken their place.

First, the Incense Burning Sect's mountain gate collapsed, and then the Mirage Sect split internally. Both of these once righteous sects have been largely destroyed.

It seems the Incense Burning Sect is in a worse state, having even had its home base destroyed. However, the Mirage Sect is much weaker, unable to find even a single Void Returning Realm cultivator within its ranks, with its strongest being only the Nascent Soul Transformation Realm cultivator remaining.

Demon Lord Feilian seemed to have no objection to this, casually saying, "Do as you please."

After some deliberation, Chen Ye made a decision.

"Let's go to the Incense Burning Sect first. Master Yuji of the Qinghe Sword Sect once told me that the Incense Burning Sect might be making some unusual moves, and they've been secretly monitoring them. If there really is any activity, it's likely related to this traitor from the demonic sect. Going to the Qinghe Sword Sect for help should save a lot of time." Upon hearing this, Demon Lord Feilian immediately found an excuse to slack off.

"Then why don't you go yourself? With the Qinghe Sword Sect's help, are you afraid of not being able to defeat a mere Fenxiang Sect? I'll go underground and integrate the other demonic sects' legacies first, wouldn't that save more time?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Ye couldn't help but smile wryly.

"The problem is, I don't know which one is the Tiger Lord's adopted son. You, Lord, probably don't know his name either, right?"

Knowing that Hu Chang had left a spy within the Fenxiang Sect was already the limit; it was impossible for him to know even the full identity of the spy. Perhaps Youluozi had discovered more back then, but unfortunately, she was already dead and hadn't shared all the information with Feilian.

Now, we can only verify them one by one.

Demon Lord Feilian was truly unwilling to go.

If he were to go looking for trouble with the Incense Burning Sect himself, he would definitely be eager to try, and might even be very excited.

But now he's working as Chen Ye's henchman and thug.

As a dignified Dao-Merging Demon Lord, being forced to serve as a servant to this greenhorn Chen Ye was something he simply couldn't bear.

He was already quite annoyed by being humiliated by that old geezer Qu Heng. If he were to get mocked by those hypocrites from the righteous path at the Burning Incense Sect, Fei Lian estimated that he really wouldn't be able to control himself and would take action.

But Chen Ye is not wrong either.

Verifying identities is a troublesome matter.

Chen Ye's Hellish Divine Power was useless in this situation. Because the current disciples of the Burning Incense Sect were probably all stained with sin; if they were thrown into Hell for a test, they would all be wailing in agony. How could anyone distinguish the real spy then?
As for the Righteous Path's Heart-Questioning Array, it takes a lot of time and effort to set up, and ten days is simply not enough time.

Only the Flying Demon Lord's "Words Become Law" supernatural power can easily make cultivators with much lower cultivation levels reveal the truth. Moreover, he is more familiar with the aura of demonic techniques and can distinguish them more accurately.

"I should have killed you the first time I saw you underground!"

Finally, Demon Lord Feilian couldn't help but complain with deep regret.

Chen Ye laughed heartily, offering no rebuttal. The once mighty Demon Lord was indeed now in a rather disheveled state.

Despite his complaints, Demon Lord Feilian didn't want to waste any more time.

It's better to get it over with quickly than to suffer for a long time. Let's just finish this embarrassing job as soon as possible!

Without further ado, he reached out and tore open the void in front of him.

A pitch-black spatial rift appeared out of thin air. The two stepped into it and instantly traversed tens of thousands of miles, arriving at the current location of the Burning Incense Sect.

The original gate of the Incense Burning Sect has long been dilapidated, and the Eight Hundred Mile Green Coffin Mountain has been contaminated by the corpse of the Demon Lord Wujiu, and it has not been completely cleaned up yet.

Therefore, the remaining disciples of the Incense Burning Sect found another place to rebuild the sect. Chen Ye had only heard about it before, but had never been there in person.

What we see now is that the Incense Burning Sect seems to have regained some of its grandeur.

At least this sect, built against the mountain, looks quite impressive, even more magnificent than Fengdu City.

The disciples of the Incense Burning Sect have a wide range of skills, so rebuilding the sect is not a difficult task. However, the sect has only been rebuilt for a short time, and it is obvious that it has not been able to fully mobilize the power of the surrounding mountains and rivers. Therefore, this protective mountain formation cannot be said to be non-existent, but it is better than nothing.

Fei Lian seemed determined to finish the battle quickly. As soon as he arrived at the location, he said, "Those with ulterior motives, show yourselves at once!"

This command has already employed the supernatural power of words becoming law.

Chen Ye thought to himself, "Is it really that simple and crude? The supernatural power of making one's words come true is very powerful, but if it's described so vaguely, will it be useless?"

Just as Chen Ye was wondering, he saw more than a dozen streaks of light fly out from the sect and come numbly to Chen Ye and Fei Lian Demon Lord as if they were puppets on strings.

Chen Ye: ...

Aren't there too many people with ulterior motives here?
(End of this chapter)