I run a casino in the immortal realm.

The next morning, at the Heavenly Demon Sect's main camp.

Zheng Yifei placed the wooden box containing the heads of Zeng Feng and Hu Xiaotian on Ye Tianqiong's desk.

Ye Tianqiong opened the box and glanced at it. A strong smell of blood filled the air. He nodded in satisfaction, then closed the wooden box, picked it up, and walked out of the tent.

Before the two armies, the light screen of the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Formation still shimmered with golden light, but it was much dimmer than it had been three months ago.

Qin Cang, along with Elder Wan and the others, stood inside the light screen, their faces grim as they looked at Ye Tianqiong opposite them.

"Qin Cang, your two disciples have been brought to justice. We can continue negotiations."

With a wave of his arm, Ye Tianqiong sent the wooden box through a streak of light, precisely piercing the gap in the array left by Elder Wan the night before, and landing at Qin Cang's feet.

The wooden box shattered, and two unseeing heads rolled out.

Qin Cang's pupils suddenly contracted, and the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably a few times.

The Xuan Tian Sect elders behind him gasped in shock. Zeng Feng and Hu Xiaotian were Qin Cang's personal disciples, yet they had actually been killed.

Qin Cang stared intently at the two severed heads on the ground, without saying a word or making any other movement.

He knew that Ye Tianqiong was establishing his authority and forcing him to submit. If he retaliated now, the Xuan Tian Sect would be completely destroyed today.

"Sect Master Ye keeps his promise, and I will naturally do the same."

Qin Cang took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the murderous intent in his eyes, and said in a dry voice, "I'll sign the territorial cession agreement."

The subsequent negotiations proceeded exceptionally smoothly, as the Xuantian Sect had no room for further negotiation.

The two parties quickly signed a blood pact.

As agreed, the Heavenly Demon Sect's army will retreat 500 li to the south starting today. The Xuantian Sect will cede all 30 spiritual veins, 7 affiliated cities, and all mines and herb gardens along the way to the Heavenly Demon Sect in the south.

The handover process was extremely complicated.

The Heavenly Demon Sect dispatched a large number of deacons and disciples to follow the map, taking over city by city and checking spiritual veins one by one.

The Xuantian Sect members, like stray dogs, slunk back to the area around the main peak and to the south.

This handover lasted for over a month. With the last spiritual vein changing hands, the landscape of the Southern Wilderness was completely altered.

The Xuantian Sect, once a powerful overlord, has fallen to a second-rate force, while the Tianmo Sect has naturally taken over nearly 70% of the resources in the Southern Wilderness, enjoying unparalleled prestige.

The Southern Wilderness Region has ushered in a period of stability.

The Heavenly Demon Sect army began to break camp and return to Heavenly Demon City in batches.

Inside Zheng Yifei's tent, Su Wanqing and the others were packing their belongings.

Xu Tianyang walked in, his face somewhat grave.

"Yifei, you guys go back to Tianmo City, I'm not leaving."

Xu Tianyang looked at Zheng Yifei and said firmly, "Although Qin Cang has become a coward now, I will not feel at ease as long as he is alive. I plan to stay near Xuantian Sect with Zheng Hai and Mu Yao and find an opportunity to assassinate him."

Zheng Yifei stopped what he was doing, turned to look at Xu Tianyang, and pointed to the chair next to him: "Sect Master Xu, sit down and let's talk."

Xu Tianyang sat down as instructed, but his back was ramrod straight, clearly indicating that he had made up his mind.

"I understand your desire to kill Qin Cang."

Zheng Yifei poured a cup of tea and handed it over, speaking calmly: "But have you thought about it? Qin Cang is a Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of his cultivation, and he's an old fox who's lived for hundreds of years. Although he doesn't have any resources right now, the Nine Dragons Sealing Heaven Formation is still in place, and he has dozens of Nascent Soul elders by his side."

"How do you intend to kill the three of you, father and sons?"

"There will always be times when he's alone, and times when he has to go out on the front lines."

Xu Tianyang clenched his fist.

"Even if he's alone, are you confident you can kill him in one strike?"

Zheng Yifei looked into his eyes: "Have you figured out Qin Cang's trump cards? Does he have any life-saving items left by Murong Hao? If you miss your first attack and get entangled with him, and the other Nascent Soul cultivators from Xuantian Sect arrive, you will be the ones who die."

Xu Tianyang fell silent. He knew Zheng Yifei was telling the truth, but he couldn't swallow his anger.

"Sect Leader Xu, seeking revenge is not about going to your death."

Zheng Yifei lowered his voice and told them everything about the teleportation array in the back mountain of the Heavenly Demon Sect: "Ouyang Tian and Murong Hao went to the Eastern Divine Continent. Before Ouyang Tian left, he left an intercontinental teleportation array in the back mountain of the Heavenly Demon Sect. Our current goal is to go to the Eastern Divine Continent."

Xu Tianyang suddenly raised his head, his eyes filled with shock.

"The spiritual energy in the Southern Wilderness is no longer sufficient to support our breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage."

Zheng Yifei continued, "If you stay in the Southern Wilderness, you'll at most reach the Nascent Soul stage. Qin Cang is also at the Nascent Soul stage. If you fight each other head-on, the odds are too high. But if you come with me to the Eastern Divine Continent and use the resources there to break through to the Divine Transformation stage, then returning to the Southern Wilderness to kill Qin Cang will be as easy as crushing an ant."

Why rush things and gamble with your own and your children's lives?

Xu Tianyang's breathing became heavy. He looked at Zheng Yifei, his mind in turmoil.

Reason told him that Zheng Yifei was right; going to the Eastern Divine Continent and breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage was the safest path to revenge.

After a long while, Xu Tianyang loosened his clenched fists, exhaled a long breath, and felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his body.

"You're right, I was blinded by hatred."

Xu Tianyang stood up and solemnly clasped his hands in a fist salute to Zheng Yifei: "I will listen to you and go to Dong Shenzhou."

After resolving Xu Tianyang's inner conflict, Zheng Yifei did not immediately follow the army back to Tianmo City. Instead, he took Xu Tianyang and quietly changed their route to the Ten Thousand Mountains.

Back then, Zheng Yifei was wanted and hunted down by the Xuantian Sect. His parents and younger siblings were secretly moved by Xu Zhengkun to a remote mountain village deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains to hide.

Over the years, Zheng Yifei had not gone to pick them up because he felt he lacked the ability and was afraid of bringing danger to his family.

Now that the Xuantian Sect is half-crippled and the Tianmo Sect has become the biggest overlord in the Southern Wilderness, it's time to bring our families out.

The Ten Thousand Mountains are shrouded in miasma year-round, and monstrous beasts roam freely.

The formation was personally set up by Xu Zhengkun. Although it was not of high grade, it was excellent in its concealment and could isolate the aura of mortals.

Zheng Yifei easily passed through the formation and landed at the entrance of the village.

The village is small, with only a few dozen households, and the villagers live ordinary lives, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

Zheng Yifei's divine sense swept across the entire village and quickly locked onto a familiar aura in a farmhouse courtyard at the end of the village.

Pushing open the wooden gate, in the courtyard, a dark-skinned middle-aged man was chopping wood, and a woman was washing vegetables by the well.

Although the years have left deep marks on their faces, Zheng Yifei recognized them at a glance.

"Father, Mother."

Zheng Yifei's voice trembled slightly.

The man chopping wood froze, and the axe fell to the ground.

The vegetables in the woman's hands fell into the basin of water. The two women turned around and looked at the young man standing at the door; their eyes instantly reddened.

"Ichi-fei...is it really Ichi-fei?"

The woman stumbled over, grabbed Zheng Yifei, and burst into tears.

Zheng's father walked over, patted Zheng Yifei's shoulder with his rough hands, his eyes were red, and his lips trembled for a long time before he could only say one sentence: "It's good that you're alive, it's good that you're alive."

The commotion inside startled the people inside. A young woman of about twenty years old, dressed in coarse linen clothes but still quite pretty, came out, followed by a sturdy boy of about seventeen or eighteen.

"Big brother!"

The woman exclaimed in surprise when she saw Zheng Yifei.

"Second sister, Chongtian, you've grown so much."

Zheng Yifei looked at his younger brother and sister with a gentle smile on his face.

When a family reunites, there's bound to be a lot of warm greetings and concern.

Zheng Yifei didn't go into details about the dangers he had faced over the years. He only said that he had now established himself in the Heavenly Demon Sect and had come specifically to take them to enjoy a life of comfort.

That afternoon, Zheng Yifei left the Ten Thousand Mountains with his family and returned to Tianmo City.

Upon returning to the Heavenly Demon Sect, Ye Tianqiong was extremely accommodating. He immediately set aside a luxurious mansion in the core area of ​​Heavenly Demon City to house the Zheng family and assigned special people to serve them.

After settling his parents in, Zheng Yifei tested his younger siblings' aptitude.

My younger sister, Zheng Ermei, is twenty years old this year. Her test results show that she has three spiritual roots: metal, wood, and fire. Among them, her wood spiritual root is particularly outstanding, making her very suitable for alchemy.

Zheng Yifei didn't hesitate and handed her over to Zhao Ling directly. Zhao Ling was now at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, and her status in the Heavenly Demon Sect was equivalent to that of the chief alchemist. With her teaching her personally, Zheng Ermei's alchemy skills would definitely improve by leaps and bounds.

The test results for his younger brother, Zheng Chongtian, were somewhat disappointing.

He possesses four spiritual roots: metal, wood, water, and earth. His spiritual roots are mottled, resulting in extremely poor cultivation aptitude. In the cultivation world, even with the help of elixirs, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage would be the limit for someone with such aptitude.

"Big brother, I'm not very smart, I might really be no good at cultivation."

Zheng Chongtian scratched his head, looking somewhat uneasy.

"It's alright, the cultivation world isn't just about fighting and killing."

Zheng Yifei patted him on the shoulder and led him to Zhao Wenyuan: "From now on, you will learn business from Manager Zhao. Although the mirage is gone, the Heavenly Demon Sect has taken over half of the industries in the Southern Wilderness. It needs someone knowledgeable to manage them. You will follow him and learn how to manage accounts and how to allocate resources."

Zhao Wenyuan accepted Zheng Chongtian with a smile. To him, training a clever apprentice to be his assistant was exactly what he wanted.

With his family's future secured, Zheng Yifei was free of worries and began to devote himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.