I saved the entire sect by playing idly by letting things fall apart.

The Ghost Realm swallowed three people in one go, and it was quite pleased with itself. It colluded with the Illusion Realm, one responsible for swallowing people and the other responsible for setting up illusions to keep people behind and use them as nourishment.

Moreover, two of these three people are incredibly powerful.

But so what?

Within the secret realm, all beings are equal. Regardless of whether one is at the Nascent Soul stage or the Tribulation Transcending stage, once inside the secret realm, in order to avoid situations where high-level cultivators slaughter low-level cultivators, their strength will be suppressed to the Nascent Soul stage.

This is a rule established by the will of Heaven.

So, let it all go into your stomach obediently.

After Ye Qiao dragged the evil god into the secret realm, the cultivation levels of the two powerful figures were suppressed to the Nascent Soul stage. They were particularly stunned by the scene before them. Secret realm?

"You deliberately led me into this secret realm?" The Demon Lord laughed instead of getting angry, finally understanding her purpose.

Ye Qiao held the talisman in her hand, cautiously remaining silent.

Even if she were a Nascent Soul cultivator, the Demon Lord was not someone she could deal with, so before coming, she dragged the Evil God down with her, thinking they might as well all come down and have some fun together.

Just as Ye Qiao was wondering how to answer—

"So it really is you." Bujianjun floated out, paused in front of the Demon Lord for a few seconds, and then spoke in a clear voice, "You filthy fellow who hasn't bathed in five hundred years."

Ye Qiao: "..."

There's no need to repeat what she said back then.

The Demon Lord's aura instantly became terrifying.

He narrowed his eyes, recognizing the stick's origin: "Where is the master?"

Just as the Demon Lord despised the former sword master, he had no feelings for the sword either. Its terrifying aura seemed to be about to tear the transformed sword spirit to shreds at any moment.

Ye Qiao quickly hugged the bamboo shoot tightly, her face remaining unchanged, "Just kidding, just kidding, children say the darndest things, children say the darndest things."

Judging from the age of Blade & Soul, Duosun is indeed only a few months old.

The sword spirit follows its master; it is just like Ye Qiao.

However, Ye Qiao's provocations are always situational; she wouldn't be so reckless as to provoke the Demon Lord.

After the evil god was swallowed, its form gradually reassembled. Before they could even understand what was happening, it terrifyingly split into fragments that stabbed towards the two of them like sharp knives. The piercing sound made Ye Qiao's eardrums feel like they were about to shatter, and she frowned.

With a swift movement of the breeze, he sped into the depths of the secret realm. Of course, the evil god would give chase. The Demon Lord sneered for a moment, preparing to sit back and watch the tigers fight. No matter which one of them got into trouble, it was what he wanted to see.

At the same time, the Demon Lord also realized that Ye Qiao, his personal disciple, was too difficult to control.

This personal disciple was quite different from any of the personal disciples he had seen before. If he couldn't obediently serve him, then there was no point in having such a so-called genius.

No matter what schemes or plots she might have, even in the secret realm, with his cultivation level, he could easily kill Ye Qiao.

At this time, the Demon Lord was still very confident.

The evil god did not kill her, but instead kept forcing her to use the last restraint. As long as her wish was fulfilled, then Ye Qiao could be killed or tortured at its own discretion.

Ye Qiao, holding onto the last constraint, was quite fearless.

"You summoned me, why do you not speak your wish?"

Its sound is piercing and contains a deep, twisted malice. This darkness, which almost breaks free of its shackles, makes people feel very uncomfortable just by listening to it.

The evil god is very good at brainwashing and tempting people to fall and become his followers. Coincidentally, Ye Qiao also knows a guy who likes to exploit people's weaknesses to his advantage.

"Believer, quickly state your wish." It continued, attempting to brainwash Ye Qiao with its mind.

Ye Qiao sensed that the darkness growing in her heart seemed to be expanding, and she said in surprise, "Oh, my wish, well, my wish is for you to come and be my dog. To serve me."

Evil God: "?"

"Just kidding." Before the evil god could fly into a rage, she quickly changed her tune: "My wish is that I could have a hundred more wishes."

Evil God: "?"

The constraints imposed by Heaven may not exceed the psychological expectations of the evil god, otherwise it would rather be chased and struck by Heaven than not kill itself first. After saying this, Ye Qiao lightly stepped back, formed a spell seal in her hand, and swiftly and accurately struck down in the direction of the evil god.

Ye Qiao was far more familiar with this secret realm than the evil god. Using the surrounding trees as cover, she ran deeper and deeper into the area.

Having found the location of the illusion, she stopped in her tracks and skillfully made a wish, "Illusion, illusion, please answer my call."

Illusion: "..."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, it could hardly believe it.

Who?

Who has returned?

Ye Qiao's arrival made the illusion wonder if it had recently created illusions and gone mad.

He led the evil god on a wild run to the deepest part of the secret realm. When the passing monsters saw someone break in, they instinctively raised their hooves, wanting to crush the cultivator.

Once they saw the other's entire form, they astutely turned away, feigning blindness.

No, no, no, all their distant relatives were struck dead by lightning around her; we mustn't act impulsively.

Seeing the injustice, the demon army chose to take a detour.

Ye Qiao was prepared to fight these monsters, but to her surprise, they were all quite cooperative.

"Ahhh!" The illusion jolted, somewhat terrified. "What's following you?"

Ye Qiao: "Evil God."

An evil god?

It and the secret realm were practically in cahoots; one was responsible for devouring them, and the other for leaving the cultivators to die in the illusion.

But in all its long history, it has never had any dealings with a creature like an evil god.

This Ye Qiao is a devil, isn't she? The evil god can personally come to hunt her down, and the key point is that the direction he's heading is right towards him.

"Don't come any closer!!" The illusion was stunned.

Ye Qiao wasn't someone it could simply ignore. She had already stepped into the illusion, and seeing that she wanted to go further in, the fear of being dominated by Ye Qiao in the past surged back into her heart. The illusion shouted, "Don't move here!! I'm going to meet this evil god!!"

What else can be done about the illusion?

Just grit your teeth and go for it.

That damn Ye Qiao!

Even an evil god has desires; it wants to storm the cultivation world, stir up trouble, and devour its disciples. Any one of them would be enough for the illusionary realm to interfere. But that Ye Qiao—she actually treated it like a wish-granting machine!

After experiencing Ye Qiao's torment, the illusion even strangely felt that the evil god was easier to deal with than Ye Qiao.

……

Zhou Xingyun and his companions didn't have Xie Chuxue's speed to shrink the earth to an inch, so they wasted several days traveling. When they returned, they were told that Ye Qiao, the Demon Lord, and the Evil God had all disappeared without a trace.

"Ye Qiao, along with the Evil God and the Demon Lord, was swallowed up by the Ghostly Secret Realm," Xie Chuxue explained, seeing their distraught state.

The time and location of the Ghostly Realm are random, and no one knows where it will open next. Xie Chuxue originally wanted to go in together, but Ye Qiao, that brat, easily shook her off, clearly intending to handle things on her own.

Xie Chuxue didn't stop them; these children always have to grow up on their own.

"The Ghostly Realm?" Xue Yu asked in a strange tone. "It...swallowed Ye Qiao?"

"It must really hate Junior Sister." Mingxuan couldn't forget the lightning tribulation that was powerful enough to split the secret realm apart.

Mu Chongxi exclaimed in surprise, "Evil God, Demon Lord, and evil cultivators must have gone in together too. If we add the secret realm that was split open by her lightning tribulation, is this the first time the victims' alliance has reunited?"

Zhou Xingyun couldn't help but ponder a very real problem.

Will my junior sister still be able to come out alive?

……

Meanwhile, the evil cultivators of the cultivation world followed the traces left by the evil god and relentlessly pursued him to the location of the shifted secret realm.

Those who are close to the true masters cannot sense the presence of the evil god, but those who practice heresy can sense it through prayer.

The evil god finally descended, but before our Lord could grant them the power to become stronger, he disappeared. How could the evil cultivators let this go so easily?

After the evil god was swallowed by the secret realm, they followed like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.

The Ghostly Realm welcomes all comers, labeling them all as evil cultivators, and traps them all inside.

Just as Ye Qiao tossed the evil god to the illusion, she turned her head and saw a large group of evil cultivators rushing into the secret realm.

She laughed.

Just when she was wondering how to deal with that demon lord, a large group of evil cultivators unexpectedly came knocking on her door. She turned her head, revealing a bright smile, "Hi, hi, hi, do you remember me?"

That's something I can never forget.

The person who could make the Demon Lord and the Evil God fight each other must be no ordinary person.

"My lady." Upon seeing her, the evil cultivators respectfully asked the question that concerned them most: "Where is our lord?" They had lost all sense of the evil god's presence after tracking him here.

My Lord? Your Lord is in love with the illusion.

She definitely couldn't say that. Ye Qiao's tone turned somewhat cold as she glanced at them indifferently, "I was injured by that Demon Lord."

"What?" the evil cultivator exclaimed in shock.

Having witnessed the battle between the evil god and the demon lord for some unknown reason, they naturally believed this explanation. The leader of the evil cultivators lowered his voice, "Then what should we do?"

Ye Qiao glanced at him and calmly said, "Naturally, it's to avenge my master."

The Demon Lord was not someone that evil cultivators dared to provoke, but with Ye Qiao stirring things up, it didn't take long for these evil cultivators to become eager to attack the Demon Lord, determined to make the evil god remember them.

"For our Lord!" their voices became firm.

Ye Qiao then led a group of evil cultivators to give the Demon Lord a sound beating.

Since everyone is trapped in the secret realm anyway, who is more noble than whom?

Among the evil cultivators, there are many powerful ones. There are more than a dozen evil cultivators at the Golden Core stage. With Ye Qiao added, hundreds of them could easily defeat a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Even after the group successfully beat him up, Jun didn't seem to be happy and stomped on the former sword master.

Before the Demon Lord could react, Ye Qiao launched a surprise attack. A group of evil cultivators swarmed him and knocked him to the ground. He roared in anger, "How dare you!" and his demonic energy nearly pierced through Ye Qiao's shoulder blade.

He overlooked one thing: Ye Qiao had a Nascent Soul stage domain, which, although not hers, could be used to pull her in for refuge.

The Demon Lord, whose cultivation was suppressed to the Nascent Soul stage, could only be trapped outside by the domain and rage helplessly.

……

Ye Qiao hid inside the domain, not daring to confront the Demon Lord head-on. By the time the Demon Lord had dealt with most of the evil cultivators, only three people remained in the secret realm.

If evil gods are considered human, then there are indeed three of them.

The evil god had finally escaped the decadent scene created by the illusion and was just about to seek revenge on Ye Qiao when it saw a white ball condensing into a shape.

In the past few months, the Ghostly Realm has devoured many people to its heart's content, but none of them are as powerful as the people it devoured this time. It can sense that two of the three people are very strong.

Then, the Ghost Realm materialized and appeared before the three tense people, eager to fight.

Then, after realizing who it was, it was stunned.

In an instant, the shadow formed by the secret realm split in two. Ahhhhh, how is it her?! Go back!! Go back! Go back now. It desperately grabbed Ye Qiao, trying to shove her out, attempting to drive her out of the secret realm.

Ye Qiao: "..."

She never expected it to be such a coincidence that she would fall into this secret realm.

Finding a major secret realm is already difficult, and finding one that opens on the same day is even harder. But who can blame us when the Ghostly Secret Realm moves and opens on its own? It's all about fate.

"Hahaha. What a coincidence." Ye Qiao greeted it without changing her expression.

Ghostly Realm: "..."

"Waaah—" it cried out, looking up at its head. It was devastated.

Why is she here again?

Jun paused, puzzled, and said, "It cried."

Ye Qiao: "It's fake."

The secret realm wasn't hiding anything; it was sobbing and also took the opportunity to check Ye Qiao's cultivation level.

Mid-stage Golden Core.

It seems like the tribulation lightning hasn't reached the Nascent Soul stage yet.

It felt relieved for a moment.

Unable to resist scheming again, the Heavenly Dao was very disgusted with Ye Qiao and wished to kill her immediately, but it would also give her the Heavenly Dao's blessing. This strange situation made the secret realm somewhat unable to figure out the other party's intentions.

Because of the trauma of being struck by lightning, it finally decided not to summon a horde of Nascent Soul stage demonic beasts to crush her this time.

"I will not let you out."

"You're not at the Nascent Soul stage either, are you?" it said, unable to contain its smugness. "Those two, one is a demon, and the other has a very evil aura; they don't look like good people at all."

It won't let Ye Qiao out; it might even be able to get rid of Ye Qiao by using these two guys.

Ye Qiao knew she had offended quite a few people at once, so she was mentally prepared when she came in. She smiled slightly and said, "Okay."

"Then you wait."

These four words made the secret realm's heart tremble for no reason.

What is she planning to do now?

Ye Qiao suddenly turned her head and spoke to the evil god and demon lord behind her, "Do you want to get out? Then cooperate with me."

So far, no one in the secret realm can do anything to anyone else, otherwise the three of them wouldn't have gathered together. Ye Qiao has a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, Xiao Xi, and various spiritual swords, which these two evil beings are clearly wary of and won't make any rash moves for the time being.

The Demon Lord stared at her menacingly. The Evil God also exuded a chilling aura.

Ye Qiao's smile remained unchanged, like that of a pyramid scheme leader, as she asked two words: "Coming or not?"

……

After returning from the mortal realm, the disciples were all busy, not only working with the inner disciples to drive away the demons, but also stabilizing their cultivation.

Their practical experience allowed them to grow exceptionally quickly. Mingxuan's cultivation reached the late Golden Core stage, and the others also improved by one realm to varying degrees—a truly astonishing speed. No wonder resources were always skewed towards the five sects.

During the day, Mu Chongxi and his companions were busy clearing out the demons. At night, they would often wander around the Ghost Realm together, hoping that it would open from time to time.

"Can't we ask Chengfeng Sect to help open it?"

This lack of any movement is also very worrying.

Xue Yu calmly shook his head, "Those are the Demon Lord and the Evil God, the Chengfeng Sect might not be willing."

Two such terrifying behemoths were imprisoned in a secret realm. If it were opened and they were released, who would suffer? Naturally, the cultivation world.

Unless Ye Qiao has a way to suppress the two disasters before him, Chengfeng Sect will not dare to take such a big risk to open the secret realm.

Ye Qiao's sudden abduction of two evil creatures into the secret realm was indeed quite unexpected.

Mingxuan lowered his head, looking dejected.

All four of them looked rather dejected, their heads drooping and hanging low. This was the strange scene that Song Hansheng saw when he arrived.