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

Yunhen pondered for a moment, "Among the five sects that haven't broken through, besides Miaomiao from the Azure Water Sect, it's Mingxuan and Suzhuo. Miaomiao is a pill cultivator, so she shouldn't be involved in such a risky matter. It seems that it should be the tribulation of Mingxuan and Suzhuo."

Yunhen felt a mix of emotions.

In his memory, when he was still in the Moon Purity Sect, Su Zhuo had always secretly looked down on Ye Qiao, who was an inner disciple at the time.

Now, however, he can trust her without any suspicion and choose to undergo tribulation to send her up when the demons are besieging the city.

It's almost unbelievable that they could get to this level of understanding and harmony in just a year and a half.

……

With the main city's formation shattered, Ye Qinghan and Zhou Xingyun led the sword cultivators in a coordinated attack to intercept the intruding demons. As the two jumped down to block the main city, Ye Qinghan had already noticed the strange weather.

This is clearly a tribulation of lightning for those in the Nascent Soul stage.

Ye Qinghan couldn't help but frown, and said coldly, "What are Ye Qiao and her group up to now?!" This is not the time for her to act recklessly.

As they were speaking, a terrifying clap of thunder echoed through the sky.

With a deafening roar, the moment the lightning flashed, all the demons present were so frightened that they covered their heads and crouched on the ground, showing that their fear of being struck by lightning had seeped into their very bones.

"Don't be afraid." The leading strategist coughed twice, his face paling slightly. He spoke calmly and confidently, "The direction of the lightning tribulation is fixed; it won't affect us."

I knew it, but my first reaction when I saw the lightning strike was still to run away.

The demon race was never favored by the Heavenly Dao. They cultivated crooked and evil ways, and a single ordinary bolt of heavenly lightning was enough to take half their lives, let alone a lightning tribulation at the Nascent Soul stage.

"Where did you five sects get the audacity to undergo your tribulations at this time?" The strategist chuckled and waved his hand. "Kill."

His voice was cold. "Once we break into the main city, find those two disciples who are undergoing tribulation, and interrupt their tribulation by any means necessary."

If the tribulation is interfered with, the only possible outcome is either qi deviation or spiritual energy chaos leading to death by explosion.

"etc!"

Just as war was about to break out between the two sides, a soft voice interrupted, slightly out of place with Leng Ji's swift and deadly drawing of talismans. Yun Que's lips curved slightly, revealing that familiar face, "Long time no see, everyone."

"..."

Honestly, nobody wants to chime in at this moment.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

Upon seeing it was her, the trusted aide, who had been suffering from a toothache for a moment, lowered his voice and said, "Which of you will go and talk to her?"

"We can either try to keep her calm or probe their purpose for this trip."

The number of demons and monsters is terrifying; we should try to delay as much as possible.

A sword cultivator from Chengfeng Sect spoke lazily, "Let Ye Qinghan go. Isn't she his old flame? She definitely won't like us."

Things are different now. Yun Que seems to still have a lot of say in the Demon Clan. So it's necessary to find someone to have a few words with them and find out what both sides are thinking.

Ye Qinghan's expression turned grim for a few seconds, but indeed, he was the only one who could speak to Yun Que now. He stepped forward with a cold face and said, "Yun Que."

The word "cold and icy" doesn't sound like it's used to reminisce; it sounds more like it's used to kill.

Yun Que looked at him, her eyes shining brightly, and said in a drawn-out voice, "Long time no see, Senior Brother Ye."

"You don't know, I had a really tough time after I left the Five Sects." She complained unconsciously. "The environment in the Demon Realm is not even half as good as where I lived in the Moon Clean Sect." If she could, Yun Que would still prefer to go back to the Moon Clean Sect.

She couldn't stand staying in a place where demons lived in constant bloodshed and instability for even a day longer.

Ye Qinghan asked calmly, "Then why did you betray us in the first place?"

Ye Qinghan had never seen such a shameless act before, that a righteous disciple would actually turn around and join the demon race.

"I had no choice back then." Yun Que pursed her lips. She had been living in constant fear that her plan to exchange for spiritual roots would be exposed. But things were different now. She spoke softly and earnestly, "Besides, although I betrayed the Five Sects, I never said I would betray you."

"..."

After a long pause, Ye Qinghan said calmly, without any expression, "Then you might as well betray me."

Yun Que's expression froze for a moment.

Yun Que pursed her lips, looking aggrieved for a few seconds, and continued, "Senior Brother Ye, if you're willing to forgive me, I can consider a truce. After all, we've been together for a year; it doesn't have to come to this point of life and death, does it?"

The conversation between the two elicited the same expressions from the other members of the group, like an elderly person looking at their phone on the subway.

They didn't understand why Yun Que was so determined to win Ye Qinghan back.

Since Yun Que has already betrayed her, what Ye Qinghan thinks of her is no longer important, right?

Ye Qinghan remained silent for a moment, then flicked his wrist, the sword blade slicing through the air with a sharp, cold light. He couldn't hold back any longer: "Let's fight. Stop talking nonsense."

Yun Que pursed her lips. His complete disregard for her feelings made her lose face, especially in front of so many demons. She pursed her lips and gave a cold laugh. "Then so be it."

"Let's continue." Yun Que pursed her lips. "Don't worry about me." This time, she wanted Ye Qinghan to fully understand her importance.

The strategist glanced at her. He didn't really understand why the young master insisted on keeping Yun Que around, as if she were under a spell.

Unwilling to waste any more time on this useless nonsense, he waved his hand, ordering the demons to breach the city as soon as possible.

At this point, even if the eight major families were unwilling to send people, it would be useless. Given their sheer numbers, no one could stop them.

Unless those sect leaders can free up their hands.

The demons didn't come unprepared this time; in the strategist's opinion, this Yun Que was only of this much use.

She didn't know what method she used to persuade the Demon King and the Ghost King to take action.

With the three of them working together, they can hold off the sect leaders of the five sects without causing any problems.

Ye Qinghan spoke calmly, "Set up the formation."

In an instant, thousands of sword shadows swept through the air as the Sword Inquiry Sect's sword formation was deployed. The pale yellow sword shadows condensed into sword shapes. With such a large number of swords, a single sword formation could only provide a brief interception effect. It took several consecutive sword formations to prevent the main city from being breached immediately.

Ye Qinghan gritted her teeth slightly, unable to understand why they needed to undergo tribulation.

This time, the demons have already laid siege to the city.

There are still cultivators in the main city who haven't been able to evacuate.

He didn't need to think of any ideas; they were Ye Qiao's fault. He just hoped she wouldn't mess things up this time.

"The sword formation can only hold them off for a short while, Senior Brother," the Third Brother said calmly. "There are too many of them."

Ye Qinghan coldly ordered, "Continue to block them."

"No matter what method you use, keep them occupied."

The others responded in unison and obeyed the order.

Those who came to help included not only the direct descendants of the Ye family and the disciples of the five sects, but also the sword cultivators of the Zhou family. Upon hearing Ye Qinghan's order, Zhou Yizhe silently drew his sword. The long sword was unsheathed, and the sword spirit materialized, standing in front of everyone.

Ye Qinghan glanced at this direct descendant with surprise.

Sword spirit taking human form?

Zhou Yizhe felt uncomfortable under Ye's gaze, suppressed his smugness, and whispered, "Senior Brother Ye? Is there a problem?"

Ye Qinghan shook his head: "It's nothing." He was just a little surprised that the direct descendant of the Zhou family had such abilities.

Ye Qinghan didn't hesitate any longer. The moment he drew his sword, a light blue light appeared, and the Broken Water Sword took shape. A light blue sword spirit materialized from it, standing horizontally alongside Zhou Yizhe's sword spirit.

The two sword spirits materialized in succession, drawing the attention of everyone present. The disciples of the Sword Inquiry Sect were more or less immersed in surprise.

"Senior Brother?"

Someone exclaimed in surprise, "Duan Shui, when did it take human form?"

"The Water-Severing Sword has materialized??? As expected of the Senior Brother."

"The person next to Senior Brother is also impressive. Is he a direct descendant of the Zhou family? To be able to transform into a sword spirit at such a young age is truly remarkable."