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

The name Ye Qiao is not unfamiliar to the demons and monsters; in fact, it is quite well-known.

The scene of her using lightning to strike them down is still vivid in my mind.

Because her attempts to disrupt things failed three times in a row, their Demon Lord must be dreaming of Ye Qiao's hateful face. Upon hearing this person's name, the two clans stopped chasing Mu Chongxi at this moment, and their orderly formation became chaotic.

Someone shouted in a panic, "Where?"

Mingxuan: "Behind you."

They turned around reflexively, and Xue Yu, a smirk playing on his lips, found a suitable spot and immediately shouted, "Ahhh, look, look! It's right above your heads!"

The two people's startled shouts caused the two tribes to reflexively look around. In an instant, the once peaceful South China Sea was filled with various divine senses, all fearing that they would be ambushed again.

The two clans ended up in such a state last time purely because they were tricked by Ye Qiao. Who knew that Ye Qiao would silently unleash a Nascent Soul stage lightning tribulation to strike them?

When the heavenly lightning strikes, the demons who huddle together suffer the most; a single bolt of lightning can wipe out an entire group. In the South China Sea, water and lightning are triggered simultaneously, making it seem like a small fry compared to the situation in Azure Wave City at that time.

The group immediately dispersed warily, lest Ye Qiao suddenly appear from some unknown corner and deliver a fatal blow.

Mingxuan and Xueyu's shouts had an immediate effect. Seizing the moment when their formation was scattered, the dragon suddenly swung its tail, and the huge impact blasted countless demons and monsters into dust.

"See? See?" Mingxuan was excited and couldn't wait to rush down and join in the fun. "I told you, you're nothing compared to her. If Ye Qiao comes, they won't even bother with you."

This statement is somewhat tinged with personal grudges, since these dragons have been giving them the cold shoulder all day long.

Ao Li shook his head. So many dragons couldn't compare to them with just a few words. "What did Ye Qiao do?" With just a casual mention of a name, he was able to disrupt the unbreakable formation of the two races.

...Tsk tsk tsk, terrifying dominance.

"She has tricked the Demon Lord, destroyed forbidden lands, and even fought against the Demon Emperor." Mingxuan recounted the details and found that Ye Qiao's record was truly remarkable.

"Can you come down and lend a hand, you piece of trash Mingxuan?" Mu Chongxi, who was the first to be abandoned on the battlefield, hurriedly touched the ground and hid behind the dragons. He was no match for the Nascent Soul stage, and a single, casual pressure was enough to give them a hard time. His role throughout the battle was to draw fire. The dragons were surprised to find that wherever the Changming Sect appeared, the two races would target them.

The role of these close disciples can actually be applied here.

Mu Chongxi was certainly not content to be a mere object of attention; he wasn't going to avoid the emperor!

"Want to ride you? Good brother." Mu Chongxi asked sincerely. With a Nascent Soul stage dragon protecting him, facing these two races head-on wouldn't be a problem.

They are currently capable of fighting even those at a higher Nascent Soul level, but the suppression between their cultivation levels prevents them from winning.

It's different when you ride a dragon.

As a result, the black dragon coldly flicked its tail, unleashing several domineering attacks as it swooped down into battle stances, ignoring both races.

Four disciples had arrived, but one was still missing. Seeing that the formation was in complete disarray, the two leading Nascent Soul cultivators decisively used their divine sense to control the situation and forcibly transmitted their voices to calm them down, "Don't panic, Ye Qiao isn't here."

Not here?

"Wouldn't that be even scarier?" The demon's eyes darkened; who knew which ghostly place she might suddenly appear from and give them a beating?

Indeed, what was even more terrifying than Ye Qiao's arrival was her absence. The leader, realizing the gravity of the situation, narrowed his eyes, brandished his blade, and leaped towards Mu Chongxi. Black demonic energy formed chains that suddenly shot out, and he coldly demanded, "Where is Ye Qiao?"

They needed to find out Ye Qiao's location first, just in case. This personal disciple was too unpredictable.

When they heard that Changming Sect had taken on this mission, they were unwilling to go. Any of the other four sects was better than going up against Changming Sect, and Ye Qiao was not there.

The chains of the Nascent Soul stage cultivator flashed by in a flash of white light, but were intercepted by Zhou Xingyun's sword. The air currents caused the young man's white clothes to sway slightly. He curled his lips and said, "Guess."

Seeing this group of trusted disciples, the leader's expression gradually turned cold, and he communicated with his companions discreetly using telepathy.

—Find Ye Qiao's location, stall her, or kill her.

When the fight breaks out, take out Ye Qiao first; the others are not important.

This was the Demon Lord's clearest order when he arrived.

Either she dies, or they dies.

Several Nascent Soul stage cultivators concealed their auras without making a sound, preparing to infiltrate the Dragon Clan's stronghold to investigate the situation.

The moment they made a move, Xue Yu detected the fluctuations. Xue Yu's divine sense had no problem dealing with late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, but it was a bit of a stretch for those at the Deity Transformation stage. However, he could clearly sense the changes in the surrounding aura. Realizing that a few people were missing, he quickly jumped down, grabbed Mu Chongxi, and pointed out the location to the boy, "Southeast, over there. Go and stop them."

Even at its fastest speed, it couldn't match the speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator. Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Mingxuan casually took out the bomb that Ye Qiao had given him earlier and fired it precisely.

In an instant, the surrounding water became turbid and murky, obscuring visibility. Mu Chongxi rushed forward and leaped to intercept several Nascent Soul cultivators. His sword flashed, and as he spun, sword energy swirled around him, continuously rotating and solidifying before stabbing down, forcing the people back.

"Don't go over there." His heart was pounding with anxiety.

The process of refining weapons is similar to that of refining pills, except that refining weapons takes longer and cannot be disturbed. Moreover, what if the Dragon Clan saw that Ye Qiao had refined their long-lost Dragon Pearl?

To offend three races at once is truly to make an enemy of the entire world.

It would have been better if these close associates hadn't been stopped; if they had been, anyone could have seen that there was something wrong with them.

"What is Ye Qiao doing?" the leader asked with interest, his voice tinged with coldness. "Could it be that Ye Qiao has finally realized that going against us has no good outcome and is willing to admit his mistake and go into hiding?"

Ha. She's mistaken about something; she's gone to work on weapon crafting.

Mentioning Mu Chongxi makes me want to curse. Their Changming Sect never even dared to hope for a weapon cultivator.

The Changming Sect's coordination was more seamless than that of other sects. Mu Chongxi and Zhou Xingyun acted simultaneously, their snow-white sword light spreading out, accompanied by the shattered ground in the sea. They raised their Duanchen Swords, which gleamed with a cold light, and said, "Didn't you hear me? I said you're not allowed to go over there."

The dragons ignored them, and they could only rely on themselves to stop these Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Mingxuan," Xue Yu asked suspiciously, "what are you doing?"

Before the fight even started, Mingxuan had been constantly making intricate hand gestures and holding his breath slightly. "Have you heard of the Limitless Formation? It's a formation that works on everyone on the battlefield and can quickly replenish lost spiritual energy while the formation is active."

While pills are useful, not everyone has time to use them during battles, and talisman cultivators are best suited for team battles.

Yin-yang shapes hovered overhead, with water flowing through them. As the two made their move, Mingxuan flipped his palm and brought it together, causing a pillar of light to illuminate and the array to take shape. The array then descended upon them, its speed allowing them to quickly replenish the lost spiritual energy while it was in effect.

Although the speed is slow, the effect is real; sometimes only a little spiritual energy is needed to control it.

This was his first successful attempt, and it undoubtedly consumed a great deal of his spiritual energy. Xue Yu tossed him a few bottles of pills, which Ming Xuan poured into his mouth. "It's a kind of auxiliary formation. Its effect is definitely not as good as pills, but it has a great effect on the group at crucial moments."

The moment the formation landed on my body, I could clearly feel the changes within me.

The hatred between the two clans was concentrated on these few disciples, and everyone leaned towards them. Mu Chongxi and his senior brother stood back to back, assuming the same starting stance, their coordination was exceptionally skillful.

Their skillful teamwork prompted Mingxuan to raise an eyebrow. "Have you two trained together before?"

Mu Chongxi nodded. "Before Junior Sister came, I trained with Senior Brother every day, but back then it was mostly Senior Brother who guided me and we fought instruction battles."

"I was chosen by Xie Chuxue. When I came here, he bragged to me about how awesome Changming Sect was, saying that it was one of the strongest sword sects."

Mu Chongxi became somewhat dejected when recalling the past. In his teens, he was at the age when he read novels and longed for the so-called heroes. Born in the palace, he spent his days wielding a wooden sword, fantasizing that he was a legendary genius swordsman. Xie Chuxue's appearance was just in time.

After being misled by him, they arrived at Changming Sect.

"Then I discovered," the boy gripped his sword tightly, filled with grief and indignation, "that the stories in the novels are all lies."

The characters you encounter in storybooks aren't necessarily venerable old men; they could also be lunatics like Xie Chuxue.

The strongest sword sect is the Sword Inquiry Sect, while the Everlasting Bright Sect is permeated with poverty throughout its entire sect.

Zhou Xingyun was stunned. He hadn't expected that Mu Chongxi had been tricked into joining the sect. He felt it necessary to testify for the sect's founder, "Actually, apart from the seniors of the Sword Inquiry Sect, our sect's founder is indeed very strong."

Xie Chuxue wasn't entirely fooling Mu Chongxi.

Strictly speaking, none of the five sects are inferior to the others. Ye Qinghan and Zhou Xingyun were once known as the two prodigies, both of whom became famous at a young age. They actually had some interaction.

At least when it came to reporting their sects, they had struggled together.

Ye Qinghan wanted to join the same sect as him, but the other party was a complete warmonger who always wanted to settle things with Zhou Xingyun. When Zhou Xingyun received his jade slip, he pondered for a moment and tricked the other party into thinking that he was going to ask the Sword Sect.

Then Ye Qinghan actually went to the Sword Inquiry Sect, and Zhou Xingyun didn't think there was anything wrong with his actions. The Sword Inquiry Sect was very suitable for Ye Qinghan, a sect dedicated to swordsmanship.

After fooling Ye Qinghan for a while, he immediately signed up to go to Changming Sect.