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

Lightning rapidly gathered in the sky, and the rolling dark clouds, along with several muffled claps of thunder, enveloped the entire area inhabited by the demons, creating a strange phenomenon in the heavens and earth.

"Another tribulation for a Nascent Soul stage cultivator?" Duan Yu couldn't sit still any longer. His expression tightened, and his demeanor gradually turned cold.

"This is the fifth Nascent Soul Transformation Tribulation in the past few days." Xie Chuxue gently tapped her chin. "Have the Demon Race finally gone mad?"

They actually dared to undergo tribulation together with five Nascent Soul cultivators. Those were Nascent Soul cultivators! What were they thinking, putting them all together for tribulation?

"What's slightly different from the previous four tribulations is—" Duan Yu narrowed his eyes, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a tribulation for a quasi-god-level being."

The demon and monster races probably have the most Nascent Soul cultivators, but their Nascent Soul cultivators are so weak they can be easily defeated by disciples of Nascent Soul cultivators. These can't be considered true Nascent Soul cultivators.

"Perhaps this is the first near-God Transformation cultivator in our cultivation world?" Xie Chuxue's voice was soft, with a hint of strangeness in it.

Duan Yu nodded slightly. "That's certainly been the case for the past hundred years."

This also shows how tragically few powerful cultivators have been lost in the cultivation world. Compared to a thousand years ago, geniuses have become pitifully few in the last hundred years.

Things have improved in recent years, with the emergence of many exceptionally talented geniuses.

"I could tolerate four Nascent Soul cultivators, but why did the Demon Clan produce another Quasi-Nascent Soul cultivator?" Qin Fanfan sighed softly. How could a place like the Demon Clan have a Nascent Soul stage tribulation?

The successive arrival of Nascent Soul stage auras also sparked much discussion among cultivators in the cultivation world.

Five Nascent Soul cultivators. Are the Demon Clan plotting some grand scheme to invade the cultivation world again?

Coincidentally, the members of the Changming Sect thought the same thing.

"Are you plotting something again?" Duan Yu's voice was cold. Otherwise, why would the demon race, which had been dormant for so long without any tribulations, suddenly have five more Nascent Soul tribulations?

That's no ordinary number; it's a full five Nascent Soul Tribulation Lightning Tribulations!

Elder Zhao called on Xie Chuxue: "Xie Chuxue, what's your opinion on this?"

Qin Fanfan and Duan Yu: Stare—

Xie Chuxue: "...Huh?"

"I don't know." He looked blank, trying to make his expression more sincere in an attempt to convince everyone.

"You? You don't know?" Elder Zhao retorted. "Your Amorous Sect is full of cunning and deceit. You really don't know?"

Elder Zhao disliked cultivators of the Amorous Path, and coincidentally, Xie Chuxue and Xue Yu were both from the Amorous Path, and direct disciples of his own sect. Even if he disliked them, he could only grit his teeth and accept it.

Alright, after all these years, most of the cultivators in Changming Sect have been on the path of forgetting emotions or the path of carefree wandering. It's good to have a few on the path of being passionate; it can raise the overall intelligence level.

Xie Chuxue, who was being stared at by the two, was slightly taken aback, then chuckled and waved her hand, "Why are you looking at me? I'm not good at deduction. How could I possibly know what's going on?"

Only the people from Penglai are skilled in divination; they do have an elder from Penglai...

"Let's go ask," Qin Fanfan immediately said. "Let Elder Chen do some divination on the spot and see."

It's unsettling to not understand this; it's no small matter. Five Nascent Soul Transformation Tribulation experts are being secretly imprisoned not only by the Changming Sect, but also by other aristocratic families who are investigating them both openly and secretly.

Qin Fanfan paced back and forth, looking at the sky outside, and occasionally turning her head to stare at the six-line divination tool in Elder Chen's hand, repeatedly asking, "Have you figured out what happened?"

Elder Chen was initially calm and composed, but gradually became somewhat agitated. "No," he said, his brow furrowing deeply. "The causal relationships involved are too complex to be calculated in detail. It's best to have someone investigate the matter of the Demon Clan."

For a moment, the expressions of everyone present gradually became strange.

There were very few things Elder Chen couldn't calculate, but deduction is something that can't be forced. Seeing that he had already said that, they could only give up.

Seeing that even Elder Chen, who was skilled in fortune telling, could not glean anything from it, Qin Fanfan could only reluctantly ask someone to investigate.

"There are no leads yet. The demons shouldn't have time to cause any more trouble these days. Focus on investigating those five Nascent Soul cultivators and find out what happened in those few days that caused this strange phenomenon."

The demon race remained quiet for a long time after their last defeat. The demon race was the same; the sudden appearance of five Nascent Soul cultivators and one Quasi-Nascent Soul cultivator during their tribulation was truly perplexing to them.

……

No one expected the tribulation to last for several days. The first four tribulations of the Nascent Soul stage lasted for two days and then disappeared without a trace. The fifth tribulation lasted for a full eight days.

For the first three days, the other cultivators were just curious, since it was the first time in a hundred years that they had seen so many Nascent Soul Transformation Tribulations.

They were all watching from outside, eager to witness the extraordinary phenomena that would occur after the legendary quasi-god-level tribulation ended. However, by the fifth day, it still hadn't ended, and they belatedly realized that something was wrong.

"It's been eight days, hasn't it?" Duan Yu touched his face, then sneered and flung his hand away. "I'd like to see how long it can last."

Even the most extreme lightning tribulation should stop by now.

Seven days is the absolute maximum. In the cultivation world, there have been seven days before, and even Ye Qiao, who has a Heavenly Spiritual Root, has only managed five days at most.

How could there be an eighth heavenly tribulation?

"It must be some kind of nefarious conspiracy by the demons," Elder Zhao said with a cold and certain expression.

"I heard they've been coveting Ye Qiao's spiritual root for a long time. Could it be that they used some kind of forbidden technique to create that lightning tribulation?"

The demon race has far more unorthodox and forbidden techniques than they do, so it's not surprising that they have any strange or unusual ones.

Many people present began to secretly speculate about conspiracy theories.

These people acted swiftly and aggressively, but in the end, they didn't guess any of their predictions correctly.

Zhou Xingyun estimated that Ye Qiao's tribulation would last for a maximum of five days, while the longest in the cultivation world was seven days, and most of the time it lasted three to five days. However, Ye Qiao had not yet returned, and when the elders asked them what they were doing, they were given vague answers.

Just kidding. If they really found out that the four Nascent Soul stage lightning tribulations were caused by the five of them together with the young master of the Demon Clan, they would definitely be severely punished by the elders.

When the fifth Nascent Soul Tribulation was announced, they hurriedly ran out to see it.

If nothing unexpected happens, then the fifth tribulation lightning will be Ye Qiao's.

The tribulation, which was supposed to last a maximum of seven days, lasted for a full eight days and showed no signs of ending. They were just about to ask the elder what was going on when they overheard this conversation outside the door.

"They've been guessing for ages, but they haven't gotten a single one right. Those four Nascent Soul cultivators were created by us, and the last one belongs to Ye Qiao. How could there be any conspiracy? Even if there were, given the twisted and sinister nature of the demons, they would do it in secret."

"So, should we tell the elders about Junior Sister?"

Xue Yu whispered, "I feel like I'll get beaten up if I tell."

"We should still report it," Zhou Xingyun said softly. "If we don't report it, the elders will give us another beating."

Mu Chongxi nodded, lowering his voice to mimic them, but was still puzzled: "So why do we have to speak so softly?"

Mingxuan: "Because it's more provocative to talk like that. Don't you think?"

The four of them were secretly eavesdropping on their conversation at the entrance of the main hall. Xie Chuxue must have noticed that they were listening, but she didn't expose them, which made Ming Xuanxin feel a little more at ease.

Everyone is now concerned about the status of those five Nascent Soul cultivators.

With Ye Qiao helping them attract the elders' attention, their master and the others wouldn't bother with them too much.

The four were whispering when the slightly ajar door of the main hall was suddenly blasted open. A gust of air swept past their faces, carrying a chilling coldness. The group quickly scattered and stood in different positions.

From inside the main hall came Elder Zhao's furious voice, "You four, get out here!"

"..." It's all over.

An overwhelming sense of sorrow welled up in Mingxuan's heart. Hadn't the four of them already spoken very quietly? Could it be that they were still overheard in the end?

The four of them pushed and shoved their way into the main hall, where they were surrounded by a group of elders and uncles. A group of powerful and unfathomable figures stared at the four juniors, making Mu Chongxi's scalp tingle.

"What are you four whispering about outside?"

Mingxuan opened his mouth, wanting to casually make up a few lies, but was suddenly met with such pressure that he instantly lost his backbone. "Let's discuss the issue of the lightning tribulation."

"You noticed that too?"

Mu Chongxi wanted to say, "Isn't that obvious?" But the pressure suddenly shifted in his direction, and he immediately nodded, "Yes."

"Why don't you come in and talk?" Xie Chuxue asked with interest, her hands clasped together as she looked at them with a smile.

Xue Yu replied honestly, "I was afraid you would hear me."

"Anything else?" Xie Chuxue continued to ask.

To be honest, Xue Yu really wanted to stay far away from this unfathomable martial uncle. His and Ming Xuan's initial fear of Xie Chuxue stemmed from the fact that Xie Chuxue put them on a fire to roast them when they first met as children.

They call it "charcoal-grilled little brat".

The shadow behind them comes from Xie Chuxue herself, who has a deep understanding of them through countless reincarnations.

I always feel uncomfortable, like I've been seen through.

Xue Yu lowered his eyes, sighed, and, in a fit of despair, shrugged and kicked Ming Xuan, who was squatting on the ground, to make him stand up straight. "Stop guessing. We were the ones who caused the four Nascent Soul tribulations."

"The fifth tribulation was also caused by us; it has nothing to do with the demons."

The most innocent party in this matter is the demon race.

Xue Yu was pleased to see the tribulation lasting a full eight days. However, he feared that the demons in the entire Demon Realm were living in misery. On top of that, a group of elders were speculating that they were plotting something.

"Four Nascent Soul Transformation Tribulations, you guys did this?" Xie Chuxue had suspected it before, but after it was confirmed, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at them.

Duan Yu's lips twitched: "You five..."

What a bunch of talented people!

A hint of amusement flickered in Xie Chuxue's eyes as she tentatively continued her question with a smile, "Oh, so how did you manage to create the fifth Nascent Soul cultivator? And with a lightning tribulation that lasted for eight whole days without any sign of stopping? What? Could it be a mutation?"

Xue Yu choked, thinking that Xie Chuxue was toxic. She clearly guessed it, but she insisted on forcing them to say it. Why? Did she want to see all five of them get beaten up?

Damn it! But under the watchful eyes of so many elders and sect leaders, he dared not remain silent, and replied weakly, "Then the fifth Nascent Soul cultivator, isn't that Ye Qiao?"