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

……

Emerging from the trial, Ye Qinghan carried a long saber. After observing for a moment, he chose to use the sword that was most comfortable to him.

He lent Duan Shui to his junior sister, and all he had was Ye Qiao's Jinghong Sword.

Having a natural sword bone, Ye Qinghan has an unparalleled control over spirit swords. He can wield them effortlessly. He stayed in this trial for seven days.

He is considered one of the few cultivators in the cultivation world who can clear levels quickly.

The moment his realm stabilized at the Nascent Soul stage, a blessing from Heaven descended. His eyelashes trembled slightly. Looking at his fellow disciples fighting for him below, Ye Qinghan took a deep breath, gripped his sword, and countless sword shadows condensed at the tip of the Jinghong Sword. He swung it downwards, the Nascent Soul stage sword technique solidified at the tip of the sword.

One move brings all swords back to their origin.

The swords, even the spirit swords, of everyone in the audience trembled slightly.

Ten thousand swords submitted.

Ye Qinghan read aloud softly:

"Ten Thousand Swords, Return to the Source."

The Sword Inquiry Sect, the Quasi-Divine Transformation Sword Technique.

This is a sword technique that only a true Nascent Soul cultivator could execute.

If one's cultivation level is insufficient, all attempts will fail. Ye Qinghan had used this technique once before, and he was able to continue only with the help of his junior brothers and sisters. The final sword technique was completed by Ye Qiao.

This time, it was easily succeeded on the first try.

……

The sect leaders and elders of the five sects were invited to a meeting in the Demon Realm. Xie Chuxue swaggered around there, and although it was called a meeting, it was more like house arrest. She stayed for several days without being received by anyone.

Xie Chuxue tapped and knocked on all the nearby buildings for a while, then pasted several talismans on them to facilitate monitoring the demons.

The sect leader of the Azure Water Sect said softly, "It seems the Demon Clan intends to talk to us. They have been curious about our sect's treasures for a long time."

"I just don't understand them; they're holding back until the last minute before they're willing to talk to us."

However, attacking a sect is not an easy task. Not to mention the sect leader and elders in charge, the sect's protective formations alone would keep them busy for a long time.

In comparison, negotiation is the best option.

"No, no, no." Xie Chuxue pinched a spirit butterfly with her fingertip, and as the butterfly fluttered away, a scene inside the sect was displayed. "I don't think they will behave themselves while we are away."

The scene clearly shows that the entire Changming Sect was in complete chaos.

The elders tried their best to gather the disciples together, hoping to evacuate them first to avoid disaster, since if the demons and monsters were to attack, the five sects would be the first to be conquered.

Many demonic cultivators infiltrated the sect and attacked its disciples, creating panic and chaos, causing the sect to fall into complete disarray.

At times like these, the demons, taking advantage of the chaos, are even more likely to stir up trouble.

It is worth noting that there is another scene in the picture where a snow-white dragon is caught red-handed by the demons who were lying in ambush.

Their actions were discreet enough that no one noticed.

"What is that?"

"That's the Dragon Clan's crown prince. It seems they intend to keep him under control for the time being." Qin Fanfan rubbed her temples and whispered, "He's a Dragon Clan member after all; with that status, I don't think the Demon Clan would dare to do anything to him."

However, it's hard to say whether the demon race has any reverence for this ancient divine beast race.

Suddenly surrounded and attacked by a group of people claiming to be demonic cultivators, and then imprisoned in a dungeon, the young prince was completely bewildered. He immediately became enraged. In his anger, he began to fight back, but was eventually captured.

Damn it! The little prince's face was pressed to the ground, and he angrily pounded the ground!

I should have known better than to resist.

"What is there for us to talk about with the demons?" The Sword Inquiry Sect Master said with a hint of disdain, his voice cold. "If they don't show up, I don't believe they'll sit still and smash this place up."

Inviting them over is simply a matter of mutual checks and balances. Who can break this balance first depends on whether the cultivators and demons outside are more capable.

"Hoping for those rogue cultivators is less realistic than hoping that those idiots from the Eight Great Families will wake up sooner." He spoke with sarcasm, full of disdain for the Eight Great Families. "If they were even a little more united, they wouldn't have been controlled by the demons one by one."

They knew perfectly well that if the negotiations failed, a major battle would be inevitable.

After waiting for seven full days, on the eighth day, before the Sword Inquiry Sect Master could unleash his fury, the Demon Lord arrived late and hypocritically. Countless demons prostrated themselves to welcome their Lord. Xie Chuxue watched coldly as they had been made to wait for a full eight days. During those eight days, she had no doubt that they had gone to try and break through the protective formations of the five sects.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," he said.

"It is a bit long," the Sword Inquiry Sect Master retorted coldly, and the atmosphere became tense.

Faced with the Sword Inquiry Sect's provocative words, the Demon Lord remained unhurried, touching his weapon but ultimately refraining from making any rash moves. He spoke with malice, "I wonder how Ye Qinghan of your sect is doing?"

"The demons have mobilized almost half their forces to search for him. Can your elders save him?"

The sect was in complete chaos, and the elders who remained were powerless to help.

Faced with his sharp words, Xie Chuxue remained calm and smiled faintly, "Well said. But are you so sure that our sect has no one left who can be used?"

"Who? Ye Qiao?"

Xie Chuxue smiled slightly: "Chu Xingzhi from the Sword Inquiry Sect is also quite good, what do you think?"

They burst into laughter.

"Are you referring to that disciple in the mid-stage or late-stage Nascent Soul realm?"

Qin Fanfan narrowed her eyes. These people seemed to know the cultivation levels of their sect's disciples very well.

"Compared to him, we still have much more faith in your renowned cultivation world's Ye Qiao." He forced a malicious smile. "I wonder how she's doing?"

They set a trap specifically for Ye Qiao, a classic case of luring someone into a trap, and the one they were luring was her.

That's about all the cloud magpie is good for.

Xie Chuxue wasn't buying it, and smiled sweetly, "Guess~"

He did miscalculate a little.

He secretly let Yun Que go, intending to further test Ye Qiao's cultivation level and see if he could capture the person who advised Yun Que in one fell swoop. In the end, he ended up including Ye Qiao in his plan.

Judging from their confident demeanor, it seems they have indeed put in a lot of effort to deal with Ye Qiao.

"Not only that, we also sent people ahead of time to intercept and kill them."

As the Demon Lord spoke, his expression darkened slightly, "But there's still no news from that good-for-nothing Left Protector."

Xie Chuxue seemed to be thinking. Then at least Ye Qiao's safety was no longer a concern. Even without the spiritual weapon in her hand, Ye Qiao, a Nascent Soul cultivator, could handle things on her own.

The grass on the grave of that Left Protector must be three meters high by now.

Qin Fanfan had some reservations about letting Yun Que go, but he subtly relayed his thoughts, "Since Penglai's divination techniques can be used to find people, why not let Penglai figure out who really instructed Yun Que?"

Xie Chuxue replied, "Divination in Penglai requires cause and effect. We don't even know who the person is yet, so we can only rely on Yunque to lure them out. Once we confirm their identity, we'll go to Penglai to further calculate their location."

But that person was really well hidden.

Xie Chuxue suspected almost everyone in the five sects, but still found nothing.

If we don't let Yun Que go, everything that follows will just stagnate without any progress.

Xie Chuxue feigned surprise: "I didn't expect you all to know our Xiao Qiao so well." He drawled, "That's truly an honor."

Hearing his feigned ignorance, they sneered, "Don't give us that nonsense. You should be glad we didn't kill her."

Seeing that Xie Chuxue remained silent, the demon elders following behind assumed they were afraid and threatened her menacingly, "Close the sect's protective formation, or we'll be forced to attack your sect."

"Hand over your sect's magical artifacts, and we can agree to leave each other alone." The demon elder stepped forward. "You wouldn't want to see your sects slaughtered, would you?"

The scene was completely silent.

Just as the group was fully prepared to practice Tai Chi, the spiritual swords at the waists of several sword cultivator sect leaders suddenly trembled slightly.

The sudden anomaly from the spirit sword caused the Sword Inquiry Sect Master and Qin Fanfan to exchange a glance.

Both of them were sword cultivators, and their spiritual swords at the same time showed unusual activity.

Qin Fanfan glanced at the sword at his waist, its unhelpful performance causing him to frown slightly: "What's going on?"

Why is the spirit sword reacting like this all of a sudden?

"Ten Thousand Swords Return to Their Origin." After a long while, the Sword Inquiry Sect Master sensed the surging sword energy around him and chuckled softly, "A sword technique for quasi-divine beings."

Only those who have reached the Divine Transformation stage are acceptable; anything less is unacceptable.

There are differences between different levels of Nascent Soul.

This sword technique is a good way to test whether someone's cultivation level is high enough.

The moment the innate sword bone drew its sword, both the Xuan Sword and the Ling Sword submitted to it.

"The Return of Ten Thousand Swords to the Origin?"

The sect leader of the Sword Inquiry Sect answered with certainty: "That was the sword technique unleashed by our Ye Qinghan."

There is only one Quasi-God Transformation cultivator among the Five Sects, and the only one capable of unleashing the Myriad Swords Return to the Origin technique is Ye Qinghan.

"As expected of someone born with a sword bone." Xie Chuxue's lips curled up slightly, also somewhat surprised. Their Xiao Qiao still needed to get used to it. The Nascent Soul realm is not so easy to control and comprehend, but Ye Qinghan, this cheat dog, got it right away.

In this situation, Xie Chuxue felt a subtle sense of dissatisfaction and resentment towards her family, realizing that her own child couldn't compare to her own.

"You seem quite pleased?" The Demon Lord sneered, then calmly began to ask and answer himself in a chilling tone, "Do you think a newly awakened Nascent Soul cultivator can handle my people? Obviously, he's not qualified."

Of course, he knew that very few of these cultivators had high cultivation levels, and they placed all their hopes on a group of disciples who were at most twenty years old. Such an age was equivalent to a child in the cultivation world.

He didn't know whether to mock the naivety of a group of young children entrusted with a dangerous mission, or to gloat over the lack of righteousness.