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

Since coming to the cultivation world, Ye Qiao's manners have visibly improved. She even addresses older people as "senior".

"Old... Old Deng?" The man was somewhat surprised. What kind of address was that?

Her incomprehensible remark left the man puzzled, but he was older than Ye Qiao's great-grandfather and should theoretically know more than this junior. To avoid being looked down upon by Ye Qiao, he could only swallow his anger and questions.

He feigned understanding: "So that's how you address elders where you're from."

Ye Qiao remained calm and told him matter-of-factly, "If you're willing, I can call you that from now on too."

For some reason, he still found the way he was addressed as "Old Deng" rather odd. Thinking of Ye Qiao's enthusiastic tone when she called him "Old Deng," the man paused, then politely declined, "That won't be necessary."

The topic started by Ye Qiao ended there, and she continued to make the flying beast beneath her turn around and fly in the opposite direction of the demon race.

"Where exactly are you taking us?"

A senior female colleague asked in a deep voice.

Ye Qiao changed the subject, saying, "I wonder if you've ever heard a saying?"

"What did you say?"

"Heaven helps those who help themselves."

Since the cultivators are clearly struggling to survive, they might as well fend for themselves.

Woman: "..." God helps those who help themselves.

How could someone as honest as Qin Fanfan raise such a rebellious child?

He does things his own way and is so arrogant that he is annoying.

Ye Qiao asked KFC in a low voice, "Can you sense the Demon Emperor's aura?"

With a whistle, it flapped its wings and flew in the opposite direction. With its absolute speed and howling wind, those seniors couldn't escape even if they wanted to. Flying on a sword requires adjusting the sword before stepping on it, but at this speed, they couldn't even stand steadily. They all clung tightly to the phoenix's feathers, trying their best not to be thrown off.

Ye Qiao led several powerful figures directly to find the Demon Emperor.

The principle of "capture the king first" is an age-old truth.

KFC is also a beast. Only beasts can sense the aura of the Demon Emperor. Moreover, powerful beings usually do not deliberately conceal their aura in order to achieve the effect of intimidation and showing off.

When you reach a certain level of strength, you can truly be fearless.

On the way, Ye Qiao couldn't help but subtly ask Mu Li again, "How's the situation at the Demon King's Palace? Are my master and the others alright?"

Her attempt to extract information was too obvious. Mu Li said indifferently, "It's alright. After all, judging from the commotion, they were all low-level demonic beasts self-destructing. Any demonic beast with a bit of intelligence wouldn't do such a thing."

"Besides, your martial uncle and Yunhen are quite strong, so you don't need to worry about them at all."

makes sense.

Ye Qiao muttered to herself, "My uncle is very mysterious, but I always feel that he is not weak, at least not as weak as he appears."

She thought that Xie Chuxue was the most pretentious among the Changming Sect members.

Judging from his ability to accurately use teleportation talismans to send himself to the Demon Realm, he is definitely hiding his true abilities.

Ye Qiao felt relieved after thinking about this. Before she arrived at the location of the Demon Emperor, she quickly went into the domain and retrieved a beast.

She caught it when she was in the forbidden area of ​​Changming Sect.

Watching Ye Qiao disappear and then reappear a second later, the seniors exchanged uncertain glances. "What did you go to do?"

Was that a domain she just mentioned?

"What are you holding in your hand?"

Ye Qiao was carrying a faceless creature in her hand. When she threw it at her feet, it looked like a puddle of mud, which was quite disgusting.

"A monster whose form can change rapidly, its name is Form."

She needed a bit of gossip to confuse those low-IQ monsters. Years of dealing with monsters had taught her that, regardless of whether they had developed their minds, they were all impulsive and brainless creatures.

If you want to spread rumors about the Demon Emperor, you naturally have to spread them among the demon beasts.

"I'm giving you a task." Ye Qiao, carrying the beast-shaped creature, said, "Go to the demon and monster races and spread rumors that the Demon Emperor is planning to betray the demon race. The more exaggerated the rumor, the better. Understand?"

The beast-like creature nodded meekly, "That sounds impossible."

Ye Qiao: "You just keep spreading it, who cares if it's even possible?"

Sometimes rumors don't need to be verified; as long as they are spread enough, people will naturally believe them.

"As long as it can spread, that's enough."

"So what's next?"

She spoke with such conviction that a senior female colleague couldn't help but ask a question.

"Next," Ye Qiao said, "we'll go find the Demon Emperor."

"ah???"

The senior woman asked incredulously, "You few?? Going to find the Demon Emperor?"

"It's not you, it's us," Ye Qiao corrected him.

"..."

The scene was deathly silent. To avoid being hammered in mid-air, Ye Qiao urged KFC to fly even faster. The others clung tightly to the phoenix feathers, their voices low and filled with disbelief: "Are you crazy?"

"No. I'm perfectly sober."

She spoke so casually, without a hint of tension, that they thought Ye Qiao was joking.

"Oh ho. Where is Qiaoqiao taking us?" Bujianjun, who was so bored in the domain that he was dozing off, suddenly heard Ye Qiao's conversation with those people and his eyes widened a little.

Lueying's voice was filled with excitement: "It seems they're going to find the Demon Emperor."

The Shadow Sword craves excitement; as an assassination sword, it is exceptionally thrilling.

Then she was lectured by the Jinghong Sword. Speechless, she asked, "What are you so excited about?" The Demon Emperor is dangerous. The Jinghong Sword is the most rational and calm among all the sword spirits. Although they are a couple's sword, it has a completely different personality from Lueying.

The Flying Immortal Sword pondered, "If we want to fight the Demon Emperor, what can we do?"

Frost thought for a moment, then opened her icy blue eyes and said, "I can, the Frozen Demon Emperor. The Frozen Demon Beast."

Flying Immortal Sword: "..."

Is this little girl missing a screw in her head?

I want to freeze everything I see?

The sword spirits chatted amongst themselves, treating them like air within the domain, completely unaware of the turmoil raging within the others' hearts.

Demon Emperor?

real or fake?

But judging from what these two sword spirits said, it seemed unlikely that they were making up lies to scare them.

The young master, whose mental fortitude was fragile, nearly fainted. "Really?"

He's never even seen a monster in his house!

Is it really possible to directly challenge the Demon Emperor one-on-one?

Oh, strictly speaking, it wasn't a one-on-one fight; after all, there were so many people in their field, it was more like a group brawl.

But for a Demon Emperor, who is at the Tribulation Transcending stage and can look down on everyone, fifty of them wouldn't make much difference to one.

"What is the strength of that Demon Emperor?" someone asked tentatively, unwilling to give up.

Without a word, you replied lightly, "It's said to be a tribulation."

Tribulation stage...

The Tribulation Transcending Stage!!

But generally, very few people who get on Ye Qiao's pirate ship can get off unscathed.

After all, they knew that if they didn't follow Ye Qiao, there would be self-destructing monsters and patrolling demons everywhere, and they wouldn't be able to survive on their own.

It wasn't just those confined to the area who found it terrifying and unbelievable.

Even the seasoned experts who had seen the world still thought she was joking. They looked at the young boy sitting next to her and pointed at Ao Li, asking, "What does this child do?"

"He is a dragon."

"That's right, that's right." Hearing Ye Qiao finally introduce himself, the little prince immediately sat up straight and said seriously, "I'm a dragon."

Dragon...

Oh.

Silence speaks louder than words here.

The young prince: "..."

Seeing their dismissive expressions, Ye Qiao patted the dejected little prince to comfort him.

The reason why the demons are so obsessed with the young prince is because of a part of his bloodline. The legendary dragon, which Xie Chuxue emphasized very carefully when introducing him, is a divine beast from ancient times.

With it and KFC around, the Demon Emperor's pressure had no effect on her.

In the cultivation world, the pressure of power is a truly disgusting thing. Unless the opponent is so weak that their cultivation level is as fragile as paper, there is simply no way to contend with them if their cultivation level is one level higher than yours.

Her bloodline as a dragon and phoenix surpasses that of all other demonic beasts, rendering her power ineffective against them.

Before the shapeshifting beast left, Ye Qiao left a curse mark on its body that could be detonated at any time. Her smile was bright, but it looked particularly sinister in the shapeshifting beast's eyes. "If you dare to run away, this thing will explode."

The beast shuddered and nodded meekly, "Yes."

It thought Ye Qiao had forgotten about it, but who knew she would pull it out at this moment.

Fortunately, the task she gave him was not difficult. The beast had seen all kinds of people, so spreading rumors was not difficult for it.

"What exactly is your background?" This domain is rarely seen, not to mention that she was able to fly up from the Demon Abyss unharmed. He felt that this disciple was mysterious in every way.

However, the group of people had only recently emerged from seclusion and knew little about the rising stars of the cultivation world, nor did they know anything about Ye Qiao's background.

"To be honest," Ye Qiao said, completely oblivious to the concept of modesty at this moment. She shamelessly praised herself, "I am the universally acknowledged future light of the cultivation world."

Her expression was serious, and there was no hint of joking in her eyes.

After all, those cultivators really did praise her that way, and Ye Qiao wasn't lying.

"You? Ha." The man couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

"Did you give yourself that assessment? Or are you currently the only direct disciple in the cultivation world? Is that why you became the last light?"

No.

Who on earth thinks this kid is the light of the cultivation world?!

Relying on this brat to save the world? This cultivation world probably wants to be destroyed sooner rather than later.

And instead of doing her job, she's having a beast spread rumors. What is she doing?

Ye Qiao: "..."

Mu Li lazily joined in the mockery, "Ye Qiao, even your master doesn't dare challenge the Demon Emperor, what makes you, a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, think you can?"

"I'm different."

"What's different?"

Ye Qiao told him, "I am the fastest Nascent Soul cultivator in nearly a century."

"..."

Isn't that still just a Nascent Soul cultivator?

"Even if you're the fastest, it doesn't mean you can challenge the Tribulation." Mu Li still didn't want to see her die, after all, if she were to perish, his own wisp of remnant soul would probably dissipate as well: "It's not too late for you to develop for a few hundred more years before fighting." At least her talent surpasses that of most geniuses.

Ye Qiao muttered to herself, "It is said that demonic beasts are hierarchical creatures, like dogs. They are accustomed to obeying the orders of the highest-ranking person, and the demonic beast horde will not retreat until the demon king is defeated."

If the Demon Emperor is not eliminated, then this battle will never end.

"Let your master and the others come," Mu Li said calmly. "It's never your turn anyway."

"My master and the others are under close surveillance, how could they possibly come over? If they disappear or their souls are separated, the Demon Lord will definitely notice, and then the Demon Emperor will be extra vigilant and hide. That would make things even more difficult."

Therefore, it can only be done by one person who goes unnoticed by anyone.

Ye Qiao is very suitable to take on this task.

"So you, a mere Nascent Soul cultivator, dare to go and offer yourself up for death? Believe me, you'll die the moment you go up there!"

Ye Qiao remained true to her principle of casual banter, saying, "Don't be so harsh. Why did you go and get yourself killed? At least I could withstand three moves from the Tribulation Transcending Realm. That way, I could at least stay alive a few seconds longer."

Mu Li chuckled strangely, "Hmph, you can only withstand three moves. Believe me, the fourth move will blast you into a bloody mist."

He was also a Tribulation Transcending expert, a figure who once looked down upon all others. There were countless geniuses a thousand years ago, but he was the most outstanding. Although he looked down on the Demon Emperor, he was clear about the other party's strength.

With the fourth move, she had absolutely no chance of turning the tables.

As the two were talking, the perceptive demon king sensed the approach of the strangers. Countless demonic beasts appeared and rushed towards them in droves. The sheer number of them...

Sure enough, the Demon Emperor was not far away.

Ye Qiao could still sense demonic beasts rushing towards her in a frenzy, each one incredibly terrifying. Ye Qiao quickly flipped through the secret book and said, "So, do you believe that after three moves, I'll win?"

"Haha." Mu Li laughed directly, his voice unusually gentle, and said in a mocking tone, "Then I'm really looking forward to it."

……

Ye Qiao opened the secret book, and the aura of a primordial spiritual artifact spread out, causing some to become alert and realize that something was amiss.

As the sect that imprisoned the Dark Book, the sect leader of the Sword Inquiry Sect was the first to notice something was wrong. He calmly transmitted his voice, "It's the aura of the Dark Book appearing in the world."

"The secret book was also brought out?"

They were secretly wondering, now they had all the spiritual artifacts from the five sects.

They're really capable.

The appearance of the Dark Book means that among those disciples, there is one person who possesses that particularly eerie spiritual artifact, and who has not yet been bound by a contract.

"Can you sense your direction?"

The Sword Inquiry Sect Master lowered his eyes. "The Demon Emperor's side. And they're still getting closer."

"..."

"Ye Qiao?"

They couldn't think of anyone else besides her who would do something like this.

It's not surprising that the Dark Book was in her hands. Those who could subdue the Dark Book were either extremely masculine like Ye Qinghan, or even more sinister than the Dark Book itself.

But her ability to persuade the elders of the Sword Inquiry Sect was truly unexpected.

Ye Qiao must have fooled his own sect's elders quite a bit, the Sword Inquiry Sect Master thought to himself.

"What is she doing going to see the Demon Emperor? And why did she bring a secret book with her?"

"..." Who knows? This child can be quite extreme in her actions, but she also has her own sense of proportion. It's really hard to say.

If Ye Qiao goes to find the Demon Emperor, then the Demon Emperor will definitely be guarded by Demon Kings.

At the same time, waves of aura from the continuous self-destruction of monsters outside came through, causing them to frown.

"Is that the aura of a monster exploding outside?"

A monster self-destructed?

Good heavens, the demon race has countless demon beasts, and their reproductive ability is so strong that they are impossible to kill them all. These low-level demon beasts self-destructed, so not only some cultivators with low cultivation levels, but even those of their level dare not approach them easily.

Xie Chuxue instantly understood why the Demon Lord had probed her about the possibility of the secret book being brought out.

The power of the Dark Book is control, large-scale control. With the Dark Book in hand, those self-destructing monsters can be controlled and stopped from their crazy behavior.

The secret book is now in Ye Qiao's hands.

But the Demon Lord was unaware of this; he even believed that the Dark Book was safely stored away in the forbidden area.

Xie Chuxue took a deep breath. "We can't let them find out that the secret book is in Xiao Qiao's hands."

"But since Xiao Qiao has already taken out the secret book, it means she has encountered those self-destructing monsters."

"I'll go help her." Xie Chuxue said without hesitation. "You guys stay here to keep the Demon Lord in check and make sure he doesn't notice anything amiss. I'll go find Xiao Qiao."

Above them was a Demon Lord who was watching them intently. Xie Chuxue was a talisman cultivator, and he concealed his aura very well, so the Demon Lord never paid much attention to him.

If he leaves, the Demon Lord won't be too wary.

After all, the two had fought in the mortal realm before, and to the Demon Lord, the Demon Lord was utterly weak.

That's wonderful.

"You're going?" Fu Xiu was as fragile as paper. No matter how many life-saving talismans he had, they couldn't withstand the impact of these monsters going berserk and exploding. Didn't you see that even when undergoing tribulation, you should try to avoid it as much as possible?

"You're just going to go along with her madness? She's planning to go find the Demon Emperor."

"If she succeeds, either the demon beasts will be leaderless and collapse into a disorganized mess, but if she fails..." he sneered, "then you will be buried by the demon beasts and die without a trace."

Ye Qiao's domain seems to be very special. It is her trump card and the only domain that can contend with the Tribulation Transcending Realm. If the Dark Book recognizes its master, it will be easy to handle. The problem is that the Dark Book currently shows no intention of being contracted.

Going to the Demon Emperor with a dangerous element in mind is like taking a huge gamble.

"Ye Qiao is just lucky, plus she's a little clever. And you're still messing around with her." Thinking of how Ye Qiao, relying on her Nascent Soul realm, subtly outmaneuvered him, the Sword Inquiry Sect Master wanted to sneer.

Anyone could see that, whether in individual competitions or grand tournaments, the Sword Inquiry Sect Master was subtly tolerant of his disciple's turbulent behavior, wanting to see what other tricks she could pull.

I turn a blind eye to many things.

However, whether in major competitions or individual events, she is constantly redefining our understanding of her.

Later, that brat even plotted against him.

He actually made a bet with himself by catching three palms.

Damn it.

He had no idea where Xie Chuxue's trust in Ye Qiao came from.

"If you leave her alone, once she sees how dangerous it is when a monster self-destructs, she naturally won't do anything reckless."

Letting things go is the best option, letting Ye Qiao know what she should and shouldn't do.

"We can't just ignore it, can we?" Xie Chuxue said. "If your Ye Qinghan were like this, would you just stand by and do nothing?"

After saying that, he realized he might have asked the wrong person. The Sword Sect might actually ignore him, since they believed that their disciples should back down on their own.

But Ye Qiao isn't the type to back down when faced with danger; she might just head-on into the challenge, which is really frustrating.

"Since things have come to this, let's take a gamble." Xie Chuxue's voice was tinged with laughter. After all, if Ye Qiao didn't win, then life or death would be meaningless to him.

In the very first cycle of reincarnation, Xie Chuxue only wanted to save everyone in the Changming Sect. He never paid any attention to the existence of anyone else.

Without exception, they all ended in failure.

In countless reincarnations, saving them was more like an obsession.

Xie Chuxue felt a sense of responsibility as an elder towards each of his junior disciples in the sect. Although he was carefree, he was not like the wandering Daoist who was content with whatever came his way.

The Path of Passion is a very complex one.

He will develop a fondness for all the people and things he comes into contact with.

For him, Changming Sect was like a home. As he watched the sect being destroyed time and time again, he gradually broke down. In the end, he even considered the possibility of killing Mingxuan and the others all at once before they were gone.

But before he could take any action, Heaven seemed to realize that he couldn't save the fragmented cultivation world, and that continuing like this might make things worse.

Before he completely broke down, that Heavenly Dao brought someone to him first.

It is no exaggeration to say that among Xie Chuxue's countless reincarnations, Ye Qiao is the most exceptional.

Therefore, it is also my favorite.