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

As the saying goes, people's joys and sorrows are not shared.

While they were happily battling wits with the demons, Ye Qiao had just sealed the aura on the Demon Emperor's inner core with the help of her junior uncle, causing the core to emit a faint demonic aura.

Back when she had just taken out the Demon Emperor's inner core, Xie Chuxue kept encouraging her to try feeding it to KFC.

Out of caution, Ye Qiao asked, "Won't there be any side effects?"

It was, after all, an inner core from the Tribulation Transcending stage; she was afraid it would burst the KFC if she ate it too much.

Xie Chuxue pondered, "Possibly. But Xiao Qiao, aren't you planning to go to the demon realm? Why don't you go check out their library?" His tone was unusually dismissive. "It records the characteristics and abilities of each demon race. Who knows, maybe the demon realm has records on how to use demon cores during the Tribulation Transcending stage?"

Anyway, isn't Ye Qiao the best at learning and applying what she's learned on the spot?

Perhaps feeling that his previous answer wasn't enough to convince his junior apprentice, Xie Chuxue added a famous saying: "As the saying goes, even last-minute sharpening can be effective."

Ye Qiao listened intently for the first half, but then looked at him with deadpan eyes and asked, "So this is your solution?"

Xie Chuxue spoke with such enthusiasm that Ye Qiao thought he knew how to use demon cores, but the solution he gave was to have her go to the demon race to look up information.

Why did she ask him why?

"Haha." Perhaps noticing Ye Qiao's speechlessness, he chuckled twice. "Actually, there have been instances throughout history where ordinary demonic beasts have swallowed the inner core of a Tribulation Transcending stage cultivator and instantly become great demons."

In the vast world of cultivation, spanning tens of millions of years, there have indeed been instances where a demon beast, through sheer luck, managed to steal a Tribulation Transcending stage inner core and become a powerful demon.

After a battle with the Demon Emperor, Ye Qiao's cultivation level was further solidified, allowing her to reach the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Her domain is temporarily unusable; the nutrients from annihilating the Demon Emperor in one fell swoop are enough for the domain to undergo an upgrade.

As for the effects of the upgrade of All Things Life, it is still unclear.

After bidding farewell to Xie Chuxue, carrying the Demon Emperor's inner core, she searched for the gathering place of the demon race under KFC's guidance. The demon race generally has low intelligence, otherwise they would not have been provoked and hooked by the cultivator with just a few words.

At this moment, the Demon Emperor suddenly perished, and powerful demons from all over the land gathered, ready to fight for the Demon Emperor's position.

Ye Qiao was thinking about what they could do while vying for the position of Demon Emperor.

You know, real fighting is exhausting!! It's much easier to pull off some fancy maneuvers.

After finding the entrance by following the shadows, she sheathed her sword. With a loli in her left hand and a shota in her right, she arrived at the demon clan's stronghold. She felt a strange sense of absurdity and weirdness, as if she had accidentally entered another world. There were countless demon beasts with tails and bizarre faces, and her eyes were burned by the sight.

The area was teeming with demonic beasts, some flying in the sky and others running on the ground. The appearance of the great demons caused quite a stir, and many demonic beasts were busy dodging and making room for them.

Since most demons are in beast form, the sudden appearance of a human-shaped demon caused the bewildered demons to hesitate and stop to look at her.

After sniffing the air and finding no trace of cultivators, they left.

Ye Qiao remained expressionless when the demonic beast approached, but the little prince was extremely nervous, gripping her hand tightly and whispering, "Aren't you afraid the demon kings will recognize you?"

She was hated by the demons, and the same was true among the monsters. Ye Qiao's dominance over both races had always been unquestionable.

If she were recognized, there wouldn't be a single cultivator among the demon race, and she would truly be walking into the lion's den.

"Do you recognize me?" Ye Qiao saw that the little prince's face had turned pale with worry, so she grabbed a demon king who was walking by.

In the demon race, those who possess human form are all at the Nascent Soul stage, specifically at the Demon King level.

The demon king, who had been pulled back, frowned. He sensed the demonic energy emanating from her and found it pitifully weak. Feeling offended, he said coldly, "Get out of my way."

Ye Qiao immediately pulled the little prince away.

"Look," she said, pulling the little prince away from the raging demon king without looking back, "at a time like this, nobody cares who I am."

Even if Ye Qiao is indeed very famous among the demon race.

However, in the territory of the demon race, no one would associate it with themselves, nor would they think that a cultivator had the ability to infiltrate them.

Furthermore, in the aesthetics of the demon race, the more rugged the appearance, the more attractive the demon with horns and tails, the better. Ye Qiao's faint demonic aura placed her at the very bottom of the food chain among the great demons, and no demon would give her a second glance for that reason.

"And one more thing," Ye Qiao said softly, "Don't call me Ye Qiao when we're in the demon realm."

Regardless, her name is quite famous.

"What's it called?"

Ye Qiao thought for a moment, "Just call me Gou Zaitian."

"..." What an awful name.

After hurriedly instructing the young prince, she found a secluded place because she had been out of contact for quite some time. The jade slip quickly contacted Mu Chongxi.

Mu Chongxi was probably engaged in some intimate activity with the demons, as the background noise consisted of various spells and the clash of swords. Ye Qiao hesitated for a moment before asking, "Are you fighting?"

"Yes." Mu Chongxi held the jade slip in one hand and brandished his sword in the other. "Where are you, Ye Qiao?"

The boy swept his leg across the demon's wrist and then delivered a powerful spinning kick, snapping the demon's head in two. The sickening sound of bones breaking sent a shiver down Ye Qiao's spine. "Have you dealt with the demons over there?"

She's dealt with the demon race, so the remaining demon race shouldn't be too difficult to handle, right?

Mentioning this, Mu Chongxi wanted to complain, "There are too many of them, we simply can't handle them." They could only rely on the talisman cultivators to control the situation, but there were really not many talisman cultivators, only five at most.

What can five people do on the battlefield?

"So you were ganged up on by the demons?" Ye Qiao exclaimed in astonishment. Really? She thought that after she dealt with the demon beasts, these disciples would be able to handle the demons. After all, the most troublesome thing at the time was a group of demon beasts that couldn't distinguish friend from foe and were self-destructing, which was practically a walking nuclear bomb.

"Of course not." Qin Huai raised his voice and interrupted when he heard the noise. Did she think they were some kind of stupid creature?

He found Ye Qiao acting strangely. "So where are you now?"

Ye Qiao noticed that Qin Huai was really curious. Her eyes lit up, and she suddenly had an idea. "Take a guess?"

"...A demon dungeon?" Qin Huai noticed how dark the surroundings were. "You've been caught?"

"Of course—" Ye Qiao: "No, I'm not as easy to catch as you."

Her words were so sarcastic, and they still hadn't seen her. Faced with these endless waves of demons, the others couldn't help but feel a little anxious. "Where are you now? You can't have disappeared while saving someone, can you?"

No matter how the tasks are divided, she's probably the one with the easiest job.

Of everyone, Ye Qiao was the only one who had ventured into the Demon Realm multiple times, so there was no objection to her going to rescue people. However, she also took the longest time.

She has not been seen so far.

Seeing that he seemed determined to get to the bottom of things, Ye Qiao said, "I'm from the demon race."

"ha???"

Are you crazy?

He almost blurted out a question.

"What are you doing in the demon realm?" This time, it was Song Hansheng who asked the question.

"Play."

For a moment, they felt like cursing.

Qin Huai: "You left all this chaos to go have fun? You can't even handle those demonic cultivators." Qin Huai believed that Ye Qiao might have her reasons for doing this, but he still wanted to say a few words.

"How you deal with these demonic cultivators is your business. I wasn't even there, so why blame me?" Ye Qiao shifted the blame with righteous indignation: "If I were there, I could definitely handle it. After all, there's a saying in my hometown."

"??" Ye Qiao's hometown? Her hometown is the same place as Mu Chongxi's, right? They're both from the human world?

Just as Qin Huai was deep in thought, Ye Qiao quickly said, "It's not that the road is uneven. It's that you're not up to the task."

"Wow!" Mu Chongxi exclaimed, "I've never heard of that phrase before."

It sounds quite philosophical.

"Qin Huai." Song Hansheng observed Qin Huai's expression and felt that if the two continued to talk, one of them would eventually go crazy from anger. He interjected quietly, "If you have so much free time, why don't you go help?"

Why waste time arguing with Ye Qiao? Anyway, Qin Huai can't win an argument with her.

Qin Huai's eyes were cold, and his smile didn't reach his eyes. He didn't want to waste time arguing with Ye Qiao, so he turned to Song Hansheng and started yelling, "What do you mean, Song Hansheng? Before I came along, you would have been beaten to a pulp by the demonic cultivators."

As a talisman cultivator, Song Hansheng was always a prime target for demonic cultivators, and Qin Huai saved him from many perilous situations.

"Thank you." Song Hansheng wasn't exactly known for his good temper either; he gave a forced smile. "But I've already been beaten flat by the demonic cultivators."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't you understand?" Song Hansheng said, "I mean, it's the same whether you're here or not."

Anyway, he was already beaten to a pulp. He didn't care whether Qin Huai helped him or not.

Qin Huai: "...?"

Taking advantage of the argument between the two, Mu Chongxi snatched the jade slip, not forgetting to warn Qin Huai, "If you talk about my junior sister again, I'll curse you. Right, Fang Zhiyao?" After saying that, he didn't forget to pull an ally into his scheme, knowing that Fang Zhiyao had always been very interested in Ye Qiao.

Fang Zhiyao, the traitor, nodded. "Yes. I think Ye Qiao makes a good point. Sometimes we need to look for the reasons within ourselves." It's not that the road is uneven; it might really be that they're incompetent.

Duan Hengdao covered his fourth senior brother's mouth, "You traitor. Don't speak." Otherwise, his eldest senior brother would look like he wanted to kill someone.

Although friction between close disciples is inevitable, none of them are as eloquent as Ye Qiao.

Sure enough, with just a few words, Qin Huai was so angry that his face turned green.

"How about this," Ye Qiao whistled intermittently twice, "how about we make a bet?"

"What are we betting on?" At this moment, Qin Huai's rationality was brought back a little. His impression of Ye Qiao had always been that she was cunning and treacherous, and he subconsciously felt that she might be setting a trap for him.

Ye Qiao: "How about I bet you can resolve this chaotic situation within half an hour?"

"Within half an hour?" Qin Huai's lips curved into a smile, his meaning ambiguous. "Are you sure?"

If it could be resolved in half an hour, would they need to be so troubled?

"Sure."

Qin Huai guessed again: "You want to control the situation with secret writings? But secret writings can only temporarily control the situation."

"I meant to resolve it," Ye Qiao asked. "Want to bet?"

She could tell that among all the disciples, Qin Huai was the most curious. For example, when he was curious about someone, his first reaction was to investigate that person.

People who like to get to the bottom of things are bound to fall for this seemingly joking bet.

"A bet." Qin Huai responded quickly: "What will we bet on?"

"If this is resolved within half an hour, I want everyone from your Chengfeng Sect to come with me to the Demon Clan."

Demon race? ??

Speaking of which, Qin Huai was also curious about what she was doing in the demon clan.

He nodded: "Okay."

Of course it is possible.

The Demon Lord is very strong; she can hold off several sect leaders even if she has to stall. Now, the demons are still pouring in. What gives her the confidence to say that she can resolve this in half an hour? Who gave her the courage?

"I don't understand." After Qin Huai and she made the bet, Song Hansheng couldn't help but ask, "What's in it for you?"

Even Song Hansheng rarely challenges Qin Huai; there's no need, and offending people won't do him any good.

"Of course there's no benefit to that." Not at all.

Ye Qiao wanted her personal disciples to help her, but they would definitely not agree to help her for no reason. Ye Qiao didn't have that much influence. After all, who was more noble than whom?

If I don't want my senior brothers to come, then let's go to Qinhuai.

Why did he have to come up to me while I was chatting with Mu Chongxi?

"Why would you make this bet with him if there's no benefit to it?"

Song Hansheng didn't believe she had ulterior motives.

Ye Qiao continued joking around with Song Hansheng, then said seriously, "Didn't you realize? It's purely because I'm a really shameless person."

Song Hansheng was convinced.

This was the first time he had ever admired someone so much.

Ye Qiao just loves to have fun and join in the excitement. Or perhaps she's simply a pure entertainer?

When he's reliable, he can carry the team to victory.

But that only happens occasionally!

After offending everyone he should and shouldn't have, Ye Qiao cut off all contact with them and organized the known information about the demon race.

Dozens of powerful demons gathered to vie for the position of Demon Emperor, so she was safe for the next ten days or so.

She needs to go to the demon clan's library first, find it, and then investigate some information about the various demon kings to see if they have any weaknesses, or to understand their strength and abilities. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle."

The demon race is mostly illiterate. Once they reach the level of a demon king, it's impossible for any demon to even think about reading. They can only find very little information.

Ye Qiao searched for a long time, turning many corners, before finally finding a secret pavilion where the demon race kept their books. No demons had ever been to this place before, and to avoid arousing suspicion from the demons because of her studiousness, she chose to do it at night.

They quietly went in with the little prince and KFC.

The man and two beasts landed silently and looked around.

It was filled with books, densely packed together.

Many of these items were plundered from cultivators by the demon race. Ye Qiao found many secret cultivation techniques that were not passed down by major families. After thinking for a moment, she stuffed all the cultivators' belongings into a mustard seed bag, preparing to have those families claim them and extort money from them later.

After the three entered, KFC and the young prince exchanged a glance.

Two blank-headed girls, a little girl and a little boy, watched Ye Qiao flip through a book, chins propped on their hands. "Is this what cultivators mean by 'learning has no end'?"

He watched Ye Qiao frantically flipping through the demon race's collection of books, her hand movements so fast it was dazzling, and he began to doubt whether she was even actually reading them.

Ye Qiao sat amidst the pile of books, feeling dizzy from reading. Her eyes darted around like mosquito coils. She thought for a moment, "This is called studying until you drop dead, as long as you don't die."

Gathering information among the demon race is of paramount importance, as each generation of demon leaders is documented, along with the various abilities of the demon kings.

Just like the records in the cultivation world, each disciple's specialty moves and abilities are also recorded. This is why the disciples hide their strengths. If everything is figured out, then during a battle, the opponent can even guess the color of their underwear.

The demon race also has records about each great demon. Ye Qiao quickly flipped through the obscure text, gradually becoming engrossed in reading.

Just then, in the quiet night, a crisp "clang" sound came from behind, like the sound of a plucked string.

Ye Qiao was so startled that her heart skipped a beat.

She gripped the book in her hand, leaped lightly backward, picked up another book, and flung it across the room, instantly splitting the heavy book in two.

Ye Qiao quickly looked up and saw...