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

Xu Jun successfully cracked open at this moment. Facing the layers upon layers of sword formations before him, he subconsciously narrowed his eyes. The layers of sword energy resembled a thousand layers of waves.

More than a thousand sword cultivators, nearly nine hundred of whom were in formation of five, surrounded them all.

He had noticed the large-scale disappearance of the inner and outer gates before, but!! Who would have thought that someone would collect them all and imprison them in the Ghost King Tower? That tower could actually be used for this purpose?

The Ghost King Tower is essentially a self-contained domain. As long as it devours people within a certain range, it can handle both one-on-one duels and group fights. He wasn't unaware of the Ghost King Tower spirit that had been following Chu Ling.

As a mere little sprite, he naturally didn't suspect that Ye Qiao was planning to gang up on him, since the tower spirit was following Chu Ling, not Ye Qiao.

Ye Qiao is quite a peculiar person. Once she has something, she can make the most of it. However, in other people's hands, the threat of magical artifacts is almost non-existent, since they don't have as many outrageous tricks as her!

The consequence of their carelessness was that they were completely surrounded by the Changming Sect, and now they were in a dilemma, unable to even retreat.

It was completely surrounded by a group of people from both the inner and outer gates.

So, in the end, they're the ones who got caught in the trap?

Xu Jun forced a smile as he watched the sword formations charging towards him from the sky. His subordinates were all scrambling to defend themselves, and the large-scale sword formations came wave after wave, driving them nearly insane.

"Fight your way out." Xu Jun had no other choice but to speak coldly, "Whether it's self-destruction or taking them all down with you, find a way to fight your way out."

They can't beat them.

An undeniable fact.

Ye Qiao's dark book is disgusting. With it around, the demonic cultivators on the scene will be ambushed if they are not careful. Once ambushed, they will attack our teammates like they have lost their minds, and screams and curses will be heard one after another. How can we fight like this? We have to fight with our heads.

"Catch Ye Qiao."

"Capture her. I don't believe that old man can bear to see his sect's most trusted disciple killed."

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and saw the five great demons fighting with their respective peak masters and elders, all of whom skillfully avoided Ye Qiao's position. He was almost furious. What? Is there no one who dares to fight Ye Qiao?

"She's only in the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, what are you all hesitating about?"

Those are all great demons suppressed in the Demon Abyss for hundreds of years. They range from late-stage Nascent Soul to peak-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. They are not demons with weak cultivation levels, so what are they afraid of?

"Then go fight her." A great demon couldn't stand his commanding manner and his expression turned icy.

Xu Jun's initial order was to bypass Ye Qiao and avoid a direct confrontation. Doesn't that mean he himself wasn't confident enough to win over Ye Qiao? Now that the situation is out of control, are they supposed to charge in? Dream on.

Chaos reigned outside. The demons, for reasons unknown, attacked them like madmen. They had brought enough people with them, but only a little over half of them made it in.

A powerful demon was fighting Ye Huan and was forced to retreat step by step. His face was extremely ugly. He decisively asked the demon cultivators outside how much longer it would take before they could come in to provide support.

The reply from that group almost made him question the meaning of life.

"You've started fighting with the demon race?!"

"Yes. That disciple, she stopped us all outside with a single sword strike."

"Her sword aura," the Great Demon Daoist said, "will only last for a day at most, right?"

She's only at the Nascent Soul stage, so it's easy to imagine that the effects won't last long.

"But after she joined the Changming Sect, she raised the sect's protective formation again."

They were all blocked outside by the formation. Now, unless they wait for the next formation to need to replenish spirit stones and coordinate with the traitor, they will have no way to break into Changming Sect again during this period.

Moreover, they were barely able to protect themselves! Faced with the relentless pursuit of hordes of demons, the group was in dire straits.

They couldn't understand how they had ended up fighting the demon race in such a muddled way.

"I understand." The Great Demon couldn't take it anymore. He hung up the jade slip and cursed wildly. He swung his palm away from Ye Huan's sharp sword. "Did you activate the sect's protective formation?"

There are very few talisman cultivators in the Changming Sect, and among so many people, she is the only one capable of opening formations.

Ye Qiao snapped her fingers and nodded: "You got it right."

The Great Demon instantly pieced together the whole story: she had used the Moon Arrow to break the formation, letting those powerful figures in. Then she unleashed a sword aura to block all the demonic cultivators, and finally activated the formation, completely surrounding and killing them.

What a clever Ye Qiao!

"I'll kill you." His voice was sinister.

Ye Huan's sword followed closely at that moment. The way the man raised and swung his sword was exactly the same as Ye Qinghan. He raised his body slightly, and the sword aura was unstoppable. The Great Demon turned his head and caught the white blade with his bare hands.

He was almost torn apart on the spot by Ye Huan's sword energy.

However, the demons of the Abyss are so monstrous that they are difficult to kill even if cut in half, so it is easy to imagine that it will be a long tug-of-war.

The sword cultivators of Changming Sect formed a five-person formation, their swords flashing white, constantly reaping kills. If it weren't for the demons' all-black attire making them too conspicuous, it would be difficult to find them in this chaotic scene of demons dancing together.

Xu Jun kept observing the battlefield. He scanned the situation, which was almost being crushed by one side, with his divine sense, and wondered what about the dragon and phoenix that Ye Qiao often carried with her?

Given the demons' glorious history of repeated defeats, he couldn't possibly regard this disciple as some brainless opponent.

So where did she put those two dragons and phoenixes?

He was puzzled, but he couldn't actually ask Ye Qiao. Asking would be pointless and would only make him look stupid.

He had thoroughly investigated the Changming Sect, both inside and out, and knew that most of the disciples were newly recruited. Therefore, he could quickly take control of the sect, whose internal disciples were particularly undisciplined.

Things progressed as he had predicted, and everything went smoothly. As a result, when Xu Jun discovered Ye Qiao had entered, he didn't immediately pay attention to her. Instead, he gave orders to his subordinates to run away as soon as they saw her.

This gave Ye Qiao enough time to run around the entire sect.

She would seize any disciple she saw with the Ghost King Pagoda, no wonder there wasn't a single disciple to be found in the entire mountain sect, they had all been captured by her.

Xu Jun took a deep breath, forced a calm smile, and said, "Ye Qiao, if you're so capable, why don't you fight me one-on-one?"

Ye Qiao hid behind Elder Zhao, gently waving a finger. Her voice was unusually calm as she replied, "No, no, no, don't you understand the current situation? We're going to gang up on you, not have a one-on-one fight between us."

Furthermore, none of the demons who have been suppressed in the Demon Abyss for a hundred years are weaklings, and she will not confront them head-on unless absolutely necessary.

Being rejected was expected. Xu Jun's expression darkened, his eyes flashing with murderous intent. The hilt of his long sword suddenly lengthened, and he charged forward, shouting, "You brat, you ruined my plans! You're asking for death!"

The boy's harmless voice suddenly dropped to an unusually cold level.

Elder Zhao immediately shielded Ye Qiao behind him, channeling his spiritual energy to deflect the chillingly murderous slash. He then began to sneer, "At your age, fighting one-on-one with a teenager? You old fool, you've got no shame. Get lost."

"Elder is mighty!" Ye Qiao shouted from behind, though she had no intention of fighting Xu Jun.

As Elder Zhao grabbed her arm, Ye Qiao suddenly felt something cold fall into her palm, and she gripped it slightly.

The Sect Master's Decree?

Holy crap.

Ye Qiao almost threw this hot potato away.

"Take this," Elder Zhao hurriedly instructed her. "I don't intend for you to be the acting sect leader. Keep it for now, and give it back to me later."

It was obvious that Ye Qiao, with her naturally unrestrained and free-spirited nature, could not be the next sect leader. Ye Qiao grabbed the token, her voice much lighter: "Alright."

The two exchanged words in a very short time.

"Xiao Qiao." A peak lord rushed to his side and asked anxiously, "Where is your domain?"

"Hurry up and release it so we can see it."

Undoubtedly, in the midst of chaos, formations and domains are the only true gods.

Such a situation is extremely rare, even in the realm of Ye Qiao, and it couldn't be more fitting to place it within the realm itself.

"It's broken."

"???"

"What do you mean?"

"The literal meaning." Then Ye Qiao watched as the Sword Peak Master turned to stone on the spot. His reaction seemed even more intense than her own. She paused for a moment, then reached out and poked the peak master, who had turned into a stone statue. "He really shattered."

That's the Tribulation Transcending stage. No matter how much a domain can ignore realm, it can't remain unscathed. The final result is shattering. Mu Li said that one Tribulation Transcending stage is enough for a domain to upgrade once, and she doesn't know yet when the domain will be able to complete the upgrade.

The Sword Peak Master had a million complaints running through his mind. Why?

What did you do with the domain that you could shatter it?

Elder Zhao was a sword cultivator, but he also knew a few talisman cultivator techniques. During the exchange of blows between the two Void Refinement Realm cultivators, who were brimming with murderous intent, everyone else retreated to the rear.

He wasn't particularly good at fighting, and some of his courses were even more theoretical. However, having lived for so long, he couldn't be considered a complete novice. The spiritual pressure from the Void Refinement Realm, a mixture of spiritual and demonic energy, spread like a tidal wave.

Many people at the scene had their knees bent.

The two noticed this phenomenon and withdrew their pressure to avoid creating a comical situation where everyone was kneeling.

Ye Qiao arranged several talismans in her hands, and several demonic cultivators tried to interrupt her actions. Ye Qiao nimbly hid behind the crowd.

One of the demons originally intended to force his way into the crowd to capture Ye Qiao, but before he could even act, he saw hundreds of people with cold, expressionless faces, and he silently withdrew his hand.

excuse me.

Demonic cultivators have always liked to overwhelm others with sheer numbers.

Now it's their turn to be suppressed.

Ugh, that damn Ye Qiao!!

Ye Qiao formed an array in her hands, dividing the battlefield into large areas. Pale golden arrays rose continuously from beneath her feet, controlling the number of people to twenty against ten demonic cultivators.

Suddenly trapped in the formation, looking at the demonic cultivators who outnumbered them by twice their size: "..." You damn evil Ye Qiao!

Unlike the demonic cultivators, the disciples' eyes lit up in unison.

"Kill them!! Go! Go! Go!"

"To avenge my junior brothers and sisters."

Even if the demonic cultivators are strong, they are still weak and vulnerable. It would be a two-on-one fight within Ye Qiao's formation. If they still can't win, what kind of disciples would they be?

Their brutal rampage unleashed unprecedented potential in a group of emotionally charged and resentful Changming Sect disciples, leaving them no chance to retaliate.

Ye Qiao released the sword spirits and weapon spirits all at once with a wave of her hand.

The Moon Arrow, the Tower Spirit, the Dark Book—various artifact spirits intertwined. The elders glanced at it casually and almost twitched their lips slightly at her extravagant display.

I used to think that Chengfeng Sect had a lot of spiritual artifacts, but now it seems that Ye Qiao is just as good.

And they are all group-transformed artifact spirits.

The spirits, driven mad by the pent-up energy, surged into the battlefield the instant they were released. The Dark Book automatically turned its pages, its emotions running high after a good meal. Together with the Unseen Lord and the Shadow Sword, the three of them created a slaughterhouse.

The pungent smell of blood rushed into their lungs through their nasal cavities, and they immediately began to curse.

Where did she find this bunch of evil artifacts? They're even more ferocious than demons.

"Kill Ye Qiao!" Xu Jun responded to Elder Zhao's relentless attacks, occasionally trying to steal the token from Elder Zhao's body. He was multitasking, constantly touching Elder Zhao, which almost made the elderly Elder Zhao vomit.

"You don't want to see me, do you?" Xu Jun's voice suddenly softened. "I know you probably didn't willingly agree to be bound by Ye Qiao's contract, did you?"

After all, a killing sword is unlikely to be compatible with a righteous disciple.

Once Ye Qiao is killed, the sword and its spirit will be ownerless. He doesn't believe that the sword spirits and weapon spirits will still help without the checks and balances of the contract.

At first, no one paid attention to Xu Jun's order to kill Ye Qiao. But when the demons saw so many spirits, they realized that they had to get rid of her.

Ye Qiao had just finished setting up the formation when the spiritual energy was completely depleted.

As the demons teleported in front of her, she frowned, quickly dodged, and a sharp blade slashed down along her side leg, then flipped upwards and viciously swung down from her head, attempting to cleave her in two.

The ground cracked open with huge fissures, and Ye Qiao's escape was extremely dangerous.

"Without spiritual energy, what do you have to fight us with?"

He grinned maliciously.

Like a madman, he and the great demon behind him worked together, the two of them relentlessly striking down with their knives. "Bang bang bang" accompanied the sound of the knives hitting empty air, their ferocious appearance determined to kill her today.

Ye Qiao held his sword horizontally in front of him and took a slight step back.

Upon seeing this, several peak masters flew over to shield her behind them. Regardless of their cultivation levels, in their eyes, Ye Qiao was just a child.

She's just a child! These demonic cultivators are going too far.

The spirit sword spun continuously in his palm, and with each swing, dense spiritual energy instantly enveloped the sword within seconds. With a simple, light press on the blade, the first move of the Clear Wind Technique, imbued with the power of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, forced back the two great demons.

The peak masters noticed Ye Qiao's cultivation level: mid-stage Nascent Soul.

One of the peak masters narrowed his eyes, "Little Qiao."

"what?"

"Your breakthrough speed..." He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Isn't it a bit too fast?"

She was still in the early stages before, and it's impossible for her to advance two realms in such a short time. Did she take drugs? Or did she have some kind of special encounter?

"Is she alright?" To be honest, Xie Chuxue and the others were somewhat disappointed when they saw that her cultivation level was only at the mid-stage, even though the powerful figures thought they had concealed their emotions very well.

After all, in their eyes, a person in the Tribulation Transcending stage should not have only broken through one realm.

Ye Qiao did not miss the disappointment in their eyes. In the past few days, she had been repeatedly suppressing her cultivation level, suppressing it by several levels in one go. She was waiting for the existing spiritual energy to be exhausted so that she could use it to break through her cultivation level and replenish the spiritual energy, thereby maximizing her benefits.

It's not the right time yet.

Her target is Xu Jun.

This person is disgusting.

The entire process was meticulously planned and executed.

Xu Jun, whose cultivation was quite high, noticed Ye Qiao's constant stares at him and said with a smug expression, "Ye Qiao, if you had any self-awareness, you would know that you have no chance of winning. Even if we fail today, so what? After our Emperor wins, you will only be able to kneel down and beg for forgiveness like dogs without any dignity."

His actions of occasionally touching Elder Zhao's sleeve and mustard seed bag disgusted Elder Zhao. Xu Jun created an opening and let Elder Zhao strike him in the chest with a palm. Xu Jun flew backward with the force of the old man's blow. Xu Jun smiled and easily shook off Elder Zhao. He turned and lowered his hand towards Ye Qiao.

"You bitch."

He cursed.

A mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator dares to fight him.

He knew that this generation of disciples could fight beyond their level, but there was a full three levels of difference between them, and their spiritual energy had been drained. What could she possibly use to fight?

He was strong enough and came at a fierce pace; Ye Qiao definitely couldn't stop him.

The spiritual energy within her dantian was instantly filled. Without a word, Ye Qiao swung her sword the instant Xu Jun pounced. As the young man pounced with an air of confidence, her personal cultivation level simultaneously reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

A smile flickered in Ye Qiao's eyes, and Xu Jun keenly sensed that something was amiss.

"Xiao Qiao!" The panicked cries of several elders could still be heard in my ears.

She beheaded him with a single sword stroke.

All was quiet.