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

"But we have quite a lot of combat experience, so we shouldn't be getting beaten up by the monsters, right?" Su Zhuo asked weakly.

They can easily defeat Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and even some pseudo-God Transformation stage cultivators, even when they cross borders.

"But the highest level of demon beasts in the past was only the Nascent Soul stage. Now, if the demon kings are planning to release those great demons, we might even see those at the Integration stage."

Fit...

This level of attainment sounds terrifying.

You could count the number of cultivators at the Integration Stage on one hand in the entire cultivation world.

Ye Qiao added slowly, "Furthermore, their combat experience is definitely richer than ours." After all, they are some great demons who are hundreds or even thousands of years old, old enough to be their great-great-grandfathers.

Let alone the fusion stage, just the Refining Void to God stage alone would be enough to give them a hard time. Seeing that they were all worried, Mingxuan jumped onto a rock, signaling them to come back to their senses quickly. "Don't worry about what happens next. Doesn't anyone have a general map of the secret realm? We can't just wander around aimlessly like this."

The weather and terrain in Greater Rifts are unpredictable at every turn.

Shen Ziwei: "? Didn't you guys suggest coming to the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm? You and Ye Qiao didn't do enough research or planning before bringing us here?"

They're all about to break apart.

"Ah." Ye Qiao was equally shocked: "Don't you know? We never do any strategy guides when we go down into secret realms."

"If you don't do any strategy planning, how will you even get into the dungeons?"

"Xue Yu used to do that. We can just ask him for it."

They just need to wait.

Song Hansheng: "..."

Su Zhuo asked a genuine question: "Is Xue Yu the male mother of your sect?" How could Xue Yu possibly tolerate these people who just sit around and enjoy the fruits of others' labor all day long?

At the very least, they would never let Song Hansheng make the strategy himself. Apart from Yun Que, who does nothing, everyone else in the Yueqing Sect would have a plan to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations in the secret realm.

"Who is the male father?" Ye Qiao asked casually.

Without hesitation, Su Zhuo said, "Judging from your daily interactions, it should be Zhou Xingyun."

Zhai Chen said softly, "Do you dare let Zhou Xingyun hear you say that?"

Okay, he really... doesn't dare.

There's no need to dwell on these questions anymore. We're already in here and can't get out, so what should we do if we don't have a map?

"Shall we go ask those rogue cultivators for a map?" Fang Zhiyao cupped his face in his hands. Seeing everyone's gaze upon him, the boy scratched his face shyly. "Or we could follow them; it's better than groping around like this."

The plan was approved by the entire team.

Su Zhuo lowered his eyelashes, casting large shadows that made his expression appear unpredictable. His hands moved constantly, forming hand seals, and he whispered, "Chase."

A talisman flew into the air, and he waved his hand, signaling them to follow. "Catch up with this talisman. It will help us find those rogue cultivators."

"A tracking token?"

"Yes. When those rogue cultivators passed by, I deliberately left a trace of my aura on them so that I could track them." There's no harm in being cautious.

Ye Qiao was surprised. "You actually thought of leaving your scent for easy tracking?" Had she underestimated Su Zhuo?

"Ye Qiao." Su Zhuo couldn't help but tentatively ask, "...Am I a useless person in your eyes?" He really wanted to know what kind of image he had in Ye Qiao's eyes. Every talisman cultivator would pay attention to anyone who passed by and the available resources around them.

Ye Qiao thought for a moment and then said bluntly, "In my eyes, you've never really been normal."

This abnormal impression was left from the very first meeting, causing Su Zhuo to always be equated with an idiot in her eyes.

Song Hansheng still spoke up for Su Zhuoqian: "When he's normal, he's quite normal."

Su Zhuo: "..."

Ye Qiao agreed with Song Hansheng's words.

It can only be said that love makes people blind. Su Zhuo really liked Yun Que, but she had been wondering before, did no one really consider the ethical issues?

Although sects do not oppose romantic relationships between fellow disciples, it is rare for disciples to become Daoist couples. They usually grow up under the care of their respective masters, and each sect leader treats his disciples as his own children. One can imagine the psychological trauma a sect leader would feel if his daughter and son were to get together one day.

"Stop chatting, hurry up and catch up with that talisman, it'll disappear in no time." Mingxuan, being impatient, grabbed Ye Qiao and prepared to sprint.

"Running away again?"

Duan Hengdao almost threw up from running, but there was no other way. Those powerful demons had disappeared after entering the secret realm, and to prevent them from causing any real trouble, they had to start running again.

Ye Qiao didn't want to run anymore. She hadn't had a moment's rest since she returned from Penglai. Now, she felt like a ghost, being dragged around by Ming Xuan with no will to live.

……

After Ye Qiao entered the secret realm, the little prince, who was assigned by Ye Qiao to go to the forbidden area to awaken the Mingyu, and the two divine beasts, KFC, worked together and finally managed to awaken the sleeping Mingyu.

A dragon and a phoenix appeared simultaneously, and the oppressive aura forced the Mingyu to wake up. Although it was immoral, the bloodline suppression was indeed very effective.

Seeing the fish, which looked like a mountain, gradually awaken from its slumber, KFC immediately transformed into human form and sat on the fish's back. She reached out and pulled Ao Li along, and the two of them sat together on the fish's back.

Perhaps the giant fish had been sleeping in the forbidden area for too long, and was now forcibly awakened by the phoenix and dragon, which were of a much higher level than it.

It was still a little confused.

Extremely hungry from not eating for a long time, the sea bream slowly flicked its tail, observed its surroundings, and then, without thinking twice, decided to leave the forbidden area and head to the seabed to forage for food.

The fish, resembling a mountain, soared into the air and passed through the sect's protective formation, which remained completely unharmed. KFC was extremely surprised, "So this fish really is a beast of the Changming Sect." It can freely pass through the formation!

The little prince clung tightly to the sea fish, asking, "Where is it going?"

"Let's drive it towards the demons." KFC thought for a moment. "Ye Qiao once said that if you want to muddy the waters, you have to create an even bigger mess." Although her master was unreliable, he was the most reliable in critical moments, which is why KFC always regarded his words as the truth.

The phoenix and dragon's imposing aura could drive away creatures of lower rank than themselves. Ao Li nodded cautiously and instructed the Mingyu to turn around and run towards the demons' location.

But they never expected the fish to run so fast, speeding along at breakneck speed, and neither of them, who were terrible with directions, had any idea where they ended up.

"Aaaaah!" KFC cried, his face contorted in despair. "If this fish gets out of position, Ye Qiao will kill both of us."

"But nobody said this fish was so fast!"

"Waaaaah!" KFC continued, its face contorted in a mournful expression. "Should we let it keep running like this?" This enormous fish had already instilled extreme panic in the bewildered cultivators below. Some cried out in terror, "It's over! It's over! An evil god has taken over the cultivation world!"

The two little girls and the boy were jumping up and down frantically on the back of the fish. Ye Qiao had entered the Cloud and Mist Secret Realm, and the outside world could not contact her at all. Now that the strategist was gone, the two children were completely confused and could only direct the fish to continue heading towards the Demon Realm.

Never mind, since Ye Qiao didn't give any more orders, doesn't that mean they're free to do as they please?

*

Meanwhile, in the Demon Realm, the battle between the righteous and evil factions was separated by a layer of sword energy. Sword energy and formations are not the same thing. Cultivators who are strong enough can use sword energy to divide the battlefield. The sword energy that was blocking them came from the Demon Lord. Within a radius of ten miles, neither demons nor cultivators could get close.

Xie Chuxue broke off a branch and touched the layer of sword energy. Instantly, the branch connected to his hand, emitting white smoke as if it had been charred. He hissed and flung his hand away: "A space opened up by the Tribulation Transcending stage. We can't go in."

"What should we do then?" The children looked at each other, eagerly awaiting Xie Chuxue's next instructions.

The young man narrowed his eyes. "Where's the Han Guang shovel?"

Zhou Xingyun handed the shovel to him, and Xie Chuxue suddenly said, "Smash it down."

Zhou Xingyun was taken aback, then said "Okay" and threw the Han Guang Shovel downwards. The shovel emitted a piercing cold light, flipped up and down, and accurately smashed the barrier formed by the sword energy. In an instant, it shattered little by little, like a spider weaving a web.

Xie Chuxue casually tossed the talisman to her feet, using it as the center of the formation to withstand wave after wave of impacts from the Tribulation Transcending stage cultivators.

The Demon Clan is the main battlefield. If the Sword Inquiry Sect Master and the Demon Lord were fighting at this moment, then a wave of Tribulation Transcending Stage pressure would force all these little brats to their knees.

"Stand behind me."

"You don't need to take action for now. Just watch from behind. If things don't look good, then retreat."

The sword energy barrier was drawn up by the Demon Lord in advance to prevent other powerful beings from getting involved. The sky was covered in darkness, and the entire horizon of the Demon Realm was dyed blood red. The sect leaders and elders of each sect stood in a row to prevent the Demon Realm from being destroyed. The Demon Lord took the lead in opening up the space, allowing everyone to enter.

In a battle during the Tribulation Transcending stage, a casual sword strike is as awe-inspiring as if the heavens and earth were created. It would be easy to determine who is stronger between the Demon Lord and the Sect Master of the Sword Inquiry Sect in an instant. Whether it is sword techniques or realm, the Demon Lord has to admit that he is no match for a cultivator who has orthodoxly attained enlightenment.

However, one thing that always gave him the upper hand was that the demons were ruthless enough and not easily killed. If he was fatally wounded, he could quickly replenish his energy by absorbing the life force of other great demons, something that the sword cultivators of the Sword Inquiry Sect could never do.

He's shameless enough, so this battle can only be his own victory.

In a battle between masters, the situation changes in an instant; even the slightest change can be fatal. The Sect Master of the Sword Inquiry Sect gave the Demon Lord no chance to breathe, and every strike was aimed at the Demon Lord's head. Despite being severely suppressed, the Demon Lord remained unperturbed. He smiled and asked, "What do you think of your disciple's spiritual root?"

"I actually had my eye on Ye Qiao from the beginning."

"Until later I realized that Heaven cared more about Ye Qinghan."

He initially set his sights on Ye Qiao's spiritual root. After all, it was a rare spiritual root in the cultivation world. Of course, there might be other heavenly spiritual roots, but they haven't been discovered yet. Ye Qiao's existence was unique enough, which is why he didn't kill her when they first met.

But now he has changed his mind.

He set his sights on Ye Qinghan's spiritual root.

Demon ascension has always been a failure. Every demon after the first generation has ended in failure. Later, he thought of various methods and finally wondered if he could change his fate by gradually replacing the things that the chosen one had with his own to achieve ascension.

If he fails, he will then consider the possibility of opening the Heavenly Gate.

"Don't you want to give it a try?"

"Shut up." The sect leader of the Sword Inquiry Sect had an extremely cold expression.

The collision of spiritual energy and demonic energy caused violent fluctuations in the air. No matter how tricky the Sword Inquiry Sect Master's swordsmanship was, the Demon Lord remained unhurried throughout. This battle was related to the situation in the cultivation world, and the Sword Inquiry Sect Master knew that if he continued to waste time like this, he would only lose.

Perhaps the Demon Lord is inferior to him in cultivation, but in terms of methods, the Sect Master of the Sword Inquiry Sect is not as ruthless as the Demon Lord. For the Demon Lord, there is no one in the entire Demon Realm who is not available.

Qin Fanfan drew his sword, pondering the situation at Changming Sect. He wasn't in a hurry for the great battle here, as it wouldn't end anytime soon. It was possible for experts to fight for decades, and some with similar realms and cultivation levels would fight for hundreds of years before one side was worn down.

More than that, he is now worried about his own sect.

Will it be destroyed by the demons?

Elder Zhao and the others shouldn't be that incompetent, but you never know; anything could happen if things get chaotic.

As the sect leaders and elders clashed with their opponents, the space suddenly fluctuated, a crack appeared, and then the crack gradually widened. Zhou Xingyun shattered the space with a shovel, revealing a hole.

Xie Chuxue grabbed several disciples, one in each hand, and threw them into her spatial dimension. "Come in, watch carefully and learn well."

Not only was the Demon Lord caught off guard, but even the sect leaders looked utterly bewildered.

A shovel flipped over and was thrown out of the hole. Qin Fanfan caught it casually and immediately recognized what it was.

"A shovel with a light-colored surface?!"

His disciple has made something of himself.

A single shovel could shatter the Demon Lord's barrier; if the timing hadn't been wrong, Qin Fanfan would have applauded on the spot.

Broken.

It shattered so suddenly and unexpectedly.

The fierce battle, simmering beneath the surface, was abruptly interrupted by a group of kids.

No one could react in time.

Even without the Demon Emperor's intervention, the elders of the Demon Clan were not to be trifled with.

In the demons' territory, they could only be cautious and fought with their hands tied.

As a result, Zhou Xingyun broke the peace with a shovel, and people came in one after another from the hole. After seeing the battle situation clearly, several dragon experts decisively stood beside the sect leader of the Sword Inquiry Sect, and all the cultivators on the cultivators' side had arrived.

Despite it being the main battlefield for the demons, the demons' side appeared unusually desolate.

Xie Chuxue calmly stood beside Qin Fanfan, flashing a bright smile, "Are you sure you want to fight us, Demon Lord?"

The Demon Lord stared at the righteous path with a gloomy expression. Almost everyone had arrived. There were ten people at the Nascent Soul stage alone, followed by those at the Void Refinement stage and then the Body Integration stage. In addition, there were five dragons sent by the Dragon Clan, making a total of more than thirty people.

As for their own twelve elders, plus some great demons who haven't arrived yet, the situation doesn't look good no matter how you look at it.

The Demon Lord wasn't in a hurry. He sent Xu Jun to the Changming Sect, intending to take control of the situation there as a first step. The man's voice was icy cold, like a sharp blade, "Don't be hasty. You're from the Changming Sect, aren't you? Your sect will be next soon. Do you think you can escape?"

"..."

"So, the Demon Lord only sees the people of the Changming Sect?"

Zhu You agreed, "It seems so."

People from other sects shouldn't be in the car, but under it.

What an epic love story?

You're the only one in my eyes?

Several disciples, their voices not low, poured in with complaints, but the atmosphere did not ease at all. Only a few sect leaders clearly understood that the Demon Lord's words were not a joke; he was truly eyeing the Changming Sect.

Xie Chuxue dispelled the oppressive aura around them, raised an eyebrow, and chuckled, "You sent people to attack Changming Sect?"

Otherwise, the Demon Lord wouldn't have said such a thing.

The Demon Lord did not deny it, and Xie Chuxue understood.

But now he can't go to Changming Sect to check the situation. Everyone who has entered this space can only stay here. Qin Fanfan and the others can't leave. Everyone knows this.

Ye Qinghan touched his arm, frowned, and said with a slightly heavy expression, "We shouldn't have come here."

Once he arrived, he was completely trapped, and this battle was going to last for who knows how long. He might as well use that time to go and have fun with Ye Qiao and the others.

"I should have known better than to show off with Mingxuan and the others." Xue Yu touched the tip of his nose; he didn't want to come here.

The mere friction of the various auras of those powerful beings was enough to create an indescribable sense of oppression and suffocation.

Unless this space can be broken, or the situation can be completely opened up and stirred up, today, everyone, regardless of whether you are a Nascent Soul cultivator or a Tribulation Transcending cultivator, will be in danger.

Even if the Emperor himself came, he wouldn't be able to leave.

Ye Qinghan lowered his eyes, watching his master and the Demon Lord exchange blows. The domain in his palm rose beneath his feet. He had now reached the Nascent Soul stage, and everyone was curious about what his materialized domain looked like.

Ye Qiao's four domain transformations were quite impressive. The fourth one was similar to his Icebound technique, but not exactly the same. It happened the instant the domain was opened.

Absolutely frozen.

It had no effect on the person in question, but others perceived it very clearly; the icy temperature felt as if it could freeze a person to death in this frozen wasteland.

It was so cold that even Xie Chuxue, who was in the Integration Stage, frowned deeply. "Ye Qinghan."

"Take it easy. Before you learn to distinguish between your own forces and the enemy, and before you have better control over your territory, don't make it materialized at will."

It's so cold.

Under his domain, all movements became momentarily slowed down, and he was only at the Nascent Soul stage. Xie Chuxue could already foresee the terror that would ensue if he were allowed to grow unchecked.

Ye Qinghan was slightly taken aback, realizing that apart from the powerful figures who were unaffected, all the Nascent Soul stage sword cultivators were frozen in that instant.

Despite being reprimanded, Ye Qinghan felt no resentment. He now held Xie Chuxue, his senior uncle from the Changming Sect, in high esteem. He had always admired the strong, and those with intelligence like Xie Chuxue were the ones he revered.

Xie Chuxue didn't notice that Ye Qinghan was looking at her with a wise gaze.

"I have a question for you."

A cultivator at the Integration Stage possesses sufficient divine sense to easily encompass the entire Demon Realm. As a talisman cultivator with a strong desire for control, Xie Chuxue's divine sense completely enveloped the demon race. Therefore, upon discovering the strange phenomenon, he turned his head and slowly asked everyone a philosophical question:

Do you believe that fish can fly?