The entire sect is obsessed with love, but I'm the only one who's truly insane.

Outside the city, the battle was deafening, and many cultivators who were preparing for the third wave of replacements had already rushed down. Inside the city, however, sharp sounds could also be heard.

Sheng Yan rushed out and found his group of good-for-nothing junior brothers banging on the pot lid, making a sound similar to a gong.

He was tense; clearly an ordinary cultivator at the Qin Xin realm wouldn't dare face a demon, yet his feet remained rooted to the spot. Turning around and seeing her, he felt a surge of relief, both surprised and delighted. "Senior Sister! There's a demon!!! It's terrifying!"

Sheng Yan narrowed his eyes, watching the demon that had broken out of the courtyard, trapped inside Er Gou's blood, refusing to look out. He glanced at him again.

Er Gou had already hidden behind her. "Senior sister, that's scary!"

Sheng Yan raised his hand and killed the demon with a single stroke, no longer caring about Er Gou's strange behavior.

She recalled the message Lin Du had sent back through someone; although the city lord didn't believe it, he still arranged for unimportant people to patrol the area.

Lin Du's insight was far beyond that of ordinary people, and Sheng Yan's eyes hardened as he thought of this.

While the battle rages on the front lines, there must be no chaos within the city.

"Fine, this time we won't back down. Let's go, clear out the entire Yellowstone City, and kill all the evil spirits that have infiltrated."

With a formidable enemy at hand, to continue hiding our talents would be a disservice to the people of the Central Plains.

On the city wall, Du Shao took a deep breath, summoned her flying artifact, and planned to rush towards the demon horde that was only a zhang away.

The camp outside the city gate was no longer sufficient. The medical practitioners of the Jishi Sect risked their lives to treat patients outside the array barrier, but people kept dying and their conditions worsened. The dozens of medical practitioners who came down were so busy that they were dizzy and numb that they couldn't even shed a tear.

A golden blade of energy pierced through the dark horde of demons. Yan Qing, carrying the unconscious cultivator in one hand, sped towards the encampment outside the city, where he happened to bump into a disciple of the Jishi Sect.

"A healer from Qin Xinjing?" Yan Qing stopped, assuming Du Shao was there to help. "Here! This person is seriously injured; please take care of him."

Caught off guard, Du Shao hurriedly used her spiritual power to catch the person, saying, "Wait a moment, fellow Daoist!"

Yan Qing turned around, her fierce aura still lingering from the fierce battle with the demons. "What's wrong?"

"I came down here to test the medicine, a medicine to suppress evil spirits," Du Shao hurriedly shouted.

Yan Qing was taken aback for a moment. "I'm sorry, with your cultivation level, you probably wouldn't be able to get in unless you specialize in tactics. Give it to me, I'll do it."

He reached out and took the bottle of medicine powder that Du Shao gave him. "Wait for me here for a moment."

The young man hurriedly left, found the magical artifact he had used to spray wood ash and insect repellent powder on the spirit field, poured the contents into it, and rushed towards the demon horde.

Du Shao hurriedly stopped the bleeding of the injured cultivator in mid-air, and then used silver needles to seal the meridians where demonic energy was rampant. While she was busy, she unconsciously glanced forward.

Where the powder covered, the demons paused for a moment, and the young man, holding a long knife, took advantage of this gap to slay all the demons as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.

Yan Qing turned around and shouted, "Fellow Daoist! It's useful! You can have more."

As he spoke, he tossed the magic tools used to spray powder onto the spirit fields to Du Shao, saying, "Fellow Daoist, take this! You can spray it at the edge."

Du Shao hurriedly used her spiritual power to catch him, while Yan Qing covered the lower half of her face. She couldn't see clearly and didn't have time to ask his name before the man, carrying his long sword, disappeared into the demonic tide. His blue clothes were completely swallowed by the blood-dark color.

This is the ultimate hell on earth.

Du Shao couldn't describe her feelings; she could only pray in her heart that these fighting cultivators would be able to return to their homeland alive after dawn.

But when she looked up at the sky, all she saw was darkness. The blood moon in the dark sky was like a scarlet eye, looking down on the demonic tide under the rules of heaven.

If Heaven has eyes, it shouldn't be so ruthless and bloody.

Du Shao blinked hard, looked down at the cultivator whose life hung by a thread on her flying artifact. If Heaven cannot hear people's prayers, then who else can they ask for help?

It's been... three whole days and three nights, and we haven't even seen the first light of dawn.

Life is so fragile, like a mayfly in the morning and a cicada at night.

Just then, a golden light pierced the dark sky, slowly revealing its sharp corner, like a celestial palace, incomparably magnificent.

The cultivators on the city wall looked up at the thing that had burst forth from the sky, "It's a secret realm! It's the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm!!!"

"It's the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm!!" someone shouted, and was about to go up when someone pulled him back.

"Are you crazy! The demonic tide hasn't receded yet!!"

The crowd looked at the golden palace and then at the chaotic horde of demons below. The sounds of battle rang out from within the city, and it turned out to be the same residents who had appeared perfectly normal before.

It's like being surrounded by wolves in front and tigers behind, but only the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm above is powerful and enduring, keeping evil spirits away and having a strong attraction for righteous cultivators.

It meant safety, reward, breakthrough, and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, like a divine intervention in this despairing world.

Lin Du was breathing heavily. He took off his mask and stuffed another handful of Rejuvenation Pills into his mouth.

I'm so tired, really tired.

Even with the protection of her three senior brothers, the array she set up was still limited.

The demons were so numerous they had nowhere to settle. For a mother tree of this caliber, short blades alone could not achieve the strength of a grand formation; array stones were still needed.

Hou Cang stepped in front of her, intercepting the fierce attack with a single sword strike. "The Heavenly Dao Secret Realm has appeared."

Lin Du looked up in astonishment, his mind, already foggy with exhaustion, suddenly jolted as if thrown into Luo Ze, and blurted out, "We can't go!"

She raised her hand to wipe her face, only to find that her face was covered with a lot of condensation. "Senior brother, you can't go. Trust me."

That's right, they all match.

Why did the demonic tide suddenly descend? Why are there Heavenly Laws? Why has even the Demon Mother Tree appeared?

Everything matches up.

Lin Du's heart pounded violently, and murderous intent surged within him.

It turns out that this isn't about Ni Jinxuan.

They came for Hou Cang.

In the original timeline, after Hou Cang returned to his sect and gradually reconciled with Lin Tuan, he unexpectedly received the inheritance of the Heavenly Dao in a secret realm. He discovered that he had always been guided by the Heavenly Dao, and that his life's destiny and encounters were all predetermined. The suffering he had endured and the grace he had received were all meant to make him sacrifice himself to the Heavenly Dao.

His temperament changed completely after that.

Before realizing that the Demon Lord possessed the Three Poisons Mist of Heavenly Dao Rules, she might have thought that this Heavenly Dao Secret Realm was a gift from heaven.

Fortunately, she noticed, and fortunately, Han Yueling was there...

Lin Du looked up at Hou Cang. Everything was getting better. Even though he had selfish motives towards Lin Tuan, even to the point of obsession, he still knew that he was a righteous cultivator. He would risk his life and do his best to protect the righteous path and the people. Even if he didn't like his fellow disciples, he would still fight alongside them.

But what if he is misled by this so-called inheritance of the Heavenly Dao?

Lin Du was having trouble breathing, but in just a few breaths, he had figured everything out in his mind.

Qianyu created this demonic tide, plunging all cultivators into despair. The appearance of this Heavenly Dao Secret Realm will surely draw the desperate into it. It is clearly a secret realm filled with the three poisons, yet all cultivators will regard it as a gift from Heaven.

This strategy serves two purposes: first, it forces all cultivators who are blocking the demonic tide to abandon their resistance and enter the secret realm, thus causing Huangshi City to fall and Zhongzhou to inevitably lose a significant portion of its territory.

Secondly, he wanted to make Hou Cang aware of his fate, which would completely unleash the three poisons hidden and suppressed in his heart. Lin Du didn't even want to think about the series of tragedies that followed.

She took a deep breath, looked up at Hou Cang, and didn't even realize her voice was trembling, "Senior brother, trust me, don't go."

Hou Cang looked at his junior sister in front of him. She was usually arrogant and unrestrained, but at this moment she was in a sorry state. Her blue clothes were stained with mottled demon blood, her face was pale and unbearable, and her eyes were filled with endless storms, like a snow mountain collapsing, surging and indescribable.

He shouldn't have been affected by other people's emotions, but he sensed Lin Du's endless panic and sorrow, like a green bamboo bent over by a blizzard.

Shouldn't Lin Du be a strategist with a rebellious streak? Why is she like this?

He was puzzled, but inexplicably said, "Okay, I believe you."

Ju Yuan and Pei Qin cursed and swore as they fought off the demonic tree, "Damn this Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, why did it have to come of all times? Are they kidding me!"

"Hey, wait, what are you two doing? I'm telling you, anyone can go up there, but we can't! Let's kill this mother tree first!"