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

Shortly after Qi Zhen failed to form his core, just as he emerged from the first golden pillar and was about to go find the people from the Supreme Sect, the ground suddenly shook beneath his feet.

The cultivators still inside the golden hall were all taken aback. "What's going on? Is another demonic tide approaching outside?"

"No, no..."

"This feeling is..."

"The secret realm is disintegrated!!!"

The group of cultivators hurriedly ran out of the palace gate, but Qi Zhen stood there incredulously.

The commotion and the fluctuations in the air did indeed indicate that space was about to disintegrate. But if a secret realm were to disintegrate, it would mean that its origin had been utterly destroyed. How could that be?

The origin of the Golden Palace is divided into nine sources and eighteen pillars. The true core is hidden in the intersection of time and space. Its location is extremely special and it is impossible to enter by luck or chance unless one has witnessed the creation of this secret realm.

Who was it? Was it one of his foolish subordinates who leaked the information, allowing his enemies to sabotage him?

That's impossible. The golden palace is inlaid with treasures that he painstakingly seized and offered as tribute to his subordinates. At its core is the power of fragments of the Heavenly Dao. It can almost be said that he created it all by himself, so there's no way the information could have been leaked.

Qi Zhen stood in the main hall, watching the space crumble little by little, watching the golden pillars collapse and the ceiling shatter. He couldn't hide his anger. The broken pieces looked as ugly as if they had been gnawed by a dog, all bare. He didn't even know what to take the opportunity to reclaim!

Where did the power of rules go?

He had planned his tribulation long ago, but at the last step, he inexplicably failed. It turned out that the secret realm's origin was damaged, and the power of heavenly lightning was directly drained away.

If he successfully transcends the tribulation, the fragments of the Heavenly Dao will allow him to ascend to the Azure Cloud Ranking, thus enabling him to perfectly integrate into the Supreme Sect. But damn it, who can tell him who broke the source and extracted the power of the rules!

Qi Zhen was so angry that he almost had a heart attack. Among the demonic cultivators, apart from him, he could coexist peacefully with the power of origin. Other demons could not contain the power of origin of the Heavenly Dao and could only be spiritual cultivators!

Who is it? Which bastard is it?

"There's still something on the golden pillar, take it with you quickly." A voice came through the debris of the disintegrated ruins with perfect clarity.

Qi Zhen recognized the voice immediately; it was none other than Lin Du.

This Supreme Sect must be desperate for money! They eat and drink medicine from bowls every day, so they've bankrupted the sect and that's why they act like such poor wretches.

The Demon Lord's molars were grinding together, his muscles were tense, his chest was heaving violently, and the veins on his forehead were bulging.

Stop pretending! Kill them all today! Kill them all!

Just as Qi Zhen's eyes were bloodshot and he was so angry he could no longer pretend, a voice in his mind said, "If we give up halfway now, the losses will be even greater. It's better to wait a little longer..."

Qi Zhen gradually calmed down, took a deep breath, and thought it was good that the Supreme Sect had taken it, because they could take it back later.

Since we've already put in so much effort, why not give it another shot?

He turned his head again, watching the Supreme Sect members frantically digging for gems in the ruins, and took another deep breath to calm himself down.

"Senior sister! Senior brother!"

The six members of the Supreme Sect turned around, but their hands continued to dig for gems.

"Junior brother, wait a minute. Let's pick up the usable one and take it home first." After confirming that Qi Zhen looked undamaged, Ni Jinxuan immediately looked away.

Qi Zhen's face was somewhat stiff, but he still gritted his teeth and responded.

"Lin Du." Sheng Yan spotted Lin Du amidst the crumbling ruins, collected a few metal blocks from the secret realm, and walked over.

"Hmm?" Lin Du straightened up and looked at her.

"Just now, the youngest one in your sect was trying to undergo the Core Formation Tribulation under the Thunder Tree, but he failed at the last bolt of heavenly lightning." Sheng Yan paused, his long, upturned fox eyes glancing lightly at Qi Zhen's location.

Lin Du didn't turn around, but smiled. "Oh, it's Qi Zhen. But he doesn't look like he failed his tribulation."

"That's all I wanted to say." Sheng Yan beckoned.

Lin Du obediently moved closer, waiting for her to speak.

"In theory, it is possible to advance in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, but under the Thunder Tree, the heavenly lightning strikes very quickly. Logically speaking, this should be a disadvantage for cultivators, as they have no time to prepare. But that kid was just sitting there, and nothing seemed amiss. The heavenly lightning just kept striking down, very smoothly."

A strange look flashed in Lin Du's eyes. Why was Qi Zhen doing this?

Sheng Yan whispered in her ear, keeping his voice very low, while Er Gou was inexplicably making noise by banging on scrap metal on the ground, further obscuring their conversation.

"The reason it's considered a failure is because during the last bolt of heavenly lightning, the power of the lightning suddenly receded, and then all the heavenly lightning power on the entire tree disappeared."

Lin Du had a plan in mind.

Oh, she did it, then it's alright.

Regardless of what the Demon Lord was planning, she simply ruined it without hesitation.

She smiled at Sheng Yan with narrowed eyes, "It's alright, I did it."

Looking at her, Sheng Yan inexplicably thought of the wild cat slaves that their Tongtian Sect had taken in at the foot of the mountain, who could still give you a clear and innocent smile after destroying your home.

Sheng Yan smiled helplessly, "You know what I mean, I'll go get some iron for forging knives."

Lin Du nodded and pointed to a spot in the ruins, "Over there, over there, are the main materials for forging knives."

The next day, the Supreme Sect returned with a full load. When they returned to the sect, they gathered together to divide the spoils. In front of several True Immortals, they took out an entire wall plaster. The wall was inlaid with countless crystals and precious stones, and its spiritual energy was abundant. However, its structure was somewhat strange.

Cang Li's eyelids twitched. "You guys scraped off the plaster from someone's wall?"

"Hehe," Yuan Ye chuckled slyly, "Actually, it's not like that."

"What is that?" Cang Li asked, arms crossed.

"There's also a whole floorboard! You didn't expect that, did you!" Yuan Ye gestured for Yan Qing to take it out.

Feng Chao, Cangli, Ju Yuan: ...?

"That's what you call surpassing your teacher!" Ju Yuan exclaimed approvingly. "Keep up the good work!"

Feng Chao covered her face, "Did anyone else see that?"

"No! There's only one body!" Ni Jinxuan assured them.

The three real people looked at Ni Jinxuan at the same time: ?

Lin Du explained, "Tian Wu has seen one of Lao Ba's puppets. It's somewhat similar to the theory of Quan Jiangren, but the direction is not quite the same. I guess the two of them figured it out from the same book."

The three of them were relieved. "That's good."

"Oh, by the way, the Central Plains Chronicles said today that Qi Zhen's name flashed briefly on the Azure Cloud Ranking and then disappeared. Did he fail to form his core? Keep an eye on him recently, and make sure his Dao heart isn't damaged." Feng Chao remembered this.

Lin Du was suddenly enlightened by a single sentence.

Qi Zhen felt that he had advanced faster than them and it was strange that he hadn't made it onto the Azure Cloud Ranking yet. That's why he wanted to let the power of the Heavenly Dao Rules in his body intervene in the Azure Cloud Ranking, so that he could naturally be listed and then perfectly integrate into the Supreme Sect.

Lin Du thought for a moment, then this fragment of Heavenly Dao rules mixed with the three poisons is indeed infinitely close to the fragment of Heavenly Dao, so what exactly is it?

She stood up. "I have something to do. You guys can divide it up first."

Several people looked up at the same time, "Second Senior Sister went into seclusion to form her Nascent Soul, could it be that Junior Uncle is also going into seclusion to advance his cultivation?"

"No, that's not it." Lin Du smiled. "I have a question that I've never been able to answer, and no one has been able to give me a proper explanation."

"So, I've decided to ask the heavens directly."

Lin Du spoke in a calm tone, standing outside the crowd. Behind her in green was a misty cloud. She stretched out a finger and pointed directly at the sky above her head.

The peaks here soar into the clouds, making it feel as if you could reach out and touch the sky.