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

The thunder gradually subsided, and the spirit ship had traveled halfway through its journey. Lin Du, however, felt a pang of regret. "Do you really think there's nothing left in that underground palace?"

Ni Jinxuan immediately understood Lin Du's meaning. "Junior Uncle! I want to go back!"

Her eyes sparkled. "My gut tells me I can go back!"

Xia Tianwu was preoccupied with something else: "Are the artificial demons really only the ones we found last time?"

"There must be others who were released a long time ago. After I get Wenfu's address, we'll go out for a walk."

Having just completed the advancement, I'm full of energy.

After Lin Du finished speaking, he beckoned to the others, and all five of them moved closer to Lin Du at the same time, secretly connecting with each other through their divine senses.

"After we return to the sect and handle the important matters, we'll come back. I'll bring bodyguards with me, so even if we encounter the Demon Lord again, we won't be afraid."

The five of them lit up, and after finalizing their plan, they chuckled knowingly.

The cultivators from the three sects, having escaped the calamity, finally came to their senses and remembered their primary purpose for this trip.

"I never imagined that both the Qingyun and Chongxiao rankings were part of a conspiracy by Fusifang."

"Such intentions are truly sinister."

"However, Sect Leader Fengchao, you said that Fusifang secretly transformed people into demons, but there is none on this island, and it seems that Qianyu and Fusifang are not colluding."

"But isn't the timing of Demon Lord Qianyu's appearance today a bit too coincidental? If Ju Yuan Zhenren's junior disciple is indeed the Demon Lord, and this Demon Lord is lying in ambush at the Supreme Sect, did Zhenren discover this beforehand?"

"If they had discovered this beforehand, why didn't they contact us? We could have launched a coordinated attack and avoided being caught off guard. Besides, the Supreme Sect has a bunch of top experts..."

Lin Du, who had been quietly playing chess, looked up at the person who spoke, his face calm, his gray eyes cold.

"I say, sir," Lin Du was young, and it was indeed inappropriate for her to interrupt at this time, but her cultivation was high, and even if everyone was uncomfortable, they all had to quiet down and listen to her, "are you questioning whether my master didn't take action?"

The True Person who had doubts about the Supreme Sect fell silent in an instant.

"Our Supreme Sect is also a victim. My senior brother is kind-hearted and compassionate. He took in the orphans of the massacred village. This must have been known for a long time. This Demon Lord has the power of the rules in his hands. Even the Azure Cloud Ranking cannot easily distinguish the spiritual cultivators he has conjured. If you all think that our Supreme Sect has already reached the Heavenly Dao, then so be it."

"Victim blaming is unacceptable, don't you think?" Lin Du said, glancing down at his chessboard. "We're all doing this for the sake of the Dongming Realm. If we don't talk about these things, we'll still have to explain things to the demon cultivators later. Let's think about how to explain things to them."

In spiritual cultivation, there is a clear distinction between human cultivators and demon cultivators, and their relationship is inherently fragile. Demon cultivators think that human cultivators are cunning and bound by rules, while human cultivators think that demon cultivators are simple, crude, and devoid of ethics and morality.

After Lin Du transformed the internal conflict into an external one, he stopped talking. Someone continued the conversation following Lin Du's lead, and the atmosphere returned to harmony.

The truth about the Azure Cloud Ranking and the Soaring Cloud Ranking has been revealed. Taking advantage of this, the Supreme Sect invited people from all races of the demon realm to come and witness their ritual to deliver artificial demons, and to announce the inside story of these events.

The cultivators from the three sects were all taken directly to the Jun Ding Mansion in Ding Jiu City by the spirit ship.

As soon as Lin Du returned to the sect, Mu Chen came out to greet him with the child in his arms. "Lin Du, it seems that thing made a special trip to the inner treasury when it left, but because it didn't have a disciple token or an inner treasury token, the restrictions and formations couldn't be broken. The formation was mostly destroyed, and it looks like it's been chewed up by a dog. Remember to repair it later."

Lin Du: ...The punishment for that thing was too lenient, she really was.

She drawled, "I understand..."

No matter how arrogant she is outside, she still has to repair the warehouse when she gets home. What do you call that? She's born to be a workaholic; she's indispensable everywhere.

Lin Du carried his tools to the inner warehouse, worked diligently to finish the repairs, and then stood up to return to Luo Ze.

"You've advanced so quickly, can your Dao Heart keep up?" Yan Ye asked as soon as he saw her land in Luoze territory.

"Don't worry, my cultivation level can't keep up with your disciple's Dao heart." Lin Du waved his hand, his mind already starting to blur. "Alright, go back and get some sleep, I'm too tired."

Yan Ye clenched his fist regretfully. He'd better remember this slap on the head.

"Hey, I'll take you to see the sea another day. This time, things happened so suddenly, I was too busy hammering the Demon Lord into the sea." After saying that, Lin Du disappeared from the spot, nimbly entered the empty and bare cave, lay down on the ice bed, and fell asleep immediately.

Han Yueling struggled to emerge, "Hey, I'm not kidding, but where's my food?! Where's my food?! You didn't give all the power of the rules to the Heavenly Dao here, did you?!"

Lin Du was still dazed and gestured for Han Yueling to rummage through her storage ring herself.

"I've kept a backup plan; you'll have to find it yourself."

Han Yueling grumbled as she went inside, then came out contentedly carrying a small stone, rubbing it against her face. "Ah~ the power of Taiyin..."

It turned its head to look at Lin Du, who was already fast asleep, and smacked its lips. Sure enough, thinking too much can only be solved by sleeping, but physical strength can be restored by eating!

Lin Du had exhausted a lot of his spiritual energy and slept very soundly. In the end, he was dragged out of bed by Feng Chao himself.

"Get up and change into something proper. You still have to go on such an important occasion."

Lin Du was thrown a heavy, wide-sleeved monastic robe embroidered with gold and silver threads. Upon closer inspection, she found the embroidery patterns to be remarkably familiar, featuring the sun, moon, stars, unicorns, cranes, and the Eight Treasures Pagoda. It looked expensive and extremely solemn.

"Didn't we say that our Supreme Sect doesn't have disciple robes?"

"Yeah, but what's wrong with dressing properly for a ritual?" Feng Chao blinked. "Hurry up, the demons are almost all here. He Gui, Yan Qing, and Yuan Ye are all busy, while Mo Lin and Jin Xuan have already finished the arrangements."

Lin Du understood; she was there to act as a mascot and, incidentally, to politely "answer questions" at the event later.

As expected, all the cultivators of the Supreme Sect today, from top to bottom, were wearing the same style of heavily embroidered robes with intricate patterns. Except for Feng Chao, they were all blue-green, looking neat and tidy, and they all looked serious.

Unlike the usual Taoist rituals, before the altar was opened and the spirits were placed in peace, Xia Tianwu, with Su Mu and Du Shao, disciples of the Jishi Sect, led the way and demonstrated to everyone the process they had developed for rescuing man-made demons, removing their bodies, and preserving their souls.

Previously, each family had encountered man-made demons and knew that those who became demons could not be reborn. However, being able to save these spiritual souls was undoubtedly a good thing.

No wonder the Supreme Sect, which doesn't hold an ascension ceremony even when someone ascends to immortality, has invited people from all walks of life to hold a Daoist ceremony.

"Speaking of which, I see quite a few of these are the souls of demon cultivators," a ruggedly dressed cultivator said. "We demons are few in number, and we've only encountered a few before, but looking at this, there seem to be quite a few."

Xia Tian nodded. "Indeed, there are. It's not just humans; demon cultivators make up forty percent of them."

"After the dojo ends, I will give you all the Soul-Retaining Elixir that I have refined. If you encounter any artificial demons in the future, you can help them reincarnate."

She stood before the altar, poised and graceful, her cool face bathed in a warm, golden glow.

The sunlight illuminated the entire dojo, making it crystal clear. Amidst the agonizing roars of the demons that had been transformed, Xia Tianwu's voice, like a clear spring flowing over rocks, gradually dispelled the bloodthirsty agony of those imprisoned in brutal bodies.

The jet-black, scarlet body rapidly vanished in the specially prepared spiritual liquid, with clusters of souls, shimmering with a faint glow, rising one after another like translucent jellyfish.

Just then, Mo Lin stepped forward and, at Feng Chao's behest, opened the altar and performed the ritual of pacifying the spirit, in his capacity as the sect's eldest disciple. His movements were steady and powerful, flowing smoothly and solemnly, with the clear breeze and warm human light reflecting off him.

"This is outrageous! They've gone too far in bullying us demon cultivators. Although the culprit has been brought to justice, this evil spirit is really annoying. I propose that we demon cultivators go together and wipe out all those evil cultivators in Fanqian City, to prevent anyone from going to extremes again."

"Beasts are beasts, they have nothing to do with us sea creatures. We live in the sea, we're hard to catch, don't drag me into this," another cultivator in shimmering clothes said.

"Hey, wait, if you're so capable, why don't you just say you're not a demon cultivator!"

Lin Du stood upright to the side, whispering to his senior sister beside him, "How come these demon cultivators can even start arguing like this?"

"That's how demon cultivators are," Feng Yi said seriously. "They have this kind of back-and-forth between the sea races and the land races every time. It's a small matter; you'll get used to it."

"Hey! Zhen Liu!" A voice suddenly came from in front of Lin Du.

Lin Du: ...

She looked up and saw an excited Yue Han, dressed in a magnificent robe that shimmered in the sunlight.

In front of everyone, Lin Du could only nod slightly in greeting and smile reservedly.

Yue Han chuckled, "Oh no! It's Lin Du! My dad said your cultivation level is about the same as his now! Lin Du, you're amazing! When I was your age, I was still a cub!"

Lin Du: ...There's no need to make such an analogy.