It turns out, they were the main characters.

Mu Zhian ignored him, or rather, he had no intention of answering.

At this moment, his cauldron was spinning at high speed, while he was still chewing pills.

He couldn't intervene in the battle of the Returning to the Void Realm, but the elders of the Yaochi Holy Land and the Queen Mother of Yaochi were able to temporarily stop them.

However, if this continues to be delayed, the situation will become increasingly dire.

If you want to leave, you have to do everything you can.

Mu Zhian took out another jade bottle and poured all the pills into his mouth.

Most of these are pills for restoring spiritual energy, including a Turtle Breathing Pill.

"I hope the Turtle Breathing Pill will work. I can't die yet..." Mu Zhian thought to himself as he raised his hand to manipulate the array. Each golden firebird pierced into a cultivator's body, burning their cauldron to ashes.

He caught up with the Holy Maiden of Yaochi. As the formation operated, it continuously slaughtered all the cultivators surrounding the outside, while the spiritual energy in his cauldron was rapidly dissipating.

Although most of these cultivators were at the Qi Refining stage, even those at the Divine Refining stage couldn't withstand the sheer number of people. Despite being constantly enveloped in moonlight, the Holy Maiden of Yaochi's face remained deathly pale.

These cultivators gradually learned to be smarter during the battle. Only a portion of them stayed at the entrance to block them, while the rest fired 'sneak attacks' from behind, depleting Mu Zhian and the Holy Maiden of Yaochi's spiritual energy.

Wei Mengrou was also powerless to help Mu Zhian, as she was blocked by the woman in the black dress.

The woman in the black dress clearly wasn't trying to kill Wei Mengrou; she simply wanted to stall her. Her expression remained relaxed, as if she were a cat toying with a mouse.

It wasn't that she didn't want to kill her, but her constitution was special, and she had just sensed something strange about the yellow-skirted maid. If she were to kill her rashly now, things might go wrong.

"Even with the Rejuvenation Pill, the spiritual energy supply is insufficient. If this continues, I'm really going to die..." Mu Zhi'an looked at the densely packed crowd and felt a sense of foreboding.

However, if he retreats now, he will undoubtedly make the Holy Maiden of Yaochi the target of everyone's attacks.

If they don't leave, they might all perish here.

At this moment, he suddenly sensed that the Holy Maiden of Yaochi was faintly emanating an extremely terrifying spiritual energy. She turned her head slightly to look at Mu Zhi'an and transmitted her voice, "Young Master Mu, I will send you away from this place."

Her once clear and bright eyes had turned a pale gold color.

Mu Zhian could sense that her vitality seemed to have diminished considerably.

Is this girl really that hardworking...? Mu Zhian was slightly taken aback.

The Holy Maiden of Yaochi clearly used some kind of secret method to forcibly raise her own realm, but after this, her lifespan will also be greatly affected.

If she fails to successfully enter the Void Returning Realm and extend her lifespan, she might perish along the way.

However, Mu Zhian only saw a resolute look in the eyes of the Holy Maiden of Yaochi.

How am I supposed to run away now... Mu Zhian sighed inwardly.

Then, he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

"Get out of the way," he suddenly transmitted his voice.

The moment a doubt flashed through the mind of the Holy Maiden of Yaochi, she saw Mu Zhian raise the black sword in his hand.

The spiritual energy in his cauldron vanished completely in an instant, and the Lone Star Sword merged with the surging spiritual energy at that moment.

The ground trembled slightly, and several Void Returning Realm cultivators who were fighting not far away also noticed this. Fu Yuan's expression changed slightly, and he said urgently, "Quickly retreat!"

However, his warning came too late. As soon as Fu Yuan finished speaking, Mu Zhian's sword had already slashed down from mid-air.

Focus on one thing, and you'll reach the pinnacle!

boom!

The sword strike erupted with dazzling light like a star, causing massive cracks to appear in the ground centered on Mu Zhian. The cultivators who stood in his way were blasted to pieces by the starlight before they could even dodge.

The shouts that had just blocked the doorway fell silent instantly. The Holy Maiden of Yaochi parted her red lips slightly, also somewhat stunned.

Such an offensive was completely unlike what a cultivator at the second level of the Spirit Refinement stage could unleash.

"Go!" Mu Zhi'an transmitted his voice, pulling the Holy Maiden of Yaochi back to reality from her daze.

His cauldron has completely lost its spiritual energy, so even if he wanted to run away, he couldn't.

The Holy Maiden of Yaochi gave Mu Zhian a deep look, then turned around without hesitation and rushed out of the Yaochi Holy Land.

Mu Zhian withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyelids slightly, and his eyes held a hint of darkness.

When the Holy Maiden of Yaochi asked him to leave, he still wanted to go.

But Sister Mengrou is still here... I always feel that after she leaves, she will live in the shadow of this choice for the rest of her life.

He was never a great philanthropist, but in this life, one doesn't seek to be compassionate and save the world, but only to have a clear conscience.

"Join forces to help the Holy Maiden send out the signal about the changes at Yaochi!"

The elders of Yaochi exchanged glances and, without hesitation, burned their own life force. This was a secret technique of Yaochi; if the Holy Maiden of Yaochi could use it, so could they.

boom!

A loud boom came from the barrier, but it remained completely unshaken.

"Humph!"

The elders of the two pavilions stepped forward to block the Yaochi elders.

At that moment, Mu Zhian suddenly felt a pain in his chest, and blood splattered from his body.

He slowly looked down and saw a dark blue flame blade pierce his heart.

The man in the green robe had a gloomy expression. He hadn't expected that, despite his meticulous planning, so many disciples would be injured or killed because of a mere cultivator in the Refining Spirit Realm.

"I told you, you would die a horrible death," the man in the green robe said slowly, his face grim.

Mu Zhian didn't speak, but coughed up blood.

"Damn it, why don't people in this world play by the rules? When I'm in the Refining Spirit Realm, enemies in the Returning Void Realm are running around everywhere... How am I supposed to compete like this?"

At this moment, past scenes kept flashing through Mu Zhian's mind, like a runaway film projector, until finally, his eyes gradually dimmed.

At the entrance of the Yaochi Holy Land, countless eyes were fixed on Mu Zhian. After a long silence, someone finally spoke.

"He's dead...?"

"...The Pavilion Master is mighty!"

"Kill him! So what if he's a natural furnace? He's of no use in battle!"

The disciples, who had been paralyzed by the Lone Star Sword, roared in anger and embarrassment after regaining their senses.

Mu Zhian's vision was blurry. Looking at everything in front of him, he saw the mocking smile on the face of the man in the green robe, the clash of swords and the shouting of killing in the distance, and the clamoring cultivators in front of him.

The sounds and images seemed to merge together in his mind, then accelerated until finally, his brain completely stopped functioning in the next moment.

Mu Zhian slowly closed his eyes.

……

Liangyi Sect, Tianhe Garden.

Lin Ling, who was sitting in the villa eating a meat bun, suddenly paused and subconsciously turned her head to look in a certain direction.

A hint of confusion appeared in her red eyes.

Then, as if sensing something, her eyes slowly widened, and the entire sky seemed to be reflected in her pupils.

"What is Senior Lin Ling looking at?" Bai Ruoxi, with her elegant and gentle demeanor, noticed Lin Ling's unusual expression and asked softly.

A few words appeared on the table. Bai Ruoxi looked at them and saw that they simply read: His life force has vanished.

"he……?"

Bai Ruoxi murmured to herself, and when she noticed the words on the table reappearing, she looked over and her gaze froze.

The name on the table is: Mu Zhian.

……

boom!

A violent collision occurred in mid-air. The Queen Mother of the West's lips turned deathly pale, and she stumbled backward several steps, her chest heaving violently.

With three cultivators at the Void Returning Realm, plus the fact that she possessed an ancestral artifact, she naturally couldn't handle them alone.

If it weren't for the fact that all three of them were worried about the Queen Mother of the West's retaliation before her death and wanted to drag one of them down with her, she would have been unable to hold on by now.

The Queen Mother of Yaochi regulated her spiritual energy, her gaze sweeping across the ground before quickly settling on the young man standing at the entrance of the Yaochi Holy Land.

A large hole was torn open in his chest, and blood stained his robes. At his feet lay the corpses of cultivators, who had been killed by the Lone Star Sword, which had been concentrated in one spot, not long ago.

The Queen Mother of the West suddenly looked up, her face contorted with anger: "You—"

"What do you mean, 'we'?" the man in the green robe sneered. "Mu Zhi'an committed suicide out of fear of punishment. What does that have to do with us?"

"Besides, after the Azure Emperor's death, who else can stand up for him?"

A minor cultivator, by sheer luck, met the Azure Emperor. However, the Azure Emperor was still in the process of condensing his cauldron. Although there were five Void Returning Realm elders from the Yaochi Holy Land guarding the area, the one who made the move this time was a subordinate of the First Demon Emperor.

They were naturally well-prepared before daring to take action.

Even if the Azure Emperor does survive this time and manages to create a cauldron, they have already shielded themselves from the secrets of heaven and fled the Eastern Continent with the elixirs.

boom!

A rumbling sound came from mid-air. The man in the green robe looked up slightly and saw an elder from Yaochi constantly bombarding the barrier in mid-air before his lifespan was about to end. He couldn't help but reveal a mocking smile on his face.

"As I have said, the barrier cannot be broken; only the caster can break this formation."

The Yaochi Elder had a white beard and an aged face, but golden flames burned in his eyes. He suddenly turned around and pounced on the Pavilion Master of Xuantian Pavilion.

However, the next moment, Fu Yuan suddenly moved. He was too fast. The ancestral artifact he summoned shone with power. He grabbed Elder Yaochi by the collar and then turned around and slammed him to the ground behind him.

The Queen Mother of Yaochi, restrained by the other two, glared angrily at Fu Yuan and said, "Fu Yuan!"

"Calm down. You're not feeling well right now. Be careful not to let anger get the better of you."

Fu Yuan revealed a cold smile and pulled a sharp blade from the void.

The Yaochi elder could only watch helplessly as the sharp blade fell from mid-air, his eyes filled with indignation and despair.

Click.

Just then, a crisp cracking sound suddenly came from the completely sealed Yaochi Holy Land, causing Fu Yuan's movements to stop abruptly.

The group was startled and instinctively looked up.

boom!