It turns out, they were the main characters.

Yan Ruyu smiled and nodded, but a hint of apology appeared in her eyes as she looked at Mu Zhian.

My initial motives for choosing Mu Zhi'an as an inner disciple were somewhat impure. Seeing Mu Zhi'an's attitude now, I can't help but feel ashamed.

Watching Mu Zhian's departing figure, Yan Ruyu's eyes held a thoughtful expression. At that moment, Yu Ziyan's eyes flickered slightly, and she suddenly whispered, "The spiritual energy in the world seems to be gradually becoming denser...?"

Yan Ruyu looked up at the sky, her eyes seemingly filled with interwoven colors. After a long while, her beautiful eyes flickered slightly, and she said softly, "The rules of heaven and earth are being rewritten... Perhaps a new Void Return Realm will appear in the future."

If that's the case, Mu Zhian's future value will likely be much, much higher than it is now...

Originally, thanks to the divine favor bestowed upon them by the Azure Emperor, the chief disciples did not encounter any new bottlenecks for a short period after breaking through that barrier. If they continued to cultivate in this way, reaching the peak of the Returning to the Void realm would only be a matter of time.

However, due to the limitations of heaven and earth, the peak of returning to the void is already the ultimate goal of cultivation.

But now the rules of heaven and earth have been rewritten, and new realms of enlightenment will be allowed to emerge in the future...

According to the rules, no more than thirty people in the Enlightenment Realm will appear in the Nine Provinces. If one wants to step into the Enlightenment Realm, the fastest way is...

“Mu Zhian’s spiritual energy is much richer than before. During this period, his innate furnace may have encountered some opportunities,” Yu Ziyan said softly.

Yan Ruyu remained calm, but as she gazed in the direction Mu Zhian had left, her slender fingertips lightly touched her red lips, and her beautiful eyes revealed a thoughtful expression.

……

After leaving the arena, Mu Zhian leisurely looked around. At this moment, in mid-air, like a mirror reflecting water, more than a dozen different scenes appeared, and he saw several familiar figures in them.

Mu Zhian's gaze first fell on Bai Ruoxi. When he saw a flash of sword light behind the beauty in the palace dress, quickly ending the battle, his eyes showed a hint of admiration.

"Ruoxi's strength is indeed much stronger than before... The battles between people of the same level ended so quickly."

Moreover, perhaps due to Gong Lianyue's influence, her temperament seemed to have become more dignified than before, giving people a sense of aloofness that made her difficult to approach.

Just as Mu Zhian thought of this, a pink mist suddenly flashed before his eyes, and that mist... was emanating from Bai Ruoxi!

Mu Zhian narrowed his eyes and stared at Bai Ruoxi in the picture for a few more glances. Bai Ruoxi was wearing a clean and elegant white palace dress that covered her slender and tight body. The golden sword energy on her back exuded an amazing pressure.

Behind Bai Ruoxi, the faint outlines of four tails seemed to appear!

On Bai Ruoxi's head, a pair of rather cute fox ears also appeared at this moment.

Mu Zhian rubbed his eyes, only to find that the illusory image he was seeing had quietly crumbled into powder, as if it had never existed.

When Mu Zhian looked up again, Bai Ruoxi was still the same Bai Ruoxi, without any pinkish demonic aura or any demonic characteristics.

"Is it just my imagination...? But logically, cultivators shouldn't be seeing things..." Mu Zhian glanced at the reactions of the surrounding cultivators, but found that no one seemed to have noticed Bai Ruoxi's demonic cultivation characteristics.

"Could it be that I really saw it wrong...?"

Thinking of this, Mu Zhian was about to look away.

At this moment, he suddenly spotted the exact same demonic aura among the surrounding cultivators!

The demonic cultivator hid among the crowd, appearing no different from an ordinary cultivator. However, in Mu Zhian's eyes, the cultivator was now completely revealing his demonic nature to him!

It wasn't my imagination after all; I really could see those demon cultivators hiding their identities within the sect!

Mu Zhian turned his head slightly to look at Ying Guhuan in front of the high platform in the distance. A huge demonic aura emanated from her back, pinkish-red, like a god descending to earth, bewitching and charming.

Seemingly noticing Mu Zhian's gaze, Ying Guhuan looked over and then suddenly smiled sweetly.

Mu Zhian's heart skipped a beat. He gave her a reserved smile and then quietly looked away.

"I can see who the demon cultivators in the sect are... This must be the work of the Demon Queen?" Mu Zhian thought to himself.

The Demon Queen recently abducted his spirit to the Demon Realm, and during that time he was unconscious for a period of time. During that time, the alluring queen may have done something to him...

When Mu Zhian thought of this, he looked up at Bai Ruoxi in the picture again, and his eyes showed a thoughtful look.

Demon cultivators in the demon realm have special methods to conceal their demonic aura, and Her Majesty the Empress should be aware of these methods.

Perhaps we could try asking her...

……

"But talk is cheap, how exactly do you use this thing?"

After the first round of the Ascension Tournament ended, Mu Zhian returned to Tianhe Garden and took out the bronze mirror stored in his storage ring.

The fact that I could see the demonic aura of other demon cultivators in the sect today must also be the work of the Demon Queen. This mirror is her gift, which also means that I have officially become one of her 'confidants'... Mu Zhian understood. Looking at the smooth mirror surface, he seemed to have thought of something. His spiritual energy surged and quietly poured into the mirror.

In that instant, Mu Zhian felt the surrounding environment turn pitch black, as if he were falling uncontrollably straight down from endless darkness.

Slowly, a ray of light appeared before his eyes, and in that light, he saw a very familiar figure.

She was a woman dressed in a black robe with a black hood. A strand of silver hair could be vaguely seen under the hood. The tight black robe outlined her sexy curves, and her lips under the hood had a sickly sheen.

"The Primordial Witch? What's she doing here...?"

"Wasn't this mirror a gift from the Demon Queen?"

"She said I could see her in my dreams through this mirror, but the person I saw was the Primordial Witch... Could it be that I even dream about her?"

At this moment, countless questions flashed through Mu Zhian's mind, and his heart was filled with confusion.

Suddenly, his falling speed slowed down, and slowly, Mu Zhian felt himself stepping on the floor.

The tall and slender Demon Queen appeared behind Mu Zhi'an at some point and said in a low voice, "This mirror can reflect a person's heart. You saw the Primordial Witch, which means that you can't forget her, and even in your dreams you long to see her."

Her voice was as calm as ever, yet it also seemed to carry a hint of allure.

This woman possesses an irresistible allure, but if one truly becomes infatuated with her, one might not even realize when it has completely consumed them.

For a moment, Mu Zhian almost became intoxicated by it, but the rings and necklaces he was wearing immediately had a calming effect. He calmed himself down slightly and turned to look.

"Your Majesty just said that I am still thinking about the Primordial Witch... but I haven't been thinking about her at all lately."

The Demon Queen gave Mu Zhi'an a deep look, her beautiful purple eyes, as gorgeous as stars, revealing a profound meaning: "This mirror can reflect a person's inner world and will materialize his inner desires in his dreams."

Does this mean I can do whatever I want to the person I'm thinking of in this dream...? Mu Zhian asked, "Does Your Majesty mean that the person I care about most right now is the Primordial Witch, and that I'm not even aware of it myself?"

As he said this, he couldn't help but glance at the Demon Queen a couple more times.

The ruler of this demon realm was none other than a mature and alluring woman, with her hair framing her bewitching and beautiful face. She wore a long dress with a light purple base, embroidered with blooming purple flowers, and a ribbon around her waist that accentuated her sexy and seductive figure, making her extremely alluring.

Such a woman is hard to control, but if one day you could win her heart, you would probably feel so good you couldn't breathe... Mu Zhian thought to himself.

In terms of body proportions alone, the Demon Queen is probably the most perfect woman Mu Zhian knows. If she were in modern times, with high heels, she would be even taller than Mu Zhian.

At this moment, Mu Zhian suddenly noticed the gaze of the woman opposite him. He looked up and saw that the Demon Queen's beautiful eyes were filled with a hint of amusement as she looked him up and down, as if to say: You've got some nerve.

Mu Zhian's eyelids twitched slightly.

Holy crap, she can read minds even in dreams?!

When he thought of this, he immediately felt a sense of helplessness.

Sometimes people's thoughts are uncontrollable, especially when they see such a charming and graceful woman standing in front of them, all sorts of random thoughts will naturally pop into their minds.

Fortunately, the Demon Queen did not seem to care about these trivial matters. She pursed her alluring red lips and her eyes were filled with a hint of charm: "You have only been back at the Liangyi Sect for a short time and you have come to see me again in a hurry. Is there something you want to say?"

After calming down slightly, Mu Zhian gave a brief explanation of Bai Ruoxi's demonic aura.

"If Ruoxi enters the Void Returning Realm in the future, her demonic aura will be difficult to suppress. Since Your Majesty was able to send demon cultivators to the Liangyi Sect to hide their identities, there must be some special means to conceal their demonic aura?" Mu Zhian asked.

Asking the Demon Queen about this matter would be less stressful. But if he asked Yao Meng, firstly, she might not know much about demon cultivators, and secondly, given their ambiguous relationship, expressing such sincere love for another woman in front of one woman... wouldn't that be courting death?

But the Demon Queen is different.

He and the Demon Queen were in a superior-subordinate relationship, so naturally he had no such concerns.

"Bai Ruoxi? Is she your girlfriend?"

The Demon Queen recalled the beautiful woman in the palace dress she had seen in the Martial Realm that day, a hint of danger flashing in her bewitching eyes: "You've come to me for help with her matter? Who is whose subordinate?"

"Furthermore, to openly express another woman's concern and affection in front of one woman—is that because you're protective of your wife, or because you don't respect me at all?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Zhian couldn't help but smile wryly and said, "Your Majesty is an unparalleled beauty. To be honest, I don't think any man can resist your charm. I think this mind-reading ability has already given you the answer."

“However, it is precisely because of your status that…” Mu Zhian shook his head and sighed sincerely.

This time, his sigh was genuine... because he truly felt some regret at that moment.

The Demon Queen is such a powerful and domineering woman who can also read minds; if he wanted to win her over, the difficulty would probably be hellish.

The Demon Queen slightly twitched the corners of her mouth, but maintained her usual indifference.

This scene could probably be remade into a classic short film called "The Self-Cultivation of an Actress".

At this moment, she suddenly said, "I do know how to hide my demonic aura. Even during the tribulation of returning to the Void Realm or even the Enlightenment Realm, my demonic aura will not leak out."

"Nine-tailed foxes once existed in the demon realm, and I also know the secrets of their evolution."

Mu Zhian's eyes brightened slightly as he looked up at the Demon Queen.

The fact that she put it this way means that she genuinely intends to help him.

"What does Your Majesty need me to do?" Mu Zhian asked.

He was a smart man and naturally understood the meaning behind the Demon Queen's words.

She wants something from him, and in exchange, she will tell him how to conceal her demonic aura and the secrets of the nine-tailed fox's evolution.

The Demon Queen paused for a moment, then a hint of allure appeared in her beautiful eyes as she chuckled, "If I had to say, you do indeed possess something I desire."

"You still have an Emperor-level medicinal herb in your innate furnace, right?"

Her gaze casually swept over Mu Zhian's body: "Use it as an exchange."

“That’s no problem, but how do I hand it over to you?” Mu Zhian asked.

He naturally didn't believe that such an arrogant being as the Demon Queen would be willing to use methods like dual cultivation to exchange for Emperor-level medicinal herbs with him... Perhaps she had some special secret method that allowed her to directly extract Emperor-level medicinal herbs from the Natural Furnace?

The Demon Queen raised her slender, delicate hand and beckoned with her finger: "Come here."

Despite his doubts, Mu Zhian slowly approached her and asked, "And then?"

The Demon Queen's alluring red lips curved into a seductive smile as she looked down at him, saying, "Hold me."

Mu Zhian was taken aback and fell into a brief moment of contemplation.

Did I hear that wrong...?

"Don't worry, I won't harm you, nor will I do anything outrageous," the Demon Queen said softly.

I just intended to tell her.

You little bitch... I'm back!