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"Your Majesty, it's no secret that the powerful figures in the capital and the border army commanders often have verbal disputes. Moreover, Ji Xinyu is very popular among the royal family members, and the commanders of the four major legions have always been members of the royal family. If the other three legions also gather in the capital... it's really hard to say who they will side with."

"what?"

The young emperor's face turned even paler, his eyes filled with terror, and tears seemed to glisten in them.

"Then... what should I do? If I issue an edict to abdicate the throne to Princess Dongge, will she spare me and my concubines?"

"This matter should never be mentioned again, Your Majesty!"

Another veteran official sighed deeply, his eyes filled with helplessness, but he could only rise and bow in greeting:

"The Eastern Legion is indeed an elite force, but to ensure its swift action, its numbers are only around 10. While the garrison of the capital may have slightly weaker individual combat strength, it numbers a staggering 50, and General Lu Zhen is a Dao Enlightenment stage expert. What is there to fear from the traitor Ji Xinyu?"

"In my opinion, we should have the General lead the garrison to launch a proactive attack and reinforce Qinglong Pass to defend it using its natural defenses. This will surely keep the traitorous army out!"

"Let General Lu Zhen lead the garrison to Qinglong Pass to meet the enemy... But what if another demonic tide appears around the capital?"

The young emperor looked troubled, but after thinking for a moment, he could only nod.

"But it seems there is no other way. If we can't stop the Eastern Legion at Qinglong Pass, we won't be able to hold them off on the flat plains... So let's send General Lu Zhen to attack."

The young emperor ultimately adopted the suggestion and issued an order for General Lu Zhen to lead the garrison to Qinglong Pass, about 500 kilometers east of the capital, to rely on the natural defenses to block the eastern army.

The location of Qinglong Pass is a large mountain range running from north to south within the empire. The mountains are complex and difficult to cross, and it also separates the central and eastern parts of the empire.

Originally, there were no roads in this mountain range for east-west travel, but 8000 years ago, the Dao Ancestor cut through the mountain with his sword to create an official road for the convenience of transportation within the empire. Qinglong Pass is the only pass on this official road.

The road here is narrow and the mountain walls on both sides are steep. Unless all soldiers can fly, any army that wants to pass must break through Qinglong Pass.

Qinglong Pass originally had 3 troops stationed there, and with the reinforcements from the garrison, the number of soldiers was several times that of the Eastern Legion.

Moreover, General Lu Zhen is also a Dao Enlightenment stage expert, and he is more than 100 years older than Ji Xinyu. It's hard to believe that he would lose the position so easily.

But how could those corrupt and powerful people in the capital know about Ji Xinyu's recent rapid improvement in strength?

Their impression of Ji Xinyu's strength was still based on what they had seen two or three years ago. She was a prodigy who had broken through to the Enlightenment stage at a young age, but that was all. The old fox was definitely more cunning, and Ji Xinyu was probably no match for General Lu Zhen.

The result was the complete opposite.

The Qinglong Pass, which had been on which high hopes were placed, couldn't even hold off the Eastern Army for a quarter of an hour before being completely defeated.

Ji Xinyu only fired three shots in this battle.

The first shot killed Lu Zhen, the great general on whom the capital had placed high hopes.

This general is indeed a powerful cultivator in the Enlightenment stage, but his decadent lifestyle in the capital has long since caused him to neglect his martial arts. In the original game, his strength would probably be less than level 150. Naturally, he couldn't even withstand a single move from Ji Xinyu, who is now around level 900.

The second shot was fired by the deputy commander of the garrison who had taken over command. He seemed to want to say something, but Ji Xinyu didn't give him a chance and stabbed him to death.

The third shot was fired when the most elite heavily armored swordsmen of the garrison tried to put up a last-ditch resistance, but Ji Xinyu killed more than a thousand of them with a single thrust of her fire-tasseled spear.

After that, the morale of the Qinglong Pass garrison completely collapsed. The soldiers had no will to fight anymore, and either laid down their weapons and surrendered or scattered and fled.

After breaching Qinglong Pass, a swift attack on the capital would be a matter of a single assault.

However, Ji Xinyu ordered the march to slow down, and even had the soldiers put away their mounts and slowly approach the capital on foot.

The soldiers all thought that Ji Xinyu was putting psychological pressure on the powerful and wealthy in the capital, trying to subdue them without a fight.

In reality, Ji Xinyu had other motives. Rather, her decision to raise an army at this time was not because she was truly eager for the throne, but rather to cooperate with Amelie's plan to reduce the pressure on the allied forces attacking the Immortal Sect headquarters in Yunshan.

After General Lu Zhen was defeated and killed, the powerful and wealthy families in the capital were naturally filled with anxiety.

They say they will live and die with His Majesty the Emperor, but they don't really mean it.

Initially, these people secretly contacted Ji Xinyu, asking if they would allow her to continue enjoying power and wealth if they supported her rise to power.

Ji Xinyu didn't even bother to answer; she simply killed all the envoys and then held a flag-raising ceremony in front of the entire army.

They offered sacrifices to the two large banners printed with the words, "Wealth and honor shall belong to the capable."

"A bunch of rotten, useless insects dare to dream of revitalizing the empire alongside me? How laughable!"

Ji Xinyu reiterated her determination to purge the powerful and influential figures in the capital.

Now the powerful and wealthy in the capital could no longer sit still. Since they could not make peace, they had no choice but to find a way to gather their strength to resist. They couldn't just sit and wait to die, could they?

Although most members of these powerful and aristocratic families only know how to indulge in a life of luxury and debauchery, they have also produced many geniuses over the thousands of years. Those geniuses are now in the immortal sects, and they are the protectors that enable these powerful and aristocratic families to maintain their status.

At a time of life and death for their families, even knowing that they were violating the orders of the Immortal Sect, many powerful members of the Immortal Sect who were originally resisting the Allied Forces in Yunshan still secretly slipped out, intending to return to the capital and join forces to resist Ji Xinyu and the Eastern Legion.

The arrival of more than a dozen Dao Enlightenment stage experts once again gave the nobles and dignitaries of the capital confidence.

Lu Zhen alone couldn't defeat Ji Xinyu, but now that more than a dozen strong people are attacking together, surely they can win?

Even if Ji Xinyu is a genius, she's only in her early twenties.

And which of those powerful and wealthy families who cultivated in the immortal sects wasn't a genius in their youth?

This wave is stable!

However, when the Eastern Legion was at the city gates and Ji Xinyu faced fourteen men alone, those noble families realized with despair that they had made a grave mistake.

There are also differences between the Enlightenment Stage and the Enlightenment Stage. Ji Xinyu's current strength can no longer be compensated for simply by quantity.

Those powerful immortals who secretly slipped back from Yunshan were no match for Ji Xinyu. Many even saw in Ji Xinyu the brilliance of the Dao Ancestor who swept across the world back then.

Of course, people who have this thought are actually terrified.

At the beginning of the year, during the war between Amelite and the Elf race, Amelite had already clearly seen something, and Ji Xinyu herself also sensed it.

That's Ji Xinyu's current fighting style, which is very suitable for crushing weaker opponents, but not for taking on tougher ones.

When facing opponents of the same or slightly stronger level, Ji Xinyu is now likely to find herself in a tough fight because her righteous cultivation methods and demonic techniques are severely separated, making her vulnerable to being targeted and defeated one by one.

Ji Xinyu excels at crushing weak opponents, especially when she launches sneak attacks in her soul form using an invisible sword. She can almost instantly kill anyone below level 500, and neither the victims nor the onlookers can even understand how they died, causing a great psychological shock.

The situation is the same now. The fourteen experts at the Enlightenment stage joined forces and initially suppressed Ji Xinyu, forcing her to constantly parry with her spear. Her golden chainmail was also frequently hit by magical treasures and spells.

Before the powerful noble families who were watching from afar could even rejoice, the powerful cultivators from the immortal sects who were besieging Ji Xinyu began to die inexplicably.

The manner of their deaths was strikingly consistent: their hearts were inexplicably pierced from behind, and then their entire bodies turned into ice shards that scattered in the wind, their bodies and souls annihilated.

Those powerful figures from the immortal sects were shocked, terrified, and tried every possible method, but they could do nothing and could only die one after another from the invisible sword.

"That...that seems to be..."

Finally, when only three powerful figures from the immortal sect remained, an old man's pupils dilated in shock as he recognized Ji Xinyu's methods, his voice filled with even greater terror:

"That's the Netherworld Soul Technique of the Red-Clad Demon... Ji Xinyu! You not only betrayed the Empire, but you also betrayed the Immortal Sect! You've been secretly cultivating demonic arts all this time! No wonder you've grown so fast!"

"so what?"

Now that things had come to this, Ji Xinyu had no way out, and she readily admitted it:

"Even the Dao Ancestor himself said that the cultivation speed of demonic arts is faster than that of righteous arts, but the foundation is unstable and the side effects are greater... If you don't believe me, why don't you try practicing it yourself?"

"You...! Pfft!"

The old man from the immortal sect wanted to say something more, but Ji Xinyu didn't give him another chance. She simply used her soul to stab him from behind, killing him with a single sword through his heart.

As long as the existence of the soul cannot be detected or there is enough spiritual power to protect the soul, even if the mechanism of the Netherworld Soul Technique is known, there is no way to bypass the mechanism. That is why the red-clothed old demon has always been feared by the disciples of the immortal sects.

After wiping out the first wave of fourteen powerful warriors who returned from the Immortal Sect to reinforce the capital, Ji Xinyu and the Eastern Legion did not rush to conquer the capital, but instead simply surrounded it.

Ji Xinyu didn't care about the commoners who fled from the capital, but she killed every single one of the powerful and wealthy families in the capital who came out. Her stern threats and pleas for mercy were all useless.

Left with no other option, the powerful and wealthy families in the capital once again turned to the immortal sects for help, asking their even more ancient ancestors to return and save their unworthy descendants.

This is precisely Ji Xinyu and Amelie's open scheme. Among the current powerhouses of the Immortal Sect, apart from Dao Ancestor Ji Yue herself and the Immortal Sect's senior sister, no one can defeat Ji Xinyu in a one-on-one fight. Even if multiple elders join forces, they will be held back by Ji Xinyu for a long time, which would greatly weaken the power guarding the Immortal Sect headquarters.

Encirclement and suppression of reinforcements is a simple yet highly effective tactic.

. . . . .

While Ji Xinyu was besieging the capital, the Immortal Sect and the Allied Forces had already engaged in several probing exchanges at the main peak of Yunshan Mountain, where the Immortal Sect headquarters was located.

The immortal sect activated its protective mountain array, unleashing tens of thousands of flying swords and spell attacks at the allied camp, all of which were successfully defended by the allied spellcasters.

The high priestesses of the Tengu Shrine were the most outstanding, but the great mages of the Lohid Magic Academy and the elven race were not inferior.

The high priestesses were at the front, while Lohid and the elves were on the left and right flanks. The three sides worked together to create magical fortresses that did not interfere with each other, blocking all the attacks from the Immortal Gate Formation.

Seeing that the formation's attack was ineffective, the immortal sects also tried to lure the enemy deep into their territory.

Several powerful elders and leaders of the immortal sects took the initiative to challenge the allied forces, shouting and provoking them, wanting to challenge them to a duel like generals.

But the allied forces didn't bother with any of the outdated martial ethics of the immortal sects. Yulia personally led a group of federal powerhouses to gang up on the immortal sects' experts.

If those powerful immortals hadn't been so formidable and hadn't made preparations to save their lives, none of them would have made it back.

Especially that unlucky guy who relied on his magic weapon to defend himself and took Yulia's punch head-on. Not only was his companion magic weapon smashed to pieces, but most of his meridians were also blown off, and even his three souls and seven spirits were scattered by that pure power... If he hadn't prepared a way to save his life in advance, he, as one of the elders of the immortal sect, would have been killed instantly by Yulia's punch.

Seeing the witch alliance approaching with overwhelming force, the immortal sect experts immediately followed their plan to fight and retreat, intending to lure Yulia and the others closer to the mountain gate's great formation, and then use the formation's power to trap and kill them.

However, Amelie had already thoroughly studied the performance of the Immortal Sect's protective mountain formation. She had information based on her memories from her previous life's game, as well as information provided to her by Ji Xinyu, the traitor within the Immortal Sect. She already knew the Immortal Sect's formation very well.

Yulia and the others kept Amelie's instructions firmly in mind. Even if they could kill a powerful immortal with one more strike, they would stop immediately once they reached a certain distance. They would never be greedy for merit and would not give the immortal formation any chance.

"Damn it... that witch knows so much about our immortal sect's protective formation, there must be a traitor in our sect!"

Many elders of the immortal sects were furious upon witnessing this scene, but the eldest senior sister of the immortal sect, dressed in a snow-white dress, remained calm and composed, coldly saying:

"Then there's no rush. Anyway, we're not the ones who need to hurry... No matter what schemes that extraterrestrial witch has, once Master succeeds, she'll just become a clown and nothing to worry about."

The two sides stopped fighting almost simultaneously, entering a strange standoff.

However, just as the news that Ji Xinyu was a traitor reached the main peak of Yunshan, the old man surnamed Yi, who was skilled in divination, suddenly changed his expression and looked up at the sky.

"What's wrong, Mr. Yi?"

The senior disciple of the immortal sect, who had been watching him closely, frowned slightly and quickly asked.

The old man surnamed Yi did not answer immediately, but instead waved his hand and took out a variety of divination tools, including tortoise shells, jade tablets, compasses, and a water basin.

However, as soon as these divination tools were taken out, the tortoise shell cracked, the jade pieces shattered, the compass disintegrated, and the water basin overturned; none of them survived.

"Damn it... It's there?! Pfft!"

The elderly man surnamed Yi spat out a mouthful of blood, then pointed his finger at the sky:

"It's...it's the Outer Heaven! The witch is in the Outer Heaven! She's going to unleash a spell there that we can't possibly resist, shattering the mountain-protecting formation!"

Chapter 368 Divine Firmament Fairy and Divine Firmament Sword

"The Outer Heavens?"

"It's actually the Outer Heavens?"

"Is the mountain-protecting formation really unable to hold on?"

"Master Yi's divination skills are unparalleled in the world, he shouldn't be wrong, this..."

The old man surnamed Yi's words caused a great deal of discussion among the powerful figures of the immortal sects, and many of the elders of the immortal sects looked extremely grim.

The protective array of the main peak of Yunshan Mountain can be said to be one of the greatest reliance of the immortal sect. If the protective array is broken so quickly, it will undoubtedly be a major blow to the morale of the immortal sect.

Only the senior disciple of the immortal sect, dressed in a snow-white dress, remained relatively calm. She looked at the old man surnamed Yi:

Are you sure?

"……Sure."

The old man surnamed Yi looked extremely unwell, and nodded with a bitter smile:

“I miscalculated… I only calculated that the witch would be unable to break the mountain-protecting formation no matter where she was or what methods she used, but I did not expect that the witch would go to the Outer Heavens… As expected of the witch that even the Dao Ancestor values, she is indeed full of tricks… I have lost.”

"Will the mountain-protecting formation definitely be broken?"

The senior disciple of the immortal sect remained unfazed and continued to ask.

"...At least according to my divination, it is certain."

The elderly man surnamed Yi hesitated for a few more seconds, then sighed and said:

“I tried many methods to see different possibilities, but all of them failed. It’s as if the destruction of our protective mountain formation was destined and could not be defied.”

"Hmph, fate... Hmph!"

A cold glint finally flashed in the eyes of the senior disciple of the immortal sect:

“My master has said many times that the so-called cultivation of the Dao is to go against the heavens... After cultivating the sword to the extreme, even destiny can be cut off. Today I can give it a try.”

"Listen up!"

The senior disciple of the immortal sect pondered for a moment before making a decision: