I, who was turned into a woman by the Jade Maiden Master, want to rebel against the Heavenly Gang.

Then she cried out in alarm, "Qingping! Fellow disciples! This person is Han Ying from the Blood Shadow Sect! She possesses many magical treasures and is skilled in using puppets. She intends to exterminate all the disciples from all sects within the secret realm!"

"The woman next to her is Tao Yuening. After killing two fellow disciples of Qingyuan Sect, she betrayed the sect and surrendered to Xueying Sect."

"The disciples of the Hidden Moon Valley in yellow robes have also become hopeless puppets, beyond saving."

"You all should prioritize eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path; don't worry about me! If you hesitate to act for fear of harming others, you will surely follow in my footsteps!"

Having said that, Qin Rufeng gave up struggling and plunged headfirst into the entropy wood.

Not being a burden to others is the greatest help Ru Feng can offer right now. The rest is up to those three.

She could feel the entropy constantly eroding her body. She knew her time was running out…

Upon seeing Qin Rufeng being swallowed by the Entropy Wood, Yan Qingping rushed over, only to be stopped by Nangong Yue of the Vermilion Bird Palace.

Yan Qingping was puzzled, but Nangong Yue said coldly, "My master once told me that if I encounter any disciples under the Xuanwu Saint Venerable, I must take care of them."

"Now that the person has been found, you may all make your own way."

Seeing Yan Qingping's confused expression, she glared at her and said angrily, "Don't hold me back!"

After saying that, he spread his fiery phoenix wings and flew straight towards the Entropy Tree.

Nangong Yue's fiery phoenix wings trailed long, fiery tails in the air. The remaining embers fell like petals scattered by a celestial maiden, indeed far more magnificent than Qin Rufeng's "conservatively used" fiery phoenix wings.

Yan Qingping wanted to follow, but was stopped by Xia Bailing from Hoututang...

Xia Bailing looked at her with a reproachful expression and said, "You're being unreasonable! Life and death in the secret realm are determined by fate and one's own abilities. How are we, your fellow disciples, supposed to act when you, an outsider, are so concerned about our sect's disciples?"

Yan Qingping exclaimed in surprise, "Are you going to just stand by and watch me die?!"

"I mean, I've been dragged into this by you all. Now, the only way to report back to Master is to eliminate the demonic cultivator and achieve some results!" Xia Bailing said helplessly. "You're all only concerned with saving people. Do you think that demonic cultivator is nothing? Leave the saving people to that arrogant bastard. You come and help me!"

Having said that, Xia Bailing swung her warhammer and charged forward.

The Azure Moon Hound bared its steel teeth and swung its spear tail to block the way, but it was blasted far away by Xia Bailing's hammer in less than three moves.

Yan Qingping unleashed a barrage of sword strikes aimed directly at the back row. However, it was less about helping Xia Bailing and more about covering Nangong Yue's rescue of Qin Rufeng.

None of the three listened to the others, but they cooperated quite well.

Nangong Yue approached the Entropy Tree. Although Qin Rufeng was engulfed by the Entropy Tree, he could still hear the sounds outside. So he asked, "Is that Senior Sister Nangong?"

Nangong Yue said, "Don't panic, I'll get you out of here right away."

Qin Rufeng quickly called for a stop, but Nangong Yue ignored him and directly used fire to burn the entropy wood. As a result, the raging flames vanished without a trace upon contact with the entropy wood.

Qin Rufeng immediately explained, "This is entropy wood, which is condensed entropy energy. No matter how strong your spiritual energy and spells are, they will be dissipated. If you get too close, I'm afraid even you will be contaminated by the entropy energy and unable to circulate your energy."

"So Senior Sister Nangong should go help them first. Han Ying is not easy to deal with, and Tao Yuening is also very cunning."

Although Nangong Yue was arrogant, she was not stupid. After just one fire, she realized that she could not save people by brute force.

But Qin Rufeng's words displeased her, so she said with great disdain, "What's there to fear about those Blood Shadow Sect demonic cultivators? Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't."

"Although I am not very talented, I am still a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Heavenly Dao, and a direct disciple of the Vermilion Bird Saintess. Within the Foundation Establishment stage, I fear no one. Even those in the early Golden Core stage may not be able to defeat me."

“If it weren’t for the fact that I couldn’t disobey my master’s orders, why would I care about you? I could capture that demonic cultivator by myself.”

Chapter 50 Enlightenment

Nangong Yue's divine metal aura left Qin Rufeng speechless...

I was just thinking that it would be better to team up with my two fellow disciples for this dungeon run. But now it seems Yun Yishui was right; with teammates like that, it's better to just play it safe.

However, her arrogance was not without reason. This Nangong Yue, like Yan Qingping, possessed the strength of the late-stage Foundation Establishment realm. The other, Xia Bailing, was estimated to be at least at the Foundation Establishment stage as well.

With these three present, the immediate threat no longer seems to be how to defeat Han Ying, who is suppressing her cultivation level. Rather, it's how to survive until reinforcements arrive while Han Ying is unleashing her full power.

If the three of them cannot work together, they will definitely not be a match.

It seems that only provocation works on someone like Nangong Yue.

So Qin Rufeng changed to a sarcastic tone and said, "That's fine too. If you don't help them, it's like Tian Ji's horse racing strategy."

Nangong Yue asked, puzzled, "What is the story of Tian Ji's horse race?"

Qin Rufeng said, "Senior Sister, you should avoid Han Ying's sharp edge for now. You'll be more confident in your attack after those two have worn her down."

Upon hearing this, Nangong Yue's eyebrows shot up. "I'm avoiding her?! Don't die yet, I'll be right back!"

After saying that, she charged straight at Han Ying...

Qin Rufeng wasn't sure if what she was doing was right. Ji Xuelan was thinking of her; of course, she didn't want to kill someone else's disciple. But facing Han Ying, who had unleashed her full cultivation, Nangong Yue was likely in grave danger.

But if she doesn't go to help and stays here, it's a waste of her energy. She might as well go and give it a shot. Maybe the three of them, together with Lin Silin (5), can really exchange a few blows with Han Ying after she has unleashed her cultivation.

At this moment, Han Ying had already unleashed her magical treasures. Jade Embryo Golden Armor, Tiger Biting Golden Wheel, and various other magical treasures appeared one after another.

Tao Yuening summoned thorns to use wood to repel earth and block Xia Bailing's attack. Seeing this, Yan Qingping swept across with a rain of swords, using metal to overcome wood and clear away the obstacles.

Xia Bailing of Hoututang is somewhat similar to Teng Zijian. She's incredibly brave and fierce in battle. One hammer blow can shatter a golden wheel, another can smash a golden bell. Even the yellow-robed man whose body was infested with insects was no match for her.

Xia Bailing was unstoppable, charging straight at Han Ying with her sword. Han Ying remained calm and released a swarm of blood flies to attack.

Although Xia Bailing was wearing armor, it couldn't stop the blood-sucking, flesh-eating venomous insects. Just then, a firebird flew in. With a flap of its wings, it instantly burned the swarm of blood flies to ashes.

Nangong Yue finally arrived in time.

Although Xia Bailing herself was almost burned, she swallowed her anger for the sake of the bigger picture.

Seeing that the three of them were at their peak strength, Han Ying sneered and said, "I'm the kind of person who knows when to stop. This little bit of time is enough to deal with you bunch of useless wimps. It's a good opportunity to test the magic weapon I just obtained."

Having said that, she released the restraints and unleashed her cultivation.

The sky above the secret realm suddenly distorted. Not far away, an entrance was gradually forming, being forced open.

With a flick of her sleeve, Han Ying summoned a blood-red banner...

Even the arrogant Nangong Yue's expression changed after seeing this banner.

Han Ying struck the ground with the flagpole, and a blood-red ripple spread outwards.

Wherever the ripples swept, countless bloody hands appeared on the ground! These bloody hands tore at people's souls directly through their bodies.

Xia Bailing and Yan Qingping immediately fell to the ground, unable to move.

Nangong Yue knelt on one knee, barely managing to support herself, but the fiery phoenix wings on her back had already extinguished. Her face was deathly pale as she tried to break free, but more and more bloody hands began to tear her soul from her body.

Flames engulfing the sky, warhammers shaking the earth, sword energy crisscrossing the land? There's simply no chance of that...

Han Ying only raised her cultivation to the early stage of the Golden Core Realm. She hadn't even fully unleashed her cultivation yet, as she didn't want the entrance to the secret realm to open too quickly.

However, simply by unleashing high-level magic weapons of the corresponding realm, Yan Qingping and her companions were utterly powerless to resist. This was even after Han Ying had just obtained the magic weapon and hadn't had time to properly refine it.

Qin Rufeng couldn't see, but he knew what had happened. However, what help could he, a cripple, possibly offer?

Moreover, with entropy constantly pouring into his body, his internal energy is now disordered and he is completely unable to circulate his energy.

Qin Rufeng could almost conjure up a picture: his spiritual energy was like a pool of clear water. Initially, a few drops of demonic energy were dripped into it. This was the entropy energy that had invaded his body.

But the ink seemed to be oily and did not mix with water. The water did not become cloudy but instead became mottled.

As more and more ink was poured in, the situation reversed. It became a pool of ink mixed with water, but still incompatible.

Though incompatible, they neutralize each other. Spiritual energy is dwindling, and entropy is decreasing accordingly. However, there's too much entropy and too little spiritual energy.

Looking at the interplay of clarity and turbidity, which diminished yet remained incompatible, Qin Rufeng couldn't help but recall the yin-yang symbol on the giant sword, as well as the inscriptions and mantras...

"The five elements are divided into yin and yang..."

"The six harmonies and six clashes mutually wax and wane..."

"The way of Heaven is to take from what is in excess and give to what is lacking... This is because the Qi of Heaven and Earth is governed by the way of Heaven, which is good..."

Master said that spirit is yang and entropy is yin... The five elements are divided into yin and yang, and their waxing and waning are mutually dependent...

Qin Rufeng understood...

She no longer resisted entropy but tried to accept it. If entropy is yin, then she guided it with primordial yin.

Gradually, she began to guide the entropy energy to circulate in her meridians and gradually lead it to gather in her dantian.

Currently, the entropy and spirit within his body are out of balance. Qin Rufeng recalled the pattern of a yin fish enveloping a yang fish on the sword hilt…

Since the interaction of the five elements (generation, restraint, growth, and decay) is the basis for her attempt to guide the flow of entropy through the mutual restraint of the five elements.

As a result, the spiritual energy in his dantian became scattered and weak. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qin Rufeng guided the spiritual energy using the five elements' generating cycle, allowing the remaining spiritual energy in his body to gradually gather in the center of his dantian.

Then she operates the entropy surrounding the spiritual energy in the order of the five elements generating each other.

Because their attributes are opposite, their flow directions are also opposite. Spirit and entropy form a convection current, and their forms gradually become clearer.

Qin Rufeng's spiritual root is water. Therefore, he uses the water spiritual root to guide the mutual generation and operation of the five elements. This was inspired by the yin-yang symbol with its tails intertwined.

Since his own earth elemental root is currently the weakest, he uses it to guide the five elements of entropy to generate and operate.

Although earth overcomes water, water overcomes earth because the earth element (dream) is weak.

Between the ebb and flow of these forces, entropy and spirit have achieved a delicate balance.

Qin Rufeng's dantian energy formed a typhoon-like shape. The outermost layer of loose entropy energy reversed like a cloud system, while the central, rotating spiritual energy was sparse yet dense, like the eye of a typhoon. This was one of the four yin-yang fish patterns on the hilt of the giant sword, yin encompassing yang.

Because spiritual energy was limited and he was trapped within the Entropy Wood, Qin Rufeng used entropy energy instead of spiritual energy to circulate in his meridians.

Her arm was still immobile, but her meridians were clear.

At this moment, Nangong Yue also collapsed to the ground, unable to hold on any longer. Han Ying, who had already opened her cultivation realm, looked at the three of them with disdain and ordered Tao Yuening, "Tie up these three living bodies. Two will be used to refine living bodies, and the one that can hold its own the best will be used to breed demonic beasts."

"Hurry up, those old guys outside are about to come in."

"Yes, Master." Tao Yuening replied respectfully.

Upon hearing that she was to be used to breed demonic beasts, Nangong Yuehua turned pale and her face paled. Her previous arrogance had completely vanished.

However, at that moment, Han Ying suddenly frowned and looked towards Shang Mu.

She had been so focused on fighting Yan Qingping and the others that she hadn't paid any attention to Shangmu. In Han Ying's eyes, Qin Rufeng was like a ginseng root soaked in wine, completely her material.

However, the scene before her eyes made her stare wide-eyed in surprise.

Tao Yueming, Yan Qingping, and the other two who were lying on the ground also witnessed this scene and were equally stunned.

Entropy Wood is gone; only Qin Rufeng remains…

She hovered in mid-air, with a pair of black flame wings unfurled on her back.

Although they were black, Nangong Yue recognized them immediately as the Fire Phoenix Wings. She stared wide-eyed, muttering to herself, "This is impossible... how could she have the Fire Phoenix Seal? Didn't Master only give it to me?!"

At this moment, Qin Rufeng's eyes were dark and lifeless, and black smoke seemed to be swirling around his head, forming a pair of curved horns.

The space around her distorted, rippling with countless fragments. From the center of each ripple, a broken sword emanating entropy slowly emerged. Their number was countless.

Chapter 51 is too vicious.

In an instant

In an instant, sharp blades flew like shooting stars! The Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix used entropy to control the sword, like a sudden rainstorm and a raging storm, overwhelming the mountains and the sea.

"What...what is this?!" Han Ying could hardly believe her eyes. Faced with this situation, even though she had already unleashed her full power, she had no choice but to use her magic weapon, the Golden Bell, to defend herself.

The flying swords came one after another like raindrops hitting duckweed. Although Han Ying could still block them, she couldn't free up her hands to counterattack.

Moreover, each sword strike was surrounded by entropy energy. Han Ying's spiritual energy was quickly neutralized; if she hadn't unleashed her full power, she definitely wouldn't have been able to withstand it.

She dared not be distracted, so the blood-red banner had to cease its supernatural powers. The souls of Yan Qingping and the other two, who were about to be torn apart, were thus saved.

Tao Yuening was very shrewd; seeing Qin Rufeng escape and fly on his sword, she immediately hid behind Han Ying. But Qin Rufeng was also keeping a close eye on her.

However, this guy's movements were indeed flamboyant, and he even summoned thorns to aid him. Qin Rufeng's arms were immobilized, preventing him from making hand seals with his sword fingers, and his accuracy was too poor to control the sword solely with his mind.

He cut off Tao Yuening's legs and right arm one after another, and then pierced her shoulder with his sword, but he failed to hit her vital organs.

In the end, Tao Yuening managed to hide behind Han Ying using only her left hand and the thorny vines. However, being reduced to this state, worse than death, was retribution.

Gradually, several cracks appeared at the entrance to the secret realm. Seeing the situation was dire, Han Ying dared not linger and quickly gathered her treasures and fled.

Qin Rufeng's sword rain continued relentlessly. The yellow-robed man, now a puppet, had already been hacked to pieces. The Azure Moon Hound repeatedly leaped and dodged, trying to block with its chained tail, but Qin Rufeng's sword force was too strong, and it actually pulled off her tail.

Han Ying retrieved the golden-armored Gu worms from the man in yellow and opened the secret realm. Because her own cultivation had been unleashed, the entrance to the secret realm was also pushed open beyond the realm's limitations.

Unlike last time, she didn't become hysterical. Instead, she glared coldly at Qin Rufeng and said, "Don't be too happy yet. We'll meet again. But by then, you won't be the same person you are now. Hahahaha!"

After a twisted, maniacal laugh, Han Ying immediately fled...

Qin Rufeng knew that with his current strength, he couldn't stop her. He had saved Yan Qingping and his two fellow disciples, and he had also saved himself... This was already the best possible outcome.

To avoid trouble, she quickly sheathed the broken sword. Just as she did, the bigwigs from various sects and factions entered.