Thunder roared and the sea of clouds darkened. For hundreds of miles, the mountains were covered in smoke and fog, and countless spiritual spells shone brightly between heaven and earth.
The disciples of the immortal sects in the Western Region fought with the Heavenly Demon Sect in the mountains northwest of the sect. The spiritual powers of many Nascent Soul cultivators were enough to shift the mountains and valleys in this territory within a few hours.
Above a withered forest nearby, five cultivators in dark robes were chasing a purple-clothed woman holding a black ice sword, constantly trying to hit her with ghost spells.
However, the purple-clothed woman was like a ghost herself. Every time a spell was about to hit her, she would suddenly turn around and dodge in an extremely thrilling way.
The five people chasing were all Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators. Seeing that the purple-clothed woman did not fight back and just led them away, they finally felt something was wrong.
But just when they realized that they might have been tricked, five talismans suddenly shot out from the withered forest below, and thick smoke and dust exploded, enveloping them.
The next moment, a short woman with two horns on her head appeared from the forest, and forming a hand seal, she summoned countless chains from her storage bag and tied up the five people, wrapping them in the fog in mid-air.
"Lianxue!!!"
After Xiao Yunluo shouted, Pei Lianxue, who had been chased by the five people, turned around and rushed back.
The Snow Jade Spirit Sword in her hand emitted a mysterious cold aura and turned into an ice-blue stream of light along with her body. Flashing into the smoke in the air, it passed through the other end and fell into the forest below.
Clang—!
Pei Lianxue flicked the blood on her sword to the ground, and at the same time, five human heads fell from the sky and hit the ground several feet behind her.
Pei Lianxue didn't even look at them. She casually took out a corpse-burning talisman from her storage bag and threw it over, lighting a ball of fire in the withered forest.
Then, she looked up at the Heavenly Demon Sect cultivators fighting with the Black Star Sect disciples in the surrounding area, searching for the next target.
Seeing that several Black Star Sect disciples were surrounded by demonic cultivators and were engaged in a tough battle on the cliff about ten miles away, she frowned. "Yunluo, let's go to the next batch."
"Ah?" Xiao Yunluo was stunned for a moment, and she hurriedly grabbed her shoulder. "Lian... Lianxue! You should take a break... Brother Liang and I will go over..."
Pei Lianxue pursed her lips and answered calmly. "It's okay, I'm not tired."
"It's not a question of being tired or not..." Xiao Yunluo looked at Pei Lianxue's tightly grasped sword, and she said with a hint of concern, "Lianxue, you have killed fifteen Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivators in just a few hours..."
Tap tap—
The sound of breaking branches came from the side, and Liang Zhu, who had thrown out the talismans to confuse the five people's sight, walked out from the shadows of the forest and said, "Miss Pei, you should listen to Master Xiao and take a break."
"I'm really not tired..."
"I know you're not tired." Liang Zhu glanced at the five demonic cultivators burning in spiritual fire and continued, "Didn't Sixth Brother tell you that killing too many people in a short period of time will infect you with murderous thoughts? Not to mention, this is the Eastern Region full of demonic energy."
Xiao Yunluo also nodded in agreement. "Yes, I heard that many of the immortal cultivators who experienced the last immortal-demon war returned to the Western Region alive, but they were infected with a disease that would make them crazy if they didn't kill cultivators. This is the heartland of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and the demonic energy is too intense... Be careful of the inner demon."
Pei Lianxue puffed up her cheeks and pouted. "But... I miss my brother."
Xiao Yunluo felt helpless when she heard that. Didn't she also want to find Ye Anping?
Not to mention that they didn't know Ye Anping's specific plan.
For their safety, her master specially arranged for them to follow Elder Lei and the others to face the demonic cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Sect from the northwest.
Her master was probably fighting with the Patriarch of the Heavenly Demon Sect in the southern part of the sect.
If Nascent Soul and Deification cultivators approached a battle between Void Returning cultivators without paying attention, they would be finished.
Xiao Yunluo knew Pei Lianxue's idea was to kill all the demonic cultivators of the Heavenly Demon Sect as fast as possible, and then go to the south to find Ye Anping, but...
"Lianxue, listen to me! Even if we go there..."
Pei Lianxue looked at the Snow Jade Spirit Sword in her hand and said, "Brother's sword is still with me. What if he is in danger? I must go to protect him."
"It's okay... The Second Idiot is with him. And she has the Golden Dragon, so she can definitely protect Anping. Don't even think about it..."
Before she finished speaking, a violent vibration from the direction of the Heavenly Demon Valley was felt under the feet of the three people, so much so that the gravel on the ground bounced up and large pieces of the mountain were torn off.
Rumble---
Xiao Yunluo and the other two took a few steps to stabilize themselves before looking toward the Heavenly Demon Valley.
Thick smoke rose from the valley like a precursor to a volcanic eruption and gathered into a purple cloud above the Heavenly Demon Sect.
As the wind blew, they could smell a nauseating bloody smell even though they were still hundreds of miles away from the Heavenly Demon Sect.
The three of them had no idea what had happened, but judging by the situation, it was probably not a trivial matter.
Liang Zhu thought about it. Indeed, Pei Lianxue and Xiao Yunluo were both geniuses and without detailed information, ordinary cultivators could not do anything to them. However, this strange phenomenon looked very bad, so he made a suggestion. "Miss Pei, Young Miss Xiao. I don't know the reason for this strange phenomenon. I think we should retreat to Elder Lei's immortal ship and find out the meaning of this purple cloud..."
However, before he finished speaking, Pei Lianxue interrupted him with a frown. "Brother Liang, you and Yunluo go and help the disciples of Black Star Sect, I will go over there! I feel that my brother is injured!"
"Injured..." Xiao Yunluo didn't know where this feeling came from, but before she could say anything, Pei Lianxue picked up the Snow Jade Spirit Sword, stepped on the flying sword, and took off, rushing straight toward Heavenly Demon Valley.
After seeing her, two or three disciples of the Heavenly Demon Sect turned around and rushed forward to fight.
However, the moment their blood-red flying swords collided with Pei Lianxue's ice-blue flying sword, they were suddenly dispersed and did not hinder Pei Lianxue even for a moment.
"Hiss—"
Seeing Pei Lianxue rushing over, Xiao Yunluo took a deep breath and immediately flew into the air with the body control technique. "Brother Liang!! Don't follow me!! I'm going with Lianxue!"
Boom—
With a sound wave, Xiao Yunluo chased after Pei Lianxue, leaving Liang Zhu alone standing in the dead woods, his eyes twitching as he watched the two gradually disappear from his sight.
He raised his hand and pinched his nose. "Old Six, you have to pay me more..."
Then, he quickly stepped on his flying sword and followed...
… …
Buzz—
As his consciousness gradually returned, there was a constant shrill ringing in his ears.
Ye Anping felt as if his whole body was falling apart, and there was a burning sensation on his back. After thinking for a while, he remembered that he seemed to have used his body as a shield for Mo Chi Ling and Feng Yu Die earlier.
At this time, a delicate sob passed through the tinnitus and entered his consciousness.
Ye Anping slowly opened his eyes, and in his blurred vision, a girl with silver hair was sitting beside him, crying with tears and snot all over her face.
"Wuwuwu– Anping... Wuwuwu..."
Xiao Tian and Xue'e were by her side, one staring at her face, and the other comforting her.
"Yu Die, why are you crying!! Anping is fine, I've checked him... Don't worry..."
"But, but..."
Ye Anping felt it was the first time he had seen Feng Yu Die crying like this, and he was inexplicably a little distressed seeing that her watery golden eyes were red.
When Xue'e saw Ye Anping open his eyes, the tension on her face instantly relaxed a little, and she hurriedly shouted. "Ye Anping is awake!!"
"!!!"
Feng Yu Die stopped crying instantly after hearing the voice, and she rubbed her eyes and saw Ye Anping looking at her. Without saying a word, she threw herself at him and hugged him tightly. "Anping!! I thought you wouldn't wake up!!"
"Huh..."
Ye Anping exhaled heavily, slowly raised his hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes, and said, "Why are you crying? It's not like I haven't been hurt before, and I've never seen you cry like this."
"That was in the past... But now, what about the baby? What if you can't wake up, the baby will be left without a father. And after I go back, Sister Pei and the others will definitely beat me to death..."
?
Ye Anping was suddenly confused when he heard this. "What baby?"
"Eh? Isn't it true that you can have a baby if you practice dual cultivation... Haven't we already practiced?"
"..."
Ye Anping hesitated and looked at Xiao Tian. His mind was blank for a moment.
The higher the cultivation level of a cultivator, the lower the probability of 'scoring'. For example, his parents were Core Formation cultivators, and they had worked hard for hundreds of years to have him.
He and Feng Yu Die were both Nascent Soul cultivators now. How could they score with just one attempt, and their first one on top?
Although it seemed impossible, there was Xiao Tian who could pass through after all.
Could it be...
Xiao Tian was stunned when she saw Ye Anping staring at her, and she waved her hands quickly. "I know nothing!"
Ye Anping gently pulled Feng Yu Die's face before propping himself up to sit up. "Yu Die, if you don't practice dual cultivation, you will definitely have a child..."
Feng Yu Die tilted her head. "Hmm?"
"Well, I'll explain it to you later. How long have I slept?"
"About a quarter of an hour. The white fool gave you her spiritual energy..."
"Hmm..."
Ye Anping breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at the purple cloud in the sky, and then thought of Mo Chi Ling, and he quickly turned his head to look left and right.
Mo Chi Ling was lying beside him at this moment, staring at the purple cloud in the sky with a dull look, as if her soul had been wandering thousands of miles away, and no one knew what she was thinking about.
Ye Anping hesitated for a while before calling out. "Senior Mo?"
"Ah... um... um..." Mo Chi Ling was startled and turned around blankly. "Master Ye, are you awake? How is your body..."
"What are you thinking about?"
"Just..." Mo Chi Ling pursed her lips lightly and raised her right hand as if to grab the sky but couldn't grab anything. "It feels a bit unreal... I didn't expect it would be so easy to break the Demonic Blood Pool..."
She looked at the purple cloud in the sky that symbolized her "success", and her eyes narrowed slightly. "I have been preparing for this for a thousand years, and now it's done. I should feel happy, but I am so confused, I don't know what to do next... I avenged my brother, and I survived... and now... Woo– suck–"
Mo Chi Ling bit her lips lightly, her vision gradually blurred, and she couldn't help sniffing.
She had obviously imagined countless dangers, but she didn't expect that this matter would be so easy, and even she, Sister Gu, Miss Feng, and Master Ye, they all survived.
"Master Ye..."
"It's not over yet."
Ye Anping interrupted softly, turning his head to look toward the south of the Heavenly Demon Sect.
It was also at this moment that a streak of silver belly-white pierced through the crimson sea of clouds. It brought a wave of air that affected a radius of a thousand miles, instantly dispersing the heavy clouds in the sky that had not seen the sun or moon all year round.
The silver belly-white finally revealed its true form.
—A full moon that was as big as the sky.
It was Ye Anping's first time seeing such a large moon. He estimated that Hero Xuanji had probably pulled the moon's surface to a height of tens of thousands of feet above the ground.
Then, the ground shook, and the mountains and rivers shattered.
The countless peaks of the Heavenly Demon Sect turned into rubble in an instant and seemed to be lifted up by some force, floating toward the sky.
Boom boom—
Ye Anping finally breathed a sigh of relief. He had done what he had to do. The rest was up to Xuanji. As for what he had to do next…
"Sun Juehu."
Ye Anping murmured the name and propped himself to stand up, then took out a spare wheelchair from his storage bag.
"Senior Mo, let's go. There's still work to do..."
Although Mo Chi Ling said she wasn't shocked when she saw Ye Anping take out the Nine Dragons Heavenly Seal, she couldn't help but be stunned when she saw him carrying a wheelchair with him.
Which normal cultivator would carry a wheelchair in a storage bag where every inch of space is precious?!
"Master Ye… you..."
"Hmm?"
Ye Anping looked at the wheelchair on the side and smiled helplessly.
In fact, this wheelchair was not prepared for Mo Chi Ling, but for Sister Gu and Feng Yu Die. He thought that it would be useful just in case, so he kept it in the storage bag.
In the end, Feng Yu Die and Sister Gu didn't use it, but he almost used it himself.
"Only with thorough preparations, there is no chance of failure, right?"
"..."
Mo Chi Ling was speechless. She propped up her body with her right hand and moved to the wheelchair to sit down.
Ye Anping took a deep breath and then arranged, "Xue'e, take us to find Sister Gu. She should go and see Gu Yu Yan for the last time... After all, he is her adoptive father, right?"
"Well..."
Ye Anping looked at Feng Yu Die again, nodded, and prepared to step on the flying sword and take the two people to the main peak of the Heavenly Demon Sect, which had been broken at this moment.
However, at this time, Feng Yu Die looked at Ye Anping weakly and called softly.
"Ye Ziqing?"
?
Ye Anping looked back with a look of shock, frowned, and took a deep breath. "Hiss—"
"Anping, in that illusion before... I saw you..."
Ye Anping didn't let her continue. He flicked her forehead and raised his index finger in front of his lips, smiling. "What was the secret between you and me back then? I didn't even tell my sister..."
"Am I the only one who knows?!"
Ye Anping shrugged and nodded. "Yeah..."
Feng Yu Die rolled her eyes, and then she laughed. "Hehe, good!!!"
As for Xue'e and Xiao Tian on the side, they were confused. The two little ones looked at them playing dumb and tilted their heads. "Anping, what is Ye Ziqing? Who is Ye Ziqing?"
Ye Anping asked back. "What Ye Ziqing? What are you talking about, Xiao Tian?"
"Didn't Yu Die just say to you..."
Ye Anping ignored her as he carried Mo Chi Ling, who was sitting in a wheelchair, on his head, and stepped on the flying sword. "Senior Mo, sit tight. Yu Die, let's go and find Miss Gu."
"Okay!!"