Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

"Yo yo, burning through lifespan!"

Seeing that Master Zhenkong's cultivation had increased dramatically and surpassed her own, Nangong Yan felt no fear whatsoever; instead, she gloated.

Isn't it just burning through one's lifespan?

Anyone can do this!
But he simply refused to use it. His own lifespan was very precious; how could he compare it to that worthless old dog Zhen Kong?

If I were to burn through my lifespan, I would be making a huge mistake!

"Nangong the Demoness, you have forced me to this state today. Today I will make sure you perish and your soul is extinguished!"

Master Zhenkong stared intently at Nangong Yan. The forbidden pill he had taken earlier was called the Blood Burning Pill, a pill that burned blood and qi to gain power.

The side effects will cause him to suffer from qi and blood deficiency for the next two or three hundred years.

Now he is burning his lifespan again, which, combined with the side effects of the Blood Burning Pill, is amplified.

Let alone having no hope of reaching the Integration Stage in this lifetime, whether he can even reach the seventh level of the Refinement Stage when his lifespan is exhausted is still an unknown.

It could be said that he was crippled after this battle.

However, all of this was caused by Nangong Yan.

"You old dog Zhen Kong, I was prepared for this, I was wary of you burning through your lifespan!"

Since Nangong Yan dared to be here, she was naturally not afraid of Master Zhenkong.

"Seven Fiends Soul-Slaying Formation, activate!"

Nangong Yan formed a hand seal, and seven streams of evil energy shot straight into the heavens, condensing into seven array flags. A great array rose from the ground, trapping Master Zhenkong.

You should know that Nangong Yan is not only a Void Refinement Stage Ancestor at the fourth level of Void Refinement, but also a sixth-order formation master.

That old dog Zhen Kong actually forgot she was a sixth-tier array master, he's really asking for death!

Within the Seven Fiends Soul-Slaying Formation, the fiendish energy continuously attacked Master Zhenkong, gradually eroding his vitality and spirit.

"Nangong the Demoness, when did you set up this grand formation?"

The Zhenkong Shangren, corrupted by the evil energy, gritted his teeth in anger. He had originally thought he had Nangong Yan completely under his control.

As a result, after consuming the Blood Burning Pill and burning away his lifespan, he was actually outmaneuvered by Nangong Yan.

Damn it!
Master Zhenkong couldn't understand when Nangong Yan had set up the great formation.

"When that bastard was in the Blood Refining Immortal Travel Imperial City, I had already started preparing materials and setting up the formation, just waiting for you Void Refinement stage cultivators to deliver yourselves to my door."

Nangong Yan had long guessed that someone at the Void Refinement stage would come to capture Cao Meng, but she couldn't be sure who it was!

Now that Master Zhenkong is the first to arrive, it can only be said that the other party is courting death!

"Today I will kill you and take your physical body and primordial spirit back to forge a sword!"

To avoid any unforeseen complications, Nangong Yan activated the Seven Fiends Soul-Slaying Array with all her might, focusing all her efforts on killing Master Zhenkong.

I was just short of high-grade materials for forging swords, and Zhen Kong the old dog delivered them to my door. What a kind person he is!

Nangong Yan decided that after she used Master Zhenkong to consecrate the sword, she would name it the Zhan Kong Sword to thank Master Zhenkong for being such a high-level consecration material!
Master Zhenkong: Nangong the demoness, are you being presumptuous?

Master Zhenkong attacked the formation with all his might several times, but still could not shake it, which made him feel desperate.

Today, he's completely finished.

"Nangong witch, even if I were to self-destruct today, I would not let you succeed!"

Master Zhenkong gritted his teeth and immediately decided to fight to the death, even if it meant mutual destruction!
An incredibly violent force poured out from the body of Zhen Kongshang.

"Bang~"

With a deafening roar, Master Zhenkong self-destructed, the terrifying force tearing apart Nangong Yan's Seven Fiends Soul-Slaying Array.

Who could have imagined that a Void Refinement stage ancestor, so rare in the Eastern Dao Continent, would self-destruct like this!

Once the formation was broken, Master Zhenkong's primordial spirit grabbed his storage ring and quickly fled.

He was a Void Refinement stage elder; how could he possibly want to actually die!

As long as his primordial spirit remains, he can possess other people's bodies.

As long as you find a decent body, you might be able to make a comeback!
"Zhen Kong, you old dog, you deserve to die!"

Nangong Yan was furious. Wouldn't it be better to just let Master Zhenkong be captured and killed by her and used as a sacrifice for the sword?

But this guy insisted on self-destructing rather than fulfilling his own wishes.

"Zhen Kong, you old dog, you're dead today!"

"If you've got the guts, then self-destruct your primordial spirit and true essence too!"

The self-destruction of Zhen Kong Shangren's physical body thoroughly enraged Nangong Yan, who grabbed her heavy sword and chased after his primordial spirit.

When Master Zhenkong saw Nangong Yan chasing after him, he panicked completely. Even at his peak, when he used drugs to burn his lifespan, he still couldn't defeat Nangong Yan.

Now that he has transformed into a primordial spirit, his combat power is less than one-tenth of what it used to be. How can he possibly fight Nangong Yan?

"Zhen Kong, don't panic, we're coming to help you!"

Just as Master Zhenkong was feeling despair again, a loud shout rang out, and several Void Refinement stage elders appeared.

Among them were Void Refinement stage elders from the Xuantian Sect, as well as Void Refinement stage elders from other righteous sects.

As for the Void Refinement stage patriarch of the Sword Inquiry Sect, there isn't one.

Seeing that things were not going well, Nangong Yan quickly gave up chasing Zhen Kong Shangren and broke through the void to come to Cao Meng's side.

"Fairy Qingyue, I'll spar with you again next time. Go back and practice hard!"

Cao Meng had just finished mocking Su Qingyue when Nangong Yan grabbed him and carried him away using the Void-Breaking Escape Technique.

Hidden in the shadows, Shishi grabbed Jin Ning'er and Hong Qi, and broke through the void to chase after Nangong Yan and Cao Meng.

"That boy with the reddish-gold skin is none other than the traitor Cao!"

Among the Void Refinement stage elders, someone shouted something, and immediately everyone else rushed after Nangong Yan and her group.

Their main purpose in coming here was to capture Cao Meng; helping the Xuantian Sect was just a side benefit!

The Xuantian Sect has its eyes on Cao Meng, and these other sects aren't fools either; naturally, they've also set their sights on him.

You should know that once you capture him, it's equivalent to obtaining the inheritance of the Longevity Sword Sect.

More importantly, Cao Meng is involved in the refining methods of Wenxianji, Zhiyangzhu, bubble tea, and Lingjiu Yimeng Fusheng. As long as they capture Cao Meng, they can share the market with the Hehuan Sect in the future!

"Zhen Kong, where is my disciple?"

When Master Shanzheng saw that his disciple Wu Hui was not there, he immediately felt something was wrong and quickly asked Master Zhenkong for help.

Although they had run away from more than a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators, those people hadn't had time to send the news back to the Xuan Tian Sect.

Even if they relayed the message back to Xuantian Sect, it would have to go through several hands before reaching Master Shanzheng's ears.

"This……"

When asked by Master Shanzheng, Master Zhenkong immediately felt guilty, after all, he had stood by and watched Wu Hui be killed by Cao Meng!
If he were at his peak, he could completely ignore Master Shanzheng, but now he is only in the state of primordial spirit and true spirit, and cannot afford to offend Master Shanzheng, who is at his peak in the Void Refining stage.

Seeing that Master Zhenkong dared not answer him, Master Shanzheng turned his gaze to the other survivor:
"Su Qingyue, come and tell me!"

Of the fifty-odd Nascent Soul cultivators who attacked Cao Meng, only Su Qingyue held out until the end; a dozen or so others escaped.

The rest were all killed. It was only because Shishi didn't make a move that the entire Nascent Soul stage of the Xuantian Sect was wiped out.

wrong!

No, the entire army will be wiped out!
Because Cao Meng couldn't bear to kill Su Qingyue!
Cao Meng wanted Su Qingyue to watch the Xuan Tian Sect, which she cared about most, be destroyed and its sect wiped out!

"Uncle-Master Shanzheng, Senior Brother Wu Hui has been killed by Cao Meng!" With no other choice, Su Qingyue forced herself to tell the truth.

To put it bluntly, even if she keeps this news a secret today, Master Shanzheng will find out about it in the future.

"What? Wu Hui is dead?"

Upon hearing this news, Master Shanzheng trembled involuntarily.

He has no offspring!
That's right. On the surface, Wu Hui is Master Shanzheng's disciple, but in reality, he is Master Shanzheng's biological son.

Six hundred years ago, Master Shanzheng was seriously injured and was saved by a woman, and he fell in love with her.

However, the woman's cultivation level was low, and her identity was unclear.

Due to certain circumstances, Master Shanzheng was forced to part ways with the woman.

When the two met again, the woman was on her last breath and entrusted the young Wu Hui to Master Shanzheng.
Master Shanzheng privately tested Wu Hui's bloodline, and it was indeed his bloodline.

Fewer than three people in the entire Xuantian Sect knew about this matter; even Wu Hui himself was unaware of it.

If Wu Hui weren't the direct descendant of Master Shanzheng, how could he possibly have become the peak master of Tiangang Peak with his sycophantic nature?

Previously, Tiancong plotted against Wu Hui. Master Shanzheng originally wanted to execute Tiancong, but Master Zhenkong gave him too much.

He spared Tiancong's life because he intended to use Tiancong as a whetstone for Wu Hui to encourage him.

But now that Wu Hui is dead, his lineage has ended and Master Shanzheng is childless. How can he face her now that she is dead?
"Uncle-Master Shanzheng, Senior Brother Wu Hui's primordial spirit has not been destroyed in Cao Meng's hands; there is still a glimmer of hope for him!"

Seeing that Master Shanzheng was so lost in thought, Su Qingyue offered a word of comfort.

"Yes, as long as the primordial spirit and true soul are still there, it is not considered dead."

"All I need to do is retrieve Wu Hui's primordial spirit and give him a new physical body!"

After Su Qingyue's reassurance, the divine light returned to Master Shanzheng's eyes.

Having regained his divine light, Master Shanzheng glanced at Master Zhenkong and said coldly:

"Zhen Kong, you were feeling guilty just now!"

"Zhen Kong, you should have arrived long ago, right? You're not just going to stand by and watch someone die, are you?"

Upon hearing these words, Master Shanzheng's murderous intent surged.

Master Shanzheng wasn't stupid; he instantly guessed some of the truth.

It should be noted that Venerable Zhenkong was the first Void Refinement stage cultivator to leave the Xuantian Sect, so he should have arrived much earlier.

This is still the part that Master Shanzheng doubts most about Master Zhenkong. What truly makes Master Shanzheng suspicious is that Master Zhenkong is feeling guilty.

If you haven't done anything wrong, why are you afraid of ghosts knocking on your door?
If Master Zhenkong is feeling guilty, then he must have something to hide!
"Shanzheng, stop spouting nonsense! You're clearly just looking to take advantage of my suffering!"

When Master Zhenkong saw that Master Shanzheng was starting to doubt him, he quickly refuted him.

"Senior Sister Xueyan, fellow disciples, please help me!"

Master Zhenkong knew his current state; to fight Master Shanzheng would be suicide.

So he immediately sought help from Su Qingyue's master, Master Xueyan, and other cultivators at the Refinement stage of the Xuantian Sect.

The only ones who can save him now are Xueyan Shangren and the other Void Refinement stage cultivators of Xuantian Sect.

“Junior Brother Shanzheng, Wu Hui’s primordial spirit is currently in Cao Meng’s hands. Our most urgent task is to capture Cao Meng and rescue Wu Hui’s primordial spirit.”

Even though Master Xueyan had been specifically asked for help by Master Zhenkong, she had no choice but to speak up.

"Zhen Kong, I'll let you off this time. You'd better watch yourself!"

Master Shanzheng knew that Master Xueyan and the others were here, and that he could not touch Master Zhenkong for the time being.

He could only deal with Master Zhenkong at another time.

Now that Master Zhenkong has lost his physical body and is in a state of primordial spirit, his combat power has been greatly reduced, and his status in the Xuantian Sect will also be greatly diminished.

He would have plenty of opportunities to deal with Master Zhenkong in the future, and as long as he could verify that Master Zhenkong had failed to save Wu Hui, most of the Void Refinement stage elders would side with him.

After making those harsh words, Master Shanzheng broke through the void and chased after Cao Meng.

Master Xueyan didn't just glance at Master Zhenkong; she's not stupid.

If Master Shanzheng could guess the truth, she could naturally guess it too.

"Junior Brother Zhenkong, you've gone too far this time. Junior Brother Shanzheng won't let you off easily. You'd better watch yourself!"

After revealing everything, Master Xueyan gave a few more instructions to her disciple Su Qingyue, and then led her people away through the void.

At this moment, Master Zhenkong also regretted his actions. He regretted not helping Wu Hui in his time of need, and he regretted not having the main force with him.

If he had been with the main force, how could he have been outmaneuvered and ended up in such a predicament!

……

Yangshan was the ambush site agreed upon by Nangong Yan and the Void Refinement stage ancestors of the Hehuan Sect and the Beast Soul Sect.

The Void Refinement stage elders of the Hehuan Sect and the Beast Soul Sect had been lying in ambush here for a long time, just waiting for Nangong Yan and Cao Meng to lure the big fish over.

The flowers they've been waiting for are almost withered!

The Imperial City of Xianyou and Yangshan are not far apart. A cultivator in the Void Refining stage can travel there in half a day.

After leading Cao Meng through the Void Realm for a long time, Nangong Yan finally saw Yangshan in front of her and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, this time she has attracted a group of big fish. If she is caught by those Void Refinement stage cultivators, her fate will be tragic.

On her way, Nangong Yan made a special trip to contact the Hehuan Sect and the Beast Soul Sect to confirm that everything was ready and foolproof!
Just as Nangong Yan and her group stopped, eight Void Refinement stage elders from Tianyuan Valley and Xingchen Pavilion caught up with them.

Eight hostile Void Refinement stage elders surrounded Cao Meng and his group of five.

"Nangong the Demoness, why aren't you running away anymore?"

Tingxuan, the Void Refining stage patriarch of Tianyuan Valley, looked at Nangong Yan and sneered.

"How to run?"

"Nangong the Demoness, you are only at the Refinement stage and therefore can be unafraid of spatial power, but this kid is only at the Nascent Soul stage."

She needed to expend her spiritual energy to protect the boy, so her running speed was naturally limited!

Gui Zhi of Xingchen Pavilion sneered and mocked, having already filled in the blanks in his mind.

Gui Zhi and Ting Xuan are of the same generation as Nangong Yan. They even fought each other when they were young, but let's not talk about who won or lost.

"Nangong witch, if you hand over Cao Meng, the eight of us can spare your life!"

Tingxuan stated his demands directly: their purpose in coming here was to capture Cao Meng, not to kill Nangong Yan.

Moreover, they were also afraid that if they pushed Nangong Yan too far, she would go crazy and kill Cao Meng first, and then fight them.

"You eight bastards, have the guts to fight me one-on-one!"

Seeing that the Void Refinement stage cultivators from the Xuantian Sect had not yet caught up, Nangong Yan did not rush to call for help. Instead, she decided to put on an act to buy some time until the Xuantian Sect members arrived.

"Nangong the Demoness, don't your demonic sects love to attack each other in groups?"

"What are your demands? A one-on-one fight with us?"

The eight of them directly rejected Nangong Yan's request. The advantage was in their hands. Would they be fools to go for a one-on-one fight?
"Cao Meng, as long as you surrender and cooperate obediently, I guarantee your life will be safe!"

"If you are willing to abandon darkness and embrace the light, and return to the righteous path, both of our sects will gladly accept you and offer you treatment no less favorable than that of the Joyful Union Sect!"

Tingxuan turned his gaze to Cao Meng and began to speak.

Tianyuan Valley and Xingchen Pavilion had already agreed on their journey that after capturing Cao Meng, they would share the profits from his capture! (End of Chapter)