He was invincible from the beginning of the Heaven-Covering Era.

A flash of lightning seemed to strike Yin Tiande's mind, instantly illuminating the darkness, dispelling the fog, and making him think of another possibility.

"Could it be that Fairy Qingwu's cultivation has reached such an unfathomable level?" Yin Tiande found it extremely unbelievable.

"Moreover, don't forget, this is not like five or six years ago. In the current Ziwei Star Region, the Demon Lord is high above, and all other geniuses must bow down. Do you really think your talent is the best in the Ziwei Star Region?" The Supreme Elder continued, like a dagger piercing Yin Tiande's heart.

Yin Tiande's expression froze, and he was speechless.

The mere mention of the Demon Lord evoked an urge to roar to the heavens, for the very word of that name felt like a mountain pressing down on his heart, making him desperately want to break free from this barrier.

However, he was well aware of the vast difference between those who had severed their Dao and those who had not. Even though his cultivation had reached the peak of the sect leader level, it might take him several years just to find his own path, and it would be impossible to truly sever his Dao in less than ten years.

This is very different from the breakthroughs in the previous realms. In the previous realms, even if one's talent was lacking, one could still break through by piling on resources. But this hurdle cannot be overcome simply by piling on resources. This is the first hurdle that truly sets young supreme beings apart from ordinary geniuses.

"So, young man, you should think it over carefully and make another request. Don't waste this opportunity to face the life-or-death challenge. Unless it's an unreasonable request, we are unwilling to go against our ancestral teachings and set an unprecedented precedent," the old woman said calmly.

Since its establishment by the first Palace Master, few people have successfully passed the Heavenly Gate of Life and Death. However, over the years, there have been many precedents to follow. However, none of these precedents have shown that anyone disregarded the trial participants or took the Heavenly Gate of Life and Death seriously.

The essence of the Heavenly Gate of Life and Death is to give those who are not from the Guanghan Palace an opportunity. If there are truly exceptionally talented people, they will naturally attract the attention of the Guanghan Palace. This way, some people who lack talent but still dream of becoming Daoist partners with the Holy Maiden of the Guanghan Palace can be eliminated.

Yin Tiande's combat strength was indeed impressive; his speed in clearing the levels was too fast, and his combat power was terrifying. Even she, who was in seclusion, was awakened from her seclusion and was...

It alarmed them.

However, while Yin Tiande is indeed powerful, the current Holy Maidens are no less formidable. With their dedicated training, the future of the current Holy Maidens is equally bright and promising.

In this situation, they have no reason to let their own saintess and the Guanghan Palace become estranged because of such an outsider.

Yin Tiande remained silent for a long time, and did not immediately agree. Instead, he said that he needed to think about it and what other requirements he should make.

Clearly, this was just an excuse. He was still unwilling to give up and wanted to stall for time while seeking help from his two brothers who were away, to see if there were any other opportunities.

The meeting ended unhappily, with neither side achieving their desired outcome.

Moreover, for some reason, the outcome of this meeting also spread, and even people outside the Moon Palace knew about it.

"Good! Hahaha, Fairy Qingwu is indeed Fairy Qingwu. How could Yin Tiande possibly catch her eye? I knew the outcome would be like this!"

"Hmph, that Yin Tiande looks pretty ordinary, not even as handsome as me. I wonder how he cultivated to that level. But now it seems that Fairy Qingwu is still the same pure and innocent Fairy Qingwu. No man can enter her heart."

These are all comments from brainless fans who admire Yi Qingwu. These people don't bother to think about the logic behind them or whether it's reasonable. In their eyes, Yi Qingwu is the most perfect fairy in the world.

However, there are still intelligent people in this world, and these intelligent people can naturally see more from this small result.

"Hmm? This doesn't make sense. Why would Guanghan Palace refuse a prodigy like Yin Tiande? Such a genius is bound to be a strong contender on the road to becoming an emperor. Logically speaking, they should have agreed even just to save face."

"No, the attitude of Guanghan Palace is very wrong. There is a problem here, but what kind of problem would make the people of Guanghan Palace reject such a genius?"

"I heard that a few years ago, the Holy Maiden of Guanghan Palace disappeared for two years. According to the people of Guanghan Palace, her Holy Maiden obtained some kind of opportunity, which is why she has been away from the palace. Could it be that she really obtained an extraordinary opportunity, to the point that the people of Guanghan Palace no longer value a genius like Yin Tiande?"

Those who possess such insightful thinking are all from some of the great immortal sects of Luzhou. Even if they are not as powerful as Guanghan Palace, they are not far behind. They analyze every move of Guanghan Palace, and their main strength lies in their abundant intelligence and thorough analysis of every action.

On this day, the Moon Goddess entered the Moon Palace, applying to enter under the pretext of meeting her sworn brothers. Similarly, the Three-Lacking Taoist also entered.

As a result, the pressure on Guanghan Palace increased instantly. Every day, seeing these three people walking around inside Guanghan Palace, being respectful and courteous to each other, one couldn't help but think that Yin Tiande was indeed of considerable value, and that it was possible to establish closer ties with the other two major sects through him.

This was one of Yin Tiande's responses. Sometimes, it was only when the three of them were together that people truly realized how terrifying the situation was.

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Meanwhile, on this day, the number of people flocking to the area near the gate of Guanghan Palace suddenly increased, and they were all discussing heatedly and intensely how much influence Yin Tiande had, how strong his talent was, and how great the benefits would be to accept his demands.

In the crowd, a man who resembled Yin Tiande sneered, then silently retreated behind the crowd, fanning the flames and dragging innocent passersby into the debate.

This is another tactic employed by Yin Tiande, which can be roughly described as hiring an online army!

Despite the sudden increase in the number of people outside the Guanghan Palace, the vast majority of them were his younger brothers, whom Yin Tianzhi had purchased through some sources. They had been trained in rhetoric beforehand, with the intention of creating public opinion on the periphery and influencing the judgment of the people in the Guanghan Palace.

In fact, this did affect the judgment of some people in the Guanghan Palace. The Palace Master and the most powerful elders of the Guanghan Palace remained unmoved, but their disciples who were unaware of the situation were easily misled.

As the debate within the Guanghan Palace intensified, various demands for the elders to agree to Yin Tiande's requests arose, causing even the elders of the Guanghan Palace to become increasingly agitated.

However, just when Yin Tiande thought that his methods might bring about a turning point in the matter, something happened next that completely shattered his hopes.

"The Demon Lord has arrived!"

A loud and resounding sound echoed throughout the heavens and earth, and for a moment, everyone was stunned.

Then, after a brief silence, an even more extreme explosion occurred, as if the entire world was about to turn upside down, with countless voices rising and falling.

"What? Did I just hear that right? Who's here? Is it really that Demon Lord?"

"My God, what's going on? Even this king has come! This is unbelievable!"

"Heavens, heavens, heavens, what's going on? Such an important person would actually pay attention to such a trivial matter?"

Outside the gates of Guanghan Palace, Zhou Qingjing stood quietly in the sky. The Great Dao of the entire world naturally gathered around him, and the aura of the Great Dao became increasingly strong, making him seem more and more mysterious and unpredictable.

He was dressed in black, his eyes were as bright as black gemstones, his black hair was draped over his shoulders, and his body was upright. Just by standing there, one could feel that he was a pillar between heaven and earth, and every move he made had a mysterious and unpredictable feel to it.

Suddenly, a streak of light shot out from the Saintess Palace, streaking across the sky like a meteor, and in an instant, it burst through the gates of the Moon Palace and flew to the man's side.

"It really is you." Yi Qingwu stopped a few dozen steps away from Zhou Qing. Her expression changed constantly, as if she were under a spell. It was very complicated, with joy and sadness, making it difficult to analyze.

Zhou Qing sighed deeply, then took a step forward to Yi Qingwu's side, lifted her long, silky hair, and said softly, "Don't worry about any external influences. As long as you don't want to, no one in this world can force you. I will make sure no one else can say a word!"

At this moment, Zhou Qing's expression was also very complicated. Even he himself didn't know what he was really thinking.

He hadn't expected that, despite his initial intention to just watch the excitement, he would suddenly feel very uncomfortable, especially with Xiaoyu constantly talking on and on. In addition, observing Yin Tiande's actions over the past few days, he felt that this man was cunning and ruthless, which made him somewhat dislike him.

So he stepped forward.

There was no special reason; he simply didn't want to see this happen, that's all.

That's enough. He always does things as he pleases, with the main goal of avoiding regrets and making everything based on what makes him happy. So whenever something happens that makes him unhappy, he will naturally stand up for himself.

His presence, coupled with Yi Qingwu stepping out of the palace for the first time in many days, caused another person in the Guanghan Palace to have their head blown off.

"This is the second time. Including the time in the Ziwei Imperial City, this is the second time something like this has happened. What's wrong with me? Why is it that whenever I encounter something related to him, everything goes wrong?" Yin Tiande muttered, almost going crazy.

Chapter 218 The Death of the Taiyin Divine Child

Yin Tiande couldn't understand it at all. A few years ago, everything went smoothly for him on this ancient star. He could easily find scriptures and magical artifacts left by his predecessors.

Even though he encountered many crises during his growth, he always managed to overcome them calmly for various reasons.

Among these crises, there were instances where he was attacked with holy weapons, with attempts to eliminate him prematurely. However, other holy weapons would always stand on his side for various reasons, thus preventing him from facing any real crisis.

Thinking back to those days, he still misses them from time to time. It was as if he was being watched by the whole world. Not only was it very easy to discover the relics of the ancients and obtain great opportunities, but he also smoothly overcame one tribulation after another.

But all of this changed after he first met the Demon Lord and his two companions in that small world of the Divine Continent Dynasty.

If it's something that has nothing to do with the Demon Lord, that's fine, but once it gets involved with the Demon Lord, unexpected troubles are bound to arise.

"Brother Yin, what should we do now?" Taiyin Divine Child asked unwillingly.

At this point, it's clear to anyone with eyes that the Moon Palace will never agree to their demands.

They had originally hoped to take this opportunity to bring Guanghan Palace to their side in order to deal with any potential future crises against the Taiyin Divine Sect, but now it seems that the opportunity is gone.

The situation in the world is becoming increasingly unpredictable, with a sense that a sudden change in the weather is imminent. It seems that an invisible wind is blowing across the Ziwei Star, and the elders of the upper echelons of the Divine Sect are worried every day.

These past few years have been the most extraordinary years for the Ziwei Star. This extraordinary aspect is that, even if we extend the time span to thousands or tens of thousands of years, no period has had a greater impact than these past few years.

On the ancient star Ziwei, people have gradually come to give this period a name: a great change that has not been seen in millions of years!

Since the ancient times, after the Sun lineage was massacred by the Yama lineage of the Underworld, it gradually declined. The Moon lineage also lost its Human Emperor Seal to the depths of the universe due to its participation in a certain divine war. Both lineages declined to the extreme.

Originally, the Taiyin bloodline was annihilated, and the Taiyang bloodline was on the verge of collapse, seemingly about to perish together. However, it seemed that some unseen force was manipulating everything, causing the Taiyang bloodline to suddenly rise again. In less than a few hundred years, it might truly emerge from the fog and ascend the void throne of Ziwei Star.

Therefore, the Taiyin Divine Cult was truly worried. What worried them even more was that one force after another began to distance themselves from them, giving them a feeling of being abandoned by the world, feeling lonely and desolate, and waiting for their demise in a silent emptiness.

"Don't act rashly. We have little hope this time and can only accept this defeat. Let's think carefully about how to proceed in the future," Yin Tiande said, shaking his head to persuade Taiyin Shenzi not to be too impulsive.

However, the Taiyin Divine Child was used to being proud and had never experienced a beating, so he was naturally not intimidated by a few words.

The Taiyin Divine Child said in a cold voice, "I've also heard of this Demon Lord. I admit he's powerful, but no matter how powerful he is, he's just a king. What realm has he cultivated to in the past few years? The third level, or the fourth level?"

Heavens? There's absolutely no need to be overly afraid.

He quickly checked the things he had with him, and immediately had an idea in mind, feeling much more at ease.

"Brother, just stand aside and watch how I use my skills to make this Demon Lord flustered and perhaps even kill him here."

After saying that, Taiyin Shenzi walked out, but Yin Tiande sensed something was wrong.

Seeing that the Taiyin Divine Child was so stubborn, Yin Tiande, along with the Three Missing Daoists and the people of Guanghan Palace, hurriedly bid farewell and quickly opened the domain gate to leave.

Outside the mountain gate, Zhou Qing stroked Yi Qingwu's long, black hair with his hand, and Yi Qingwu showed no sign of reluctance, which immediately broke the mentality of a group of sycophants.

The goddess in their eyes now stands there, letting another man stroke her long hair. Even if this man is truly outstanding, they feel their hearts bleeding.

"It's fake, it's all fake! I must have entered a world of illusion! Hahaha, don't try to fool me! How could Fairy Qingwu do such a thing? Release! Release! Release!" A young man roared wildly, waving his arms and legs like a madman, incoherent and delirious.

"Like a dream, like a dream! Am I really living in a dream? How ridiculous! How can one dream within a dream? The world really has such a dreamlike reality!" Another person went mad, and a large group of people quickly moved away from him, fearing that this madman might do something terrible.

Of course, there weren't many people like that. Out of the thousands of people outside the gates of Guanghan Palace, only five or six went mad. However, the sudden riot caused the impact of the incident to spread rapidly.

A truly seasoned simp won't stop fawning over someone else just because their goddess is with someone else. After the initial heartbreak, they'll continue doing what they always have to do, without any change.

A shallow sycophant will only end up heartbroken, reflecting on their own mistakes in solitude, blaming themselves for everything, and eventually closing themselves off from the world, loving no one anymore.

Those who go mad are often very clever young people who happen to be on the verge of emotional collapse. They can't handle the huge blow, are unwilling to accept the facts, yet are powerless to change them, and unwilling to give up easily. In their final painful struggle and self-torture, they finally go completely insane.

Yi Qingwu's master, the middle-aged beauty, saw this scene from afar and sighed softly.

"Is he truly the one I love, or is there another reason? Qingwu, don't regret it."

Suddenly, an old woman with white hair appeared beside her. She was the Supreme Master, the master of this middle-aged beauty, and Yi Qingwu's grandmaster.

“Let the young people handle their own affairs. I remember you suffered a heartbreak when you were young, which is why you never allowed Qingwu to have any contact with men. But now your attitude is far less indifferent,” the old woman said.

The middle-aged woman was taken aback, her thoughts racing. She sighed deeply and said, "In the Holy Maiden's Palace, at that moment, her expression was so much like mine back then. How could I possibly be so heartless?"

Within the vast crowd outside the mountain gate, an unknown figure dressed in black robes moved about silently.

They reached a point in the crowd closest to Zhou Qing, and then suddenly rushed out at an extremely fast speed, covering tens of thousands of feet in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, nine bamboo stalks, as if cast from black gold, appeared in front of him. These were the legendary Nether Bamboo, containing the corpse energy of a saint after his death.

These nine Nether Bamboos were incredibly strange, transforming into nine human figures that ran over on their own. From afar, a wisp of saintly pressure emanated from them, terrifying beyond compare.

In just a moment, everyone was horrified, and they couldn't help but shiver, as if they had entered an ancient underworld, where the atmosphere was eerie and terrifying.

The nine Nether Bamboos moved at an extremely fast speed, surpassing that of ordinary powerful beings, and even some beginner Dao Slayers could not match them. The aura of the saintly corpses they emitted was so strong that even Dao Slayers would be in danger of perishing if they encountered it.

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