Stop pretending, the fake heiress is actually a master of metaphysics.

"Young Sect Master, it's been a long time."

An aged voice landed on Shen Nian's head.

"As expected, it's immortal... the Phoenix destiny."

The man's words were tinged with a sigh, making Shen Nian feel nauseous.

Unwilling to exchange any more words with these people, she raised her sword and attacked the old man at the head of the table.

In fact, Shen Nian did not see the face of the person who wiped out her family.

But she recognized the voice.

That chilling, nauseating sound.

"Young Sect Master, we are all getting old."

The figure vanished from Shen Nian's sight like a demon.

That aged and deep voice echoed softly behind Shen Nian—

"A thousand years have passed; even the deepest hatred should be let go by now."

"If you kill us, your master and senior brothers will never return, Young Sect Master, why do you do this..."

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Nian's sword had already pierced his chest.

However, the next moment, the sword mysteriously melted into the opponent's body.

"I thought... after Duan Yue was crippled, the young sect leader would never be able to wield a sword again."

"Now that the Book of Heaven has been divided in two, with each of us holding one half, the Way of Heaven is at peace. Isn't that good?"

Shen Nian sneered, plunged her five fingers into his dantian, and forcefully crushed his nascent soul.

"not good."

Whether it's good or bad, it's never up to these beasts who deserve to be torn to pieces to decide.

"What did you do to him?"

Shen Nian's voice was cold, each word as if it had been quenched with ice.

"Us..."

"We simply want the 'Heavenly Book' to return to its original state, and the 'Heavenly Way' to its rightful place... that's all..."

"Don't you understand? We've never been the ones in the wrong."

"The fault lies with you, mere cultivators beneath the Heavenly Dao, who possess divine artifacts on par with the Heavenly Dao itself. Isn't that your fault?"

"...Nonsense!"

Shen Nian said coldly.

"Don't tell me you think the will of Heaven is wrong?"

The other party let out a sinister laugh.

"But Heaven is unjust; if Heaven wants to destroy you, then you have no choice but to perish—"

If Heaven is unjust, then she will expose it.

The Lingyun Sect, protected by the Heavenly Dao, must have its fortune extinguished today!

Five or six old men surrounded Shen Nian.

A thousand years ago, they were already Venerables at the Nascent Soul stage.

But a thousand years later...

However... he hasn't made any progress whatsoever!

Shen Nian hadn't engaged in such a pure magical battle with someone in a long time.

Talismans?

Those are merely the most insignificant things on the path of cultivation.

She hadn't used any real magic in a long time.

In an instant, the pitch-black hall was almost illuminated by the magical light, making it seem like daytime.

The azure spiritual power on Shen Nian's body surged instantly, almost devouring everything.

A spiritual pattern appeared between her brows, almost forcing her cultivation level to the half-step Tribulation Transcending stage!

The other party sneered: "Young Sect Master, your Dao Heart is destroyed. Even if you are a half-step Tribulation Transcending cultivator, what good is it? It's just a reflection in the water or a flower in a mirror."

Shen Nian said, "Is that so? If you were to die at the hands of a piece of trash whose Dao heart has been completely destroyed, I wonder if you would still have the face to spout such nonsense!"

A beam of yellow light struck Shen Nian. She raised her hand to strike, and a trickle of blood spilled from her lips.

But she seemed oblivious, fighting him almost frantically, her meridians throbbing with pain, her dantian on the verge of shattering, but Shen Nian didn't care about any of it.

She only wants the murderer who wiped out the entire family to pay for his crime in blood!

The wordless book changed with her movements, weaving a vast, all-encompassing net that trapped the group within it.

Shen Nian picked up the Heavenly Secret Pen.

Her first move was to sever their luck.

However, it seemed that some unseen force was preventing Shen Nian from doing so.

The blood at the corner of her lips had almost turned black.

The other party laughed loudly, "This isn't your body from when you reached the Nascent Soul stage. Can this mortal body withstand your defiance of the Heavenly Dao?"

"Or, there's another way... that can help you."

"Now you should refine your senior brother and complete the Heavenly Book. In this way, you will have the power to contend with the Heavenly Dao."

"What's wrong? Can't you bring yourself to do it?"

Shen Nian's pupils suddenly widened.

"...Who do you think he is?"

"Your senior brother."

Several extremely mocking laughs reached Shen Nian's ears.

"You siblings are so close, yet you didn't know he was the incarnation of the Wordless Heavenly Book?"

Shen Nian was shocked and suddenly vomited a mouthful of black blood.

...Senior brother?

"Go, go and refine him, let him become the other half of the Heavenly Book again."

"Don't you want revenge? Don't you want blood for blood? Then on the path of revenge, you always have to lose something, right?"

"He was not originally human; it was only out of divine mercy that he was given the opportunity to be reborn as a human."

"Now, it's time for him to repay you."

"...You know how to forge the Hundred Ghost Banner. Go, just extract his soul, shatter it, and then refine it..."

Why didn't you tell her?

Why?

In a daze, Shen Nian seemed to see the gentle sword cultivator in white robes again.

He smiled, waved at her, and said—

Junior sister, walk forward.

Don't look back.

What the other party wanted was that moment of distraction.

They grinned maliciously and raised their hands, ready to deliver the final blow to Shen Nian.

But it was blocked by something invisible.

Shen Nian looked down.

I didn't see anything.

Only a patch of white light slowly dissipated.

At the same time, the Heavenly Secret Brush in his hand could move freely again.

—The celestial book has been completed.

She dared not look at the corpses on the ground, nor did she have time to think about anything else.

She raised her pen and severed several strands of life and destiny.

The celestial book shone brightly with white light, and countless stardust fell from the sky.

Those hands, wielding the Heavenly Secret Pen, are gradually erasing something, and gradually correcting something.

She heard countless old, painful groans.

Everything in the main hall—objects, people—was like a sand painting scattered by the wind.

It gradually faded away and disappeared.

Vanished without a trace.

They died, completely and utterly.

But her senior brother also died.

And once again, he died right in front of her.

Shen Nian looked down at the lifeless body on the ground and suddenly felt a chill on her face.

Are they tears?

...She hadn't cried in a long time.

Meanwhile, the desert.

Thick, dark clouds gathered above the desert, and the support team and technicians looked up at the clouds in shock.

Is it... going to rain?

Rain in the desert is a once-in-a-century spectacle.

As everyone frantically searched for things to protect the various testing instruments, a torrential downpour suddenly began.

Rain seeped into the arid desert, sand and mud flowed, and everything around became blurred.

Visibility is too low.

In the pouring rain, they could only faintly hear the sound of something breaking.

The secret realm is about to collapse.

Shen Nian suppressed the Lesser Heavenly Dao single-handedly and used the Heavenly Book to erase the life force of the entire secret realm.

The secret realm is now shaking violently, and everything is collapsing.

Shen Nian picked up the Heavenly Secret Brush and with the last stroke, sent everyone in the secret realm out.

Then, those outside watched in disbelief as figures fell from the void above.

Like glutinous rice balls being thrown into boiling water.

They fell into the muddy sand, but felt only the joy of surviving a disaster.

"Master Shen hasn't come out yet—"

Someone shouted.