I reign supreme in the Western fantasy world for eternity.

Marcus took a half step back, bowed again, and said, "Then I will not linger any longer. May the Holy Light guide your path."

Ji Tian nodded, put his left arm around Elena, and carried his sword on his right shoulder. The sacred mountain was looming at the tip of the sword. He stepped into the void, and his figure, along with the suspended mountain, disappeared into the horizon.

Marcus stood there, gazing up at the sky tinged orange by the twilight, and after a long while murmured, "This era... is about to get interesting."

The cardinal beside him leaned closer and asked cautiously, "Cardinal, the hero took the Holy Mountain away. What about the Holy Sword after that?"

Marcus waved his hand and turned to walk towards the teleportation array: "The Holy Mountain is gone, so what's the point of giving birth to the Holy Sword? He pulled the mountain up under the watchful eye of my lord, so he is naturally a true hero, and perhaps even the last hero."

He took two steps, then stopped, looked back at the empty sky, and sighed.

"Have the clerk create a separate file for this hero and seal it at the highest level. Also, notify the Royal Capital Magic Academy that the hero team's magician slots have been decided, and have them retrieve the file of the student named Elena and make a record of it."

"Yes."

……

The sacred mountain was indeed very special. It took Ji Tian quite a bit of spiritual energy to teleport with it. His figure flashed through the void several times before finally arriving above the Eastern Territory.

As dusk tinged the mountains with a bluish-green hue, the protective array of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect sensed his presence and silently opened a rift.

He turned his head to look at Elena in his arms and asked in a low voice, "The day after tomorrow is the Holy Enlightenment Day. I need to return to the sect first to try to refine the Holy Mountain initially. Are you ready?"

Elena wrapped her arms around his waist, tilted her head back and planted a kiss on the corner of his lips, her grey-blue eyes reflecting the glow of the sunset. "I'm ready. I'm going to come and see your sect eventually."

Eastern Territory, Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect, Bluestone Square.

The last vestiges of crimson on the horizon were fading. The red dragon was dozing under an ancient pine tree, its tail tip seemingly possessing its own consciousness as it curled up half a magic crystal and tossed it into its mouth, chewing it with relish.

Suddenly, its vertical pupils snapped open, the entire dragon sprang up, and a deep roar came from its throat.

A mountain peak in the sky was slowly descending as Ji Tian's figure appeared, and an ancient, sacred aura with a natural suppressive force emanated from the mountain.

"What is that?! Holy, Holy Mountain?!" The red dragon's voice changed. Although it had never seen the Holy Mountain in person, its natural power to counter both demons and dragons was undeniable.

Without even a moment's hesitation, it ran away.

"Damn it!" it cursed inwardly, flapping its wings wildly as it tumbled and crawled out from under the ancient pine tree, flying back to its cave without looking back.

Ji Tian glanced at the red dragon's fleeing figure and thought of Lilith.

That girl is a demon. Last time in Kolde City, she was so frightened by the lingering power of the Holy Sword that her legs went weak. Now she's confronting the sect with the entire Holy Mountain...

Thinking of this, he gently placed the sacred mountain at the edge of the bluestone square. The ground trembled slightly, and several paving stones were pressed into fine cracks.

The golden runes on the mountain's surface flickered a few times before falling silent, leaving only a faint, ethereal holy light spreading outwards.

He extended his divine sense to lock onto the other person's location before taking Elena's hand and saying, "Let's go see Lilith first."

Lilith is currently meditating outside the Spirit Spring Cave; no, she just ran inside the cave.

As soon as Ji Tian entered the cave, he saw Lilith curled up deep inside, wrapped tightly in a blanket, with only a small section of her silver-white hair showing. The blanket was shaking violently.

Wait, where did she get a blanket?

"Lilith".

A soft, tearful "woof—" came from under the covers, followed by even more violent trembling.

Ji Tian walked over and gently tugged at the corner of the blanket, but couldn't budge it; the girl was clutching the blanket tightly.

"It's me, don't be afraid."

After a moment of silence under the covers, half of her face peeked out: her long, silvery-white hair was a mess, her purple eyes were wet, her nose was red, and her lips were trembling.

"Master... what's outside? I feel like a mountain is pressing down on my chest, I can't breathe."

Ji Tian knelt down beside Lilith, placed his hand on the top of her head, and channeled a gentle spiritual energy into her to protect her mind. "Holy Mountain, I brought it back with me when I drew my sword."

Lilith's eyes widened, and it took her a while to start chattering: "You...you brought the Holy Mountain back?! Isn't that thing the bane of demons? Master, are you trying to clean house? I...I haven't been slacking off lately! I've been meditating on time every day..."

She became increasingly guilty as she spoke, her voice growing softer and softer until she finally pulled her face back under the covers, leaving only her eyes pleadingly looking at Ji Tian.

"Pfft—" Elena, standing nearby, suppressed a laugh as she watched Ji Tian continue his conversation with his somewhat cowardly apprentice.

"Instead of cleaning up your own house, try using the Concealing Breath Technique to see if you can isolate this aura."

Lilith said in a muffled voice, "I tried it, but it didn't work... That thing is a perfect counter to me, and even with the Concealing Breath Technique activated, it's like I haven't activated it at all."

Could it be that the Holy Mountain possesses a stronger suppressive power over the Demon King's bloodline than the Holy Sword?

After a moment's thought, Ji Tian took out a jade talisman from his sleeve. It was a small "barrier" that he had previously sealed with the authority of the God of Industry for his research on the Time Realm, which could isolate external interference.

He placed the jade talisman into Lilith's hand and activated it by channeling spiritual energy into it.

A pale golden halo emanated from the jade talisman, enveloping Lilith entirely.

Her tense body slowly relaxed, and she poked her head out from under the covers, breathing heavily.

"I'm alive, I'm alive! That's so good!" She grabbed Ji Tian's arm and rubbed her face against it, her tears and snot smearing his sleeve. "I thought you didn't want me anymore, that you were going to suppress me under the Holy Mountain and make me a demon... Who is this sister?"

Lilith lifted her head from Ji Tian's arm, her eyes blurry with tears as she looked at the woman before her with her light blonde hair and gentle demeanor. She sniffed, "You're the benefactor who first taught my master to read?"

Elena was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then her smile deepened. "Little sister, did he really tell you that?"

Lilith shrank further behind Ji Tian, ​​only showing half of her face, and said, "Hmm."

Before she could say anything more, the space inside the Spirit Spring Cave suddenly distorted slightly, and a silver-white figure emerged from the void.

With her short, silver-white hair and a cool yet slightly worried expression, Ophelia looked around the Spirit Spring Cave.

She sensed an anomaly coming from the great formation and used it to teleport directly to the bluestone plaza. After recognizing it as the Holy Mountain, she rushed over to check on her sixth junior sister, who was a demon.

But then he saw that Lilith was hanging on Ji Tian's back and was not seriously injured. He then fixed his gaze on the woman holding the sect leader's left hand.

Ophelia's perception far surpassed Lilith's; she immediately recognized the kiss mark on the sect leader's lips as coming from the other person, suggesting that it was likely already...

She pursed her lips, her imposing aura unintentionally weakening slightly.

Elena seemed to understand something, and looked at her with a smile in her eyes.

The two women stared at each other from several dozen steps away, and the atmosphere became somewhat unusual for a moment.