I defeated the saint with a parry.

That night.

After seeing Xu Ling and Zhang Li off, Zhao Yi returned to the backyard, casually chased away Chun Ruxia Hua, and stayed alone in the house with Li Wanjun.

"Wanjun! Your appetite has increased even more. There's so much yin energy in Fancheng, isn't it enough for you to eat? You almost attacked Chunru today. Have you forgotten that she grew up with you in this life?"

Li Wanjun sat behind the bed curtains, absorbing yin and spiritual energy with each breath. As she was nourished by the spiritual and ghostly energy, her face lost its color and instead turned bluish.

Her appearance shifted between gentle and ferocious, with a pair of fangs protruding from her upper jaw.

"Brother Yi."

Li Wanjun stopped what she was doing, her eyes already streaked with tears: "The bloodline in my body is not some kind of immortal species at all."

"It's my fault. I blame myself for not being able to find that Qi cultivator and find a way back then. Right now, the Yin energy can temporarily suppress the bloodline in your body. Maybe there are other ways." Zhao Yi said with a look of self-reproach.

Li Wanjun gently shook her head: "The events in Fancheng might also be my doing. I have the blood of that calamity flowing in my veins. The people of the ancient Shang and pre-Qin periods offered sacrifices to the heavens because of her, hoping she wouldn't bring down disaster... I have her blood, and it will bring bad things too. Brother Yi, you should stay away from me. The Zhao family was once so powerful, but look at them now..."

"Don't even mention the Zhao or Li families. Even the immortals and gods of yesteryear couldn't withstand the passage of time. There's no such thing as a harbinger of disaster or a ghost star; that's all a lie. After all these years, haven't you figured it out yet? Some people write down what they fear, and it becomes a calamity for future generations." Zhao Yi continued, "But in recent years, many evil practices have emerged in the Great Chu; those are the real harbingers of disaster."

"Evil magic?" Li Wanjun was now acting normally, and she asked, "Is it the kind from Taoyuan Village?"

"Exactly." Zhao Yi nodded. "I felt those talismans looked familiar back then. Now it seems someone dug up something from the past and is using it against the Great Chu."

"Did Xu Ling come here today just to ask you this?"

"That's not it," Zhao Yi laughed. "That kid suffered a loss at Li Xi's hands and is now eager to get revenge. I told the people from the Demon Suppression Division about the 108 spirit pearls. The opportunity to become a saint can't be known only to the Myriad Demon Kingdom and those sects."

"You..." Li Wanjun patted Zhao Yi's back gently, "You want to throw the Great Chu into chaos so you can find those people, right?"

"You understand me best, Wan Jun."

"Brother Yi, I think you don't need to look for me in every life like before. The speed at which my bloodline is awakening far exceeds any previous life. The medicine you prepared can't suppress it. I will completely become her."

Li Wanjun sighed: "I used to dream about our past often, but now my dreams are all about her."

"Don't overthink it, I'll figure something out."

Zhao Yi stretched out his hand, made a hand seal, and forced out a drop of golden blood from his middle finger: "Swallow it, and you'll feel much better."

Upon seeing the drop of blood, Li Wanjun's eyes immediately lit up with longing, but she quickly regained her composure: "The blood pills you gave me before were made with your own blood?"

"Yes, the dosage of the medicine I made before was small, so swallowing it directly like this will definitely be effective." Zhao Yi could see her worry: "Don't worry, I have so much blood in my body, losing a drop or two won't make a difference."

Before Wan Jun could react, Zhao Yi flicked his finger, and a drop of blood flew to her lips.

As soon as she drank it, Li Wanjun rolled her eyes in ecstasy, collapsed onto the bed, and her blood surged. Golden blood energy surged out of her body and then returned, as if trying to change her physical form.

Suddenly, another bloodline power, seemingly capable of burning everything, appeared, suppressing all changes and restoring calm to the room.

"Please wait a little longer, madam. Your bloodline will awaken, which means those people will return, and everything will be alright."

Zhao Yi opened the window, looked at the stars in the sky, and softly murmured: "O soul, return! The south is not a place to rest. With carved foreheads and blackened teeth, offer human flesh as sacrifice, and use their bones to make pickled vegetables."

A few days later, the month-long period had passed, and the demonic calamity struck again.

The spiritual energy between heaven and earth became richer, and the monsters that had been living and hunting peacefully in the thousands of mountains became extremely frenzied, attacking indiscriminately regardless of their species.

Only those with stronger spiritual consciousness escaped the calamity and emerged from the beast tide.

Mountain villages on the outskirts of the mountains were the first to be affected, followed by towns and cities across the country.

When the news reached Kangcheng in Kangzhou, the Gentleman Sword, a subordinate of King Kang Ji Ruikang, had just slaughtered a village of a hundred households under the pretext of demonic calamity. He falsely reported his military achievements, but King Kang discovered this and executed him on the spot.

Later, with the help of Yama's Blade, Kangcheng stopped the beast tide, but was discovered to be a spy from the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons and was killed by King Kang.

At the same time, news spread throughout the Great Chu Kingdom that spies from the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom had been beheaded, including some descendants of prominent families.

For some unknown reason, news also came from the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons that spies had been killed, which was truly strange.

Another half month passed, and the cultivation world began to pay no attention to the matter, because rumors circulated that a method could instantly refine living beings and boost cultivation, but it required a sacrificial ceremony and specific venue arrangements...

Not only that, several powerful families in Jiangnan were massacred. The perpetrators left behind blood-written letters to prove their identities, all for revenge. It was later discovered that these families had stolen opportunities from others in their early years, and though they hadn't killed them all, the remaining members had grown up and found a hidden cave in a mountain cliff. They obtained a technique that allowed them to absorb the cultivation of others and convert it into their own, and they slaughtered all their enemies along the way. Now they are all advanced cultivators at the Sea Gazing Realm.

This person is wanted by the Demon Suppression Bureau.

The Great Chu is quite lively now, and strange calamities have become commonplace.

On the official road of the Great Chu Dynasty, running from north to south, two spirit horses at the Condensation Realm were galloping towards the Thousand Machines Gate. Xu Ling and Zhang Li were cursing and swearing on their horses, their faces extremely ugly.

"Damn it, if the Thousand Machines Sect wasn't so far away, I would have flown there directly."

Zhang Li complained, "Fancheng is in dire need of reconstruction, why do we have to travel so far?"

"You saw that list, didn't you?" Xu Ling was also annoyed. No matter which world it was, long-distance business trips were never pleasant. "Some people can be executed on charges of being spies, but many others can't. This time, the Thousand Machines Sect is inviting heroes from all over the world, undoubtedly to gather the Spirit Pearls and seek that opportunity to become a saint. It'll be a good opportunity to meet those people..."

"Those who possess spirit pearls should all be heading to the Thousand Machines Sect by now; we've just happened to be there."

"Yeah, it's a good thing you had one too. Otherwise, we really wouldn't have had the chance to attend such a grand event."

Zhang Li sighed, "According to reliable sources, hundreds of sects from all over the world, including the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom and the surrounding small countries, are on their way."

He pointed to the flying boats that kept passing overhead and sighed, "We officials don't even have flying boats to use, while these sects are all rolling in money."

Xu Ling smiled and said, "If Lord Zhang doesn't want to go, I can speak with the garrison commander and have him let you return to Fancheng."

"Please, Lord Xu, I was just being sarcastic, I'm not really stupid. Don't ruin my future!!"

"Hahaha, if Brother Zhang had listened to your master and focused more on his cultivation, I'm afraid you would have surpassed him long ago."

"Don't talk nonsense. My master is not as simple as the Spirit Platform Realm. I think it's a long time before I can surpass him."

"Silence!"

The two stopped in front of a manor without prior agreement.

Here, there are wide official roads in front and behind, no mountains or cities, just a vast plain. The sudden appearance of this large mansion is like trying to hide something obvious.

"That's strange. How can there be such a large estate right next to the official road? I've never seen it on any map." Zhang Li frowned, looking at the map in his hand. "It looks like it suddenly appeared out of nowhere."

"Taoist or Buddhist temples?"

"This name is wrong."