The Hehuan Sect cultivates alchemy; my senior sister helps me refine alchemy throughout the world.

"Someone instigated this?" Shen Yifei quickly pressed, "Who instigated it?"

Ye Ling frowned, seemingly trying hard to recall something. "I remember that person, wearing a white robe and a mask, and their voice sounded like it was coming from a very far away!"

"White robes? Masks?" Shen Yifei immediately pictured the "Immortal Punishment" group that Yun Zhonghe had mentioned. "Senior, what did he tell you?"

"He said... if the human race wants to destroy my demon race, we must strike first."

Ye Ling paused for a moment, then continued, "He said that the human race had amassed an army of 300,000, preparing to crush the demon territory. After sending scouts to investigate, it was indeed as he said! I led the demon army and launched a preemptive strike..."

She stopped abruptly, looked down at the pile of bones on the ground, and remained silent for a long time.

"Then... I found out it was all a trap. The human race also received the same message, saying that the demons were going to massacre humans. Both sides believed it and both sides struck first! When the fighting started, they discovered that it wasn't true at all. But it was too late; too many people had died, and neither side was willing to stop."

After listening, Shen Yifei was somewhat confused. If the Celestial Punishment wanted to eliminate the human and demon races, it could have done it itself. Why go to such great lengths to instigate a fight between the two sides?

As he was thinking, he suddenly heard the faint sounds of fighting in the distance, mixed with a woman's screams.

"Someone's here!" Without saying a word, Shen Yifei flew towards the direction from which the sound came. The only women who entered the secret realm were from Hundred Flowers Valley and Xuanbing Palace.

Ye Ling hesitated for a moment, then followed.

The two flew for less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, and then they saw a dozen cultivators being surrounded by a group of soldiers dressed in black armor in the valley ahead.

Shen Yifei looked closely and saw that the clothes worn by several people in the middle were the attire of Xuanbing Palace and Baihua Valley.

The remaining few were probably cultivators from other minor sects. They were standing back-to-back in a circle, their faces ashen.

These black-armored soldiers, numbering about forty or fifty, all had ferocious faces, bloodshot eyes, and fangs that could be seen when they opened their mouths.

"Senior, are these all demon soldiers?"

Ye Ling stood beside Shen Yifei and snorted coldly, "These are demons."

"Demons?" Shen Yifei was taken aback. "Aren't demons and demons the same thing?"

"Demons are demons, and evil spirits are evil spirits." Ye Ling's tone carried a hint of disgust. "Demons can take human form, possess intelligence and emotions, and are not much different from humans. Evil spirits can also take human form, but their true form is that of magical beasts; they only know how to kill."

At this moment, a demon who appeared to be a leader walked up to the disciples of Xuanbing Palace and Baihua Valley.

"Little ladies," the demon general grinned, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth, "put down your swords, come with us obediently, and I guarantee you'll have a good time!"

The leader of the Xuanbing Palace was a woman who looked to be in her early thirties, with a cultivation level of the early Mahayana stage.

"Junior sisters, fight them to the death! We'd rather die than be humiliated!"

"Let's give it our all!" the girls shouted in unison!

"You don't know what's good for you!" The demon general swung his giant axe, and a stream of black energy transformed into a sharp blade, heading straight for the woman's face.

The woman raised her sword to block, but with a "crack," the sword broke in two, and she was sent flying backward, crashing heavily to the ground, spitting out blood.

Shen Yifei was taken aback by the devil's sudden attack. He roared, "Ugly freak! Let go of those girls and come at me!"

The shout was full of energy, and the demon leader and the soldiers all turned around at the same time, their eyes looking past Shen Yifei and towards Ye Ling behind him!

With a wave of his hand, the demon summoned more than twenty demon soldiers who swarmed around him.

The demon leader, carrying a giant axe, swaggered over. "Pretty boy, I'm not interested in men. Leave that woman behind you, and you can get lost!"

"It's okay, as long as I'm interested in you." Shen Yifei chuckled and pointed to the demon leader's crotch. "Without that thing, let's see what you'll have to brag about."

The demon leader's face instantly turned ashen. "Kid, I'll give you a chance... Ouch..."

He threw down the giant axe in his hand, covered his groin with both hands, and squatted down.

Before the other demons could even react, Shen Yifei had already drawn his Long Sky Sword, shouting, "Breaking Army!"

A black sword aura instantly sliced ​​more than a dozen demon soldiers in half at the waist! The remaining demon soldiers then realized that this person in front of them... was someone they couldn't afford to offend.

Good demons don't suffer losses in the short term, and the demons, regardless of their leader's situation, immediately scattered like birds and beasts.

Shen Yifei didn't chase after it. He snapped his fingers at the little monster, "Go, it's all yours..."

The little monster had just swallowed the demon leader's sausage and testicles when, before Shen Yifei could finish speaking, it let out a howl and followed him.

Soon after, screams of agony rose and fell.

"Ouch..."

"Ah... my chicken..."

Shen Yifei looked at the women of Xuanbing Palace and Baihua Valley. They didn't know whether to leave or go forward, because they saw demonic energy from Shen Yifei's sword strike!

Shen Yifei walked up to the demon leader. "Come on, stand up and keep showing off!"

The demon leader, drenched in sweat from the pain, looked up and saw his men had all fled. "You...who the hell are you?"

"Shen Yifei, Sect Master of Tianyan Sect."

"You...you're Shen Yifei?"

Upon hearing his tone, Shen Yifei realized he recognized him and was somewhat surprised. "You know me? I'm that famous now?"

The demon let out a bitter laugh. "We've been looking everywhere for you, and here you are! Fine... fine! Kid, someone will deal with you!"

After he finished speaking, his body swelled up rapidly like a balloon.

Ye Ling shouted, "Get out of the way! He's going to self-destruct!"

Before Ye Ling could even shout, Shen Yifei sensed something was wrong and hurriedly flew backward.

With a deafening "bang," the shockwave from the demon leader's self-destruction sent rubble and bones flying everywhere.

Although Shen Yifei retreated quickly, he was still thrown off balance by the shockwave and rolled several times on the ground before coming to a stop.

Fortunately, the people in Hundred Flowers Valley were farther away, and although they were also battered by the wind, none of them were injured.

Ye Ling stood at a distance, motionless. The shockwave from the explosion dissipated automatically as if it had hit an invisible wall in front of her.

Shen Yifei grumbled as he got up, "Damn it, it just exploded like that..."

"Kid, you're in trouble," Ye Ling said calmly.

"What's the trouble?" Shen Yifei walked up to her. "It's just killing a demon leader."

Ye Ling pointed to the pile of minced meat on the ground. "It was a demon scout, responsible for exploring the way. It just said 'searching everywhere for you,' which means someone gave them orders to search for you in the secret realm. It self-destructed not to hurt you, but to warn its companions."

"What? These demons came specifically to get me? I have no grudge against them, I didn't even know demons existed! What the hell did I do to deserve this...?"

At this point, Shen Yifei realized that he had provoked Lu Ya!

These demons were summoned by Lu Ya to deal with him!

"Are you scared?" Ye Ling noticed that Shen Yifei's expression wasn't good!

"What's there to be afraid of! I'll just wait for them here!"