The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

The words "We have no home" struck Chi Miao as if she had been hit by the most violent blow in the world, causing her body to convulse uncontrollably.

But she quickly calmed down, gradually regaining her composure.

She looked up, her pupils now a pure golden yellow, sacred and serene, as if anything could be resolved with ease.

She patted Jin Shengfei on the shoulder with one hand, her voice hoarse: "Don't worry, we won't be homeless."

"Let's go back."

"Where to?"

Nine Swords Mountain.

"But... Nine Swords Mountain has already been destroyed."

Chi Miao shook her head, her eyes more resolute than ever before. The expression on her beautiful face was extremely complex, and beneath that gentle, comforting smile lay an almost undisguised killing intent.

"Nine Swords Mountain will not be destroyed, because we are still here... As long as I, Chi Miao, am alive, for even a minute, for even a second... Nine Swords Mountain will never be completely destroyed."

"Anyone who invades my Nine Swords Mountain, or participates in its destruction... I will not let them, nor will I spare the forces behind them!"

After saying that, Chi Miao suddenly produced a Void Sword in his hand. This sword was transparent and blood-red, and it faintly exuded a fierce aura, mixed with the two mutually exclusive forces of demonic energy and spiritual power.

The Weeping Sword is gone, but that's alright.

She is a sword cultivator, a sword cultivator who can turn anything in the world into a sword!

"It's time to return to Miaohua Continent and teach those greedy and unruly people a lesson they won't forget!"

……

The group used a flying boat-like magical artifact to return to Miaohua Continent. During the journey, Chi Miao remained seated at the bow of the flying boat, unmoved by the storm and thunder that threatened her. She was as steady as a mountain.

She has been searching the Hub of All Things for any clues about the destruction of Nine Swords Mountain.

The general information that can be obtained is as follows:

Half a year ago, a large number of Tribulation Transcending stage cultivators suddenly appeared in the sects of Miaohua Continent that were originally neither high nor low, with almost every sect having one in charge.

They isolated the ten major sects and formed an alliance—the Immortal Alliance.

They claimed to have survived from the dark ages to the present, testifying that the ten major sects of Miaohua Continent possessed methods for achieving immortality, and that they had indeed found records related to the "Reboot Plan" within the ten major sects.

The place where this record appears is Nine Swords Mountain, which had some connection with the Immortal Tianbei after he left the Tantric sect.

Things spiraled out of control. Some of them were definitely witnesses to the events of that year, and they insisted that the Supreme Elder of Nine Swords Mountain was Tiannu Jun, one of the Four Masters of the Esoteric Sect.

While the Tantric sect and Tianlejun were being interrogated by a group of Transcending Tribulation cultivators, another group, led by twelve Transcending Tribulation cultivators, went door-to-door targeting the ten major sects, with their primary target being Nine Swords Mountain.

In the end, twelve Transcending Tribulation stage cultivators joined forces with over a hundred Mahayana stage cultivators to invade Nine Swords Mountain.

After a day and a night of stubborn resistance, Nine Swords Mountain suffered heavy losses, with almost the entire mountain littered with corpses, finally forcing the Supreme Elder to intervene.

The Supreme Elder descended like a god, unleashing a furious roar that triggered a heavenly tribulation of lightning, instantly annihilating ten Transcending Tribulation stage cultivators of the Heavenly Alliance. Hundreds of Mahayana stage cultivators were left behind, utterly powerless to resist.

However, the Supreme Elder was already nearing the end of his life, and after using this move, he was on the verge of death on the spot.

The Heavenly Alliance was certain that the Supreme Elder of Nine Swords Mountain had reached the level of "Immortal," so they immediately dispatched more people to draw up tens of thousands of complex formations to force the Supreme Elder to submit.

If you disagree, I'll kill a Nine Swords Mountain disciple every minute.

Even now, the disciples of Nine Swords Mountain were still shouting: "Humanity actually possesses a bunch of scum like you! You can defile our bodies and take our lives, but you will never shame our souls!"

"Disciples of Nine Swords Mountain! We would rather die in battle! We would rather face death than beg for mercy! We would rather compromise!"

"Nine Swords Mountain, a mountain strewn with the bones of loyal soldiers!"

Nine Swords Mountain was already dwindling in population among the top ten sects, with only tens of thousands of disciples in the entire mountain. Several thousand had died, leaving less than three thousand at this point.

Disciples below the Nascent Soul stage, who were powerless to even kill a chicken, committed suicide on the spot! Their blood fell to the ground and evaporated instantly.

Elder Yan Ge, the head of the Punishment Department, led the other elders in a desperate effort, risking their lives to create a path to survival for the remaining disciples!

But the disciples turned back halfway, foolishly shouting, "We will live and die with Nine Swords Mountain!"

The Supreme Elder finally made a move.

It turns out that the entire Nine Swords Mountain community had already made a decision: they would rather die than surrender.

The Supreme Elder had been preparing for this, and in that instant, he caused the entire Nine Swords Mountain to explode.

The explosion shattered the void, turning the area around Nine Swords Mountain into a desolate wasteland. The lives of the cultivators of Nine Swords Mountain, along with tens of thousands of invaders, were forever left as ruins!

This incident enraged the Immortal Alliance leader, Zhan Wangtian, who declared that if the ten major sects did not hand over the method to achieve immortality within a month, he would completely annihilate them and restart the restart plan once again!

After the destruction of the Nine Swords Mountain sect, they knew that the Heavenly Pride Clan was still inside the Heavenly Sorrow Cave. To eliminate them completely, they issued arrest warrants with heavy rewards for Chi Miao, Jin Shengfei, and Ying Wuhuo.

Chi Miao's net worth is equivalent to ten Heavenly Rank magic treasures and a million high-grade spirit stones.

Jin Shengfei and Ying Wuhuo are both worth five Heaven-Rank Magic Treasures and a million High-Grade Spirit Stones.

"That's really cheap."

After witnessing all of this, Chi Miao couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

That statement was absolutely right.

—Humanity's calamities did not come solely from the demons; ultimately, what crushed humanity was humanity itself.

—It is the contempt of the strong for life, and the desires that humans cannot control even after years of cultivation.

This suddenly appearing "Immortal Alliance" is truly remarkable, having produced so many immortals all at once, and to make matters worse, it happened after the curse of the wicked people was cast.

Or perhaps they really are remnants of the dark ages.

Or... they are the lackeys carefully cultivated by the "sins of the common people".

Otherwise, how could they be so certain that Tantric Buddhism, Nine Swords Mountain, and even the Ten Great Sects possessed methods for achieving immortality?

A bunch of pathetic bastards.

If you knew that those who had reached the Tribulation Transcending stage would have no chance of ascending to immortality, you would probably be even more devastated, right?

But there's no need for that anymore.

Whether or not you were destined to ascend, you no longer exist now.

They will all die.

Because they will inevitably bear the wrath of a "king".

Chi Miao suddenly spoke up: "Fellow members of the Prodigy Group, I have a request. Please... pass on a message to the current leaders of the Ten Great Sects."

"Anyone who pledges allegiance to the Immortal Alliance will be my enemy from this day forward, and I will show no mercy to them, no matter who they are."

"To be, or not to be, that is the choice I am offering you."

"Seven days from now, I will crush the Immortal Alliance."

A smile played on her lips.

The anger in his eyes had been completely shrouded in mystery.

After returning to Miaohua Continent, the group of prodigies disbanded on the spot, and each member quickly went to their own sect to deliver the news.

Chi Miao and his companions did not intend to alert the enemy, so they quietly concealed themselves and secretly returned to Nine Swords Mountain.

They just wanted to take a look.

One glance is enough.