My little sect, which disappeared a thousand years ago, has become a sacred site!

Ye Qingxue, Yue Lingxi, and Luo Qingchen's expressions turned completely somber.

The other party was clearly premeditated and fully prepared!

Not only do they have the advantage in numbers and their cultivation is not weak, but they have also set up a strange formation in advance to specifically counter Yue Lingxi's soul attack, and even have a means to taint and negate Luo Qingchen's healing holy light.

Clearly, they had been waiting here for a long time, intending to capture them all in one fell swoop.

To be honest, in terms of raw strength, even if the other side had dozens of half-immortals, ten of them might not be a match for the three of them.

However, the opponent had the upper hand and possessed an extremely rare formation that countered Yue Lingxi, instantly reversing the situation.

"You didn't expect that, did you, Ye Qingxue!"

The middle-aged man in the yellow robe stopped laughing, his face filled with resentment and pleasure.

"You've finally met your match! Surprised?"

You probably can't even begin to recall how the 'Purple Star Sect,' which your Celestial Holy Land so easily crushed back then, managed to leave me, a fish that slipped through the net, and how I was able to cultivate to this level of strength.

"I've set up this deadly trap for you here! Haha, for you high and mighty holy ancestors, how could you possibly remember the name of an ant you've crushed?"

He deliberately raised his cultivation level, clearly intending to completely suppress the three women with his aura.

Ye Qingxue raised her eyes, her icy gaze piercing the middle-aged man like a sharp sword. Her voice was clear and calm, yet every word was distinct:

"Zichen Sect. Located in the southern region of Zhongzhou, it is affiliated with a second-rate family. The sect has allowed seventeen elders and disciples to plunder and massacre more than a hundred people from small families in the past hundred years, and to kill three disciples who were sent by my holy land."

Instead of handing over the murderer, they attempted to silence him and cover it up.

According to the laws of St. Peter's Basilica, his entire family was sentenced to be exterminated as a warning to others.

Ye Qingxue coldly revealed the reason for the annihilation of the Zichen Sect. Or rather, she remembered the names of all the forces she had destroyed, and why they were destroyed.

Their master had taught them: When cultivating immortality and seeking the Dao, one should hold good thoughts, but not in a pedantic or rigid way. When encountering injustice, one should distinguish right from wrong; when facing evil, one should know its root cause, sever its cause and effect, and eradicate it completely.

She always kept this in mind, and before taking any action, she would first investigate the reasons and confirm the evidence.

Upon hearing Ye Qingxue so calmly and clearly recount the crimes of the Zichen Sect, the smugness on the face of the middle-aged man in the yellow robe instantly froze, turning into extreme distortion and rage!

"Shut up! Those are nothing but lowly female cultivators and useless rogue cultivators, like ants! What difference would it make if we killed them?! The strong prey on the weak; it's only natural!"

The middle-aged man roared, his eyes bloodshot.

"Oh?"

Ye Qingxue's lips curled into a cold smile, her eyes devoid of any warmth.

"According to what you say, your Zichen Sect was weak back then and was destroyed by me, with all its disciples and elders killed. Isn't that just a matter of course?"

"you......!"

The middle-aged man choked so badly that his blood rushed to his head, and he almost went berserk.

Just as he was about to give the order to act without regard for anything else—

A sudden change has occurred!

"Roar—!!!" "Hiss—!!!"

Two deafening, terrifying roars filled with violence and greed suddenly came from beneath the ground behind Ye Qingxue and the other two women!

"Boom! Boom!"

The earth trembled violently and cracked!

Two enormous black shadows burst from the ground, carrying a bloody wind and a destructive aura, instantly completing the encirclement of Ye Qingxue and her two companions.

These are two ferocious-looking alien beasts from beyond the realm.

One of them was the largest, resembling a hell worm magnified a thousand times, and possessed the cultivation level of a half-immortal at the eighth level!

Its head, however, is a terrifyingly large mouth covered with several spiraling sharp teeth, with a diameter of over ten zhang.

Its body was covered in thick, black and red scales, and at this moment, a dark red, dangerous light was shining through the gaps in the scales, clearly gathering some kind of terrifying power.

As soon as it appeared, its terrifying maw, carrying the momentum to devour heaven and earth, went straight for Ye Qingxue, the strongest among them.

The space itself was slightly distorted by the suction force generated by that giant maw.

The other beast was slightly smaller, but it also had the cultivation level of a half-immortal at the fifth level. It resembled a combination of a giant multi-legged centipede and a scorpion.

Its carapace was jet black and shiny, and a barb at the tail that gleamed with a blue-purple poisonous light was chilling.

It let out a sharp screech, transformed into a black lightning bolt, and with countless sharp legs, pounced straight at Luo Qingchen, who was struggling to maintain and heal her companion.

"Heaven is helping me!"

The middle-aged man was stunned at first, then overjoyed!

The reason he chose to lie in wait in this most remote and dangerous stronghold for so long was not only because the place was sparsely populated and easy to attack, but also because he was hoping for an "accident".

If a powerful extraterrestrial beast were to cause trouble, it might increase their chances of success.

Even in this situation, he wasn't entirely confident he could defeat his opponent.

Unexpectedly, luck was actually on his side.

The appearance of these two strange beasts instantly shattered the delicate balance, completely forcing Ye Qingxue and her two companions into a desperate situation.

Without the slightest hesitation, his eyes blazed with murderous intent, and his aura of bloodlust surged skyward. A hideous, ghost-headed broadsword, the size of a door panel, appeared in his hand, its blade writhing with the wails of wronged souls.

"Move! Leave no one alive!"

The middle-aged man roared, his figure transforming into a streak of blood-red lightning, becoming one with the blade, and with the power to tear the sky apart, he slashed straight at Ye Qingxue, who was facing being devoured by the giant maw of the strange beast.

He wanted to deliver a fatal blow to Ye Qingxue during a lull in the beast's attacks.

At the same time, the nine half-immortal cultivators behind him also suddenly attacked, their various magical treasures and supernatural powers shining brightly, their targets clearly identified.

The injured Yue Lingxi, and Luo Qingchen, who is being entangled by the centipede scorpion beast.

"Ling'er! Qingchen!"

Ye Qingxue caught a glimpse of this scene out of the corner of her eye, and her icy eyes instantly erupted with unprecedented shock and anger.

My heart felt as if it were being squeezed tightly by an invisible hand.

Master said that we must take good care of our junior brothers and sisters!

I'm right here, right beside them! I absolutely cannot let anything happen to them!!

This thought, like molten lava, instantly overwhelmed all her concerns about her injuries and her weighing of the desperate situation.

A terrifying sword intent, sharper and more resolute than before, seemingly igniting her very soul, erupted from her body.

"Buzz—!!!"

A colossal, towering sword shadow, reaching to the heavens and the earth, coalesced above her, radiating a sharpness that made the world tremble.

As the sword shadow appeared, all swords within a radius of a thousand miles, regardless of their grade, who held them, or whether they were inside storage artifacts, emitted a violent buzzing and trembling.

That was the descent of the Lord of Swords, a resonance of ten thousand swords paying homage.

To their horror, the swords and magical artifacts in their hands trembled and groaned uncontrollably, and the flying swords in their storage spaces were restless, almost bursting out of the air.

Their offensive stalled for a moment as a result.

not enough!

Ye Qingxue's eyes were as cold and heavy as ice.

It was not enough to completely free the two junior sisters, nor was it enough to reverse this hopeless situation.

Her gaze swept over Yue Lingxi's pale face, then over Luo Qingchen's tense profile as he struggled to fend off the alien beast. The last trace of hesitation in her eyes vanished, leaving only a cold, burning determination.

A chilling, destructive aura began to emanate from her; her hair moved without wind, taking on an unnatural grayish-white sheen, and a faint, blood-red glow emanated from beneath her skin.

That was a forbidden secret technique that could burn life and blood, destroying everything in its path, being activated.

She wanted to use this to the fullest extent, unleashing a final sword strike that surpassed her own limits, to carve a path to survival for her junior sisters.

Feeling her life force and cultivation level burning and flowing away like a burst dam, Ye Qingxue felt no fear.

She was already indifferent to death. The only thing that stirred her heart was the regret of not being able to fully protect her junior sisters, and...

A faint yet heart-wrenching sense of reluctance and unwillingness.

Unwilling to accept defeat... He searched for a thousand years, traversing the nine heavens, venturing deep into this forbidden realm beyond, yet still found not a single definite piece of news about his master...

I'm heartbroken... I'll never see that figure again, the one who gave me a new life and taught me everything...

Master, Xue'er... I long to see you one more time.

Just as the destructive secret technique was about to complete its final condensation, Ye Qingxue's own consciousness began to blur due to the rapid loss of her life force.

"laugh--!"

A black streak of light, like lightning tearing through the curtain of the universe, crashed into this frozen battlefield without warning and with extreme brutality!

The streak of light abruptly stopped less than three feet in front of Ye Qingxue, in a manner that defied common sense.

It is not a deceleration and stop, but an instantaneous transition from extreme motion to extreme stillness.

As the light faded, a tall, slender black figure was revealed.

His body was tilted at an extremely subtle angle, and the way he stopped was even more astonishing.

One foot is placed diagonally in the space.

"Snap—!"

Centered on his footing, the space, like fragile glass, was instantly crushed inch by inch.

Spiderweb-like, pitch-black cracks spread out, emanating a suffocating aura of destruction.

That was the spatial structure of this world, which simply could not withstand the impact of his terrifying speed and the resulting shattering from the stop.

The visitor was none other than Gu Changyuan!