It's time to become a fairy.

"The Great Sage Equaling Heaven has repeatedly come before Su Qing'er, and even someone as temperamental as Su Qing'er can sense that something is amiss. It must be something serious. I just don't know what it is... In that case, I was too impulsive. I should have waited another half month to see if there were any new developments before possessing Su Qing'er."

Ye Qingge frowned slightly, reflecting on her actions. She resolved to make thorough preparations before attempting possession again.

She glanced at Su Qing'er's panel. Nearly half a month had passed. This time, Su Qing'er hadn't advanced a major realm like before, but her improvement was still considerable. Half a month before Ye Qingge's free time travel, Su Qing'er had only just broken through to the third level of the Dao Realm with the help of food, which was still in the early stage. Now, she was already close to the late stage.

Clearly, Su Qing'er's meals have been good for the past two weeks!

"Your Highness Su, the inspection of the imperial carriage has been completed, and it is ready to depart."

A Great Sage walked over calmly. Ye Qingge turned her head and saw that nine Great Sages of the Demon Clan had already gathered there.

Outside his own palanquin, the sacred carriages of nine great demon saints were arrayed beside it. The Great Saint of Overturning the Sea was at the forefront, followed by the Great Saint of Phoenix and the Great Saint of Chaos. His own palanquin was in the third row, flanked by the Great Saint of Nine Netherworlds, the Great Saint of Controlling Gods, and the Great Saint of Pacifying Heaven, who were positioned behind it.

Further back, the remaining three Great Sages formed a triangle, firmly surrounding their precious chariots.

From all directions, there were ceremonial guards from the demon race. Each of them was at the level of Refining Emptiness and Merging with the Dao. They had transformed into human form, retaining only some of the characteristics from their demonic transformation. Holding ceremonial implements, they were majestic, solemn, and imposing.

Nine Great Sages stood not far behind him. The Great Sage Overturning the Sea wore a faint smile on his dragon head. The Great Sage Phoenix Fairy was not as calm as usual, and his face was somewhat gloomy. The Great Sage Equaling Heaven looked at Ye Qingge with a worried look in his eyes. The remaining Great Sages also had different expressions, obviously each with their own thoughts.

The one speaking to her was none other than the Great Sage of the Nine Netherworlds. According to the information Ye Qingge had learned, the Great Sage of the Nine Netherworlds was a demon from the depths of the Underworld. Ye Qingge felt an indescribable feeling from him, but she couldn't explain why.

Her mind was racing, but she remained outwardly calm and smiled, saying, "Let's not delay any longer. Now that everything is ready, let's set off."

The nine sages responded in unison, and the Great Sage Overturning the Seas laughed and said, "This journey to the Heavenly Court is fraught with danger, and countless crises will surely follow. I wonder which path Your Highness intends to take?"

"Take the main road."

Ye Qingge walked onto the imperial carriage in a cold tone, not giving the Great Sage of the Overturning Sea a chance to speak again.

The Great Sage Who Overturns the Seas silently swallowed the rest of his words, his face showing no sign of regret, but inwardly he sneered repeatedly: "Just wait, whether it's the main road or the path you chose before, the Heavenly Court has already laid down numerous traps. Even a Demon Saint would find it extremely difficult to cross them. I want to see how you manage to get to the Heavenly Court!"

The Nine Saints boarded the imperial carriage. Ye Qingge's pace was slightly slower. After all the demons boarded the imperial carriage, she arrived in front of the precious chariot. She paused slightly, asking Su Qing'er in her heart, "Qing'er, how much do you know about this Great Saint of the Nine Netherworlds?"

Su Qing'er spoke slowly, as if deep in thought: "I don't know much. I've only heard my mother mention it a few times. The territory of the Great Sage of the Nine Netherworlds is at the border between the Underworld and the mortal world. He is skilled in the supernatural powers and magic of the Underworld. According to previous information, his cultivation seems to have reached the mid-stage of the fourth level of the Dao Realm. I don't know anything else."

Ye Qingge nodded in understanding, her aura suddenly becoming holy and sacred, and a ball of pure white flame appeared in her hand, disappearing in a flash.

The nearby maids all lowered their heads, and all the demon saints had already boarded the imperial carriage. No one noticed that Ye Qingge was behaving differently. After a slight pause, Ye Qingge also sat on the imperial carriage.

In the distance, a master of ceremonies shouted loudly, and the huge procession began to move. The ceremonial guard at the front slowly rose into the air, followed by the holy carriage of the Great Sage Overturning the Sea, and then Ye Qingge's precious carriage followed closely behind.

The Heavenly Court is located in the Central Continent, right next to the Eastern Continent. You can cross from the Eastern Continent to the Central Continent.

It sounds simple, but Ye Qingge had already learned from Su Qing'er's conversation that this world was located in the center of all worlds. The distance of one state was comparable to the size of some smaller worlds. Crossing one state was equivalent to crossing from the left to the right of a smaller world, and the planned time was two days to reach the Heavenly Court.

The team started quickly, and in less than ten minutes, they had left the territory of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, crossed the Demon Saint River, and flew into the distance. Part of the ceremonial guard in front had already risen into the clouds and was slowly ascending.

Ye Qingge's Celestial Transformation has reached the third level, and the sacred aura emanating from her body is becoming increasingly awe-inspiring, with a righteous energy flowing leisurely within her body.

The interior of the imperial carriage was very large, similar to the empress's palanquin, and divided into several rooms. The central room where Ye Qingge was located was the largest, while the surrounding rooms were merely auxiliary facilities.

Inside the room, Ye Qingge seemed to sense something, stepped out of her seat, and asked the maid at the door, "Among the maids on the imperial carriage, are there any who understand music?"

The maid at the door was Su Qing'er's personal maid, who had replaced the deceased maid. She said somewhat nervously, "This servant is only novice at playing the guqin. If Your Highness needs me, this servant can play at any time."

Ye Qingge calmly said, "There's no need for a performance. Just bring two guqin and teach me how to play them."

The maid was stunned for a moment: "Teach, teach Your Highness to play?"

Ye Qingge's unusual behavior aroused her suspicion. In her opinion, if Ye Qingge really wanted to learn music, she should have asked a master of music to teach her, not a mere maid. Recalling the death of the previous maid, she suddenly became wary.

Is there a problem?

Ye Qingge glanced at the maid with some surprise, and the maid quickly agreed and left.

Not quite understanding the maid's thoughts, Ye Qingge returned to the room in the center of the carriage. A short while later, she saw the maid carrying two ancient zithers.

Under Ye Qingge's command, the maid nervously began to teach Ye Qingge to play the guqin. Su Qing'er's body was different from Feng Lingxiu's, and she did not have any skills in playing the guqin. However, relying on her strong physical qualities and comprehension ability, Ye Qingge quickly learned a simple guqin piece.

After trying several more times and confirming that there were no problems, Ye Qingge waved for the maid to leave.

A hint of surprise flashed in the maid's eyes as she carefully carried a guqin out of the room. Once outside the main room, her expression grew even more astonished. She thought to herself, "His Highness didn't find an excuse to kill me, so why did he have me carry this guqin?"

I can't figure it out.

She shook her head, put the guqin back in its original place, and then continued to stand at Ye Qingge's door.

Inside the main room, the sound of a zither filled the air. Ye Qingge glanced at the newly added beginner zither skill on Su Qing'er's skill panel and leisurely played a tune.

This piece is very simple; it's just an ordinary piece and not one that was specially developed for the zither playing when the user possessed Feng Lingxiu.

At first, Ye Qingge's playing was just average, like someone who had just learned how to play the guqin. But slowly, as the righteous energy that Ye Qingge had cultivated in Su Qing'er's body gathered into her, it changed.

The righteous energy, stirred by the divine transformation and the music, grew stronger and stronger, transforming into a vast flow of energy that gathered within Ye Qingge's body and spread throughout the main room along with the melodious zither music.

At first, the maid didn't pay much attention, but gradually, she was drawn to Ye Qingge's zither music.

"It's the same tune, and Your Highness has only played it a few times, so how can it sound so beautiful?"

She was incredibly surprised and puzzled, but could only attribute it to Ye Qingge's talent.

Recalling how she joined the Demon Saint Palace and struggled for over a hundred years to barely master the guqin and achieve some success, she fell silent.

The appreciation didn't last long.

As they became more and more proficient at playing the guqin, the last part of the group also entered the clouds. At this moment, nearly an hour had passed since they set off, and they were already far away from the territory of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

As the repeated guqin music came to an end, the entire imperial carriage began to tremble violently.

Rumble

Countless thunderous roars echoed all around, and the entire palanquin shook violently. The maids and guards inside the palanquin were all terrified. The maid in charge of the palanquin's flight quickly steered it to a steady flight, while the remaining maids and guards rushed towards the main room, firmly protecting Ye Qingge inside.

What happened?

"Protect His Highness! Protect His Highness immediately! No matter what happens, we must not let anything happen to His Highness!"

"Formation One, protect His Majesty. Everyone, go and investigate the cause."

Those selected were all maids and guards at the first or second level of the Dao Realm. Each one was a loyal servant trained by the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, ready to serve Ye Qingge at any time.

Among them, a female commander whose cultivation had reached the peak of the second level decisively directed the maids to protect Ye Qingge firmly, while sending two maids of the first level to investigate the situation. The atmosphere inside the entire carriage suddenly became tense.

Compared to them, Ye Qingge had it much easier.

With a gentle press of her fingers, the melodious sound of the zither rang out once more, but Ye Qingge's consciousness had already seen the outside world through the array of the precious carriage.

The sky, which was covered with white clouds just moments before, had now transformed into a thick blanket of dark clouds. The entire process took only a moment; the clouds above and below the sky turned into leaden clouds, and countless long lightning bolts streaked across the sky, flashing and leaping around the procession.

Beneath the thunderous roar, the deep beat of war drums resounded throughout the arena. Clusters of seemingly solidified yin spirits gathered in the sky, with the leader exuding strength comparable to the mid-stage of the fourth level of the Dao Realm. The two groups of yin spirits stood facing each other from afar, perched on the clouds, emanating a terrifying aura.

The two maids, Xiaoling and Xiaofeng, who had been sent out, quickly returned and respectfully reported, "Your Highness Su, and the head guard, our team has entered a battlefield of ghosts. Two groups of ghost immortals seem to be fighting over something important and are about to start a battle. The nine Great Saints are awaiting Your Highness's orders. Should we proceed with the retreat?"

"Avoidance, but is simply avoiding it useful?"

Ye Qingge spoke calmly, but her words were filled with murderous intent: "Reveal your identities. Ignore their battle, but if they try to attack us, they are assassins and will be executed immediately!"

The maid was startled, but she could only agree and prepare to go down and report the news.

However, the war began even faster; before the maids could even leave, the two sides of ghosts were already locked in battle.

The vanguard was swept in, and the members quickly tore off their outer uniforms, revealing their armor. They transformed from the originally refined and scholarly vanguard into fierce demon warriors, firmly protecting the nine holy carriages and Ye Qingge's palanquin, preventing outsiders from advancing.

However, compared to the demons in the honor guard, there were far more ghosts outside. The number of ghosts on both sides was no less than ten million. They crashed together with a roar, and the procession in the center was like a small boat on the verge of madness, which could be overturned at any moment.

The crazed spirits made no distinction between enemies and demons, and in their frenzied rampage, their forces broke through the guard of honor and charged toward the sacred carriage of the nine great demon saints.

"court death!"

The Great Sage Feng Xi snorted coldly. Countless flames erupted from his holy chariot, condensing into a phantom fire phoenix, which shrieked towards the direction of the wandering spirits.

In an instant, countless flames surged forth, devouring the lives of tens of thousands of ghosts.

The other eight demon saints also made their moves, each strike capable of taking the lives of tens of thousands of Yin spirits, easily clearing a space. Even the Ghost Immortals of the Fourth Heaven, who stood at the top of the two sides' strength, were helpless and could only barely resist.

Before the nine demon saints could continue to unleash their power, a cold snort rang out from the higher heavens, saying, "Even the demon race wants to directly interfere in the affairs of my Underworld. What a show of power."

Another sinister voice rang out, its gender indistinguishable: "In that case, let's kill the troublesome demons first, and then you and I can continue our battle."

bang

A terrifying pressure spread out, and the clouds above the formation were suddenly torn apart, revealing two figures speaking in the sky.

A voice came from a bull-headed human, whose body emanated a dense aura of yin energy. On the other side was a figure dressed in white, whose face was shrouded in a blur, making it impossible to discern features. The face was also extremely feminine, making it difficult to tell whether the person was male or female.

The minotaur-like figure roared and charged forward with one of its horns. The other figure in white was much calmer. With a flash of its feather fan, it created a terrifying storm of yin energy. The strength emanating from both figures was close to the fifth level of the Dao Realm. With a single move, they shattered the clouds and attacked the Nine Saints below, giving them no chance to reveal their identities.

The Nine Saints were shocked and hurriedly tried to defend themselves, but they were unable to spare any attention.

The terrifying power ran rampant, and the positions of the nine demon saints' chariots became disordered. The maids and guards could not stabilize the chariots, and the nine chariots crashed in all directions. Large numbers of members of the ceremonial guard died from the impact of the chariots and the dissipation of the residual force. Even the nearby ghosts were not exempt. Countless ghosts and demons perished as a result. The formation of the nine saints protecting Ye Qingge was also broken in an instant.

More vengeful spirits surged in from behind, rushing into the center of the procession and attacking Ye Qingge's palanquin.

Just then, Ye Qingge's music reached its climax, and the righteous energy within her body was suddenly activated. As the music spread in all directions, the formation inside the chariot was activated, spreading the sound to the entire battlefield.

"The battle of the spirits, the powerful beings of the underworld vying for treasures... what a grand spectacle! I've only just embarked on my journey to the Heavenly Court, and I've already been given such a welcoming ceremony."

"In that case, here's a return gift for you!"

A smile appeared on Ye Qingge's lips; the Heavenly God Transformation within her body had already reached the fifth level.

Each level of the Heavenly God Transformation represents a leap in a small realm. When Ye Qingge possessed her, Su Qing'er's strength had already reached the peak of the mid-stage of the third level of the Dao Realm, half a step into the late stage. The leap of five levels directly brought her to the peak of the late stage of the fourth level of the Dao Realm, close to the peak of the fourth level.

Ding

A melodious zither tune drifted across the battlefield, and the entire battlefield seemed to fall silent.

The next moment, tens of thousands of attacking spirits were shattered by the sound of the zither, causing many people to be astonished.

But this silence didn't last two breaths before the empty battlefield was filled by an even greater surge of wraiths. Faced with a battle between tens of millions of wraiths, individual strength seemed insignificant.

The music continued to echo. The ordinary melody was transformed into a murderous aura by Ye Qingge. The ancient zither, which could barely be considered a spiritual artifact, continuously unleashed powerful energy under Ye Qingge's hands, playing out the zither music carrying righteous energy to slay the attacking Yin spirits.

For Ye Qingge, the sound of the zither was merely a medium; the quality of the zither and the music were not important. As long as she could use it to slay the evil spirits, that was enough!

An hour later, cold sweat appeared on Ye Qingge's forehead, and the vengeful spirits continued to pour in; two hours later, a hint of fatigue appeared between Ye Qingge's brows, the righteous energy in her music was waning, and vengeful spirits began to approach the imperial carriage, prompting the guards on the carriage to begin their work; three hours later, Ye Qingge's music had weakened considerably, and more and more vengeful spirits were landing on the imperial carriage…

Finally, six hours later

Ding

Under Ye Qingge's intense playing, one of the strings finally gave way and snapped. The melodious music finally stopped completely, and the influx of yin spirits was no longer hindered, with a large number of yin spirits sweeping in from all directions.

Around the central room of the Baolian, countless vengeful spirits, unrestrained by any object, began to emerge from the walls, their intense malice locking onto Ye Qingge.

"court death!"

Ye Qingge sneered and drew her sword, slashing in all directions.