My Demonic Cult's Holy Maiden

This approach is somewhat narrow; even if one eliminates one's own evil thoughts, one is still ultimately incomplete.

Can someone who has severed all emotions still be called a human being?

The Daoist Ancestor severed his corpse to become a saint, and lived a life of purity, detachment from worldly desires, and solitude.

In truth, he was a pitiful person!

Su Yue and Qi Yu, the two most talented people, came together.

Su Yue wanted to send Qi Yu back, but that was not a practical idea.

Even the Immortal Ancestor couldn't accomplish this, so how could Su Yue possibly do it?

So sending Qi Yu back was a scam in itself. When did this scam begin?

It all started when Su Yue and Lin Ruoxi first met, and when Su Yue began to change her attitude towards Qi Yu.

Qi Yu can't go back, and as for where he can go back to, Ye Qingrou isn't sure either.

After all, Qi Yu's destiny star does not belong to this starry sky, so it is impossible to predict Qi Yu's future.

Lin Ruoxi's premonition might indeed be what she knew.

She should be preparing now!

Get ready to capture Qi Yu's soul!

That's why she went to seize the Ghost King's Seal!

Ye Qingrou herself also needs to take action, after all, Lin Ruoxi is not the only one interested in Qi Yu's soul.

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Since Qi Yu collapsed from exhaustion, he has been having the same dream over and over again.

He dreamed that he went back, but never returned, and never saw Su Yue or the child again.

Each time, the ending is different; some die alone, while others remarry and have children.

This dream keeps recurring, with all sorts of endings.

Regardless of the outcome, Qi Yu knew he was dreaming; it wasn't real.

The problem is that even though Qi Yu knows he's dreaming, he just can't wake up.

This is not the Ghost King's illusion; it is truly his dream.

Qi Yu didn't know how many dreams he had, and gradually he became immersed in them.

What Qi Yu is doing now is about Su Yue. He has encountered Su Yue again, but Su Yue no longer recognizes him.

Because what I'm dreaming about now is the scene of my first encounter with Su Yue.

Qi Yu remembered what would happen next; he saw Su Yue, but they didn't interact at all.

Qi Yu was neither knocked into the river by Su Yue nor saved her. Su Yue returned after completing her mission.

He had no interaction with Su Yue, nor did he marry Cheng Xin; he lived alone all his life.

In the year 21, a group of people came to Qinghe County, led by Li Ming, accompanied by Lin Ruoxi and Qin Xiyao.

Qi Yu was hired as a fellow Daoist and went to Qingxin Lake.

Qi Yu had an encounter with Lin Ruoxi at Qingxin Lake, and he eventually married Lin Ruoxi.

The dream felt so real that Qi Yu himself was completely immersed in it.

After marrying Lin Ruoxi, Qi Yu went to the capital with her. Through Lin Ruohai's introduction, Qi Yu became Li Ming's retainer.

After Li Ming ascended the throne, he became the Grand Chancellor. After helping Li Ming conquer fifteen kingdoms, he was already over fifty years old and returned to his hometown, Yanglao, in Qinghe County with Lin Ruoxi.

In his later years, Qi Yu heard that the Blood God Sect had changed its name to the Longevity Sect, and that the Holy Maiden of the Longevity Sect was Su Yue.

The Longevity Sect was formed by the aggregation of all the demonic sects. It became the ancestral home of the Southern School and rivaled the Great Yun Dynasty, which had already unified the Northern Continent.

In the dream, Qi Yu died of old age, never having practiced martial arts, and lived his life as a scholar, spending his life with Lin Ruoxi.

Qi Yu knew it was a dream, but things didn't go as he imagined; he was just an observer.

This dream is over, now it's time for the next one.

This is even more outrageous. He encountered Su Yue and even saved her, but after Su Yue went back, she never appeared again.

He married Cheng Xin, and they had a child together in middle age. Cheng Xin died in childbirth, and Qi Yu lived a quiet and uneventful life.

One dream after another kept changing, and Qi Yu's consciousness gradually became unclear. There were too many for him to distinguish which one was reality.

Because it's so real!

Or perhaps these are all true, but different choices have led to different outcomes?

Qi Yu thought about many things, but in the end he simply stopped thinking and drifted off into a dream.

Anyway, it seems that this matter is not up to him; it's just a pipe dream.

Qi Yu is trapped in a cycle of dreams, and different choices lead to different outcomes.

He experienced something similar several times before, namely, marrying Su Yue and having children.

However, this time Qi Yu did not meet Li Ming, but instead spent a happy and peaceful life with Su Yue in Jiangting Village.

Even though Su Yue was often away at night, it didn't affect our lives much.

Qi Yu and Su Yue lived a peaceful and uneventful life together until old age, without any unexpected events.

This dream felt so real because it was exactly what Qi Yu wanted most in his heart.

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Chapter 145 Change of Dynasty

As Qi Yu continued to experience these layers of dreams, his own consciousness gradually faded away. He became so immersed in them that he couldn't distinguish between reality and illusion.

This cycle continues endlessly within the dream!

Qi Yu was constantly rotating, but in reality, more than a year had already passed.

During the time Qi Yu disappeared, the landscape of the mainland underwent tremendous changes.

The Great Qing Dynasty swept through the remaining eleven kingdoms, unifying the northern part of the continent. With the Moon River as the boundary, the north was the territory of the Great Qing Dynasty, while the south was the territory of the Longevity Sect.

After nearly three thousand years, a unified dynasty once again emerged on the continent.

Qi Yu had basically wiped out the elite forces of the eleven kingdoms, leaving mostly ordinary soldiers.

Before a grandmaster, these ordinary soldiers are like radishes and cabbages, easily cut down.

At this historical turning point, the academy did not have any outstanding performance. Qin Xiu inherited the governance style of the previous headmaster, Li Xian.

That is, non-action!

He did not actively intervene in the war between the Daqing Dynasty and other dynasties, but remained an observer. Then, following Qi Yu's instructions, he sent people to protect the captured cities.

Qi Yu understood very well what the demise of a nation meant, knowing that human nature is inherently evil.

Not everyone has the courage of Yan Dingfeng, the ruler of the Great Ding Dynasty, who burned down the palace and chose death over becoming a slave to a conquered nation.

The first enemy to be conquered in the east was the Great Yun Dynasty.

When the capital city of the Dayun Dynasty fell, the new emperor hanged himself in the Golden Palace. Chen Rui received the Imperial Seal of the State, and the Dayun Dynasty, which had lasted for six hundred years and had nine emperors, came to an end.

Following Qi Yu's instructions, Qin Xiu supervised and restrained the army of the Daqing Dynasty after the city fell.

As Qi Yu had expected, there were indeed villains in the army of the Great Qing Dynasty. After the Taoist disciples killed several unruly soldiers and commanders, the capital city was finally saved.

With the exception of a very few who escaped, most of the princes and princesses of the Li family became prisoners of war and were taken back to the Great Qing Dynasty.

Li Yulan, who had a past relationship with Qi Yu, attempted suicide by drowning on the day the city fell, but was rescued by Qin Xiu and taken back to the academy.

The Great Qing Dynasty conquered eleven kingdoms in a year and a half, from the eastern crossing of Duling Pass to the Qingyun Academy in Qi.

Tragedys similar to those of the Dayun Dynasty continued to unfold, but thanks to Qi Yu's instructions, the scenes were not too gruesome.

At least the palaces and libraries of each dynasty were preserved, with little loss except for some gold and silver treasures that were taken away.

This is already a very good result. More than 600 years ago, when the Dacheng Dynasty was destroyed, the capital was littered with millions of corpses and rivers of blood.

The city's inhabitants were all slaughtered, their bodies littered the ground, leaving no place to even step.

Finally, the palace was completely destroyed by a fire, and a large number of books were lost, including the Confucian method of severing.

However, this scene did not happen.

Empress Ji Xuan of the Great Qing Dynasty ended the fragmentation of the dynasty.

In September, the Great Qing Dynasty captured the capital of the last dynasty, the Great Yuan, thus ending the chaos of the Sixteen Kingdoms period.

In November of the same year, Ji Ling began a new era, changing the country's name to Great Zhou and the era name to Tianqi.

In the first year of the Tianqi reign, Ji Xuan proclaimed himself emperor, established Taoism as the state religion, and re-established the Imperial Academy.

The head of Taoism enjoyed the same rights as the emperor.

Although it was the Great Qing Dynasty that ultimately conquered the eleven kingdoms, everyone knew that the greatest contributor was the former leader of the sect, Qi Yu.

Ji Xuan's actions can be considered understandable.

As for discarding someone after they've served their purpose, that's not realistic right now.

The previous ruling dynasty of Taoism, the Dayun Dynasty, is the best example.

Qin Xiu also followed the plan devised by Qi Yu, establishing Taoist temples and academies in various prefectures and counties.

The northern part of the mainland is now all territory of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and Ji Ling herself cannot manage it all.

The Great Zhou Kingdom had just been established and did not immediately cross the Moon River to advance south and unify the continent.

Because there is a force in the south that cannot be resisted even if the entire nation were to mobilize its resources.

Su Yue!

Su Yue and Qi Yu were equally famous, and everyone knew that Qi Yu and Qi Yu were even husband and wife.

If Qi Yu were still alive, and he were leading the charge, they could still put up a fight. But now it's clear that Qi Yu has no intention of helping the Great Zhou Kingdom, and in fact, he has been missing for a long time.

It was thought that the mainland would be quiet for a while, but in the spring of the following year, the Blood God Sect changed its name to the Longevity Sect, and Su Yue became the first sect leader of the Longevity Sect.