I tried to kill the heroines of destiny, but they ended up chasing after me.

This is no small sum; it's probably all the spirit stones that disciple extorted from various merchants. It's just a pity that they've all gone to Huang Quan now.

Upon hearing Huang Quan's words, Gu Qici's expression subtly changed, showing concern. However, her focus was not on the storage bag or how much pain the disciple would suffer, but rather on the fact that Huang Quan seemed to have become much more low-key in handling matters.

Gu Qici's thoughts stirred slightly, and she gave Huang Quan a serious look.

"What's wrong?" Huang Quan asked, startled by Gu Qici's gaze.

"It's alright." Gu Qici shook her head, calmed herself down, and said, "Let's hurry up and leave! According to the information I received, the gates of the Demon Emperor's Holy City will close after 7 PM. We need to get there before then, otherwise we'll have to wait until tomorrow."

"Okay, let's go!" Huang Quan nodded, then said no more.

On Demon Emperor Island, air travel is prohibited, so they cannot fly and can only walk. Fortunately, both of them are Nirvana Realm cultivators, and even their walking ability is much stronger than that of ordinary cultivators. Walking a thousand miles a day is not a problem for them.

Two hours later, they crossed the mountain range in front of them and passed through a forest, and came to a main road. But when they looked up, they could see a huge black wall about a thousand meters high ten miles away, which completely blocked their view. That place was the Demon Emperor's Holy City.

The Demon Emperor's Holy City covers a vast area of ​​over 3,000 square kilometers, but it is divided into only two districts: the Royal District, where the Demon Emperor Sect resides, and the Demon District, where ordinary cultivators live.

However, the Demon Zone is a bit larger than the Royal Zone. After all, in this area controlled by the Demon Emperor Sect, there are still quite a few "mortals" due to the needs of war.

"We've finally arrived." Looking at the great city ahead, Gu Qici couldn't help but recall the hardships of her past life, and a sigh escaped her lips.

At that time, she had just arrived on a small island in the Demon Emperor's Domain. After lying low for a while, she finally found an opportunity to learn some of the secrets of demonic energy.

But what impressed her most was that battle, where she almost died from the demonic energy. Fortunately, she was lucky enough to escape death, but she also lost the opportunity to explore the remaining secrets.

As she pondered this, a resolute glint appeared in Gu Qici's eyes. Then, she walked forward, heading towards the Demon Emperor's Holy Land.

But Gu Qici didn't know that just as he was heading towards his "end point".

A shocking thing also happened at the Tianyan Sect.

...At some point, a beautiful woman in purple appeared in the sky above the Tianyan Sect. This woman in purple was extremely powerful. In just one hour, she destroyed most of the Tianyan Sect and killed most of the disciples. Even the elders had no ability to resist.

She seemed to have no pity, no emotion, only killing for the sake of killing, like eradicating weeds that needed to be uprooted. She spared no one, including those who did not belong to the Tianyan Sect but were still in the sect.

On this day, the Tianyan Sect suffered its greatest calamity ever. All the buildings within the sect were reduced to ashes, and countless corpses stained the land red. Only a few elders managed to hold on with great difficulty.

However, they were completely defeated after only half an hour of resistance. In order to create an opening for the Heavenly Evolution Sect's strongest formation, the elders resolutely chose to self-destruct to buy time. Although they still could not harm her in the slightest, at least they did not lose their lives in vain.

Finally, the strongest formation was activated, but the sect leader did not choose to use it for attack. Instead, she used it to create a triple barrier, which stood firmly in front of the woman in purple. She knew very well that even if she launched an attack, she would not be able to cause any harm to the woman, so she could only defend temporarily.

Unfortunately, the sect leader knew better than anyone that these three barriers wouldn't hold the woman for long; at most, she would break through the barriers and kill all the survivors within an hour.

At this moment, only the sect leader and a dozen disciples remained alive. In addition, the sect leader was seriously injured in order to resist the woman in purple and activate the strongest formation.

He lay quietly on a wooden bed made of rattan, his face pale and bloodless, as if he might pass away at any moment, which made everyone feel a sense of sorrow.

"Who exactly is she?!" Hearing the rumbling sounds outside, the sect leader stood beside Tianmu and said with despair in his eyes.

"I don't know... but at least... but at least she's not an enemy of the Tianyan Sect... because in my memory, I've never seen her before... and I haven't felt any karma from my Tianyan Sect through her..." The sect leader said with extreme weakness and certainty.

"Since it has nothing to do with the Tianyan Sect, why did she carry out such a cruel massacre against them?" One of the disciples frowned and asked a question that no one knew the answer to. So, the next moment, everyone present fell silent.

A moment later, the man leaning against a wall, who appeared quite calm, suddenly said, "I think you've all misunderstood the problem. Don't you think the most important thing right now isn't figuring out who this woman in purple is, or why she's doing this, but finding a way to escape from here?"

These words shocked everyone, but no one refuted them, as it was an indisputable fact. However, after the words were spoken, they fell silent, because in this situation, they saw no hope of escape, making this thought the most somber one.

Seeing everyone's reaction, the sect leader sighed inwardly. He looked at himself, lying on the bed like a cripple, then at the barrier. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "I have a way to get people out..."

In that instant, the moment he finished speaking, all the disciples turned their gazes to him, and a faint glimmer of hope rose in their eyes.

But this hope did not last long, and they were soon caught in an endless dilemma, because the sect leader continued, "However, this method can only be used on one person, which means that I can only let one person escape."

The crowd was shocked again, their expressions changing, and then there was a third silence. Although it was indeed a glimmer of hope, it was also a kind of despair, because once one person was gone, the remaining people would only face death.

"Let's draw lots! Write your names on a piece of paper, fold it into a slip of paper, and put it here..."

At this moment, the sect leader conjured a black pot and said, "I will randomly draw a slip of paper from inside. Whoever draws it can leave..."

"Furthermore... do not question my methods. If anyone does, I will kill them on the spot!" Perhaps not wanting to go through so much trouble, the sect leader's eyes turned cold, silencing everyone. But there was nothing they could do about it, since the sect leader held the reins and they had no choice but to obey.

Not long after, in order to survive, the people followed the sect leader's instructions and put slips of paper with their names on them into the black pot. However, most of them did not know that some of them had already given up their chance to live because they had written the same name.

The person whose name was written on the paper was completely unaware of this, perhaps because the name she wrote on the paper was that of another person.

"Alright! Now, I'm going to start drawing."

After saying this, the sect leader calmly raised his left hand and placed it into the black pot. A few breaths later, he took out a piece of paper.

For a moment, everyone held their breath, watching the sect leader slowly unfold the note, and then remain silent for a while.

Finally, he read out the name on the note: "Ye Hanyue".

Upon hearing this name, some looked disappointed, some remained calm, and some couldn't believe it. Perhaps because it concerned their lives, a variety of emotions were clearly displayed on their faces. The one who couldn't believe it was none other than Ye Hanyue herself.

Because she didn't write herself on the note; she wrote her father's name... which is also the sect leader's name.

Little did she know that the sect leader had also written it in her name, and even two other disciples had written it in her name as well, all under the sect leader's deliberate manipulation.

So how could she possibly not be selected?

Although the sect leader's actions were somewhat selfish, he simply couldn't think of anyone else to save.

Even though Ye Hanyue wasn't his biological daughter, how could he not care about her after spending so many years together?

"Then it's decided, Hanyue. You must live well and never let us down. Do you understand? Also, many people probably can't swallow this injustice. I hope that when you have the ability in the future, you can help us 'dead souls' get an explanation and make that woman give us an explanation."

The sect leader looked at Ye Hanyue and said very seriously.

“I just tried to find out the cause and effect between us and that woman. It all started with a book, the mysterious book that Li Fei treasured. Unfortunately, Li Fei is trapped in the secret realm and can never come out again. No one can solve the mystery. Or rather, the woman didn’t come for the book. She didn’t even ask about its whereabouts.”

“I suspect she’s after the ‘real’ owner of that book.”

This startled Ye Hanyue, and all the words she wanted to say were swallowed back down her throat, because she wasn't stupid.

She knew very well how difficult it was for everyone to make this decision, and if she hesitated and declined, she would be completely letting down those who had written her name on the document.

"For everyone's sake, I must live on." Ye Hanyue looked around at everyone present and murmured with unwavering determination.

At this moment, the sect leader moved and arrived at Ye Hanyue's side. His actions once again attracted everyone's attention. Then he took a deep breath, stretched out his left hand and waved it gently. A small transparent bottle appeared directly in his hand.

Upon seeing the bottle, Ye Hanyue's expression changed drastically, and she exclaimed in surprise, "A Boundary-Breaking Bottle?!"

"Hmm?" Upon hearing Ye Hanyue's voice, many people who did not recognize the bottle immediately felt a sense of doubt.

At the same time, the sect leader explained, "That's right, this is a kind of unorthodox method used by some tomb raiders in ancient times. I obtained it by chance. I originally thought it was useless, but I never expected it to come in handy today. It's truly a twist of fate..."

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"Its only function is to silently teleport anyone to a designated location, even if they pass through any array or barrier without leaving a trace. However, after doing so, the bottle will completely disappear. It is a one-time use treasure. But this teleportation cannot be interrupted, so it can only save one person."

"If the barrier were to open now, given that woman's speed and sensory abilities, she would definitely appear before us immediately and not let anyone escape."

"Use this to leave while her attention is focused on breaking the magic circle."

"Such a valuable item..."

Ye Hanyue thought to herself, but didn't say anything. It wasn't that she didn't want to speak, but that she knew she couldn't. She knew very well that the sect leader could have left by himself using this treasure, but the sect leader didn't do that and instead made it public.

This was a glimmer of hope, although he had long ago decided that this hope belonged to Ye Hanyue. However, he also considered that he could not give it directly to Ye Hanyue. Otherwise, some people present would definitely be dissatisfied, and there might even be infighting. After all, it was a matter of life and death, and who could guarantee that no accident would happen?

So, in order to suppress their emotions and to give Ye Hanyue hope in a reasonable way, he used the random selection method. Most importantly, this way, Ye Hanyue could better accept this favor, which was a win-win situation.

"But the world is vast, where can I go?" Ye Hanyue murmured, looking at the Boundary-Breaking Bottle in the sect leader's hand.

"First, survive, then go wherever you want to go. Starting today... you can do whatever you want."

This is probably what he, as a 'father,' should say!

"If you really have no other choice, go to the Demon Realm! I see your only way out lies there."

"With my last strength, I peered into your future and vaguely saw a shadow. Go find him! Although I don't know what kind of relationship exists between you."

At this moment, the sect leader secretly transmitted his thoughts to Ye Hanyue, which startled Ye Hanyue.

She was conflicted, not because she didn't want to go, but because she didn't know if she should go.

As a disciple of the Tianyan Sect, she naturally knew some ways to glimpse the future.

She had vaguely seen a shadow.

But she believed in fate, yet she didn't want to accept it.

She knew the best way was for the two of them to never see each other again, so as to erase the cause and effect of this conflict, but now, this had become complicated.

Just then, a loud boom resounded, followed by a shattering sound. A powerful shockwave surged towards everyone from the outside, catching them completely off guard by this overwhelming force.

In the blink of an eye, seven disciples were killed by the shockwave, and the remaining dozen or so disciples were all seriously injured and collapsed to the ground.

Fortunately, the sect leader reacted quickly enough, releasing all his cultivation power at the critical moment, which combined to form an invisible barrier in front of the wave. Unfortunately, with his power, he was simply unable to withstand the attack of that wave.

The next instant, a deafening roar echoed as the barrier shattered into countless fragments scattered around. He coughed up a mouthful of crimson blood, unsurprisingly suffering some injuries, demonstrating the vast difference in strength between him and the woman in purple.

Fortunately, the strongest formation outside was not broken directly, only about half of it was broken. Even so, they were not very safe. Soon, the woman in purple would be able to break in, and they would all die here.

"Don't say anything, don't think about anything, let's go!" The sect leader stabilized his injuries, his gaze solemn. He immediately circulated his spiritual power and activated the Boundary-Breaking Bottle in his hand. Then, a powerful suction force suddenly appeared and instantly enveloped Ye Hanyue's body. Before Ye Hanyue could react, her delicate body was sucked into the Boundary-Breaking Bottle.

The sect leader sighed and hurled a powerful object towards the back of the sect's grand formation.

In less than a breath, the Boundary-Breaking Bottle shattered with a crack, as if exploding into countless pieces of glass, scattering on the ground and turning into nothingness. At this point, Ye Hanyue's delicate body had vanished without a trace, and no one knew where the sect leader had sent her. However, no one present paid attention to this matter, because just after the sect leader completed all of this, the outer formation was finally shattered by the purple-clad woman with a loud boom.

An endless pressure surged in from the outside, instantly turning all the disciples with low strength into bloody fragments. They seemed to die without even being able to scream.

The five stronger disciples used all their strength to barely block the aftershocks. However, after this, they were already exhausted and completely lost the ability to fight. They lay on the ground, some unconscious, some confused, and some extremely weak. It was as if intense despair had completely enveloped them, leaving them with no choice but to wait for death.

Indeed, that was the case. A female disciple lay in the corner, ignoring the blood at the corner of her mouth. She simply held her unconscious senior brother and stared at the doorway with a deathly pale face.

It seems she has already seen the end of her destiny.

But at this moment, she felt she had no regrets, because at least she could die together with the person she loved.

Furthermore, the sect leader was the strongest, so he naturally suffered the least damage and was not seriously injured when the aftershocks struck.

However, his condition was not good to begin with, and now his face turned even paler and his breathing became even more disordered.

Although he was standing, he was in a state where he could collapse at any moment, which showed that he was holding on. However, he was not afraid of the impending death; there was only a hint of regret in his eyes.

"My ancestors! I'm sorry!" he suddenly said softly. But after saying this, he unleashed his last bit of spiritual power, transforming into a streak of light and rushing out of the great formation. He was resolute and had a heart ready to die.

"It is my fault for failing to protect the Tianyan Sect. I have let you all down."

"No!! Sect Master!!"

The four or five survivors roared, and a sense of grief instantly filled the hearts of all those still alive. But this was despair, and that was something that could not be changed.

In just a moment, a bloody head was thrown in from the outside, like trash.