I am Guhuoniao, not an umbrella demon, please do not disturb me.

Even the two people playing chess in Tianyang Palace couldn't resist. They put down their chess pieces and appeared outside the mountain gate, their hands behind their backs, gazing into the distance towards Tongzhou.

Hongfei's expression was solemn. "Senior brother, before this, I really didn't know that the Divine Phoenix had this ability."

The white-haired middle-aged man beside Hongfei pondered for a long time, "This is the power of fortune. The Divine Phoenix has absorbed the fortune of that person from Shangchuan Prefecture."

Hongfei was shocked upon hearing this, "No way, isn't this Divine Phoenix afraid of death?"

Luck, also known as destiny or fate, is the power of the heavens. Not to mention the divine phoenix, even beings like them cannot contend with it. If one dares to forcibly absorb it into their body, there is only one outcome: death from backlash.

"The Demon Subduing Sect is in big trouble." The Sect Leader of Tianyang Palace stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes deep.

“Hey, senior brother, I told you we couldn’t agree to that old guy from the Demon Subduing Sect. All the hard work we put into building Tongzhou has been ruined by his meddling. To control Tongzhou, we only needed to tell the Divine Phoenix. Why did we have to do this? Now look what’s happened. I think we can never go back to Tongzhou.”

Hongfei muttered to himself, his voice filled with anguish and indignation.

"You wouldn't listen to me! Even if you want your nation to prosper and your demon race to be stable, you can't do it this way. Tell me, should we intervene or not?"

"The whole world is watching. Shenhuang isn't stupid; she must have guessed what kind of agreement we reached with the Demon Subduing Sect. We didn't make a move when Nanshan was besieged, so it wouldn't be right for us to make a move now. If we push them too far, they might just break off relations with us, which wouldn't look good."

"Hey, you guys are so foolish!"

Hongfei shook his head and turned to leave, actually just looking for fun.

Anyway, he doesn't really care. Let the Demon Subduing Sect and the Divine Phoenix do whatever they want outside. How could the fire possibly spread to the Heavenly Sun Palace?

If it doesn't concern me, I'll just say a few sarcastic remarks and move on.

However, to be fair, this Divine Phoenix is ​​truly formidable. Not to mention the old fogies of the Demon Subduing Sect, even his senior brother didn't expect that it could directly absorb the Mandate of Heaven and experience a surge in cultivation.

"When I went to the capital to deal with those messes, everyone laughed at me. Hey, let's see how you handle things this time. Anyway, don't look for me when the Divine Phoenix comes. I'm going back to sleep now."

Hongfei waved his small fan back and forth, leisurely returning to the mountain.

The head of Tianyang Palace remained silent; Hongfei had always been like this, and he was used to it.

"Senior brother."

Yunru's figure appeared beside him. "What should we do about Tongzhou?"

The events in Tongzhou are somewhat related to Tianyang Palace. The Demon Subduing Sect thought they had outmaneuvered the world, but little did they know that their plans were also within Tianyang Palace's expectations. So far, the only problem is with Bai Qingyu.

"Let's wait and see. If she comes looking for us later, tell her that this has nothing to do with my Tianyang Palace."

Yunru nodded and hummed in agreement.

In a sense, it really has nothing to do with Tianyang Palace. As things have developed to this point, Tianyang Palace has done nothing except tacitly approve of the Demon Subduing Sect's actions. The reason is simple: the time for them to take action had not yet come, and the situation had already been forcibly reversed by Bai Qingyu.

Since the event hasn't happened yet, even if they planned it this way beforehand, it has nothing to do with them.

Yunru sighed and turned to leave.

She understood the sect leader's meaning: to use this matter to quell the demon race and elevate the national fortune of the Great Spirit Dynasty once again.

It can only be said that the world has never been peaceful. Even someone as powerful as the Divine Phoenix is ​​just a pawn on a chessboard. No matter how famous the Divine Phoenix is ​​in the outside world, she has never escaped the identity of a pawn. Ever since the incident with the Fate Sect, which brought her into the world's attention, she has been in the game.

After all, no matter how talented Shenhuang is, no matter how much she can control the power of faith in Xizhou, and no matter how special her children are, she is still just a Void Refinement Great Demon.

He is very strong at the Refining Void stage, definitely a powerful demon among the demon race. However, he is still quite far from the top, and before reaching the Great Ascension stage, he is merely a pawn.

The Divine Phoenix can absorb and manipulate faith. If it weren't for the fact that Xizhou was occupied by the Heavenly Cult, Yunru felt that her senior brother would definitely have found a way to confine the Divine Phoenix to Xizhou forever, allowing her to change everything in Xizhou and save the people there.

Even if it's not possible, we must find a way to restrain the Divine Phoenix.

She poses a tremendous threat to the fate of the Great Ling Kingdom.

That being said, Yunru knew that things would be different starting today.

Who could have imagined that the Divine Phoenix would be able to absorb destiny for its own use?

"Hope everything is alright."

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Before the eyes of all the powerful beings in the world, a golden longbow formed from destiny appeared in Bai Qingyu's hand. The main body of the longbow flowed like flames. She drew the longbow to its full length with one hand, and the huge humanoid phantom began to disappear, slowly condensing into a flaming arrow that was nocked on the bowstring.

Until the phantom completely disappeared, the flaming arrow also solidified completely, becoming as substantial as it could be.

With the appearance of this arrow, the surrounding atmosphere completely changed. A fierce wind raged, carrying a chilling sense of oppression. The aura of Bai Qingyu's arrow was truly terrifying.

As they faced the arrow, a sense of danger pounded wildly in their hearts, as if every cell in their bodies was roaring at them to run away and get out of there.

They absolutely cannot let go at this moment.

The controlling seal was still resisting Bai Qingyu's little sun. Once it let go, the little sun would devour their bodies even faster than the arrow.

However, some people still left.

Seeing the situation was not good, one of the Nascent Soul stage cultivators immediately stopped, and three others who had reached the Void Refinement stage also stopped.

Being hit by the little sun might not kill you, but being shot by this arrow will definitely kill you!

There were only seven people in total. Four of them broke free at once, and their strength suddenly weakened. The little sun suddenly burst open and smashed open the seal. The wooden umbrella pierced through the bodies of the remaining three people. But that wasn't the end of it. In the instant they broke free and fled, Bai Qingyu shot out a bow.

The intense light engulfed the seven powerful members of the Demon Subduing Sect. The three who were pierced through the body by the wooden umbrella died first. The four behind them ran faster but were not much better off. The three who were in the Integration Stage were seriously injured and died on the spot.

Golden starlight drifted through the air, and Bai Qingyu's longbow vanished. She raised her hand and summoned her wooden umbrella, her gaze locking onto the last surviving Nascent Soul cultivator.

"No, don't kill me, I can tell you..."

Before the heavily injured cultivator could finish speaking, Bai Qingyu's phantom, which appeared out of nowhere behind him, stabbed him in the heart with an umbrella.

"I'm not reconciled..."

Leaving behind these words, the cultivator's figure gradually dissipated, turning into golden specks of light inch by inch, drifting away with his companions into the world.

Killed by the forces of fate, they didn't even have the chance to be reincarnated.

Everything was annihilated; fate erased their existence.

Bai Qingyu's chest heaved, her face showing no smile, only calm.

The power of destiny is that strong.

Even if she only absorbed a nascent form of destiny, she could easily annihilate the top cultivators in this world.

Even so, she still couldn't save the little snake.

The despair is not of being controlled by fate.

What truly leads to despair is discovering, after becoming a chosen one, that an even greater destiny surrounds you.

"aunt!"

Shuten rushed over, his eyes wide with astonishment.

That last attack was so cool! It wiped out that group of people instantly!

However, Bai Qingyu raised her hand, signaling him not to come closer.

"Don't come over. Go to Nanshan and deal with the rest of them. Kill as many as they come. Don't leave a single one alive. Don't be afraid of karma. I will help you clear your karma afterward."

Bai Qingyu left behind a sentence and flew off in one direction.

She had exhausted herself, and her power was unstable. She was worried that the power of destiny would affect Shuten-dōji.

"Understood!"

Shuten-dōji turned and left, his fighting spirit burning.

Anyone who dares to come to Nanshan will never return!

Bai Qingyu flew towards the border of Tongzhou and could see several powerful figures being blocked outside the barrier from afar.

This barrier is quite strange; it doesn't block attacks, mortals, or wild beasts, but only cultivators.

No matter what kind of attack, it cannot land on the barrier; there's not even a point to attack, let alone break through this barrier.

"How does it feel to watch your Demon-Subduing Sect crumble bit by bit without being able to do anything about it?"

Bai Qingyu looked at the people outside with a cold smile.

The identities of these people are obvious without even guessing; they are none other than the sect leader of the Demon Subduing Sect and several supreme elders.

"Let me guess how much of your resources you've invested in Nanshan, eighty percent or ninety percent?"

The Demon Subduing Sect is indeed not weak; it's even stronger than the Fate Sect. Not to mention its disciples, just the powerful figures she killed earlier were enough to make the Demon Subduing Sect feel like they were spitting blood.

Today will pass, and the Demon-Subduing Sect will cease to exist.

The Demon Subduing Sect leader finally lost his temper, his old face contorted with rage.

"I will make you pay the price!"

"You brought trouble upon yourself, you came here to die, you deserve to be wiped out." Bai Qingyu's eyes were full of sarcasm. "How can you bear to see the Demon Subduing Sect destroyed? Didn't you want to revitalize your sect? I've solved this problem for you. From now on, you'll never have to worry about this again."

"You bastard, I will kill you!"

The leader of the Demon Subduing Sect was about to attack Bai Qingyu through the barrier, but the attack was disintegrated by the power of destiny before it even reached within ten meters of Bai Qingyu.

Bai Qingyu turned and left without wasting words with him, deciding to deal with the Demon-Subduing Sect in Nanshan first.

Behind him was the powerless roar of the Demon Subduing Sect leader, and in front of him was a war that had begun to turn in one direction.

Too many people and demons have died. Bai Qingyu descended, and under the sweeping force of fate, all the corpses were transformed into life force, nourishing this world. It is certain that after this battle ends, Tongzhou and Nanshan will become holy lands for cultivation. In the next two to three years, the spiritual energy here will be more than twice that of the outside world.

Tens of thousands of disciples of the Demon Subduing Sect perished forever in Nanshan. Bai Qingyu ignored the others and landed in one of the fiercest battlefields near the Ghost Gate.

The powerful force sent Ibaraki flying, and also sent the other black-robed youth flying.

Bai Qingyu landed and looked at the monster holding a sharp blade.

I've been looking for him for so long, and I never expected to find him here.

"Onikiri..."

The boy before her was not very similar to the figure in her memory, only in temperament. Just as Bai Qingyu had said before, the boy before her was just a stranger with the same soul.

Onikiri wanted to attack again, but Bai Qingyu raised her hand and stopped him in place.

Seeing his body covered in black aura and his eyes bloodshot, Bai Qingyu knew that he was in basically the same situation as the other demons brought by the Demon Subduing Sect, and that he had been controlled by someone using some kind of method.

Under the cleansing power of fate, Onikiri's eyes gradually returned to normal.

There are many ways to control monsters, most of which involve mind control and brainwashing.

The way to restore Onikiri to normal should be to move him and make him realize everything. Bai Qingyu felt that that was too troublesome, so it would be better to directly cleanse his soul.