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

It can only be said that everyone knew Xu Yuanqing's marriage wouldn't end well. It's also a pity for the fox demon Xiaolan, whose once-in-a-lifetime event has been delayed.

Just then, Bai Qingyu thought of Yaodao Ji again.

I wonder where that child is now, and whether this incident will affect her.

For a moment, she did consider taking the child in as her own, but then she thought better of it. She was going to travel the world in the future, and she already had enough children at home.

I'll get together with Dongqing and Changsheng again at the end of the year. In a few years, when Bai Xiaoya can run and walk, she can continue to travel the world.

She didn't know where she was going after leaving Tongzhou.

At that time, Xiaodie may need to stay in Tongzhou to develop her career, with Zhen accompanying her.

Xiaodie has grown up now and has learned a skill that is enough to support herself. Zhen doesn't like to travel around; she prefers quiet places.

Even so, there are still many children who have to suffer along with her.

Xiao Yao and Yu Zhuan Jin go without saying, they are indispensable.

Then there's the little snake and the true heaven, as well as the spider lily and Kiyohime.

Tamamo-no-Mae doesn't count; he's a fox who refuses to become human no matter what, and he has an unresolved inner conflict.

Kiyohime and Higanbana could actually stay. We can ask them what they think later. If they don't want to leave, then staying is fine, since they'll be going back to reunite with everyone regularly anyway.

With the demon book in his hand open, Bai Qingyu turned to the last page by the light of the bright moon in the sky.

The monster recorded above is named Shiranui, but unfortunately there is only one name and no introduction. This means that when Guhuoniao found her, she had no time to write it down before something happened. Bai Qingyu doesn't know if it was Shiranui who did it, or something else.

At dawn, the sound of gongs and drums filled the air outside Xiangtianlou, creating a lively scene.

Xu Yuanqing's wedding was truly a grand affair. If it weren't for the interference of these righteous and evil cultivators, it would have been a perfect wedding, a fitting tribute to the fox demon Xiaolan's help in escorting him and shielding him from harm.

It has to be said that a royal advisor marrying a fox demon is a story that could be written into a book and sold to Xiao Yao and Dong Qing.

The love-hate relationship between the imperial advisor and the fox spirit is sure to be a bestseller.

Bai Qingyu didn't go downstairs but watched quietly. Below, there was a commotion. The bride's sedan chair arrived quickly, and in her eyes, the scale of the wedding procession was no different from that of an emperor going out. The crowds of people on both sides of the street were quite large, except that they didn't have to kneel.

Then, someone came looking for her.

She needs to take the place of both sets of parents during the wedding ceremony.

It is not the so-called "elderly" in the second bow to the elders.

Bai Qingyu was stunned when she heard the news.

The elders are usually the parents, but Xiao Lan and Xu Yuanqing are both orphans. Xiao Lan is a fox demon whose parents and elders are all foxes and not even demons. Xu Yuanqing was an orphan raised by his master. Now his master has been killed by his junior brother, and his biological parents have been wiped out by him.

As for her, the news of the Divine Phoenix had already spread from Tongzhou to the capital, saying that people were praying to the Divine Phoenix to send a child.

Since you can send your child, then worshipping the Divine Phoenix shouldn't be a problem, right?

First, they bow to Heaven and Earth; second, they bow to the Divine Phoenix; and then the couple bows to each other.

To make it more festive, Bai Qingyu specially changed the color of her dress to red.

Sitting in his seat, the maids around him dared not speak, standing to one side with their heads down.

No one told Bai Qingyu what she needed to do.

For once, Bai Qingyu felt a surge of nervousness. There was a commotion outside, and she didn't know what was going on. After an agonizing wait, the bride and groom finally entered.

Xu Yuanqing and Xiao Lan entered the house hand in hand, and after a set of rituals, they began to pay their respects to Heaven and Earth.

Just as Bai Qingyu had thought, after bowing to heaven and earth, they began to bow to her, and after bowing to her, they began to bow to each other as husband and wife.

Bai Qingyu was a little confused. In her memory, these were all things done at night, the later stages of the ceremony, followed by the joyous wedding night. Why were they being done in the morning here? Since she didn't understand the wedding procedures, Bai Qingyu didn't say much and cooperated until she finished before leaving.

Normally, the bride and groom are the main attraction, but not today.

Almost as soon as Xu Yuanqing left, the aura of the Demonic Sect erupted outside, and dozens of members of the Demonic Sect appeared and surrounded Xiangtianlou.

The demonic cult appeared, and the people below fled in terror. Fortunately, the cult's target was not them, but the officials in the building.

boom!

Dozens of members of the Demonic Cult launched a joint attack, but the cultivators inside Xiangtianlou reacted swiftly and immediately retaliated.

Unfortunately, they were just representatives and not very strong. Facing dozens of elite members of the Demonic Sect, the weakest of whom were at least at the Nascent Soul stage, they were beaten so badly that they couldn't even fight back.

The members of the Demonic Cult showed no mercy, bombarding Xiangtianlou relentlessly, causing heavy casualties among its inhabitants.

Bai Qingyu scanned the Xiangtianlou with her demonic power but did not find Xu Yuanqing and Xiao Lan. They had gone directly to the palace after the wedding ceremony.

At the same time, five powerful cultivators brought the Third Prince into the palace.

The soldiers had already assembled, and tens of thousands of troops were heading straight for the main hall of the palace. The Emperor's Imperial Guards also quickly assembled, their auras powerful. However, the enemy not only had ordinary soldiers, but also nearly four hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, fifty Nascent Soul and Golden Core cultivators, five Deity Transformation cultivators, and two Void Refinement cultivators.

At this point, ordinary lesser cultivators are actually the main fighting force, while powerful cultivators are used to maintain order and will not easily take action.

He said he wasn't afraid of the backlash from fate, but deep down he was still afraid of dying.

As for the group that brought the Third Prince in the sky, they were mainly targeting Tianyang Palace.

With a coup in the palace and the intervention of cultivators, Tianyang Palace would surely send someone.

Several people in the sky were confident, but then a figure came across the sky.

"Heavenly Sword?"

The newcomer was none other than Dong Qing, who carried the Heavenly Sword.

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Volume 1: Chapter 182 Dare to Hit My Son?

On the jade plaza in front of the imperial palace, 30,000 black-armored soldiers had already formed their battle formation. Faint streams of light could be seen rising from the ground, which was a formation set up by hundreds of cultivators hidden inside the black-armored army. Their main purpose in hiding there was not to charge into battle, but to maintain this large-scale war formation.

As long as this formation is in place, even if the opposing 10,000 Imperial Guards were several times larger, they would still be no match for them, not to mention the cultivators in the sky who are always waiting for the right moment to strike.

An eerie silence fell over the scene. The Third Prince did not appear. He did not need to do anything now; he only needed to break through the palace, kill the Human Emperor, and then take his place.

All those high-sounding words, such as the emperor being incompetent and cruel to the people, were reserved for the day of his formal coronation to tell the whole world, to glorify his act of killing his father and regicide, and to consolidate his position.

As a sword light pierced the sky, the black-armored army paused simultaneously.

Dongqing appeared above the main hall of the palace, dressed in a Taoist robe from the Tianyang Palace. Her small face was full of seriousness and solemnity as she silently gazed at the several cultivators in the sky while carrying a long sword.

Bai Dongqing, the Heavenly Sword, is quite famous, not because of Dongqing himself, but because the name of the Heavenly Sword is too well-known. The Heavenly Sword and the Demonic Sword are names that every cultivator with some strength knows.

These two swords are too legendary. Every time they appear together, they will end an era or create an era. This time is no different. The moment the Heavenly Sword and Demon Sword of the Western Mountain Fate Sect appeared at the same time, many powerful people sensed the great calamity to come.

Seeing that two swords appeared at the same time, one can understand why. Historically, there has never been a time when two swords appeared simultaneously and remained peaceful. It's not that they weren't coming; it was just the calm before the storm.

Leaving aside the Heavenly Sword, there are only two things that come to mind when mentioning Dongqing.

The daughter of the Divine Phoenix, an unparalleled prodigy of the Heavenly Sun Palace.

It is unheard of to advance from Foundation Establishment to Deity Transformation in less than ten years of cultivation.

Such a genius is enough to make any sect envious.

For 99% of people, the Nascent Soul stage is an unattainable goal in their lifetime, or a point from which they can no longer progress. Yet Dong Qing, a mere young girl, has cultivated to this level with ease. No one dares to even imagine how high her future achievements will be.

They made a few sarcastic remarks, but they were only at the Nascent Soul stage. In reality, they all knew that Dongqing had reached this point so easily. Was it really that difficult for her to achieve the Great Ascension stage?

My master is a top-tier Mahayana expert and my only closed-door disciple.

The mother is suspected to be at the peak of the Mahayana stage, capable of controlling the power of faith in the Western Continent and manipulating the fate of the Great Spirit Kingdom. In the battle of the Demon Subduing Sect, she even silently killed a Mahayana expert, becoming the first great demon to kill a Mahayana expert in five hundred years.

Don't be fooled by the silence that followed. It wasn't that no one mentioned it or cared. It was just that killing a human Mahayana cultivator with the power of a demon was too shameful. Besides, Tianyang Palace hadn't said anything, so they certainly didn't want to risk trouble.

A demon capable of killing a Mahayana cultivator—all the rumors about his Void Refinement strength are utter nonsense.

Have you ever seen someone kill a Mahayana cultivator without making a sound?

Not to mention her mother was petty and extremely protective of her own.

In summary, Dongqing is not weak, her talent is exceptionally outstanding, and her background is ridiculously powerful.

So much so that the powerful figures behind the Third Prince couldn't be happy at all when they saw that only one person from Tianyang Palace had come, and that he was just a minor Nascent Soul cultivator; their faces were extremely gloomy.

Bai Dongqing is standing right here. Do you dare to touch her?

She stands at the palace gate; will you kill her or not?

After killing her, do you expect to have a good life afterward?

The most important aspect of this rebellion is to establish a new dynasty and kick Tianyang Palace out. After Dongqing is killed, when the divine phoenix arrives, it won't even need to do anything; it will simply extinguish the new dynasty's destiny, rendering everything futile.

Beside the Third Prince, a Nascent Soul cultivator stepped forward, his figure illusory and twisted in an instant, arriving not far from Dong Qing.

"Young friend, what brings you here?"

The old man in the Taoist robe stood with his hands behind his back and spoke slowly.

Dong Qing snorted coldly, "You know perfectly well what I mean. You've gathered such a large army, isn't that a premeditated rebellion? We cultivators don't interfere in the affairs of the mortal court, have you forgotten that, senior?"

"The current emperor is incompetent and corrupt, indulging in extravagance and decadence. He does not fulfill his duties in his position, but instead indulges in debauchery, causing the people to suffer greatly. The world is in turmoil and the people are living in misery. We are all human beings, so what is wrong with us eliminating the tyrannical emperor and establishing a wise one?"

The old man squinted, "Even if your master were to come again today, I would still say the same thing."

"As for you, didn't your master teach you to respect your elders? Get out of here immediately. If you have something to say, come and talk to your master. Otherwise, don't blame me for bullying the younger generation."

Clang!

Dong Qing drew the Heavenly Sword directly, and its sharp sword aura made even the Nascent Soul stage elder frown.

I thought that with such rapid improvement in the Heavenly Sword, his foundation would be unstable, but I didn't expect his foundation to be so solid.

"Hmph, although we are all human, there is a difference between immortals and mortals. Relying on your own cultivation to overthrow the mortal government is an act that Heaven and Earth cannot tolerate. The emperor is incompetent, and it is not something you can interfere with. Otherwise, the mortal world will truly be plunged into chaos."

Dongqing gathered her spiritual power. No matter what the old man said, she only knew that it was wrong for a cultivator to interfere in mortal affairs.

Once a precedent is broken, there will be a second, a third, a fourth, and countless more.

If cultivators interfere in the mortal realm, everything will fall into chaos.

The affairs of the court will no longer be interfered with by mortals. From the emperor down to the lowest official, everyone will become a puppet controlled by cultivators. No matter how powerful mortals are, they are no match for cultivators. Cultivators will do whatever they want. You can imagine what the mortal world will become like then.

Even if the emperor is incompetent and the people rise up and raze the palace to the ground, Tianyang Palace will not utter a single word.

With both hands gripping the sword hilt tightly, it would be a lie to say that Dongqing wasn't nervous. The pressure from her opponent was simply too strong; she was no match for them at all.

"I will never let you pass!"