Having cultivated myself into an immortal, all I want to do is raise female disciples.

Zhang Ruoxue said, "It was you...who saved me?"

"After all, it's impossible not to have some thoughts about a drinking buddy you've been corresponding with for eight years suddenly disappearing, right?"

To be honest, Zhang Ruoxue did have correspondence with Xu Yanliu.

However, she did not expect that Xu Yanliu would care so much about her.

But when she thought of Xu Yanliu's interest in lesbians, Zhang Ruoxue suddenly blinked and shifted her body timidly: "Let's make this clear first, although you saved me, I will not repay you with my body."

Xu Yanliu was startled upon hearing this, and then sighed regretfully, "I didn't expect that after eight years, you would have grown to the point where you can easily see through my intentions."

Zhang Ruoxue: "...Can you just go die?"

Xu Yanliu smiled and shrugged, not intending to take Zhang Ruoxue's words to heart.

Soon, the already faint smile on her face faded, replaced by a solemn expression.

"We already know about what happened in Jinglin Village."

……

Mentioning Jinglin Village, Zhang Ruoxue's eyes widened, and she lowered her head dejectedly.

Although Ruoxue had short hair, it was enough to cover her expression. Even so, her twitching lips and trembling shoulders still revealed that she was trying her best to control her emotions.

Scenes from not long ago kept replaying in her mind: the corpse of someone important was right in front of her, and she didn't even have the ability to kill the culprit with her own hands...

Just like before... she can't do anything.

Her cultivation level and strength were improving, but she still couldn't save the people she wanted to save. She could only watch as their blood became bait for demons and tools for blood sacrifice.

She clenched her fists tightly, the veins bulging.

Of course.

"Although it's not nice to say it like this, as a friend... I still have to give you some advice—"

"Don't think about revenge."

The black-haired girl suddenly looked up, her face filled with rage, and her eyes, which held the blue ocean within them, blazed with an endless fire—an anger so intense it could burn away even the color in her eyes.

She practically struggled against the protests and excruciating pain of her entire body's bones and flesh as she got out of bed. Her right arm, trembling with pain, gripped the fabric of Xu Yanliu's chest, her eyes wide open.

His words were hoarse sounds, forced and torn from his throat.

"That masked one... used the entire village as a tool for blood sacrifice, letting those demons eat the villagers' corpses and devour their souls..."

"He destroyed the whole village! He destroyed the place where I grew up! He killed my parents... no... the ones who raised me!"

"I could only watch! I could only watch! I even got beaten half to death by him, and now you're telling me not to seek revenge?! Do you expect me to forget this whole memory?!"

The loud questioning echoed throughout the cramped room.

Not only that, the girl's roar even penetrated the broken windows and reached outside the room.

Perhaps that's why, upon hearing Ruoxue's voice, someone pushed open the door and came in from outside.

Those were also several familiar figures.

Xu Yanliu's father, Xu Laoliu, who owned a pharmacy.

And Jiang Yuetian and Lin Yuan, the senior and junior siblings from Yuntian Academy.

The three of them stood far outside the house, their gazes complex as they looked at the girl who was covered in bandages, yet still stood before Xu Yanliu in excruciating pain, her eyes filled with anger, tears streaming down her face.

Xu Yanliu quietly looked back at Zhang Ruoxue.

Instead of answering Zhang Ruoxue's question directly, she put her hand on Zhang Ruoxue's shoulder and said calmly, "Come out with me and take a look."

"..."

With red eyes and clenched teeth, Zhang Ruoxue breathed heavily and walked out of the house without saying a word, supported by Xu Yanliu.

The three people standing outside obediently stepped aside, giving Zhang Ruoxue enough space.

When Zhang Ruoxue came outside, the rage in her eyes was suddenly replaced by astonishment.

ruins.

Everywhere you look, there are ruins.

The gray walls were covered with scars. The thick wall that should have surrounded the entire courtyard was mostly broken. Countless dust particles fell on the cracked bricks. Some of the charred willow branches had turned into ashes and scattered with the cold wind.

Not far away, houses collapsed, and the beams supporting the roof were cut in half. Three pieces of the stone table in the courtyard were chopped off and lay on their sides, with what appeared to be traces of lightning strikes still visible on the tabletop.

It's gone...it's all gone...

The houses I remember had white walls surrounding a courtyard and pale red wooden doors...

Everything is gone.

She even saw that the spirit field that should have been in the backyard... the spirit field that was cultivated by a seemingly honest and simple young man... had become a barren land, with traces of trampling on the soil, and the spiritual energy within it had long since disappeared.

Zhang Ruoxue turned around blankly and saw a makeshift, dilapidated house that looked like it could collapse at any moment.

"This...is our...courtyard house?"

Are you kidding me?

How could that be...

That courtyard house... Yuntian Academy... how did it become like this?

"It was all done by the people of the Demon Dynasty."

Jiang Yuetian gave an explanation with a somber expression.

He turned his head and looked at the demonic dog lying in Lin Yuan's arms, its snow-blue fur revealing unconcealable scars.

As a magical beast with the cultivation level of the Void Transformation stage, it was currently sleeping soundly in the arms of a petite girl with its eyes closed, extremely weak.

“Even when Yuan’er and I first arrived here, the people of the Demon Dynasty seemed to be besieging Xiao Lei Zi... They used some unknown means to break the formation set up by the teacher, and then began to besiege Xiao Lei Zi, wanting to use it to refine the soul.”

"If this gentleman hadn't arrived in time..."

Jiang Yuetian looked at Xu Laoliu with gratitude, but the latter waved his hand, indicating that Jiang Yuetian did not need to be so polite.

"Mo Chao..."

Zhang Ruoxue murmured the name softly, as if she wanted to engrave it completely into her bones.

She turned to look at Xu Yanliu, who said earnestly, "The Demon Dynasty is one of the two rulers of the three great heavens. The entire Desolate Heaven Domain can now be said to be within the Demon Dynasty's sphere of influence. Apart from the Lantian Empire and the Northern Ice Palace, which are still resisting, other forces have either been brought under its control or destroyed by the Demon Dynasty."

"Even the two major powers, the Northern Ice Palace and the Lantian Empire, have to join forces to resist the Demon Dynasty. Even so, the Demon Dynasty still holds an absolute advantage. Before long, I'm afraid the Northern Ice Palace and the Lantian Empire will also be unable to escape this calamity."

Even the combined might of the two dominant powers, the Northern Ice Palace and the Lantian Empire, couldn't defeat that Demon Dynasty...

"That's why I don't want you to seek revenge—"

Xu Yanliu looked at Zhang Ruoxue with a heavy expression. In the latter's eyes, the hatred and anger still showed no signs of fading.

Xu Yanliu took a deep breath before uttering a piece of news that startled Zhang Ruoxue.

"Besides—"

"In this world, the only one that can rival the Demon Dynasty is the Immortal Capital, which has already taken control of the Kuntian Domain... and only the Emperor Immortal of the Immortal Capital can rival the Demon Emperor of the Demon Dynasty."

"Immortal Emperor... Demon Emperor?"

Zhang Ruoxue looked completely bewildered, having no recollection of either of the names.

"Those are the two strongest beings in the three great heavenly domains... who respectively lead the Immortal Capital and the Demon Dynasty."

"And both of them have reached a level of cultivation that is worthy of being recorded in history."

"What level?"

Xu Yanliu paused for a moment, then dropped a bombshell on the three students from Yuntian Academy.

That was absolutely devastating news.

If you ask why—

"Their cultivation levels have both been acknowledged by the Three Thousand Great Daos—"

"A true immortal."

54. The Great Wilderness Blaze, Life and Death Unpredictable

The name of the true immortal will endure for eternity.

Throughout history, countless people have cultivated immortality, but only two have truly achieved enlightenment and ascended to immortality.

Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen were both invincible in their respective eras, truly unparalleled figures.

But now, no one would have thought that in just a few years, the Demon Dynasty and the Immortal Capital would each have a True Immortal appear out of nowhere.

Could it be that these two major forces have truly found the method to achieve immortality? If not, how could two true immortals, who might only appear once every ten thousand years, suddenly appear in this Lingze era?!

Not to mention Zhang Ruoxue, Jiang Yuetian and Lin Yuan were also startled upon hearing this.

They had witnessed the power of a half-immortal: splitting mountains and seas, shaking the heavens and earth, and even a stomp of their foot could make the entire celestial realm tremble. Even beings like the Twenty-One Ultimates would probably be willing to cultivate good relations with a half-immortal-level cultivator.

Apart from their own teacher, who could beat the former head of the Imperial Pavilion to the ground, Jiang Yuetian and his group had never seen anyone else... not even those who might be called true immortals.

not a single one.

Is Ye Wentian strong in the Half-Immortal's Tomb?

powerful!

With three direct descendants, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him the chosen one.

But is he a true immortal? Obviously not.

Because he is only one of the three Venerable Immortals of the Immortal Capital, and above the Venerable Immortals is the Emperor Immortal, who rules over the entire Immortal Capital and now holds the power over the Kuntian Domain.

A true immortal, worthy of being recorded in history.

People say that in the eyes of a sage, all things are but ants.

In the eyes of a true immortal, a half-immortal is nothing more than a babbling child, a weakling who can be killed with a flick of a finger.

So... don't act impulsively.

Xu Yanliu knew Zhang Ruoxue's personality well; if she didn't stop her, this silly girl would definitely fight desperately to storm the Demon Dynasty.