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

Gu Xingzhu shook his head with a wry smile: "Although love at first sight may indeed exist, the possibility is too low. The fact that he never backed down during the process inevitably arouses suspicion."

Zhang Ruoxue smiled and pointed to the silver-haired maid beside her, chuckling, "Yeah, Yu Chan is such a coward, but he, a Qin Sect disciple with insufficient cultivation, is quite brave."

Ye Yuchan's pretty face darkened, and she immediately raised her little pink fist, but considering the difference in strength, she didn't hit her, and instead stared at her blankly.

Ignoring the daily interactions between his two female disciples, Yunping stared at Huang Luo with a smile.

But for some reason, that smile looked rather eerie.

His words were decisive and confident, much like the detective who unfolds the final, clear deduction at the end of a novel.

“Jiang Shengxuan, ever since you turned into a demon, you have held a grudge against my little Jiang. First, you set him up with the fate of being a cursed lone star, planting a seed in his heart. Then you began to plot against him in various places. The Immortal Capital and the Qin Sect are the best examples.”

"You've been waiting all along, probably hiding by Xiao Jiang and Yuan'er's side, observing their every move. Until we took action and killed the Demon Emperor's beloved disciple, thus causing the Demon-Slaying Order to spread to the three great heavens, you knew that the opportunity had come."

"While the Cloud Heaven Academy founded by Xiao Jiang and Yuan'er wasn't directly destroyed by you, it's still inextricably linked to you. You were probably the one who instigated those demonic cultivators. After that, you used your 'lone star' traits and the relationship between Xiao Jiang and Yuan'er to make Xiao Jiang try to distance himself from the world and thus enter the Azure Secret Realm."

"Then guide Yuan'er to find Xiao Jiang who is in the Azure Secret Realm. The reason you made arrangements in the Qin Sect in advance is because, based on your years of observation, you understand that Yuan'er has nowhere to go in the Extreme Heaven Domain. Since she does not know where the Azure Secret Realm is, she can only go to the Qin Sect."

"That Zuo He almost disrupted your plans, didn't he? After all, if he had really destroyed the Qin Sect, Yuan'er might not have been safe, and she might not have been able to find out the location of the Azure Secret Realm."

"I suppose you were ready to make your move back then, but luckily we arrived in time to resolve the danger. You then went along with it and made a deal with Zuo He, asking him to wait in Lake Heart City in your place. You even gave him the Eye of Calamity. You really went all out."

"You even deliberately guided Yuan'er's puppet to reach the deepest part as quickly as possible, and the reason you went to such lengths was for only one purpose—"

"I want Xiao Jiang to witness Yuan'er's death with his own eyes."

A series of plans, all with one purpose.

That's right.

A cold glint flashed in Yun Ping's eyes, and he shot towards Huang Luo like an arrow released from a bow.

"You want him to become a demon."

Yes.

magic.

Jiang Shengxuan's purpose has been this from the very beginning.

The pain that comes from an endless abyss of despair and the death of someone who should have given hope is indescribable.

Rather than letting despair descend directly, it's better to first offer a glimmer of hope, and then crush that false hope the moment Jiang Yuetian thinks she can be saved.

This is Jiang Shengxuan's purpose.

Let Jiang Yuetian fall into demonic ways amidst endless grief.

……

*Slap.* *Slap.* *Slap.*

Applause resounded.

After hearing Yunping's words, Huang Luo couldn't help but applaud.

But his expression never changed throughout; it remained the same, as if he wanted to kill someone.

"As expected of you."

"Although I had guessed that you were the biggest problem, the current situation is really unexpected."

"Yes, I admit it, I've been checked."

"but--"

Huang Luo suddenly sneered, his eyes flashing with cold light: "He's just a general, not a dying man."

As soon as he finished speaking...

A dazzling crimson array suddenly bloomed in Huang Luo's pupils, rotating and expanding at several speeds, magnifying a hundredfold in the blink of an eye!

The dazzling red light exuded an extremely ominous aura. Ye Yuchan and the others almost subconsciously summoned their magical artifacts and looked solemnly at the strange, unknown formation.

But just as everyone held their breath and prepared to fight, the formation suddenly shattered.

The array, which had just been summoned, shattered, and its scarlet fragments scattered on the ground, seemingly sticky, adhering to the dark space.

At the same time, the pitch-black abyss space suddenly began to tremble and shake violently.

Goodbye, everyone!

Huang Luo's figure vanished into the darkness, turning into black smoke and disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Yunping frowned deeply. He could sense that the surrounding space was on the verge of collapse. He seemed to realize something and quickly shouted.

"Xiao Jiang, come here quickly!"

Jiang Yuetian was taken aback upon hearing this, only to see Yun Ping immediately begin to form hand seals, and he hesitated for a moment.

But when his gaze fell upon Lin Yuan, he suddenly mustered his courage, circulated his spiritual energy, and immediately rushed towards the location of Yun Ping and the others.

But at the same time, the ground beneath its feet began to crack and collapse.

As the magic array was activated, a mysterious pure white array rose up beneath Yunping and the others' feet, symbolizing the shifting of space.

Jiang Yuetian was startled and quickly activated the Lava Crack Body, then stomped down hard.

The moment he leaped into the air, the darkness beneath his feet shattered.

As Jiang Yuetian leaped into the air, watching the approaching formation, he stretched out his hand with great effort—

Fragments of his own memories, flying up from all sides, sliced ​​through Jiang Yuetian's fair skin like sharp blades.

Painful memories leave bloodstains, piercing the skin and drawing blood.

Finally, the fragments that rained down from the sky mercilessly struck Jiang Yuetian; they were his past memories, his agonizing terrors.

Jiang Yuetian, struck by the memory, lost her power and could no longer touch the pure white magic circle, while the boundless abyss beneath her feet was indeed getting closer and closer.

He reached out in despair and hope, trying desperately to touch the pure white that was so close at hand.

It was so close.

Just a touch...

Blood-red fragments of memory flashed before his eyes, obscuring his vision.

Immediately following this was the feeling of endless falling.

but--

"Senior brother!!!"

The delicate white hand passed through the blood-stained memories, letting the broken skin tear at it, but it never stopped.

A splash of bright red.

A crimson color, different from blood but more precious than blood, flashed before Jiang Yuetian's eyes.

That little hand did not back down.

Instead, it is persistent and unwavering—

He held tightly to the desperate hand of the person who was falling.

next second.

The magic circle lit up.

Space collapses.

A black flood gushed forth, unleashing all the pain and resentment buried within the paradise of life.

But that pure white light had already carried the person who should have fallen into the abyss straight up and disappeared without a trace.

52. You want to get your hands dirty too?

rain.

Black rain.

There was no howling wind, no falling frost or snow, only rain.

The rain was pitch black, falling from the sky.

It rained non-stop, splashing and pattering.

The castle, which should have been floating on the lake, now sits quietly crookedly in the damp, muddy ground—located in the center of a semi-circular space, with some black water still glistening on the scorched, soft soil around it, and thick smoke constantly seeping out from its cracks.

Lake City—no, since the lake water that bears its weight has just surged into the sky, turning the heavens into pure darkness, this city is no longer worthy of being called Lake City.

It's just an ordinary castle.

The doors were broken, the decorations were shattered, not to mention the collapsed walls and the toppled stone pillars.

Inside the dilapidated castle, the immortal cultivators were nowhere to be seen.

In the seemingly endless rain, a white light suddenly appeared from the void, followed by a mysterious array that appeared out of thin air. Hundreds of cracks suddenly appeared in the center of the array, and it exploded with a deafening roar.

The unknown fragments drifted away and disappeared in less than half a second, while the white-clad figure, out of place with the surrounding environment, arrived with a group of people dressed in various ways.

For some unknown reason, the black rain failed to wet the white-clad youth's clothes and hair. Just before the raindrops touched him, they inexplicably turned into wisps of black smoke and dispersed, so he remained as before.

Yun Ping raised his head and looked at the sky, which was even darker than when he had first stepped into the Azure Secret Realm, his brows furrowing slightly.

Sure enough.

As expected, Jiang Shengxuan had a backup plan.

The crimson array was a trump card that had been prepared long ago. Its power shattered the deepest part of the Paradise of Living Beings, which was also the space containing the most negative emotions. The black water, symbolizing all kinds of negative emotions, rushed into the sky and then transformed into this terrifying black rain.

Was he trying to use the method of blasting space to leave Yunping and the others there?

Maybe so.

But Yunping, sensing the eerie atmosphere and gazes around him, didn't think so.

at the same time.

The blood-stained arms were washed away by the black rain, and the purple hair was tinged with a little dark black.

The panting young man, covered in wounds, knelt at the edge of the formation. He slightly raised his head and looked at the person who had reached out his hand to him at the very very last moment.

With tears welling in her clear eyes, Lin Yuan sniffed. The hand that was holding Jiang Yuetian had been cut with several shocking wounds and was trembling slightly, but she still held on tightly and did not let go.