The Demon Sect and the disciples of the Immortal Sect are different, but that doesn’t mean the disciples can’t have friendly interactions.
Occasionally, stories of tragic love between the two sects emerge, where either the couple hides away or they are killed by the elders of both sects, leaving no good outcome.
The person from Huoxin Palace didn’t have much of a romantic entanglement with the Ran Family.
Her targeting of the Ran Family was because she was a close friend of Ran Jingri’s wife, Li Qingxun.
Of course, this was before Li Qingxun’s cultivation went awry.
In the Immortal Sect, the most taboo thing is a “disciple falling into demonic ways,” especially given Li Qingxun’s significant status.
She was both a descendant of the Dao Ancestor and the successor of the previous generation of Taishi Palace, with the potential to inherit the position of Taishi Lineage’s palace master.
However, she went astray while cultivating the Supreme Forgetfulness Sutra, entering a state of emotionlessness and desirelessness.
The Three Supreme Palaces couldn’t allow Li Qingxun to continue existing, so they joined forces with Ran Jingri to suppress and kill her.
Nowadays, there is little news about her, as the once-renowned scholar Ran Jingri has remarried a disciple of the Taiyuan Dao Palace, living a harmonious and secluded life.
“I must admit, I’m a bit envious of her.
With such a background, she managed to become the Saintess Ji Yue in Huoxin Palace.
Every disciple of the Demon Sect has fought their way through brutal internal battles, yet she received the care of that palace master and didn’t have to endure such hardships,” the high-crowned cultivator said coldly.
The Red-clothed Female Cultivator looked indifferent and didn’t respond.
The high-crowned cultivator knew he wouldn’t get any response from her, so he brushed his sleeve and said, “Although I would love to confront those people, it’s almost time, and we can’t afford any mistakes at this critical moment.
I’ll leave dealing with them to you.”
Upon hearing this, the Red-clothed Female Cultivator’s eyes finally moved, and the two emerald green snake kings at her feet hissed, exuding a bloody and sinister aura.
“It seems someone is watching us,” Ji Yutang suddenly stopped in the forest, looking around with a frown.
The poisonous miasma along the way had prompted Ji Yutang to activate the Xuanxiang Pearl early, making her senses extremely sharp as her magical power flowed through her body.
Yan Shouxia paused at her words, extending her senses outward, but she didn’t detect anything immediately.
“Be careful,” she cautioned, not lowering her guard despite nothing happening.
After a stick of incense.
There was a rustling sound ahead, followed by a series of “wu ah” cries.
Upon closer inspection, they saw a group of farmers and farmwives with ashen faces and eyes!
Parts of their skin were swollen, looking quite hideous and terrifying.
“Those are corpse puppets!”
Yan Shouxia exclaimed in shock.
The so-called “corpse puppets” are actually a group of living dead, refined into immortal beings without their own consciousness, only obeying the master’s commands to attack!
Even after having their limbs severed, they can still move, and only by splitting their heads open can they be truly destroyed!
Seeing this, Yan Shouxia no longer thought about the Seal of Vast Righteousness, as regardless of whether they still existed, the Yu Family Village was likely in trouble.
Could this be the result of a Golden Core cultivator’s self-destruction?
“Let’s move, there might be someone hiding in the shadows,” Li Jingyu said calmly, her eyes fixed on the group of corpse puppets.
Generally, only disciples of the Demon Sect would do such reckless things!
The corpse puppets emitted a green ghostly aura, clearly a highly toxic gas.
The twelve Demon God Stakes correspond to twelve Demon God manifestations, and if it’s really as she thought, appearing here is…
Demon Corpse?!
Just as Li Jingyu had this thought, a roar sounded from afar, and the ground trembled.
A monster with a human face, dog ears, beast body, and two green snakes as earrings appeared in front.
The Demon Ancestor, like the Dao Ancestor, is a great being with countless transformations.
The Supreme Dao Ancestor has eighty-one transformations to spread teachings, and the Demon Ancestor once manifested twelve Demon God forms to promote the demonic path in the world.
These twelve Demon God forms are Yanzi, Dijiang, Rushou, Jumang, Gonggong, Zhu Rong, Tianwu, Qiangliang, Zhu Jiuyin, Shebi Corpse, Houtu, and Xuanming.
In the Tianhai Demon Sect, twelve Demon God statues are still worshipped.
“It’s someone from the Demon Sect!”
Yan Shouxia also knew about the twelve Demon God statues and recognized the monster, her expression changing immediately!
Her magical power surged like a tide, and facing the villagers who had become corpse puppets, she had no ability to save them, only to send them into reincarnation.
As Yan Shouxia and her group rushed past the corpse puppets, a cold yet familiar voice sounded in her ear, causing her body to stiffen.
“Where are you going, junior sister?”
In that moment, her thoughts seemed to stop, and even her neck became particularly stiff.
Her eyes reflected a red-clothed figure standing on two snakes, and she had countless words stuck in her throat, finally turning into a long sigh.
“Is it Yun Chixin?”
From Yan Shouxia’s reaction, Ji Yutang recognized the newcomer.
She had fallen from the Confucian Sect, without the demonic aura of a demonic cultivator, but instead surrounded by a righteous aura.
Her face was beautiful, but her eyes were utterly cold, no matter what tone she used or what she said, her eyes were like ice, devoid of any emotion or waves.
“Preserve heavenly principles, extinguish human desires.”
After going to extremes, her heavenly principles were only what she deemed as the “Dao,” and everything else was to be eradicated, things that could never be reconciled with her.
After calling out to Yan Shouxia, Yun Chixin’s gaze didn’t fall on her but looked past the crowd towards Li Jingyu.
Li Jingyu’s expression was calm, meeting Yun Chixin’s gaze without fear.
A tide of water surged around her, like a silver ribbon, and any evil miasma that approached was silently extinguished in the water.
“Sister Yun, why not turn back?”
Yan Shouxia regained her composure, holding the Book of Heavenly Questions, her eyes fixed on Yun Chixin.
“Turn back?
I am already at the shore, where can I return?”
Yun Chixin said indifferently, her demonic power surging, forming a sword of cold light.
This sword was originally named “Keji,” but after Yun Chixin went astray, it underwent another transformation and could no longer be called that.
Hearing this response, Yan Shouxia’s heart first chilled, then she was relieved that Shen Zao hadn’t come with them.
They had entered the Dao much later than Yun Chixin, and this senior sister was both a teacher and a friend to them.
Yet, such a guide had fallen into the demonic path, something Shen Zao still refused to face.
Although she didn’t want to face this either, there was no other choice now.
Yun Chixin’s appearance meant she would, like other demonic cultivators of the Wangqing Sect, use her sword to kill those related to her emotions, proving her own Dao through killing!
“She is no longer the senior sister Yun of the past, everyone, let’s move,” Yan Shouxia took a deep breath and said through gritted teeth.
Ji Yutang couldn’t help but feel a bit of admiration seeing Yan Shouxia quickly recover from her emotions.
“I’ll go check over there,” Li Jingyu suddenly said.
Even though Yun Chixin was formidable, she couldn’t hold everyone back.
Yan Shouxia nodded in agreement, and Ji Yutang’s eyes flickered with curiosity about the Demon God statue not far away.
However, knowing her own limits, she realized that relying on the Xuanxiang Pearl might not be enough to handle the changes, so she suppressed that thought and joined Yan Shouxia in dealing with Yun Chixin.
