Wherever Jun Liuyue passed, the wind swept away the clouds, leaving nothing behind.

"If these demon-suppressing beasts are killed, won't the disciples who come after them get the spoils?" Chongming Bird said indignantly. Wouldn't that mean her mother had worked for nothing?

"No, it won't," Xiao Luo said. "It will refresh regularly; there can't be only one demon-suppressing beast on each floor of the tower."

"So that's how it is! I'll go down again then!" Little White rubbed his hands excitedly. Fixed refresh of beast cores? That's great!

"It's a pity there's no return teleportation array." Xiao Luo's words dampened Xiao Bai's enthusiasm.

Xiaobai pouted, "Okay!"

Liu Yue gave a helpless twitch of her lips. She had now reached the twelfth floor. Stepping out of the teleportation array, a chilling aura rushed towards her.

Ice-type spiritual energy surged towards her, and with a clang, the sword energy blasted it away.

It was at this moment that Jun Liuyue discovered that her mental connection with the little ones seemed to have been forcibly severed.

"You're here again."

A deep sound came from all directions.

Immediately afterwards, a gust of wind blew by, and the veil on Liuyue's face was blown off.

The girl's expression changed slightly. She used her spiritual power to wrap the veil around herself, and the veil slowly fell into her palm.

"Why are you hiding like this? Why don't you show yourself?"

The veil in her hand was cold, but Liuyue's eyes held a smile.

"You and your mother look so alike."

Ice-type spiritual energy condensed into a ball, and then a white figure appeared on the glacier. It was an old man with white hair, who stood suspended in the air.

His kind gaze fell on Jun Liuyue, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

“I almost mistook you for your mother.” The old man shook his head. “You look so alike, so very alike.”

"Do you know my mother?"

“We’re old acquaintances, aren’t we?” The white-haired old man landed slowly. “According to seniority, you should call me Grandmaster.”

“My name is Jingxuan, and I am the master of your mother, Long Li.”

Jingxuan!

This name stirred up a memory in Liuyue.

"If I remember correctly, you went traveling the world fifteen years ago—"

“That’s right.” Jing Xuan nodded. “Actually, he was sealed here by Nalan Yao.”

Thinking of the past, Jingxuan shook his head helplessly, "You should know something about your mother, right? Your mother is the current Nalan Yao, but she is not Nalan Yao. Her name is Long Li."

"If I remember correctly, your name is Liuyue, which is the name your mother gave you." Jingxuan's eyes were full of affection, and he did not seem to be faking it.

Through the little girl in front of him, he seemed to see his former willful and unruly disciple.

The young apprentice from back then was about the same age as the girl in front of me.

Why should I believe you?

Liu Yue raised an eyebrow and looked coldly at the old man in front of her.

People's hearts are unfathomable; no matter how sincere the words may be, there is always the possibility that they contain lies.

"Little girl, come here."

Jing Xuan raised his hand, and a wisp of spiritual energy emerged from his palm, entering Liu Yue's body. Immediately afterwards, memories surfaced one after another in Liu Yue's mind.

These memories all belong to Jingxuan, like a fleeting glance.

It appeared before her eyes.

She saw the woman who looked exactly like her; that was her mother... Long Li.

"Now, should you believe me?" The spiritual energy was withdrawn, and the memory abruptly ended.

"How can I break your seal?"

Jingxuan had thought that after seeing these memories, the little girl in front of him would be filled with sorrow.

But she showed no sadness whatsoever; on the contrary, she was remarkably calm.

This is simply... inexplicably evil!

Even Jingxuan was stunned by her reaction, "You saw all this and you're not sad at all?"

Judging by the timeline, the girl in front of me is only seventeen years old! A girl not even twenty years old... some of them are still being pampered in their parents' arms.

But Jun Liuyue before him showed no extra emotions; her calmness even shocked this old monster.

"There's no time for sadness." Liu Yue said calmly, repeating, "Tell me, how can I break the shackles on you?"

If she wasn't mistaken, Elder Jingxuan's soul was merely imprisoned here; his physical body was not here.

"The Heaven-Asking Sword".

Jing Xuan said, "However, the Heaven-Asking Sword will not easily recognize a master. As long as you pull out the Heaven-Asking Sword, you can take the entire Heaven-Asking Tower for yourself."

"When I find my physical body, I will be able to see the light of day again."

"However, this Heaven-Asking Sword not only has a weapon spirit, but if an ordinary person gets close, it will definitely... wait!"

Jing Xuan turned his head and saw that Jun Liuyue had already gone to the glacier, and the Wentian Sword was now deeply embedded in the snow.

The girl gripped the sword hilt, and then—whoosh!

"You, you, you!" Jing Xuan's soul trembled. Did this little girl even know what she was doing?!

Why are they so silent?! Heavens, that's the Heaven-Asking Sword—

"Not coming out?" Liu Yue lowered her eyes to look at the long sword in her hand. "It doesn't matter if you don't submit. At worst, I'll just shatter you."

As he spoke, spiritual energy surged down, boom—!

The Heaven-Asking Sword emitted a buzzing sound, and then... *crack!*

The completely transparent longsword was fully exposed to the air.

Jun Liuyue turned her head and looked at Jing Xuan: "Is that so?"

Jingxuan: ?

The Heaven-Asking Sword was now obediently held in Jun Liuyue's hand, no different from any ordinary sword.

Boom! Before Jing Xuan could react, the entire icy space twisted.

It condensed into a vortex, sucking everything in it.

"Girl, get out of here!" Jing Xuan slapped Jun Liuyue, sending her out.

But at that moment, an invisible hand grabbed Jing Xuan's shoulder and pulled him away.

Rumble_

The entire Tower of Asking Heaven shook violently, and the disciples training within it sensed something was wrong. "W-what's going on?"

They can't even stand up straight!

Space reversed, and the entire tower seemed to be turned upside down.

"ah!"

The disciple's wailing and howling rang out as he flew out of the broken window.

At this moment... the elders supervising and assessing the situation in the square also realized that something was wrong.

"Something is very wrong." Elder Qiu poured in his spiritual power, and with great difficulty, the image on the Qiankun Mirror became clearer.

Then--

What did he see?! The Tower of Asking Heaven was gone?!

It was completely empty; there was nothing left.

"ah!"

Just then, a deafening scream rang out from the clear blue sky.

The elders raised their heads, and a series of cracking sounds rang out!

The Tower of Inquiry appeared above the plaza, and the disciples participating in the assessment fell down like beans spilling from a bamboo tube. Besides people, there was also the broken copper and scrap iron inside the Tower of Inquiry.