Demonic Array

"Yun Qing! Prepare to die!" Mu Qinghuai reacted quickly and thrust his sword forward.

The person in front didn't dodge; he just stood there, letting the sword pierce his body until it went right through. Yun Qing gripped the hilt and actually laughed: "It's better that he's dead. There's no point in me living."

"What do you mean?" Qi Yuan asked sensitively, pointing her sword at him.

"The reason I was given a second chance at life and sought refuge with Ruan Yiyun was to save my mother!" Yun Qing gritted her teeth, her eyes bloodshot. "She is not my birth mother, but she is better than me, my birth mother."

"The seal was something I took Ruan Yiyun to. As for how it was opened, we'll have to ask those two people from another world." He gasped.

He walked forward with difficulty, supporting Mu Qinghuai's shoulder, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth: "I'm sorry, A-Huai."

"What good is 'sorry'?" the two men said sternly.

Qi Yuan angrily retorted, "What's the point of saying such things! Yun Qing, it's better if you die!"

“You should know my…adopted older brother, right?” Yun Qing said to herself. “His name is Gu…Gu Youtian.”

"What?!" Both of them became agitated.

"I never imagined... that being reborn would change so much. I've been searching for her all this time. Only to find out that she... she died a long time ago," Yun Qing said numbly, her eyes lifeless.

"Senior sister, thank you for remembering my birthday." Suddenly, Qi Yuan's sword was snatched away by Yun Qing without warning. He seemed to have made up his mind and plunged the sword into his own throat.

Yun Qing lay in a pool of blood.

After a long silence, Qi Yuan sighed heavily and muttered to herself, "Yun Qing, we will never forgive you." She paused for a few seconds, then added, "Junior Brother."

Xuan Yang Zhenren suddenly asked, "Was that person just now Ruan Yiyun's disciple?"

"Mmm," Mu Qinghuai replied softly.

Even though Mingyun Qing is dead, and the person I've hated for so long is dead, I don't feel any joy at all. Instead, I feel suffocated and only have complicated emotions left.

"Xiao Yuan, Xiao Huai," Xuan Yang Zhenren's voice deepened, "I have something very important to ask of you."

“What?” she asked.

"The power of the demonic array is leaking out, and it will soon be fully opened. If it is opened, Ruan Yiyun will use this evil energy, and the Three Realms will become his possession. You must gather cultivators from the Three Realms to go here and stop the seal from opening."

What should we do?

“Kill Ruan Yiyun here.”

"What about the demonic formation?"

"Jin Yue and I will handle this. Remember, you can only kill him here! He found this long-lost level ten forbidden technique in Black City here and left his mark. If he doesn't die, the magic power of the mark will become stronger and stronger!"

“…We understand,” they said in unison.

"I'll send you to the Ghost Realm to heal first!" Qi Yuan took out the last spare teleportation talisman, and Mu Qinghuai did not refuse again, obediently following her into the formation.

Crane Demon's healing effects are top-notch. Mu Qinghuai is currently receiving treatment, while Qi Yuan herself has convened an emergency meeting with all the elders of the Ghost Realm.

"The demonic array that nearly destroyed the human and demonic realms a hundred years ago is about to be unsealed. I need you to lead your people to resist a common enemy. This person is the Demon Lord!" she shouted sternly. The meeting hall trembled at her voice, and all the clan leaders were startled.

"Impossible! The Demon Formation was sealed by True Man Xuan Yang long ago. How could it be unsealed by Lord Ghost King? I apologize, but I cannot believe it!" said a respected old demon among the clan leaders in a deep voice.

“Yes… Lord Ghost King, you must be mistaken,” a ghost chimed in.

Upon seeing this, Yan Gui immediately shouted, "Insolence! The Ghost King has spoken; you have no right to question him!"

“That’s right! What you say is true, sir. If the Demon Formation is really opened by the Ghost Lord, you will all be reduced to ashes!” Fu Yao frowned and shouted.

Many clan leaders dared not speak out in fear of Qi Yuan's identity, but a few who did not believe in the superstition shouted: "This seal cannot be broken, don't you think so, Lord Ghost King?"

"..."

"Enough!! Listen to me, my cultivation is now at the mid-stage of the Mahayana realm! There's no time to waste. If anyone fails to gather their clansmen to go to Yanglin with me, I will kill them!" With her pent-up frustration and resentment reaching its peak, Qi Yuan stood up and smashed the long table with a single palm strike. The pressure around her plummeted to an extreme level. She turned and left with a flick of her sleeve.

The remaining clan leaders looked at each other, unsure what to do. Yan Guifu, also startled, finally snapped out of it and roared, "What are you standing there for! Gather your people! The Ghost King will kill you all!"

Qi Yuan dared not delay and immediately teleported to the Silver Bamboo Sect after receiving the teleportation talisman from her subordinate.

Strangely, after she entered the sect, it was deserted and empty. The huge Silver Bamboo Sect was completely empty, and she couldn't even see a shadow. Logically speaking, this was impossible.

She looked around, and as soon as she stepped into the main hall, a huge sound rang out. Qi Yuan turned her head to dodge the attack of spiritual power and saw a large group of people pointing their swords at her, their eyes filled with anger and fear.

"You devil! You've deceived us all!"

"Kill this fraudster!"

"She's not some chosen one of heaven at all! She's clearly the Ghost King. If the goddess hadn't told us, we would have been kept in the dark!"

"..."

Qi Yuan was taken aback, her heart tightened, and she looked at Xie Juxing, one of the leaders, but the latter turned his head away and refused to look at her.

Ye Hanyun and the others finally had a chance to break through the crowd and stand in front of Qi Yuan: "Misunderstanding!! It's all a misunderstanding!"

"What makes you think your sect leader is a demon? Just because Xie Juxing said it offhand?!" Liu Huaxu said bluntly.

"I am indeed the Ghost King. But I have never done anything bad." Qi Yuan loosened her clenched fist and said softly, but her tone was full of weariness.

Ye Munian was stunned for a moment, then roared, "So what! That's enough! I won't allow you to touch Senior Sister!!"

"How could you, his trusted followers, collude with this demon?! Investigate thoroughly!"

"Get out of her way! If you stand in her way again, we'll kill you all!"

The originally timid group suddenly found the courage to shout along, their voices growing louder and louder, almost as if they were about to overturn the main peak.

"Shut up!!" Qi Yuan roared. She unleashed her full power of pressure, and in that instant, many people couldn't withstand it and fainted. Everyone facing her couldn't hold on and knelt on the ground.

"Demon, sorcery!!"

"How...how could she possibly be at the Great Ascension stage?!"

The few who were tough enough didn't even have the strength to wipe away the blood; they could only glare fiercely at the people in front of them and force out a few words from between their lips.

"Sect Master! Are you alright?" Lu Wenxing arrived late, drenched in sweat, leading a group of people.

It turned out that the moment he saw Qi Yuan, he ran out of the Silver Bamboo Sect to call for help. The disciples of the Water Spirit Sect, the Tomb Sword Sect, the Mountain Approach Sect, and others that they knew all came with him and stood in a row with Qi Yuan.

"The cultivation world is truly beyond saving! All these geniuses have gone mad!" The head of the Ji family arrived on his sword, stroking his beard as he spoke in a deep voice from above.

The veins on Qi Yuan's forehead throbbed. With a flick of her wrist, a loud crash echoed through the ground, slamming the Ji family patriarch from the sky to the ground. Cracks appeared in the ground, and the sword he had just been standing on broke into three pieces.

"You..." Ji family patriarch was bleeding and unable to speak. Nie Yi kicked him hard, knocking him unconscious.

"The demonic formation is about to be unsealed! Now, the people of the Three Realms need to unite to fight against the Ghost Lord! The Ghost Lord... is none other than the Cloud Lord!" She then pointed at Xie Juxing, who was kneeling and almost prostrate, "Your so-called goddess is the Ghost Lord's lackey!"

Knowing that these people wouldn't believe her, Qi Yuan still patiently finished speaking.

His words caused a huge uproar. Not only those kneeling below, but also his close associates were incredulous, thinking they had misheard.

"What?!" Cheng Jin was stunned. It wasn't that she thought the other person was lying, but rather that she was stunned because she knew the other person was telling the truth.

The demonic bird's cry pierced the sky: "Report! Demon Realm traitor Mu Qinghuai is unsealing the Demon Array! Demon Realm traitor Mu Qinghuai is unsealing the Demon Array!"

This time, it was Qi Yuan's turn to be stunned. The aura emanating from this demonic bird did not belong to Ruan Yiyun, but to Mu Qinghuai himself!

She instantly understood what Mu Qinghuai wanted to do.

Mu Qinghuai is wanted by the authorities. He wants to use himself to lure people from the demon realm and the cultivation world into the evil formation!

Qi Yuan's heart skipped a beat. The fact that he had released the demon bird and it had passed through the cultivation world meant that the demons had already heard the news and were on their way to Yanglin West Lake!

She withdrew her oppressive aura and simply said, "Go to Yanglin West Lake quickly!"

"You're not allowed to go!" Xie Juxing spat out a mouthful of blood, watching helplessly as the cultivators drew their swords one by one. She grabbed the hem of one of their robes: "You're not allowed to go!!"

Overwhelmed by the fear of death, the man disregarded everything else and shoved Xie Juxing aside, shouting, "Once the demonic array is activated, we're all doomed!"

"But I am a goddess!" Xie Juxing retorted angrily. The man also retorted angrily, "What nonsense about being a goddess! You actually believed me after I said a few words to you!"

The teleportation talismans couldn't cover that far, so Qi Yuan tossed a few talismans to the remaining disciples and quickly mounted her sword, her speed increasing faster than ever before! She couldn't hear anything, and the pounding of her heart made her tremble all over.

Teleport, fly on her sword, teleport. She repeated this cycle until she arrived at Yanglin West Lake, panting heavily.

The noise and the sound of swords seemed to deafen her. Looking down from the air, she saw a dark mass of people, the largest she had ever seen.

Qi Yuan frantically searched for Mu Qinghuai in the crowd and found him quickly.

That one covered in blood is it.

Enraged, she launched a fierce attack on those who were near Mu Qinghuai, losing control of her strength and nearly killing them.

Qi Yuan steadied Mu Qinghuai and stood firmly in front of him, saying, "Let's see who dares to touch him!" She turned around and said, "Your injuries haven't healed yet, and you can't use your magic, but you still dare to do this!"

Someone in the ghost realm recognized her: "Ghost King?"

"What Ghost King? I've seen her before. Isn't she Qi Yuan from the Silver Bamboo Sect? How come she's hanging out with a demon?"

"Damn! You guys don't know? It was just revealed that Qi Yuan is the Ghost King!!"

These words were overheard by the arriving disciples, whose faces were filled with astonishment.

"Get out! Everyone who's near Senior Sister, get out!" Pei Yin shouted, standing at the front and holding his sword in both hands, as he pointed at the throng of people.

The disciples realized what was happening and joined Qi Yuan's group. The cultivators who knew these disciples were too frightened to take a step forward.

Is everyone here?

The "protagonist" arrived late, standing on the eaves of a nearby building, looking down at them.

"Ruan Yiyun! I've been waiting for you for so long..." Qi Yuan said, each word filled with deep hatred.