Shu Mei's expression suddenly became solemn.

Although she did not like most of the cultivators in this world of cultivation, that was only limited to the cultivators who appeared in the plot. She did not have too many entanglements with the other cultivators. If they died like this, Shu Mei would feel uncomfortable.

Although these people are just characters in a book, and although this is just a virtual world, with such a large hand, the people behind the scenes actually manipulated the demonic energy to invade, then this world of immortal cultivation will be completely useless.

How many people are there in the world? There are at least hundreds of millions of people, and the number of deaths is more than a million. So many people have died, not to mention the animals and plants. After the invasion of demonic energy, most of these animals and plants will die, and only a few tenacious ones can survive and mutate into animals and plants of the demon world.

For cultivators, what they absorb during cultivation is spiritual energy, and for the demons, what they absorb is demonic energy. These two kinds of aura are the same at the beginning.

However, after countless long years from the ancient times to the modern Dharma Ending Age, the two auras have long become the same as the local people, that is, the relationship between demonic energy and spiritual energy is equivalent to the relationship between the demons and human cultivators. It is an absolutely irreconcilable contradiction, even a tragic reality of life and death.

What the demons are doing now can be described as cutting off the source of the problem.

After letting the demonic energy enter first, they, the demons, can enter the world of immortal cultivation through the demonic energy channel. As for the polluted world of immortal cultivation, both human cultivators and mortals will quickly decline.

There is no place for human cultivators and mortals. Even if they breathe in the evil energy, they will immediately turn into the walking dead, that is, monsters similar to zombies.

But they are much stronger than zombies. Such monsters are called demon soldiers. They have lost their minds and their bodies have become stronger than before, but they completely obey the orders of the demons.

Shu Mei has fully realized the seriousness of the matter. If she can realize it, then the same is true for other monks.

Although Shu Mei was located at the edge of the Monster Forest, which was the first line of attack by evil spirits, fortunately she had already built a barrier before, so the evil spirits did not invade and this place remained a pure land.

But after the evil spirit spread, all the animals and plants living in the world of immortal cultivation became listless and lifeless.

This is the real horror of demonic energy. It is true for both animals and plants, not to mention mortals and cultivators.

Therefore, not long after Shu Lu, people in the entire Xiuxian Continent had realized this.

At this moment, their hearts were broken. They were now in a situation with wolves in front and tigers behind.

In front, there is a frenzy of attacks from the demon tribe and monsters, and the demons in the demon world are even more outdated, so they actually inject demonic energy directly into the world of immortal cultivation. Isn't this compressing their living territory?

If the evil spirit were allowed to occupy the entire world of immortal cultivation, then these cultivators would be doomed. The only ones who could escape would probably be the powerful ones who passed through the boundary lake and entered the next world of immortal cultivation.

However, the location of Jie Lake is exactly where another demonic energy comes from. Even the most powerful cultivators dare not enter the base camp of the demonic energy.

Therefore, no matter whether they were cultivators with high or low cultivation levels, they all seemed to be facing a dead end at this moment. If they did not cooperate and fight hard, then they would all be dead.

Everyone realized that the crisis was coming, and even the mortals began to pick up knives and sticks to deal with the powerful monsters. Although their own strength was relatively low, fortunately they knew how to use tools, so if dozens of people besieged the monsters, they could actually deal with a few of them.

This would reduce the burden on the monks. Even the royal family began to send troops to suppress the monsters when they saw this.

As for the cultivators, who constitute the main body of the immortal cultivation world, there is no need to say more.

The powerful cultivators have established a powerful alliance and divided into two forces. One force has headed towards the direction of Black Iron City, while the other force is heading towards the direction of Boundary Lake. They swear that before the demons from the Demon Realm invade the Immortal Cultivation World, they must cut off the passage between the demonic energy and the Immortal Cultivation World and drive the demons back into the Demon Realm.

Compared to the bustling world of immortal cultivation, Shu Mei and Yun Qinghuan's days are extremely busy and dull.

Yun Qinghuan was focused on devouring. All the evil spirits and monsters that passed by her were devoured into her body. As a result, her strength increased greatly in a short period of time. She almost greedily devoured everything that could be absorbed from the surroundings, which made Shu Mei couldn't help but be surprised when he saw it.

However, this method did kill a lot of monsters and absorbed a lot of demonic energy, which can be considered a contribution to the world of immortal cultivation.

Shu Mei herself is also taking the opportunity to practice hard. After all, in the face of any crisis, only the big fist is the hard truth. Even if she encounters more dangers in the future, as long as she can protect herself, her safety will not be a problem.

Shu Mei and Yun Qinghuan almost lived a reclusive life. They didn't know how much time had passed. They only knew to practice, practice, and practice again, killing monsters, killing demons, and killing all hostile forces.

In this way, only after Yun Qinghuan was finally satisfied and his strength reached the level of a demon god, they opened the barrier and returned to the world of immortal cultivation.

It was at this time that they discovered that most of the entire world of immortal cultivation had been occupied by demons. Only in a few places are the remaining monks struggling to survive.

Corresponding to the two pillars of demonic energy rising into the sky in the world of immortal cultivation, in this place where the only remaining cultivators live, there is a pillar of white light rising into the sky. In the pitch-black environment, it emits a silvery-white light, bringing people infinite hope and future.

After seeing all this, Shu Mei and Yun Qinghuan did not speak for a long time, but tacitly walked towards the place where the white light beam was.

Because although Yun Qinghuan's level has improved a lot now, Shu Mei is a thorough mortal cultivator. If he is discovered by the demons, he will definitely not have a good ending.

But Yun Qinghuan is different. After her strength reaches the level of Demon God, it is equivalent to the level of Immortal. She can even command most of the demons. Only a small number of demons are no longer under her control.

There are twelve demon gods in the demon world. As a newly promoted demon god, she probably cannot defeat all of them, so she will not jump out to attract attention. She will accompany Shu Mei to the human cultivators.

With her current level of cultivation, even the most powerful cultivator in the world of immortal cultivation would not be able to see her true form. At that time, she would only need to put on a disguise to hide the truth.

At the same time, she believed that there must be some time travelers surviving in this pure land, and she still had her own mission to complete.

Before, she was so focused on practicing that she had forgotten about this. But now that she was going to that place, she could truly take revenge.

With this purpose in mind, the two did not stop for long on the road, but traveled day and night, and finally on the third day, they arrived at the range where the white light column was.

Both of them changed their clothes at this time, and Shu Mei still appeared in front of everyone wearing the men's attire he had used for more than a hundred years.

Yun Qinghuan, on the other hand, dressed casually as a female cultivator, and her own strength was fixed at the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. In this way, if the cultivators in this only remaining immortal cultivation world saw the two of them, they would also accept them into their group.

Things turned out just as they expected. After the test showed that they were not undercover demons but real humans, they entered this pure land.

Although there is only such a small area left, it is definitely not small. It is at least as big as China in the previous life. The population density is not as high as China, but compared with the huge world of immortal cultivation, it seems pitifully small. Even the survivors in it have dull expressions on their faces.

After they entered, Yun Qinghuan displayed a character that was completely different from her true one. Instead, she became very diplomatic and spoke very fluently with the male cultivators. She quickly obtained a lot of inside information, which also allowed them to have a better understanding of the white beam of light.

This white column of light was named the Ladder of Ascension by the monks here.

As the name suggests, as long as you follow this beam of light upwards, you can reach another high-level world of immortal cultivation. This is the high-level world of immortal cultivation.

Of course, it sounds very simple when you say it this way, and there is a bright and smooth road ahead, but it is full of dangers.

Anyone who entered it never came back.

Of course, there are also powerful cultivators who have entered the next world of immortal cultivation, but no one can predict such things for sure.

Because there was an elder of the sect who had entered before, and his soul lamp was completely extinguished not long after.

This shows that the danger is still very great.

Therefore, everyone looked at this ladder eagerly, considering it as their last hope, but they did not dare to rush into it lightly, for fear that they would lose their lives.

Although such people are ridiculous, there are still many of them.

After listening to this, Shu Mei was a little amused and helpless. She looked at the white beam of light and knew that Yun Qinghuan must be planning to go to another world of immortal cultivation through this passage.

But before that, the first thing to deal with is those time travelers, especially her enemies who have troubled Shu Mei the most.

Yun Qinghuan has been going out early and coming back late recently, just to hunt down time travelers. Originally, she didn't intend to let these people have an easy time, but things have changed so much that it would be better to resolve it early so that she can feel more at ease.

Shu Mei sat alone on the bed in the Xiuxian Inn. She thought carefully for a long time and finally felt that her enemy should be Yuliu Zhenren. However, Yuliu Zhenren was already dead, and the system did not prompt her that she had completed the task.

From this, it can be seen that her guess was naturally wrong, but apart from him, the other one was the leader of the Yunmiao Sect.

After such a long time, the head of the Yunmiao Sect was said to have died long ago. He was killed with a single sword by Mu Ge, the number one sword practitioner, before he went to Jie Lake. Now the Yunmiao Sect still exists in this place, but another powerful person in the Out-of-the-Box Stage has taken over as the head of the sect.

After learning the news, Shu Mao was really troubled for a long time, so much so that he didn't pay much attention to Yun Qinghuan.

One day, when she suddenly remembered, she heard Yun Qinghuan say to her in a light tone: "Master, I have already avenged myself. Let's enter the Ascension Ladder and go to the next world of immortal cultivation!"

After hearing this, Shu Mei didn't know what to say. So many time travelers were killed by Yun Qinghuan just during the time she had been struggling for a few days.

Although she knew that Yun Qinghuan's current strength was unfathomable, this was still a little too scary.

In fact, according to Yun Qinghuan's current level of demon god, he can completely command the demons in the demon world. You know, they later found out that the twelve great demon gods had never come to this world of immortal cultivation. When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey will become king. Yun Qinghuan, the new demon god, can command the demons from top to bottom.

But she did not do so, but chose to retain her human identity and became a strange-looking demon. Shu Mei knew that it was actually because of her existence in the world of immortal cultivation that Yun Qinghuan chose this path.

She remembered every bit of kindness that Yun Qinghuan had shown her. She kept it all firmly in her heart and dared not forget it at all.

But she never imagined that in the next five thousand years, such a long time, she would bear a blood feud, but it was only by relying on such warm memories that she survived such a long life.

At this time, the two of them had just decided to enter the Ladder to Immortality.

In the eyes of other monks, this meant two more people were seeking their own death.

Shu Mei, however, didn't care about their looks. After exchanging a glance with Yun Qinghuan, they saw determination in each other's eyes. They held hands and stepped into the Ascension Ladder without looking back.

Shu Mei opened his eyes, but did not see Yun Qinghuan around him.

At first, she was still worried about what kind of danger she would encounter, but she didn't expect that she would actually see an illusion here?!

Why was she so sure this was an illusion?

Because, in an instant, she returned to the modern world.

But when she was in this world, she was not someone else, not a cannon fodder female supporting role, but the real Shu Mei. Her parents were teachers, and she herself was an actor.

She seemed to have returned to the past, but seemed to have lost her memory. This body was not controlled by her subjectivity. She was like a spectator, watching little Shu Mei grow up little by little, enjoying the fun of school, the warmth of being with his parents, and the bitterness and sweetness of success and failure.

All of this is more real and moving than traveling through a hundred virtual worlds in the cold virtual world.

At that moment, did she seem to have gained something? Or did she seem to have completely lost something?

Shu Mei quietly watched herself grow up again, and in that year, she met the person she was most entangled with and hated, Yun Yun.

She saw Yun Yun with an anxious look on her face, and he was caressing her face and wandering around her body.

She felt disgusted at the time, and her body was shaking with disgust now, but she no longer had such feelings in her heart.

Because no matter how close their relationship was, they had already had it, let alone the way it is now, with very intimate but non-erotic touching?

Time still goes on, and it is here that she truly understands the truth.

It turns out that the earthquake she felt on her birthday was real.

The reason why Yun Yun pushed her like that was not because she wanted to frame her, but to save her.

Because the moment she pushed her away, Yun Yun had already been crushed to death. Although her action made Shu Mei die in great pain, what made Shu Mei feel even more painful was her heart.

Her heart seemed to have run away from home before.

That's why he was completely indifferent when faced with Yun Qinghuan's true love.

But when she saw this scene, her heart returned to her body.

She could feel her heart beating in her chest, and she couldn't help but blushing and her heart pounding when she recalled the passionate intimacy they had at that time.

This was a feeling she had almost never had before, a feeling she couldn't describe. It seemed that just by recalling Yun Yun's existence, she could taste a sweet taste from it.

This kind of expression is true love!

It turned out that she didn't really not love Yun Yun, but her ability to love was deprived.

She didn't know what was going on, but it must be related to the main system.

The main system is indeed the real winner in the end. If she had not come to the Ascension Ladder by accident, she might never know the truth. Yun Yun is even more pitiful because if she cannot get her love, she might die in the end.

Shu Mei now simply hated the main system to death. She didn't want to leave this world anymore. It was as if the earthquake that happened before had never happened. She saw their future heading in a completely different direction.

She actually lived with Yun Yun, and after living with her, Yun Qinghuan rarely took on TV or movie roles, but instead became a housewife. It seemed that the man was the breadwinner and the woman was the homemaker, and it felt a bit like a couple living together.

Just looking at it like this, I feel extremely warm and happy.

She didn't want to leave this world. After leaving this world, she would lose her feelings for Yun Yun. In this world, there were scenes and people that were exactly the same as in the real world. It was like the Earth in another parallel world.

A person's life is actually only a few short decades long. She has already lived in more than a hundred worlds in virtual time and space. She has lived enough.

If in the end, she could live with Yunyun like this and preserve this sincere love, then she would have nothing else to ask for.

So at this moment she was praying sincerely to let her stay here forever, she didn't want to go out again.

And at this moment, the person who shattered her sincere hope was none other than Yun Qinghuan herself.

Shu Mei was almost stunned as he watched another demon named Yun Qinghuan, whose body was covered with pitch-black scales, walk in. After seeing the fake Yun Yun holding her hand, he immediately revealed a sneer.

Her blood-red eyes were filled with rage. She took three or two steps forward and killed the fake Yun Qinghuan without mercy.

This scene brought such a huge shock to Shu Mei that he couldn't recover for a long time.

And at this moment, the modern dress she was originally wearing turned into the flowing Hanfu she wore when she entered the world of the Ascension Ladder, and she became the cannon fodder female supporting role Ling Shumei.

Her chest seemed to be empty again, and that feeling of tenderness and sweetness disappeared in an instant.

Shu Mei didn't know what he had lost, but he refused subconsciously, saying, "No, no, give it back to me!"

But at this moment, she felt her body being held in Yun Qinghuan's arms.

This body is not that soft, and the scales feel very real and bumpy to the touch.

Shu Mei couldn't let go and kept stroking it, tears streaming down her face. She asked sadly, "Why do you do this?"

After she finished asking, she immediately covered Yun Qinghuan's mouth with her hand and said with tears in her eyes, "Don't say anything, let me say it."

"I like you, I love you!"

"Let's stay in this world forever, you and I will always be together, okay?"

"Yunyun, I'm sorry, but I love you!"