Chapter 173 Her location is the apocalypse destroyer.

The scorching light was dazzling and blinding, seemingly devouring the sky and the earth. The light cannon that blasted at the dying creature seemed to pass straight through the illusionary vision, striking only the minds of the cultivators.

Within the realm of a sect, one could hear a pin drop.

The cultivators' emotions surged, and they found it difficult to calm down for a long time.

What did they see?

"That person, that person, it really is..." the Dingsheng Sect disciple murmured to himself, his fingers trembling as he raised them.

With a "smack," the finger that was about to be raised was slapped down.

The disciples of Kuangfeng suddenly came to their senses and hurriedly looked at the person who had slapped them.

It was Guan Wangzhen. He had appeared beside him without anyone noticing. The Kuangfeng disciple looked pleadingly at his suddenly arrived grandmaster, "Grandmaster Guan...Grandmaster Ji, she..."

Guan Wangzhen stared intently at the cultivator opposite him, his jaw clenched, and he forced out the words through clenched teeth: "Shut up."

Guan Wangzhen's warning could only quell the discussions within the Dingsheng Sect.

Inside the arena, not only were the disciples of Dingsheng Sect filled with unease, but the entire sect was buzzing with voices.

"Was that person really Ji Mingran?"

"What kind of magical artifact is she holding? It's terrifying."

"Why is she dressed so strangely? And what kind of place is that? I've never seen it before."

The scene we just witnessed was familiar not only to Ji Mingran.

"This place..." Many disciples racked their brains, trying to recall the past.

"What we encountered was the scene of her deepest fear; the monsters we met were what she had experienced before." In a flash, Hong Qizong Mu Huanhui, who had participated in the Spiritual Cultivation Competition, connected all the key information: "This place is the final scene of the Spiritual Cultivation Competition's Realm of All Beings!"

Mu Huanhui raised his arm, pointing his index finger at Ji Mingran, his eyes filled with fear: "No, she came from there! The ruins of only monsters! She is one of those evil creatures!"

Upon this reminder, the observing disciples recalled the events one after another, providing corroborating evidence.

“It is indeed a reflection of the myriad forms of life, I remember that too.”

"Ji Mingran is a participating disciple, which explains why such a strange scene occurred during the Spiritual Cultivation Competition."

"So it was her who caused it."

Eight Mahayana Realm cultivators silently watched the direction of the coffin. The spiritual energy of the sect realm subtly changed, and the scattered branches and leaves trembled without wind.

The smile on Jiang Xiaoyi's lips faded, and she lowered her eyes in thought.

Shen Qingluo said anxiously, "It's just an illusion! There are no evil spirits corrupting cultivators, nor are there any spiritual cultivators. What you see is a scene of monsters being killed. What does it have to do with what you're saying!"

The divination symbols surrounding the sword faded, and the talismanic voice sheathed the sword, saying calmly, "The divination sword is stained with the blood of an evil creature, and can divine things related to it. I asked the divination sword where the evil creature came from and where it will go. What I just saw is the answer from the divination sword."

Fu Yin's gaze seemed to pierce through the dark coffin, firmly locking onto the person hidden behind it: "The evil creature is not dead; it was born for it, and it comes with us. Where it is, there will be the end of the world."

Facing the angry gazes of the Dingsheng Sect disciples, Fu Yin calmly said, "What Fu Yin said today has already been verified by the Dao Sect's Ten World-Suppressing Spiritual Objects. It is precisely because this matter concerns the survival of spiritual cultivators that it has alarmed the patriarchs of various sects and families who are in seclusion, and they have all come to the gates of Dingsheng Sect today."

Jiang Xiaoyi looked up at Fu Yin, smiled faintly, and remained silent.

Otherwise? If it weren't for the sake of the eight Mahayana cultivators, how could we allow you to spout such nonsense here?

The one who spoke was Chong Jue, who was all show and no substance; she could dismiss people with just a few words.

As if understanding Jiang Xiaoyi's mocking gaze, Fu Yin said, "Venerable Jiang will know at a glance."

"The Spirit Stone of the Dingsheng Sect connects the realm of heaven and earth and responds to the spirit of heaven. If we obtain it to assist the Gua Sword, it can further verify our doubts." After saying this, one of the eight powerful figures made a hand seal, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, may I borrow your sect's Spirit Stone for a moment!"

The divination sword swung up, rushing towards the ancient spirit stone with unstoppable force, and pierced into it with a gleaming sound.

Just as Li Sanyang was about to raise his palm, Jiang Xiaoyi pressed him down: "Master..."

“Our sect does not follow the path of the ten cultivators of the Daoist sect, nor does it follow the path of natural disasters and evil spirits. Since all sects and families have the same omen.” Jiang Xiaoyi looked at the eight powerful figures and said, “Then let’s see what this so-called omen is.”

Another powerful being immediately followed up with a spell from afar, the fluorescent light emanating from the spirit stone leaping up onto the divination sword. Fu Yin asked, "The demon has descended; what is its origin?"

In an instant, the hexagrams rose up, and a series of images appeared before the cultivators' eyes.

Amidst the smoke and desolation of the land, rivers dried up, grotesque and festering monsters dragged their half-bodied bodies, chewing on severed limbs, before a crying, blood-soaked infant... Not far away, a cultivator in brocade robes watched this scene with a sinister smile, slowly swallowing the tiny finger.

Scenes flashed by, showing how evil forces ravaged the six continents and four seas, causing cultivators to perish and the spiritual cultivation world to be reduced to ruins and infernos.

In the purgatory, only one person slowly emerged, his eyes black and sinister, just like the scene he had just witnessed, and it was the same person.

The image froze for a moment, then the hexagram vanished.

Chongjue's chest heaved as he roared, "Where this woman is, there is misfortune!"

Throughout the sect's territory, the vibrations of the communication jade tablets echoed everywhere. The cultivators of each sect lowered their heads to check, their expressions instantly turning to astonishment and panic.

A new Heavenly Rank Pursuit Order from the Dao Sect's Ten Cultivators.

The Daoist sect's ten cultivators issued a single Heavenly Rank pursuit order, which aimed to mobilize all spiritual cultivators to capture and pursue the target.

The updated and replaced order for the new Heavenly Class was: "Capture the World Destroyer, Ji Mingran of the Dingsheng Sect, at all costs, regardless of life or death."

The disciples of Dingsheng Sect, who had also received the Heavenly Rank Pursuit Order, looked up in confusion and exchanged glances.

Everything changed too suddenly. How did their little ancestor suddenly become a wanted criminal by the entire spiritual cultivation community?

She is not defined as a demonic cultivator, a fallen cultivator, or an evil being, but as a destroyer of the world.

What is a destroyer of the world?

The young cultivator suddenly felt flustered, and his face tense.

Zhu Shibai's face was grim, and he said in a deep voice, "You won't even give us a chance to explain, and you won't even ask the ten cultivators of the Dao Sect before making a judgment like this?"

The other cultivators, who had little to do with Ji Mingran, immediately shouted: "Didn't you all see the divination just now? The demons slaughtered the spiritual cultivators, and the demons originated from her. In the end, only she survived among the demons. It is she who will bring calamity to the spiritual cultivators!"

"Cultivators from other sects are on their way, and all the cultivators in the spiritual cultivation world are on their way! You can't escape!"

Jiang Xiaoyi lowered her eyes and asked, "What are your thoughts on this matter, Mingran?"

Ji Mingran, whose name was called, slowly walked out from behind the coffin. The smile that used to always be on his lips was gone, and his calm face matched the person shown in the divination just now.

Silently adapting to the oppressive aura emanating from the eight powerful figures, Ji Mingran slowly surveyed all the cultivators within the sect's territory.

The admiring glances that had gathered around her soon vanished, replaced by surprise, fear, anger, confusion, and bewilderment...

It's understandable; the divination sword is indeed no ordinary object. What it displayed not only shocked all the cultivators, but even she herself was stunned for a long time.

The scene depicted by the divination sword was unfamiliar and distant, but looking back at the sealed memories, it was indeed her personal experience.

Having been reborn for some time, she has adapted well. Growing up in the small world and then coming to the spiritual cultivation world for training, her life is being filled with the new world little by little. In time, her previous life has truly become the past.

She was just about to settle down and live a peaceful life in the spiritual cultivation world when, unexpectedly, she was exposed to all the cultivators in a moment of carelessness.

Boss Jiang asked what she thought about this.

As long as she denies it, Boss Jiang will have a reason to protect her to the end.

"Don't tell them anything about this place." Yu Tianxing had told her this when they were in the Realm of All Beings.

Although she didn't understand at the time, she agreed.

Yu Tianxing probably already knew what others thought about this, which is why he asked her not to say it. He meant well, but...

Ji Mingran: "Yes, it is indeed me."

That was indeed her. To deny the past is to deny the present.

She never considered herself a mutant, and now that she has come to spiritual practice, she is certainly not the evil being they define her to be.

Before she could finish speaking, Shen Qingluo released her hand, exclaiming incredulously, "Impossible! Mingran, how could it be you?"

"Grandma, how is this possible!" Guan Wangzhen shouted anxiously, "How could you be an evil thing? How could you come from the same source as those other things!"

Zhu Shibai then said, "Grandma, some things shouldn't be said carelessly. Think about it carefully."

Ji Mingran lowered his eyes, looking at his empty hands, feeling empty inside as well.

So what if she and the mutants come from the same world?

Ji Mingran: "This is indeed me, and I do indeed come from that world."

The sect's territory seemed to explode, with the voices of the cultivators discussing and cursing incessantly.

The cultivators in her line of sight had various expressions, and Jiang Xiaoyi was especially furious: "Are you an idiot?!"

As if waiting for Ji Mingran to admit it, the eight Mahayana cultivators acted simultaneously, and their terrifying aura instantly swept across the sect's territory. No cultivator below the Nascent Soul stage was able to stand still.

Jiang Xiaoyi only had time to activate the Array Formation to protect the disciples of Dingsheng Sect. Li Xiaosen and Li Sanyang moved at the same time, but Ji Mingran was faster. She drew her cane from her waist, which transformed into a longsword. With a "clang," she struck the heavy jade sword that was fiercely thrusting at her!

Their eyes met, and in that instant, the Chongjue before them overlapped with the illusion she had seen during the inner demon trial of the spiritual cultivation competition.

He shouted: "You wicked beast! You are a calamity descended upon the world; wherever you exist, that world will be destroyed. You have brought disaster to the spiritual cultivation. If you do not die, the entire spiritual cultivation will become an evil entity! Only your death can bring peace to the spiritual cultivation. For the sake of the spiritual cultivation's peace, I will take your life today!"

Severely injured by the sword technique of a Mahayana cultivator, the excruciating pain from her tiger's mouth caused a jolt in her mind, which in turn made her realize the key point.

Ji Mingran lowered his eyelashes slightly, glancing at the silent spiritual stone within the ancient spiritual stone.

The inner demon trial was not an inner demon at all, but a premonition.

Premonitions about her future.

Ji Mingran's vision was filled with the incomprehension, shock, and fear of every cultivator.

A sense of unease arose in her heart, and she looked towards the direction of Luanfeng.

She firmly believed that she was not a mutant, so she never thought about it in detail.

Moreover, the longer she stayed here, the more she gradually forgot that she was not actually the original owner of this body.

To this body, isn't she just an outsider?

Therefore, in the eyes of the spiritual community, she is no different from an evil entity that erodes the bodies of others.

By the same token, in Yu Tianxing's eyes, she might not be any different from those evil beings who caused his family's ruin and his sect's collapse back then.

Therefore, everyone in the inner demon trial is hunting her down, just like now.

Having finally gained a foothold in the new world, they've ended up in such a state.

Chongjue's sword strike was fierce and ruthless. Ji Mingran drew his sword backhand to block, and the sword intent pierced the air, whistling in his ears.

Ji Mingran stared at the enemy before him, his eyes cold and indifferent.

The inner demon trial asked her what she would do if she became the target of everyone's hatred.

She chose herself.

The same is true today.

If the world despises her, then she will fight her way out!

Ji Mingran instantly teleported to the high sky, far away from the Dingsheng Sect. The eight powerful cultivators pursued him relentlessly with their Dao techniques, and the terrifying spiritual power that had been blasting against the Vajra Formation suddenly rose from the ground and rushed towards the person in the high sky.

The surging spiritual pressure came from all directions, and Chongjue's swordsmanship struck one after another. Every powerful sword move that landed on the cane sword made her hands ache and her heart tremble.

Ji Mingran's spiritual power surged, and the spiritual power stored in his sea of ​​consciousness surged into huge waves. The Hundredfold Vajra Formation wrapped around the cane and sword, and the effects of Chongjue's fierce sword moves were reduced.

The teleportation arrays moved at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, connecting one after another in the sky. The pursuit of the eight Mahayana cultivators failed, and they collided. The residual spiritual power that erupted caused the sect's territory to tremble and shake.

Everything happened too fast; many people hadn't even had time to react before they were knocked to the ground by the spiritual pressure released by the eight Mahayana Realm cultivators. Meanwhile, Ji Mingran had already exchanged dozens of blows with the eight powerful figures in pursuit.

Even though the strength of a Nascent Soul cultivator is enough to make them stand out among most cultivators in the spiritual cultivation world, they are still no match for those at the Mahayana stage. Ji Mingran was able to withstand dozens of moves from eight Mahayana cultivators in an instant, demonstrating a strength far beyond that of ordinary cultivators.

However, no matter how talented he was, he was still no match for the overwhelming difference in strength.

The eight powerful figures used deadly techniques aimed at killing in one move. The Taoist arts above the sect's territory were fierce and suffocating, dazzling the eyes. Ji Mingran kept dodging and weaving. The teleportation arrays opened one after another irregularly. However, just as she came out of one of the teleportation arrays, she encountered Chong Jue, who had been lying in ambush there.

The heavy sword slashed down with lightning speed, its surging sword intent sweeping over Ji Mingran's soul. Ji Mingran's movements froze for a moment as the cold, gleaming blade touched his eyelids.

Jiang Xiaoyi suddenly roared, "You traitorous disciple! You've kept this from me for so long, harboring such wicked intentions! How can I tolerate you!"

The imposing array instantly unleashed its power, rushing towards Ji Mingran. The formidable array technique, carrying boundless fury, devoured the Dao techniques of eight powerful beings in an instant, indiscriminately attacking friend and foe. It then directly struck Chongjue, which had almost pierced its target, and instead exploded towards Ji Mingran.

Gaining a moment to catch her breath, Ji Mingran instantly used a teleportation array to create distance between herself and Jiang Xiaoyi's array technique. Then she retreated step by step, as the ever-expanding array techniques pressed closer and closer to her.

The spiritual energy within the array was compressed to its limit. As an array master herself, she knew that the array released by Boss Jiang was not to be underestimated.

She couldn't hear what someone was shouting below.

Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up! The crisis alarm in Ji Mingran's mind was screaming wildly. He had no time to care about anything else and pushed his speed to the limit, retreating thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye.

Thud! My back slammed hard against something cold.

At this moment, she finally heard Fu Yin shout, "Yu Tianxing, it is she who caused your family to be destroyed and made you a fugitive for many years with the name of a demon. All those you have slaughtered are evil spirits. Kill her and all evil spirits will be eliminated! Think about it carefully."

Ji Mingran's eyes narrowed. Oh no!

It was indeed like the trial of inner demons.

She is attacked by Chongjue, pursued by Boss Jiang, and intercepted by Yu Tianxing.

Her body bent down as her back collided with his, and his tall figure completely enveloped her.

Ji Mingran twisted his wrist, reversed the direction of the sword hilt on his cane, and thrust the blade backward!

The person behind her didn't flinch but instead met her attack with a muffled groan, taking the thrust and then completely enveloping her.

The crisp fragrance of snow plum blossoms mingled with the scent of blood, lingering around her nose, as a soft, low voice whispered in her ear:

"I've come to pick you up."

Let's go together.

An arm wrapped around her waist, and with a swing of the long arm holding the Hidden Life Sword, the array that rushed in front of her shattered completely in two.

Ji Mingran raised his eyes and looked into Yu Tianxing's deep black pupils.

He took a step forward and disappeared into the night sky with her.