Clearly, this was a premeditated attack.

In a short period of time, the barrier of the floating island was shattered and completely disappeared under the attack from both inside and outside!

The elders inside the pavilion immediately took action to protect the remaining disciples they had summoned. Then, more than twenty figures appeared outside the floating island, with a handsome scholar-like man at the head.

Zhan Hongyuan remained expressionless and smiled calmly, "Palace Master of the Longevity Palace, may I ask what brings you here today?"

"Sect Master Zhan, how long has it been?"

The jade-faced scholar waved his folding fan, his smile undiminished: "Today, my Changsheng Palace has come to your Wandao Gate to collect a debt."

What debt is there?

"I, an elder of the Longevity Palace, owe Han Chang my life!"

As he spoke, the smile in the jade-faced scholar's words suddenly turned into a bone-chilling coldness. He stared intently at Zhan Hongyuan, his killing intent palpable. As his words fell, his aura suddenly surged out from his body, the power of a Nascent Soul stage expert was unstoppable!

Inside the pavilion, Ruan Qing'an had already stood up. Her leaden gray eyes narrowed slightly as she shifted her gaze from the handsome scholar to Zhan Hongyuan.

Refining Emptiness, Uniting the Body, Mahayana.

Aside from his unparalleled Tribulation Transcending stage in the cultivation world, he could already be considered a big shot in the cultivation world once he reached the Void Refining stage.

Apart from Zhan Hongyuan, all the other sect leaders are only at the Integration Stage, including the current Palace Master of the Longevity Palace, who is also only at the Integration Stage.

However, these realms are like heavens and earth, with huge gaps between each minor realm. Among all those present, only Zhan Hongyuan, who was in the Mahayana stage, could withstand the Jade-Faced Scholar's attacks. Similarly, as long as he made a move, none of these people could withstand a single blow from him.

"It all depends on Zhan Hongyuan..."

Ruan Qing'an tensed up and murmured.

037: [Ancestor, even you have no way to deal with this?]

Upon hearing this, Ruan Qing'an shook his head: "There's nothing I can do. Due to the limitations of the original owner's cultivation level, my own spiritual realm is difficult to fully exert. Unless I disregard the damage to my body and forcibly release the power within my spiritual soul, but—I only have one chance."

"After one time, the original owner's body will be severely damaged!"

Ruan Qing'an wouldn't act rashly unless it was a matter of life and death. As she thought this, she waved her hand to shield the disciples on the floating island from the oppressive aura of the Nascent Soul stage cultivator, and looked over there.

Zhan Hongyuan, however, seemed unperturbed and did not make a move. Instead, he said, "What does the matter of your Longevity Palace have to do with other sects?"

Behind the jade-faced scholar were not only people from the Longevity Palace.

At first glance, most of them were elders from the sects to which those people who went to the mortal realm to intercept Ruan Qing'an belonged, just like Han Chang.

But the jade-faced scholar showed no embarrassment whatsoever, instead scoffing, "Others? You'll have to ask your esteemed elder of the Myriad Paths Sect. You're quite the figurehead in the mortal realm!"

"You ambushed my sect's elders, and now you're blaming my Myriad Paths Sect? Aren't you afraid I'll leave you here?!"

Zhan Hongyuan's laughing voice suddenly changed, and he exuded an imposing aura.

The handsome scholar reacted even faster, shouting sternly, "Don't linger in the fight! Remember our objective!"

The next moment, the elders behind him rushed forward, their target not the elders of the Myriad Paths Sect, but the disciples who had not been able to hide in the chaos.

Since these people were attacking the disciples, the elders of the Myriad Paths Sect had to be careful to protect the disciples from being caught in the crossfire while they were engaged in combat.

The elders of the Myriad Paths Sect can indeed fight multiple opponents, but—

They couldn't withstand the elders from other sects, who were really ruthless, targeting their disciples with every move, like using a nuclear bomb on ants!

The leading scholar with a jade-like face was the sixth among the six. He directly soared into the air and used all his cultivation at the Integration Stage to bombard the floating island that had lost its barrier. In an instant, the entire floating island shook and swayed precariously, clearly aiming to restrain Zhan Hongyuan.

Seeing this, Zhan Hongyuan's expression turned even colder. He used his supreme power to lift up the entire floating island and confront the Jade-Faced Scholar.

He said in a deep voice, "Elders, heed my command—"

"Anyone who dares to invade my Ten Thousand Paths Sect shall surely perish and have their cultivation extinguished!"

"Yes, Sect Master!!"

In an instant, on the floating island, the elders of the Myriad Paths Sect joined forces to protect their disciples who had no ability to defend themselves, and then attacked the other sect elders who were invading.

Meanwhile, the Jade-Faced Scholar was locked in a stalemate with Zhan Hongyuan, determined to create a floating island, and for a time they were deadlocked.

But at this very moment—

"Palace Master of the Longevity Palace, I possess a sword technique; please enlighten me."

A clear and aloof voice rang out, and the jade-faced scholar who was locked in a stalemate with Zhan Hongyuan suddenly changed his expression. He abruptly raised his head, and Ruan Qing'an, who had been relatively inconspicuous until now, suddenly made a move, drawing his long sword, which was wrapped in endless starlight!

In an instant, it seemed as if the world had lost its color, and a dark night descended. The slender and tall woman slashed with her sword, and a brilliant and magnificent galaxy descended from the sky, pouring down like a celestial river.

One strike, and the vast Milky Way is severed!

"Damn it, your Myriad Paths Sect really does produce a lot of talented people!"

The jade-faced scholar felt the powerful aura and never expected that Ruan Qing'an, with his Void Refinement Realm cultivation, could threaten him, a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Most importantly—he was now facing off against Zhan Hongyuan and couldn't spare a hand to defend himself. At the moment Xinghan slashed down, the Jade-Faced Scholar could only use his own body to withstand the blow.

The next moment, he was sent flying!

Even the elders who had intervened were speechless.

The jade-faced scholar's flying figure stopped in mid-air. Although the knife was a threat to him, the difference in their cultivation levels was too great, and he only suffered a minor injury. However, being injured by an elder in the Void Refinement Realm made his face uncontrollably contort with rage.

"Ruan Qingan, you're doing very well—"

The jade-faced scholar let out a long roar and attacked again.

Upon hearing his long roar, all the attacking elders unleashed secret techniques to forcibly enhance their combat power, suppressing the numerous elders of the Myriad Paths Sect, albeit for only a brief moment—

But a cold and eerie aura suddenly rose up.

Inside the pavilion where the disciples were hiding, Shen Changlin was among them. But at this moment, he suddenly felt a sense of crisis, and his whole spine was trembling with fear. Before he could think it through, he instinctively lunged forward!

At the same moment he moved away, the space there suddenly shattered, and a beautiful woman appeared, her face twisted as if possessed.

She was the woman who was with Han Chang in the mortal realm!

Unable to strike once, she attacked again!

But in the instant the attack came, the longsword suddenly blocked it.

Everything changed too quickly. By the time Shen Changlin reacted, Ruan Qing'an was already standing in front of him again, her dark blue longsword sharp and firmly blocking the attack.

Upon seeing Nguyen Thanh An, the beautiful woman lost control of her emotions again: "Nguyen Thanh An, I'm going to kill you—"

"Get out of here."

Ruan Qing'an remained unfazed, made a hand seal, and sent the opponent flying.

Seeing that she couldn't do anything to Ruan Qing'an, and even killing Shen Changlin had become a problem, the beautiful woman completely lost control. Her demonic aura could no longer be concealed, and blood flowed from her seven orifices.

Blood and tears streamed down her face, her voice shrill: "I take my vow from the past life as my offering for the next, I willingly die and vanish, erasing reincarnation, disregarding past and future lives, all to fulfill my wishes in this life—"

"I curse that your innate Dao body will be damaged from birth!"

As these words were spoken, everyone on the floating island fell silent. In the boundless sky, a crack appeared out of nowhere, revealing a pair of huge, deep black eyes, devoid of emotion or heart.

—It is the Way of Heaven, the Way of Heaven where only order endures.

The moment the giant eye closed, the power of the Heavenly Dao descended, completely erasing the beautiful woman's existence, leaving nothing behind, and from then on, she had no chance to even be reincarnated.

In an instant, Zhan Hongyuan's face darkened: "Are you crazy? You actually taught her this forbidden technique, using her as a catalyst to sacrifice millions of people, just to curse a mortal?!"

"So what? What a naturally born Dao physique! The day he grows up, your Myriad Dao Sect will be invincible for tens of millions of years. He can destroy the very foundation of your Myriad Dao Sect's future—"

The handsome scholar, as if driven mad, exclaimed: "It was worth it!"

Zhan Hongyuan never expected that sects like the Longevity Palace would be so crazy in their fight against the Myriad Paths Sect!

But it was too late; the power of Heaven flowed instead towards Shen Changlin.