"You think you can stop our millennia-long plan?" The voice echoed in everyone's ears.

As everyone looked at the illusory figure above the barrier, they frowned slightly, their eyes wary, and their hands faintly flickered with spiritual energy, ready to deal with any unexpected situation.

Without a doubt, the other side of this enormous phantom is being manipulated by evil cultivators.

Even though it was just a phantom, this was the first time the mastermind behind all of this had appeared since the evil cultivators' conspiracy was discovered and they began to break the formation.

Prior to this, various sects and independent cultivators had searched extensively throughout the cultivation world but had not found any trace of the evil cultivators, let alone their hiding place.

All I can say is that those old foxes are really good at hiding their true colors.

But if Shen Sangruo knew that as soon as they started to break the formation, the evil cultivators would definitely notice and would be unable to restrain themselves from stopping them, and would not remain inactive.

After breaking the Starry Sky Formation, she began to wonder about the possibility of evil cultivators appearing.

If they show up, we might be able to trace their hideout through some clues.

But she didn't expect them to be so patient, only showing themselves after they broke the second formation, and even then, it was just a phantom.

Therefore, it would be difficult to find the traces of evil cultivators through such a phantom. This phantom was probably set up when the evil cultivators set up the formation.

She suppressed her thoughts and quietly watched what the illusory figure was about to do.

"I really underestimated you. You ants from ten thousand years in the future actually managed to make a ripple." The voice had a hint of gritted teeth.

The arrays they had painstakingly laid out throughout the cultivation world ten thousand years ago were easily broken by a few Nascent Soul stage cultivators. How could they not be furious?

They have been planning for ten thousand years, and now they have reached the final stage of their plan. In just another hundred years, the speed at which the formation draws spiritual energy will increase dramatically.

The array set up by the evil cultivators is quite special. In the early stages of the array's activation, the rate at which spiritual energy is extracted is relatively slow, making it difficult to detect.

After a certain period of time, once the formation has fully charged up and is fully activated, the speed at which it draws spiritual energy will increase dramatically, and this will be impossible to destroy or reverse.

By then, it was too late for the fools in the cultivation world to realize the problem.

When the spiritual energy of the cultivation world is depleted, and they have a large amount of spiritual energy in their hands, who in the cultivation world will be able to oppose them? The entire cultivation world will be at their mercy.

However, their seemingly flawless plan was discovered ahead of time.

Their schemes were so elaborate that they went so far as to attempt to conquer the entire cultivation world as a cover, and they even erased all traces of that great chaos, remaining hidden for tens of thousands of years without being discovered.

Unfortunately, in these final moments, someone discovered their scheme, uncovered their plan, and destroyed their formation!

And the person who uncovered their plan was a Nascent Soul cultivator in his early twenties! What a disgrace!

Their millennia-long plan! Destroyed just when it was about to succeed! What a devastating blow!

If it weren't for... they would have killed all of them long ago, especially that Shen Sangruo!

"Heh, you just happened to break two formations. Do you think you'll be so lucky with the others?"

"You will never return! You who dare to sabotage our grand plan will pay a heavy price! Let us see how many of you are not afraid to die."

They were truly enraged this time and would make those people pay the price!

"Let your blood serve as a sacrifice to pave the way for us to conquer the cultivation world. That will be your only purpose."

"The cultivation world has long been our evil cultivators' possession. No matter how you struggle, it's all in vain. You are destined for only one ending."

The voice carried the unwavering confidence and certainty characteristic of evil cultivators, mirroring their awareness of the illusionary realm of creation.

"Whether it's futile or not is not for you to decide," Chen Sangruo said calmly, meeting the gaze of the illusory figure without fear.

She could feel the grotesque hatred in the phantom's eyes as it faced her.

She certainly knew why this was the case. After all, as someone who played a key role in discovering their plan and destroying the formation, the evil cultivators probably already considered her a thorn in their side.

I'm afraid that later on they'll want to do everything they can to get rid of her.

Shen Sanruo raised an eyebrow. "Your methods are nothing special. I hope you'll still be this arrogant when we break all the formations you've set up."

"What a boastful tone." The illusory figure sneered, its contempt undisguised. "So you're Chen Sangruo? I'll remember you. Just as disgusting as your master."

Back then, Immortal Lord Changli almost turned the tide of the battle and disrupted their plans single-handedly.

This forced all the powerful figures among these evil cultivators to mobilize and besiege Immortal Lord Changli, which ultimately led to his demise.

Even so, more than half of them were killed or injured. They were all central figures in the evil cultivator camp, which severely weakened the evil cultivator camp.

After the formation was set up, it remained silent for a long time before things calmed down.

Although they knew that Immortal Lord Changli's true form was a fire phoenix with the power of Nirvana, as long as his soul was protected, there was still a possibility of rebirth.

But now that they see Immortal Lord Changli standing here unharmed, and thinking of the pain they suffered and the evil cultivators who died at his hands, they still grit their teeth in hatred.

"I really look forward to meeting you. Your master has already fallen at our hands once, and you will surely die at our hands as well. That's what a good master and disciple should be like."

Immortal Lord Changli frowned and immediately stood in front of Shen Sangruo without making a sound. Just as he was about to say something, he heard the illusory figure continue:

"Just wait, I will definitely meet you."

The evil cultivator's words were like the language of a demon, and the phantom began to distort and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.

Immediately afterwards, the ground began to shake violently, just like the anomaly that occurred after the Starry Sky Formation was broken last time.

Only now was the Red Desert's formation completely broken.

A profound silence fell over the scene, so quiet that only the whistling wind could be heard.

But everyone looked at Chen Sangruo with concern and worry in their eyes, because of what the evil cultivator had just said.

However, she herself was unusually calm, seemingly not taking the evil cultivator's words to heart.

She had done so much, it was normal for those evil cultivators to target her, and she accepted this calmly, without feeling any hesitation or fear.

"The sunlight here is too harsh to speak. Let's go back to the Jiang family first and discuss the relevant matters." Since no one spoke, she broke the silence.

Everyone nodded, mounted their camels, and set off towards the Jiang family's residence.

Second update! Thank you all for your support! *tweets*

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