Kyushu.
It has fallen.
The Han family has become a den of demons, and Su Ruoshan has become the de facto ruler of Kyushu.
The patriarch and his entourage who came to the Han family to annul the engagement all turned into demons and returned to Yunzhou, where the Fang family was located. Yunzhou had also fallen.
The demon race, like a plague, spread rapidly across the Boundless Continent.
By the time the five major sects found out, the demon race had already formed an army of tens of thousands.
"How could this be!" The sect leader of Xuanling Sect could hardly believe it. In just one month, the Demon Clan had already occupied the Nine Provinces and Yun Province.
Although the Han family lost its Nascent Soul ancestor, it still had over a hundred Core Formation cultivators and over a thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators. Such a powerful cultivation family was wiped out in an instant.
And the Fang family too!
The Fang family has a Nascent Soul ancestor still alive, and is one of the top ten cultivation families. Now, they have all become demons!
"The demon race possesses a strange fruit brimming with demonic energy. Anyone who consumes it will undergo a physical transformation, becoming a demon. Some with strong wills who refuse to become demons will explode and die as a result," someone explained.
These demons are too rampant.
Now is the time for the five major sects to shoulder heavy responsibilities.
However, the sect leader of Wuji Sect responded first, saying, "All disciples of Wuji Sect, return to the sect! Close the gates tightly!"
The cultivators of the Wuji Sect quickly withdrew from the outer perimeter of the Gobi Desert and even issued a recall order. Five days later, the sect would open its defensive barrier, and even disciples of the sect would not be able to enter the Wuji Sect's mountain gate.
It truly is a method for self-preservation.
"The Wuji Sect is far too selfish," the Tianyan Sect leader said fiercely.
However, when the sect leader of Tianyan Sect heard that the demons had already started their attack on the mountain gate where Tianyan Sect was located, he immediately led his fellow disciples back without saying a word. At the same time, he also issued a recall order. Three days later, all the sect's gates would be closed, and disciples who could not return to the sect would be locked outside the mountain gate.
Well, the Tianyan Sect also intends to protect itself.
The sect leader of Xuanling Sect clenched his fists. Their Xuanling Sect's genius disciples, Su Qing and Xuan Qingye, were still in the Gobi Desert.
Are we just going to abandon them like this?
The Xuanling Sect Master took a deep breath and said, "Shen Qinglai, lead all Xuanling Sect disciples back to the sect and close the mountain gate."
"Sect Leader, what about you?" Shen Qinglai was startled.
"I'm going into the Gobi Desert," said the sect leader of Xuanling Sect.
"Sect Leader, no! We don't know anything about the situation inside the Gobi Desert. You are the Sect Leader of the Xuanling Sect, and you should be in charge of the sect's affairs. Our Shen family is located near the Gobi Desert and has the most dealings with the Demon Clan. Why don't you let me go into the Gobi Desert?" Shen Qinglai said.
"What, are you not even listening to the sect leader's words?" the Xuanling Sect leader said coldly.
Just then, someone arrived.
It turned out to be Protector Bai of the Misty Peak of the Xuanling Sect, and in Protector Bai's arms was a black spirit cat comparable to the Core Formation stage.
"Sect Leader!" Protector Bai called out even before he got close.
The Xuanling Sect leader turned his head and saw that Protector Bai looked anxious.
"What happened to the sect?" The Xuanling Sect Master was anxious.
It should be noted that Anyang City, which was the first to fall, was very close to the Xuanling Sect.
"Sect Leader, this is the Su family's spirit cat," said Protector Bai.
What Su family?
The sect leader's eyebrows twitched. "You'd better explain yourself clearly."
"Sect Leader, Su Qing is a member of the Su family. The Su family is a cultivation family in Anyang City. The one who led the demons to invade our Wuyuan Continent this time is Su Ruoshan, the eldest daughter of the Su family, who is also Su Qing's elder sister," said Protector Bai.
"What's the use of saying all this!" The Xuanling Sect leader was annoyed. Knowing about these messy relationships was of no use.
Seeing the sect leader's surprise, Protector Bai dared not keep him in suspense any longer and hurriedly said, "Sect leader, everything depends on Su Qing."
"Um?"
“Su Qing possesses the bloodline of an immortal from a higher plane,” said Protector Bai.
Immortals from higher realms?
In the Boundless Continent, there was once a legend that tens of thousands of years ago, an immortal descended from a higher plane. This immortal lived on the Boundless Continent for a thousand years and founded the Lingyuan Empire.
The Lingyuan Empire unified the world for tens of thousands of years before splitting up.
The royal family of the Lingyuan Empire consists of a group of people with the bloodline of immortals from higher planes. Some of them have exceptional cultivation aptitude, while others are ordinary mortals.
It has been many years since anyone of the Lingyuan Empire's royal bloodline has survived on the Wuyuan Continent.
Unexpectedly, Su Qing was actually...
No wonder her cultivation speed is so fast, and her spiritual root is also extremely strange.
Entering the outer sect of the Xuanling Sect indicates that her aptitude was indeed ordinary, but who could have imagined that she would later turn out to have a lightning spiritual root?
“But Su Qing is in the Gobi Desert right now.” The Xuanling Sect leader looked out at the vast desert.
At this moment, the spirit cat jumped out of the white protector's arms and stretched out its body.
Just moments ago, it was merely an ordinary demonic beast with cultivation comparable to the Core Formation stage. Now, its aura has drastically changed, and it has transformed into a ninth-tier Moon Shadow Cat.
"I know where the Demon Realm is." The ninth-tier Moonshadow Cat actually spoke in human language.
At this moment, the Xuanling Sect Master did not hesitate for a moment and said, "Shen Qinglai, take the sect disciples back. It is important to protect the Xuanling Sect's mountain gate."
Shen Qinglai really wanted to go with them, but Protector Bai stopped her, saying, "Protecting the Xuanling Sect's mountain gate and preventing the demons from invading is also an extremely important matter."
At this moment, the leaders of the two major sects, Luoying Sect and Wuxiao Sect, hesitated for a moment before finally making their decision.
Their sect leader led his disciples back to the sect, and each of them arranged for two Nascent Soul cultivators to protect them as they entered the Gobi Desert.
Shen Qinglai led the Xuanling Sect disciples back, only to discover that the Xuanling Town had been invaded by demons. Many mortals in the town had consumed the demonic fruit and were indiscriminately killing innocent people, plunging the town into chaos.
The Shen family had seen many demonic cultivators, but they had never seen one whose body had turned into that of a demon after consuming a demonic fruit.
"Leave no demons alive!" Shen Qinglai realized that these demons who had already consumed the demon fruit and transformed were beyond redemption; the only way to prevent the situation from worsening was to kill them directly.
In an instant, the entire Xuanling Town was filled with slaughter and bloodshed.
The Xuanling Sect disciples stood blocking the entrance to the mountain gate.
These demonic cultivators actually want to enter the Xuanling Sect.
"We can't let them in!" Yun Luoyan and Bai Xiao blocked the doorway.
At this time, both of them had reached the peak of Foundation Establishment and had secured a place in the inner sect!
"Why can't we go in! We are all outer disciples of the Xuanling Sect."
"That's right, we are also disciples of the Xuanling Sect."
Han Chen glared at them and roared, "What kind of Xuanling Sect disciples are you! You're all shrouded in demonic energy! You're all demonic cultivators!"
"Hmph, demonic cultivators? We are not demonic cultivators!"
"Yes, we are not lowly demonic cultivators! Hurry up and let us go up. The Xuanling Sect is about to be destroyed. From now on, it will be our world."
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