I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

While the two were bickering, the group arrived at the place Liang Jiao had mentioned.

Wow! What a huge tree!

As you walk, the crystal floor gradually disappears, replaced by lush green grass, and you can even see butterfly-like creatures fluttering above the grass.

Directly in front of them stood an incredibly lush tree, its branches and leaves abundant and verdant, clearly having stood for many years.

"Is this the place that leads to the ancient secret realm?"

"It looks so mysterious!"

"Especially this tree, it must be at least tens of thousands of years old."

Everyone looked around curiously.

Yun Qingyi didn't reply. She raised her hand, and a butterfly-shaped creature landed on her fingertip.

“It looks like a butterfly-like marine creature,” Ji Zhaoze said, coming up to her from behind.

“Yes, it has fins.” Yun Qingyi glanced at the butterfly’s chubby head and the ear fins on both sides, and replied.

He then tossed it into the ring his master had given him, a container for living things, and of course, he wanted to make the most of it.

Ji Zhaoze watched the disappearing butterfly fish, his expression remaining calm and unmoved.

Although she could sense the energy fluctuations and knew at a glance that it had been placed in some kind of space, they were still from the same sect, and their master had given him a lot back then. As his junior sister, she would only receive more from their master, so it wasn't surprising that he had a spatial magic item.

After everyone had thoroughly explored the area, they couldn't help but ask in their excitement, "But Uncle-Master, where is the entrance to this ancient secret realm?"

"We searched inside and out, but we couldn't find it."

"I walked around under the big tree a few times, and I have to say, the tree is really big."

……

The crowd chattered amongst themselves, each offering their own opinion.

Following their words, Yun Qingyi came to the tree and looked at the towering tree that reached into the clouds, and the tree trunk with its branches crisscrossing.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Let's go upstairs."

Having said that, he went upstream.

Seeing this, everyone swam up as well. When they reached the middle of the tree canopy, Yun Qingyi jumped down onto a branch and parted the green leaves to reveal a tree hole.

"Wow! You hid it so well!" Gu Qiqing exclaimed in surprise.

"Is this the entrance to the ancient secret realm?" Ruan Qi peered inside, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

After confirming Liang Jiao's words several times, Yun Qingyi nodded, "Yes, that's right, this is it." It could only be this place. She had explored the entire tree when she came up, and this was the only place with a tree hole.

"Let's go in quickly!" Leng Zhan and Gu Qiqing were eager to try and jumped down first.

Yun Qingyi immediately stepped forward to check on the two. Cultivators have excellent eyesight and could see that the tree hole was still pitch black.

Seeing the two figures completely disappear, Yun Qingyi made a preparation and said, "Then I'll go down too." With that, she jumped down.

The remaining people glanced at each other, and Ji Zhaoling said nervously, "Ah, Uncle-Master, wait for me!" After saying that, she also jumped down.

With only three people left, Ruan Qi thought to herself: No, she doesn't want to be the last one in this place; it's a bit scary.

He jumped down in two or three steps at a time.

Finally, only Ji Zhaoze and Yun Qingrou remained. After watching Ruan Qi disappear into the tree hole, the two of them nimbly jumped into the tree hole as well.

……

On the other side, the Mermaid Palace.

"Did you see Liangmeng?"

"No, I haven't seen it in the last couple of days."

"I brought her some shrimp snacks the day before yesterday, what's wrong? Can't you find her?"

The female merman who came was a little puzzled. "I also wanted to give her something, but I haven't been able to find her for the past two days."

"They probably went out to gather food. That's normal, don't worry."

“That’s right,” another merman said. “Besides, she’s the daughter of the previous Merman King, and her abilities are not much inferior to ours.”

"That's true." The female merman felt slightly relieved.

……

At this moment, Liangmeng gazed deeply into the direction of the Mermaid Palace, her fingers unconsciously touching her heart.

Goodbye, my former hometown.

She felt the power surging within her and thought to herself: I will go and find the answer that belongs to me.

She had never forgotten.

If mere memories can be purified.

What lies hidden within hatred... or perhaps love?

The purification failed.

She didn't know why she failed, but when Liang Jiao injected that ancient energy into her body, every part of her body struggled to resist.

She doesn't want to forget.

Even if I hate him, I don't want to forget him.

We are all evil people, one giving and the other taking, bearing the souls of the entire clan.

Since we are destined to be unable to find liberation, I will take you all with me to seek the answer to the question of rebirth.

……

At this moment, the power within her body surged gently, flowing through her limbs and bones.

……

Within the ancient secret realm.

As soon as Yun Qingyi landed, she found herself in the water.

He struggled in the water for a few seconds before regaining his senses and swimming towards the shore.

After getting ashore, he immediately used his spiritual power to dry his internal energy.

Then he sat quietly to the side, waiting for the people behind him to fall into the water.

But no matter how long they waited, no one came.

Just as he was wondering what was going on, he suddenly remembered something, shook his head and looked around. Wait, where are Gu Qiqing and Leng Zhan?

After a while, she pondered for a moment and then came to a guess: it turns out that this tree hole is a random teleportation location!