The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

Seeing that Mu Xinglan had already broken down, Su Qi did not continue to attack her.

Just stand there, gazing into the distance, pretending to be reminiscing or grieving.

The two of them spent the night in silence.

The next morning, the sun rose.

Feeling the warmth of the sunlight on his body, Su Qi closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, and finally moved.

He came to Mu Xinglan.

The woman was still holding that body, stunned and lost in thought.

Seeing Su Qi squatting in front of her, she lowered her head in guilt.

"I'm sorry, it was me..."

"What I said was just said in anger, don't take it to heart." Su Qi interrupted her before she could finish.

"Number 18 was already near death, and this time she was only temporarily saved. Without the power of the elixir, she would have certainly died. It's understandable that you asked Ye Feng for something for her sake. This is not your fault, but my fault for not explaining it to you beforehand."

Hearing these words of comfort, Mu Xinglan was stunned and stared blankly at Su Qi.

He thought Su Qi was still blaming him, but to his surprise, Su Qi offered words of comfort.

However, these words made Mu Xinglan feel even worse.

"No, it's all my fault. You're right, Ye Feng is no longer the Ye Feng I knew. It was because I refused to believe it that I did such a stupid thing, causing Ning'er to lose her life! It was me..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a loud slap.

Su Qi slapped her across the face.

Mu Xinglan was somewhat bewildered.

After all, when Ning'er died yesterday, Su Qi, who was extremely angry, held back and did not hit her.

But now, Su Qi was trying to comfort her, but he ended up getting slapped instead.

Is this how you comfort someone?

"Even now, you're still speaking up for Ye Feng?"

Su Qi's voice was somewhat angry.

Mu Xinglan was even more confused. When did she speak up for Ye Feng?

"Your own son killed Number 18. You don't want to face the situation where mother and son turn against each other, so you subconsciously take all the blame on yourself and refuse to admit reality!"

"Even now, you still have a sliver of hope for that bastard. Even Number 18's own death couldn't make you face reality."

"Does someone like you deserve to be her mother?"

Mu Xinglan was even more confused.

Is that what I think?

Su Qi's words threw her thoughts into disarray.

Hearing the person in front of her say that she was not worthy of being Ning'er's mother, she panicked and hurriedly retorted.

"No, I am Ning'er's own acknowledged mother. You cannot deprive me of my right to be her mother!"

"Then pull yourself together and prove to her that you are a good mother!" Su Qi said firmly, supporting her shoulder.

“Your continued self-pity won’t change anything. Just as you said, you are Mother No. 18, and even for her sake, I can’t abandon you.”

"Now, I'm going to find a way to kill Ye Feng to avenge her. I don't ask you to help me, after all, he's your own son. But at least please don't stop me, don't hold me back!"

"I..." Mu Xinglan's face showed struggle and pain. She looked down at the cold body in her arms, and her eyes gradually became firm.

"That Ye Feng is no longer my Feng'er. My Feng'er was killed by him long ago. He is the Heavenly Emperor who has taken over Feng'er's body..."

Although she had made the decision, there were still some things she found hard to say.

His fists clenched, and he opened his mouth, but couldn't utter the next words.

Su Qi didn't press her any further. He raised his hand to cup her face and spoke gently.

"That's enough. Leave the rest to me!"

As he was about to stand up, Mu Xinglan grabbed his hand.

"I...can do it!"

The woman's eyes flickered, her gaze unwavering.

……

Meanwhile, after a few days of fermentation, and with the help of those with ulterior motives, the news that the Holy Land and the eight ancient clans exclusively controlled the ascension passage spread rapidly.

The entire Sky Continent was in an uproar, and rumors spread like wildfire.

As it turns out, no matter how powerful the holy land and the ancient clans were, they could not silence the voices of the people.

At this tense moment, unexpectedly, the demon race was the first to panic.

The Beast Demons, upon learning that the Tree Demons had retrieved the elixir, demanded its return. After all, their Beast Demon Clan had sacrificed a top-tier Blood Demon King to rescue the elixir; how could they allow the Tree Demons to enjoy the spoils alone?

The tree spirits would naturally not agree to this.

Then the two sides started fighting over ownership of Ye Feng.

Su Qi took the opportunity to reunite with Mo Ling Su.

The white fox clan did not hold a high position among the beast demons, so they were pushed to the front lines as cannon fodder.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Su Qi helped Mo Lingsu kill experts and gain merit and resources.

Meanwhile, on the human side, as the atmosphere grew increasingly tense, someone finally stepped forward and fired the first shot in the rebellion against the Holy Land!

Su Qi found the news absurd.

Because the one who fired the first shot was from the ancient Li clan!

The patriarch of the Li family attacked the Wang clan alone, using his last breath to self-destruct and ignite the first fire.

Cough cough... Actually, he alone risked his life to attract the attention of various forces, helping the other descendants of the Li family escape from Zhongzhou.

The old-fashioned boat can no longer be boarded, so the Li family naturally has to risk boarding the boat of the new era.

Therefore, after Li Chengping escaped from Zhongzhou, fearing that the world was not in chaos, he directly revealed some secrets.

They directly admitted that the ascension passage had always been usable, but the immortals of the upper realm each time granted a limited number of ascension slots. In order to seize the ascension slots for themselves, the holy lands and the eight ancient clans lied to the outside world, claiming that the ascension passage had been blocked.

In fact, over the past tens of millions of years, countless people from their eight ancient clans and sacred lands have ascended to immortality.

The Sky Dome Continent was thrown into chaos, and countless Tribulation Transcending Realm cultivators, whom everyone thought were dead, perished.

Antiques and relicts have appeared to protest.

Especially those dying old ghosts at the Tribulation Transcending Realm, who directly made threats. If the Holy Land didn't give them an explanation, they would follow the example of the Li family patriarch before they died, splattering the Holy Land and the ancient clans with their blood.

However, even at this point, the Holy Land remained unrepentant, insisting that the ascension passage was blocked.

Li Chengping's words are heretical and misleading, and he has malicious intentions, aiming to incite everyone to oppose the Holy Land.

The three holy sites advise all cultivators to be rational, for rumors stop with the wise.

But now, nobody believes the nonsense spouted by the three holy sites anymore.

Moreover, those old ghosts who were about to die in the Tribulation stage did not just talk about it; some of them actually followed the example of the Li family patriarch and went directly to Zhongzhou to play the role of human nuclear bombs and self-destruct when their lifespan was about to end.

Zhongzhou is in complete chaos.

Other forces, fearing that innocent people would be harmed, many wanted to withdraw from Zhongzhou.

But how could the three holy lands let them leave, because many of those troublesome old ghosts who had undergone tribulation were the ancestors of these forces?

These forces are now seen as hostages by the Holy Land and the ancient clans.

As long as they are still around, those old folks, for the sake of their descendants, will not dare to act rashly.

Predictably, this move by the Holy Land has angered even more people.

In contrast, the west and south are the most peaceful.

The Western Regions demons remained calm because they were watching the show, gathering their strength, and ready to launch a fatal attack on the Holy Land at any moment.

The Southern Region is peaceful simply because they are so poor that no one looks up to them.