After being reborn, the villain comes with a spoiler tag.

Before ascending to the position of Left Protector, the Left Protector served as a menial servant in the Chang Le He Huan Sect for decades. This so-called "cultivation" was common in the Chang Le He Huan Sect.

The Chang Le He Huan Sect is not actually the same as the "Mei Sect" that is widely known in the cultivation world.

Although some disciples within the sect do indeed study seductive arts, others practice techniques that have absolutely nothing to do with seductive arts.

Compared to seductive arts, the Chang Le He Huan Sect is actually more famous among high-level sects for its ruthless path.

The internal cultivation methods of the sect, regardless of whether they involve seductive arts, contain the essence of the ruthless path. Some even have dual cultivation methods, with the Yin and Yang chapters corresponding to the ruthless path and the path of affection, respectively.

Since the founding of the Chang Le He Huan Sect, the sect leader and deputy sect leader have respectively cultivated the path of sentient beings and the path of insentient beings, which has long been a tradition of the sect.

However, the most difficult part of cultivating the Path of Ruthlessness is severing emotions.

Those who are born heartless and ungrateful are ultimately a minority. Many disciples stagnate in their cultivation because they cannot sever their emotions, and eventually have no choice but to switch to the path of affection.

The deeper one goes into the path of ruthlessness, the less one's emotions and desires become, making it increasingly difficult to sever emotions and the chances of switching to the path of emotions become increasingly slim.

To overcome this bottleneck, the disciples who cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness racked their brains and finally found a simple way to break through the barrier of emotions:

First, choose a person, pour all your feelings into them, and treat them with your true heart. When you can no longer overcome the obstacles of love, then kill them with your own hands, thus proving your path.

This method, which is almost like cheating, is called "cultivation".

In the Chang Le He Huan Sect, almost every disciple who cultivates the Path of Ruthlessness has a nurturing partner, mostly a human, which makes it easier to develop feelings.

Indeed, many people have used this method to break through the barriers of emotion and enter the Golden Core or even the Nascent Soul realm. However, some people ultimately cannot bring themselves to be ruthless and give up the path of ruthlessness for the sake of emotions.

The chosen trainees were mostly disciples from other sects who were unaware of the inside story. Some even chose ordinary people as their targets. These people would never know until their deaths that they were merely a medium to carry emotions. Once the trainee reached the point of emotional distress, it would be the moment when they offered up all their usefulness.

The Left Protector had not heard before that the Venerable One cultivated the Path of Ruthlessness, but considering the Venerable One's usual behavior, it seemed reasonable.

The emotions between a mentor and a student are not limited to romantic love. Parental love, filial piety, sibling affection, mentor-student relationship, and even confidantship can all be severed, and the bond between fellow students is no exception.

As for why the Venerable One traveled thousands of miles to this obscure righteous sect to find a nurturing partner, perhaps it was to experience the life of a righteous sect, or perhaps it was because Long Yucheng looked similar to a certain old friend.

To quickly develop emotional attachment, most people choose someone similar to the deceased as a model for empathy.

Having thought he had figured out the whole story, the Left Protector was much more at ease about suddenly becoming the Demon Lord's master—he understood role-playing, he was very experienced in it.

"Master, Senior Brother, where do we go next?"

In the blink of an eye, he transformed from a righteous disciple into a member of the demonic path, and Long Yucheng adapted to his new identity very well.

His main task now is to successfully establish his foundation, but that is still a long way off for him. The side quests, on the other hand, keep refreshing, from "Clearing the Injustice" to "Acting on Behalf of Heaven".

The side quest about upholding justice is still hanging on the quest log, and the target of the quest is none other than his newly sworn master.

Long Yucheng was speechless, so he simply put away the annoying task bar—he was increasingly convinced that this Heavenly Dao System was extremely stupid, so he decided to just ignore it.

The Left Protector subconsciously waited for Huo Yu to speak first.

After thinking for a moment, Huo Yu said:

"Let's go back to the sect first."

Long Yucheng had no objection to this, nor did he ponder why the three of them followed Huo Yu's lead. He naturally replied, "..."

"Senior brother, what is our sect called?"

"I don't know."

Huo Yu answered frankly.

"Ahem, your senior brother is my spy planted in the righteous sects. To prevent him from being discovered by those hooligans, I haven't officially let him join the sect yet."

The Left Protector smoothly glossed over the matter. He understood the role-playing aspect; if he couldn't return to the old sect, he naturally had to find a new one, otherwise where would he cultivate the bond between fellow disciples?

However, the choice of this new sect is truly giving the Left Protector a headache.

The Chang Le He Huan Sect is clearly not an option. Not to mention that the current Venerable One and he are not members of the Chang Le He Huan Sect, how can they possibly bring this burden of a Qi Refining Level 1 cultivator into the sect?

Moreover, the Chang Le Mountains are the lair of that fox, Hua Yan Yue; nothing can escape his eyes. If the Venerable Lord's identity is exposed, what's the point of this nurturing game?

After much deliberation, the Left Protector finally came up with a suitable sect.

At the same time, a red streak of light was fleeing at an astonishing speed in the opposite direction, a thousand miles away from the three of them. Inside the streak of light was Red Butterfly, the red-robed elder of the Divine Sword Sect.

Red Butterfly rides her flying sword at full speed, with her paired sub-swords circling around her, forming a defensive stance.

Thinking of the tragic scene in Beast Taming Valley, Hongdie's face paled even more, her originally fair skin now almost as white as paper.

From the moment the people in the Lotus Palace received news of the demonic sect's disturbance to the moment Red Butterfly rushed to the location of the audacious villain, only half a quarter of an hour had passed.

However, when she arrived, what she saw before her was the almost completely slaughtered disciples of Beast Taming Valley, as well as three Golden Core stage elders of Beast Taming Valley who were engaged in a fierce battle with the invaders.

And all of this was caused by only one person!

When Hongdie arrived, the one with the lowest cultivation level among the three Golden Core stage elders was already seriously injured, while the other two Golden Core stage elders joined forces to attack the demonic sect member.

This person ignored all the attacks and rushed straight towards the shaky Beast Taming Valley elder, using some strange supernatural power to absorb all of his cultivation.

As the elder of Beast Taming Valley died, the black-clad man's injuries were instantly healed, and his cultivation greatly improved. Even when facing the combined attack of the remaining two elders of Beast Taming Valley, he was still able to handle the situation with ease!

This scene sent chills down Hongdie's spine. She hurriedly activated her sword technique and joined the battle with Chen Liyun, who arrived last. However, even with the four of them working together, they still couldn't budge the man in black in the slightest.

After the man in black used a suicidal attack to defeat the two elders of Beast Taming Valley one by one, Red Butterfly abandoned Chen Liyun and turned to flee, without even having time to notify the three people still in the Lotus Hall.

She recognized the technique used by the man in black as the Blood Demon Devouring Heaven Divine Art of the Blood Demon Sect, the number one sect of the demonic path a hundred years ago!

The Blood Demon Devouring Heaven Divine Art has reappeared in the cultivation world, and she must return to the Divine Sword Sect immediately to report to its superior sect—the Profound Heaven Sword Sect.

However, when she rushed back to the Divine Sword Sect, she found the sect completely slaughtered.

The one who wiped out the entire Divine Sword Sect was none other than the Five-Colored Daoist, whose external avatar had been destroyed by Huang Xiao in the Demon God Palace.

When Red Butterfly arrived at the Divine Sword Sect, Five-Colored Taoist had already gone to the Qiongshan Sect.

The reason why the Five-Colored Taoist is called Five-Colored is because he possesses five-colored divine light.

At this moment, he was walking through the air on five-colored divine light, and in a ball of five-colored light in his hand, a soul with a blank expression was tightly imprisoned.

If Hongdie were here, she would definitely recognize that the soul was the leader of the Divine Sword Sect at a glance.