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

Within a single day, Beast Taming Valley and Divine Sword Sect were wiped out one after another, and Qiongshan Sect was also in dire straits.

Before any of the disciples were aware of what was happening, several figures had already quietly left the Qiongshan Sect.

Yun Liushui was one of them. After an accident occurred while retrieving the soul of the Yin-Yang Fish, he was afraid that things might get complicated if he waited too long, so he simply left the Qiongshan Sect overnight.

The other person who left the Qiongshan Sect was Guan Fengyue, an outer disciple who had met Huo Yu once before.

Within a short month, this woman encountered some extraordinary event, and her cultivation level jumped from a mortal with no spiritual power to the third level of Qi Refining.

Not long after Guan Fengyue left the Qiongshan Sect, the Five-Colored Taoist arrived at the Qiongshan Sect.

In an instant, the entire Qiongshan Mountain was enveloped in five-colored light. Within that divine light, the Qiongshan Sect disciples, unaware of the danger, lost their senses one after another.

Even Elder He, who possessed the highest cultivation level, could only hold out for a moment after his sudden resistance. The light in his eyes was completely extinguished, and his soulless body collapsed to the ground.

As Guan Fengyue walked through Yincheng, he seemed to sense something. He looked towards the misty Qiongshan Mountain, and with a flash of light, a cracked, ancient jade slip appeared in his palm.

After concentrating on her senses for a moment, her expression shifted between light and dark.

"Damn it, the plot has been altered again. Who on earth—"

As Guan Fengyue pondered, another crack appeared on the ancient jade slip in her hand, making it seem as if the entire jade slip might shatter into pieces at any moment.

Guan Fengyue carefully put away the jade slip, and after quickly determining the direction, she hurriedly headed in one direction.

And the direction she was heading, whether by coincidence or not, happened to be the same as the direction Huo Yu and his group were heading.

At this moment, Huo Yu and his two companions were riding on the Left Protector's flying magical artifact—a pleasure boat that exuded a dark, inky luster.

"I am the third elder of the Shadow Peak of the Yellow Spring Sect, and my status within the sect is quite special. Even after you two officially join the sect, you must not reveal my existence to anyone."

Zuo Hu's tone was solemn as he explained the fabricated identity and background he had just created to Huo Yu and Long Yucheng.

The Yellow Springs Sect does indeed exist, and there is an elder within the sect with whom he has a close relationship. With that person's help, securing two disciple slots is not a difficult task.

As for the identity of the third elder of Duoying Peak, that was entirely fabricated by him.

However, Duoying Peak does indeed hold a transcendent position within the Huangquan Sect. The number of its elders and even its disciples remains a mystery. He can make up stories without worrying about being exposed.

"The disciple understands."

To accelerate the protagonist's growth, the protagonist's powerful backer in the novel always remains hidden except when the protagonist's life is in danger. Long Yucheng quickly accepted this setting and immediately patted his chest to promise that he would not reveal his master's existence.

Huo Yu nodded slightly, very satisfied with the Left Protector's quick thinking.

"Within the Yellow Springs Sect, there are three peaks: Soul Refining Peak, Ghost Controlling Peak, and Shadow Seizing Peak. New disciples need several years to be assigned a place based on their aptitude. If no suitable choice is found, they will be expelled from the sect."

The Left Protector said solemnly, "These rules weren't made up by me. But with my connections, it wouldn't be difficult to manipulate them later. However, the necessary pressure still needs to be applied, since external forces are needed to drive the growth of feelings."

As expected, Long Yucheng's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing this, while Huo Yu glanced at the Left Protector with an indifferent look.

The Left Protector felt uneasy under that glance, and swallowed back all the words he had prepared. He simply shut his mouth and did his best to urge the cruise ship to speed up.

The small black boat transformed into a streak of inky light, moving at full speed. In less than half a day, the three of them arrived at the gate of the Yellow Springs Sect.

Even before the flight began, the Left Protector had already used a communication device to contact his old acquaintances from the Yellow Springs Sect and made arrangements for everything that followed.

As soon as he landed, after obtaining Huo Yu's permission, the Left Protector hurriedly left, citing "my special status as a master makes it inappropriate for me to appear in front of ordinary disciples."

Huo Yu and a bewildered Long Yucheng were left standing blankly in front of the Yellow Springs Sect's mountain gate.

Before long, a disciple with a cold expression gracefully arrived from the mountain.

This person's flying method was different from others. It was neither the way most people used to ride objects, nor the way Huo Yu flew out of thin air. Instead, he was surrounded by a strange black mist and moved forward at a speed as fast as a ghost. Wherever he passed, he left behind a series of black afterimages.

As the disciple approached, Long Yucheng finally saw the true nature of the black mist—it was actually countless hideous souls, and he was startled.

The Yellow Springs Sect disciple glanced coldly at Long Yucheng, a look of disdain flashing in his eyes. His expression softened slightly when he turned to Huo Yu, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and he said indifferently:

"You two must be the new disciples. Come with me."

After saying that, he didn't care whether Huo Yu and Long Yucheng could keep up, and just like when he came, he flew up the mountain on his own.

Huo Yu carried Long Yucheng and followed behind him at a leisurely pace. Soon, they arrived at a magnificent pavilion on the mountaintop with this Huangquan Sect disciple.

Inside the pavilion, only a Foundation Establishment disciple dressed in black was meditating and cultivating. His cultivation method was quite similar to that of the Yellow Spring Sect disciple who had led the way. As he breathed, a ferocious black ghostly shadow would occasionally appear on his face.

Sensing someone enter the attic, the black-clad disciple opened his eyes with slight impatience, but upon seeing the leading Yellow Springs Sect disciple, his expression changed to one of respect, and he quickly rose to bow.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Zhang."

The disciple surnamed Zhang nodded indifferently and said:

"These two are newly initiated disciples."

The Foundation Establishment disciple quickly glanced at Huo Yu and Long Yucheng, his gaze lingering a moment longer on Long Yucheng, who was at the first level of Qi Refining, before swiftly turning to the disciple surnamed Zhang and respectfully asking:

"Are these two junior brothers registered under Senior Brother Zhang's name?"

The Yellow Springs Sect only recruits outer disciples once every twenty years. Outside of the sect's opening period for accepting disciples, one can only enter the sect through the introduction of an inner disciple.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment stage disciples have one recommendation quota per year, while elder disciples have an additional quota. Expired quotas are invalid and cannot be carried over to the next year, even if they are not used.

The cultivator surnamed Zhang was a disciple of Elder Gu of Ghost Control Peak, and happened to have two recommendation slots. The black-clad disciple naturally assumed that the two people were recommended by the cultivator surnamed Zhang.

However, the cultivator surnamed Zhang said:

"I'll register it under my master's name; I'm entrusting this place to you."