The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

The gilded lattice windows of the main hall closed silently, and the light from outside shone through the silhouettes on the windows, dividing them into patches of light.

Shen Fengzhi took out a golden token from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Huaichuan.

"Do you know that the four realms we inhabit are collectively called the Xuanling Domain?"

Shen Huaichuan took the warrant, which was engraved with strange characters.

After examining it closely, Yun Yici felt that the character resembled the character "天" (tian, meaning sky).

Shen Huaichuan gripped the warrant tightly in his hand, so tightly that his fist began to tremble, yet the warrant remained undamaged.

He murmured, "So that's how it is."

Shen Fengzhi didn't expect him to react so strongly. She said helplessly, "This is a warrant sent by the Heavenly Spirit Domain."

"Legend has it that when the world was first created, the gods descended to earth and divided the chaos into four regions: Heaven, Earth, Darkness, and Yellowness."

"The two energies of Yin and Yang are clear above and turbid below. Those who attain the Dao can cultivate and ascend to the upper realm."

"The four regions have never been in contact, and fewer and fewer people know about this matter. Even I never thought that one day I would receive this order."

Shen Huaichuan asked, "What do they mean?"

Shen Fengzhi said calmly, "They want my sect to offer up the four immortal artifacts scattered in my domain, and they also want my Lingwei Sect to submit, to aid and abet the tyrant, and to help them subjugate the four realms as slaves."

Moon Lady slammed her fist on the table in fury: "This is outrageous!!"

Yun Yici was also completely astonished. Was this the truth behind the annihilation of the Lingwei Sect?

Shen Huaichuan also thought of the final fate of the Lingwei Sect, and he said in a deep voice, "What does the sect leader think?"

Shen Fengzhi sighed: "We still don't know how they managed to send the message across the interdimensional boundary."

"Heaven and earth are black and yellow, with the Heavenly Spirit Domain at the forefront. Since he has a channel to my domain, he must have taken action in the other two domains as well."

"It's just that we're out of touch with the outside world and don't know the details, so we can only wait passively."

Shen Fengzhi's anxiety as the sect leader was self-evident.

The threat that Lingwei Sect is facing this time is an existence of a higher dimension than their own.

Shen Huaichuan handed the warrant back to Shen Fengzhi.

He remained silent and did not say another word.

Yun Yici, however, noticed his struggle.

The destruction of the Lingwei Sect is an undeniable fact.

Reason told him that they should act as bystanders, uncover this long-buried history, find out the whole story of the Lingwei Sect's downfall, and avoid repeating the same mistakes.

But the vibrant Shen Fengzhi and the Lingwei Sect members before him were all piercing his heart.

Does he expect him to stand by and watch the Lingwei Sect head towards destruction?

Yun Yici lowered her head, and when she raised it again, she directly pierced Shen Fengzhi with a spiritual sense!

Shen Huaichuan immediately waved his sleeve to block: "Xiao Ci?"

Yue Niang quickly dragged Yun Yici away to avoid them.

However, as soon as her spiritual sense was activated, Shen Fengzhi immediately noticed it.

Shen Fengzhi put away the warrant in his hand and shouted sternly, "Shen Xiu! What's going on?!"

Yun Yici broke free from Yue Niang's grasp and said earnestly to Shen Huaichuan, "Senior Shen, Sect Leader Shen should have the right to know."

If he can't do it, then she'll give him a push.

Shen Huaichuan's unusual behavior in the deserted area had already alerted Shen Fengzhi to something amiss.

Shen Fengzhi's sharp gaze also turned to where Yun Yici was.

Shen Huaichuan sighed and knelt down before Shen Fengzhi again: "Sect Leader, haven't you noticed anything wrong with Shen Xiu yet?"

He stretched out his hand, palm up, and the spiritual power that should have been invisible turned into pitch-black demonic energy.

Shen Zhifeng stared in shock at the demonic energy surging in Shen Huaichuan's hand: "How could you have fallen into the demon race...?"

Shen Huaichuan then told Shen Fengzhi about his origins, as well as the existence of Yun Yici and Yue Niang, who were standing nearby.

Shen Fengzhi said bitterly, "So the Lingwei Sect was destroyed in this catastrophe?"

Is there any point in starting a battle whose outcome is already predetermined?

Shen Fengzhi unconsciously began pacing around the hall.

When she stopped, she said firmly, "According to you, we are rootless wandering souls relying on the Book of Commandments."

"Then, our goal is not to win, or to preserve the sect as much as possible, but to find a way to obtain information that will enable you to fight against the outside world."

Shen Fengzhi's thoughts changed quickly, and she added, "We also need to find a way to resolve the issue of the broken Ascension Ladder."

"Within a hundred years, one of our sect's Grand Elders will successfully ascend to immortality."

"The Heavenly Ladder is broken. Could it be that the people of the Heavenly Spirit Domain took revenge after our sect was destroyed?"

Yun Yici frowned as she pondered. Although she had transmigrated into the book, there were no records of foreign lands within it.

A thought flashed through her mind, and she tentatively asked, "Senior Shen, could you please ask Sect Leader Shen if the Four Domains were originally one, then the Heavenly Ladder might be the only passage for the Four Domains to ascend to the Upper Realm?"

This also means that if the people of the Heavenly Spirit Realm also ascend to immortality through the Heavenly Ladder, then breaking the Heavenly Ladder is also cutting off their own path to immortality.

Shen Huaichuan relayed Yun Yici's words to Shen Fengzhi.

Shen Fengzhi actually thought about it seriously for a moment, and then her face turned ugly.

"Our sect currently has ten half-step ascension cultivators. If the sect is destroyed, and they all undergo tribulation at the same time, and then simultaneously self-destruct on the Ascension Ladder, it might shake the ladder by one or two points."

Upon hearing this, Shen Huaichuan, Yun Yici, and Yue Niang were all shocked.

This was due to both the terrifying foundation of the Lingwei Sect and Shen Fengzhi's words.

It caused ten cultivators who were half-step into ascension to self-destruct upon their ascension!

Is this something a human being can say?

Why is there never any record of such commotion?

Yue Niang murmured, "Although I am the founder of the Talisman Sect, I cultivated as a rogue cultivator for many years before the sect was established."

"At that time, I should have been in my teens, and I may have even met Senior Shen once when I was young, but I had never heard of such a horrifying thing."

The Lingwei Sect was wiped out as if overnight.

Yun Yici said, "Even if she is forced into a desperate situation, I don't believe that someone of Sect Leader Shen's character would do something that would leave her with eternal infamy. She must have other plans."

"Furthermore, in the Rakshasa Illusion Sea, she entrusted the Lingwei Seal to me, intending for me to restore the Lingwei Sect."

"Imagine, if the Heavenly Ladder were to break and there were no more paths to immortality, all the cultivation would be in vain. Why would she insist that I take on many disciples, or even open the Outer Pavilion to all cultivators?"

Shen Fengzhi couldn't hear what Yue Niang and Yun Yici were saying; he relied entirely on Shen Huaichuan to relay their conversation.

After hearing Yun Yici's words, she actually smiled slightly: "Originally, I was half-believing when I heard that I was handing over the Lingwei Seal to you, but now I finally understand why I trust you."

"You are the one who understands me."

"Even if Lingwei perishes, I will never be so selfish as to cut off the path to immortality for future generations."

However, Shen Fengzhi in the Rakshasa Illusion Sea did not tell Yun Yici the whole story of the destruction of the Lingwei Sect, nor did he tell her how to repair the Heavenly Ladder.

The atmosphere became tense. After a long while, Shen Fengzhi took the initiative to extend an invitation to Yun Yici: "The Lingwei Sect is in trouble today. I wonder if young friend Yun would be willing to join my sect?"

Yun Yici knelt down and kowtowed before Shen Fengzhi, her words filled with unyielding will: "I am the successor of the Lingwei Sect, and it is only right that I follow you through life and death!"