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

"What I want are cultivators from your family."

"Whether voluntary or involuntary."

"As for those old fogies who are still alive, I will personally go and reason with them."

Jiuhuang looked arrogantly at Xiao Sijin, who was clearly panicked but still stubborn.

Xiao Sijin and Li Chunxi looked on in despair, but Gu Yuan hurriedly changed his tune, saying, "If we can share the Xiao and Li families equally with the Xue family, my Gu family is willing to do our part for our ancestor."

Jiuhuang looked at Gu Yuan, who had given in, with disdain and satisfaction.

He gave Xiao Sijin and Li Chunxi one last chance: "How about it?"

“If you don’t back down, the cultivators in your clan will eventually become slaves of our three families, or even be among the first to be sacrificed.”

Li Chunxi seemed to waver, but Xiao Sijin suddenly said, "Our alliance of the four families was not destroyed by the strength of Jiuhuang, but by our own destruction."

"The thing my Xiao family patriarch regretted most was that he listened to the Xie family's sweet talk and sent his disciples to the outer realms."

"Our understanding of the outside world is too shallow, while human greed is endless."

“At first, we just wanted our parents and children to live a better life. But gradually, we had more responsibilities and began to think about how to expand our family and settle our clansmen.”

"We are brought together by blood ties, vying for the best resources in the world and then distributing them within our families, gradually getting to where we are today."

"From one city, one place, one region, and then to beyond the region."

"What use is it to gain all the resources and supreme status after crossing the borders?"

"Over the years, apart from having a longer lifespan, how are we any different from the absolute rulers of the mortal realm?"

"We who are shrouded in desires will never become immortals."

Nine Desolations gathered spiritual power in its palm: "Stop talking!!"

"I'll ascend to immortality someday!!"

"I am an immortal!!"

"Hahahahahaha..."

He struck Xiao Sijin's head with a palm strike.

The scene of the woman's flesh and blood flying everywhere that he had imagined did not occur; instead, a sharp, cold-looking spirit sword silently pierced through his palm.

The sword blade rippled gently with water, radiating endless killing intent and fighting spirit from over two thousand years ago.

"who is it?!"

Jiuhuang was terrified. His divine sense enveloped the entire city, and the people in the city had already trembled and hid in corners during the incident of the apprenticeship ceremony.

"Yun Yici, the current sect leader of Lingwei Sect in Xuanling Domain, along with sect elder Shen Huaichuan, have come to congratulate the Xie family's direct descendants on their return!"

High above, the white-robed female cultivator and the blue-robed male cultivator stood one after the other, looking down upon the city from the sky, appearing like celestial beings.

Jiuhuang's face twitched rapidly: "Xuanling Domain? Oh, so it's Xuanling Domain."

"You've come at the perfect time! I was just wondering where you were!"

He gripped the sword tightly, his knuckles digging into Huai Chuan as if to break it, but the moment he touched the blade, Huai Chuan transformed into a wisp of wind and slipped away from his wound.

Yun Yici summoned Huaichuan back and held him in her hands.

The Nine Desolations' oppressive aura remained, yet it subtly released Xie Yuanchen and the others.

Xie Yuanchen hurriedly summoned his guards, intending to activate the city's protective formation.

"The Sun and Moon Shuttle is in your hands?"

Yun Yici said coldly, "Shouldn't we settle the score between our two families more than the Sun and Moon Shuttle?"

"More than two thousand years ago, it was your Xie family that started by joining forces with four other families to offend my sect in the Xuanling Domain."

"Our sect fought to the death to kill the enemy and leave all the powerful bandits in the Xuanling Domain. The price we paid was that our sect was interrupted for nearly two thousand years."

"I have come to pay this visit today to avenge this blood debt!"

Xiao Sijin's dull eyes flickered, while Xue Xi regretted it.

The elites of those five families back then! They were sent out and wiped out by a sect in the Xuanling Domain!

What else is there to fight?

The wounds on Jiuhuang's hands healed quickly, and the soul sword that he had pierced through the ground rose up and fell into his hand.

"I was just wondering how to find out the cause of death of my people back then, and you've delivered yourselves right to my doorstep."

“Two mere children dare to come here and cause trouble.”

"You've already reached the Mahayana stage before you're even three hundred years old. If you were to hide and start cultivating, it would only make things difficult for me."

"As for you, a mere demon, you are not destined for greatness."

Shen Huaichuan cultivates both immortal and demonic arts; if he doesn't make a move, even the Nine Desolations wouldn't be able to discern his true nature.

"Today I will use you two arrogant brats as a sacrifice to my sword!"

As soon as the Soul Sword moved, the heavens and earth burst open, creating countless blood-red ravines, and the cries and resentments of the dead soared to the sky.

Yun Yici stepped forward without hesitation. Huaichuan embraced all things, and when it collided with the sword intent of the Soul Sword, it emitted a clear sound like the chanting of Brahma.

An invisible sound spread out, cleansing and purifying the blood-red sky, dissolving the crimson resentment into nothingness.

Their domains opened simultaneously, one crimson and filthy, the other as clear as the wind.

Two equally matched forces distorted the void at their point of intersection, unleashing a violent spatial-temporal tremor.

Jiuhuang was extremely surprised. This person was only a Mahayana cultivator, yet he dared to compete with him. Today, he must eliminate him completely, otherwise he will surely become a great threat in the future!

The killing intent contracted in his pupils, and the true essence condensed on the sword's edge had transformed into a three-inch blood-red blade.

In that split second, a needle-like chill suddenly exploded from Jiuhuang's spine.

—A streak of dark sword light was tearing through space as it approached.

The sword intent was so condensed that it was almost transparent, as if it came from the void, silently, and the fine black cracks it left behind resembled wounds cut open in the sky.

Before the sword even arrived, its chilling aura had already frozen the hairs on the back of his neck.

What's even more terrifying is that the sword's momentum seems to contain three parts of the laws of heaven, making him feel a near-death tremor.

In a daze, he saw thousands of withered bones floating in the sword light, like an eighteen-story pagoda.

Who on earth is this person?!

At the critical moment of life and death, Jiuhuang dared not act recklessly.

In a panic, he abandoned the Soul Sword and summoned his own natal sword, switching his attack on Yun Yici to defend his back.

"boom!"

The entire city of Chaoyang was reduced to ruins in the blink of an eye.

The natal sword is connected to its master's energy. After receiving that sword light, the blood from the mouth of the Nine Desolate Tiger splattered and stained the Dao patterns on the hilt.

His sword also trembled as if wailing.

Jiuhuang staggered and was pushed back, but the raging sword intent behind him came again!

He roared, "Xie Yuanchen, activate the city's protective formation!"

Having not been provoked or engaged in actual combat for many years, he was now driven to this point by two juniors, which had enraged him!

Xie Yuanchen was sweating profusely as he looked at the Xie family home, which was now mostly destroyed.

Everyone's asleep!

This is impossible!

The silver-haired Jiu Meng hovered in the air, and upon seeing Xie Yuanchen, skillfully pulled him into her dream.

After doing all this, she gazed towards the forbidden area, her eyes filled with hope.