Hammer in her left hand, sword in her right, the eldest sister is connected to both worlds.

In the demon palace in the desolate region, Ji Yan looked at a mirror in front of him, in which the scene before Xuan Shuo's death was being played out.

Although the image became somewhat blurry after the appearance of the Thunder Demon Lord, he still managed to see the girl at the center of the Zhong Lei Formation.

He was dressed in a moon-white robe, his back to the mirror and the outside world, but he recognized him at a glance.

The Demon God's son smashed the cup, sweeping everything on the table in front of him onto the floor: "It's her again!"

The demonesses dancing inside the palace were generally of low cultivation level, and they trembled under the pressure of the Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator, kneeling on the ground unable to get up.

Ji Yan regained some of his composure; his hatred for Xue Lan had reached an uncontrollable point. The man gently gnawed on the knuckle of his left middle finger.

"It's good that Xuan Shuo is dead. He was arrogant and uncontrollable." A blurry black shadow appeared behind Ji Yan, accompanied by an old, hoarse voice.

"Your Highness, leave the affairs of the lower realm to the Demon Lord. They are nothing but useless trash who will never break free from their shackles, no matter what."

Ji Yan nodded: "But that demonic soul..."

The demon soul of the Demon Lord Xuan Shuo was something that even he, the son of a demon god, coveted.

Ji Yan pondered for a moment, a calculating glint flashing in her alluring peach blossom eyes.

"Priest, what do you think will happen to the lower demon realm if I reveal that the Xuan Shuo Demon Soul is in the hands of a human Golden Core stage disciple?"

After a moment of contemplation, the person behind him spoke: "Your Highness's plan is brilliant."

"Then let's do it this way. We'll be returning to the Upper Realm soon anyway. Let them play with Xuan Shuo's demonic soul."

[Ji Yan encounters Long Siyin at Luoxia Mountain and fights her to the death. Yue Zhong dies protecting Long Siyin. Later, Ji Yan returns to the Upper Realm's Desolate Region and is betrayed by his brother during the Demon God's Trial. He is transformed into a boy with amnesia, falls to the Lower Realm, falls in love with Long Siyin, and his true identity is later discovered...]

"Stop, stop, stop!" Xue Lan waved her hand, interrupting the system's explanation.

"No need to go on about the rest, I don't really want to hear it. By the way, what did your main system say?"

"It says let it be quiet!" the system said excitedly.

Xue Lan gave a soft "Oh".

[Aren't you unhappy? The wise, all-knowing System Master won't leave you.]

Xue Lan activated her passive skill: "Excited, thrilled, happy!"

System: She's just giving me the runaround, right?

In a void amidst the turbulent flow of spacetime, tens of thousands of data chains flow like a long river.

"Let her stay with the host." A gentle female voice sounded.

"Stay with the host. She's different from us. Maybe one day she'll find her way home!" A childish voice rang out.

"Let her stay in that world; after all, she's the youngest child!" an aged voice replied.

"Then so be it!" the first female voice declared.

Meanwhile, the system that was leisurely in Xue Lan's sea of ​​consciousness received a reminder from the main system.

All story routes are now available.

[Main storyline analysis function enabled]

[System 001 is permitted to remain in its current world to assist its host in completing the upcoming mission.]

[Host, I can stay in this world now.]

Xue Lan also heard the main system's voice from earlier and nodded gently: "I heard it."

"Are you some kind of wooden stake?" the system angrily questioned.

"No," Xue Lan said with a smile, "Let me see the results of unlocking the entire storyline."

The girl held the sphere containing Xuan Shuo's demonic soul in her hand. The demonic soul inside was still struggling.

After all, it was the demon soul of a Demon Lord in the Nascent Soul stage. Although it was sealed in this small sphere by Lei Kui, it could still cause a great disaster if not handled carefully. Therefore, after the Demon Lord Lei Kui was eliminated, Tu Shan Yan helped Xue Lan reinforce the seal and instructed her to keep a close eye on this thing.

Dao Xuanzi poked her head and said that she had become too bold and dared to ask for anything.

Xue Lan smiled but didn't say anything, and hid in the cave of Jiangyun Sect for more than a month.

A familiar aura flew in from outside the cave. Xue Lan heard the boy's energetic voice: "Senior Sister, Zhu He is here."

Her silly junior brother has arrived.

With a wave of her hand, Xue Lan stored the demonic soul in her hand into the Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map, and the originally closed cave and sect gate slowly opened.

Zhu He stood outside, still bowing in salute, carrying a heavy sword on his back. Against the backdrop of the slowly brightening sky, he looked striking and exuded youthful energy.

Xue Lan felt that she could never become that kind of young person.

Unlike her feigned carefree arrogance, Zhu He's vitality was innate.

"Come in. Have you prepared for what I told you before?" Xue Lan smiled and called Zhu He in, the stone door slowly closing behind the boy.

Zhu He still seemed somewhat hesitant, standing still after entering. He watched as Xue Lan prepared some materials in front of him.

The molten iron in the furnace in front of him was scalding hot. Zhu He soon broke out in a thin layer of sweat.

Only when he saw the blueprint for the Spirit Dividing Ring appear on Xue Lan's Chonglou Illusionary Treasure Map, and a purple magic core appear in the hand of the eldest senior sister, did Zhu He finally speak, albeit tremblingly.

"Zhu He is unwilling to leave the Xuanhuang Sect and unwilling to leave Jiyuan Peak."

Xue Lan seemed to have anticipated Zhu He's answer. A month ago, she obtained Xuan Shuo's demon core and refined the second Spirit Splitting Ring. Afterward, she went to Dao Xuanzi and told him about Zhu He.

Dao Xuanzi almost twisted Xue Lan's head off on the spot, but in the end, he couldn't bring himself to do it. He gave Xue Lan two solutions.

First, continue wearing the Spirit Shard Ring, with the Demon Core of the Out-of-Body stage serving as the core. This will at least ensure that Zhu He does not lose control before the early stage of Out-of-Body.

The price was that Zhu He would leave the Xuanhuang Sect and take poison, which would cause him to explode and die once he broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm. Afterwards, he would travel the world, slaying demons, and would have no further connection with the Xuanhuang Sect.

Second, he asked the Dao under the Xuanhuang Tree and then stayed in the Xuanhuang Sect. From then on, he was under the surveillance of the six sects and twelve factions. If he became violent, someone would kill him.

Xue Lan told Zhu He about the two methods and gave him a month.

Xue Lan looked at the blueprints and inlaid Xuan Shuo's magic core into the new spirit-splitting ring.

The girl's voice flowed like a clear spring: "I remember your childhood dream was to become an immortal and travel the world. Choosing to leave the Xuanhuang Sect was the best choice for you."

Zhu He mustered her courage and stepped forward: "But Senior Sister, I don't want to."

"This isn't a matter of whether you want to or not. Even if you don't want to, I have ways to expel you from the sect," Xue Lan said with a cold face and an extremely indifferent voice.

Zhu He suddenly became a little anxious: "Zhu He is willing to live under the surveillance of the Six Sects, and Zhu He feels there is nothing wrong with it."

"Senior sister!"

"Why do you insist on driving him away?" the system asked Xue Lan, somewhat puzzled. The second method was clearly the only way to protect Zhu He.

"If Zhu He stays in the Xuanhuang Sect, he will forever be a thorn in the side of other immortal sect disciples. A boy who is watched day and night is like a wolf cub locked in a cage. Even if he grows up safely, he will never grow into the person he was meant to be." Xue Lan slowly replied to the system.

Can't you even trust your sect a little?

Xue Lan shook her head: "You don't understand."

It wasn't that she didn't trust the sect; she just didn't want to tell the system right now.

“I told you before that I am extremely arrogant, and my master is just like me.”

They defied the sect's rules and allowed Zhu He to begin cultivating. Ling Yuanzi and Xue Lan thought at the time that perhaps the most powerful sword immortal in the lower realm would be cultivated by the two of them.

The wolf clan is arrogant and self-willed, especially Xue Lan. He seems to still think of himself as the absolute demon lord he was a thousand years ago.

He thought that once the matter came to light, he could easily smooth things over.

But in reality, it's impossible. The human race in the lower realm is now on high alert, with demons invading from the outside. If another peerless swordsman who has fallen into demonic possession were to emerge from within, the consequences would be unimaginable.

No one wants to bear the consequences, and no one, no sect, can bear them.

But since Xuanhuang Sect was willing to stand up, and her master was willing to stand up, she was also willing.

Xuanhuang Sect is determined.

Now, she wanted to know Zhu He's resolve, so she used this underhanded test to probe his thoughts.

"Senior Sister, I don't want to leave Jiyuan Peak, I don't want to leave our sect. I will go and talk to the sect leader today." Zhu He stubbornly said another sentence.

Xue Lan handed the spirit-splitting ring, now inlaid with a magic core, to Zhu He.

"Then let's ask!"

Asking the Dao is the fastest way to determine a cultivator's character. After asking the Dao, one chooses a path; those who violate their own path are despised by Heaven and Earth. This is the method generally accepted by cultivators here.

"Zhuhe!" Xue Lan drawled out her voice.

"Do you dare ask?"

The girl's voice echoed in the cave, momentarily drowning out the clanging and banging sounds.

Zhu He laughed heartily, then craned his neck to look at Xue Lan in front of him.

This is his senior sister, a family member who has been by his and his junior sister's side all these years.

She was the senior sister who protected him when he was a child, and now she is the senior sister who is forced to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Jiyuan Peak.

"Senior sister, there's no need to worry. Even if Zhu He loses his freedom, I will become a unique sword immortal in this world. I will dedicate my life to slaying evil demons with the sword in my hand."

After speaking, the boy turned around, his ponytail swaying behind him, the long ends of his hair brushing against the hilt of the heavy sword.

Zhu He left the weapon-refining cave. Although he was quite angry at Xue Lan's coercion earlier, he still obediently closed the door before leaving.

"Look, this is the spirit of a dignified young man." Xue Lan said, looking at Zhu He's back, her voice tinged with laughter.

[You wasted my feelings, you planned this all along, didn't you? You cunning parent!] The system rolled its eyes at Xue Lan in its mind.

This old monster is acting out its role here!

"A cunning parent, I suppose!" Xue Lan smiled, and the soul orb reappeared in her hand.

Zhu He was resolute, and Xue Lan believed he would succeed in his pursuit of becoming a sword immortal. He felt no panic whatsoever.

The girl looked at the soul orb in her hand.

"Let's go and meet this Demon Lord."

After saying that, a sliver of white light flew out from between the girl's eyebrows and landed on the soul orb.