After conquering the Empress, I proved my Dao with the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace!

Who would have thought that this inconspicuous little cultivator would escape right under the noses of these three Xuanhuang Realm experts?

Even the one with double pupils strangely recognized the other as its master.

Ancestor Ziyan, enraged, wildly waved his sleeves, causing the surrounding ores to explode with a series of booming sounds.

He vented his anger on the local ore.

Looking at the chaotic scene before her, the middle-aged woman sighed.

If the outside world were to find out that three Xuanhuang Realm experts from the Brahma Sect had been defeated by a junior Xuanwang Realm cultivator, it would be a great loss.

If I told people this, they would probably laugh their heads off.

A moment later, her eyes suddenly flashed.

The Purple-Faced Ancestor also stopped what he was doing.

Just then, the air in mid-air exploded with a loud bang, revealing a plume of black smoke.

Amidst the scattering of countless specks of smoke, the blackness rapidly contracted, finally transforming into a pitch-black figure.

The figure was blurry and indistinct, but it exuded an aura even more astonishing than that of the Purple-Faced Ancestor.

"This person carries the aura of the Great Wilderness... Find him, at all costs, but do not let other sects know!"

"Double pupils recognizing their master...this might be a good thing, or it could be a variable..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the shadow vanished, as if it had never existed.

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At this very moment, near the territory of the Yin-Yang Sect, there exists a lake.

This lake is like a mirror, radiating a rich, mysterious aura, which makes it shrouded in mist year-round, like a secluded paradise.

But this is true for ordinary people. In reality, although the profound energy here is good, it is far inferior to that of the six major sects.

Even some smaller sects are clearly far superior to this place.

Although this place is not within the territory of the Yin-Yang Sect, it is on the edge, closer to the border with the Wuji Palace.

Surviving here will always involve danger.

Another important point is that the Yin-Yang Sect and the Wuji Palace have some old grudges, which are known to almost all cultivators in the Southern Region.

These two sects have a blood feud. Although there has been no large-scale conflict, small-scale skirmishes have occurred from time to time.

In this region, outside of these forces, the area is often the battlefield for the Yin Yang Sect and the Wuji Palace.

Beside the lake, there is a mountain villa where the Wen family of cultivators, who live in the cracks of society, reside.

The strongest member of the clan is the clan head, who is at the first level of the Great Mystic Master realm. There are eight or nine other clan members who are at the Mystic Master realm.

The rest were all juniors in the Body Refinement Realm and the Profound Realm.

Fortunately, the head of the Wen family was once a disciple of the Wuji Palace, but due to his advanced age and serious injuries, his cultivation has stagnated.

For such disciples, Wuji Palace would send them away from the sect to establish their own cultivator families in the surrounding areas.

Having offspring will give them the opportunity to enter the Wuji Palace in the future.

Furthermore, even when the Yin-Yang Sect comes here, they don't usually pay any attention to them. Therefore, the Wen family has been relatively peaceful in this area over the years.

But this peace is only relative to the absence of major acts of bullying.

However, friction with nearby cultivator families of similar background was constant.

The spirit lake occupied by the Wen family, in particular, is extremely coveted by the surrounding cultivator families.

They've been eyeing it covetously for a long time.

If it weren't for the fact that the Wen family patriarch was a Grand Master, they would have divided it up immediately.

However, now that Wen Ziren, the head of the Wen family, has only a few years left to live and his health is deteriorating, a crisis is gradually emerging.

Today, the Hong family, with ulterior motives, has also arrived and is now sneering at the Wen family and their entourage.

"Fellow Daoist Ziren, you should carefully consider the Hong family's proposal. If our two families unite by marriage and share this lake, the Wen and Hong families will surely survive and return to Wuji Palace in no time!"

Hong Jingshan, the head of the Hong family, gave a forced smile and spoke in a sinister tone.

Behind him followed more than a dozen clansmen, all of whom were at the Xuan Master realm.

Among them, the most eye-catching was a handsome young man whose cultivation had reached the peak of the ninth level of the Xuan Master realm, just one step away from stepping into the Great Xuan Master realm.

At this moment, the young man smiled and looked at Wen Ziren's side, where a graceful young woman stood, her beautiful face showing a hint of haggardness and anger.

The girl wore a pale yellow dress. The lake breeze blew, lifting her hair, revealing her pretty face and jade-like skin.

Especially her dark eyes, full of liveliness, make her a rare and beautiful woman.

Beside the girl, James Wan looked sickly, as if he were about to reach the end of his life.

Looking at the Hong family members ahead, he was about to speak when his body twitched and he suddenly coughed violently.

Seeing this, the girl stepped forward with a worried look in her eyes and gently supported Wen Ziren.

"Hong Jingshan, this sacred lake is yours, but your marriage to my daughter is impossible!"

Wen Ziren sighed, patted the girl's hand beside him, and looked up at the Hong family. Although his voice was weak, it was resolute.

“I want Linghu, and I also want your Wen family’s daughter who is skilled in talismans! If your Wen family agrees, fine, but if not…” Hong Jingshan said with a smile.

Although he had a smile on his face, his eyes revealed a strong killing intent, and he took a step forward.

With that step, an overwhelming pressure from a first-level Grandmaster instantly spread out.

This caused the members of the Wen family at the Xuan Master realm to turn pale and show signs of tension and unease.

This caused ripples to spread across the lake beside it.

But at that moment, the entire sky, which had been blazing with sunshine, suddenly darkened.

It was as if the surrounding world had been covered up in that instant.

Fortunately, it recovered in the blink of an eye. If someone had blinked at that moment, they probably wouldn't have noticed the strange phenomenon.

But the Wen and Hong families on the lake changed their expressions and gasped.

Hong Jingshan looked incredulous, and Wen Ziren, who was originally burning with anger, was also stunned.

The clansmen behind the two families also looked at the lake in horror.

Suddenly, a huge black hole appeared on the lake.

As the lake water churned, a figure staggered out of the dark hole, exuding an overwhelming aura of menace.

Suddenly, the figure spat out a mouthful of blood and flew forward, landing right between the two families.

Qin Chuan's face was pale, and his brows furrowed slightly. In a moment unseen by everyone, a red glint flashed in his left eye.

"Strange, what just happened?" Qin Chuan muttered to himself.

As he was teleported away, something seemed to fly into his left eye.

Soon, Qin Chuan's gaze fell on the Wen and Hong families, knowing that this was not the time to think about such things.

"Cough cough..."

Patting his robes, Qin Chuan coughed awkwardly twice and chuckled, "Did I disturb you? Please continue, please continue..."

As he spoke, he walked to the side and sat cross-legged to recover from his injuries.

The middle-aged man's palm strike, imbued with the cultivation of the Profound Emperor Realm, though he held back, still severely injured him, and he must recover as soon as possible.

Looking at the boy not far away, Wen Ziren recovered from his rapid breathing.

A strange light appeared in his eyes, and just as the girl beside him was about to speak, he gently pulled her back.

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