Xiao Ye couldn't help but speak out, sensing in his heart that this might be an unfathomable grand scheme.
How did the Land of Shelter connect with Blue Star? What was their relationship with Blue Star?
Why had he come to this world? Xiao Ye had a premonition that he would find the answers in Song En.
Song En's gaze was cold and indifferent, a faint light emanating from his fingertips. Killing Xiao Ye was effortless.
He stepped out, his demeanor one of profound compassion.
"Then I shall let you die with clarity."
Outside the secret chamber.
At this moment, Xiao Ye could faintly hear the shouts of the infected.
"King, bad news, the Alliance is attacking..."
Xiao Ye's expression shifted slightly as he glanced at the dark sky outside.
Song En, radiating divine light, seemed out of place in this secret chamber.
He was about to reveal a disturbing truth to Xiao Ye, who was on the brink of death.
The assembled answers were enough to drive anyone who knew the truth to despair and madness!
The Samsara World.
Gu Xiaosu wept in regret upon seeing herself sealed.
However, the memory was not yet over, even though she had learned the painful truth.
Gu Xiaosu still had to face the fate that belonged to her.
It was also the fate witnessed by the entire Blue Star. In the cycle of the cultivation world, righteousness, without the Demon Lord, had instantly regained prosperity.
Gu Xiaosu remained the radiant Saintess, and after forgetting the unbearable memories of the Demon Lord, no one mentioned it to her again.
Everyone had forgotten the Demon Lord, and the Zheng Gu Sect expanded, becoming vastly influential.
Gu Xiaosu soon reached the Mahayana realm, becoming the youngest cultivator to ascend.
She was admired by countless people, with a dedicated position for her lessons every day.
Today.
Disciples from all levels of the Zheng Gu Sect gathered around Gu Xiaosu.
They excitedly discussed, "I heard... the Saintess is about to break through to Mahayana. Today we will see her ascend."
"So envious. Ten years ago, I heard the Saintess had just reached the Soul Transformation stage, and now she's Mahayana. Truly a genius..."
"Look, the lightning tribulation is coming, the Saintess is about to ascend!"
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and terrifying thunder rumbled.
Gu Xiaosu sat on a futon, her face expressionless.
Her body pulsed with amplified power. As long as she endured these lightning tribulations, she would ascend to Mahayana.
The Sect Master and others showed complex expressions, "We never expected our Saintess to ascend so quickly. She is already the second ancestor of Mahayana in the history of our Zheng Gu Sect!!"
The surrounding elders also had strange expressions. They were grateful that they had sealed Gu Xiaosu's memories.
They had not harmed Gu Xiaosu; otherwise, she might not have brought glory to the Zheng Gu Sect when she ascended.
Many other righteous cultivators were also present, all watching Gu Xiaosu's ascension.
Gu Xiaosu channeled her energy, watching the thunder grow more violent.
She was just one step away from her dream of immortal cultivation.
She was about to ascend.
A terrifying, explosive thunderclap, accompanied by a blinding light, surged forward.
Gu Xiaosu stoically endured the lightning strike, and the onlookers could not help but exclaim.
In just a few seconds.
Several booming sounds echoed, and the ground trembled slightly.
Had the Saintess succeeded?
The Sect Master and others watched intently. They saw Gu Xiaosu still sitting on the futon, unmoving.
Her gaze was calm and gentle, a smile curving her lips, "I have endured the lightning tribulation. Fellow Daoists, I await your ascension."
The crowd saw Gu Xiaosu's body floating in mid-air, ready to vanish at any moment.
Congratulations erupted from all sides.
The Zheng Gu Sect also held their heads high. The Sect Master laughed heartily, "Saintess, go forth. The sect will need your protection in the future."
Gu Xiaosu, emanating a sacred aura, nodded slightly in the direction of the Zheng Gu Sect.
As her body began to move away from the cultivation world, ascending to the heavens, the lightning tribulation in the sky did not dissipate.
The dark clouds continued to gather, revealing a hint of strangeness.
Gu Xiaosu was puzzled.
Hadn't she endured the lightning tribulation? Why was the sky still gloomy?
Furthermore, wisps of black smoke suddenly began to drift and coalesce.
Gu Xiaosu heard the elder cultivators of the righteous path cry out in shock, "Demon Lord?"
What... Demon Lord?
Gu Xiaosu's body froze in mid-air. She used her divine sense to scan the surrounding black smoke.
Before she could discern what it was, Gu Xiaosu heard screams.
The black smoke transformed into soul-claiming chains, slaughtering the righteous cultivators.
Facing this black smoke, they lacked the courage to resist.
Their bodies were instantly corroded, and blood splattered out.
Gu Xiaosu saw the panicked expressions of the Zheng Gu Sect members.
They muttered "Demon Lord" repeatedly, their faces filled with dread.
The cultivators of the righteous path also sensed something was wrong and desperately tried to flee.
However, they too perished beneath the dense black smoke.
Gu Xiaosu watched as the black smoke grew thicker, seemingly condensing into a humanoid form.
Soon, this humanoid form approached Gu Xiaosu, revealing Xiao Ye's face.
Gu Xiaosu screamed and tried to disperse the black smoke.
The black smoke dissipated, only to reform.
"Saintess, do you wish to ascend?"
A hoarse voice, barely recognizable, echoed in Gu Xiaosu's ears.
Xiao Ye gazed at Gu Xiaosu with eyes like abysses, his tone laced with terror and a smile.
"But you are destined to be trapped in this cultivation world, growing old alone."
Gu Xiaosu could not see Xiao Ye at all; she looked around in panic.
The next moment.
Gu Xiaosu saw the Sect Master and others displaying expressions of agony, as if they were struggling against something.
"Saintess, save us..."
Hearing her sect's plea, Gu Xiaosu did not hesitate.
She channeled her true qi and rushed towards the Zheng Gu Sect.
However, they revealed terrified eyes and, before Gu Xiaosu, instantly turned into blood mist.
They died horribly.
Including the other disciples of the Zheng Gu Sect, they too met a tragic end.
Gu Xiaosu looked around, finding no one alive.
The sky continued to rumble with thunder, as if roaring and howling something.
Gu Xiaosu numbly watched the black smoke dissipate, leaving behind piles of corpses.
Silence!
On the day Gu Xiaosu was to ascend, her entire sect perished.
Her Mahayana cultivation was corrupted by inner demons, preventing her further ascension.
From that day forward, cultivators throughout the cultivation world absorbed the black smoke.
Once the black smoke was absorbed, the entire cultivation world died.
According to the mortal world's saying, this was the Demon Lord's revenge, a bloodbath of the entire cultivation world.
In any case, from that day on, Gu Xiaosu never saw another cultivator in the cultivation world.
She endured an endless, suffocating loneliness.
Gu Xiaosu was the only cultivator left in the world, unable to bear the passage of time and nearly driven to madness.