Li Zhu was still Li Zhu when he chose to leave. He was evil, he was a degenerate, he was a real scumbag, but he wasn't an idiot. He knew his place. He knew that this realm was not a playground for him. So, he left without hesitation.

Li Zhu, who had made it out of the ancient ruins alive, filled the Beyond Heaven's folks with unexpected joy. Their venerable gurus were almost in tears.

After all, finally someone from their people made it back alive.

Moreover, the one who made it out was the youngest leader of Beyond Heaven.

Regardless of what others thought, in the hearts of these ascetics from Beyond Heaven, Li Zhu was their most formidable genius!

In the future, he will lead Beyond Heaven to higher and farther places.

However, the news brought back by Li Zhu soon turned these grandfather's expressions even more bitter.

"Everybody else is dead."

"There's a lot of weirdness in the ruins."

"In my observation, it's probably due to the change of qi movement."

"Those without enough qi movement are unlikely to make it out alive."

"Yes, the people from the other sects, they didn't get very far before they all died mysteriously."

"I think the situation must be the same for Lonely City, One Sword, and Immortal."

Li Zhu rambled on. Besides not sharing that he had swallowed Si Konglang's broken divine spirit, he did not hide anything else.

After all, ingesting Si Konglang's remaining divine spirit was his biggest secret. He wouldn't share it with his own father, let alone anyone else.

"So... did you see Qin Xiao?" The ancestor of Lonely City had despair in his eyes. He couldn't believe that their people had such bad luck.

"Qin Xiao... I saw him." Li Zhu glanced at Lonely City's ancestor. His gaze was a bit strange but it didn't raise any suspicion.

"How is he?" The ancestor of Lonely City asked hurriedly.

"When I saw him, he was fine." Li Zhu pondered for a moment before opening his mouth to say.

He couldn't tell him that he saw through the fact that Qin Xiao had been possessed. Otherwise, if Qin Xiao ever made it out alive, he won't let him go. He is indeed evil, but he did not want to provoke a madman. Mao Litong, in Si Konglang's memory, was a real madman and a pure member of the Demon Clan.

As for the changes that Qin Xiao would bring to Lonely City upon his return, what did matters to him, Li Zhu?

"As long as he's alright, as long as he's alright." The ancestor of Lonely City, full of misery, withdrew. He didn't even wish to inquire further information from Li Zhu.

Because he had already heard the result.

The majority of people have died in the ancient ruins for no reason, without any cause.

The ruins are still those ancient ruins!

The great ominous spot where death is certain!

One of the ascetics from Beyond Heaven looked at Li Zhu and said, "You guessed one thing wrong."

Li Zhu was slightly taken aback.

The ascetic said, "A dozen disciples from One Sword and Immortal made it out alive!"

"What?" Li Zhu was taken aback, "When we entered, I wanted to kill Chu Mo, but I was stopped by the people from One Sword and Immortal. We fought a little, then Chu Mo appeared... That guy is very strong! I didn't think I could win, so I just left. I didn't see them after that."

"You did the right thing. You didn't manage to complete that mission but you made it out alive. As for Chu Mo, there will be opportunities to kill him in the future." The ascetic from Beyond Heaven spoke calmly.

Li Zhu nodded. His eyes flashed a hint of brilliance. Now that he knew the truth about this world, would killing Chu Mo be challenging?

…...

Meanwhile, Qin Xiao was exploring the ruins, occasionally stopping to concentrate on something. Then he would wipe the sweat off his forehead, grumbling, "Damn... too weak. The living beings in the Mortal Realm are so weak! They aren't even worthy of being called cultivators. This broken body... such a failure. However, luckily, the body Si Konglang foolishly chose to possess is not much better."

"What's strange is, Si Konglang, that guy's divine sense was severely damaged back in the day. He didn't die a natural death... yet he was able to successfully possess a human, he really lucked out." Qin Xiao commented, glanced at an inconspicuous small mound of earth in the near distance, wiped some sweat off his forehead, his mouth twitching as he retreated to a safer distance.

Still mumbling under his breath, "May the gods pardon me… May the gods pardon me, gentleman, I hope you didn't see me, consider me a fart and let me go... Ahem... I did not mean to intrude here."

As he spoke, he continued retreating until he was dozens of miles away from the spot. Only then did he let out a sigh of relief, sat down on the ground, and muttered, "Inside these ancient ruins, things are simply too complicated, danger is everywhere. According to my calculations, that little Qilin... should be around here somewhere. Damn it, she managed to escape me back then. Now I've finally caught a whiff of her scent, I must capture her! Once I refine her... I can obtain the Qilin bloodline, and then, gain unimaginable power! Although this is the Mortal Realm, I will return to the Heavenly Realm in no time. Hehehe!"

There was a cold laugh in Qin Xiao's mouth, but his face bore no hint of a smile.

Just then, his gaze landed on a broken structure. Once it had been a small temple.

But now, it was almost unrecognizable.

Only by examining the broken tiles, one could somewhat guess its past grandeur.

Qin Xiao's eyes stared intently at it, forming continuous seals with both hands before suddenly pointing at it.

Splash!

The sound of water droplets hitting the water arose.

A faint glow shot from Qin Xiao's hand, directly towards the broken small temple.

Splat!

Qin Xiao's mouth suddenly spurted out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Too weak... damn it, very useless!" Qin Xiao cursed himself.

But as the glow from him transferred into it, what had been a ruined temple, suddenly revealed a well preserved ancient-style temple, like a layer of disguising veil had been ripped off!

" Hehehe... it's here!" Qin Xiao muttered as he walked toward the temple, muttering, "Little Qilin, have you come back for your legacy? Unfortunately... all of this will belong to me, Mao Litong, ah no... It'll belong to me, Qin Xiao, hehehe."

Cold laughter constantly echoed from Qin Xiao's mouth.

A young Qilin that had been sealed from its bloodline power, was too weak to resist more powerful forces.

Although Mao Litong wasn't the mighty Demon Commander of old, dealing with such a small Qilin was still a piece of cake for him. It posed no challenge at all.

Soon, he arrived at the temple's entrance, and began to solemnly chant the mnemonic while forming an array of strange seals with his hands.

At that moment, a chilling intent suddenly descended from the sky. It formed a word and rushed directly into the mental sea of Qin Xiao... or rather, Mao Litong.

"Scram!" (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please support us on qidian.com. Your support is our biggest motivation. For mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com.)

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