Two groups of people stood facing each other on the trunk of the Sky-Piercing Giant Tree. Every one of them was someone Hao Shuai knew.
On one side were the righteous cultivators, led by the Qingyun Sect. On the other were the members of the Demon Cult, led by Bi Yao.
Huh??
What was that little Bi Yao doing here?
Hao Shuai frowned as he glanced at Bi Yao, who was trying her hardest to hide behind Aunt You. Hadn't I told her not to come looking for trouble?!!
What Hao Shuai didn't know was that the Demon Cult had set out this time because of him.
Ten years ago, after the Demon Cult suffered a crushing defeat, the Poison God and Yuyangzi had both died at Qingyun Mountain. The Ghost King Sect had emerged relatively unscathed, and the Ghost King had immediately led his people in a surprise attack on the Ten Thousand Poisons Gate and Longevity Hall. With their leaders gone, the two sects had been absorbed into the Ghost King Sect in one fell swoop, at least in name uniting the Demon Cult.
The unification was only in name~~
That was because the Hehuan Sect, one of the Demon Cult's four great sects, remained independent.
Haha~~
It wasn't that the Ghost King had never set his sights on the Hehuan Sect. He'd even led a large force to attack it~~
The result? He'd been taught a very painful lesson.
Never mind that Dongfang Bai and the others were all at the Shangqing Realm. Just Jingjue Queen alone had beaten the Ghost King to a pulp.
If the Ghost King hadn't been Bi Yao's father, he wouldn't have made it back alive that day.
After several years of recuperation, the Ghost King felt his strength had recovered—and even