Great Bamboo Peak, the back mountain.
Inside a simple Bamboo House.
Ye Changfeng watched the Heaven's Curtain's assessment.
After seeing his future self destroy the entire Demonic Sect, he felt no great emotional upheaval. How should he put it...
Actually, Ye Changfeng wasn't particularly interested in the ideals of the Righteous and Demonic Paths.
In his view,
the two sides simply had different positions.
Since he was part of the Qingyun Sect, the Demonic Sect was naturally his enemy.
There was nothing more to say.
Of course,
if Ye Changfeng really had to choose?
He would still choose the Qingyun Sect, not the Demonic Sect...
After all,
the Qingyun Sect wasn't necessarily full of good people.
But most members of the Demonic Sect were certainly evil.
There was no denying that.
Nor could it be denied.
Ye Changfeng wasn't some so-called saint, but he did uphold the principle of looking after himself first.
When poor, look after yourself; when prosperous, help the world.
If he had the ability,
then he would do whatever he could.
Of course,
Ye Changfeng certainly wouldn't be as hidebound as True Lord Daoxuan. He had his own principles and values, and wouldn't let himself be constrained by so-called rules of the Righteous Path...
In a word,
before I cultivated immortality, I was always worrying about the consequences.
After cultivating immortality, can't I do as I please?
Otherwise, what was the point of cultivating?
Don't give me any nonsense about the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path!
I'm the Leader of the Righteous Path now!
So everything I do is righteous!
My heart and actions are as clear as a mirror; all I do is just!
At that moment,
after the latest assessment appeared on the Heaven's Curtain,
the members of the Four Great Sects of the Demonic Sect all fell into a somber silence.
The Holy Sect would be destroyed in the future?
Impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Many members of the Demonic Sect were plunged into panic.
Huqi Mountain, Ghost King Sect.
The faces of the Ghost King Sect's many high-ranking members were exceptionally grave.
Especially Ghost King Wanrenwang.
At first,
he had been skeptical of the information on the Heaven's Curtain, but now...
he was beginning to believe it.
Why?
Because—
the words "Hundred-Year Plan" had appeared on the Heaven's Curtain.
The Ghost King Sect's Hundred-Year Plan!
It was the Ghost King Sect's most closely guarded secret!
Only a handful of people in the entire Ghost King Sect knew about it!
And all of them were loyal to Ghost King Wanrenwang.
They would never betray him...
Yet the Heaven's Curtain had exposed it all the same.
A flicker passed through Wanrenwang's eyes.
"Grandmaster..."
Azure Dragon's voice was tinged with shock.
The other high-ranking members also turned to look.
The Heaven's Curtain had made it clear that their plan had already failed.
If that was the case...
Was there any point in carrying on?
"Heh!"
A vicious glint flashed in Wanrenwang's eyes.
He had poured his heart and soul into this plan for over a hundred years.
And now,
before the plan had even begun,
he was being told it had failed.
How could he accept that?
"Investigate!"
"Do whatever it takes!"
"Find out everything you can about Xiao Yicai of the Qingyun Sect!"
"We must nip him in the bud!"
Wanrenwang's voice sounded as if it had risen from the Nine Nether Hell.
As a formidable Demon Lord of his generation,
he made his decision almost at once.
So the future Xiao Yicai would ruin my plan? Then I'll kill you ahead of time!
Let's see how you can stop me then!
"Yes!"
"Understood, Sect Master!"
A flicker passed through Azure Dragon's eyes.
A hint of murderous intent surfaced in them.
The future was only the future. As long as they made changes in the present, the future could change too...
Xiao Yicai?
Heh—
Azure Dragon planned to handle it himself.
If he found an opportunity, he wouldn't hesitate to kill Xiao Yicai!
A genius who hadn't yet come into his own?
No different from an ant!
"Mr. Ghost."
Wanrenwang turned to look at the black-robed man beside him.
His voice was low and distant. "How much longer until Kui Niu emerges?"
At that,
Mr. Ghost lowered his eyes slightly and said, "In reply, Sect Master, I led a group to Liubo Mountain not long ago to investigate in person. The divine beast Kui Niu should emerge in about half a year..."
"Half a year?"
"That should be enough!"
Wanrenwang's voice echoed in everyone's ears.
Longevity Hall, Myriad Poisons Sect, Joyous Union Sect...
After witnessing the information on the Heaven's Curtain, the many factions of the Demonic Sect all grew exceptionally grave.
For a time,
currents stirred beneath the surface of the Divine Land.
The Four Great Sects of the Demonic Sect contacted one another.
Though they had no idea whether the information on the Heaven's Curtain was true, they could no longer afford to hesitate. What if the future it showed came to pass?
Then—
the Holy Sect really would be destroyed.
Kongsang Mountain.
Ten Thousand Bat Grotto.
Blood Refining Hall had been a dominant force in the Demonic Sect eight hundred years ago. Although it had since fallen into decline, it was still the strongest Demonic Sect faction beneath the Four Great Sects.
Its current leader was Old Master Nian.
He was considered a formidable Demon Lord in the Divine Land.
His strength had long since reached Peak of Yuqing.
He was close to being an Shangqing Master.
That level of cultivation was truly no weak thing.
After all, there were only a handful of Shangqing Masters across the Righteous and Demonic Paths.
A Peak of Yuqing cultivation would earn someone an elder's position almost anywhere. What was more, Old Master Nian had refined a Magic Treasure—the Crimson Demon Eye!
The Crimson Demon Eye could corrupt other people's Magic Treasures.
It was immensely powerful.
Old Master Nian had spent a hundred years refining it.
It was also the main reason he could dominate one region.
At this moment,
the many disciples of Blood Refining Hall were overcome with panic.
They had seen the assessment on the Heaven's Curtain and never expected the spectacle they'd been watching to involve them.
"What?"
"Our Blood Refining Hall will be destroyed in the future?"
"This..."
"Fake! It has to be fake!"
The many Blood Refining Hall disciples refused to believe it.
But—
deep down, they were still somewhat rattled.
After all,
if Blood Refining Hall was destroyed,
they figured they wouldn't survive either.
When their own lives were at stake, who could simply ignore it?
For a time,
many Blood Refining Hall disciples went to find Old Master Nian.
At that moment,
Old Master Nian's expression was also grave.
He didn't want to believe the information on the Heaven's Curtain, but it was better to believe it than dismiss it. Now that he knew about it, he couldn't simply ignore it.
"Everyone,"
Old Master Nian said gravely:
"The information on the Heaven's Curtain doesn't just say that our Blood Refining Hall will be destroyed. It says the same of Longevity Hall and the Myriad Poisons Sect. This may not be true; perhaps it's a scheme by those hypocrites of the Righteous Path!"
"I'll find an opportunity to discuss this with the Four Great Sects!"
Old Master Nian temporarily calmed the disciples.
In the crowd,
a Blood Refining Hall disciple who went by the alias Xiao Zhou had a faint flicker in his eyes.
A long sword was strapped to his back.
Seven stars glimmered along its blade.
The man was none other than True Lord Daoxuan's eldest disciple, the nominal next Sect Master of the Qingyun Sect—
Xiao Yicai!
"My future self wiped out the entire Demonic Sect? And became the Number One Sword Immortal Under Heaven!?"
Xiao Yicai felt a surge of excitement.
He believed the person revealed on the Heavenly Curtain was himself.
After all, the Seven Star Sword was already in his hands, and he was currently undercover within the Blood Refining Hall. Wiping out the Blood Refining Hall in the future was only a matter of time.
It all fit.
Everything fit...
The person on the Heavenly Curtain was him!
He was the future Leader of the Righteous Path!
The Sword Wielder of the Zhu Xian Sword!
The Number One Sword Immortal Under Heaven!
True Lord Qingyun Who Pacifies Demons!
Before you continue