The earth stretched out in a vast, charred wasteland.
Qiao Ciguang stood with a furrowed brow, dressed in a half-sleeved indigo jacket with a straight collar and a long, deep-blue skirt embroidered with twelve panels of entwined branches and flowers of the four seasons. She held a flowering branch in her hand.
Several junior sisters in ornate robes and golden hairpins followed close behind her, casting spells to investigate their surroundings.
"Senior Sister Qiao, the Demonic Cultivators who slaughtered this village left long ago. They used magic to erase every trace and scent. I'm afraid we won't be able to track them." After making hand seals for a while, a pink-robed female cultivator sighed helplessly and looked up at Qiao Ciguang.
"Demonic cultivators are all utterly inhuman!" Before Qiao Ciguang could speak, a purple-robed female cultivator said hotly, "The Righteous and Demonic War has only been going on for a few days, and already the world is drowning in blood and misery."
"Exactly! And that Tower of Reincarnation keeps proclaiming that it's trying to save the world. What a laughable farce!" Chu Yushang, now wearing a golden-yellow brocade dress, couldn't help chiming in. "People were living perfectly well. The Tower of Reincarnation is to blame for this disaster."
"If you ask me, kill every one of those Tower of Reincarnation demons we come across. Not one of them is innocent!"
The pink-robed female cultivator snorted. "The Four Sects of the Demonic Path are all sources of calamity for this world! The Tower of Reincarnation is certainly vile, but how could they wreak havoc across the land all by themselves? Yet everyone in Wushi Villa is vicious at heart, and they're in league with the Tower of Reincarnation. Of all the people we've seen slaughtering innocents these past two days, the