Luo Li: I wonder how Dean Ta Cang compares to your Demon Gate's He Yao?

Northern Heavens Continent, Northern Heavens City.

As the most prosperous region on the entire continent, relying on one of the five great academies, Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, it saw countless people coming and going.

Some came from extremely distant places through teleportation arrays, hoping to send their children into the academy to cultivate.

Others were graduates of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy who chose to leave the Northern Heavens Continent and venture into broader lands.

For example, they might travel to one of the ten supercontinents of the Great Thousand World and join a top faction.

If they were fortunate enough to enter a superpower, their future opportunities would be limitless.

On the third floor of a teahouse in the city, a silver-haired girl with a black veil covering her face rested her chin on one hand. Her glasslike eyes watched the passersby below as she muttered,

"Zhao Chen, haven't you come to the Northern Heavens Continent yet?"

When they had parted ways, Luo Li had specifically asked Nine-leaf Sword Grass what name he would take after assuming human form.

That was the name he had given her.

Not bad.

Her slender, fair right hand gently stroked the pitch-black Luo God Sword.

She had already grown accustomed to seeing Nine-leaf Sword Grass's pattern on the Luo God Sword.

To come to Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy and reunite with Zhao Chen, she needed to reach the Supreme Realm within the next few years.

If she encountered danger she could not resist and had no choice but to unseal the Luo God Sword,

her grandfather would sense it and personally bring her back to the Luo God Clan.

She would remain there until she completed her inheritance and reached the Earthly Sovereign Realm.

She might even have to strive for an even higher level and resolve the internal and external crises facing the Luo God Clan before she could have a chance to leave.

If Zhao Chen were with her, then staying in the Luo God Clan would not be such a bad thing.

Of course.

Luo Li knew very well that Zhao Chen, who had been Nine-leaf Sword Grass in the Spirit Road, would surely long for freedom just as she did.

She would not selfishly deprive him of that freedom for her own sake.

"Stunning, absolutely stunning!"

"Hurry and tell Boss He! We found an incredibly beautiful girl in Northern Heavens City. Silver hair, blue eyes—she looks amazing!"

"Those legs could entertain me for years!"

While lost in thought, Luo Li heard footsteps climbing the stairs to the third floor.

She had not intended to pay them any attention, but she had not expected anyone to be so brazen!

Her brows furrowed slightly as she looked toward the staircase.

Five people.

All wore standardized uniforms, with the emblem of a demonic crane embroidered on their chests.

The leader held a communication talisman in his hand.

The gazes they directed at her were filled with lust and malice.

"Demon Gate! They're people from the Demon Gate!"

Luo Li was not the only person on the third floor. Others were also there drinking tea.

They had noticed Luo Li long ago, but they had merely admired her quietly and did not dare strike up a conversation.

After all, they worried that she might be a student of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

She was too young, yet she exuded an extraordinary aura.

They had originally wanted to stand up for the beauty and earn a little goodwill.

Who would have thought that these five foul-mouthed men would be members of the Demon Gate!

"What is this Demon Gate?"

Although she had already classified these five as enemies and intended to deal with them,

Luo Li could not help asking.

As far as she knew, Northern Heavens City belonged to Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

What kind of faction would dare act so wantonly on Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's territory?

"..."

Everyone present exchanged looks, unsure whether this silver-haired girl in a black dress truly did not know or simply held them in too much contempt.

Anyone active on Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's territory knew about the Demon Gate.

"The Demon Gate was founded by He Yao, who ranks fourth on Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's Heavenly Ranking. In Northern Heavens City, it is the third-largest faction, second only to Xuan Gang and the Judgment Hall."

Someone kindly explained, only to see Luo Li grow even more puzzled.

Could it be that she did not even know what Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's Heavenly Ranking was?

Did she not understand the prestige of the Heavenly Ranking!?

If she did not, then she was about to die without even knowing why!

"I don't know."

Luo Li shook her head, gripping the pitch-black Luo God Sword as she walked toward the five Demon Gate members at the staircase.

Her calm demeanor left the people around her utterly shocked.

There really was someone who did not know He Yao, the fourth-ranked founder of the Demon Gate!

Wait, what was she planning to do!?

"Little girl, you..."

The five Demon Gate members were about to tease her further.

But a flash of sword light swept past.

All of them collapsed to the ground, wailing in agony.

"A bunch of trash. Don't block my way."

Her calm, simple words made the entire third floor fall even quieter.

To become members of the Demon Gate, they had to be students of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy.

Even students who had joined Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy only a year ago should have possessed Divine Soul Stage cultivation.

The leader might even have had one foot in the Three Heavens Realm.

Yet they had all been instantly defeated!

Had those sword wounds been a little deeper, they would all have died on the spot!

Ruthless, too ruthless!

Could she possibly be some flower raised in a greenhouse?

No one dared speak.

Only after watching Luo Li disappear from view did quite a few people on the third floor slump onto their stools, drenched in cold sweat.

"Damn, who was she?"

If she were a student of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, how could no one know her?

After all, both her strength and beauty were striking enough that she could not possibly have remained unnoticed.

But if she was not a student of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, how could she dare openly attack Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy students in Northern Heavens City when she had only just arrived!

Those Demon Gate members all shared the same identity—students of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy!

They could not make sense of it, no matter how they thought about it.

They did not dare say another word and hurriedly left.

They feared that Luo Li might come back to kill them, or that the Demon Gate might vent its anger on them.

"What nerve! You dared attack my Demon Gate? You're courting death!"

Just as Luo Li reached the city gates, an arrow shot through the air from afar!

Its sharpness was enough to easily kill a Divine Soul Stage cultivator.

Even someone who had just entered the Fusion Heavenly Realm would likely be severely wounded by it if they were even slightly careless!

The attacker was in the late Fusion Heavenly Realm!

Luo Li casually took a step and avoided it.

She turned her head and saw a black-robed young man with spiritual energy wings condensed behind his back, his face filled with rage.

He also bore the Demon Gate emblem on his chest.

It seemed the Demon Gate had considerable influence in Northern Heavens City. They had arrived so quickly.

"So killing is allowed within the city."

Luo Li's gaze turned colder. If her strength had been even a little weaker just now, she would certainly have suffered.

Her nature in the Spirit Road had always been to kill gods if gods blocked her path.

What was more, this seemingly overbearing Demon Gate clearly had problems to begin with.

She had beaten the small ones, and now the big one had come.

If she killed this man, would the so-called Demon Gate boss—the fourth-ranked He Yao of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's Heavenly Ranking—immediately jump out as well?

"Killing? You dare kill members of my Demon Gate, kill students of Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy within Northern Heavens City? Your crime deserves death!"

The man was deeply alarmed. He had not expected this silver-haired girl in a black dress to be so frightening.

The moment she opened her mouth, she spoke of killing.

Though he was ruthless, even he did not dare be so bold.

He only dared try to kill Luo Li because he believed he had justice on his side!

There was a vast difference between the two!

"Looks like your Demon Gate stands above Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy."

Luo Li sneered. No matter what, she was a member of the Luo God Royal Clan.

"I wonder, in Northern Heavens City, how much stronger is your Demon Gate's He Yao than Dean Ta Cang?"