At this point, the story had reached the final major turning point in the script for Spirit Abyss Chronicle.
-Only after Song Qingyun returned to her sect did she learn that her master had summoned her to help suppress the Demon Lord.
The elders of the great orthodox sects had determined that the Demon Lord's seal had weakened to a critical threshold and would soon shatter completely. Yet after discussing the matter, the solution they settled on was to sacrifice a hundred thousand living mortals to activate a new demon-sealing formation.
Deeply shocked, Song Qingyun questioned the living sacrifice, but her master merely told her offhandedly that mere mortal lives were of little consequence. Preserving the strength of cultivators as much as possible was what would help maintain stability across the three realms.
Besides, all those selected for sacrifice belonged to the Moon Devouring Cult. They had committed countless atrocities and plagued the world for years; their deaths would be no loss. All the sects needed to do was devise a trap to force them into the formation, reinforcing the Demon Lord's seal while eliminating the threat once and for all.
And all of this would proceed more smoothly with the assistance of Song Qingyun, who knew the Moon Devouring Cult well.
In the past, Song Qingyun might have agreed. But now that she knew the stories behind the cult's members, she could not help growing angry at the orthodox sects' disregard for mortal lives.
These people did not care how hard mortals struggled to stay alive. Instead, they despised mortals from the bottom of their hearts while loftily basking in their reverence.
In short, this incident completely shattered Song Qingyun's idealized view of her sect's "justice." She agreed to help on the surface, but secretly switched sides to Xiao