Northern Demon's Speculation

Ji Yuan did not leave Mysterious Cloud to let his thoughts run wild, and spoke directly.

"If your heart is in turmoil, perhaps you have already reached your original goal. Simply wipe away those chaotic distractions. Do not dwell on anything too complicated—just treat it as a pure love for the sword."

Ji Yuan said no more to the Mysterious Cloud Demon King and turned his gaze into the distance.

On this side, the Sky Swallowing Beast spat out all the demons it had eaten. On the other, demons returned the Lofty Brow Sect disciples they had captured. Demon King Huang Gu was rather glad now that he had not swallowed the women outright. He had originally intended to pry some principles of the immortal path out of them, or slowly drain away their essence.

There were six Lofty Brow Sect disciples returned in all. Nearly every one of them was injured, though not seriously. It was simply that the magic treasures they had used were gone, and even their outer robes had been taken away, causing the items stored within their sleeves through storage arts to vanish as well. The demons clearly had no intention of returning them.

Jiang Xueling and the others did not particularly care about that. The fact that the missing disciples were still alive was already an unexpected delight.

Even though they had once been cold and proud, the female immortals of the Lofty Brow Sect could not help feeling overwhelmed with excitement now that they had returned. Their bodies were still weak, yet they could not wait to fly back to the Sky Swallowing Beast from before the demons holding them.

"Martial Ancestor!" "Martial Ancestor, Senior Sister!"

"It is good that you have returned. Recover from your injuries slowly."

The Lofty Brow Sect disciples