Victory

Upon hearing these eight words, Dong Fuzhu immediately opened her eyes.

In stark contrast to her previous silence, her eyes shone brightly. Even though she was tightly chained, she still tried her best to look down and see if the person she cared about had returned.

There were quite a few other cultivators who shared the same thoughts as Dong Fuzhu. Those cultivators who had been chased and fled by the sword rain earlier all stopped in their tracks and looked in the direction from which the sound came, as if they were hoping for a miracle and that someone would appear.

These scenes, witnessed by Qi Yaoji, deeply agitated her.

Of course, she could tell that the voice sounded exactly like Sang Ying's, but wasn't Sang Ying already dead, and her remains nowhere to be found?

Qi Yaoji had also seen the circulated footage. Although she didn't know why Sang Ying jumped into the sea of fire, she knew from the gradual recovery of the Cultivation World that she must have chosen to sacrifice her own life to save it.

This is the second reason why Qi Yaoji dislikes Sang Ying.

She is a profit-driven person, and only people like Su Fuyun are to her liking.

Qi Yaoji had always thought Sang Ying was hypocritical. When she was young, she was often targeted by Su Fuyun because of her. After becoming Gu Huaiwei, she suffered even more mistreatment.

If it were someone else, they would probably have become twisted in their mind and started to use any means necessary to win their master's favor.

Once she does that, all her luck will truly be taken away by Su Fuyun.

She had driven people to the brink of despair many times before, and had never failed. But with Sang Ying, all her methods seemed to vanish without a trace, never yielding the desired result.

That's all it was for; Qi Yaoji was an arrogant person to begin with.

She thought she had always controlled this orphan girl, manipulating Sang Ying, who should have been a chosen one of heaven, but little did she know that she was nothing more than a pebble on the other's path to ascension.

This was unacceptable to the proud Qi Yaoji.

Furthermore, Sang Ying was ruthless, so easily taking the lives of her father and several elders of the Mara Gate who were loyal to her, and together with Gu Huaiwei, she completely destroyed the Mara Gate.

It can be said that because of Sang Ying, Qi Yaoji lost everything, even her self-esteem and pride were trampled underfoot by her.

No matter how much she resented her, Sang Ying didn't even know who she was, and with her great merit in saving the world, she would be remembered for eternity.

This was something Qi Yaoji could not tolerate.

That's why Qi Yaoji surrounded the Flowing Light Sword Sect. She captured those who were close to Sang Ying, and on her wedding day, she planned to use their lives to make herself happy.

But this excitement was already showing signs of ending before it even truly began.

Qi Yaoji felt the oppressive force coming from all directions. She was extremely unwilling and once again mobilized her Demonic Qi, determined to kill all the cultivators present before Sang Ying showed herself.

Even though the person who opposed her was highly skilled, Qi Yaoji had still managed to steal the Heart of the Devil God that Gu Huaiwei had painstakingly crafted, giving her unparalleled control over Demonic Qi.

Under Qi Yaoji's actions, the black mist that filled the sky almost drained all the Spiritual Qi of the Flowing Light Sword Sect, and the Demonic Qi transformed into chains and sharp blades, attacking the cultivators' necks.

Ji Fucang and the others were not trapped after all, and were still able to put up some resistance.

But Dong Fuzhu and the others, chained to the stone pillars, were like lambs to the slaughter, forced to watch helplessly as sharp blades came hurtling toward their vitals.

Everyone knew very well that this time, Qi Yaoji truly wanted them dead.

But the gleaming blades, about to pierce the cultivators' throats, suddenly stopped at the last moment.

The Demonic Qi that had returned to the surroundings crackled and hissed before shrinking at a visible speed.

As if they had encountered their natural enemy, they lost their previous arrogance and recklessness, and uncontrollably shrank back into Qi Yaoji's body.

Before Qi Yaoji could finish displaying her power, the sudden retraction of Demonic Qi caused a significant backlash, even for someone like her who possessed the Heart of the Devil God.

After she coughed up blood, the spiritual Spiritual Qi surged towards the Flowing Light Sword Sect.

The injured cultivators quickly absorbed Spiritual Qi to heal their wounds. Meanwhile, the powerful beings who were locked up also took advantage of this opportunity to Spiritual Qi absorb Spiritual Qi into their bodies, barely breaking through the blockade that Qi Yaoji had placed on them.

Having regained his cultivation, the chains binding him immediately proved ineffective.

The powerful beings had many ways to protect themselves; they only needed a wisp of Spiritual Qi to escape. They also didn't forget Dong Fuzhu and the others who were similarly locked to the stone pillar.

Sect Master Ten Thousand Daos Born immediately stepped in to save these disciples.

Seeing this, Qi Yaoji wanted to endure the pain of the backlash and trap those cultivators again. But before she could make a move, the surrounding Spiritual Qi transformed into transparent chains and rushed straight towards her.

The chains of Spiritual Qi surrounded Qi Yaoji from all directions, and the invisible Spiritual Qi struck Qi Yaoji like whips, each strike causing a layer of her Demonic Qi to dissipate.

Demonic Qi and Spiritual Qi are inherently incompatible. When the Spiritual Qi chains landed on her, it felt like being burned by a hot iron plate, causing Qi Yaoji immense pain.

If she had previously harbored any intention to compete with Sang Ying, this beating completely shattered that thought.

With the culprit firmly suppressed, the powerful beings who had escaped their restraints turned their attention to those who had previously acted as accomplices.

The first one to be caught was the manager, who used to rely on Qi Yaoji's power to persecute low-level cultivators, and countless cultivators died at his hands.

Now that he had been suddenly arrested, the manager was filled with fear.

He pleaded for mercy in a trembling voice, but the powerful figure who had captured him ignored him completely. He simply crippled the steward's cultivation and then threw him next to Qi Yaoji, so that they could be whipped together.

The Spiritual Qi chains quickly formed a cage above Qi Yaoji and the others, trapping them inside. Before long, the Demonic Qi emanating from Qi Yaoji was completely drained, and her previous evil appearance vanished, restoring her to her usual beautiful and serene appearance as Su Fuyun.

Her brightly colored wedding dress was torn in several places, and because she had been rolling on the ground for a long time, the once shimmering fabric was now covered with a layer of dust.

If they hadn't witnessed her arrogant and domineering demeanor not long ago, the cultivators present would never have believed that this was the witch who had imprisoned more than ten powerful figures in the Cultivation World and nearly cost them their lives.

Qi Yaoji fainted from the pain early on. After the Spiritual Qi energy cage was removed, a wisp of black energy suddenly flew out from her chest and fled towards the sky at an extremely fast speed.

But before the black mist could completely escape, a hand as white as jade appeared out of thin air and grabbed it.