"Meticulous effort?"
Upon hearing this description, Qing Lan's gaze, clear as water, flickered with a hint of something unusual.
He wasn't acting out of meticulous effort; it was merely driven by desire.
Learning that Bai Shengyi's Snowlotus flower originated from the Sanghai Secret Realm, Qing Lan, disregarding Qian Ying's dissuasion, forcefully opened the realm, causing it to become unstable and even collapse.
In the haste, he sent Zheng Xiaoguang and others out, only to discover that someone had already secretly infiltrated the Sanghai Secret Realm, attempting to break the dimensional wall.
As a secret realm situated between the Continent of Gods Forsaken and the World of Divine Revelation, the Sanghai Secret Realm bordered the perilous Path of Desperate Souls, rife with spatial rifts to the left, and traversed to the farthest, little-known depths of the Endless Cloud Sea to the right.
It could be said that this was also the weakest point of the dimensional wall.
However, due to its greater danger and treacherous nature compared to other places, such as the passage Bai Shengyi had previously taken to the World of Divine Revelation, and the uncertain opening times of the Sanghai Secret Realm, no one had ever harbored intentions towards the realm itself.
But now, these people were like madmen, destroying everything within the secret realm, including—the Sanghai Spirit Mansion that Qing Lan wished to reach.
"Stop!" Qing Lan's figure moved slightly, and a thin mist spread from his side, rushing towards the cultivators within the Sanghai Spirit Mansion!
"Bang!"
Liu Tianyun met the attack with a palm strike.
Seeing that Qing Lan still intended to stop him, he became even more enraged.
"Dao Sovereign Qing Lan, since you are insistent, then do not blame me for being discourteous!"
As his voice fell, his figure transformed into a blackish-green streak of light, and the two of them became locked in combat!
Below them, the Bagua Yin-Yang Eyes emitted black and white light. Within the light, countless white-robed cultivators swaggered about the Sanghai Spirit Mansion, while a colossal Celestial Dragon Serpent was tightly bound and thrown onto the ground.
"The dimensional wall should be here, why can't we find it?"
"Never mind that, just destroy this spirit mansion. We'll surely find the dimensional wall then!"
"Exactly. Once the mission is complete, we'll roast the Celestial Dragon Serpent. This is the life, so peaceful!"
"A Celestial Dragon Serpent that has returned to its ancestral bloodline, I haven't eaten one yet—"
Before this cultivator could finish speaking, he fell straight backward.
Those around him then discovered that a rhombus-shaped ice crystal had silently pierced through the cultivator's chest.
"Alert! Someone else has arrived!" the most luxuriously dressed among the white-robed cultivators commanded in a deep voice, "Ye Zhu, Ye Yun, each take three people and quickly go..."
The white-robed cultivator, Ni Jun, abruptly stopped speaking, his gaze suddenly sharpening. With a反手, his long sword, as if possessing eyes, lunged forward.
"Clang!"
Sword light and sword light intertwined, emitting a clear and pleasant sound.
"This person should be a cultivator of the spatial path. Everyone be careful!" Ni Jun warned everyone.
Unfortunately, it was still too late.
"Ouch!"
"Ah!"
As soon as his voice fell, his companions began to fall one after another, either pierced through the chest or losing their lives to ice crystals.
"Damn it!"
Ni Jun furrowed his brow and roared, summoning a vine. The vine was crimson throughout and sprouted a slender red bud, pointing directly towards his front.
Ni Jun did not hesitate; he drew his sword and slashed forward with all his might!
Bai Shengyi and Qin Si sensed something was wrong and quickly dodged to the sides. Immediately after, with a "bang," spiritual light exploded in the very spot they had been.
"Kill them!" Ni Jun's eyes were filled with coldness, devoid of any emotion. He looked at them as if they were already dead, "Do not let them ruin our master's plan!"
"Are you demonic cultivators?"
Bai Shengyi asked uncertainly.
She watched as the cultivator Qin Si had just killed dissipated into a cloud of black smoke, her gaze slightly serious.
Demonic cultivators, were they making a comeback?
But why were they targeting the dimensional wall of the World of Divine Revelation?
"Ayi, be careful!"
Ni Jun suddenly summoned dozens of black flying daggers to attack Bai Shengyi. One of them even curved in mid-air, attacking from a very tricky angle!
Qin Si's phoenix eyes chilled. The long sword in his hand stirred up a gust of ice and snow. Ice cones spread out from where his feet stood, striking away the flying daggers, and then continued forward, charging directly at Ni Jun!
At this moment, Bai Shengyi also regained her senses. She tacitly blocked the other cultivators who were swarming forward.
"Ku Rong!"
The Chunhong Sword, carrying an invincible aura and the rules of endless time, caught the cultivators off guard! Another wave of disarray ensued!
Whether it was Bai Shengyi or Qin Si, their attacks were both fierce and fast, each move carrying killing intent, unlike ordinary intruders.
Now, even Ni Jun sensed that something was amiss.
"Who exactly are you people? Why are you meddling in affairs that don't concern you!"
Bai Shengyi raised her delicate eyebrows and snorted, "Naturally, we can't stand what you're doing and wish to act on behalf of Heaven! The dimensional wall of our World of Divine Revelation, whether it is to shatter or to exist, should be decided by the people of our World of Divine Revelation. What right do you, a lowly, filthy onion, have to interfere in the affairs of our World of Divine Revelation? Absolutely not!"
Ni Jun's eyes turned red with anger!
"Ah!" he roared, "Ye Zhu, Ye Yun, what are you still standing there for? Quickly form the formation..."
"Ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, he was drowned out by a scream.
"Ye Yun!"
At some unknown time, the ropes binding the Celestial Dragon Serpent had snapped.
The colossal Celestial Dragon Serpent slithered among the cultivators, its mouth biting Ye Yun and throwing him to the ground. "I curse your eight generations of ancestors! You wanted to eat me? I am human! Human! You eat your own kin, why don't you ascend to heaven!"
Sun Chongyang angrily bit down on the person again and threw him into the air!
"Stop playing around and finish these people quickly," Qin Si said coldly.
Sun Chongyang's serpent body stiffened, and he obediently replied, "Yes, Dean." He only hoped that Bai Shengyi and Qin Si wouldn't question how he ended up in this place.
Fortunately, Bai Shengyi and Qin Si had no time to bother with him, which relieved him.
Ni Jun's cultivation was already in the late stage of Nascent Soul, nearing the Mahayana stage. Coupled with his sinister methods, he used whatever moves were effective without regard for morality, thus Bai Shengyi and Qin Si had to exert all their strength to deal with him.
Just as chaos erupted below, a red figure crashed down from mid-air with a "bang."
"Master!" Ni Jun's eyes were bloodshot, his mind in disarray, and he struggled to move towards where the red figure had landed.
As he moved, he inevitably exposed a weakness.
"Wind and Snow, come!"
Bai Shengyi gave a light shout. The Reincarnation Brush outlined a few strokes, and boundless wind and snow descended from the sky. Qin Si, using this to his advantage, scattered his ice spiritual energy before drawing it back, forming a giant palm print that struck directly at Ni Jun's vital point.
Ni Jun, unable to dodge, was sent flying. He let out an unwilling gasp and died.
Not far from him, the strong wind blew away the red silhouette. Beneath the red clothing, there was no one.
"This person is proficient in spatial techniques. He fled as soon as he landed," Qin Si said coldly, his heart sinking.
This person's cultivation was far superior to his own, so even though he sensed the other party's escape at the time, he was unable to intercept him.
Bai Shengyi patted his shoulder, "It's alright, aren't there still a few survivors?"
As she spoke, Bai Shengyi had already captured three white-robed cultivators, one of whom was "Ye Zhu," whom Ni Jun had mentioned.
At this moment, the black and white light became even more dazzling. The remaining white-robed cultivators were either dead or had fled. Sun Chongyang transformed into human form and stood obediently not far away.
Qing Lan descended from the sky, his hands behind his back, stepping on clouds. Upon seeing Bai Shengyi, his gaze shifted slightly.