Chapter 12

The intimacy of three years in the valley, Jay’s handsome face with a slight curve of his lips, seemed still vivid before my eyes.

The heart that had long since died in my chest suddenly ached as if cut by a knife.

“I can’t… I must go help him…”

I murmured to Qing Xuan’s departing figure,

“I must go out to help him!”

I forced myself to calm down, sitting cross-legged with closed eyes, manipulating Wangchuan to search for the weak point of the Netherflame Array.

One day, two days, three days, ten days, fifteen days…

On the twentieth day.

Wangchuan finally struck a crack at the lower left position of the array.

Moments later, the array shattered with a roar, transforming into countless Netherflames, dazzling like a galaxy overturning.

I abruptly opened my eyes, not sparing a glance at this “grand” spectacle, and hurriedly flew towards the outside of the hall.

Thus, I didn’t see Qing Xuan’s expression change drastically upon arrival.

I left the Ghost Realm and reached the human world.

I thought it would take some time to find out Jay’s whereabouts, but unexpectedly, all the cultivators across the Nine Provinces were discussing his matter:

“To think we revered him as Lord Jay, the beacon of righteousness, yet he committed such acts of killing his master and slaughtering his sect!”

“Alas, who could have imagined Jay was Yunxi’s lover? According to him, the artifact Yunxi refined back then wasn’t a blood sacrifice evil tool, but a spiritual device capable of saving the world. Its power was so immense that several sect leaders coveted it, leading to the annihilation of the entire Yun Family.”

“Nonsense! How could a mere demoness, no matter how talented, refine some world-saving treasure? Could the grand Nine Sects all conspire to defame her? It’s merely an excuse for Jay’s reckless actions!”

“That’s right! Now the other eight sects have all headed to the Sword Sect. No matter how strong Jay is, can he withstand such a siege?”

…

Upon hearing this, I left the shadows.

After a day and a night, I arrived at the mountain gate of the Sword Sect.