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"Flag... Flag Leader!"

Under the gloomy sky, countless brilliant Escaping Lights streaked across the heavens, heading toward Tianjiao City.

The law-enforcing disciples disguised as a merchant convoy saw this scene and were all thrown into a panic.

They gathered around Li Muyang in a frantic flurry, instinctively seeking help from the flag leader who had led them for so long.

However, amidst the torrential rain, Li Muyang was surrounded by an invisible barrier.

The pouring rain fell all around him but failed to wet his clothes.

He calmly looked at his subordinates, who had followed him for many days, smiled, and said, "This is a good thing; there's no need to panic."

With his hands clasped behind his back, he quietly watched the countless Escaping Lights tear through the sky, and Li Muyang said,

"The power that sealed off the cultivation in this land has disappeared. The demon cultivators of the Refinement Demon Sect have emerged en masse, intent on wiping out the enemies within Tianjiao City."

"To you, this is actually a good thing."

The outrageous remarks of Li Muyang left these law-enforcing disciples, who had followed him for so long, dumbfounded.

Everyone was inexplicably frightened as if they were doubting whether their own flag leader had lost his mind.

Only Bu Hongsheng and Liu Fu exchanged glances and kept silent.

In the face of everyone's shocked and bewildered expressions, Li Muyang smiled and said, "With things having come this far, do you still hold out hope for that greed-blinded Fang Yingtian?"

Li Muyang shook his head and said, "I thought that after this series of events, you all would be able to see Fang Yingtian's true colors."

"A greed-blinded despot, he desires grand ambitions and supreme power over a domain."

"To him, the creed of the Blood Lotus Cult and its followers is merely a tool to realize his ambitions."

"All of you are as disposable to him as night pots, including Miss Shen. You are all expendable."

"Now that the demon cultivators of the Refinement Demon Sect have arisen to destroy the foundation he has built and hunt him to the ends of the earth, this is actually a good thing."

"The Blood Lotus Cult, filled with those blinded by greed, has no need to exist in this world. To them, they are nothing more than another Refinement Demon Sect with a slightly louder slogan."

As Li Muyang spoke, he smiled again and said, "But the good news is, even if the creed you believed in may be false, there is still a true idealist within the Blood Lotus Cult, steadfast in her ideals and justice."

"Perhaps after the destruction of the Blood Lotus Cult, Miss Shen Yan will be able to lead you on a new path."

Li Muyang looked into the distance: "I can already feel it; Miss Shen is not far from here."

"It seems that before the incident occurred, she too had started her journey to leave, completely disillusioned with the Blood Lotus Cult."

"This destruction of the Blood Lotus Cult may very well be her rebirth, as well as yours."

"Although I have always been skeptical of the path you have all taken, at least we have been upholding justice and righteousness these past few months."

"I hope that in following Miss Shen Yan hereafter, you will continue to uphold justice..."

Having said his piece, Li Muyang, sensing Shen Yan's presence growing nearer, did not linger any longer.

Amidst the panicked cries of the crowd, Li Muyang smiled, bowed to everyone, and said his farewells.

"With things having come to this... Gentlemen, until we meet again."

"I am going home."

In the midst of the rainstorm, the disciples of the Blood Lotus Cult watched in horror as their flag leader, after making such a terrifying speech, turned into a ray of Escaping Light and flew into the distance, sending them into a frenzy.

"Flag Leader!"

"Flag Leader, where are you going!"

"Flag Leader, don't abandon us!"

In their panic, the crowd shouted, trying to hold him back, and some even ran in the direction Li Muyang had gone, apparently attempting to catch up with their flag leader.

However, Li Muyang's Escaping Light rapidly vanished into the dark horizon.

Bu Hongsheng and Liu Fu managed, with difficulty, to persuade everyone to calm down and to bring back those who had chased after him.

In the midst of the downpour, several figures appeared from within the trees of the mountain forest.

They did not travel openly using Escaping Light; instead, they concealed their forms and appeared in an extremely covert manner.

The Helmsman of the Liehai Hall of the Blood Lotus Sect, Du Gufang, along with his most loyal flag leaders, escorted Shen Yan as she appeared in the curtain of rain.

Seeing the chaotic merchant convoy by the roadside, Shen Yan was slightly shocked and immediately stepped forward to inquire about the situation.

After learning about what Li Muyang had said before he left, as well as the whole story, the woman known as the strategic mastermind was stunned.

Having understood the situation, she quickly sorted through the causes and consequences and grasped many things in the span of a moment.

"Li Muyang... is he... a Demon Sect spy?"

Amidst the frigid curtain of rain, Shen Yan, wrapped in a thick cloak, gazed into the distance where Li Muyang had departed and whispered to herself softly.

She was somewhat shocked, yet also resigned as if she had expected it.

The young mistress, who had always been planning and calculating, fell silent for a long while after understanding everything.

Not until a good time later did she let out a bitter laugh and shook her head.

"This detestable Demon Sect spy, to deceive people is bad enough, but he even had to mock me before he left," she said. "Calling me an idealist who staunchly upholds principles and justice... " Your journey continues with My Virtual Library Empire

"This damnable man, the next time I see him, I'll have to chop off his head!"

Shen Yan murmured quietly.

Meanwhile, Dugu Yifang, who had been checking on Ruan Mei's condition, had returned.

This low-key and indifferent helmsman of the Liehai Hall was the only helmsman to follow Shen Yan in her departure from the sect.

He approached Shen Yan, saying, "Sister Mei is all right, that youngster didn't take the opportunity to harm her."

After Dugu Yifang finished speaking, he clicked his tongue, somewhat annoyed.

"This little thief, he actually managed to fool all of us..."

"It's such a waste of your and Sister Mei's sincere hearts!"

Dugu Yifang was slightly disgruntled.

Shen Yan sighed but didn't say a word.

She just looked at the merchant caravan disguised amidst the torrential rain, and the disciples tasked with enforcement who were unable to accept Li Muyang's departure, falling into a daze of pain, and said softly.

"Let's go, we should leave as well," she said.

"Maybe he was right, the destruction of the Blood Lotus Sect might be our rebirth."

With the Refinement Demon Sect so fully prepared and surging out in force, and the Blood Lotus Sect losing the great power of the Quadralith… In this game of weakening versus strengthening, the followers of the Blood Lotus Sect in Tianjiao City were doomed.

It was unlikely that any of the high-ranking members of the Blood Lotus Sect, including the Sect Hierarch Fang Yingtian, could survive the combined assault of more than ten Elders of the Refinement Demon Sect in a direct confrontation.

Just a short while ago, the Blood Lotus Sect, which had been shaking the world and deterring both the Immortal and Demon paths, seemed likely to perish less than half a year after rising to power.

In the midst of the storm, Shen Yan took one last glance at Tianjiao City behind her, then turned to leave without any lingering attachment.

"We're heading south to find the sanctuary opened by our founder," she said softly.

"I want to see the true relics of our founder and confirm whether the teachings of our sect are genuine."

"Can slaughtering all the cultivators in the world truly save it..."

Amidst the heavy rain, Shen Yan led her followers away, drifting like a specter.

Not many Demon Cultivators noticed this group of merchants.

But behind her, Tianjiao City had already become a river of blood, with heads rolling everywhere.

A grand formation set up by more than ten Elders of the Demon Sect enveloped the entire city.

Dark demonic flames rose within the city, ferociously burning every believer who held the doctrines of the Blood Lotus Sect.

Inside the central mansion of the city, the Sect Hierarch of the Blood Lotus Sect, gathered the power of all helmsmen in an attempt to break out with a path of blood.

However, with the power sealing their cultivation dispelled, the already frail overall strength of the Blood Lotus Sect stood no chance against the Refinement Demon Sect.

In the midst of Sect Hierarch Fang Yingtian's cries of rage and unwillingness, dark demonic flames began to rise from his body.

This grand demonic flame formation, created by the great powers of the Demon Sect specifically against the followers of the Blood Lotus Sect, was so effective that even Fang Yingtian, of the Purple Mansion Realm, found it hard to escape.

Dark demonic flames covered the city, turning the devotees of the Blood Lotus Sect into ashes amidst their screams of agony.

Only those who did not believe in the Blood Lotus Sect remained alive, trembling with terror.

The Blood Lotus Sect, once dominating a thousand miles around Tianjiao City, intimidating both the Immortal and Demon paths and forcing the hegemonic Demon Sect—the Refinement Demon Sect—to a humiliating truce, had its doctrine abruptly extinguished by the Refinement Demon Sect half a year after its meteoric rise to power.

All the high-ranking members of the Blood Lotus Sect, led by Sect Hierarch Fang Yingtian, perished.

It rose abruptly, and it was extinguished just as swiftly.

And soon, it was completely forgotten by the world.

The only thing that remained memorable was the undoubted hegemony of the Refinement Demon Sect within the Demon Path, as always.

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The story of Volume One, "Disciple of the Demon Sect", concludes.