After that, he became her brain, helping her expand her influence and establish herself in both the spirit and immortal realms.

Unfortunately, in the immortal realm, while trying to help Xiao Ran reconnect with her maternal family and acknowledge her ancestry, he was killed by antagonists from her extended family.

This time, her luck was truly good.

One of Xiao Ran’s greatest aides had been lost for no clear reason.

Let’s see how Xiao Ran builds her power without her strategist.

"It is Xiang Yu. He carried a jade token that sealed one of my attacks along with defensive power. And yet he still died..."

Fan Xiaodong had no mind reading ability and was unaware of Yu Lin’s thoughts.

Thinking of the relationship between Xiao Ran and Xiang Yu, he frowned and said, "Xiaolin, continue your cultivation on your own. I will arrange for people to investigate this matter."

"Understood."

Not going personally?

It seems this senior brother is feeling jealous.

A faint smile curved Yu Lin’s lips. Then she thought of Xiao Shou, whom she had planned to win over, but who had suddenly disappeared.

Along with her conflict with Xiao Ran, the Water Qilin who is being swept away by a geomagnetic storm, and missing the chance to meet Venerable Jian Li due to being ambushed and injured by Xiao Ran in a secret realm, her mood darkened again.

Meanwhile, Xiao Shou had no idea that his first battle had eliminated the future sect master of the Heavenly Void Sect and the key strategist of Xiao Ran’s faction.

But he would soon find out.

After finally suppressing the urge to vomit, he reluctantly used his spiritual power to retrieve the Golden Core cultivator’s storage belt.

After cleaning off the grime with a purification spell, he examined it with his divine sense and found it to be a low grade item.

It was not even as spacious as his own, so he did not care much about it.

But when he scanned its contents, he froze.

Aside from the usual pills and talismans, the clothing inside was clearly the uniform of an inner sect direct disciple of the Heavenly Void Sect.

That lunatic was actually a disciple of the Heavenly Void Sect?

Do they not check character at all when recruiting?

How could they accept anyone like that?

Curious, Xiao Shou searched further and found an identity jade token.

When he took it out and looked at it, he froze.

On the token were the words.

Heavenly Void Sect, Starfall Peak, Direct Disciple, Xiang Yu.

Xiao Shou stared at it in disbelief.

Starfall Peak. Xiang Yu.

If there was no second disciple with that name, then the Golden Core lunatic he had just killed was the future sect master of the Heavenly Void Sect, the protagonist’s devoted follower, and her strategist in the spirit realm.

He felt a chill run through him.

The future sect master actually had such a twisted hobby.

His entire state of mind felt shaken.

He had killed the protagonist’s strategist on his very first move.

What should he do now?

The more he tried to avoid conflict with the protagonist, the more fate seemed determined to push her people against him.

First Jian Li, then Zhong Kui, and now Xiang Yu had died by his hand.

He almost wanted to find a corner and draw circles in despair.

If the protagonist found out he was the one responsible, would she hate him to death?

In the original story, the one who killed Xiang Yu in the immortal realm had been members of her maternal family, people who even shared some blood ties with her.

Later, when she grew powerful, she wiped out her entire maternal clan.

Aside from a few who were loyal to her or had treated her kindly, everyone else, whether directly involved or not, was exterminated.

She had even used a soul cleansing stone to refine their souls into pure soul energy and absorbed them completely, leaving them no chance at reincarnation.

If the protagonist ever found out that he had killed Xiang Yu...

No. He had to clean everything up completely and leave no trace.

He could not let her discover any connection to him.

Xiao Shou recalled that in the Heaven Origin Realm, the best tracking method was the soul lamp and the disciples of major sects all had one.

Through a soul lamp, one could locate where a disciple had met with misfortune and where their soul lingered, then investigate the surrounding traces to uncover the truth behind their death.

There was also a setting in this world that differed from many others.

When cultivators died, they could reincarnate.

As long as they were not struck by weapons specifically targeting the soul, their soul would remain intact.

It would linger unconsciously near their remains for seven days, then after they enter reincarnation, they would forgetting everything and beginning anew.

This rule had been explained in detail in the story when the protagonist once died in the spirit realm.

Her companions had used every possible treasure within those seven days to bring her back.

If Xiao Shou wanted to avoid being exposed for killing Xiang Yu, he would need to take more thorough measures.

All of Xiang Yu’s belongings had to be destroyed.

His remains could not stay here and he had to be moved far away.

White Silver City was too small.

Once the location of death was determined, everything could be traced.

At that point, perhaps the Heavenly Void Sect might overlook the matter because of their disciple’s crimes.

But the protagonist would not.

Her personality was one of extreme favoritism.

She protected her own without reason.

As long as it was someone she liked, even if they committed countless atrocities, she would still shield them.

For example, when Zhong Kui broke the seal of the Water Qilin.

He opened the passage for the Demon Abyss race and causing catastrophe to the Heaven Origin Realm.

What angered her was not the disaster or the countless deaths, but his betrayal of her.