Heroine Yan slightly lowered her head. When she turned to look, Wang Mu had already vanished.

Heroine Yan let out a soft sigh.

It's good that he's gone.

To think he went looking for that demoness and came to this place...

She didn't know why Wang Mu had come here. With merely a Nascent Soul cultivation, daring to come to this place was incredibly audacious.

"HAHAHA..."

"Resisting the darkness alone..."

"Heroine Yan, you haven't achieved immortality. You still haven't broken free from the constraints of this world."

"Becoming a true immortal beyond this world should have been an easy task for you..."

Piao Miaoxu's voice had diminished significantly, yet it sounded even more rampant. When darkness once again envelops everything, I am invincible here. Perhaps ordinary Dark Alien Race members, or even a Foreign King, couldn't have withstood the Immortalless Sword Realm just now and might have been annihilated. But I am different. I am not just a member of the Dark Alien Race; I merely absorbed their power, abiding by the rules of this Dark Border and utilizing their traits. Beyond that, my soul is still that of Sky Demon Emperor Chen! What are the rules of this place? It's that where darkness descends, the Foreign Clan is indestructible! As long as my soul cannot be extinguished, once darkness covers everything, my recovery is only a matter of time.

"As for that man you're so infatuated with... he just abandoned you and left," Piao Miaoxu sneered. "Dongfang Mu, that dog! He used to entice so many women, making them lay down their lives for him, and all of you were actually willing... Do you understand now?"

"In his heart, you were nothing more than tools he used to defeat me!"

"All those affections? They were all fake."

Heroine Yan remained silent.

"Since he can abandon you once, he can abandon you all eventually."

"Was it worth it, staying in this mortal world for him?"

Piao Miaoxu sneered relentlessly. "You had such a great opportunity: leave this world, roam the universe, become a carefree true immortal. Yet, you voluntarily gave it up and even severed your own path to immortality! Among his women, you might not have been the strongest, but you were certainly the most foolish."

As the Great Demon, she still hadn't made a move, still intending to shake her opponent's Taoist Heart.

Heroine Yan's Crossing Tribulation and Ascension to immortality were known throughout the Nine Provinces. But not many knew why she had severed her immortal path and remained in the mortal world. Yet, Piao Miaoxu had revealed it with a single sentence: it was all for the man named Dongfang Mu. This showed how profoundly Piao Miaoxu understood these old rivals.

"You are merely a solitary and forsaken being," Heroine Yan said lightly. "How could you comprehend the Great Tao I pursue?"

"What blasted Great Tao!" Piao Miaoxu, having been called a solitary and forsaken being, scoffed. "Isn't it just about a man? If he is your Great Tao, where is he now?"

"Destiny..." Piao Miaoxu sneered. "Outside, he *is* Destiny. Here, there is no Destiny."

"You couldn't defeat me back then, and you are even less capable of doing so here."

"If *she* were to appear, perhaps she could deal with me."

"Unfortunately, she has already gone through six reincarnations. Even if her seventh life were to emerge now, she couldn't possibly deal with me."

"As for Dongfang Mu, he doesn't even know what kind of place this is..."

"If all of you were gathered here, you might be able to reenact the past... Unfortunately, among your group, only you can still exhibit some of your former strength..." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"The shackles on all of you are extraordinarily heavy."

Piao Miaoxu revealed a confident smile. "Now, it's naturally my turn... Back then, you severed my arm. Today, I shall repay that tenfold. That's not excessive, is it?"

Heroine Yan didn't answer, merely gripping her Green Frost Sword, just as she had done in the past.

Just then, a voice interjected,

"No, it's extremely excessive."

Heroine Yan's brow twitched.

Piao Miaoxu looked over and saw Wang Mu slowly walking back from a distance. This time, however, his body was enveloped in a faint, swirling Evil Qi.

"Oh? You didn't leave?" Piao Miaoxu narrowed her eyes.

"Why should I leave?" Wang Mu shook his head. With a slight movement of his palm, he brought the object in his hand up before his eyes.

"The Shadow Hong Saber?" Piao Miaoxu's eyebrow twitched.

Just moments ago, when Wang Mu's punch had blasted her from her original position, the Shadow Hong Saber had also been sent flying. But that was inconsequential by then, as she had already used the Shadow Hong Saber to absorb a vast amount of the Dark Alien Race's flesh and blood. Although this saber was indeed peculiar and she couldn't truly wield its power, using it to aid her cultivation wasn't difficult. It wasn't just her. Any cultivator from the outside world who held the Shadow Hong Saber would be influenced by its Evil Qi, causing them to absorb the flesh and blood of living beings through it. However, truly unleashing the Shadow Hong Saber's power was impossible for them.

Until now.

Wang Mu gripped the Shadow Hong Saber.

When he had left earlier, it was to retrieve the Shadow Hong Saber.

The blade hummed, and Evil Qi surged into his body.

It was just like when he had grasped the Sky-cutting Sword, flown out of the Sword Sect Holy Land, and, with his Protective Body active, faced the Heavenly Tribulation to reach Heroine Yan's side.

A saber and a sword... it was as if each bore its own destiny.

Back then, its purpose was to slay Piao Miaoxu. And now, a thousand years later...

Wang Mu walked to stand before Heroine Yan.

His aura steadily climbed.

The Demon Blade, having accumulated Evil Qi for a thousand years, then been cleansed by Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and bolstered by Qi Fortune, had long since become a true Divine Weapon.

Wang Mu wasn't sure what would happen if he wielded this saber...

But at this moment... there isn't much choice. To defeat Piao Miaoxu in her current state...

To be honest, Wang Mu felt that even at the Nascent Soul Realm, he would have some difficulty controlling the Shadow Hong Saber. Still, he had been its master a thousand years ago.

Perhaps, in this entire world, the only one who can truly unleash the Shadow Hong Saber's power...

Using power that isn't my own... it feels so exhilarating... However, the Evil Qi of this Shadow Rainbow Blade has a huge impact on me. If I hold it for long, problems will definitely arise.