Chapter 353: Chapter 350: Void Sect’s Crisis

Mo Qi looked completely bewildered and cried out his innocence, "I didn’t!"

"You didn’t? Then why is Ruyan crying?" Niu Kexin pressed relentlessly.

With a long face, Mo Qi shot Liu Ruyan a look, begging for help.

But Liu Ruyan turned her head away, pretending not to see.

’Hmph! That’s what you get for scaring me earlier!’

’Sister Kexin is the best. She knows how to handle you!’

"What are you looking at? Ruyan’s silence says it all!" Niu Kexin twisted Mo Qi’s ear even harder.

Others might not be able to handle Mo Qi’s Nine Transformations into Spirit Body, but Niu Kexin was an exception.

The Energy in her body came from the same source as Mo Qi’s, and besides, Mo Qi wasn’t deliberately defending himself.

So with that one twist, Niu Kexin very nearly brought tears of pain to Mo Qi’s eyes.

"Ow, ow, ow!"

Mo Qi’s incessant wails echoed from Within the Pass.

Meanwhile, the members of the Women’s Corps—the future Phoenix Division of the Demon Chef’s Secret Guard, a group that would one day make countless people tremble in fear—all looked up and pretended to admire the scenery.

This scene didn’t lower Mo Qi’s deified status in the women’s eyes in the slightest.

On the contrary, seeing Mo Qi’s respect for Niu Kexin and Liu Ruyan and his willingness to indulge them made the women approve of him even more.

Threads of a special Energy flowed from between the women’s eyebrows, secretly merging with the Dragon Vein deep underground.

...

Zhang Shao. Once, he was the glorious Sect Leader of the Wolf Fang Sect.

Now, he had arrived, haggard and worn, at a Mortal village not far from the ruins of the Wolf Fang Sect.

His appearance immediately drew the villagers’ attention.

The village was small, so everyone knew one another.

It was also very remote; sometimes, an entire year would pass without a single outsider paying a visit.

"Excuse me, are you looking for someone?" the villagers asked, gathering around him warmly.

Zhang Shao’s brow furrowed. With a single thought, a tyrannical wave of Spiritual Power swept outward.

In an instant, every villager dropped dead, their souls obliterated.

Even in death, they still wore warm, welcoming smiles.

’Filthy ants, daring to block my path!’

Zhang Shao cursed to himself as he stepped over the field of corpses and walked straight into one of the houses.

When he emerged again, he was holding a robust-looking baby boy.

The infant looked to be only a few months old, yet his eyes glinted with wisdom. He wasn’t crying or fussing.

"You are a child of the Wang Family. I now grant you the name Tumo. It means Slaughter-Mo... as in, to slaughter Mo Qi! You must remember that your father, Wang Hao, your mother, Fang Min, your grandfather, Wang Chen, and your great-grandfather, Wang Xinglong—your entire family was killed by Mo Qi!"

"Wang Tumo, your mission in life is to kill Mo Qi!"

Zhang Shao used his Spiritual Power to brand these words into the infant’s mind.

A look of struggle flickered across the infant’s face. He opened his mouth, pointing toward the corpses of an elderly couple nearby.

Seeing this, Zhang Shao snorted. "They were mere Mortals who raised you for a while. What is there to miss? Your future lies in the Immortal Realm!"

The infant lowered his arm, his head slumped, and he fell unconscious.

Zhang Shao glanced at the infant, then looked in the direction of the Imperial City.

’Mo Qi, I admit my talent and abilities are no match for yours. But I have a trump card you will never see coming!’

KRA-KOOM!

Just then, a rift tore open in the sky above the village, and two figures tumbled out.

Zhang Shao’s face fell in alarm. He quickly ducked into the shadows, clutching Wang Tumo.

’Spacewalking! Are they Immortals?!’

BOOM! BOOM!

Xiao Zhize and Liu Chen crashed onto the ground, looking utterly wretched. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Now that they were in the outside world, the seals on their bodies had automatically been released. However, the aftereffects of the "trauma" the Pig Emperor had inflicted upon their bodies—and their very souls—still lingered, giving them no time to react to the fall.

"Mo Qi, I, Xiao Zhize, will not rest until one of us is dead!"

Now that he was out from Within the Pass, Xiao Zhize bared his fangs once more.

’Everything he’d experienced Within the Pass was a complete nightmare! It was a humiliation! A memory he couldn’t bear to look back on!’

Although the Pig Emperor had been the one to carry it out, Xiao Zhize had already decided that Mo Qi was the one pulling the strings.

Liu Chen, in contrast, looked just as grim but remained silent, offering no opinion.

Instead, he seemed lost in thought, his expression heavy with worry.

"Uncle, that Mo Qi is too much! I think Ruyan has turned out this way because he corrupted her!"

Liu Chen mulled this over for a moment. Just as he was about to speak, his expression suddenly changed, and he turned to look behind them.

"Who’s there?"

Startled, Xiao Zhize quickly looked in the same direction.

He saw Zhang Shao walking out from the shadows, holding Wang Tumo.

"Zhang Shao, Sect Leader of the Wolf Fang Sect. It’s an honor to meet you both." Zhang Shao inclined his body slightly as a sign of respect.

Before either of them could speak, Zhang Shao continued, "I just heard you two mention the name of a certain scoundrel: Mo Qi!"

"You have a grudge against him, too?" Xiao Zhize asked.

"I do!" Zhang Shao made no attempt to hide it and briefly recounted his feud with Mo Qi.

"We have a common enemy. How about we join forces?" Zhang Shao proposed, seeing that the time was right.

"Join forces?" Xiao Zhize sneered. "You’re a leader with no followers from the Mortal District, with a mere Void Realm Cultivation. What right do you have to ally with us?"

Zhang Shao’s expression didn’t change. "I know Mo Qi far better than you do. I have information you don’t. And most importantly, I have something you’ll be very interested in!"

"Oh? And what is that?" Xiao Zhize asked.

Zhang Shao only smiled, saying nothing.

Xiao Zhize gave Zhang Shao a long, hard look. "Fine. I’ll agree to an alliance. But first, tell me something Mo Qi cares about deeply."

Zhang Shao’s eyebrow twitched. He thought to himself, ’Looks like someone’s eager for revenge! So this is the measure of someone from the Hall of Envoys. Petty. I like it!’

At this thought, the corners of Zhang Shao’s mouth lifted into a malicious grin. "If you want something he cares about deeply, that would be the Sect where he used to be a member—the Void Sect!"

"Good. Lead the way. We’re heading to the Void Sect to collect some interest right now!" With a great wave of his hand, Xiao Zhize summoned a massive Flying Magical Artifact that appeared in midair.

It was another Fortress-level Flying Magical Artifact!

"Zhize, I have urgent business back with my clan, so I won’t be joining you." After saying his piece, Liu Chen’s figure flickered and vanished.

Xiao Zhize didn’t give it a second thought. Taking revenge in the Mortal District was indeed beneath someone of Liu Chen’s status.

It was understandable that he wouldn’t participate.

And so, he set off for the Void Sect with Zhang Shao in tow.

...

This day marked the greatest disaster the Void Sect had faced since its founding.

A Fortress-level Flying Magical Artifact hovered over the Void Sect, launching a brutal assault.

The Ni Brothers, the other old masters from the Secret Realm, and even Yun Xuzi himself—nearly eighty percent of the Void Sect’s fighting force—were not present.

After deducing that Mo Qi might be in danger, they had immediately departed for the Imperial City, ready to support him at a moment’s notice.

As a result, the forces left to defend the Void Sect were severely lacking.

If not for the Mountain Protection Array left behind by Liu Hong, they might not have lasted even a single minute.

"Master Yu, what do we do?"

With Yun Xuzi and the Ni Brothers gone, Yu Liang, the chief Alchemy Master, was temporarily in charge of the Void Sect.