Song Chai Xin, accompanied by Song Brahman Mirror, walked out of the main gate of the Xie Mansion with dignity, right in front of the esteemed young talents from Baoping State.

When the Primordial Pill martial artists, united by Song Yuan, heard the first half of the news about the bloody battle at Yunluan Mountain to avenge their own young celestial prides, their first reaction was one of righteous indignation.

They thought to themselves: What exactly are the Qingshui Building and the Li and Qiao families in Wutong Prefecture City doing?

Clearly, their descendants have died tragically, yet they watched their enemies walk away with open eyes?

But as the names 'Demon Hunter General Ye Cang' and 'Baiyujing Lord Yang Xiu' spread from the latter half of the message...

Everyone,

was speechless.

A Fourth Step True Master, a leading figure of Baoping State, spoke out to testify for Song Brahman Mirror, saying that although she had the body of a demon, she was unrelated to the 'Yunluan Catastrophe'.

Moreover, now that the Northwest demons and monsters are invading, and the Demon-Suppressing Great Wall is in ruins...

Song Brahman Mirror even received an order and headed north to fight against the demons!

When the news spread,

the so-called 'Demon Hunting Alliance' immediately ceased action.

Even though,

on Yunluan Mountain, Sword Master Song Yuan offered three true orthodox techniques as a reward, there were still two reputable Fourth Step masters who vouched for her innocence.

In this situation, who would dare to say that Song Brahman Mirror was definitely the culprit who released the demons, causing Yunluan Mountain's downfall?

When the news reached Yunluan Mountain,

Song Yuan was stunned.

"How could Demon Hunter General Ye Cang and Baiyujing Lord Yang Xiu vouch for Song Brahman Mirror?!" His face was grim, holding a teacup, and with a burst of true qi, he crushed it into powder.

Those two, after pursuing the Master of Great Snow Mountain, didn't even pause at Yunluan Mountain. Even if they had extraordinary abilities, could they arbitrarily determine Song Brahman Mirror's innocence?

Even he, as Song Brahman Mirror's biological father, didn't believe that she was completely innocent!

"Surely these two saw Song Brahman Mirror progressing rapidly, and her future as a Fourth Step is almost certain, so they aim to recruit her!"

"Damn, if that wicked daughter of mine returns, won't I be...?"

"No, I can't let that happen!"

Song Yuan's heart raced; he knew well the strength of Song Brahman Mirror's talents, especially after obtaining the essence of her mother's demon crystal. In possibly just fifty years, no, only thirty years...

She might surpass even him!

Currently, he could still rely on his Third-Step Primordial Pill cultivation in the shaky Yunluan Mountain and still hold absolute authority, even if he no longer showed himself.

So long as he's there for one day, then he's righteous, and Song Brahman Mirror is the evil; disciples would naturally come to argue for him.

Over time, even if Song Brahman Mirror was right, and he was wrong, the black and white would inevitably be flipped!

But if Song Brahman Mirror returns as a Fourth Step, and with backing from officials like Demon Hunter General and Baiyujing Lord, it changes everything!

"No, I can't sit idly by!"

Without the demon crystal, how could he break through the Fourth Gate?

To comprehend two renowned and orthodox martial arts techniques to an extreme level, and then fuse his own 'Martial Arts Celestial Form'?

Too difficult; he couldn't do it.

Just mastering one has exhausted his lifetime potential, let alone two, and to innovate further, blazing his own trail—it's as fanciful as a hounds and jackals tale for Song Yuan.

To master a Dao-level martial art, comprehend the 'Martial Arts Celestial Form' within it, and open the Celestial Gate using past paths?

Not to mention mastering and comprehending it, the entire Yunluan Mountain didn't even have half a piece of broken Dao-level martial arts, so where could he find one? Moreover, even if he found it, he might not be 'qualified' to practice it.

As for going to dangerous places like the Ten Extremes Pass, fighting on the edge of life and death, hoping to advance to the Fourth Step...

He's at the Peak of the Primordial Pill, but in the 'Celestial Human Realm,' he's far from top-notch. Even many top-notch Third-Step martial artists have become skeletons...

Much less himself?

"Divine Blood Sect..." Suddenly, he remembered the masked disciples from the Divine Blood Sect who attacked the mountain before.

And he recalled how he couldn't fully absorb the 'Snow Mountain Profound Fox' blood he had taken for so long and had to use that 'essence' demon crystal to make a breakthrough, taking a desperate gamble.

If,

he could also obtain the 'Divine Blood Sect's' secret methods, merging human aptitude and demon blood, discarding the dross and selecting the essence, combining them into one...

Could he replace the 'Celestial Human Dao Pill' and use external force to knock on that door as he previously envisioned?

Song Yuan's heart pounded violently.

The Divine Blood Sect!

It was an organization gathered by remnants of the former dynasty, divided into six major branches.

Each represented... one of the six former princely and noble families!

Grandmaster Dong, Duke Liang, Nine Thousand Years...

These names, put them sixty years ago.

They were at the pinnacle of the most distinguished officials on this Northwest land!

But now, they've vanished along with the sands of history.

Yet, an insect with a hundred legs is not stiff even in death.

Let alone those who were once so powerful, almost single-handedly collapsing half of the Great Zhao's territories?

The six major branches are active across the five great states, deeply rooted in their former 'territories.'

Perhaps, in the prefecture city, state city, and even the central hub of the Divine Capital, they have agents in hiding!

And Baoping State belongs to the branch of Grandmaster Dong known as the 'Profound Dragon Bai Clan'!

Grandmaster Dong, named 'Bai,' of a heroic lineage, mixed blood of man and dragon, rose a jiazi ago in Baoping State, sweeping through the world, finally entered the central hub, wielding 'Grandmaster' authority with unrivaled majesty.