The contemporary powerhouses of Luoxia City known to outsiders were none other than its three City Lords.

But anyone with a sound mind knew this was only the strength Luoxia City displayed on the surface.

Otherwise, how could Luoxia City be worthy of its title as the head of Daqi’s Seven Eminent Clans?

Could it rely solely on the might of the Great City Lord alone?

After all, everyone has their limits. No matter how powerful the Great City Lord was, he was still just a Purple Mansion Cultivator.

Therefore, when the Blood Demon Sect devised their plot against Luoxia City, they had already taken this factor into account.

To coordinate with their actions, the Thunderous Demon King had deliberately intensified his offensive. All the Great Demons under his command joined the fray, putting immense pressure on Luoxia City’s defensive lines.

The entire purpose was to tie down Luoxia City’s top combatants.

And events unfolded just as they had predicted. Not only had Zhan Tianxia and the mysterious Third City Lord personally gone to the front lines, but two unknown Purple Mansion Cultivators had also appeared—undoubtedly the hidden forces of Luoxia City.

Thus, by their deductions, the only one left within the city was the unfathomable Great City Lord.

However, Muu Guibai was the only Cultivator in Luoxia City qualified to contend with a Demon King. As long as the Thunderous Demon King made no move, he couldn’t act rashly either, meaning he was effectively pinned down as well.

And so, believing their objective had been achieved, the Blood Demon Sect boldly executed their plan.

But for all their meticulous planning, there was one thing they never expected: that Luoxia City was hiding such immense power. Not only had the Blood Robe Asura, Bai Zhengchun, who had vanished for a hundred years, reappeared in the world...

...but there were also four other Purple Mansion Cultivators.

Every one of these four was a renowned figure.

Two of them were the previous Third and Fourth City Lords of Luoxia City, while the other two were former Direct Disciples of the Second City Lord.

It wasn’t that the Blood Demon Sect lacked an intelligence network. On the contrary, Blood Demon Sect Members were spread throughout the Daqi Cultivation World; their eyes and ears were everywhere.

Unfortunately, all of these individuals shared one thing in common with the Blood Robe Asura, Bai Zhengchun—they were all supposed to be dead!

That’s right. Whether two hundred years ago or over a hundred years ago, all of them had supposedly fallen, one after another. Bai Zhengchun, for instance, was said to have died while besieged by Demon Beasts.

Another example was the woman named Shen Qingxiu, who had supposedly perished while attempting to forge her Purple Mansion.

There had been numerous witnesses to their deaths. Who could have imagined that these people, whose souls should have long since returned to the heavens and who had vanished for so long, would be standing right before them?

For a moment, a chill ran down the Blood Princess’s spine. ’Could Luoxia City have been plotting this for hundreds of years?’

’Did these people fake their deaths to escape their pasts, or were they truly resurrected?’

While fending off the enemy’s tide-like onslaught, the Blood Princess’s mind raced, searching for a way to escape.

Luoxia City’s defenses were naturally extremely tight. Especially after the city was sealed, not even an ant could crawl in.

But the Blood Princess possessed an extraordinary innate talent. By paying a certain price, she could travel through shadows. Combined with a Supreme Treasure from the Blood Demon Sect, she had successfully infiltrated the city.

Relying on strongholds established within the city long ago, she used a Blood Demon Sect Secret Technique to gradually transfer over a thousand Blood Demon Sect Members from the five provinces of Bian, Ling, Lin, Yang, and Xiang.

To accomplish this feat, the Blood Demon Sect had paid an unimaginable price. Moreover, it was a one-way ticket.

In other words, if they couldn’t complete their plan—to destroy Luoxia City’s Tier Four Spirit Vein and lead the Demon Beasts to breach the city—their only fate was to be annihilated.

But the Blood Princess had always cherished her own life. From the moment she entered Luoxia City, she had been preparing an escape route for herself.

Therefore, she had no intention of fighting to the bitter end. Instead, she was busy plotting how to flee...

The battle between nine Purple Mansion Cultivators was nothing short of a catastrophe for Luoxia City. In less than half an ancient hour, a fifth of the city had been reduced to ruins.

Wails of agony echoed everywhere, and an unknown number of people lost their lives in the destruction.

Before the vast and mighty power of Purple Mansion Cultivators, these Low-Tier Cultivators seemed so fragile.

The battle raged from midnight until dawn, leaving nearly half of Luoxia City in ruins.

Luoxia City not only had the advantage in numbers but was also fighting on home ground, allowing them to mobilize a portion of their Arrays’ power to fend off the enemy.

In contrast, the Blood Demon Sect was at a disadvantage in numbers. They had also paid a heavy price to use a Secret Technique to sneak into the city, so they were not in their peak condition.

With one side waxing and the other waning, the Blood Princess and her cohorts were gradually defeated. The Lin Province Squad Leader was slain by the combined efforts of Shen Qingxiu and Bai Zhengchun, his Divine Soul utterly annihilated.

The Xiang Province Squad Leader was also killed on the spot, but his Divine Soul escaped the battlefield by taking refuge in a mass of foul blood on his shoulder.

The Yang Province Squad Leader made a pact with the Blood Princess to self-destruct together, hoping to take Shen Qingxiu and the others down with them. But at the critical moment, the Blood Princess betrayed him, using his sacrifice to aid her own escape.

In this battle, of the four Blood Demon Sect Squad Leaders, the Lin Province Squad Leader was slain, the Xiang Province Squad Leader lost his Physical Body and fled the city, the Yang Province Squad Leader self-destructed, and the Blood Princess escaped using a Secret Technique, but not before being gravely wounded by a single slash from Bai Zhengchun.

The thousand-plus Blood Demon Sect Members who had entered the city became fish in a barrel. Under Zhuang Yuechan’s command, the vast majority were slaughtered, leaving only a few stragglers clinging to life.

Although Luoxia City had been prepared, its losses were also heavy. Nearly half of the city was in ruins, and there was no telling how long it would take to rebuild.

Of the five Purple Mansion Cultivators, one had fallen and two were gravely injured, leaving only Bai Zhengchun and Shen Qingxiu to oversee the situation. The casualties among Luoxia City’s disciples were even more severe. It was, by all accounts, a pyrrhic victory.

Fortunately, they had succeeded in thwarting the Blood Demon Sect’s conspiracy, which was a blessing amid the misfortune.