This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 262 - 254: An Egg?

Chapter 262: Chapter 254: An Egg?

"Out!"

With a low shout from a Sword Pond elder, a Spiritual Power fissure spanning the entire Snow Mountain Heavenly Pool emerged on the surface of the pool, casting a dazzling light that illuminated the entire mountaintop.

From afar, the snow-covered peak appeared as if embedded with a massive Luminous Pearl. Even during the day, it was still strikingly resplendent. Numerous Sect elders were nervously watching the fissure in the snow, awaiting the emergence of their talented disciples.

Although the death rate in the Secret Realm was almost only about ten percent, and mortalities only occurred every few centuries, what they valued more were the gains within the Secret Realm.

Be it the Daoist Skill inheritance, natural treasures, or lost secret treasures, all of these could bring significant benefits to their Sect. Especially now, as a new era unfolds, friction and clashes between various Sects have drastically increased, and every increment in power could be the straw that breaks the balance.

The next moment, countless lights burst from the fissure like scattering meteors, revealing figures at the edge of the Heavenly Pool.

Most geniuses who had not practiced Body Refining Techniques felt nauseous and vomited the instant they regained consciousness, despite having been transported in a high-speed manner from head-to-sky to head-to-ground. However, the moment they entered the transition between the two realms, they ended up in a head-to-ground and feet-to-sky position.

This abrupt change left those frail Daoist Practitioners feeling horribly nauseous, dizzied and disoriented, seeing triplets of everything around them, taking a long while to slowly readjust.

"The Purple Cloud Phoenix Extreme Secret Realm has officially ended! For those Daoist friends who wish to linger in the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool, Zhou Yuzhi is still welcoming. For those eager to depart, please feel free to do so," a resounding voice from Zhou Yuzhi echoed from nowhere, clearly audible to everyone despite his absence, thus officially declaring the end of the Secret Realm.

At the peak of the Heavenly Pool, high-ranking members from various Sects who had been waiting had already approached their disciples to inquire about the situation in the Secret Realm. Upon hearing this voice, they all bowed toward the horizon and then departed with their disciples.

Before long, only a few figures remained by the snowy side of the Heavenly Pool, specifically Su Youyi, He Zhiqing, and Yu Gejing, the successors of Super Forces.

Pang Qingshi gave He Zhiqing and Yu Gejing, who were not far away, a cold glance but said nothing, turning away with Liu Rouxin, who was making faces at Yu Gejing in the snow.

"Hmph! If it wasn’t the wrong place, I would’ve taught that girl a good lesson," Yu Gejing has little patience for bratty kids, and she would have shown off the results of her three months of cultivation if not for being in the territory of the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool.

"It’s okay, there will be plenty of opportunities for competition later," He Zhiqing soothed Yu Gejing in a gentle tone, not really wanting his older female apprentice to take action. Though there was already a solution to his sister apprentice’s innate lifespan issues, he still didn’t want any accidents to happen to her.

"Well, alright..." Yu Gejing reluctantly had to go with the flow.

"Strange, how come the Secret Realm’s gate hasn’t closed yet?" Ke Mengzhan, who was planning to sneak away, turned his head and discovered that the gate in the pool remained open, albeit covered by a faint force that prevented others from entering.

"Senior brother hasn’t come out yet!" Su Youyi declared definitively, since her senior brother had said so, he would definitely come out, and the gate of the Secret Realm remaining open might be the reason why.

Just when Ke Mengzhan was about to ask more, two figures broke through the air and appeared beside the group.

"Master!" Su Youyi and Ke Mengzhan, recognizing the newcomers, respectively bowed to the two people from the left and right.

"Greetings to Elder Banished Immortal and Sword Master!"

On the other side, He Zhiqing and Yu Gejing, who had let the elder from Complete Heaven Sect go ahead, also hurriedly paid their respects to the two.

"Haha, how was your harvest this time?" Chen Hua’s hearty laugh arose as he looked down at Su Youyi. He had merely glanced at his beloved disciple and already noticed several surprising elements, showing that the gains from this trip were indeed substantial.

"Let’s not talk about the gains yet, senior brother is still inside!"

To Su Youyi, discussing these matters could wait; the most important issue at hand was her senior brother.

"Hmm? Why would he still be inside?" Chen Hua observed his little disciple, whose anxious expression seemed genuine, not out of suspicion of her words but out of curiosity about why Liang Yi would be inside the Secret Realm.

"Senior brother was accidentally transported here from a small Secret Realm in Medicine Valley and even saved me and Elder Sister Yu," Su Youyi briefly explained the situation but due to time constraints did not delve into details.

"Yuzhi, what do you think?"

Although Chen Hua had entered this Secret Realm before, it had been many years ago, and when it comes to familiarity with this Secret Realm, Zhou Yuzhi was the person to ask.

Even though Chen Hua’s question sounded somewhat odd, Zhou Yuzhi still shared his observations:

"It might be an issue with the Purple Cloud Sect, even though we, the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool, own this entrance, the real masters of this Secret Realm are still the insiders of the Purple Cloud Sect. Now that such an anomaly has occurred, I can’t think of any other reason."

Zhou Yuzhi and Chen Hua didn’t come here to look for their disciples; their purpose from the start was to tackle this issue with the never-closed entrance, as the Purple Cloud Phoenix Extreme Secret Realm is quite significant to their Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool.

Once they got closer to the Heavenly Pool, Zhou Yuzhi realized it wasn’t that the Secret Realm had issues, but that an external power was forcibly keeping the entrance open.

He and Chen Hua were both here, and although the power was incredibly strong, the two of them still had the ability to directly disperse this power and thus close the entrance. However, Zhou Yuzhi remembered the promise passed down from generations of Sword Masters of the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool.

"Um, a senior from the Purple Cloud Sect once mentioned having an agreement with the Sword Pond."

"There truly was an agreement. The establishment of the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool was partly due to the assistance provided by the Purple Cloud Sect."

Zhou Yuzhi calmly admitted, embodying the true nature of a Sword Cultivator, as it had been a promise passed down through generations of Sword Masters, where one’s word was their bond.

After knowing the details, Chen Hua and Zhou Yuzhi led the younger generation away from the area, given that partitioning part of the Secret Realm and relocating it proved to be quite challenging.

Especially for a large Secret Realm like the Purple Cloud Phoenix Extreme Secret Realm, they needed to be extremely careful, one slip could lead to the collapse of the entire Secret Realm.

As time passed, the light above the Heavenly Pool grew increasingly intense; even from ten snow mountains away, thousands of miles across, the sect of the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool could clearly see the light shining halfway across the sky.

A silent vibration emanated from the snow mountain beneath everyone’s feet, and faint roaring began to sound. Everyone was invigorated and simultaneously turned their gazes towards the smooth, mirror-like water surface, eager to explore the unknown.

On such a snow mountain, even a slight vibration was enough to cause an avalanche. In slightly populated areas, such an avalanche was tantamount to a natural disaster.

But with Chen Hua and Zhou Yuzhi present, the snow hadn’t even started to avalanche before it was obliterated by the swords of the two powerhouses!

The entire snow mountain seemed as if spring had returned to the earth, with the spring breeze following the Sword Intent of the two powerhouses; it took just one breath for the mile-long distance from the mountain peak to the foot, and the widespread snow instantly vanished, with green branches sprouting at the tips of trees.

Su Youyi and others gazed around in surprise, clearly feeling the temperature rising, while the two in front of them had seemingly not even lifted a hand.

Especially Ke Mengzhan, his eyes sparkled as he stared at Chen Hua’s back. His unique constitution allowed him to sense the profound mysteries in the Sword Intent of Banished Immortal and his master, and by comparison...

"Forgive your disciple for being unworthy, but Banished Immortal truly deserves to be called the number one Sword Cultivator in the world!"

Ke Mengzhan’s fingers twitched involuntarily, wanting to reach for his sword and emulate Banished Immortal’s Sword Intent.

But he knew he couldn’t!

To learn from others is to live; to imitate others is to die!

Contemplating Banished Immortal’s Sword Intent was permissible, but mere imitation would mean the stagnation of Ke Mengzhan’s own path in Sword Dao.

For Ke Mengzhan, there were only two things in this world he should never betray: sleep and Sword Intent. As the current Sword Son of the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool, naturally, he was not someone who only knew how to sleep all day.

But whether it was the Sword Techniques of the Heavenly Pool or some insights into Sword Dao, in his view, they were all too simplistic or downright not worth practicing; the only one in the entire sect who could convince him in terms of Sword Dao was his master.

However, ever since he had witnessed the sparring between Banished Immortal and his master, his master had quietly shifted from first to second place in his heart. It had to be admitted; Banished Immortal was truly formidable!

Just as Ke Mengzhan was lost in these thoughts that could easily lead Zhou Yuzhi to clean house, the vibrations coming from the water became increasingly intense.

The light that had previously radiated outward began to contract into a beam, eventually converging to about the thickness of a fist; ripples began to emerge one ring after another over the crack in the water.

Chen Hua and Zhou Yuzhi both raised their brows, sensing something coming up from beneath the crack; if nothing was amiss, it should be the fragment of the Secret Realm that contained part of the Purple Cloud Sect.

It was like an egg emerging from the neck of a bottle, with what appeared to be the top half of an oval-shaped eggshell peeking out from the crack and coming into view before everyone.

Seeing this "eggshell" come out, Su Youyi and the others realized where the beam of light had contracted to.

Previously, other sect disciples were directly enveloped by the light and then thrown out, but the Secret Realm fragment containing the Purple Cloud Sect was simply too large to be merely enveloped and pulled out.

It was like using a claw machine; picking up the dolls one by one was time-consuming, effort-intensive, and costly—lifting the lid and scooping it out directly was simple!

Thus, with Liang Yi’s reminder, Zi Xuan altered the form of the Guiding Light directly into a large net, wrapping it around the Purple Cloud Sect and pulling it out.

And the small entrance of the Heavenly Pool obviously wasn’t going to let the entire Purple Cloud Sect come out; if it did, it would be as large as the Sword Cleanse Heavenly Pool. What they were actually pulling out was the piece of the Secret Realm where the Purple Cloud Sect was hidden. Liang Yi and others looking to move the Purple Cloud Sect could simply drag this fragment around.

This fragment’s external manifestation was an egg.