In the distance from the great locust tree, a woman stood gracefully.

Black hair fluttered in the wind, slender phoenix brows, eyes like bright moons.

“She.”

Xiao Zuiji said rather surprised, “How is she in Liyang City?”

Who?

Murong Xin.

The girl who had actively come to the Xiao family to break off the engagement back then had long since matured considerably, and time hadn’t left any marks on her face.

Xiao Zuiji was very surprised.

Shouldn’t she be at Baihe Sacred Sect? Shouldn’t she be at the Murong family in Tianhai City? How could she be in Liyang City?

“Grandfather Sun!”

At this moment, a child asked, “Xiao Zuiji became an Eternal Sect disciple—what about his former fiancée?”

“Gone.”

The storyteller said, “Left Baihe Sacred Sect, no news since.”

“She must really regret it.”

“Being able to become an Eternal Sect core disciple, Xiao Zuiji is already completely different. How could ordinary girls be worthy of him?”

Everyone discussed back and forth.

“In my opinion, the one who regrets most has to be the Xiao family.”

“No wonder in just a few decades they’ve fallen to a third-rate family. All because of what they did back then.”

In the distance, Murong Xin silently turned and left, complex emotions appearing in her bright eyes. She sighed lightly, murmuring to herself, “Because of that broken engagement back then, I’m destined to be gossiped about.”

Undeniably.

That man’s current achievements—she could only look up to them.

But if she could do it over, she would still choose to break the engagement, because the two had no feelings for each other. Everything was decided by their families.

However…

She would change the method.

At least not at his most difficult time.

Murong Xin walked out of Liyang City, walking on a road leading to who knows where.

Before, she was a personal disciple of Baihe Sacred Sect. Now she’d long left the sect, wandering alone, occasionally recalling the foolish things done in youth, her heart filled with regret.

Murong Xin said bitterly, “Just as Master said, this will become a heart demon I can’t escape my whole life.”

Suddenly.

She stopped.

Because a black-clad martial artist walked past her.

Though she couldn’t see his face clearly, though he emanated a mysterious feeling, Murong Xin still instinctively called out, “Xiao Zuiji?”

The black-clad person didn’t stop, didn’t answer, and continued walking forward.

Murong Xin hurriedly chased after.

However, though they were originally only several zhang apart, the more she chased, the farther away he got, until she stopped at the end of a road—the black-clad person had already disappeared.

“Xiao Zuiji!”

Murong Xin said loudly, “I know it’s you!”

Silence.

No response.

Murong Xin didn’t care and released the words she’d suppressed for years. “I don’t want to use youthful ignorance as an excuse. I just want to say to you… I’m sorry.”

“Whoosh whoosh!”

Wind blew, leaves flying everywhere.

Murong Xin lowered her head, her expression dejected as she turned to leave.

Standing on a distant mountain peak, Xiao Zuiji’s gaze held no fluctuation. He murmured to himself, “I’ve long forgotten what happened before. Why do you keep it in your heart?”

“Junior Brother.”

“Hurry up.”

Su Xiaomo urged.

Xiao Zuiji glanced at the gradually departing figure, then without looking back went to join his senior brother. The insert song “Love of a Lifetime” from A Chinese Odyssey played leisurely across the firmament.

“Junior Brother, someone was calling you just now?”

“Senior Brother heard wrong.”

“Sigh, not that I’m criticizing you as your senior brother, but you’re almost forty. Always being single isn’t a solution. If you meet a good girl, quickly develop something. Look, even Junior Brother Ye, someone like that…” Su Xiaomo closed his mouth because Ye Xingchen was glaring at him.

“Snap—”

“Ouch!”

Su Xiaomo was punched flying, his whole body planted upside down into a mountain.

Ye Xingchen withdrew his hand. “Annoying.”

The sea of bitterness stirs up love and hate.

In this world, it’s hard to escape destiny.

…

The Eternal Realm not only had various races migrating in but also quite a few ferocious demon beasts. They were allocated to fixed areas, separated far from the inhabited cities.

In Jun Changxiao’s plan.

Each race had its own territory, and there were also areas suitable for demon beast survival. In the future, they could come here for training.

Rich heavenly and earthly attributes could only help them advance realms faster, but to truly possess absolute strength, they still needed to experience the tempering of life and death.

Like Ten Thousand Demon Valley.

This was a gathering place with various demon beasts.

Don’t ask when it was created—just know that when disciples were raiding the Heavenly Prestige Secret Realm, Jun Changxiao passed by other planes and casually captured them.

“Thud.”

Ye Xingchen, Xiao Zuiji, and Su Xiaomo stood outside Ten Thousand Demon Valley with heads held high and chests out. Their purpose here was to complete the mission to eliminate the Black Pincer Giant Scorpion Beast inside.

Of course.

This was just one.

There were two other core disciple missions that had long been completed due to being on the way.

“It’s Eternal Sect disciples!”

“Are they also here to train?”

“So imposing!”

Various races had settled in the Eternal Realm and, with nothing to do, came to Ten Thousand Demon Valley in groups of three or five seeking thrills. So at this moment, hundreds of people were gathered at the entrance.

“I hope this so-called Black Pincer Giant Scorpion Beast won’t disappoint us.” Su Xiaomo said.

The previous two core disciple missions also involved fighting demon beasts. As a result, when they reached their destinations, they easily handled them—truly lacking any challenge.

No choice.

The captured demon beasts were generally not very strong. With their current cultivation, they could thoroughly crush them.

“This kind of mission with no difficulty—you shouldn’t have called me.” Ye Xingchen’s face showed displeasure.

He’d rather go to the Heavenly Prestige Secret Realm to be abused by Lord Guan than abuse demon beasts, because it truly didn’t help his martial dao.

“Core disciple missions—we have to do them.”

“Let’s go.”

Su Xiaomo said, “Inside.”

The three walked toward Ten Thousand Demon Valley. As soon as they entered, they were shocked by the scene inside, because within their field of vision were all demon beasts—snakes, spiders, lions, tigers, alpacas—the variety was simply more abundant than a zoo.

“Roar!”

“Roar!”

Various roaring sounds rang out, making one’s hair stand on end.

“Help!”

Deep inside the valley, race martial artists were calling for help, chased frantically by a group of small spiders.

The demon beasts in Ten Thousand Demon Valley weren’t very strong, but there were too many. If martial artists came to train and weren’t careful about provoking too many, they’d definitely be mobbed to death.

“Junior Brother.”

Su Xiaomo pointed to one place, surprised. “Your former fiancée!”

Xiao Zuiji turned to look and saw Murong Xin holding a three-foot sword, fighting fiercely with a demon beast. Her wrist and back were covered in blood—looks like she’d been clawed.

“Tsk tsk.”

Su Xiaomo cupped his chin. “This woman actually broke through to Lower Breaking Void Realm.”

“Let’s go.”

Xiao Zuiji turned around. “To find the Black Pincer Giant Scorpion Beast.”

“Your former fiancée probably can’t hold on much longer.” Su Xiaomo said. “Sure you want to watch her die without saving her?”

The consistently silent Ye Xingchen spoke. “The Sect Master created Ten Thousand Demon Valley for martial artists to experience life-and-death training. Since she came in, she should be prepared to die.”

“True.”

Su Xiaomo looked at Xiao Zuiji. “Mission first?”

“Boom!”

Suddenly, a deafening explosion rang out. Murong Xin was sent flying, like a withered leaf crashing against the wall’s edge, her disheveled hair revealing an extremely pale face.

“Roar—”

The huge demon beast dragged its body forward, its forelimbs raised high, carrying the force of ten thousand jun as it pressed down.

This force, never mind an injured person—even hard steel could be smashed to powder.

“Let’s go, let’s go.”

Su Xiaomo said, “Quickly find the Black Pincer…”

Junior Brother Xiao, where are you?

“Bang!”

An explosion came from behind. The demon beast lunging at Murong Xin turned into a sky full of blood mist. The vanished Xiao Zuiji stood before her, saying coldly, “Don’t you know what cultivation level you are? Daring to come to Ten Thousand Demon Valley alone.”

“Wow!”

Su Xiaomo said, “Hero saving the beauty!”

With that, he became a melon-eating spectator, placing his hands around his mouth and stirring up trouble. “Together, together!”

“Bang—”

“Ouch!”

Su Xiaomo was punched flying, his whole body planted upside down into the mountain.

Ye Xingchen withdrew his hand. “Noisy.”