[The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master was filled with regret, coughing up blood in immense sorrow. After giving his final instructions to his daughter, Ning Xueqin, he passed away.]
[To this, I only shook my head and gave a self-deprecating smile.]
['Do not repeat the past of the Sun Moon?']
[I also hope that in the future, these Spirit Grandmaster Sects and families, as well as the capital groups formed by the Great Nobles, can truly remember the darkness and terror brought by this Sun Moon Heavenly Collapse.]
[Next time, make the right choice.]
[But some people! They are just too clever.]
[Since I happened to encounter them, I took the villagers of this village, along with those few Spirit Masters and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master's daughter, Ning Xueqin, and prepared to head south.]
[Along the way, I killed countless Evil Soul Masters and saved unknown numbers of civilians and Spirit Masters.]
[After arriving in the south.]
[Compared to the north, there were significantly fewer Evil Soul Masters here.]
[And although many Spirit Grandmaster Sects and great families, as well as capital interest groups formed by Great Nobles, collaborated with Evil Soul Masters, Overseas Kingdoms, and the powerhouses of the Losers Alliance to betray the Sun Moon Empire.]
[There were still some Spirit Grandmaster Sects and great families that did not betray. Instead, they chose to stand on the side of justice. They all retreated to the south, occupied the mountain passes, prepared for long-term defense, and attempted to counterattack.]
[Among them were the Light Angel Qian family, the Coiling Dragon Rod Qiangu Family, the Black Tortoise Shield Xu Family, and so on.]
[Many armies of the Sun Moon Empire had also retreated here.]
["Are you that Lin Hanjue?"]
[Not expecting me to still be alive, Qian Yanwu, the patriarch of the Light Angel Qian family, couldn't help but laugh heartily and patted my shoulder.]
["This is wonderful, you're still alive!"]
["You are a peerless genius with Innate Rank Thirty Spirit Power; perhaps the Empire will rely on you to support it in the future!"]
[Afterward, from Qian Yanwu, I also learned what happened to the other two groups when they went to attack the Evil Soul Master headquarters.]
[It turned out that under Emperor's command, the three groups were originally supposed to set out together to flank the Evil Soul Master headquarters.]
[But he and the other group basically didn't encounter any large units of Evil Soul Masters along the way, only scattered Evil Soul Master teams that delayed their pace.]
[When they arrived at the Evil Soul Master headquarters, they found it was already empty.]
[At that moment, they felt something was wrong.]
[Because they also knew that there were moles and traitors within.]
[Therefore, he and the other group immediately prepared to return, but when they were not far from Tumu City, they discovered the descent of the gods.]
[Facing the strength of the gods, they knew they were no match at all and could only choose to give up and retreat first to plan for the future.]
[Regarding the fact that the masterminds behind everything were the gods, Qian Yanwu and the others were also incredibly furious.]
"The Light Angel family, and their surname is Qian?"
Seeing this, Hu Liena was momentarily stunned and couldn't help but look at Qian Renxue.
"Qian Renxue, could this Light Angel family be the predecessor of our Spirit Hall's Seraphim family?"
"The Spirit and the name are just too similar!"
"It's possible!"
Qian Renxue's brows furrowed tightly, her heart surging like a stormy sea.
In the Sun Moon Empire of ten thousand years ago, did our Qian family already exist?
Except at that time, our Spirit wasn't the Seraphim, but the Light Angel?
But if that's the case, our Qian family's genealogy should have recorded this period of history and included these ancestors in the records.
But why haven't I seen the names of these ancestors in the genealogy?
Qian Renxue was full of doubts. She planned to finish reading these notes and then return to Spirit City to find her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, and ask him properly.
[After handing over the civilians and Spirit Masters I escorted to Qian Yanwu and the others, I couldn't help but plan to head north again to continue rescuing those civilians and Spirit Masters in danger.]
[Anyway, in my view, with my current strength, those Evil Soul Masters cannot keep me there.]
[Arriving in the north once again.]
[I found that at this time, more than half of the northern region had been occupied by Evil Soul Masters, and they were slaughtering everywhere at will.]
[Civilians and ordinary Spirit Masters were either turned into cultivation resources for the Evil Soul Masters or gave up resistance. They were shackled with handcuffs and fetters, or had their hands tied, with the hair around their heads shaved bald and the hair in the middle tied into a long rope. Sacrificing their personality and dignity, they were taken to specific cities by the Evil Soul Masters to be kept like livestock.]
[To facilitate the monitoring and suppression of these civilians and Spirit Masters, the Evil Soul Masters also built a small fortress specifically outside the city, using these 'Evil Cities' to monitor and suppress any possible resistance.]
[After penning up these civilians and Spirit Masters.]
[The Evil Soul Masters would also confiscate all books on their persons and in their homes, burning them all to nothing.]
[If any were found hidden, they would be subjected to a thousand cuts, and then swallowed alive and skinned by the Evil Soul Masters in front of others, turning into resources for the Evil Soul Masters' cultivation.]
[At the same time, the Evil Soul Masters strictly forbade civilians and Spirit Masters from teaching children knowledge, as well as anything about this World and this country.]
[If discovered, the result would also be death!]
[And then, they would become resources for the Evil Soul Masters' cultivation!]
[To this, I felt incredibly furious. Whenever I encountered such a city, I would slaughter the Evil Soul Masters and rescue the people, escorting them to the south where the Evil Soul Masters had not yet gained complete control.]
[But my repeated actions also drew the attention of the Evil Soul Master headquarters, which sent out Titled Heavenly Sovereign level powerhouses to hunt me down.]
[Although I could easily kill these Titled Heavenly Sovereign level Evil Soul Masters if I went all out.]
[I knew I couldn't do that.]
[Because these Evil Soul Masters are merely lackeys of the gods.]
[If I appeared too powerful, those Titled Heavenly Sovereign level Evil Soul Masters who can communicate with the God of Evil would report my information, which would surely draw the intervention of a Divinity.]
[And I am not yet a match for a Divinity.]
[Anyway, a guidance in the dark told me that I cannot even expose my identity; otherwise, there would be a crisis of life and death!]
[Therefore, I could only flee while roaming the northern regions controlled by the Evil Soul Masters, constantly killing those Evil Soul Masters who kept humans like livestock, creating opportunities for those who wanted to escape.]
[But for now, this is all I can do.]
[And during these few years.]
[Because I condensed a soul core and have been fighting constantly, it allowed me to refine the medicinal power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well Immortal Herbs I had previously consumed much faster.]
[Finally, I cultivated to rank eighty.]
[Under the guidance of destiny in the dark, I once again headed to the Star Dou Great Forest and came to the core area.]
[At this time, the Imperial Auspicious Beast: Three-Eyed Golden Lion had already foreseen my arrival and was already waiting by the shore of the Lake of Life.]
["Human, destiny tells me the time is ripe."]
["Now, do you know who the true enemy is?"]
[The Imperial Auspicious Beast: Three-Eyed Golden Lion's noble, mature female voice echoed in my mind.]