Volume 14, Chapter 923 – The Celestials Descend

“Get lost!”

Qi Huang snapped coldly, her Divine Sense lashing out and sending the group of guards flying.

“My god! She actually dared to lay hands on a disciple of the Immortal Alliance? Does she have a death wish?!”

The onlookers around were terrified and scattered in a panic.

“Who’s making a scene here? Do you have a death wish?!”

A certain elder was the first to notice the commotion at the entrance and flew into a rage as he charged out. His Divine Sense swept down upon Qi Huang and Cheng Hongling without restraint. He was likely at the early Earth Immortal stage.

“Get down.”

Cheng Hongling followed suit. With a cold glance, her murderous gaze was like a needle’s tip, piercing straight into the weakest point of the elder’s will without resistance.

The elder’s body trembled all over, his Divine Sense instantly collapsing. He plummeted from the sky in a sorry state and collapsed on the ground, trembling all over. The ground beneath him was soon soaked by some unknown fluid.

Qi Huang grew more exhilarated. She flew directly into the air and, channeling her True Qi, shouted, “Esteemed members of the Immortal Realm, I truly pity you all. Bowing over and over to that useless old man—it’s a disgrace to all your ancestors!”

“Demonic woman! What are you saying? A man may die, but his dignity must not be insulted!”

“Exactly! You can insult us, but you cannot insult Lord Lu Hong. He sacrificed himself for the sake of all worlds. Who could possibly compare to such nobility?”

“Don’t think you’re invincible just because your cultivation is strong. To defend Lord Lu Hong’s honor, even if we must bury you alive with our corpses, we will do it!”

The spectators had initially held back, but once Qi Huang insulted the “god” in their hearts, they immediately exploded in fury, hurling curses.

“Gratitude and loyalty, truly moving. Your character is leagues above the hypocrites of the Immortal Alliance.”

Qi Huang genuinely praised them.

“Who’s spreading such lies here?!”

A furious roar rang out, and then the Alliance Leader Yin Wan stormed out with a group of high-ranking officials, all exuding an oppressive aura.

“Do you have a death wish? You dare to publicly insult the Grand Elder right outside the Immortal Alliance’s main hall?”

“No matter the reason, today we must offer your life as tribute to the Grand Elder’s spirit!”

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“Stop wasting time. Just kill her. Every extra breath she draws is an insult to the Alliance!”

The high-ranking officials all drew their weapons and gathered their strength.

“Oh my, isn’t this Alliance Leader Yin? Has it only been a few years and you’ve already forgotten me? Is it because you’re too important to remember the little people? Or are you just senile?”

Instead of fleeing, Qi Huang mocked him sarcastically. With her Divine Sense already at the fifth level of Heavenly Immortal, and with Cheng Hongling now stronger than ever, she had little to fear from these old fossils. Even if they were outnumbered, escaping wasn’t an issue at all.

“It’s you?!”

Yin Wan’s eyes widened in shock.

“That’s right. Looks like your memory isn’t completely useless.”

Qi Huang admitted openly.

“Alliance Leader, who is she?”

An elder nearby asked in confusion.

Yin Wan didn’t answer. His whole body began to tremble involuntarily. He knew the appearance of the ‘Ghost-Haired Girl’ meant the Grand Elder had failed.

“How could he have failed?”

Yin Wan wracked his brain, but no matter how he thought, he couldn’t come up with an explanation.

“Alliance Leader Yin? Why not tell him? Is it that you won’t, or that you don’t dare?”

Qi Huang taunted.

“……”

Yin Wan was speechless. The muscles on his face twitched with rage and terror, and his teeth ground together audibly.

“Fine, if you won’t say it, I will!”

Qi Huang declared to herself.

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“You dare?!”

Yin Wan erupted like a volcano, charging forward with such speed that even those beside him couldn’t lock onto him with their Divine Sense.

His agitation had a clear reason. He knew that if Qi Huang was allowed to speak freely, not only would the Grand Elder’s reputation be ruined, but the Immortal Alliance’s image built over hundreds of thousands of years would also collapse.

“Back off!”

Cheng Hongling slightly parted her crimson lips. An invisible murderous intent, like the icy gales of midwinter, swept forth and effortlessly pierced through every Immortal Alliance elder in its path, boring into their very bones.

Yin Wan’s body trembled, his face turned ghostly pale, and he staggered downwards.

The other high-ranking elders fared even worse. In mere moments, they fell like overripe fruits, splat, splat, crashing to the ground and splattering like piles of rotten mud.

“Anyone who dares interrupt her from displaying her power—I’ll kill them.”

Cheng Hongling warned.

“Displaying power… publicly?”

Qi Huang was taken aback.

“What else would you call it?”

Cheng Hongling narrowed her beautiful eyes slightly.

“Alright, fine, it’s public power display.”

Qi Huang felt a chill and admitted honestly. She couldn’t afford to provoke Cheng Hongling’s killing intent.

“Th-this… how could this be possible? My… my Essence Soul… isn’t even inside my body…”

Yin Wan knelt weakly, trembling as he stammered.

“Ah!”

The bystanders who had previously threatened Qi Huang were now scared out of their wits and scattered in every direction.

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Qi Huang ignored them and continued to publicly display her power: “To all the newcomers, I know you don’t believe me, but take a look at this footage in the Shadow-Retaining Mirror. That old man Lu Hong you worship? He was completely worthless. There’s no reason for such reverence.”

After saying this, Qi Huang proudly displayed the footage within the Shadow-Retaining Mirror.

“Who knows if that footage is real or not?”

“Exactly! What if you faked it with some illusion or something?”

“Yeah! I don’t believe for a second that a Grand Elder would die at the hands of some evil spirits!”

“With the Grand Elder’s integrity, he’d never say such things. He died to rid the world of evil and defend the Dao, not because of vanity!”

Some dared to question her.

“Faked? There’s no need. Because I am… the Ghost-Haired Girl… hahahahaha!”

As she spoke, the hair behind Qi Huang’s head surged skyward like rising smoke, dark and vast, blotting out the sky.

“Ah! It’s the Ghost-Haired Girl! Run! It’s her!”

The crowd screamed in terror and fled like frightened animals.

“You slandered the Grand Elder and ruined a hundred thousand years of the Immortal Alliance’s reputation. Today, I will kill you!”

Yin Wan, overtaken by fury, gradually forgot his fear and slowly rose to his feet.

“But we don’t want to kill you… Someone else will do it for us.”

Qi Huang smirked. “Remember three years ago? The Tianjizi of the Fengming Immortal Kingdom prophesied a great calamity for the Immortal Realm? Well, today I’m telling you—the calamity is the Celestials. They will wipe all of you out. And it’s not nineteen years from now. It’s today.”

“Still spreading lies?! I’ll end your life myself!”

Yin Wan forcefully gathered his Divine Sense to launch an attack.

“Let’s go. He’s not even worthy of dying by our hands. I want the common folk of the Immortal Realm to see how ignorant and blind the Immortal Alliance truly is, and how cunning and cruel the Heavenly Court is.”

Qi Huang called out and then flew toward the Immortal Alliance main hall. At the same time, her Boundless Demonic Hair dropped down, dragging out dozens of mutilated bodies that had been assimilated by the Heavenly Dao—remnants that the Alliance had yet to dispose of.

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Qi Huang had known about these for a long time. Today’s visit was specifically to “collect” them. Her public display was only secondary.

Yin Wan tried to pursue, but he had yet to recover from the killing intent. Even flying was difficult.

“Remember what this National Preceptor said; today is the end of the Immortal Realm. All immortals and cultivators will die at the hands of the Celestials. That is the price of being lapdogs for the Heavenly Dao.”

Qi Huang made one final declaration before flying away with Cheng Hongling.

Yin Wan trembled all over, not just from rage, but from fear. Now that the Ghost-Haired Girl had escaped alive, how was he supposed to explain this to the Heavenly Court sixteen years from now?

“A-Alli…Alliance Leader… that… that ‘evil spirit’… could she be telling the truth? Is… is today really the end of the Immortal Realm?!”

A trembling elder stammered the question, barely suppressing his own fear.

“Nonsense! The entire Immortal Realm obeys the Heavenly Court. Why would they kill us all?!”

Yin Wan cursed, unable to hold back.

“Exactly, you believe an evil spirit’s words? She’s clearly trying to sow discord.”

Another elder quickly chimed in.

Hearing this, the others gradually let go of their anxiety.

Soon after, Qi Huang and Cheng Hongling arrived at a spatial rift—the passage to the Cultivation Realm.

Qi Huang turned to look back at the boundless starry sky, her eyes showing a hint of hesitation. She was truly afraid of killing even one innocent person by mistake.

“Let’s go, stop looking. We’ve lived in the Immortal Realm long enough to see what it’s really like. The cultivators and immortals here lost their spines long ago. They’re nothing more than dogs of the Heavenly Dao. They deserve to die.”

Cheng Hongling urged.

Whoosh!

Qi Huang exhaled deeply, then stepped into the spatial rift with Cheng Hongling.

At that very moment, above the Immortal Alliance’s main hall, the “Heavens” slowly cracked open, a slit forming like an eye opening.