59: Heaven's will speak of peace.

"Su Mengyao! You're getting more and more presumptuous!"

"How did I educate you all? Fellow Disciples should yield to each other, and not harbor malicious intentions due to jealousy."

"But what about you, Su Mengyao? How many chances have I given you? You're incorrigible!"

"This time, you even learned to lie, clearly stealing your Junior Sister's Flying Sword, yet claiming you obtained it from a Secret Realm."

"It's not that this Sect Master doesn't believe you, but you've only just entered the Qi Gathering Realm. How could you possibly control a Heaven-grade Zixiao Flying Sword?"

"Hand it over quickly, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Nangong Li's barrage of questions gave Su Mengyao no chance to defend herself.

Seeing this, Lu Qingyi, who was standing by, quickly advised in a soft voice, "Revered Master, please don't scold Senior Sister anymore. Since Senior Sister wants it, I'll just give it to her, as long as Revered Master isn't angry."

Nangong Li heard this and looked at her beloved Disciple with a gentle expression: "Qingyi, this matter is not trivial. The Dao The Power of Rhythm contained within the Zixiao Flying Sword

is related to your future cultivation progress. How could that wild girl, who hasn't even reached Qi Gathering Realm second stage in ten years, control your Opportunity?"

"Don't plead for her anymore. Just watch from the side; I will stand up for you."

Lu Qingyi heard this and stopped speaking, waiting quietly at the side.

But when her peripheral vision caught Su Mengyao, a hint of disdain and mockery flashed in her eyes.

"Did you hear that? Your Junior Sister is still speaking up for you. You Rebellious Disciple, why aren't you handing over the Flying Sword quickly? Do you want to force me to act personally?"

Su Mengyao clenched her teeth, raised her face, revealing an exquisitely flawless countenance.

"Sect Master, I'll say it again, whether you believe it or not, I really didn't steal Junior Sister Lu's Flying Sword. The Zixiao Flying Sword was obtained by chance after I sensed the Sword Spirit in the Secret Realm!"

"Still daring to quibble! Rebellious Disciple, you are truly incorrigible!"

As the Primordial Chaos Realm pressure was instantly released, Su Mengyao's face immediately showed bitterness.

"Sect Master..."

"Shut up! You little bitch, how dare you look directly at me? Do you think that with your seductive vixen face,

you can gain the sympathy of the other Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers? Believe it or not, I'll disfigure you right now!"

"Sect Master, I really, didn't, steal..."

Boom—

Nangong Li didn't listen to Su Mengyao's explanation at all. A trace of Sword Intent bloomed, directly knocking her to the ground.

The next moment, a purple Flying Sword slowly emerged, forcefully pulled from Su Mengyao's Storage Pouch.

"Receive!"

Nangong Li flicked her long sleeve, and the Zixiao Flying Sword was immediately suppressed, instantly falling into her hand.

"Qingyi, you must hide it well. Don't let it be stolen again by disreputable people with unclean hands, understand?"

"Thank you, Revered Master, this Disciple will remember it in her heart."

Lu Qingyi excitedly took the Zixiao Flying Sword from Nangong Li's hand and immediately put it into her storage ring.

"As for you, Su Mengyao, with your malicious intentions and incorrigible nature, I should have abolished your cultivation and expelled you from the sect according to the sect rules.

But considering the difficulty of your cultivation, I'll give you one last chance. Effective immediately, your Outer Sect Disciple status is revoked, and you are demoted to a Utility Disciple.

Go to the back mountain to fetch water and chop firewood. When you genuinely repent someday, I will naturally consider restoring your Outer Sect Disciple status."

After speaking, Nangong Li rose and stepped forward. As sword lights flashed and condensed around her, she was enveloped in a sword net and instantly left the main hall.

"Farewell, Sect Master!"

The Disciples saluted in unison towards the direction Nangong Li disappeared, then dispersed, none caring about Su Mengyao, who lay on the ground with a pale face.

"Senior Sister, are you alright? Do you want me to take you to the Pill Formula for treatment?"

After everyone else left, Lu Qingyi walked over to Su Mengyao, leaned down, and asked with concern.

"Heh, Lu Qingyi, there are no outsiders here now, so why bother being so hypocritical?"

Su Mengyao met Lu Qingyi's 'tea-like' face and turned her head away in resentment.

Lu Qingyi heard this and said with an innocent expression, "Senior Sister, I'm genuinely concerned about you. How could you think of me like that? Junior Sister is truly sad."

Then her expression changed, completely dropping her disguise: "Su Mengyao, you never expected it to turn out like this, did you? What if your talent is higher than mine?

In the end, didn't you still meet this fate? Revered Master likes me, and you will only ever be like a speck of dust, slowly watching me ascend to the brilliant Peak of Sword Dao, hehehe."

After speaking, Lu Qingyi let out a series of soft laughs, rose, and left the main hall.

Su Mengyao endured the intense pain coming from all over her body and struggled to get up from the ground.

"Forget it, perhaps being a Utility Disciple isn't such a bad place to be. At least I won't have to live every day scheming against others."

At this moment, Su Mengyao seemed to have understood something.

Her childhood dream was to become a Peak Sword Cultivator like a Sword Emperor, standing at the pinnacle of the Sword Dao to protect all living beings from the oppression of the Demonic Path.

She thought that joining the Chess Sword Pavilion brought her dream within reach, but unexpectedly, she had stepped into the abyss of Hell.

Now, the dream should awaken; it's time to face reality.

"Hoo..."

Letting out a long breath, Su Mengyao quickly adjusted her mindset and strode out of the main hall... clatter-clatter—

On the border of the Southern Domain, a heavy sound of horse hooves approached from afar.

"Whoa—"

Amidst the neighing of horses, the netherworld chariot galloped forward, the surrounding scenery rapidly receding.

Inside the carriage, Shen Lian entered a meditative state, diligently absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Qi to improve his cultivation, not wasting a single breath.

Suddenly, his spiritual platform became clear.

The next moment, the whistling of the galloping hooves suddenly vanished.

"Hmm?"

Shen Lian, keenly sensing the different aura around him, slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, he was atop a layer of clouds, with Dao rhyme shimmering around him like a brilliant starry sky.

"Hmph."

Feeling the familiar aura, Shen Lian let out a cold snort and slowly turned his back.

"This time, how do you plan to stop me again? Heavenly Dao!"

As his voice fell, a stunningly beautiful and cold woman appeared from the void, sitting on a crescent-shaped Magical Artifact condensed from vast Dao rhyme, her fair, slender jade legs dangling, slowly descending before Shen Lian.

"I knew you wouldn't die so easily."

The first words from the woman's mouth, a voice like celestial music, seemed to indicate that the two had known each other for a long time.

"Did I disappoint you?"

Shen Lian's reply was direct and concise, completely unfazed by the Fairy's beauty before him.

"Let's reconcile."

"Hmm?"

However, the woman's next sentence made even Shen Lian momentarily stunned.

"Ninety-nine lifetimes, and none of us could do anything to you. In the end, half the Cosmos was destroyed. If we continue to fight you,

I truly fear that all space-time will be annihilated due to this mistaken obsession. So, let's stop fighting and reconcile."

"Ha, reconcile? What kind of joke are you playing with me?"

Shen Lian's eyes were filled with mockery.

"Who was it back then who wanted to eliminate me at all costs?"

"And who was it that repeatedly instigated the Son of Destiny to attack me?"

"You couldn't possibly have forgotten all that, could you!"

"Now that you realize all your methods have failed to make me submit to your arrangements, you start proposing reconciliation?"

"The dignified Heavenly Dao, the existence that Dominates the destiny of all cultivators in the heavens, is actually so naive?!"

"Don't think I don't know about the secret collusion between the Heavenly Dao and the System to set traps for me; I just disdain to say it explicitly."

"This time, what trick do you plan to use? Why not speak plainly, without hiding anything, and let me look down on you!"

As Shen Lian finished speaking, the surrounding clouds immediately emitted bursts of earth-shattering roars and explosions.

Even an existence as strong as the ceiling of a world was shaken by this unparalleled power of consciousness, causing its True Essence to boil.