58: I was just doing this on someone's behalf.

"Stinking bat, in this situation, there's no way to turn back the tide. It seems Heaven wants to destroy our Ming Cult."

"If not for Cult Leader Yang's disappearance, how could these little brats be allowed to act so violently here?" White-Browed Eagle King said with a voice full of resentment.

"Indeed. Cult Leader Yang's Heaven and Earth Great Shift would definitely beat them until they pissed and shat themselves," the Bat King said irritably.

"Hmph, what's the use of saying this now? People of the Demon Cult are ruthless and have killed countless people; they should have been wiped out long ago."

"Allowing you to exist for so many years was already a blessing from Heaven."

"Now, surrender without a fight, and we can still give you a dignified end. Otherwise, we will leave no one alive in the Ming Cult, not even the chickens and dogs," Abbess Miejue said coldly.

In this situation, the people of the Ming Cult were no longer able to fight. If this continued, none of them would survive.

But they were unwilling—unwilling to die here like this.

At this moment, things were slightly different from the original story because Zhang Wuji, who should have appeared to save the Ming Cult from its crisis, was trapped in a secret chamber within the Forbidden Ground.

Although his Nine Yang Divine Art had reached Major Achievement, he still couldn't open the stone door.

A look of dejection and despair appeared on Zhang Wuji's face.

"Am I, Zhang Wuji, going to die here? I'm not willing, I'm not willing!" Zhang Wuji roared.

However, just as he finished venting, he heard a sound of vibration.

Zhang Wuji looked in shock at the dragon-severing stone before him, which blocked his exit like a mountain. At this moment, the dragon-severing stone was actually moving on its own.

Seeing this, Zhang Wuji's eyes lit up.

Someone must have come here, discovered he was trapped, and was now opening the stone chamber to rescue him.

"Haha... As expected, Heaven will not destroy me, Zhang Wuji!" Zhang Wuji said excitedly.

However, when he saw the figure opening the dragon-severing stone, Zhang Wuji was completely stunned.

"It's you? Why are you here?" Zhang Wuji looked at Duan Zhengchun standing at the stone door in shock.

"Surprised? Unexpected?" Duan Zhengchun said with a smile.

"Hmph, no surprise, but it certainly is unexpected," Zhang Wuji snorted.

"What? Zhang Wuji, is this how you treat your savior?" Duan Zhengchun sneered.

Hearing Duan Zhengchun call out his name directly, Zhang Wuji's expression changed drastically.

This made him subconsciously think that Duan Zhengchun had come for him because of his godfather, the Golden-Haired Lion King.

He must have come to seize the dragon-slaying saber from his godfather's hands.

"You knew my identity all along?" Zhang Wuji stared at Duan Zhengchun with a grim expression.

"Yes, I've known you were Zhang Wuji from the very beginning."

"However, that doesn't have much to do with why I'm here. I have no interest in the dragon-slaying saber."

"I only came here because I was entrusted by someone. You're free now; you can leave," Duan Zhengchun said nonchalantly.

"Entrusted by someone? Who?" Zhang Wuji frowned.

"Your Cousin. Actually, speaking of which, you could be considered my Brother-in-law now."

"A Li begged me to rescue you. To keep her from being sad and to repay the care your mother gave her back then, I came here to save you."

"Otherwise, with your status, Zhang Wuji, you wouldn't be worthy of me traveling thousands of miles to rescue you," Duan Zhengchun said bluntly.

"A Li? You bastard! You already have a wife, and stealing Xiao Zhao from my side wasn't enough? You even went and ruined my Cousin? You... you're just a scumbag!" Zhang Wuji raged.

"Scumbag your mother... What does this have to do with you? If the people involved aren't saying anything, why the hell are you blathering?"

"Anyway, I've fulfilled the task of rescuing you. As for what happens next, that's your own business."

"Sisi, let's go watch the show. Let's see just how disgusting those so-called Righteous Sects really are." Duan Zhengchun pulled Daiqisi and left.

Zhang Wuji was left dazed by Duan Zhengchun's scolding.

By the time he snapped out of it and was about to retaliate, he found that Duan Zhengchun had already gone.

"That hateful fellow, he actually dared to humiliate me like this."

"Duan Long, you just wait. Don't let me see you again, or I'll definitely make you pay."

"I am not the same person I was before," Zhang Wuji said with a dark expression.

Now, his ren and du meridians had been opened, and his Nine Yang Divine Art had reached the Major Achievement Realm.

His strength had also achieved a Breakthrough; he was now in the Grandmaster Realm. If he faced Duan Zhengchun again, he could definitely defeat him.

However, in the current situation, he couldn't afford to delay here.

If he delayed any longer, his Maternal Grandfather would truly be in danger.

Immediately, Zhang Wuji quickly left the secret chamber and rushed toward the Main Hall of the Bright Summit.

After Zhang Wuji left, Duan Zhengchun and Daiqisi, who had just departed, reappeared in the secret chamber.

Duan Zhengchun entered the secret chamber and saw a skeleton sitting there. He stepped forward and found a Sheepskin Scroll beneath the clothes beside it.

"Sigh... Zhang Wuji, oh Zhang Wuji, I really don't know if you're truly stupid or just acting."

"Yang Dingtian only asked you to kowtow three times, yet you weren't even willing to do that. Regardless, respect for the dead is paramount; you broke into someone else's place, so kowtowing to them isn't asking much."

"If you had actually kowtowed, wouldn't this be yours? Unfortunately, you left Xiao Zhao and in the end, failed to obtain this Opportunity," Duan Zhengchun lamented while holding the Sheepskin Scroll.

Daiqisi walked over to Duan Zhengchun's side with a curious expression, looking at the Sheepskin Scroll in his hand. Hearing Duan Zhengchun's words, her curiosity grew even more.

"Duan Lang, what is this? From what you're saying, is this something good?" Daiqisi asked in confusion.

"This? Here, it's for you. This is what you need most!" Duan Zhengchun handed the Sheepskin Scroll directly to Daiqisi.

Hearing Duan Zhengchun's words, Daiqisi was stunned, her heart suddenly pounding.

She impatiently opened the Sheepskin Scroll, and her eyes lit up when she saw that it was written in persian script.

Looking at the first few words, Daiqisi's eyes sparkled.

"This... Duan Lang, this... this is actually the Heaven and Earth Great Shift Manual?"

"That's right, it is indeed the Heaven and Earth Great Shift Manual, and the original version at that."

"Now, you can complete your mission, right?" Duan Zhengchun said with a smile.

"Complete a mission? What mission? This Mind-Cultivation Technique is mine now; it has nothing to do with anyone else." Daiqisi tucked away the Heaven and Earth Great Shift Manual expressionlessly.

"Eh? That's not right, Sisi. Haven't you been having Xiao Zhao look for this Mind-Cultivation Technique just so you could report back to the Persian Main Cult?"

"Why are you saying this now?" Duan Zhengchun said, puzzled.

"I'm not stupid. Although searching for the Heaven and Earth Great Shift Manual is indeed my mission..."

"...it doesn't say I can't Cultivate it myself. I'll Cultivate it first."

"Besides, with you here, I don't need to worry about retaliation from the Main Cult. Why would I give this peerless Mind-Cultivation Technique to them?" Daiqisi said with a disdainful pout.

"Uh, you have a point. I actually can't argue with that," Duan Zhengchun nodded.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect Yang Dingtian to be dead, and from the looks of it, he's been dead for many years."