In the center of the Star Sea, which imprisons the demons, lies a golden star far brighter than all the others.

To be precise, it's above a black lake shaped like an eye, right in the middle of the golden star.

"The Demon Eye, it's the array's core that imprisons the demons."

"Sikong Xingzhou, what are you trying to do!"

"Stop it!"

...

Zhuge Yuan, Wei Xuheng, and Zhang Ruoxu were all Martial Dao Saints well-versed in the arcane realm, and they immediately recognized what that golden star was. As soon as the three of them spoke, everyone else instantly understood what Sikong Xingzhou intended to do and crazily rushed toward him.

Sikong Yue intends to open the Ten Thousand Demons Cave and release the demons...

Is this woman insane?

Hou Yuxiao also followed suit, but his speed couldn't match the Saints', so he could only trail far behind. His face was filled with astonishment, and his mind was brimming with questions.

Even though it was Sikong Xingzhou who was acting, Hou Yuxiao naturally attributed Sikong Xingzhou's actions to Sikong Yue. Even if they were father and daughter, he still thought this way.

What would happen if these millions of demons were released? Sikong Yue surely knew. What was she trying to do?

Sikong Xingzhou was moving too fast. By the time he reached the lake overhead, the Martial Dao Saints hadn't caught up yet. He, along with Fahai and Zhantai Wuyuan, together looked down at the center of the lake.

A peculiar large tree was inserted right in the middle of the lake.

The tree had only a trunk, without any branches, nor leaves on the trunk. From a distance, it looked like a cyan stick inserted in the lake. Only upon closer inspection, through the surface patterns, did it reveal itself to be truly a tree.

"Soul Returning Spirit Wood?"

Upon seeing the tree for the first moment, the words popped into Hou Yuxiao's mind, only to be immediately discarded. Sikong Yue would never save Zhan Taiqing, and the so-called Soul Returning Spirit Wood couldn't possibly be real. This tree before them certainly served another purpose for Sikong Yue.

"Soul Returning Spirit Wood!"

However, the joyful voice of Zhantai Wuyuan reached them, and Hou Yuxiao's expression instantly turned somber. Watching Zhantai Wuyuan's face filled with ecstasy and his eager demeanor, he couldn't suppress his anger anymore and spoke harshly ahead of all the Saints:

"Sikong Xingzhou, you and Sikong Yue conspired to kill Zhan Taiqing and seize the position of Sect Hierarch from her, that's your Rakshasa Holy Sect's business, outsiders have no say. But now that you intend to release millions of demons, it's the world's affair!

If so many demons break free, chaos will ensue across Shenzhou's thirteen provinces, and Shenzhou itself will face catastrophic destruction. By then, both you and Sikong Yue will bear the blame, and even a million deaths won't absolve you of such monstrous karmic obstacles!"

Hou Yuxiao's words were directed at different individuals.

The first part was meant for Zhantai Wuyuan, and the latter part was addressed to the various Holy Land leaders presently encircling Sikong Xingzhou and Fahai.

Of course, his primary target was Zhantai Wuyuan.

How Zhan Taiqing lost the position of Sect Hierarch, and how she died, Hou Yuxiao, like others, didn't know before. At most, he knew Sikong Yue won, but whether the Sikong father and daughter used any conspiracies or deceptions wasn't clear to him until, at the Yunding Gang's location, he retraced his events with Zhan Taiqing and confirmed that it was indeed Sikong Yue who killed Zhan Taiqing, who must have died at her hand.

Back then, when Zhan Taiqing and he were in danger, it was Sikong Yue's maid Ding Xiang who orchestrated the plot. Sikong Yue knew everything about the Divine Lotus, so when he used virtuous deeds to boost his cultivation and escape peril, it led to overwhelming karmic obstacles, loss of sanity, and even the later muddled relationship with Zhan Taiqing, all orchestrated by Sikong Yue.

Everything after that hardly needs guessing.

It was the critical moment for the Rakshasa Holy Sect to confirm the succeeding Sect Hierarch, and Zhan Taiqing was pregnant and gave birth, leaving her with no chance of winning. Besides, would Sikong Yue let Zhan Taiqing smoothly give birth and end it?

She killed Zhan Taiqing, took Wuyuan away to raise, solving her obstacle to succeeding as Sect Hierarch, and could win over and absorb nearly eighty percent of the sect members of the Rakshasa Holy Sect through Zhantai Wuyuan's identity.

One must know that Duanmu Hong, Huangfu Xing, and other masters of the Rakshasa Holy Sect were once loyal followers of Zhan Taiqing, and now nearly all of them revere Sikong Yue almost as a goddess.

This woman is truly terrifying!

Hou Yuxiao's eyes were filled with shadows as he looked expectantly at Zhantai Wuyuan. His deliberate mention of how Zhan Taiqing was killed by Sikong Yue was to tell Zhantai Wuyuan that the Soul Returning Spirit Wood was fake.

The question is whether Zhantai Wuyuan would be willing to believe him.

Honestly, Hou Yuxiao had already known the answer when he said those words.

Between the Sikong father and daughter who had raised him since childhood and Hou Yuxiao, who had once tried to kill him, whom he also hated bitterly, it was too obvious whom Zhantai Wuyuan would believe.

Zhantai Wuyuan couldn't possibly believe him.

At least not at this stage!

However, Hou Yuxiao didn't plan on making Zhantai Wuyuan believe him so easily. His words were just a minor probe, revealing the truth to him in advance. To make his son fully believe him, more opportunities were necessary.

As expected, upon hearing Hou Yuxiao's words, Zhantai Wuyuan had no reaction, while Sikong Xingzhou nonchalantly turned back to look at Hou Yuxiao, his expression calm with a hint of mockery, instantly igniting the powder keg within Hou Yuxiao's heart.