Tianjing’s originally tense face showed a hint of a smile. She stepped forward and greeted, “So it’s young friend Cangyu. We haven’t met in seven years, your demeanor is even more impressive than before.”

The tense atmosphere among the group eased somewhat with Tianjing’s words.

The other elders looked at Elder Tianjing, seeing her subtly shake her head at them, and they all withdrew their killing intent.

Liu Changning’s Dao techniques had already vaguely touched the threshold of cultivating divinity. If she didn’t voluntarily release her pressure, her entire aura was contained and not exposed.

At first glance, she seemed to have no cultivation, but the otherworldly aura surrounding her body couldn’t be concealed.

Tianjing had witnessed Liu Changning’s formidable abilities before, so she was naturally cautious. The other elders hadn’t heard of Liu Changning before, so their eyes carried a hint of contempt from their superior position.

Liu Changning pressed her lips together without speaking. Her patience was not abundant.

The situation on Qiyuan Island wasn’t hard to guess. She feared that if she arrived a step too late, that person…

With worry in her heart, the coldness on her face grew even more severe.

She looked at Tianjing, directly building peaks, and said in a faint voice: “You’ve fallen for the trick of luring the tiger away from the mountain. The Demon Lord is full of schemes. I fear she is already within the state borders. Qiyuan Island has likely been attacked. When the nest is overturned, no eggs remain intact. Spread the word. Step aside!”

The cold wind lifted her long black hair in the air, revealing those fierce tea-colored eyes.

Her eyes were cold and clear, and as her icy gaze swept over, everyone present felt a chill seeping into their feet.

Aside from Tianjing, the other Perfected Immortal stage elders felt their hearts tremble, looking with shock at the female cultivator not far away.

Utterly ordinary, except for her face, she seemed to have not a trace of cultivation.

However, what was terrifying was the overwhelming pressure emanating from her.

“Who are you? Empty words, how can we just let you leave?” Although his chest was pressed by an unknown force, after coming to his senses, the Beast Taming Sect Leader, not knowing Liu Changning’s depth, spoke up under the pressure.

Liu Changning was no longer willing to deal with them. With a wave of her sleeve, a flash of white light swept past, and the group had almost no power to resist.

She rose into the air, looking at the Perfected Immortal stage cultivators who had fallen straight to the ground in a sorry state, and lightly scolded: “A bunch of fools! Blocking this sovereign’s path, if you delay this sovereign’s time to reach Qiyuan Island, I’ll make you all accompany the dead!”

After Liu Changning finished speaking, she summoned Cangming.

The immortal sword’s body burst with mysterious light. Liu Changning stepped onto the sword body, her figure like lightning, quickly disappearing from everyone’s sight.

The moment she summoned the immortal sword, the divine light around her body that drew upon heaven and earth’s energy shone brilliantly, the bone-eroding pressure making people’s hearts only capable of submission.

The Perfected Immortal stage cultivators were so suppressed they didn’t dare to move. After a good while, they looked at each other, their eyes full of shock.

They all fixed their gazes on Tianjing.

Tianjing knew Liu Changning was formidable, but she hadn’t expected that in just seven years, she was not just formidable, but had already touched the threshold of divine decree.

Such a figure appearing in the world was truly the heaven-mandated woman that Elder Yun had prophesied years ago.

It’s a pity that back then, they had nearly driven her to death.

With an inexplicably heavy heart, Tianjing sighed and began to tell everyone about the causes and effects of those years.

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The teleportation array was destroyed, and the distance between the Southwest Sea and Qiyuan Island was tens of thousands of miles.

It was almost impossible to arrive at the destination in time, but fortunately, in her first life, she had collected a top-grade teleportation talisman array.

It could only accommodate one person, but could teleport ten thousand miles.

Liu Changning darted into the continuous mountain range, lit a black feather of the little phoenix, and burned it to ashes.

Only then did she take out the teleportation talisman array, lay out spirit stones, quickly integrate the ashes into the array, and as white light flashed, Liu Changning stepped into the array and quickly vanished without a trace.

When she stepped out of the teleportation array again, Liu Changning was on the coast of Phoenix Feather City.

Ahead was the vast sea domain. Pei Ziyuan had said before that Qiyuan Island was located among the sea domains, and because the island had buried earth veins, it was most suitable for sects to take root.

Before Liu Changning landed, she quickly used a concealment talisman. Combined with her innate aura containment, others could hardly detect her existence.

Not far ahead at the ferry point, there were particularly many people on the ferry.

These people were all in black robes covering their heads. Upon careful observation, blue eyes, hooked noses, full lips, and various hair colors could be seen. A closer look revealed they were all demon cultivators.

The boatwoman steering the large ship had been controlled by the demon race. The ship was docked at the shore, with demon guards checking the number of boarding passengers one by one.

“These righteous cultivators are really fucking troublesome, setting their cave abodes in the sea, and we have to board ships to get there.”

The guard beside the female demon cultivator cautiously looked around and said in a low voice: “Walls have ears, be careful what you say!”

Receiving the reminder, that hot-tempered female guard didn’t refute, but raised her voice to urge the demon cultivators queuing to board: “Hurry up, you lot! If you delay the Lord’s great matter, none of you can bear the consequences.”

Liu Changning’s divine sense swept over everyone on the ship one by one, but she didn’t discover her evil disciple. She carefully listened to the demon race people’s casual talk for a while.

She did get quite a bit of information. This group had just arrived in the state today. The Demon Lord and a group of high-ranking protectors had already arrived at Qiyuan Island. They were the last batch, with the highest cultivation only at the Demon Infant stage, and the lowest at the Demon Core cultivation.

These demon race members all had very casual attitudes, as if taking down Qiyuan Island was already a foregone conclusion.

After roughly investigating the current situation, Liu Changning no longer delayed and flew towards the endless sea.

Her cultivation now was vastly different from before. Her divine sense was overwhelming, and her spiritual power abundant. Compared to her cultivation at the time of the thunder tribulation in her first life, it was more than comparable.