"What?! The Saintess Xia is actually Sheng Tanglian's daughter?"
"So, Saintess Xia was sealed in the Ice Lotus Frost World Array since birth?"
"When did Saintess Xia escape from the Ice Lotus Frost World Array? How... how old is she actually?"
"If Saintess Xia emerged from the array five hundred years later, wouldn't she be just in her twenties now?"
"You can't calculate it like that; she should be over five hundred years old!"
"Nominally five hundred, but her body age is in her twenties?"
The cultivators below were all shocked. However, they were more interested in Xia Qinglian's age, while Luo Niansheng looked at Qiu Zhihe with disbelief:
"Impossible, if you are Senior Sheng's daughter, why did Senior's jade pendant have no reaction to you but only to Orchid Fairy?"
"Because the Ice Lotus Frost World Array erases the aura of the sealed person. Qinglian has been in the array for five hundred years, so Sister Sheng's jade pendant could not sense her aura anymore."
Qin Gengyun's chest emitted a gentle glow again, and once more, the residual soul of a woman appeared. This time, her appearance was no longer Nalan Yan but had reverted to her original self.
Her appearance was remarkably similar to Xia Jinglian in the Colorful Bone image, only more mature due to age.
Luo Niansheng widened his eyes: "You, you are... Senior Xia Jinglian?"
Xia Jinglian's residual soul nodded, looking at Xia Qinglian, with an increasingly gentle voice: "Qinglian, I'm sorry for keeping it from you for so long."
Qiu Zhihe looked at Xia Jinglian with a calm voice: "Master, you were protecting me from being found by Zhenyangzi's Demon Embryo. How could I blame you?"
Luo Niansheng suddenly looked at Mo Xiaolan: "But why did Senior Sheng's jade pendant have such a strong reaction to Orchid Fairy?"
Qin Gengyun and Mo Xiaolan exchanged a glance but remained silent. At this time, the Colorful Bone image continued to play.
Xia Jinglian entered a white array frozen with frost while holding a baby girl in her arms. She extended her hand, and three of Sheng Tanglian's Colorful Bones flew out and landed in Chun Hongxue's hands, Xia Jinglian said:
"Hongxue, these Colorful Bones contain Sister Sheng's spiritual power. Although she is gone, her legacy cannot be broken. I will rest with Qinglian. You must choose another heir for the Colorful Bones."
After speaking, she laid down in the frost, holding the baby girl in her arms, protecting her with spiritual power.
The Ice Lotus Frost World Array slowly closed, sealing the two, and then the array gradually shrank, turning into a small orb of light.
Zhenyangzi's residual soul steadfastly watched the light orb, eyes full of reluctance and sorrow:
"Daughter, I'm sorry to you and your mother. I regret it, deeply regret it!!"
Amidst the heartrending screams, Zhenyangzi's body's residual soul flew into the forehead of the Divine Lady statue. This wisp of residual soul, without a physical body to attach to, could not linger outside for long and could only be confined within the statue of his wife.
Chun Hongxue sighed, took the orb of light into her bosom, and left the Immortal Mansion.
She flew southward all the way, arriving at a remote mountain in the land of the South Demon, and landed.
"Jinglian, Qinglian, I will bury you here. Five hundred years later, if I'm still alive, I will personally rescue you!"
Chun Hongxue buried the orb formed by the Ice Lotus Frost World Array deep in the mountain, several feet underground, then drew several secret Isolation Arrays and Guardian Arrays, standing silently for a moment before leaving.
The Colorful Bone image shifted, and Chun Hongxue had already returned to Cyan Lotus Sect.
But by now, Cyan Lotus Sect had become a ruin with corpses all over the place. Chun Hongxue was shocked and was about to fly down, but she was attacked by dozens of True Yang Sect disciples. Angrily, she said:
"True Yang Sect and Cyan Lotus Sect are allies; how dare you violate the alliance?"
The leading True Yang Sect elder sneered, "Cyan Lotus Sect practices demonic arts that devour human flesh. Now that the matter is exposed, the Great Demon Sheng Tanglian has fled, and Cyan Lotus Sect still dares to resist. Naturally, you deserve to be killed!"
"Demonic arts?" Chun Hongxue retorted loudly: "The Tanglian Technique of my Cyan Lotus Sect is upright and just. When did we ever devour human flesh?!"
"Elder Chun, we are sorry. It was us who made the demonic arts public; we couldn't bear the guilt."
Then several core disciples of Cyan Lotus Sect appeared, their faces full of guilt. Chun Hongxue looked at them in disbelief:
"You actually slandered your own sect? Was it Zhenyangzi who made you do this?"
The True Yang Sect elder coldly said, "You forced disciples to practice demonic arts, which has long stirred public anger. Now you still want to quibble? Take them down!"
Subsequently, Chun Hongxue fought a fierce battle with dozens of True Yang Sect disciples. Her gentle nature originally made her reluctant to kill.
However, the opponents attacked ruthlessly, aiming to kill, and ultimately, Chun Hongxue was driven to a killing frenzy, slaughtering all the True Yang Sect disciples and the traitorous Cyan Lotus Sect disciples.
Though she herself was seriously injured, she dared not stop, flying all the way to the top of Cyan Lotus Mountain. There she saw Yi Suqin and Mo Nantian, with less than a hundred Qinlian Sect disciples, surrounded by countless True Yang Sect people.
Yi Suqin was struggling to protect her slightly bulging abdomen. She and Mo Nantian had been married, and she was now pregnant.
But Yi Suqin, naturally fiery and wielding two swords, shouted harshly:
"Today, I will risk my life and that of my child to perish with you all!"
She erupted with intense flames and extreme frost, and the True Yang Sect disciples exclaimed:
"Profound Ice and Li Fire Demon Technique! How many human bodies must she have consumed!"
Chun Hongxue flew down and shouted to the surroundings: "Zhenyangzi, did you even deceive your own disciples too? Did you set up a trap to kill your wife just to seize Cyan Lotus Mountain? Even if you are so despicable and shameless, what use is it to seize Cyan Lotus Mountain? You are destined never to ascend!"
"Is Sister Sheng dead?"
"Is the sect leader dead?"
Yi Suqin and Mo Nantian were stunned. At this moment, Zhenyangzi appeared in the sky, looking down at the people below:
"Cyan Lotus Sect is full of evil deeds. Today, all of you follow me in this righteous act against tyranny, and you will forever be commemorated in Immortal History!"
Zhenyangzi coldly looked down at Chun below, raising the Immortal Sword in his hand:
"True Yang Sect disciples heed my command, follow me... slay the demons!"
Suddenly, the countless cultivators watching the Colorful Bone image fell silent, some female cultivators couldn't bear to watch anymore.
The battle in the image was too tragic. In the end, Chun Hongxue, Yi Suqin, and Mo Nantian barely escaped with more than thirty people.
Cyan Lotus Mountain was then occupied by True Yang Sect, renamed Zhenyang Mountain, and True Yang Sect was renamed Zhenyang Sect.
Zhenyangzi finally became a founding grand master.
Meanwhile, Chun Hongxue, Yi Suqin, and Mo Nantian could only lead the remnants of Cyan Lotus Sect to retreat to the land of the South Demon.
The three fought desperately, all severely injured, especially Yi Suqin, who gave birth to a baby girl more than half a year later, exhausting her vitality and ultimately dying with resentment.
"Wife!"
"Su Qin!"
"Waa~~"
The cries of Mo Nantian and Chun Hongxue mixed with the cries of the baby boy. At this time, three Colorful Bones automatically flew out from Chun Hongxue's hand.
One sunk into Yi Suqin's son's body, while the other two turned into streaks of light and flew away, quickly disappearing.
Chun Hongxue looked at the baby boy in Mo Nantian's arms and murmured:
"Sister Sheng chose your and Suqin's son as her heir. Sister Sheng's legacy has found a bearer!"
Mo Nantian, holding the child, knelt in the direction where the two Colorful Bones vanished, tears streaming down his face, as he loudly declared:
"Mo Nantian hereby swears, the descendants of the Mo Family will eternally follow the Sheng family's heirs!"