"Who goes there!?"

"Seeking death, are you!?"

"Who dares invade my domain!?"

Several shadowy voices echoed from the valley, followed by six figures soaring into the sky. With a wave of their hands, waves of Spirit Storms swept over the valley, engulfing the valley-protecting Spiritual Mist, forming shockwaves that aimed to scatter the Flaming Sky Curtain.

However, the Phoenix Sky Curtain formed by the Phoenix Divine Fire, how could it be breached by a few monks with hundreds of years of Dao Practice?

Spirit Storms swept through, but encountered the Phoenix Sky Curtain, they were like ants shaking a tree. With a sweep of the flames, they dissipated into nothingness, as if they never existed.

"Not good!"

"What kind of flame is this?"

"Who is the enemy?"

The old monks exclaimed in alarm, watching the Phoenix Sky Curtain envelop all sides. The flames gradually converged towards the center, frightening them until they turned pale, wondering how their sect drew the ire of such a great power.

"Phoenix Divine Fire! Phoenix Palace Master!"

A figure soared into the sky, revealing a middle-aged monk.

Though called middle-aged, this person had smooth skin and a handsome appearance, looking like a youth based on his face alone. However, his eyes were deep and world-weary, seemingly containing wisdom and experience, making him appear middle-aged.

It was Monk Caodeng.

"I don't know which of my disciples offended under the Phoenix Mountain, bringing the Palace Master's presence here. I beg the Palace Master to speak kindly and avoid a great conflict!"

"Heh!" Si Lingxi let out a cold laugh, revealing her form, looking at Monk Caodeng with a raised eyebrow, "Caodeng, you've fallen."

Monk Caodeng didn't know when he had interacted with the Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor or its followers, which led to arousals and desires. For his own advancement, he merged his learnings, actively choosing to fall.

Thus, Monk Caodeng had only two paths: one, he would fall deeper, ultimately becoming a demon and turning his cultivation into nourishment for the demon. Or two, he would refine his body through demonic means, ultimately free from demonic influences, and achieve significant progress in cultivation.

However, Si Lingxi did not believe Monk Caodeng could achieve the second path.

Since Monk Caodeng had interactions with the Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor, he naturally fell within the range of Si Lingxi's attack.

"Hmm?" Monk Caodeng's eyes flickered, looking at Si Lingxi, he asked solemnly, "Palace Master resides on Phoenix Mountain, watching the world but never being moved. Why come for me?"

"I didn't come for you, you're flattering yourself too much." Si Lingxi said indifferently, "It was the Heartless True Desire Old Demon who calculated against me, so I will obliterate all who practice Heartless True Desire Demonic Qi."

Monk Caodeng: ???

Si Lingxi explained a bit more, considering Monk Caodeng was a prodigious talent, surpassing his master, and had expanded Mist God Valley greatly. He deserved to die knowing the reason, lest it seemed unjust.

With these words, without lifting a finger, just a thought, waves of flames rose within the already formed Phoenix Sky Curtain and swept towards Mist God Valley below.

The first to be hit was Monk Caodeng and the six old monks behind him.

The seven monks were astonished, and as the sea of flames descended upon them, the eyes of three old monks suddenly turned pitch black. Strands of spiritual power mixed with demonic qi turned into Spiritual Arrows flying out.

"Brother Cao Yi!?"

"Brother Cao Ling!?"

"Valley Master!" An old monk looked toward Monk Caodeng, "Have you truly fallen? Joined the ranks of the Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor?"

Clearly, even though Monk Caodeng had fallen, not everyone in Mist God Valley had followed him.

"Palace Master Si!" A monk hurriedly distanced himself, flying towards Si Lingxi and Lu Zheng's side, "The Valley Master has fallen, please, Palace Master Si, stand righteous and exorcise the demon. From now on, Cao Ning pledges allegiance to Phoenix Mountain!"

Si Lingxi nodded, then gently waved her hand. A flame transformed into a Fire Phoenix that swooped in, engulfing the monk named Cao Ning within the flames.

"Ah!!!"

Cao Ning let out a scream, then turned into ashes, dying and disappearing.

Mist God Valley, with their unorthodox ways, how could Si Lingxi regard them? She spared them only because they hadn't provoked Phoenix Mountain. If they did, their destruction would be nothing but a mere gesture.

This frightened the other two monks into trembling, while Monk Caodeng and the other three old monks had only fallen and practiced demonic skills, not yet reached the level of cultivating a demon body. Upon seeing Si Lingxi's power, they too trembled in fear.

"Valley Master?" The three old monks looked at Monk Caodeng.

"I..."

Monk Caodeng just said one word when he saw, within the boundless sea of flames, nine Fire Phoenixes formed, their bodies burning with intense Phoenix Divine Fire, like heavenly divine birds, magnificently captivating.

In the next moment, Monk Caodeng and the others were all swept by the Fire Phoenix.

The other old monks, whose cultivation spanned over a thousand years at most, were nearly instantly burned to ashes by the Phoenix Divine Fire, leaving no trace.

Only Monk Caodeng indeed surpassed his predecessors; his cultivation was profound. Plus, entering the demonic path, he advanced further, he managed to resist the Phoenix Divine Fire for three breaths, pleading in anguish, "Palace Master, please reconsider! I only utilized the demon for mutual benefit, aroused by desires for cultivation; I never intended to contend against the Palace Master, or scheme against the Palace Master!"

"What does that have to do with me?" Si Lingxi said indifferently.

"Boom!"

In the next moment, a Spirit Storm swept from Monk Caodeng's location, pushing the surrounding Phoenix Divine Fire several feet away.

However, at this moment, Monk Caodeng had already been infiltrated by the Phoenix Divine Fire, his body blazing red and black. Strands of demonic qi emanated from his body, releasing a strange fragrance, stirring Divine Soul Power.

Strands of Divine Soul Power emitted soft moans and groans, stirring desires and heart-burning.

The strange fragrance ensnared impure thoughts, raising waves of restless desires.

Then...

It was swept by another Fire Phoenix!

Divine Soul Power vanished, the strange fragrance turned into smoke, and Monk Caodeng himself was entirely engulfed by the Fire Phoenix into the sea of flames below. Struggling for three breaths, the fire broke through the Protective True Qi. Forced inside-out, his entire body ignited.

"If only I had known!!!"

A terrible scream, Monk Caodeng's Sea of Consciousness and Dantian Qi Sea were burned, and he instantly turned to ashes.

A grand master, dead and gone.

Thus, with all experts over five hundred years of Dao Practice in Mist God Valley wiped out by Si Lingxi, she cared not whether any remained outside.

With a wave of her hand, Phoenix Divine Fire swept through Mist God Valley, burning everything, particularly Monk Caodeng's residence, which was scorched to the ground three feet deep.

"No trace of the Heartless True Desire Demon Ancestor." Si Lingxi shook her head, "Let us go check Flower Cloud Sect next."