That Night.
The demon cultivators of Heavenly Dragon Cliff had arrived at Zhaomo Pass and were attacking its protective sect array.
Ye Yu floated mid-air, his expression calm, though his heart raced with excitement.
After this battle, the Heavenly Dragon Cliff cultivators were bound to suffer severe casualties.
Perhaps even total annihilation wasn’t off the table.
After all, Zhaomo Pass’s sect leader was a Xuanmo, a full realm above a Tianmo.
Although Bu Haoyan claimed to have a trump card to eliminate him...
Ye Yu believed that a Xuanmo sect leader, by virtue of their status, must also have their own trump cards.
Coupled with the strength of Zhaomo Pass's elders—who were generally stronger than Heavenly Dragon Cliff's—this battle seemed unwinnable no matter how one looked at it.
The outcome was predetermined, with no need for resistance.
The Heavenly Dragon Cliff cultivators would become stepping stones on Ye Yu’s path to greater power.
"Sacrifice the teammates, limitless power!"
"Fellow demon cultivators, go forth without fear. I’ll avenge you all."
However, amidst his excitement, a nagging question troubled Ye Yu.
Why, with Heavenly Dragon Cliff launching such an overwhelming assault on Zhaomo Pass, shattering even their protective sect barrier...
Wasn’t a single person from Zhaomo Pass stepping forward to counterattack?
Could it be that they were going to watch idly as their protective formation was destroyed?
At the forefront of Zhaomo Pass, Bu Haoyan formed a series of seals with his hands. Behind him, a thousand-zhang tall shadow of a demonic king materialized.
Purple demonic patterns glimmered across its body.
With a ferocious roar, the shadow unleashed waves of sound that rippled across Zhaomo Pass’s protective formation.
Moments later, the demonic king’s fists gathered an immensely radiant light.
With a full-force strike—
The sect’s protective formation shattered instantly.
The demonic king’s shadow gradually dissipated into the wind.
Bu Haoyan’s face turned deathly pale, clearly drained from the effort of the attack.
Yet, in this situation, there was no time for rest. Raising his arm, he shouted loudly:
“For Heavenly Dragon Cliff!”
Hearing this, Ye Yu’s expression turned odd.
"Picking up on that so fast?"
Still, it was effective.
Watching the Heavenly Dragon Cliff cultivators charge into Zhaomo Pass, Ye Yu’s lips curled into a smile.
Internally, he had already prepared to absorb the incoming demonic energy.
"Come on, die quickly."
But the expected surge of power never arrived.
Instead, the Heavenly Dragon Cliff cultivators advanced unimpeded, slaughtering demons as they went.
For a time, it was as if they were walking through an unguarded wasteland.
The Zhaomo Pass disciples couldn’t put up any resistance.
From the sect’s gates to its main hall, the charge took only as long as a single incense stick’s worth of time.
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The fallen bodies littering the ground were all from Zhaomo Pass.
The sight left Ye Yu in utter disbelief.
"The so-called strongest sect? Falling this easily?"
"Are they joking?"
Refusing to accept this, Ye Yu shifted his position and entered Zhaomo Pass.
After observing for a while, he finally pinpointed the issue.
Within Zhaomo Pass, there wasn’t a single demon cultivator above the Tribulation Transcendence stage.
All that remained were lower-realm disciples.
Under the onslaught of Heavenly Dragon Cliff’s elders, they couldn’t mount any effective defense and were left fleeing in panic.
Ye Yu furrowed his brow deeply.
"What’s going on here?"
"Where did all the major cultivators of Zhaomo Pass go?"
Back when they fought Bu Haoyan, those elders had all struck with immense force.
Why were they now acting like cowards, hiding away?
Could they be lying in ambush, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack?
As the thought crossed his mind, Ye Yu dismissed it immediately.
Against overwhelming strength, all schemes and tricks were meaningless.
Moreover, Zhaomo Pass had the power to crush Heavenly Dragon Cliff outright.
Why bother with such hesitation?
It made no sense!
An hour later.
Zhaomo Pass had been completely overrun.
The Heavenly Dragon Cliff cultivators were cheering with joy.
None of them had anticipated such an easy victory over Zhaomo Pass.
Their hearts swelled with the euphoria of triumph.
As for Bu Haoyan, he was utterly elated, standing before Zhaomo Pass’s main hall, feeling a surge of grandeur.
At that moment, he finally felt vindicated.
Meanwhile, Ye Yu had broken through from late Soul Formation to peak Soul Formation.
The reason? A few unlucky Heavenly Dragon Cliff cultivators had died in the skirmish.
It was a minor gain.
Yet the small breakthrough fell far short of his expectations.
Frustrated, Ye Yu approached one of the captured Zhaomo Pass disciples and demanded harshly:
“Where are your sect’s Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivators? Why haven’t I seen a single one?”
Trembling, the Zhaomo Pass disciple stammered:
“I—I don’t know. Two days ago, the sect master, the vice sect master, and more than a dozen elders left the sect together.”
“As for where they went, I have no idea. They’ve been completely silent since then.”
“If not for that, we wouldn’t have fallen so quickly!”
Hearing this, Ye Yu frowned slightly.
All the high-ranking demon cultivators were gone? What was happening?
He wasn’t the only one confused—Bu Haoyan and the elders of Heavenly Dragon Cliff were equally puzzled.
No wonder the battle had been so easy; it was because the top-tier cultivators were absent.
But what was this supposed to mean?
At this point, the Grand Elder, Zu Xuzhong, stepped forward and said:
“Sect Master, regardless of the reason for their absence, today marks a glorious day for Heavenly Dragon Cliff.”
“Our vengeance is complete, and our name will resound across the world. That’s more than enough.”
“I propose we don’t linger here. Let’s take everything of value from Zhaomo Pass and return victorious.”
Zu Xuzhong’s words immediately garnered unanimous approval.
Even Bu Haoyan nodded in agreement.
From the start, his goal had been to bring glory to Heavenly Dragon Cliff, even at the cost of humiliation and injuries.
Now that the result had been achieved, what more was there to ask for?
He promptly issued the order to sweep Zhaomo Pass clean of valuables and retreat triumphantly.
Amid the jubilant cheers, the cultivators set to work without delay.
Meanwhile, Ye Yu cast a curious glance at Zu Xuzhong.
This man had been unnervingly calm throughout the entire ordeal.
"There’s definitely something off about him."
That day, Zhaomo Pass was reduced to ruins.
News of the event spread, causing an uproar in the Demon Realm.
No one could have anticipated that a sect as insignificant as Heavenly Dragon Cliff could topple Zhaomo Pass.
It was utterly unfathomable.
In no time, countless demon cultivators turned their attention to Heavenly Dragon Cliff, now a legendary sect.
Of course, no one knew the victory was due to the absence of Zhaomo Pass’s top-tier cultivators.
But that was entirely irrelevant to them.
The victors write history, and in the end, the winner reigns supreme.
No one cared why the losers lost. That was simply reality.