"Rumble—!!"

A hole suddenly blasted open at the top of the cave, letting in a shaft of silvery moonlight.

The next moment, a figure descended from the sky.

The silver-white moonlight pierced through dozens of feet of rock as Di Nü Feng’s seemingly powerless fist—carrying the force of thunder and wind—punched through the dome. Moonlight poured down like a waterfall in that instant.

Her figure in a billowing teal robe landed mid-air among the falling rubble.

The moment her toe touched the hilt of the sword, the aura of the Tribulation Stage erupted violently.

Before Xue Tushou could even finish his roar, half his body was already smashed apart by a single punch.

The moment Di Nü Feng appeared, the entire group of demons in the cave was stunned into silence—they’d forgotten how to run.

All they could hear was the miserable scream of Patriarch Xue Tushou.

Di Nü Feng stood with her hands behind her back, looking at the scene with indifference.

"I'm supposed to deal with this one?"

Her tone was full of disdain. A small-time demon like this wasn't even worth her time.

Xue Tushou tried to fight back, lunging at Di Nü Feng.

She flicked her finger.

In an instant, Xue Tushou’s true body was blasted out of his hundred-zhang-long form.

The massive body crumbled apart piece by piece.

“Spare me, spare me! Immortal, please spare me.”

"Heh, such a softie."

Di Nü Feng glanced around and noticed a centipede demon staring blankly at her. She casually pointed at him.

"You kill him, and maybe I’ll spare you."

Xue Tushou was momentarily stunned, then quickly understood.

“Grandpa... it’s me...”

The centipede demon had barely opened his mouth when his skull was crushed.

“You even killed your own grandson. You’re really heartless,” Di Nü Feng said with disgust.

Xue Tushou: ..........

His silence was deafening.

"Smells awful," Di Nü Feng frowned slightly.

“Kill all the demons here and I’ll spare your life. I, Liu Qiushui, keep my word. If I go back on it, may my whole family die out, pus grow on my feet, and sores cover my face.”

Liu Qiushui!?

The moment those three words left her mouth, Xue Tushou was stunned.

It was the famous Liu Qiushui.

Xue Tushou hesitated briefly, then swung out his magical weapon.

He started slaughtering the demons in the cave.

“Ahhh!”

“Run for your life!”

“Dad, I’m your second son... ah!”

“.........”

Xue Tushou went all out with savage brutality.

Di Nü Feng had clearly underestimated how ruthless he could be.

Most of the beings in the cave were his own children, yet Xue Tushou didn’t hesitate in the slightest.

He was even abnormally cruel.

Some he crushed their skulls, others he tore their bodies apart, or just dug out their inner cores.

It all looked brutal.

But in truth, he was intentionally letting some of them escape—it was all a performance for Di Nü Feng.

"If even one escapes, everything we just said doesn’t count."

Right then, Di Nü Feng added that sentence calmly.

Xue Tushou’s body trembled slightly. He formed a hand seal and sealed the entire cave entrance.

The demons who had been desperately trying to flee were struck with utter despair.

In no time, the cave was flowing with rivers of blood.

When the last demon was swallowed by Xue Tushou and turned into blood and flesh—

He walked up to Di Nü Feng and knelt before her.

"I’ve long heard of Liu Qiushui from Asura Hall—unparalleled beauty, profound cultivation, generous and fair.

Now that fate has brought us together, I wish to pledge myself to Your Excellency. Please accept me.”

Di Nü Feng narrowed her eyes slightly and gently stomped her foot.

“Pfft~”

Xue Tushou’s spine was flattened on the spot. He lay flat on the ground, coughing up blood.

“Liu... Liu Qiushui... you—you promised me...”

“Liu Qiushui made the promise. What’s that got to do with me, Di Nü Feng!”

Di Nü Feng stomped again.

Xue Tushou was instantly obliterated.

Di Nü Feng reached out, extracted his inner core, and swallowed it in one gulp.

She flicked her finger, breaking the iron chains on Li Xuanxiao. Moonlight outside the cave outlined her profile—her falling hair immaculate.

Li Xuanxiao took one glance at the blood-soaked cave filled with corpses.

“.........”

A few days later, news spread through Xuzhou City that the hundred-zhang centipede had been exterminated.

At this moment, Li Xuanxiao and Di Nü Feng sat at a small countryside tea stand.

People around them kept sneaking glances at Di Nü Feng.

Can’t blame them—Di Nü Feng just stood out too much here.

Like a phoenix among a flock of crows.

She wore a moon-teal wide-sleeved robe, hem embroidered with a thousand-petal lotus in silver thread, a pale pink brocade corset underneath, with delicate golden butterflies on the sleeve edges...

After endless persuasion from Li Xuanxiao,

Di Nü Feng finally, and very reluctantly, changed into a simpler plain white silk robe.

But she looked stunning no matter what she wore.

Di Nü Feng lifted her head proudly, chest out, belly in.

Li Xuanxiao couldn’t help but say to her, “I told you—can’t you at least tone down your looks a bit?”

“No!”

Di Nü Feng answered firmly.

Li Xuanxiao sighed helplessly.

“You said you’d help me get Tian Sha Hall back. Now the old emperor’s dead, Tian Sha Hall is gone, and all you do is drag me around sightseeing. What’s your angle?” Di Nü Feng complained, slapping the table.

“I told you, we need to find Fanyue first before we can plan for Tian Sha Hall.”

Fanyue was the previous hall master of Tian Sha Hall.

Actually, the predecessor of Di Nü Feng’s predecessor.

So Li Xuanxiao brought Di Nü Feng along to find Fanyue’s reincarnation.

“Try again.”

“I’m not trying anymore!” Di Nü Feng crossed her arms, pouting.

“Don’t be a brat. You’re the best~ You’ll definitely find Fanyue.”

Li Xuanxiao felt like he was coaxing a kid, but using his usual tricks, he managed to calm her down.

Di Nü Feng finally started searching again.

She ran her fingers along the edge of the Starfall Compass, the dark gold star patterns swirling.

The meteorite needle at the center of the compass began to tremble slightly.

Both she and Fanyue were once masters of Tian Sha Hall. Using the compass, Di Nü Feng could sense Fanyue’s aura within a certain range.

But since Fanyue had been reincarnated, the search radius was limited.

They had to go place by place.

Li Xuanxiao had once tried to ask his Third Senior Sister Lin Wanqing about Fanyue’s reincarnation.

But he soon discovered that she had become much more cautious.

She didn’t even know where Fanyue’s reincarnation was.

So Li Xuanxiao had no choice but to go with the dumb method.

Di Nü Feng put away the compass in frustration, grumbling—

“At this rate, we’ll be looking forever!”

“Let’s go. On to the next place,” said Li Xuanxiao.

The two of them headed north, starting from the south.