# Chapter 1584: Qianhuang Yun Clan
Yun Che did not move. He flicked his finger, and the barrier around them instantly turned cyan, not only blocking sound but also cutting off Yun Shang's line of sight. He then clasped his hands behind his back and said, "Do it yourself."
"What? Not interested?" Qianye Ying'er's golden eyes shifted lightly.
"Since you've changed your mind and easily obtained a 'three hundred year' grace period, why continue with this? Aren't you afraid of causing a major backlash?" Yun Che snorted coldly, his voice turning slightly frosty. "Is this really about so-called 'countermeasures,' or have you become a tool and plaything yourself, unable to bear seeing women similar to you remain pure and unblemished?"
"Similar? Her?!" Qianye Ying'er's voice was disdainful, but her jade teeth briefly clenched. She looked at Nanhuang Chanyi and said slowly, "Fine, I'll do it myself... that's acceptable too."
She extended her hand, her fingers lightly tapping. Wisps of profound energy flowed silently like gentle breeze, yet they were as sharp as invisible blades that could break anything, slicing the golden garments on Nanhuang Chanyi into countless tiny shreds.
Then, with a light flick of her fingers, the golden shreds scattered. Her true face and jade body were fully exposed to view, with nothing left to hide.
No wonder she was the number one beauty of the Five Hollow Realms, no wonder she was one of the nine most intimate Demonesses of the Northern Domain's Demon Empress—her face was like celestial splendor, her body like immortal jade. Even in silent slumber, unstained by a speck of dust, she showed not the slightest licentiousness, but instead radiated a beauty as proud as snow dancing—a glimpse of her, and one would never again find any other worthy of comparison.
In the Northern Divine Region, even other Demon Emperors likely wouldn't dare to treat a Demoness of the Demon Empress this way.
"Such a perfect woman," Qianye Ying'er said, her gaze piercingly sweeping over Nanhuang Chanyi's body, her voice languid. "It would be such a pity if she were defiled by some man."
She spoke of pity, but the light flickering in her eyes was clearly a morbid fervor. She glanced at Yun Che, seeing him looking at Nanhuang Chanyi, his gaze slowly moving—clearly unwilling to look away. She sneered, "Wasn't it 'unwilling' a moment ago?"
"It would be a pity not to look at something so perfect," Yun Che said indifferently.
"Just looking?" Qianye Ying'er's voice carried a hint of soul-invading darkness.
"I don't want to die yet," Yun Che said coldly.
"Heh..." Qianye Ying'er gave a cold laugh, then slowly murmured words clearly tinged with pathology: "Such a perfect woman, a Demoness of the Demon Empress—it would be a pity if some man ruined her. But if she couldn't become your plaything, wouldn't that be an even greater pity?"
"..." Yun Che frowned slightly. He knew very well that behind words like these from Qianye Ying'er lay an extremely cruel fact for her: that she, the Fandi Shennü, had already become Yun Che's tool and plaything.
Although it was her choice, that definitely didn't mean she had fully accepted it. On the contrary, it was clear that her mind and soul had become twisted by this... after all, she had once not even put Divine Emperors in her eyes.
Qianye Ying'er raised her hand, and between her fingers appeared several Mysterious Shadow Stones. With a faint flash, they completely and flawlessly engraved Nanhuang Chanyi's figure... Whether this act was for countermeasures, to vent her anger, or simply to satisfy her dark psychology, even she herself didn't know for sure.
She tossed two of the Mysterious Shadow Stones to Yun Che, then lightly traced a circle with her finger, setting up a simple Sound-Transmitting Mysterious Formation. Her arrogant voice was engraved into the formation: "Demoness Highness, since we are cooperating, both sides should be on equal ground. You hold our secret, and now we have a handle on you."
"For three hundred years, you'd best not attempt to track, monitor, or interfere with us... unless you want all the men of the Northern Divine Region to fully enjoy the sight of your body."
The recording finished, and Qianye Ying'er turned around gracefully: "Let's go."
For Qianye Ying'er, such a tactic, which would undoubtedly be considered despicable and shameless in the eyes of righteous people, didn't even qualify as "vicious."
Yun Che took one last look at Nanhuang Chanyi, then walked out of the barrier with Qianye Ying'er.
He had no enmity with Nanhuang Chanyi. On the contrary, they had once helped each other, and she had always shown him goodwill. If this were the Yun Che of the past, he would never have allowed Qianye Ying'er to do such a thing. But now, although he had mocked her coldly, he had made no move to stop it.
"Senior, what happened in there?" Yun Shang asked curiously.
She had long grown accustomed to this kind of isolation barrier. Every time Yun Che and Qianye Ying'er trained, they would set one up, leaving her alone outside to cultivate. Sometimes, when she encountered confusion or obstacles, she would have to wait anxiously... and sometimes wait for many days at a time.
"Nothing," Yun Che replied. "We're sending you back to your clan now... If you've changed your mind, it's still not too late."
Yun Shang's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly and firmly, "I want to go back!"
"If your clan members knew you were still alive, they wouldn't want you to return," Yun Che advised for the last time. "Including this time when your people brought you out—it was to take you out of the 'Sin Domain' before your 'great limit.'"
"But they lied to me, saying they had found news of my father..." Yun Shang shook her head. "I won't run. I promised Xiao Rong, I promised Xiao Yi and the others—when I grow up, I'll protect them. I can't break my word like my father did."
Yun Che: "..."
"Besides, during this time with Senior, I've become so much stronger." She clenched her little hands tightly. "I can already protect them now. The Clan Chief, Brother Xiang, and the others will definitely be happy to see me like this."
Qianye Ying'er listened silently, then muttered coldly, "I hope you can stay this innocent forever."
"Tell me the location of the Qianhuang Realm and your clan," Yun Che said, saying no more.
Yun Shang reached out her finger and tapped it on Yun Che's brow. Their figures had already taken to the air, in an instant far to the north.
The Middle Hollow Realm was still spinning with storms, but compared to before, it could now be called calm. In a few years, the storms here would completely vanish. But no one would ever know where the storms originated, or why they ceased.
Nanhuang Chanyi slept peacefully. She could never have imagined that someone of her power level could be put to sleep by external force. In a quiet barrier that even completely isolated the sound of storms, her natural awakening would take at least several hours.
"How many people are in your clan now?"
"Probably... around six hundred thousand."
"A former Realm King clan, reduced to even less than an ordinary low-level star realm's minor sect."
"B-but... we're still very strong. Not just anyone can bully us," Yun Shang said, her voice unconsciously growing quieter, clearly lacking confidence.
"Who is the strongest in your clan?" Yun Che asked again.
"It's the Clan Chief Grandfather," Yun Shang said. "The Clan Chief Grandfather is over twenty thousand years old. According to my father, ten thousand years ago, before that incident happened to our clan, the Clan Chief Grandfather was a very powerful, god-like Divine Lord. But after that incident, the Clan Chief Grandfather was severely punished by the King Realm, and his cultivation fell to the Divine Sovereign Realm... and it seems it can never be restored. His body also became very weak."
"Although the Clan Chief Grandfather is still very powerful, he won't take action unless absolutely necessary, because every time he does, it greatly shortens his lifespan... Before my father left, he said the Clan Chief Grandfather's remaining years are very few."
"How many people in your clan have the same purple 'Celestial Arcane Divine Force' as you?" Yun Che asked.
"Only me. My father and the Clan Chief Grandfather both said that I am the last ray of dawn the heavens bestowed on the clan before its great limit. It's just..." Yun Shang lowered her head. She didn't know when she would be able to fulfill everyone's expectations.
"...I see." Yun Che murmured softly.
Yun Qinghong had told him that the strongest Arcane Force recorded in the clan's annals was blue. Purple was more like a distant, illusory legend.
And Yun Shang's Arcane Force was purple!
That day during the battle in the Middle Hollow Realm, when Yun Shang released her purple Arcane Force, Lu Bubai and Bei Hanchu had both become visibly extremely agitated. Clearly, even outside the Tiangang Cloud Clan, everyone understood what purple Arcane Force signified.
No wonder the Tiangang Cloud Clan was so desperate to take Yun Shang and escape.
Additionally, Lu Bubai's overly excited expression at the time, and the fact that the Cang Sword Venerable, who was supposed to oversee the Middle Hollow battle, had gone off to pursue the Sin Cloud Clan in the middle of it... The Nine Brilliance Heavenly Palace seemed to have some designs on the Sin Cloud Clan.
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Qianhuang Realm, one of the two hundred upper star realms of the Northern Divine Region.
The sky here was even grayer, and the density of dark aura was several times, even ten times, that of the Five Hollow Realms. This was a paradise for "demons." Any living being that didn't cultivate Dark Profound Force who stepped into this place would feel like a dark, inescapable demon had latched onto them, rapidly devouring their life force, profound energy, and even soul.
Along the journey, countless scenes had shown Yun Che the brutality of the Northern Divine Region's law of survival, and the horror of this enormous cage called the Northern Divine Region... In such a world, a weakling without support was almost like a resource that could be hunted and plundered at any time.
From the Middle Hollow Realm to the Qianhuang Realm, Yun Che and Qianye Ying'er encountered dozens of unprovoked lethal attacks... and the consequence was, of course, the attackers reduced to ashes in an instant.
From the Qianhuang Realm heading north, the world ahead was filled with layered mountain peaks. On towering summits hung vast thunderclouds. These thunderclouds seemed to have existed since ancient times, each one containing terrifyingly powerful thunder force.
The slightest disturbance would bring down devastating thunderbolts of destruction.
"Is this the place?" Yun Che stopped, looking ahead. This was clearly an enormous defensive thunder formation, vast in both scope and power.
"Mm!" Yun Shang nodded vigorously. At barely sixteen years old, being away from her clan for half a year was already far too long. Her eyes were brimming with tears of urgency: "The Clan Chief Grandfather and the others must be so worried about me... Senior, thank you. The Clan Chief Grandfather and the others will be very grateful to you too."
"Remember what I said," Yun Che said sternly. "Don't tell anyone about the evolved cultivation technique I taught you, or about me improving your cultivation and talent."
"I'll remember," Yun Shang promised.
With that, unable to contain her excitement and joy, she eagerly flew toward the thunder formation ahead. Amid the mountains, her cheerful voice rang out: "Clan Chief Grandfather! Brother Xiang! Xiao Yi! Xiao Rong! I'm back!"
As she stepped forward, the thunder domain, shrouded in terrifying pressure, was not triggered and did not attack Yun Che or Qianye Ying'er behind her.
"This is our clan's thunder domain. With it, we don't have to fear evil people invading," Yun Shang said with a smile. "But don't worry, Senior and Sister Qianying. With me here, it won't attack us."