# Chapter 1601: All Ugly Exposed
Entering the Thousand Wilds Divine Cult, an invisible sense of oppression immediately pressed upon them.
Compared to ordinary sects, the atmosphere here was quite solemn and weighty. Gazing into the distance, one could see several types of cult members wearing different colored robes. They strictly guarded their respective areas, all with sharp eyes and unmoving postures.
"If you want to sneak in, you could just conceal your shadow yourself," Qianye Ying'er said.
She was well aware of what revealing her true face would cause. Back then, when she was still unaccustomed to covering her face with a mask, the men who saw her—from commoners to Divine Emperors—would all reveal all kinds of unsightly states.
Her disdain and disgust toward men had gradually formed through this process.
"Do you really think I came here just for Yun Shang, to destroy this Thousand Wilds Divine Cult?" Yun Che said coldly.
"And for resources, right?" Qianye Ying'er lightly pursed her jade-like lips. "Between these two, which one is the 'incidental' purpose?"
Yun Che's breakthrough from Divine King Realm Level 1 to Divine Sovereign Realm Level 1 in less than a year was largely aided by the final divine power bestowed by the Ice Phoenix Divine Spirit.
If he had relied solely on ordinary cultivation, he would have needed countless years.
Now that Yun Che had reached the Divine Sovereign Realm, at this level, no matter how unparalleled his talent, every breakthrough required immense effort and extremely long periods of time... Even if each minor realm breakthrough only required an astonishing ten years, he, filled with hatred, was absolutely unwilling to endure this seemingly short period.
The Void Law he had vaguely comprehended allowed him to directly convert the Xuan Dao spiritual energy within profound crystals into his own cultivation—this was undoubtedly a heaven-defying power.
As long as he had enough profound crystals, his rate of improvement would far exceed ordinary cultivation, with no risks or hardships.
But the prerequisite was having enough profound crystals!
The profound crystals and profound jades plundered from Nine Yao Heavenly Palace had consumed nearly thirty percent just to assist in breaking through to the Divine Sovereign Realm. And the energy required for improvement within the Divine Sovereign Realm was many times greater than that of the Divine King Realm—especially since, due to the special nature of his profound veins, his breakthroughs were inherently much more difficult than those of ordinary profound practitioners.
Thus, aside from assisting Qianye Ying'er in fusing the demon blood and cultivating Dark Eternal Calamity, the most important thing he needed to do was to exhaust all means to obtain a massive amount of resources!
The Thousand Wilds Divine Cult beneath his feet, although relatively young in history, was still a high-ranking realm king sect of an upper-level star realm. If he could plunder all its resources dry, it would undoubtedly be a considerable boost for Yun Che.
But the difficulty was probably not far from actually destroying the entire Thousand Wilds Divine Cult.
"There's a large attack profound formation beneath us. I can sense over three thousand formation veins," Yun Che suddenly said. "If triggered, I probably wouldn't die, but you definitely would."
With the advancement of Dark Eternal Calamity, his perception of dark profound force had become extremely sensitive.
A large force always had its own trump cards. The massive hidden attack profound formation below should be the Thousand Wilds Divine Cult's final and most terrifying barrier. Once forced to activate, it would surely shake heaven and earth.
But conversely, if he could disrupt and destroy the formation veins of this massive profound formation, forcibly triggering the power contained within...
"Heh, then I really thank you," Qianye Ying'er sneered disdainfully. "What do you want me to do?"
"Nothing," Yun Che said. "Just stand there obediently. Someone will naturally deliver the opportunity to us... and it will be the most perfect opportunity."
"And if it fails?"
"Then we just do it by force," Yun Che said without any shred of fear. He suddenly reached out, pinched Qianye Ying'er's delicate chin, looked at her face and said, "And I don't think it will fail... Beauty—different degrees of it elicit different reactions from men."
"Some make men glance, some make men infatuated, some stir desire, some make men lose reason, and some drive men to madness. Which category do you think you belong to?"
With a "smack," Yun Che's hand was harshly slapped away by Qianye Ying'er. She sneered, "I really am a useful tool, aren't I!"
"But remember one thing," Qianye Ying'er narrowed her golden eyes, cold to the bone. "If anyone gets too 'mad,' no matter who it is, if they dare touch even a corner of my clothes, I will absolutely never back down or endure. I will tear them to pieces on the spot! Whatever your plan!"
"Understood?"
"..." Yun Che looked at her, then suddenly let out a low laugh. "Right now, I actually like this disgusted-with-men look of yours."
Qianye Ying'er: "??"
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Because Yun Che had deliberately delayed their arrival, when they reached the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince's Hall, the crown prince's birthday banquet had already begun.
Before the hall's entrance, Yun Che and Qianye Ying'er's brows twitched simultaneously.
There were a great number of Divine Sovereign auras in the hall, including four peak Divine Sovereigns. But there was no Divine Lord realm aura.
The Thousand Wilds Cult Leader wasn't present?
The Thousand Wilds Crown Prince's hundred-jiazi birthday banquet was undoubtedly a major event that could shake the entire Thousand Wilds Realm. As the Thousand Wilds Cult Leader and the crown prince's father, he should have been the most essential person present, and most likely the host. But after repeatedly confirming, they sensed no Divine Lord realm aura within the hall.
Although the reason was unknown, it seemed not to be a bad thing.
"The Bai Clan of the Eastern Domain arrives!"
The Thousand Wilds Crown Prince, the future Thousand Wilds Realm King's hundred-jiazi birthday, would undoubtedly attract guests from all directions bearing heavy gifts. Few dared to arrive late... And the "Bai Clan of the Eastern Domain" clearly had no right to be late.
Before Yun Che had even stepped inside, a clearly undisguised snort came from within: "The Bai Clan has been declining more and more in recent years, I hear they're almost second-rate in the Eastern Domain. But their arrogance grows with their decline—daring to be late even for a major event like His Highness the Crown Prince's centennial birthday banquet. How utterly outrageous!"
The speaker was a middle-aged man seated at a side table. He had no prior acquaintance with the Bai Clan, nor any old grudges. But his opening words were a clear bootlicking gesture toward the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince.
Offending the insignificant Bai Clan to gain a nod of recognition from the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince—a loss was actually a gain. Why not?
With these words, echoes of agreement immediately arose.
"Indeed, too improper."
"All of us arrived early, full of excitement, several days ahead of time. For the Bai Clan to receive an invitation is already great favor, yet they dare to be late. Truly ignorant of life and death."
At the main seat of the hall, the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince bore a faint smile, neither confirming nor denying the crowd's rebukes. He casually swept his gaze toward the hall's entrance... And with that single glance, it was as if his brain had been violently struck by something, his soul hijacked by a demon. His eyeballs, along with every part of his body, became frozen solidly in place.
At that moment, the rebukes within the hall also abruptly ceased. The noise turned directly into an almost terrifying silence.
Yun Che strode in boldly, but no one's gaze lingered on him, nor did anyone even notice him... Because all the brilliance of heaven and earth, and every shimmer in every person's eyes, converged entirely upon the woman walking behind him.
Back then, when Yun Che first saw Qianye Ying'er's true face, the thought that first surged in his mind upon coming to his senses was "terrifying." Her existence could extinguish all the radiance a person had seen in their lifetime—even their reason and will.
Especially her golden pupils, even without containing any emotion, were like a maddening golden abyss, making men willingly sink for all eternity, even through a thousand deaths, ten thousand deaths.
Qianye Ying'er had seen such scenes far too many times. Even Divine Emperors would reveal utter infatuation before her. As early as when she was only in her teens, all men in the world were nothing but base, lowly creatures in her eyes.
Unfortunately, such a woman had now fallen to the point of being toyed with by one man... Not only she herself, but no one in any of the three divine regions could have ever imagined that the unattainable, the Fandi Shennü who was desecrated by even a glance, would have such a "fate."
Yun Che stood firm in the hall and announced in a loud voice: "Bai Qi of the Eastern Domain Bai Clan, here to congratulate His Highness the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince on his hundred-jiazi birthday. Due to unforeseen circumstances on the road, we have arrived late. I beg the Crown Prince to mete out punishment."
Under the rather ear-piercing sound, it was as if a dream had scattered. The breaths that had been held for so long finally resumed, but they were quite disordered. Throughout the entire hall, whether they were youths not yet a jiazi in age or regional powers with lifespans exceeding ten thousand years, all were the same.
After Yun Che's announcement, no one in the hall responded for a long time. The Thousand Wilds Crown Prince slowly stood up from his main seat, his movements extremely stiff and slow, his eyes staring straight ahead like a puppet pulled by strings.
He was no ordinary profound practitioner, but the crown prince of the Thousand Wilds Divine Cult. In all his life, he had never revealed such a look of infatuation.
"Cough, cough!" There was suddenly a light cough beside his ear. The cough was not loud, but it struck straight at his heart and soul, jolting the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince awake somewhat.
This old man was the Vice Cult Leader of the Thousand Wilds Divine Cult, Shen Kui Dao Ren, the second-in-command of the Thousand Wilds Divine Cult, and a peak among peak Divine Sovereigns.
"Oh... heh, hehe," the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince's features twitched wildly, but he could not manage to maintain his usual dignified and calm demeanor. "So it's... it's... it's..."
"It's the Bai Clan's young master," Shen Kui Dao Ren transmitted, once again using sound to clear the soul. The Crown Prince's unsightly state made him frown deeply, but he did not sigh in disappointment—because even he dared not look at Qianye Ying'er a second time. And before this, he had long regarded women as mere skeletons of red powder, having been celibate for nearly ten thousand years.
"So it's the Bai Clan's young... the Bai Clan's young master." After being cleared twice by Shen Kui Dao Ren's sound transmission, the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince's reason was finally pulled back by half. It was only then that he realized he had actually stood up.
He, the Thousand Wilds Crown Prince, had stood up to welcome someone from the Bai Clan. The scene was truly...
"Present the gift and take your seat," Shen Kui Dao Ren called out.
"Uh, well..." Yun Che did not step forward to present the gift, and a clear look of difficulty appeared on his face.
"What? Could it be that the congratulatory gift was stolen by bandits on the way?" Shen Kui Dao Ren snorted coldly, but as he spoke, he kept his head down and eyes closed, not daring to look at Qianye Ying'er even once.
"No, no," Yun Che hastily said. "His Highness the Crown Prince's hundred-jiazi birthday—for the Bai Clan to receive an invitation is the great fortune of the entire clan. How would we dare to come empty-handed? However... the clan instructed that this gift must be presented to His Highness the Crown Prince in private."
As he spoke, his gaze—seemingly unintentional, seemingly anxious—glanced at Qianye Ying'er.
Though it was only a very subtle movement, everyone understood perfectly. The Thousand Wilds Crown Prince, who had just sat down, bounced up again, his lips beginning to tremble violently: "Oh... oh! I see... ah ha... haha, the Bai Clan's mere presence is already sufficient devotion. The congratulatory gift is of no importance. By the way, how should this... miss be addressed? Is she a member of your Bai Clan?"
He could feel the distortion of his tone and the tremble of his voice. He could even sense that his current appearance could be described as "all ugly exposed." But he could not control it, nor did he have the leisure to care... In his heart, there was only burning heat, excitement, exhilaration—excited to the point of delirium, exhilarated to the point of almost wanting to go mad.
This demeanor was far more unsightly than Yun Che had anticipated.
After all... beside him was the Fandi Shennü!