Since she wasn't an illusion created through the 'illusory reality', did it mean that Senior Sister Ye was one of the disciples that managed to survive back then?

Or perhaps she was a disciple that Pavilion Master Chu took in after setting up her 'illusory reality'? After all, the elders and the masters of the other pavilions were constantly trying to recruit disciples.

That was the reason Song Shuhang was thinking of introducing the Sobbing Old Man into the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion as a disciple earlier. Speaking of which, the fate between the Sobbing Old Man and the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion seemed to have suddenly come to an end.

Anyway, Song Shuhang was sure that Senior Sister Ye wasn't the soul of a deceased person. She had already come in contact with his finger while he was using the Soul Ferrying Technique and there was no sign of her wishing to be ferried.

If Senior Sister Ye was the soul of a deceased person, she would have been ferried to the afterworld already, and even if her strength was too high, making Shuhang unable to ferry her, she would at least produce a resonance.

"Pavilion Master, in that case, is Senior Sister Ye safe and sound?" Song Shuhang asked.

Pavilion Master Chu yawned. She had a sleepy expression on her face and seemed as though she could fall asleep at any time.

"Pavilion Master Chu, wake up! Can you reply to my question before falling asleep?" Song Shuhang was well aware of Pavilion Master Chu's character.

She was already quite sleepy right now, and with her capricious nature, she could immediately fall asleep if she wished to.

As if that wasn't enough, she would forget about many important matters after falling asleep. For example, she completely forgot about the fact that Song Shuhang and Chu Chu were still in the Time City earlier.

Pavilion Master Chu didn't reply to Song Shuhang's question, and her expression turned sleepier and sleepier. Soon after, she turned her body around, and a space gate appeared right before her.

Then, she carried Ye Si along and stepped into the space gate. On the other side of the space gate was her bedroom, which was located in the Celestial Pavilion.

"..." Song Shuhang.

After seeing that the space gate didn't close even after a long time, Shuhang clenched his teeth and also stepped inside.

In the next moment, he appeared in the middle of the Celestial Pavilion.

In front of him, Pavilion Master Chu lazily stretched herself and headed toward the big bed, with her eyes getting sleepier and sleepier...

"Pavilion Master Chu, at least reply to my question first!" Song Shuhang said anxiously.

Pavilion Master Chu raised her head and looked at Song Shuhang, saying, "Little friend Song, don't you want to sleep together with me?"

"..." Song Shuhang.

Senior, did you eat the wrong medicine today? Or perhaps you actually forgot to take your medicine?

"Oh, you don't want to sleep together? In that case, you can sleep on the floor." Pavilion Master Chu pulled closer the nearby quilt and used it to cover Ye Si and herself.

"Good night, Little friend Song," Pavilion Master Chu said softly.

"..." Song Shuhang.

You are doing it on purpose, right? Do you really think I won't flip you together with your bed?! You just had to reply 'Yes' or 'No', was it that difficult?! (╯‵□′)╯︵ ( .o.)

But just as this thought flashed through his mind, the sound of Pavilion Master Chu's even breathing was transmitted from the bed to his ears.

The sound of every inhalation and exhalation was very stable.

Actually, Pavilion Master Chu didn't really need to breathe given her current level of strength. It was something she was unconsciously doing while sleeping.

Song Shuhang faintly sighed. Was it possible that he would have to follow in the footsteps of the Sobbing Old Man and wait outside Pavilion Master Chu's room until she woke up? But he had no idea for how long would Pavilion Master Chu sleep this time!

Song Shuhang gazed at the gloves of passion of Swordsman Wooden Ox he was currently wearing. Should he clench his teeth and use the appraisal technique on Senior Sister Ye?

The previous time he appraised Senior Sister Ye, the price he had to pay was so high that he fainted directly.

But thanks to those 88,888 voices continuously reverberating in Song Shuhang's mind whenever he was sleeping or resting, his comprehension of the secret appraisal technique had gotten much better.

Now, he could obtain more information through the appraisal technique, and the price to pay had started to lower.

In that case, should he give it a try?

Song Shuhang looked at Senior Sister Ye and Pavilion Master Chu lying on the bed. It was the scene of two beauties sleeping.

F*ck. If I go over and lift the quilt to use the appraisal technique, starting to spurt blood from all over the body afterward, it would totally make me look like a pervert.

Otherwise, I might wait for Senior Sister Ye to wake up before trying?

It was unknown when Pavilion Master Chu would wake up next.

But Senior Sister Ye shouldn't sleep for such a long period of time, right?

While Song Shuhang was thinking all this, Pavilion Master Chu's even breathing kept reverberating beside his ears as though it was a hypnotizing technique.

Without him noticing, Song Shuhang's eyelids had started to get heavier and heavier.

Then, he gently fell to the ground, starting to slumber.

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Next, Shuhang felt as though he had entered the dreamland. The feeling of entering the dreamland was different than having a normal dream. He could already tell the difference between the two through some subtle details.

"No, there is something amiss. I didn't enter the dreamland." Song Shuhang discovered that he was currently looking up at the sky from below and hadn't taken anyone's place.

More importantly, the 88,888 voices weren't reverberating in his ears at this time.

Such being the case, who had brought him inside this dream?

From the looks of it, it could be only Pavilion Master Chu's doing...

The things in the dream slowly started to become clear.

Now, a huge sect had appeared under his 'vision'; it was the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion.

At this time, the disciples of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion were anxiously looking at the sky.

In the most conspicuous place of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion stood Pavilion Master Chu, who was currently wearing a skirt. She was standing straight, and her fists were clenched.

In the picture, Pavilion Master Chu's hair only reached her waist, and she didn't have a lazy expression on her face. Instead of giving off the feeling of a lazy beauty, she gave the impression of an energetic one.

The defenses of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion were all activated and operating at full strength.

Several disciples occupied their positions and started to pour their spiritual energy into the defensive formation of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion.

All the spirit stones that the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion had accumulated over time were brought out as well. Pavilion Master Chu used them as fuel for the defensive formation.

Shuhang was unable to spot Ye Si amidst all those disciples. The scene was simply too chaotic. Perhaps she was currently in some place that his vision couldn't reach?

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It was very likely that a fight amongst cultivators was currently going on in the sky.

However, Song Shuhang could only see the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion from his point of view and couldn't see the battle in the sky.

He would see ripples forming on the defensive formation of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion from time to time or the sparks generated by the explosions. It was the aftermath of the magical techniques the cultivators battling in the sky were using.

Corpses of powerful cultivators were also falling from the sky. When these cultivators fell, they didn't decide to disperse and merge with the Great Way. Instead, they chose to self-detonate their bodies.

Although they failed to harm the opposite party after self-detonating, they continuously consumed the energy of the barrier of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion.

If I'm not mistaken, this should be the scene where the ancient Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion was destroyed.

They were just innocent people that got involved in someone else's fight.

The ancient Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion spent most of its time standing aloof from worldly strifes and carried out their practice only inside their domain.

However, the place where their sect was located just happened to be close to the place where those five powerful sects of the world of cultivators were battling. As a consequence, they ended up being involved in the fight as well.

Anyway, even if the battle among those five sects is very scary, the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion doesn't seem to be the main battlefield from what I can see. It only suffered some collateral damage from the techniques used in the battle. Does it mean that the collateral damage alone was enough to raze to the ground the whole Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion, leaving Pavilion Master Chu as the sole survivor?

Is it possible that the five battling sects ultimately used something akin to a 'forbidden' magical technique as seen in novels, blowing up everything in the surrounding area?

Or did some drastic changes happen during the course of the battle?

Just as Song Shuhang was in deep thoughts, corpses of cultivators kept falling from the sky like dumplings, hitting the defensive formation of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion in large quantities!

Additionally, these corpses didn't explode after falling down.

As before, Song Shuhang was unable to see the battle in the sky. However, he noticed that a surprised expression had appeared on Pavilion Master Chu's face. There were also traces of fear.

There was surely something wrong. After all, the frequency at which cultivators were dying had increased by a hundredfold!

Just what's happening? Song Shuhang thought to himself.

Just as this thought crossed his mind, his vision was no longer restricted to the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion. The scene of the battle in the sky also appeared before his 'eyes'.

In the sky, the five sects had divided into two groups.

On one side were two daoist sects with different robes and a buddhist sect allied together.

On the other end were a sect with each member shrouded in demonic mist and another sect full of monsters that had taken human form.

At this time, the members of the two factions were constantly battling each other. However, they weren't dying due to the attacks of the opposite party.

The reason for all those deaths was a third-party that had suddenly appeared on the scene. It was an influence mainly composed of monster hunters, and their numbers surpassed 3000.

The dress the monster hunters wore hadn't undergone any change since ancient times. Song Shuhang needed but a glance to recognize them.

The fighting capacity of the monster hunter faction was astounding. In addition, the five sects had fought for a long time and were exhausted.

After they joined the battle, the monster hunters started a massacre.

Ancient monster hunters were extremely powerful. They were much stronger than ordinary cultivators.

During ancient times, they had wantonly captured monsters and researched all kinds of methods to deal with them, developing many forbidden techniques.

In addition, each monster hunter had accumulated a lot of experience after fighting monsters. Their combat experience was incredibly rich.

On top of that, they had used the bodies of the monsters to manufacture several different types of powerful magical treasures.

After they joined the fray, the number of deaths skyrocketed.

Amongst the several monster hunters, a youngster was particularly eye-catching.

On his two arms were transplanted the eyes of around ten different types of monsters. When he stretched out his arms, all sorts of fearsome innate skills belonging to ancient monsters shot out. Petrification, illusions, strange ocular rays, true fire, and so on were released in rapid succession.

Whether they were monsters or humans, all the people in his surroundings died one after another.

The members of the five sects activated their escape techniques to flee for their life.

However, 100,000 Monster Binding Chains assembled together in the sky, forming a huge net that tightly enclosed them, cutting off their path of retreat.

They could escape neither through the sky nor through the land.

The group of monster hunters had come prepared. From the very beginning, they had had no intention of letting the members of the five sects leave alive.

Below, Pavilion Master Chu's expression was becoming uglier and uglier.

The monster hunters seemed intent on killing all the people on the scene. Such being the case, would they really let off the people of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion?

Pavilion Master Chu immediately gave orders and told the people of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion to get ready for combat.

However, she still had a hesitant look on her face. Should she really have the disciples of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion participate in the battle?

The people battling in the sky were all cultivators of the Fifth Stage Spiritual Emperor Realm if not stronger. As for the Fifth Stage Spiritual Emperors in the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion, they numbered less than thirty.

The members of the five sects were instantly killed, and not a single one of them survived.

Everything happened so quickly that the disciples of the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion didn't even have the time to react.

In the next moment, more than 3000 monster hunters plunged toward the Crystal-Clear Water Pavilion...