Luo Shi saw Ming Ye's reaction. "Ming-xiong. You know it?" he asked. His voice is laced with surprise.

Ming Ye nodded. "Yes." he answered.

Luo Shi's brows knit. "What is that place?" he asked. "Chen-xiong said it's connected to the demonic cultivators." he told him.

Ming Ye's whole body froze before he took a deep breath. "Wuran is a country in the middle of the sea of sand." He started. "It was three thousand years ago… some said it is the land of polluted." He said.

"'polluted'?" Luo Shi said.

Ming Ye nodded. "It is their greed and vanity, as endless as the sand around them." he said.

"Could it be… it was negative qi?!" Luo Shi exclaimed. Seeing Ming Ye didn't answer, he asked. "How was it connected to the demonic cultivators? How did the negative qi, stemming from their sins, became demonic qi?" he said.

Ming Ye took a while before he answered. "They were driven to insanity." He said.

Zhongyang, secret realm.

Fei Yin held Cheng Sheng's hand tight as he pulled him up the rock wall while they climbed up the ravine. A frog with a wide tail and wings almost bit Cheng Sheng's leg had Cheng Sheng not kicked it first. Their clothes were soaked with rain, and they were heavily panting. They aren't stupid to ride on their sword and consume their qi. If they could, they would escape normally. Xie Lan and Fan Wen had already laid the foundation of their body by training them like hell.

"As expected of the secret realm." Cheng Sheng grinned as he drew his sword and sliced off the vine that was crawling on the wall opposite them.

Fei Yin took out a dagger and stabbed an insect that crawled out of a plant's root near him. "Let's climb faster." He told him.

"Yes!" Cheng Sheng answered as he jumped when another vine shot out to him. Then, he landed on the vine before using it to propel himself mid-air. He reached his hand out and reached the top. Then, he flipped his body before he landed on top of the wall. "Da shixiong!" he called.

"…" It's only us two right now. Can't he call me by my name? Fei Yin thought. "Coming!" he said as he stabbed another insect, thrusting the blade deep into the wall and pulled himself up before his foot kicked the dagger to propel himself mid-air, then flipped his body before landing beside Cheng Sheng. They watched as the wall cracked where the dagger is, and the dagger fell to the flood below.

"So you're also here." A familiar voice said behind them followed by footsteps.

Cheng Sheng and Fei Yin turned and saw the Zunjingde Sect with Qian Lin and Zheng Yi. Cheng Sheng knew it was Zheng Yi earlier who meet with him in the forbidden area since Zheng Yi is the eldest disciple of the Alliance, and Zheng Fu Gong's grandson, thus has the highest authority among the Alliance's disciples sent to accompany them in the secret realm.

Their group is in the opposite side of the ravine. "Hello!" Cheng Sheng said as he smiled and waved at them.

Jing Cheng saw it was only Cheng Sheng and Fei Yin. Sun Yi has split up with them while Wu Xi was missing. He checked Wu Xi's name in the ranking list and saw it is still white. "What happened to Wu Xi? How did he enter the forbidden area?" he asked them.

"Didn't he tell you?" Cheng Sheng said as he smiled at Zheng Yi who was silently standing beside Jing Bai. "Well, not that it's a secret. Wu Xi entered the forbidden area while he chased a walking corpse." He answered.

"You didn't push him?" Jing Hei suspiciously looked at Cheng Sheng.

Cheng Sheng turned to him. "Now, there's someone who doesn't think highly of me." he said and grinned. "I didn't. He's strong, so he's useful, you know? Why would I kill him?" he asked as he looked at them.

The cold wind and the rain didn't help since they can't help but feel a chill in their bones seeing Cheng Sheng's smile. Has he gone insane?! They thought.

Outside the secret realm, everyone can't help but shiver in fright. The sun has also begun to sink from the sky.

"Cheng… shixiong…?" Lei Ling and You Rou were shaking in fear when they saw Cheng Sheng's grin. It wasn't the usual carefree grin. Instead, it was filled with killing intent.

Xie Lan and Wu Yuan's face is serious as they stared at Cheng Sheng. No… they thought. He wasn't looking at the Zunjingde Sect but… behind them? They thought. What's behind them? They wanted to see, but Zheng Yi who was wearing the Cleansing Stone around his neck made their vision limited.

Inside the secret realm, everyone was shocked when it's not Cheng Sheng but actually Fei Yin who made the first move! He cast a spell, and it's going towards Qian Lin!

"Look out!" Jing Hei called as he pulled Qian Lin towards him while Jing Bai, Zheng Qi, Jing Kang and Jing Cheng moved away and the spell hit! Then, they saw half the body of a walking corpse was in Qian Lin's place! "A preemptive strike…" Jing Hei muttered under his breath when he saw the corpse's head exploded.

"Damn these pests…" Cheng Sheng muttered as he jumped across the ravine and landed on the Zunjingde Sect's side. Then, he unsheathed his sword while his other hand took out talismans. The talismans burned and illuminated the dark surrounding.

The Zunjingde Sect were shocked to see countless monsters are crawling towards them! Their movements are covered by the rain thus they didn't notice their arrival! It wasn't them Cheng Sheng was looking at, but the monsters behind them!

"Shidi!" Fei Yin called as he also jumped to the Zunjingde Sect's side and landed beside Cheng Sheng.

"Thank you." Qian Lin told Cheng Sheng. If it wasn't for Cheng Sheng, he would've already been bitten and then drag down the Zunjingde Sect.

"What are you talking about?" Cheng Sheng said as he turned to them. "I only killed a prey." He smirked and looked at the ranking list projected by the Cleansing Stone in Zheng Yi's neck. His score and rank had gone up.

"…" they're stupid to believe in Cheng Sheng.

Cheng Sheng ignored them as he and Fei Yin started killing the monsters with the help of the Fire Talismans illuminating their way.

"There are walking corpses mixed with the monsters!" Jing Kang said and took out more Fire Talismans. It was like the sun descended upon them as the whole ravine was illuminated.

"Let's go!" Jing Cheng said as he drew his sword.

"Yes!" Jing Bai, Jing Hei and Qian Lin answered.

Cheng Sheng and Fei Yin looked at each other and sped up their pace. They left the Zunjingde Sect and jumped across another ravine.

Cheng Sheng's pupils lit up. "Wu Xi." He called.

They saw Wu Xi suddenly appeared behind the bushes. "…" are you not afraid to be smelled by the monsters and be eaten? Fei Yin thought. "Where is it?" he asked him.

Wu Xi pointed the ravine across.

"Good." Cheng Sheng said when he confirmed it was really across the ravine and is running towards them. "Nobody had checked your name yet, so be careful not to be discovered." He told Wu Xi. He meant for Wu Xi to go to a near forbidden area and hid.

Wu Xi nodded as he disappeared using a Concealment Talisman.

"Are we going to lead it to the Zunjingde Sect?" Fei Yin asked and saw the creature agilely jumped on the ravine where they are.

However, before Cheng Sheng could answer, they heard footsteps behind them. "Hey! Where are you going?" it was Jing Hei. "Are you going to find a shelter?" he asked them. Qian Lin and the Zunjingde Sect followed behind him.

Cheng Sheng and Fei Yin looked at each other. They didn't answer and just turned to the creature.

"What are you looking at?" Jing Cheng asked and turned to where Cheng Sheng and Fei Yin are looking at. The others also followed.

"There's nothing." Jing Bai said.

"It's really nothing." Cheng Sheng said and smiled as he and Fei Yin sheathed their sword. The creature hid after it saw more people. "Yes. We're going to look for a shelter." He answered to Jing Hei's question. The secret realm is flooded and should the meadow, too. They can't go back there. They had to find an elevated land.

"The cave behind the waterfall should have been flooded, too. Let's find a new one." Jing Kang told Jing Cheng.

"Why don't we find one together?" Qian Lin suggested.

Cheng Sheng shrugged. "Sure." He said. "But, you're not afraid I'll push you off a cliff?" he asked them.

"…" the Zunjingde Sect's face is covered in black lines.

"Don't you care what happened to Wu Xi, at the least?" Jing Hei can't help but ask. He has this nagging feeling something's not right.

Cheng Sheng turned to him. "Let me find my care." He said as he thought for a second and looked around before he shook his head. "No good. I dropped it before I entered the secret realm." He said and sighed, acting as if he was disappointed.

"…" the Zunjingde Sect.

"…" the audience, the Alliance elders and the sect leaders outside the secret realm. Cheng Sheng, we think you dropped your brain and face, too! How can you be so shameless?!