Chapter 1201: Eternal Joy Princess

A loud bang echoed. The red fire cloud was split in two by the colossal sword. The sword struck the Queen Bee, leaving a long bloody gash on its body and severing its right wing.

"Whoosh!" sounds filled the air as dense, green sword energy attacked from all directions. The Queen Bee was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of green sword energy, and even its demon core was shattered.

After the Queen Bee's death, the other Firewing Bees scattered in disarray. The Three-Headed Fox then cast spells to attack them.

Loud explosions reverberated as golden lightning, white frosty winds, and red flames erupted in mid-air.

One by one, the Firewing Bees vanished. Without the Queen Bee's command, they flew erratically. Wang Qingshan did not pursue them all, allowing many to escape.

Wang Qingshan broke the beehive into smaller pieces. To his delight, he found over a hundred catties of royal jelly, which he could give to Wang Qingqi for alchemy.

After collecting the royal jelly and his flying sword, Wang Qingshan and the Three-Headed Fox continued their journey.

Soon after, he disappeared into the dense forest.

The Miao family hosted the Immortal Ascension Convention, attracting many cultivators. News of True Monarch Jinyue's cave dwelling appearing quickly spread, drawing numerous high-level cultivators from various regions.

True Monarch Jinyue's meditation cave was located right at the Miao family's doorstep. The Miao family reacted fastest, sending three Core Formation cultivators to guard the entrance and prevent others from entering.

Miao Yulang, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, was the highest-cultivating member of the Miao family. He found it hard to believe that a secret realm had appeared right at their family's entrance. He dispatched family members to thoroughly search the family's scripture pavilion, where they uncovered a hidden secret.

Over four thousand years ago, a large number of demon invaders arrived in the Eastern Barren Realm through a spatial passage. The Central Plains cultivation world, being the most prosperous region, naturally became their primary target. To preserve their bloodline, the Miao family was forced to relocate. Ultimately, humanity united to repel the demon invasion and seal the spatial passage. The Miao family was then able to return to the White Birch Mountains. However, the area with the richest spiritual energy was used to seal a certain demon creature. The specific reason for this was unknown to the Miao family; it was an imperial decree.

The Miao family was responsible for guarding this seal. Originally, another cultivation sect also guarded it, but two thousand years ago, that sect declined, provoked a powerful enemy, and was annihilated.

Because of how ancient these events were, later generations of the Miao family gradually forgot about them. Who would have thought that four thousand years later, someone would open the seal and enter to search for treasures?

Generally, sealed locations are known to contain valuable treasures. However, with the seal being right at their doorstep, the Miao family naturally wouldn't break it themselves. If the White Birch Mountains were destroyed, where would their tens of thousands of cultivators live? Now that someone had broken the seal, Miao Yulang's first thought was to secure the entrance, absolutely preventing any demons inside from escaping.

The seal had been opened for nearly half a month, and the entrance had since closed on its own.

At the entrance, Miao Yulang and over a hundred Miao family cultivators stood in the open ground, their expressions varied. Some family members advocated entering to search for treasures, reasoning that after four thousand years, even Soul Transformation cultivators couldn't survive that long. Others held opposing views, arguing that demons lived much longer than cultivators of the same rank. If the Miao family were to join the treasure hunt and leave the entrance unguarded, the sealed demons could break out, leading to the annihilation of the Miao family and the destruction of their millennia-old foundation.

Ultimately, Miao Yulang gave the order: guard the entrance, prevent any demons from escaping to harm the world, and simultaneously dispatch messengers to notify the Great Yan Imperial Court and the Myriad Immortal Division.

Miao Yulang turned his head and looked up at the sky. A white light appeared on the horizon, swiftly flying towards them.

Soon after, the white light stopped directly above Miao Yulang. As the light dissipated, a gleaming white flying boat appeared. A team of cultivators stood on the boat, and Wang Tianwen was among them.

The Nascent Soul cultivator had used a flying artifact to travel quickly, picking up many cultivators from the Myriad Immortal Division along the way. According to the Nascent Soul cultivator, there was a forbidden area within Yunlan Province where a demon creature was sealed. Demonic cultivators had been frequently appearing and creating such a large disturbance specifically to attract the attention of Nascent Soul cultivators, making it easier for them to open the seal.

"Fellow Daoist Liu, how did you arrive so quickly?" Miao Yulang exclaimed, surprised and pleased, upon seeing the young woman in white leading the group.

"Fellow Daoist Miao, I rushed here from Quanzhou. If I hadn't apprehended an informant, I wouldn't have believed that a forbidden area, sealing a demonic creature, exists right at your Miao family's doorstep." The young woman in white frowned as she spoke. She had visited the White Birch Mountains many times but had never discovered the forbidden area's existence. Most importantly, the imperial family had never mentioned it.

She also couldn't understand the specific details: why wasn't the demon creature destroyed? Why was it merely sealed? If it couldn't be destroyed, the imperial family could have dispatched numerous experts to guard the entrance, so why had the imperial family remained silent? Could it be that too much time had passed, and the imperial family had simply forgotten about it?

"Indeed! I only learned of this matter myself after consulting our family history. Madam Liu, what are your thoughts on this?"

"We must go inside. We cannot stand by and watch demonic cultivators open the seal. If the demon escapes, we will face grave trouble. We absolutely must stop them." The young woman in white had a solemn expression, her beautiful eyes filled with worry. The disturbance caused by demonic cultivators, resulting in over a hundred thousand mortal casualties, was nothing compared to the potential chaos if the sealed demon were to escape. If that happened, the entire Great Yan Dynasty would be in peril.

"I think it would be better if we guarded the outside and waited for them to exhaust themselves. Our ancestors surely placed many powerful restrictions when setting up the seal, so I imagine demonic cultivators will find it difficult to break through them." Miao Yulang was reluctant to enter the forbidden area. The Miao family originally had two Nascent Soul cultivators, but decades ago, the life-bound soul lamp of the other Nascent Soul cultivator suddenly extinguished. Now, the Miao family had only one Nascent Soul cultivator remaining. If anything happened to Miao Yulang, the Miao family would face significant trouble.

The Miao family hosted the Immortal Ascension Convention precisely to make the existence of Miao Jiale known to the world and to show other forces that the Miao family was flourishing and had successors.

"So many years have passed; there won't be much power left in the restrictions. What good would guarding the entrance do if the demon creature gained control of the secret realm and randomly teleported out? The demon creature is inhuman; if it leaves the forbidden area, it will undoubtedly go on a rampage. Your tens of thousands of Miao family cultivators would simply become its food."

A majestic male voice suddenly rang out. As soon as he finished speaking, a golden light instantly illuminated the sky, rapidly flying towards them.

Soon after, the golden light halted, revealing a golden dragon boat over ten zhang long. A team of cultivators stood on the boat, and at the forefront was a majestic-looking middle-aged man. He wore a golden python robe, and his gaze was imposing, clearly indicating someone who had held a high position for a long time.

Beside the man in the golden robe stood a maiden with picturesque features. Her skin was snow-white, her expression indifferent, and she wore a golden lotus dress, exuding an aura of sacred inviolability.

"Imperial family! Princess Yongle!" Wang Tianwen was dumbfounded. He had been fortunate enough to have met members of the imperial family before, and both the man in the golden robe and the maiden in the golden dress were indeed from the imperial family.

Zhou Guangyang, mid-stage Nascent Soul.

Zhou Yujiao, early-stage Nascent Soul, once ranked as the foremost of the Great Yan's Eighteen Prodigies. She had been in secluded cultivation for over a decade since forming her Nascent Soul.