Fantasy: I Can Control the Script of My Life

The appearance of Zhou Damao and the others was indeed outside Lin Yun's expectations, but he quickly calmed himself. In the current situation, he had to stop the Crimson Ghost Sect's plan as quickly as possible. So, after the reinforcements arrived, he did not choose to fight alongside the Beast Taming Sect.

Breaking away from the main battle, Lin Yun soon arrived at the Crimson Ghost Sect's main territory.

There, he witnessed an exceptionally brutal scene.

Although Lin Yun had rescued many people, some cultivators were still trapped here, unable to leave. At this moment, all of them had become nutrients for a sacrifice. All around, the ground was stained red with their blood.

The Crimson Ghost Sect had dug trench after trench in the earth. They poured the blood of the cultivators into these gullies, which then slowly converged toward a strange, massive inscription array at the very center. The sight was ghastly, enough to shock the eye and stun the heart.

Within that central array stood nearly a thousand Array Masters. Each one was kneeling on the ground, their hands held high above their heads. Talismanic seals were carved into their palms, and each held a single candle. As they muttered incantations, the entire formation pulsed with light.

To seal the "key" in this place, the various sects of the past had expended a great deal of time and effort. As expected, this formation was not something an ordinary person could solve. But this time, the Crimson Ghost Sect had clearly been preparing for a very long time.

As the formation flickered, some of the Array Masters collapsed, unconscious. It was then that Lin Yun noticed the very center of the array. Standing there was a young girl who couldn't have been more than a teenager. But the expression on her face was utterly inconsistent with her age.

"It's finally coming."

"Let the world return to chaos! Haha, Ancestor… everything you desired, I have achieved it!" the girl shrieked, laughing with a crazed, maniacal glee.

Seeing her like this only deepened Lin Yun's confusion. He could not let these people break the seal.

Lin Yun tried to approach, but the moment he drew near, he felt his body slam into an invisible wall. The formation was already complete; it was now impossible to break.

The girl had noticed him as well. "A disciple of the Beast Taming Sect?" she asked, a contemptuous smile on her face after seeing his uniform. "If you had arrived an hour earlier, you might have actually been able to stop us. But it's a pity. Now that the great formation is complete, no one can stand in our way."

The Crimson Ghost Sect had used the blood and bones of countless experts to build this powerful array. They naturally wouldn't let anyone destroy it so easily. What's more, in the current situation, it seemed victory was already in their grasp.

Lin Yun took it all in, feeling a wave of helplessness. Just as the girl had said, by the time they arrived, it was already too late.

Ignoring Lin Yun, the girl also raised her hands high. Blood began to flow from her wrists as if from a faucet. As the formation began to shine with an ever-brighter light, a red pillar of energy shot into the sky.

On the battlefield, everyone, friend and foe, stopped what they were doing.

The disciples of the Crimson Ghost Sect fell to their knees, shouting in exultation. "Long live the Crimson Ghost Sect! Long live the Crimson Ghost Sect!"

The faces of the disciples from the righteous sects, however, were all grave. Not many knew the secret that was buried here, but the few who did understood what was happening.

"In the end, they still seized this opportunity," Shangguan Wan sighed. She had wanted to stop this earlier, but she understood that in the current situation, she had no other choice. The Flowing Cloud Sect had no intention of contributing anything to this fight.

Among the Four Great Sects, the Flowing Cloud Sect was currently the strongest. If the world were to fall into chaos, it would only force the other sects to form a stronger, more dependent alliance with them. In such a scenario, the Beast Taming Sect would be naturally isolated.

That was why Gu Xiande didn't care about what happened in the Spirit Realm at all. To him, the more people who died here, the better.

"Senior Sister Wan'er, the Sect Master told us we are only to go through the motions," a young cultivator standing beside Shangguan Wan reminded her. Don't be fooled by his youthful appearance; he had been cultivating for decades.

Shangguan Wan shot him a cool glance. "You've seen what's happening on this battlefield. If we just stand by and watch, how many more people will die? The Crimson Ghost Sect is trying to create chaos, and we are not even going to try and stop them?" At this thought, she couldn't help but sigh. It was incomprehensible. What exactly was Gu Xiande trying to do?

The young man's expression shifted slightly. "These were the Sect Master's orders. We can only act according to the rules."

It wasn't just them. Among the righteous sects, many were not actively fighting. Some didn't know what was about to happen. Others were wary of Gu Xiande's methods.

Just then, Duan Wuya's roar echoed from the distance. "It has come to this, and you are all still holding back? The Crimson Ghost Sect targeted us precisely because they know the sects of Daye cannot unite! If they succeed in summoning the Zhenhuang Hall, all of you will die!"

He roared with all his might, but even so, few responded. Perhaps opening the Spirit Realm in the first place was the most the Flowing Cloud Sect was willing to do.

Shangguan Wan, watching all of this, sighed once more. "I don't care what the rest of you think, but I cannot stand by and watch today."

If they remained indifferent, then after this, the world itself would not be far from destruction. She knew that acting now would certainly earn her Gu Xiande's ire, but she could no longer care about that.

From the very beginning, she had disliked Lin Yun. But over their last few encounters, she had come to see that this young man was far from simple. She had even tried to persuade Hong Xiu to let him stay. It was a pity that in the end, they had failed to keep him in the sect. And now, seeing him flourish and bring his power to greater heights in the Beast Taming Sect, Shangguan Wan's heart ached.

If the Flowing Cloud Sect truly wanted to become stronger, it should gather geniuses like him, not suppress others with such dirty tricks.

The young cultivator watched Shangguan Wan charge out and shook his head with a smile. "As expected of Senior Sister Wan'er. Still as impulsive as she was back then."

He spoke while looking off into the distance. "The Crimson Ghost Sect's plan has succeeded. I hope they will keep their promise. Otherwise, the Sect Master will have no choice but to have a complete falling out with you."

And on the battlefield, a deathly silence fell.