You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

It was night.

A dark and heavy night sky scattered with endless threads of rain, the fierce wind roared like a beast breaking free from its cage, sweeping across the human world.

The night was thick and heavy, a sudden storm had arrived in Yunzhou.

In the remote regions of Yunzhou, amidst the mountain forests, a group of people trudged through the night with difficulty, heading towards the peak of a barren mountain, as a strange invisible force oppressed each one of them.

The wind carried the rain's force, blanketing everything, and in an instant, the entire mountain was engulfed by the storm.

The group on the mountainside was immediately drenched by the rain.

"Damn it... Having my cultivation sealed was already difficult enough, and now suddenly it's raining heavily... This damn sky..."

One of the group, a burly man with a black face, wiped the rain off his face and couldn't help but curse.

"Haha, you're wrong to blame the sky," someone chuckled quietly, "This is the weather manipulated by the legendary Divine Pivot Institute, haven't you heard?"

"Stop complaining."

A man in a scholar's robe beside him said indifferently, "For us, the sinful cultivators on the death warrant, having a chance to receive the protection of the legendary 'Unkillable True Lord' is a blessing beyond measure. Climbing a mountain and getting wet is nothing in comparison."

"Protection?" The black-faced man snorted softly but dared not say more.

But everyone present understood; they were all condemned criminals with unforgivable sins, their cultivation only at the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier level. Wanted by the court and hunted by the Patrol Envoy, their survival depended entirely on luck.

Even if they were fortunate enough to receive the Life and Death Token of the legendary magic path power 'Unkillable True Lord,' they had to follow the rules, pass the test to survive.

For instance, now, they had to climb the treacherous peak in pouring rain with their cultivation sealed, using only mortal strength, then sign a Life and Death Contract and willingly become the Unkillable True Lord's slaves to receive his protection.

To live as a slave or to die being hunted, one had to choose. Some people laid aside their dignity to survive, while others preferred death over submission.

Perhaps this was the choice the legendary Unkillable True Lord, whose Daoist skills were boundless, wanted to see—a test of the human heart.

The group dared not express their anger and could only press forward in the rain.

Among them, a man wearing a wooden mask, although marching silently with the group, had a faint smile in his eyes.

"This Unkillable True Lord really has a twisted sense of amusement..."

Lin Yue chuckled to himself, "To even use Divine Thought to spy, enjoys observing human nature so much?"

Given his realm and the Semi-Divine Artifact, he could naturally perceive the Divine Thought shrouding the mountain, a Saint-level Divine Thought.

It was clearly the Divine Thought of that magic path giant, the Unkillable True Lord.

Over the years, he had obtained numerous Five Rings Level secrets and knew quite a few secrets about Saint-level beings.

Among them was the secret of the Unkillable True Lord.

In the plan to temper his Dao Heart, he also wanted to experience the sinful cultivator's life, and it happened that this sinful cultivator was chosen by the Unkillable True Lord, received the Life and Death Token, and only by passing the test could become his slave for his protection.

It was a matter of human choice.

Cultivators were lofty and rare were those willing to be slaves, even the Duke Heng's residence recruited cultivators and treated them as Guest Elders.

Death or forsaking dignity to scrape out an existence?

For many cultivators, it was an agonizing dilemma.

In truth, the Unkillable True Lord had no need for slaves, but he wanted to see what choices cultivators would make, then enjoyed watching them struggle to lower themselves as slaves. The process began from climbing the mountain, gradually breaking their bottom line, just to see how much a cultivator would relinquish to stay alive.

In reality...

Lin Yue understood as well, for these people to reach the step of becoming sinful cultivators was not mere chance, but was secretly orchestrated by the Unkillable True Lord.

To be exact, the Unkillable True Lord first chose these people, and only then did they become unforgivable sinful cultivators.

It was the Unkillable True Lord's twisted amusement and perhaps a method to hone one's Dao Heart.

It was said that the Unkillable True Lord had been tortured as a slave for a hundred years; to survive, he would stop at nothing, selling out his wife, children, and parents... After escaping and treading the path of cultivation, he employed any means necessary for cultivation and survival.

One could say the Unkillable True Lord was perhaps the most hateful and perverted magic path power.

However, the Unkillable True Lord lived up to the name "Unkillable." Smart and cowardly, he quickly found refuge with a few princes of Di Hong City.

Magic Path powerhouses, once allied with the Xiahong faction, were mostly loyal to the princes and princesses reincarnated from Demon Ancestors.

The Eighth Prince, Twelfth Prince, and Fifth Princess were allies in the same faction.

The Unkillable True Lord was attached to this alliance.

Being a Saint-level powerhouse and mastering numerous Dao and Cultivation Methods, his life-preserving abilities were exceptionally strong, hence despite being widely hated and having many enemies, this demon remained alive and well.

"Unkillable True Lord?"

Lin Yue journeyed quietly through the stormy night, thought to himself, "Just as the Demon Clan is about to hunt me down, I want to see... can the trap they set for me kill you?"

He had no personal vendetta against the Unkillable True Lord.

But while living the life of this sinful cultivator, he sensed that his life was being manipulated by a hidden hand, and his obsession was to identify and take revenge on that controlling hand.

Lin Yue knew that the hidden hand was the Unkillable True Lord and thus had come for him.

However, this was not Jingzhou, and even with the support of Divine and Semi-Divine Artifacts, his strength was only close to that of ordinary Saint-level powerhouses, incapable of killing the Unkillable True Lord.

So he conceived of borrowing the hand of the Demon Clan, hoping to resolve the Unkillable True Lord incidentally.