To be honest, Ye Yu felt utterly sick right now.

Listening to this lovestruck fool talk was disgusting.

It made his skin crawl all over.

But from Yang Guangxiao’s words, he managed to catch one useful piece of information.

Zhu Xincheng had never come to the Divine Stone Mine.

Which made even less sense.

In the dream, Zhu Xincheng had only encountered four major turning points in total.

Two of them had already passed.

The remaining two were both unrelated to this place.

So where exactly had Zhu Xincheng gone?

Ye Yu could not figure it out at all.

Unless Yang Guangxiao was lying?

Regardless, he first needed to find out why this man had betrayed them.

Thinking of this, Ye Yu softly asked, "What exactly is going on here? And where’s your brother?"

Yang Guangxiao let out a deep sigh before slowly recounting what had happened earlier.

Some time ago, he and Yang Guangxi had been patrolling the Divine Stone Mine as usual.

Everything had been no different from before.

But later, a piece of news shattered the peace here.

Rumor had it that three days earlier, Zhu Xincheng had personally slaughtered more than seventy percent of the elders within the Lieyang Sect.

As a result, the entire Divine Alliance had fallen into panic.

Everyone was wondering whether their Divine Alliance leader had gone mad.

Yang Guangxiao himself had also been curious.

Why had Zhu Xincheng done such a thing?

What exactly had happened?

But beside him, Yang Guangxi had instinctively frowned.

Just as the brothers were puzzling over the matter, a messenger from the Lieyang Sect arrived.

The secret order he brought contained only two sentences.

"Yang Guangxi, stop your little schemes in secret. If you continue, you will die. I will personally come soon."

After hearing the message, Yang Guangxiao turned to look at Yang Guangxi, his fists tightly clenched.

Though Yang Guangxi’s face briefly showed a trace of discomfort, he quickly suppressed it.

After sending the messenger away, Yang Guangxi spoke before his brother could question him, revealing the secret of the Divine Stone Mine.

He also said that since Zhu Xincheng had already made things this clear, it meant she definitely knew what he had done.

And considering the bloody methods she had displayed within the Lieyang Sect—

once she came here, his life would certainly be over.

"So let’s rebel!"

At first, Yang Guangxiao firmly refused.

Zhu Xincheng had shown them great kindness. If not for her, the two of them might already be dead by now.

Besides, the Divine Alliance leader had only sent a messenger.

That proved she did not intend to kill him.

If she truly wanted him dead, she would have acted already. Why wait?

Yang Guangxi merely smiled and shook his head.

He said things were far more serious than his brother thought.

Aside from coveting the secrets hidden within the Divine Stone Mine, over the years he had secretly embezzled nearly thirty percent of the mine’s accounts.

"With how much Zhu Xincheng hates evil, do you really think she’d spare me?"

"It’s useless, brother. If you refuse to rebel, you’re forcing me to die!"

No matter how eloquently Yang Guangxi argued, Yang Guangxiao refused to agree.

He insisted on waiting for Zhu Xincheng to come personally.

At that point, the two brothers could carry thorn branches on their backs and beg forgiveness together. Perhaps there would still be a sliver of hope.

But in Yang Guangxi’s eyes, his brother was simply a hopeless idiot blinded by emotion.

"If you won’t rebel, then I’ll do it for you!"

Yang Guangxi secretly contacted the Extreme Moon Pavilion and prepared to defect.

The Extreme Moon Pavilion had long coveted the Divine Stone Mine. Hearing such good news, they immediately sent an elder with people to take over the place.

By the time Yang Guangxiao realized what was happening, Yang Guangxi had already brought the people of the Extreme Moon Pavilion into the Divine Stone Mine.

Yang Guangxiao instantly flew into a rage.

But Yang Guangxi appeared completely carefree.

"Brother, I’ve already betrayed the Lieyang Sect and colluded with the Extreme Moon Pavilion. If I return now, I’ll definitely die."

"So either you hand me over to the Lieyang Sect and watch me die—"

"Or you change sides with me."

"Once we uncover the secret of the Divine Stone Mine, we brothers can prosper together!"

Yang Guangxiao knew that his brother was forcing him to make a decision.

Things had already reached the point of no return.

No matter how miserable he felt, Yang Guangxiao could only surrender in the end.

After all, he could not stand by and watch his brother die.

Afterward, because the two brothers had contributed the Divine Stone Mine to the Extreme Moon Pavilion, they received many rewards and were allowed to continue guarding the area.

But Yang Guangxiao could never feel happy about it.

He had been waiting all this time for Zhu Xincheng to arrive and hold them accountable.

But she never came.

Not even until today.

After hearing the entire story, Ye Yu was basically certain that Yang Guangxiao had not lied.

Zhu Xincheng truly did not seem to have come here.

If that was the case, then there was no reason to stay any longer.

After all, this was not some good place.

There was very little left stored within the Divine Stone Mine, and on top of that, there was still Gao Zong—that massive ticking disaster. Whoever touched it would die.

Ye Yu had no interest in wading into this muddy water.

Even if he wanted revenge for the version of himself from the dream, he would wait until reaching the Divine Sovereign Realm first.

Because Gao Zong was terrifyingly strong.

Ye Yu immediately turned around.

"I’m leaving."

Those two words left Yang Guangxiao completely bewildered.

"You’re leaving? Just like that? Then what about me?"

"You can do whatever you want. I came here to find Zhu Xincheng. I don’t have time to clean up trashy traitors like you. But since you told me so much, I’ll give you one piece of advice."

"Stay away from the so-called secret of the Divine Stone Mine your brother mentioned. That thing is a bottomless abyss. Whoever touches it dies."

"Even a Divine Sovereign would die inside."

As Ye Yu spoke, he casually waved his hand.

The moment Yang Guangxiao heard those words, his face instantly turned deathly pale.

Even a Divine Sovereign would die?

Damn it. Two days ago, his brother had entered the secret realm with an elder from the Extreme Moon Pavilion, and neither of them had returned yet.

Did that mean they were already dead?

Thinking of this, Yang Guangxiao no longer dared hesitate and immediately prepared to rush into the Divine Stone Mine to search for his brother.

But the next second—

A flash of blade light swept through the air.

The former chief divine attendant of the Lieyang Sect was instantly decapitated.

A murderous aura suddenly spread across the surroundings.

Ye Yu, who had been about to leave, abruptly stopped and turned around.

A tall demon god stood not far behind him.

In his hand was an exaggeratedly large ghost-headed saber.

Yang Guangxiao’s corpse lay at his feet.

Ye Yu could not understand it.

The cuffs of this demon god’s robe clearly bore the emblem of the Extreme Moon Pavilion.

He was obviously one of their God Clan members.

So why had he suddenly killed Yang Guangxiao?

Before Ye Yu could think further, the demon god coldly said, "Scum from the Lieyang Sect. Traitors deserve death. And so do you."

Hearing that, Ye Yu immediately understood.

The man had mistaken Yang Guangxiao for the type of traitor who repeatedly switched sides.

He thought Yang Guangxiao was planning to return to the Lieyang Sect.

Well... to be fair, the man really had been thinking that.

He just had not acted on it yet.

Did the God Clan of the Extreme Moon Pavilion always move this fast?

Ye Yu turned around and slowly walked toward the demon god.

Not for any particular reason.

But broad daylight or not, he could not just let someone insult him for free.

That would be far too humiliating.

Seeing that Ye Yu did not flee for his life and instead walked straight toward him, the demon god revealed a trace of approval.

"You do have some courage. Remember this well—the one killing you is Bai Tang, deputy hall master of the Enforcement Hall of the Extreme Moon Pavilion!"

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