Starting My Cultivation With Time Management

After the sound of the sword's hum, Wei Dongliu took out the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword, gently running his fingers along the blade.

The Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword trembled slightly, emitting a proud ringing sound as if to say, "You, Sword Master, better not embarrass me."

Wei Dongliu laughed amusedly. What was this, a tsundere sword?

When he thought about it, since he had many alt accounts, he also possessed many Immortal Swords.

Even if some Immortal Swords lacked a Sword Spirit, they could still convey their rudimentary emotions back through the resonance of the Sword Control Technique—each with its unique personality.

The Green Duckweed Sword needs no mention; it was a cheerful pleasure-seeker like a big sister. The Thunder Punishment Sword was like a meek little girl, while the Myriad Bamboos Sword was quietly compliant, going along with whatever it was told.

The Tianyuan Yiqi Sword had a hot-blooded temperament. Every time Qiu Changtian infused it with True Yuan, he could feel its full battle intent; the Huangting Kunwu Sword, on the other hand, was a taciturn type, only half-responsive to commands, clearly unwilling to fully obey Luo Yan's directions.

Shuilong Yin was utterly honest and compliant toward Long Long, while the Myriad Demons Evil Spirit Sword was quite rebellious, often sending back malice to express its defiance against Wei Dongliu.

As for this Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword, it was a standard tsundere personality, transmitting emotions of "I haven't fully accepted you yet" while at the same time, "But seeing that you're quite powerful, I'll reluctantly heed your command."

Wei Dongliu really wanted to tell it, "Your boring tsundere act is out of style," but realized that the sword likely wouldn't understand. It might even get mad out of embarrassment... so he just let it be.

Having acquired the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword, if he remembered correctly, the Demonic Path should have already sensed something and set out toward Shushan by this time.

If he now took the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword to seek out the Blood Sea Ancestor, what would happen?

Clearly, the Blood Sea Ancestor would immediately inform the Heavenly Demon Path and the Nether Ghost Path that the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword had fallen into the hands of someone from the Mortal Life Path.

Setting aside how those two paths would respond, it was certain that they would no longer blockade Shushan.

This would cause a significant deviation from the timelines set by a few other characters...

Taking into account that "history cannot be changed," something must happen to prevent me from immediately finding the Blood Sea Ancestor.

Otherwise, how could it be explained that I acquired the Extermination Immortal Sword but didn't inform the Blood Sea Ancestor at the earliest opportunity?

As Wei Dongliu was contemplating carefully, he suddenly saw a black mist flying toward him from a distance, with a faint humanoid shape emerging within.

Huh?

Isn't that... an Outer Realm Heavenly Demon?

He saw the black mist rapidly approaching, and from a great distance, it began to shout:

"Disaster, Demon Lord Wei! Sister Jiang has been kidnapped!"

It was fortunate that she revealed her identity immediately; otherwise, Wei Dongliu might have sent a Great Hollow Thunder specially designed to counteract Heavenly Demons her way right away.

Hearing her urgent call for help, the Demon Lord hesitantly retracted the Daoist Formula from his sleeve and spoke lightly,

"Who are you?"

"To answer the Demon Lord," the black mist condensed into the shape of a pretty witch (barring a three-point resemblance to Jiang Lian) with a pitiful expression, "I am a communication Heavenly Demon cultivated by Sister Jiang. She was attacked while out and was captured by her master, who used mana to apprehend her. That's why on the road, she secretly released me to seek rescue from you, the Demon Lord."

"Oh," Wei Dongliu laughed coldly.

The explanation seemed smooth but was rife with flaws. The most obvious one was: All Heavenly Demon Spells used by Jiang Liyan were for sure mastered by her master, Elder Cai E, and were undoubtedly more proficient than hers.

How foolish must one be to think that Jiang Liyan, in the process of being taken away, could secretly unleash a communication Heavenly Demon without Elder Cai E noticing?

Wei Dongliu chuckled coldly, thinking that although Jiang Liyan might have indeed been captured, this Demon Head was probably bait, intending to lure him into a trap... It was definite to go to the rescue, but why not seize you first and interrogate thoroughly?

As a Great Unrestrained Heavenly Demon who was naturally sensitive to human emotions, Li Hen saw Wei Dongliu didn't believe her tall tales and thought that this brother-in-law was somewhat intelligent, deserving of the regard Sister Jiang had for him.

So she humbly said,

"If you don't believe me, there's nothing else I can do. But I must rescue Sister Jiang."

No sooner had she finished speaking than she turned and zoomed away at an incredible speed, reaching the horizon almost instantaneously.

Wei Dongliu: ???

This witch was fleeing so fast that even when flying at full speed, he could barely keep up with her, let alone catch her.

But he had to pursue her; otherwise, where could he find Jiang Liyan?

He had no choice but to transform into sword light, steering the Myriad Avatar Absolute Immortal Sword to chase after her relentlessly.

Li Hen, leading the way in front, saw that Wei Dongliu could actually keep up with her speed and couldn't help but become playful, further increasing her flying speed.

Only when Wei Dongliu's sword light was faltering, nearly losing her, did she leisurely slow down.

Wei Dongliu was also extremely vexed—how could this Heavenly Demon run so fast? It was practically comparable to a high-speed bullet train!

Feeling that something was not right, he warned the Kunlun Mirror,

"Ah Jing, keep scanning the surroundings. If there's any danger, promptly warn me so I can shift position and retreat."

"Okay." The Kunlun Mirror replied.

"What's with that tone?" Wei Dongliu asked suspiciously. "Why does it sound like you're eager to try something?" Discover more stories at My Virtual Library Empire

"Do I? Not at all." The Kunlun Mirror feigned ignorance. "I'm just a mirror, after all."

"Heh." Wei Dongliu grew more suspicious and, after pondering for a moment, recalled that this damned mirror seemed to have looked down on Jiang the Witch right from the beginning.

Towards Xu Yinglian, An Zhisu, and Shi Liuli, its attitude had been, "Can't you stop deceiving them... Never mind, I'm tired, let it be," but when it came to using Jiang Liyan, the damned mirror was practically silent.

With this in mind, the mirror's peculiar behavior must certainly be related to Jiang the Witch!

Thinking this, Wei Dongliu became even more cautious and alert.

The witch accelerated all the way until she reached the coast of the East Sea in Yangzhou, where she finally slowed down and then dove through the clouds toward the ground.

Wei Dongliu followed down with sword control, only to see that there was a solitary island in the sea below.

Li Hen plunged into the island, and Wei Dongliu followed relentlessly, discovering an entrance to a cave where she had vanished.

"Ah Jing, scan for me!"

Ignoring the cave's layout, Li Hen directly phased through the walls to the deep chambers and called out:

"Sister Li An, brother-in-law is here!"

Controlling Elder Cai'e, Li Chou had originally been lying in ambush on the eastern coast of Yangzhou. Seeing Li Hen arriving from the sky, she hurried back to the island cave ahead of the others to report the situation to Jiang Lian.

Now with Li Hen also reporting, she pulled out a Resentful Ghost Silver Needle and maneuvered Elder Cai'e to reveal an evil, purser-like venomous smile, nastily shouting:

"You unfilial disciple! How come you've already reached your limit? I still have eighteen martial skills I haven't used. I was just about to properly refine them on your body!"

Jiang Lian frowned upon hearing this, thinking, what's with the antiquated "eighteen martial skills"? Couldn't you keep up with the Cultivation Realm's latest terminology?

However, sensing Wei Dongliu closing in, she could only close her eyes to conserve energy, pretending to be on the verge of exhaustion from the torture.

Wei Dongliu burst into the chamber and, seeing Elder Cai'e persecuting Jiang the Witch, without a second thought, he called out:

"Ah Jing!"

The Kunlun Mirror immediately feigned casting an illusion technique, immobilizing Elder Cai'e, while Wei Dongliu, without any hesitation, took out a small arrow given by the Blood Sea Ancestor, infused it with True Yuan, and immediately threw it.

To avoid injuring Jiang the Witch, who was very close, Wei Dongliu compressed the explosion range of the arrow, making its power absolutely unparalleled.

Like lightning, it pierced into Elder Cai'e's body, then explosively released its energy. Li Chou didn't have time to exit and was directly engulfed by the annihilation power of the arrow, turning to ashes—after which she began to slowly regenerate and revive underground.

Wei Dongliu had no time to see if she was dead, but took two steps forward to reach Jiang the Witch's side, sweeping over her body with Divine Sense.

Though still alive, she was like the last flicker of a candle in the wind.