Chapter 331: Chapter 329: Recreating the Blood Sea
"Greetings, True Monarch... I have purged the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. All disciples who harbored dissent or feigned compliance have been apprehended."
Entering the Flood Dragon Bone Palace, Fang Tiancheng stopped before the dais and held up the head in his hands.
"This is the man who was greatly disrespectful and attempted to incite the sect’s disciples to defy the True Monarch’s decree."
"I have captured and executed him. I brought his head as an apology."
Blood God True Monarch lay on a large Dragon Skin Chair, surrounded by a flock of women. A group of women, their pale, smooth skin largely exposed, giggled and played, filling the hall with a decadent air.
"This man had a Core Formation Cultivation. He could be considered a pillar of your Ten Thousand Beasts Sect. You were certainly willing to part with him..."
The women were all alluring, each with a unique temperament, doing their utmost to please him.
Blood God True Monarch didn’t even raise his head, completely sunk into the warm, fragrant, jade-like flesh, but his eyes were a demonic blood-red, as cold as ice.
There was no sign of him being lost in lust or mesmerized by beauty. When his pale fingers traced over their delicate skin, it was as if he were measuring a delicious piece of flesh.
"This is the fate of those who dare to oppose the True Monarch... Only through such thunderous methods can the hesitant disciples in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect know my resolve."
Fang Tiancheng’s expression was cold and solemn. There was only a hint of pity in his words, with no trace of grief.
He tossed the head, and it rolled twice on the floor before tumbling into a pile of mangled limbs and bones beneath the Dragon Skin Chair.
During the years of Blood God True Monarch’s disappearance, rumors flew, and many said he had already died in Burial Immortal Valley.
Many disciples of the Blood Demon Sect, including many of his own, had betrayed the sect and left.
Upon his return this time, after dealing with two unlucky Core Formation Level Sects, he turned back to clean house within the Blood Demon Sect.
A large batch of Blood Demon Sect disciples who had colluded with other sects and embezzled the sect’s assets were purged and executed.
Among them was Blood God True Monarch’s own third disciple, who had successfully reached Core Formation. He, too, became part of the pile of minced flesh beneath the chair.
The round, chubby head belonging to the Core Formation True Man of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect had eyes filled with disbelief, and two streams of bloody tears ran down its cheeks.
Within the head, the resentment and obsession were almost tangible. With just a little guidance, it could easily form a Core Formation Ghost King.
This man was none other than Master Hei Feng of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, the same Master Hei Feng who looked up to Fang Tiancheng as a brother and a father, whose Lifebound Spiritual Beast was a Tier Three Earth Steel Pig!
"Good. Since you have such awareness, I will not treat you unfairly... When the time comes, any Ten Thousand Beasts Sect disciples who wish to switch their Cultivation to Magic will be permitted to do so, and they will enjoy the same treatment as Blood Demon Sect disciples."
Blood God True Monarch laughed heartily, propping himself up from the voluptuous woman behind him for the first time, his aura sinister.
"I know you still dream of the Nascent Soul Path. Once I unify the Liang Country, I will bestow the territory of the Ice Soul Palace upon you. You can take any Nascent Soul Objects you find there, including the Tier Four Spirit Land."
"Thank you, True Monarch. I will be waiting for that day to arrive."
Fang Tiancheng’s expression was composed as he sat at a long table below the dais, raising a wine goblet from the table in a distant toast.
"For Suihan True Monarch to pass his Celestial Tribulation at his age, his luck is truly quite good... But his potential is exhausted. This is as far as he’ll go."
Blood God True Monarch’s features were sharp. After reconstructing his physical body, he possessed an even more demonic charisma that unconsciously drew one’s gaze.
Hearing this, Fang Tiancheng’s expression dimmed slightly. He and Suihan True Monarch were cultivators of the same generation.
"I didn’t see Shi Chengdong this time, but any Nascent Soul Cultivator who can make a name for himself in the Central Domain can’t be weak... However, the Celestial Principle Sect is a Major Sect with tens of thousands of years of history. It’s impossible for them to stay in Liang Country for too long. They’ll definitely be looking for a chance to return to the Central Domain."
Blood God True Monarch personally attended Suihan True Monarch’s Nascent Soul Ceremony, using the occasion to signal his return.
"Even if he insists on staying, it’s not like I don’t have ways to deal with him. As long as I can lock onto the aura of the Demon Realm’s Blood Sea and successfully reconstruct this place, my senior brother will make a trip to the Northern Domain with the Abi Heavenly Prison Demon Sword. Anyone who dares obstruct the great cause of the Blood God Sect will be slain!"
The true Blood Sea within the Blood Sea Sect lost its function for at least several hundred years because it was used to help Blood God True Monarch open his path to Nascent Soul.
Therefore, before he departed, that senior brother of Blood God True Monarch specifically instructed him to try and create a replica Blood Sea on this trip, one that could at least be used by the Blood Sea Sect’s Foundation Establishment Perfection disciples.
Otherwise, the number of Blood Sea Sect disciples promoting to Core Formation True Man would certainly plummet over the next few centuries.
Thus, creating another Blood Sea within the Liang Country’s borders was Blood God True Monarch’s greatest objective.
Even with a Blood Dao Treasure and Spiritual Objects from the Demon Realm’s Blood Sea, to upgrade the Blood Pool in the Blood Demon Sect into a Blood Sea, who knows how many more cultivators would have to be killed.
Only by starting a war that sweeps across the entire Liang Country could enough cultivators die—mainly High-Tier Cultivators at the Core Formation level and above—to fill the pool.
"As for the Qingfeng Sect, it’s one thing for Ge Cang to have such strength, but where did this Bai Zichen come from... Could it be true, as the rumors say, that he has the potential for Divinity Transformation?"
Slaying a Nascent Soul cultivator while at the Core Formation realm is a once-in-a-millennium event, not just in the Northern Domain, but even in the Central Domain.
Every time one appears, they are seen as having the potential for Divinity Transformation. As long as they don’t fall, in a hundred years they are guaranteed to become a titan of the Cultivation Realm.
Furthermore, the information currently circulating is too terrifying. They all say that Bai Zichen used only a single sword strike to instantly kill True Monarch Jiulian, who couldn’t even fight back or defend himself.
Such a display is no longer just a simple case of defying a Nascent Soul cultivator; it’s an overwhelming advantage.
That was something that should only be possible when a Late-Stage Nascent Soul Great Cultivator fights an Early-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivator.
Whether it was with the help of a Secret Treasure or a Divine Technique with immense restrictions, it was still incredible.
Blood God True Monarch felt the same. Before he understood the secret, there was no way he would risk death by entering Black Mountain.
Even if the probability was minuscule, he didn’t want to take the risk. If he died, he would become a disgrace among Nascent Soul cultivators, just like True Monarch Jiulian—a glorious entry in a junior’s book of honor.
"Bai Zichen is a Qingfeng Sect disciple who rose rapidly after you left, True Monarch. His Cultivation speed is comparable to a Celestial Spiritual Root... Moreover, his Sword Dao Talent is astonishing. Even before reaching Core Formation, a Tier Four Flying Sword came to him and acknowledged him as its master. True Monarch Tang of the Beiyuan Tianhe Sword Sect called him the person with the greatest Sword Dao aptitude since the Near Ancient era."
Seeing the curious look from Blood God True Monarch, Fang Tiancheng set down his goblet and began to relay the information he knew.
Many in the Liang Country Cultivation Realm, including himself, had meticulously studied Bai Zichen’s rise.
After he slew a Nascent Soul cultivator with his sword this time, his fame had spread far and wide. I’m afraid all the High-Tier Cultivators in the four nations of the Northern Domain will know of such a heaven-defying figure.
Given more time, his name will even spread to the Central Domain, the other three domains, and even to the Outer Sea.
Unlike a chosen one like Master Ge Cang, who was seen as the sect’s savior from the very beginning and whose every move was watched by countless people.
Until he reached Foundation Establishment, Bai Zichen was only considered moderately talented—the kind of disciple a Core Formation Level Sect might recruit every few generations. He wasn’t even qualified to make a name for himself in a single province.
But the further he progressed, the more outstanding he became.
The time he took to reach Core Formation was already comparable to that of a Celestial Spiritual Root Cultivator.
After Core Formation, he continued to advance at a furious pace, as if there were no bottlenecks or obstacles for him at all.
"Let’s ignore him for now. He’s only at Mid-Stage Core Formation. No matter how fast he is, he’ll need at least a hundred years before he can even think about Shattering Core and Transforming into Nascent Soul... During this time, my focus will be on integrating a Blood Dao Treasure into Plum Pool. I’ll leave the external affairs to you and Zhong Ge. Each year, you must throw at least a thousand cultivator corpses into the pool, and the number of Core Formation True Men must be no less than two."
Blood God True Monarch waved his hand, and both Fang Tiancheng and the women on the Dragon Skin Chair consciously rose, bowed, and exited the Flood Dragon Bone Palace.
’The Qingfeng Sect is safe now, but where is the path forward for me and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect...’
Strands of silver-white hair fluttered in the wind. A trace of weariness appeared on Fang Tiancheng’s face as he glanced up at the sky and strode away.
A thousand cultivator corpses would not be hard to come by. The casualties of any random sect war could exceed that number.
Whether they were our own cultivators or from enemy sects, gathering that number would be more than enough.
But two Core Formation True Men every year... that wouldn’t be so easy.
A top Core Formation Sect in the Liang Country Cultivation Realm like the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect only had six Core Formation True Men to begin with, not counting the Tier Three Demon Beasts... and now only five remain.
More often than not, a sect was supported by just a single Core Formation True Man.
In a few years, the Liang Country Cultivation Realm would surely be thrown into great turmoil. The Blood Demon Sect would become a public enemy, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect would suffer as collateral damage.
’Perhaps this is Blood God True Monarch’s goal. He doesn’t care at all whether the Blood Demon Sect survives. From beginning to end, he has always been a disciple of the Blood Sea Sect... And I will definitely find my own path.’
Sunlight slanted down into the Blood Demon Sect, tinged with a bloody hue that made Fang Tiancheng’s departing figure seem somewhat stooped.
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「Beiyuan, No-Life Sect.」
As the number one Demon Path Sect in the Northern Domain, the Mountain Gate of the No-Life Sect was established on Kunshan Peak.
Among the mountain range, the highest peaks rose ten thousand zhang, piercing straight into the layer of Gang Wind.
That was the domain of several Nascent Soul Demon Monarchs. Not to mention the countless powerful Demon Path Restrictions, just the Gang Wind and the illumination of the Great Sun Celestial Fire at the peaks were enough to make it impossible for ordinary cultivators to survive.
Even Core Formation True Men could not live on the peaks for long, or it would affect their physical health.
Only Nascent Soul True Monarchs could ignore such harsh environments and live at ease.
However, the No-Life Sect had several Divine Techniques that required the aid of extraterrestrial rays to cultivate successfully, and the best place for that was naturally those ten-thousand-zhang-high peaks.
Therefore, Core Formation True Men often begged the Nascent Soul Demon Monarchs to let them stay on the peaks for a period of time to absorb these extraterrestrial rays.
On a peak of secondary height, a Daoist with a youthful yet mature face, dressed in a plain robe, finished reading a Jade Scroll in his hand and stood quietly with his hands behind his back.
After a long while, he conjured a black Lotus Platform and flew to the back of the mountain.
"Senior, you’ve held me captive for almost three months. When will you let me leave... I’m not from Beiyuan, and I have no conflict with your esteemed sect!"
A youth with sword-like brows and star-like eyes, who had been pacing in circles amidst a pile of rubble, spoke excitedly when he saw the newcomer.
"Qi Yue, disciple of Ge Cang from the Qingfeng Sect... Do you know Bai Zichen?"
The plain-robed Daoist had sharp, defined features. His face wasn’t exceptionally handsome, but his every move held an indescribable charm.
"Of course, I do."
The youth was none other than Qi Yue, who had been traveling through Beiyuan. He had been inexplicably captured by this Core Formation True Man from the No-Life Sect and imprisoned here for several months.