Chapter 387: Chapter 194: Kill Xiao Chen, Raze Elemental Magnetic Peak. I Promise You All, We Will Share the Legacy Secret Techniques of the Yellow Springs Dao

But he eventually grew bored and simply started planning his next moves in his mind.

A series of unexpected events had thrown his original plans into disarray.

He could only take things one step at a time and adapt as he went.

Now that he’d finally obtained a Tier Three Cultivation Technique, taken care of the Azure Flame Sect, settled the Jiang Family, and wiped out the Ruibao Commerce Association.

It was safe to say his accounts in Li State were settled. ’Well... for the most part.’

’Right now, there are three pressing matters.’

Xiao Chen mulled it over. ’First, I have to deal with the White Bone Demon Body as quickly as possible and not give it a chance to grow stronger.’

’Then, I need to eliminate the Divine Fire Sect. Getting rid of that menace will be my revenge, and it will restore stability to the Southern Domain. Most importantly, it will reopen the trade routes.’

’Finally, I’ll follow the trade routes to the Eastern Domain and head to the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm to obtain the Purple Crystal Bodhi.’

Considering the secret realm was on a timer and the journey was millions of li long, there was no telling what kind of unexpected trouble he might encounter along the way.

It would be best to set out as soon as possible to give himself a bit of a buffer.

There were also some less pressing matters, like buying a Storage Ring in the Eastern Domain, collecting more Dao Crystals, and gathering information about the other types of Evil Qi.

For instance, he wanted to take a look at the Feidu Sea and see if the Silver Frost Fiend was truly there.

’Yes, all of that can wait. I’ll deal with it after I get out of the Hundred Herbs Secret Realm.’

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The world of cultivation is never short on surprises.

Six days later, Xiao Chen stared at the nearly unchanged Beidou Spirit Fire and held his forehead in exasperation. ’Six Spiritual Fires weren’t nearly enough. What the hell was the Azure Flame Sect thinking?’

Golden Mace True Man had completely underestimated the difficulty of advancing a Spiritual Fire.

He had thought that by taking over the Li Huo Sect, he would be able to nurture a Tier Four Spiritual Fire. As it turned out, he had been far too naive.

’Luckily, it looks like it’s close. I guess I’ll have to make a trip to the Lingyuan Sect first.’

Xiao Chen examined it carefully. ’I just don’t know how many more Spiritual Fires it will take to close this final gap.’

His movement speed had improved again, so a round trip itself shouldn’t take much time.

However, he suspected that bringing back just one more Spiritual Fire probably wouldn’t be enough.

To ensure a smooth advancement, it would be best to acquire several more Spiritual Fires all at once.

Wasting no time, Xiao Chen set off.

As he traveled, he wondered, ’I wonder how things are in Hezhou now?’

’I wonder how things are in Li State now?’

While repairing the array, Thunder Sound True Man thought, ’I hope Qianzhu has persuaded the Azure Flame Sect to prioritize the greater good and come help deal with the Demonic Calamity first.’

Not long after the defensive line at Seeking Plum Mountain collapsed, Wangyan Mountain also fell.

The front line had been relentlessly pushed back to the foot of Elemental Magnetic Peak.

After days of brutal fighting, including several clashes between Golden Core cultivators...

The sect-protecting Divine General, originally a resplendent sixty-six zhangs of golden light, was now covered in soot and stained with blood.

The Divine Fire Sect’s offensive had grown more frantic over the past ten days.

This was because the White Bone Demon Body had crossed the Black Flame Mountain Range and begun hunting all cultivators within the Lingyuan Sect’s territory.

This made Master Nijie anxious; after all, the White Bone Demon Body didn’t consider them allies.

The Divine Fire Sect had to strike first, break through Elemental Magnetic Peak, and plunder its Spiritual Objects, legacies, and the Tier Three Essence Blood they could refine to aid their own cultivation.

The Lingyuan Sect had barely managed to hold on.

If not for Daoist Yao Qin from the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers joining the defense, the masters from the Celestial Secret Pavilion coordinating the array, and the timely intervention of Lingyuan Sect’s own Shouyuan True Man, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

In the midst of this chaos, all sorts of other problems began to crop up endlessly.

For example, to the west of Elemental Magnetic Peak, some Foundation Establishment Cultivators actually refused the Lingyuan Sect’s call to arms and simply vanished.

Some even took the opportunity to raid Spirit Veins, seize Spirit Stones, attack other families, and murder any witnesses to cover their tracks.

They were betting that the Lingyuan Sect was too preoccupied to deal with them.

The order in the entire western region began to gradually collapse.

Realizing the danger, many Qi Refining Cultivators fled to Li State for refuge.

Under these circumstances, the Lingyuan Sect also lost its ability to gather information from the outside world.

Because Thousand Bamboo True Man had retreated to Qianzhu Market to lie low, he failed to relay new intelligence in a timely manner.

As a result, half a month had passed, and Thunder Sound True Man still had no idea that the Azure Flame Sect had been wiped out.

Conversely, the Divine Fire Sect’s spies had sent back word that, for the past half-month, the Li Huo Sect had been openly consolidating its power in Li State.

’The Li Huo Sect actually won?’

Master Nijie was baffled by the news. ’How is that possible?’

As far as he knew, the Four Seas Sect had been wiped out. The Azure Flame Sect had a three-versus-two advantage; they were the strong bullying the weak.

He couldn’t fathom how the Li Huo Sect could possibly have defeated the Azure Flame Sect.

But that wasn’t the point. The point was, they couldn’t drag this out any longer.

Once the Li Huo Sect finished consolidating its power, it was highly likely they would send reinforcements to Hezhou. At that point, trying to quickly conquer Elemental Magnetic Peak would be nothing but a fool’s errand.

Therefore, he sought out the other Golden Core cultivators of the Demon Dao and laid out the stakes.

He even recalled Daoist Qian Hong, preparing to launch a final assault on Elemental Magnetic Peak. They had to win a swift victory, even if it meant paying another steep price.

To take down the Lingyuan Sect in one fell swoop, Master Nijie even brought out all the Demonic Qi he had accumulated over the years.

Two hundred years of meticulous planning—it would all come down to this single gambit!

「The next day, at the crack of dawn.」

Countless Demon Cultivators, carrying Array Flags brimming with Demonic Qi, arrived at the base of Elemental Magnetic Peak.

In the air above, vast, surging billows of Demonic Qi were released as if they cost nothing, forming enormous, pitch-black clouds.

All the Golden Core Daoists of the Divine Fire Sect were present, hovering in the air right at the very edge of the array.

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