Chapter 600: Chapter 407: Sabotaging the Plan

Huang Mengyang didn’t mince words, getting straight to the reason for his visit to the Supreme Profound Mountain Range.

"When Third Tier Demon Kings like you have less than a year to live and no hope of a breakthrough, we need you to be our sparring partners."

"And we’re not allowed to fight back?" A chilling light flared in the Purple Mist Golden Tiger’s eyes.

Huang Mengyang was completely unafraid.

"Of course not. I said it was for sparring, so you can naturally fight back. In fact, you must resist with all your might. And the battles will be one-on-one."

"And after we die?"

"The flesh and blood will be yours. The Demon Core and certain other parts will be ours. How you Demon Kings divide the flesh is your own business."

The law of the jungle—the strong preying on the weak—was held in high regard among Demon Beasts. Normally, when a Third Tier Demon King died, not even its bones would remain. The fallen Demon King would become a meal for the survivors.

To them, the flesh and blood of a Demon Beast was useful, but not exceptionally so.

Unlike normal Cultivators like themselves, Demons craved the flesh of Demon Beasts, much like the Demon Beasts themselves did.

Demons who cultivated by transplanting the bloodlines of Demon Beasts would only exhibit more and more beastly traits the further they progressed.

"So, Golden Tiger Demon King, what do you think?"

For a moment, the Purple Mist Golden Tiger was bewildered.

He didn’t fully understand the humans’ intentions. At the same time, the terms offered weren’t particularly disadvantageous.

For Demon Kings like them, the most valuable parts of another Demon King were the flesh, blood, and Demon Core. Yet, these humans were willing to let them keep the flesh, not hoard everything for themselves.

As for a Demon King’s other body parts, they held little value compared to their own.

"Your terms are acceptable!"

The Purple Mist Golden Tiger quickly gave Huang Mengyang his answer.

’The Demon Core is the most precious item, and we’d have a hard time getting our claws on it anyway. Considering the Celestial Cloud Sect’s current power, they could annihilate every Demon King in the Supreme Profound Mountain Range if they wished.’

’Getting the flesh and blood—the next best thing—is already an excellent deal.’

"Excellent. Then we have a deal."

With that, Huang Mengyang departed.

In truth, Huang Mengyang had no idea what Fang Yun was really planning.

The most obvious goal was clear: to obtain the Demon Cores and other materials from these Third Tier Demon Kings.

He just had to do what Fang Yun had instructed; Huang Mengyang didn’t dwell on the specific reasons.

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"Latest news! That mysterious Spirit Refiner has made a move against our Ghost Cultivator Influence as well."

"...I knew it. As soon as the Black Ghost Cave had us make a move in the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Earth Realm, I knew that mysterious Spirit Refiner would come for us sooner or later. How many influences has the Spirit Refiner wiped out now?"

"A total of six Foundation Establishment Influences, just like ours, have been eliminated."

"Six!? Did I hear that correctly?"

"Three were like us. The other three were vassal Foundation Establishment Influences of the Ghost-Controlling Sect."

"That’s a relief."

Ghost Shadow Valley was one of the Black Ghost Cave’s vassal Foundation Establishment Influences.

Among the Black Ghost Cave’s vassal Foundation Establishment Influences, Ghost Shadow Valley was considered a relatively strong Ghost Cultivator Influence.

This conversation was taking place between two Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivators from Ghost Shadow Valley.

"If the mysterious Spirit Refiner had only eliminated vassal Foundation Establishment Influences of the Black Ghost Cave, that would be terrible. It would mean the Spirit Refiner might intend to wipe out influences like ours completely. But since the Ghost-Controlling Sect’s side was also hit, it must just be a warning from the mysterious Spirit Refiner."

"Mm, that makes sense. Three vassal Foundation Establishment Influences in the Dragon Demon Palace’s Earth Realm also fell to the mysterious Spirit Refiner previously. That was the Spirit Refiner’s warning to them."

"But warnings eventually lead to action."

The warning merely bought them time to make a different choice. If things continued as they were, the mysterious Spirit Refiner would eventually come for them.

"The Celestial Cloud Sect and the Dragon Demon Palace were fighting each other just fine. Why did the Black Ghost Cave have to stick its nose in? I really don’t get it."

"The Black Ghost Cave’s move is harming us!"

"From now on, we shouldn’t be so zealous in our operations within the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Earth Realm. The right thing to do is to preserve Ghost Shadow Valley’s strength."

"But even if we preserve our strength, the mysterious Spirit Refiner could still wipe us out with ease."

The further the conversation went, the more the expression on the faces of the Ghost Shadow Valley Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivators could be summed up in a single word: worry.

They worried about the future of Ghost Shadow Valley, and whether it would be annihilated by the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

If the Black Ghost Cave had never made a move against the Celestial Cloud Sect, perhaps none of this would be happening.

This wasn’t just happening in Ghost Shadow Valley. Upon receiving the news, similar conversations took place among the other vassal Foundation Establishment Influences of both the Black Ghost Cave and the Ghost-Controlling Sect.

Within these Foundation Establishment-level Ghost Cultivator Influences, complaints arose regarding the actions of the Black Ghost Cave and the Ghost-Controlling Sect.

Some Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivators were even more direct, openly expressing their dissatisfaction with the Black Ghost Cave and the Ghost-Controlling Sect.

In response to this behavior, some Foundation Establishment Ghost Cultivators pointed out that this was likely the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s goal all along: to sow dissent and make them resent the Black Ghost Cave and the Ghost-Controlling Sect.

But these Ghost Cultivators didn’t care and refused to listen.

After all, they were speaking the truth. If their luck ran out, they would end up just like the other six Foundation Establishment-level Ghost Cultivator Influences—silently annihilated at the hands of the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

Many Foundation Establishment-level Ghost Cultivator Influences began to slack off, completing tasks assigned by the Black Ghost Cave and the Ghost-Controlling Sect with only the bare minimum of effort.

This led to a decline in Ghost Cultivator activity within the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Earth Realm.

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「Black Ghost Cave.」

Not long after, due to the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s actions, the five Cave Masters convened a meeting.

All the Cave Masters were in attendance.

"So, the mysterious Spirit Refiner has shown up after all."

"I had thought the mysterious Spirit Refiner might not target us. After all, we’re different from Demons."

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