The Golden Core Sect Master's Grit

This move can be said to have exploited a loophole in the Hundred Spirits Sect's usual practices, allowing the Ling Clan to occupy an additional Second Rank Spirit Vein and several First Rank Spirit Vein.

The Ling Clan was very satisfied with this, after all, the Hundred Spirits Sect did not allow its Foundation Establishment Family to occupy multiple existing Second Rank Spirit Vein on the surface.

However, renting is an option.

Therefore, the Ling Clan did not make things difficult for the remaining members of the Azure Bamboo Wang Clan.

However, the remaining members of the Cloud Mist Wen Clan, who had lost Foundation Establishment Cultivator and had all their wealth plundered, made a different choice.

These remaining Wen Clan cultivators were unwilling to see their Lineage reduced to a small Qi Refining Lineage, and thus sought out Wen Nianling, who had been married into the Ling Clan for a long time.

He borrowed 5,000 Spirit Stone from Wen Nianling, a wealthy second-tier Artifact Refiner, to buy a Meridian Protecting Pill, and also asked the Ling Clan for a Small Hundred Spirits Water worth 5,000 Spirit Stone.

These two items were used to assist a member of the clan who was at the peak of the Qi Training Completion realm in Foundation Establishment.

But Foundation Establishment is not so easy. Even among the Foundation Establishment Cultivator of the Ling Clan, more than 70% of them went through two Foundation Establishment before successfully entering the Foundation Establishment. Very few can succeed on the first try.

The remaining members of the Wen Clan also incurred a debt of ten thousand Spirit Stone because of this unwilling choice.

As for the Spirit Vein of the Wen Clan, the Ling Clan did not take them away, and even spread the word that they would protect their Wen Clan relatives.

This was done because when the Ling Clan became related to the Wen Clan in their early years, the Ling Clan Wen Clan to protect the Wen Clan for three hundred years and not to seize the Wen Clan's territory during that time.

This statement was spread throughout the entire Hundred Spirits Sect territory by the Wen Clan, and many cultivators in the Hundred Spirits Sect territory knew about it.

If the Ling Clan were to betray their promise and seize the Wen Clan's Spirit Vein now that the Wen Clan is without Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge, the Ling Clan's shops in various markets would definitely suffer a great loss of business.

After all, who would buy spiritual items from a shop run by a treacherous Lineage?

Who knows, if someone comes to buy the spirit item, that treacherous Lineage might seek out a fat target and stab them in the back.

The Cultivation World is extremely wary of this matter.

However, the surviving cultivators of the Wen Clan were sensible enough to proactively promise to pay a large sum of spirit medicine to the Ling Clan every year as protection money.

The Ling Clan would naturally not refuse such a request.

While the Ling Clan may appear to have benefited, this is not actually the case.

During the Small Demon Uprising, dozens of the Ling Clan Qi Refining members who had used various desperate methods within their Lineage all died within half a month after the Small Demon Uprising ended, due to the excessive use of these desperate methods that burned away their lifespan.

Only four Lineage Ling family —Ling Pengxing, Ling Penglin, Ling Pengshan, and Ling Pengqiu— had reached the Foundation Establishment. Thanks to their substantial family wealth, they purchased items that could enhance their lifespan, barely managing to save their lives.

However, items that enhance lifespan are extremely expensive. The wealth that the four of them had accumulated was not enough to buy many items. Even Ling Penglin, the Array Formation Master who increased lifespan the most, only gained nine years of lifespan.

Ling Pengqiu, whose family was the weakest, only extended his lifespan by three years. If he did not find other items to extend his lifespan after three years, this cultivation genius would also die young.

Besides their lifespan being shortened, their strength was also affected.

The chaotic battle between the Small Demon Uprising, in which they used several desperate methods, has shaken their foundations. In the future, not only will their cultivation speed be reduced by 50%, but their strength will also be limited to a maximum of 70% of their peak.

In particular, Ling Pengxing, a sword cultivator, not only had his natal sword seed shattered, but his Lifebound Magic Item was also destroyed. Furthermore, due to the side effects of taking the Second Rank High Grade Spirit Burst Pill and then using two desperate techniques in succession, his meridians were severed, turning him into a mortal without any cultivation.

However, Ling Pengxing didn't seem to care much about this.

He never intended to survive that battle; his only goal was to protect his Lineage.

He was content as long as his Lineage was preserved and he was still alive.

Although he had become a mortal, he still lived in the Peng Xing cave abode on Lingxiao Mountain.

Every day, Ling Pengxing would practice swordplay and seek pleasure Lingxiao Mountain.

From time to time, he would also study the Mortal Sword Arts that he had previously overlooked.

Because he was originally a sword cultivator, he had a high talent for Sword Dao, and within a few days, he mastered excellent swordsmanship.

Even those Innate Perfection martial artists at the peak of the Innate Realm would probably be no match for Ling Pengxing.

Even those Qi Refining First Layer cultivators with less spiritual power and difficulty controlling their magical Law Artifact in battle could be easily killed by Ling Pengxing with his mortal body.

This made Ling Pengxing even more obsessed with swordsmanship, eager to find some insights into it.

It also completes the "Star Metal Sword Dao Secret Art" that he comprehended during the Small Demon Uprising.

The "star" in the Star Metal Sword Dao Secret Technique originates from the star in Ling Pengxing, while the "gold" originates from the "gold" in the Geng Metal Sword Classic, Cultivation Method practiced on Ling Pengxing.

The first move of this Star Metal Sword Dao Secret Technique is called "Bright Moon".

This move is best used at night, as it can draw upon the Moonlight Power to enhance the sword technique.

Time passed gradually.

Once the uproar over the Small Demon Uprising's chaos subsided, and the cultivators of the Hundred Spirits Sect found it difficult to locate the Poison Blood Demon Sect, they stopped bothering to pursue the matter further.

The members of the Poison Blood Demon Sect, who had disappeared for half a year, also took the opportunity to reappear in the world.

In the following six months, they successively wiped out five Foundation Establishment Family. The four to five hundred thousand mortals under the command of these five families did not escape the clutches of the Poison Blood Demon Sect.

The leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect also used the four or five hundred thousand mortals he had killed to successfully sacrifice the sect's two Magic Treasure Cone Shape "Poison Blood Skull Flying Sword" and the "Poison Blood Skull Cover."

These two magical treasures later withstood the tribulation of the Law Treasure level and successfully entered the first level of the third-tier magical treasures.

During this period, the Poison Blood Demon Sect, which committed the crimes, was also encountered by the Hundred Spirits Sect on several occasions, and a battle ensued.

The Poison Blood Demon Sect was, after all, just a scattered force, and could not compare with the well-equipped disciples of the Hundred Spirits Sect. This made the Poison Blood Demon Sect, which had already suffered heavy losses during the Small Demon Uprising, suffer even greater losses.

However, the Poison Blood Demon Sect didn't seem to care, since it wasn't him who died.

However, not long afterward, news of the Poison Blood Demon Sect leader's attempt to break through to the Golden Core inexplicably spread.

No matter how hard the Hundred Spirits Sect searched, they could not find any trace of the leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect, and therefore could not stop the leader of the Demon Sect from breaking through to the Golden Core stage.

Half a year later, when the leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect, who had disappeared for half a year, reappeared in the territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect, he had unexpectedly achieved the Golden Core realm.

His right arm, which had been burned by Yang Changxing's "Returning Ruins Flame," had also recovered, clearly indicating that he had received a great fortuitous opportunity.

As the leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect reached the Golden Core realm, the sect's momentum was extremely strong. Many Rogue Cultivator with little cultivation talent, as well as Devil Cultivator from other parts of the Yan Kingdom, joined the Poison Blood Demon Sect.

The Poison Blood Demon Sect, which had been severely damaged, was thus able to recover its strength.

As time went on, the number of followers increased, and the scale became much larger than before.

With the Golden Core Realm leader in charge, the Demonic Sect became increasingly rampant, committing more and more atrocities within the Hundred Spirits Sect.

During this time, the Golden Core leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect also went to the Ling Clan, intending to destroy the Ling Clan to vent his anger.

However, they were stopped by the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor. The Golden Core Sect Master of the Poison Blood Demon Sect had only recently entered the Golden Core and was no match for the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, so he fled in panic, and the Ling Clan escaped a calamity.

The Ling Clan also paid a great deal of benefits to the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor for this.

In the short span of a few months that followed, several more Foundation Establishment Family were wiped out, and the Lineage under their command were all sacrificed to become Devil Artifact.

The territory of the Hundred Spirits Sect was also thrown into turmoil because of the Poison Blood Demon Sect.

This situation made Ma Yuan, a "fake Dan realm" cultivator who was stationed within the Bailing Sect, unable to sit still.

Immediately, he led a large number of the Hundred Spirits Sect cultivators out of the city and personally led the team to patrol Hundred Spirits Sect territory day and night. Finally, about half a month later, he encountered the members of the Poison Blood Demon Sect who were causing trouble.

After killing those cult members, the Hundred Spirits Sect finally consolidated its reputation and stabilized the turmoil in its Hundred Spirits Sect.

However, the Golden Core leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect couldn't stand to see the Hundred Spirits Sect faring well.

Subsequently, he went directly to Ma Yuan Yuanbai, the "Pseudo-Core Realm" True Person Bai Yuan, and fought with True Person Bai Yuan.

However, in this battle, the Golden Core leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect was defeated.

Based solely on strength, True Person Bai Yuan in the Pseudo-Core Realm is naturally no match for Golden Core Sect Master in the Orthodox Golden Core Realm.

However, True Person Bai Yuan is backed by the Hundred Spirits Sect, and Master Bailing Hundred Spirits True Person, the Acting Sect Leader the Hundred Spirits Sect, is most skilled in weapon crafting.

True Person Bai Yuan was also Hundred Spirits True Person's beloved disciple, and Hundred Spirits True Person bestowed upon him several Law Treasure, including a Third Rank Middle Grade Law Treasure.

With the help of several Law Treasure, True Person Bai Yuan was finally able to defeat the leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect.

However, this defeat did not deter the arrogance of the Poison Blood Demon Sect Poison Blood Demon Sect. On the contrary, the sect leader became even more rampant and, in one night, directly sacrificed a million mortals from more than ten Foundation Establishment Family in two prefectures of Ning Province to the demonic treasure.

Subsequently, the leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect, carrying two Third Rank Middle Grade demonic treasures, sought out True Person Bai Yuan once again.

With little advantage in terms of Law Treasure, True Person Bai Yuan was no match for the Poison Blood Demon Sect. Fortunately, the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, who was stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake, provided timely assistance and saved True Person Bai Yuan. Otherwise, True Person Bai Yuan would probably have died at the hands of the Poison Blood Demon Sect leader.

After this battle, the Golden Core Realm leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect realized that even the Spirit Talisman Old Ancestor, who was stationed at Serpent Dragon Lake, had participated in it, and thus knew that there was no point in taking action in the Hundred Spirits Sect's territory.

He then led the Poison Blood Demon Sect directly into the territory of the "Ten Thousand Beasts Sect," which was currently in the most difficult situation among the five major Golden Core sects in the Yan Kingdom.

Even now, the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect is still locked in a bloody battle with the Demon Beast of the neighboring "Purple Scorpion Mountain Territory".

This battle has been going on for over ten years, with both sides suffering heavy losses. However, the Demon Beast in the Purple Scorpion Mountain region have the upper hand because they have a Golden Core Middle Stage demon king and Golden Core Initial Stage demon king in charge.

Over the past decade or so, a full third of the territory of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect has been occupied by the Demon Beast of the Purple Scorpion Mountain.

The Poison Blood Demon Sect also fared well because the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was preoccupied with the Demon Beast of Purple Scorpion Mountain and had little control over them.

The leader of the Poison Blood Cult also grew stronger day by day due to the blood and flesh of countless mortals.

The Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, which suffered heavy losses among mortals, hated this sect to the core, but it lacked the strength to eradicate it.

The Golden Core from the other four sects were mostly drawn away to fight against the Demon Beast in the White Cloud Mountain Range White Cloud Mountain Range, making it difficult for them to wipe out the Poison Blood Demon Sect.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Poison Blood Demon Sect integrated all the Devil Cultivator in the five major sect territories of the Yan Kingdom and established a Golden Core Demonic Sect called "Poison Blood Sect" in the territory of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

The Golden Core leader of the Poison Blood Demon Sect also publicly claimed that his Daoist name was "Poison Blood Old Ancestor".