Three Years

Cloud Rain Sect, a lecherous and peculiar sect, cultivated Flesh Cauldrons to increase its own strength.

These so-called Flesh Cauldrons were talented young girls selected and taught cultivation techniques, made to train bitterly for over a decade, then drained of the Dou Qi within their bodies through Cloud Rain Sect's unique method of intercourse.

Of course, this technique was far too overbearing. The women whose Dou Qi was absorbed would often age and die within ten days.

The sect did not cultivate any disciples at all. Cloud Rain Sect recruited talented young girls solely to nourish the three Old Demons—Sky Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion—and let them absorb their power.

Though this sect's conduct was lecherous and despised by others, the three Old Demons knew very well where the bottom lines of the other sects lay and never took the initiative to cross them. So long as Cloud Rain Sect had not provoked them, the other sects merely found its actions distasteful. They had neither reason nor need to strike at Cloud Rain Sect first, allowing it to continue existing on Zhongzhou Continent.

However, that had been three years ago.

In a vast forest in the Southern Region of Central Plains, three black shadows darted continuously through the woods. Looking closely, they were precisely the three Old Demons of Cloud Rain Sect: Sky Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion. The flustered looks on their faces, along with their frequent glances behind them, made it obvious that they were fleeing from something.

"Damn it! These guys just won't stop chasing us!"

Human Scorpion's face was full of fury, and his words brimmed with resentment. Yet his fleeing steps did not slow in the slightest; instead, he sped up even more.

Earth Scorpion's face was equally grim, scarlet light flashing in