The First Disciple was even starting to regret it. Had he pushed his master too hard?
But then he thought again. His master had never left him any way out to begin with, merely using him as a puppet.
And now he had treated him as someone to block the blade, sending him off to die.
Everything he had done before had been right.
There was no need for regret.
But what was he supposed to do now? He immediately sought out Li Xiaosi.
Li Xiaosi merely smiled. "Good. He's exposed himself now."
"I can ascend right away. Open the passage and don't cause any trouble."
"I'll go destroy your master right now."
The First Disciple was delighted when he heard that. "Good, then hurry over."
Of course, he also felt a trace of fear.
If Li Xiaosi could destroy his master, then naturally he could destroy him as well.
He began thinking of ways to weaken the ascension passage.
He would make it as easy as possible for the other party to enter.
At the same time, he tried to arrange as many contingencies as he could.
So he could escape when necessary.
Once his master was dead, his hidden danger would disappear.
Very soon, Li Xiaosi brought up a full ten thousand cultivators in one go.
Among them were several thousand at the peak of the Spirit Transformation realm.
There were also several thousand at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.
These were all clansmen he had painstakingly accumulated one by one.
Every one of them was a mass-produced product.
The other Nascent Soul cultivators had all been raised through secret techniques.
This way, he began with ten thousand top-tier cultivator clansmen.
Of course, the price paid by those below for Li Xiaosi's ascension this time was