Manghuang Mountain

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Manghuang Mountain (莽皇山)
Type	A mountain range and the renowned sect established within it 394
Affiliation	Independent; does not belong to either the Righteous or Demonic Paths 2177
Location	Jingzhou, Yuanfeng Empire, Qingyuan Continent, Human Realm 669 5306 5326
Founders	Three peak Nascent Soul cultivators, assisted by several other Nascent Soul experts 394
Occupation/Role	Cultivation sect specializing in alchemy, artifact refining, talisman crafting, formations, puppetry, beast taming, and related miscellaneous arts 394
Status	Active; later regarded as the lineage continued by the Manghuang Sect 5304 7366
Successor Lineage	Manghuang Sect, established by Qin Fengming in the Taoyu Mountain Range on Ice Plains Island in the Tianhong Realm 7364 7366
First Appearance	Chapter 394

Power Progression

Period	Institutional Strength and Advancement
Founding Era	Founded by three peak Nascent Soul cultivators and several other Nascent Soul experts. Though slightly weaker overall than the Yuanfeng Empire's First-rate Sects, its grandmaster-level miscellaneous arts and extensive network of favors gave it exceptional influence 394
Early Modern Era	Maintained only several thousand members, but virtually all were Foundation Establishment cultivators or above; its specialized recruitment produced an unusually high concentration of capable cultivators 655
Mountain Closure	During its twenty-one-year closure, Shu Jingliang, Wen Taihang, Yu Tian, and Venerable Tianquan advanced from mid Nascent Soul to late Nascent Soul 2211
Zhuang Daoqin's Integration Advancement	Zhuang Daoqin's advancement to the Integration stage increased the sect's strength and became an occasion for the rival super-sect alliances to bring their longstanding conflict into the open 2267
Sha Shen Sect Siege	Its sect-protection formation endured a years-long siege, while Crystal Lightning Cannons, high-level puppets, combined attack arrays, and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Formations enabled more than three thousand Core Formation-or-higher defenders to withstand forces several times their number 2474 2475 2476
Post-Siege Era	Following the destruction of the Sha Shen Sect, Manghuang Mountain became powerful enough that even super sects would need to commit fully to confront it, while it retained its policy of non-expansion 2490
Integration Era	The sect later possessed five Integration-stage cultivators, who conducted a five-day public lecture during their advancement ceremony and demonstrated the sect's new standing 2538
Post-Ascension Safeguards	After Qin Fengming's return from the Upper Realm, he strengthened the sect's long-term security by leaving behind a mid-Integration-stage puppet and resources sufficient to support continued Integration-stage advancement for tens of thousands of years 5326
Human Realm-Wide Recognition	Qin Fengming's return as an ascended cultivator extended Manghuang Mountain's prestige beyond Qingyuan Continent to the Human Realm's other three continents. His demonstrated ability to return and destroy a super sect also made its Upper Realm ancestors a significant deterrent against future aggression 5307 5326
Successor Lineage Establishment	The separate Manghuang Sect carried the lineage into the Tianhong Realm, ranking among its top super sects from its founding. It enshrined Manghuang Mountain's three founders and placed Ancestor Tianji, a former administrator of Manghuang Mountain, at its head 7366 7367
Successor Lineage's Later Development	The Manghuang Sect's protection formation destroyed the physical body of a Mahayana cultivator formerly ranked among the God-Demon Ranking's top thirty. It later possessed resident Mahayana protectors and hosted Qin Fengming's Mahayana celebration 7372 7677 7684 7685

Background

Manghuang Mountain was founded tens of thousands of years ago by three peak Nascent Soul cultivators, alongside several other Nascent Soul experts. Its founders were masters of alchemy, artifact refining, talisman crafting, and magic arrays rather than cultivators devoted solely to orthodox cultivation advancement 394.

The founders accepted commissions from other factions in exchange for sufficient compensation. Their unusually high success rate in refining Nascent Soul-stage pills attracted both clients and specialist cultivators, establishing Manghuang Mountain as a sect centered on miscellaneous arts. Later arrivals expanded its expertise to puppetry, formations, and beast taming 394.

Though its overall strength was initially considered slightly below that of the Yuanfeng Empire's First-rate Sects, its services made it indispensable. Numerous sects and individual cultivators owed it favors and could be called upon to assist it, giving Manghuang Mountain exceptional standing 394.

The three founding ancestors never ascended to the Upper Realm. All ultimately died during the heavenly tribulations accompanying their attempts to reach the Integration Realm, but successive generations of Manghuang Mountain disciples continued to worship them 7366.

Although its early organization prioritized technical attainment over conventional sect inheritance, Manghuang Mountain developed a notably strong internal sense of belonging. Its disciples were later remembered as unusually united and harmonious, with comparatively few malicious internal conflicts 7364.

Organization and Recruitment

Manghuang Mountain maintains a small but highly selective membership.

• The sect has only several thousand cultivators, far fewer than large sects with tens or hundreds of thousands of members 655.
• Its lowest-ranked members are Foundation Establishment cultivators; it has virtually no Qi Gathering disciples 655.
• Applicants must reach Foundation Establishment before the age of thirty, a standard intended to ensure exceptional aptitude 2475.
• Its Grand Competition is held once every ten years and recruits rogue cultivators through tests in specialized arts 637.
• Competition disciplines include alchemy, artifact refining, talisman crafting, magic arrays, grass cultivation, and beast taming 640.
• Participants are permitted one mistake, but must compensate the sect for wasted materials 640.
• Jiang Qize, a mid-Core Formation official of the External Affairs Hall, welcomed applicants and announced the opening of the Grand Competition attended by Qin Fengming 637.
• The Thousand Mechanisms Hall and Precious Talisman Hall were among the specialist halls involved in evaluating Qin Fengming's abilities 651.
• Sharing the sect's fate in times of life and death is an ancestral teaching understood by its disciples 2474.

The sect's emphasis on specialized arts means disciples are valued for practical mastery as much as cultivation realm. Qin Fengming's exceptional performances in artifact refining, alchemy, formations, and talisman crafting during the Grand Competition drew the attention of its senior members 641 646 650.

After the Sha Shen Sect's destruction, Qin Fengming announced plans to recruit and personally cultivate core disciples, prompting extensive preparation among Manghuang Mountain cultivators 2490.

Manghuang Mountain also maintained an extensive information network. Its exchange of information across the cultivation world was considered no less capable than that of the Great Merchant Alliance, allowing its leaders to know major sects and prominent cultivators even on distant Human Realm continents 5306.

Facilities and Appearance

Manghuang Mountain's grounds combine large-scale cultivation infrastructure with extensive underground and defensive works.

• A grand mountain gate announces major events with bells and drums audible tens of miles away 637.
• A reception hall within five li of the gate serves as the required passage for visitors entering through the main entrance and handles sect entry and exit procedures 1161.
• The artifact-refining grounds include a vast lava basin where earth-core fire is available for refining tests 640.
• An underground palace contains numerous numbered stone chambers used for examinations and secluded work 641.
• The ancestral grounds lie deep within the mountain and require specially opened routes for major ceremonies 2533.
• The back mountains contain many restrictions; ordinarily, only Nascent Soul cultivators holding restriction tokens may choose cave dwellings there 5304.
• A Young Master Token grants its recognized holder control over most of the sect's restrictions and access to its principal internal locations 707.
• The sect's mountain-protection restriction remained sufficiently familiar to Qin Fengming that, upon his return after a thousand years, he could open an unnoticed passage through it with rune techniques 5303.
• Shulu Hall has its own entrance restriction and was attended by Elder Chen, a peak Core Formation cultivator, when Qin Fengming visited 707.
• Guest buildings accommodated visiting cultivators for extended stays, including the three years of Qin Fengming's post-siege seclusion 2490.
• Xihe Valley housed many attendees during the later Integration advancement celebration 2536.
• The Assembly Hall received Qin Fengming and the senior leadership upon his return from the Upper Realm 5304.

Institutional Expertise

Alchemy

Manghuang Mountain was built in part on its founders' ability to refine high-level pills. Their skill made them valuable to cultivators across the Yuanfeng Empire, particularly those unable to process rare spirit herbs themselves 394.

• Refines pills for outside cultivators under negotiated compensation or clearly marked prices 394 2490.
• Held alchemy trials that tested deduction and adaptability rather than rote use of a pill recipe 646.
• Later supplied rare pills sought by Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and Integration cultivators 2538.

Artifact Refining

Artifact refining is one of the sect's core disciplines and a major reason other factions seek its assistance 394.

• Uses earth-core fire and lava-fed refining areas for large-scale examinations 640.
• Requires competitors to refine designated materials and forge spirit tools within strict time limits 642.
• Offers rare magic treasures and artifact-refining materials in exchanges and auctions 2490 2505.
• The refining examination taken by Qin Fengming supplied twenty-seven materials and permitted one material replacement, requiring competitors who chose that option to recalculate the material proportions 642.
• Its leaders mobilized market searches and offered high rewards to obtain the rare spirit herbs and refining materials Qin Fengming requested for his later preparations 2505.

Talismans and Formations

Talisman crafting and magic arrays are foundational specialties of Manghuang Mountain, whose formation masters contribute to both its commercial work and defensive strength 394.

• Its talisman-crafting Grand Elder sought a successor through Yin Bizhu's family connection, leading to Qin Fengming's introduction to the sect 394.
• Formation masters designed the sect's combined attack arrays and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Formations 2476.
• Peak Nascent Soul formation masters from Manghuang Mountain have established mountain-protection restrictions for outside sects, including sects beyond the Yuanfeng Empire 5304.
• Its defensive formation expertise later included specialized countermeasures capable of blocking sound-wave divine abilities from entering the sect-protection barrier 5313.
• Formation examinations offered three kinds of challenge: locating a formation's core, repairing a damaged formation, and escaping a powerful formation 647.
• Talisman examinations offered either the production of three thousand high-grade talismans within thirty days or successful crafting from an unfamiliar talisman formula 652.
• The unfamiliar-formula examination taken by Qin Fengming supplied a Beast Roar Talisman formula but no materials. Successful crafting required recognizing that ordinary talisman paper was inadequate and selecting a suitable demon-beast hide 653 654.
• Dou Pengyun, a peak Nascent Soul formation master, was renowned for establishing protection formations for sects in both the Yuanfeng and Deqing Empires 5304.

Qin Fengming completed the bulk talisman examination by crafting three thousand Fire Python Talismans in six days, then successfully produced five Beast Roar Talismans for the second examination. These results demonstrated the breadth of the sect's tests and attracted further recognition from its talisman specialists 652 654.

Puppetry and Beast Taming

Puppetry and beast taming became major branches of Manghuang Mountain after later specialists joined the sect 394.

• Zhuang Daoqin was a puppet master who possessed several Nascent Soul-stage puppets, including one with late Nascent Soul-stage strength 728.
• During the Sha Shen Sect siege, the sect deployed two giant humanoid puppets, each capable of combining the mana of five mid-Nascent Soul cultivators to display power comparable to an early Integration-stage cultivator 2475.
• More than one hundred powerful demon-beast puppets were fielded during the siege by Nascent Soul cultivators 2476.
• Qin Fengming later left a mid-Integration-stage puppet behind to serve as an enduring protector of the sect 5326.
• The two giant humanoid puppets were the product of meticulous research and design by successive generations of the sect's Puppet Grandmasters 2475.

Defenses

Manghuang Mountain's defenses are formidable despite its comparatively small population.

• In its early period, the sect did not visibly employ anti-flight restrictions or divine-sense suppression formations, an unusual arrangement for a major sect 647.
• Auxiliary restrictions were activated for major ceremonies and were believed sufficient to deter all but Integration-stage intruders 672.
• During a later twenty-one-year closure, restrictions were established across a thousand-li radius; even late Nascent Soul cultivators risked death by entering 2211.
• Its sect-protection formation resisted a prolonged siege by tens of thousands of attackers for years 2474.
• During the Sha Shen Sect siege, Manghuang Mountain deployed Crystal Lightning Cannons, powerful puppets, combined attack arrays, and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Formations 2475 2476.
• More than three thousand Core Formation-or-higher cultivators, including over two hundred Nascent Soul cultivators, formed its frontline defensive force during the counterattack 2476.
• The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Formations can be operated by cultivators without restricting their individual attacks, and can temporarily endure strikes from Integration-stage cultivators 2476.
• When a Mahayana existence from the True Demon Realm attacked the sect gate, the long-refined sect-protection restriction withstood the assault; its internal countermeasures also blocked the intruder's consciousness-invading sound-wave ability 5313.
• Earlier defensive reserves included a replica spirit treasure as well as the two giant puppets, allowing the sect to contemplate resistance against a super sect even before producing its own Integration-stage cultivators 2475 5272.
• Crystal Lightning Cannons required realignment after movement, had long firing intervals, and consumed considerable energy. During the siege counterattack, the sect withdrew them after three volleys as the attackers closed in 2476.
• Formation flags operated by cultivators increased the energy available to the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Formations, strengthening their defensive and offensive power 2476.

The sect's defenses did not make it invulnerable to overwhelming numbers of high-level opponents. On learning of pressure involving seventeen Integration-stage cultivators, Qin Fengming judged that Manghuang Mountain, which lacked a late Integration-stage cultivator, could not have resisted such a force and inferred that it must have compromised to preserve its lineage 5272.

History

Qin Fengming's Entry

Yin Bizhu recognized Qin Fengming's talisman talent and offered to introduce him to Manghuang Mountain through her ancestor's connection to the sect's talisman-crafting Grand Elder 394. Qin later traveled to the sect and entered its Grand Competition, where his performances in several miscellaneous arts distinguished him from other applicants 637 641 646.

The five great cultivators of Manghuang Mountain accepted Qin Fengming as their disciple and designated him the sect's Young Master. This decision was intended both to cultivate his exceptional potential and to draw hostile factions' attention away from the sect during the approaching Three Realms War 672.

His masters supplied unusually valuable methods and treasures to improve his ability to survive outside the sect. These included puppet techniques, the Wind Concealment Talisman, Lightning Talisman, and Flowing Cloud Sword; some teachings were passed to him before he reached Nascent Soul, even though his Nascent Soul-stage senior brothers had not received them 5305.

Pressure from the Sha Shen Sect

Manghuang Mountain's neutrality did not shield it from political pressure. Its alchemy, treasures, talismans, and formations were valuable to every major faction, making it strategically important during the Three Realms War 672.

The Sha Shen Sect repeatedly sought to annex Manghuang Mountain. The sect's continued survival depended in part on its close ties to the Tianxuan Sect and the Heavenly Enlightenment School, while several Manghuang Mountain elders were ambushed and seriously injured during travels outside Jingzhou 669.

During discussions concerning preparations for the Three Realms War, Sima Bo disclosed that Integration-stage cultivators had divided the Yuanfeng Empire into nine regions and assigned Manghuang Mountain to the Asura Sect's jurisdiction. Visiting cultivators objected that its services should benefit the entire cultivation world rather than a single faction and sought to preserve its independence 683. The Sha Shen Sect's attempt to annex it through territorial division was subsequently described as having failed 703.

To divert the Sha Shen Sect's attention, Manghuang Mountain sent Qin Fengming into the Sky Flame Mountain Range with six peak Core Formation disciples assigned to support him. The five great cultivators later admitted that he had also served as a lure, though they had not intended to abandon him 1163.

Zhuang Daoqin personally led the expedition, whose unusually large escort reflected the sect's concern for its disciples before the Three Realms War. His Nascent Soul-stage puppets made him capable of confronting multiple great cultivators and provided additional protection during the journey 728.

Siege and Victory

The Sha Shen Sect and Fairy Hongyan later led tens of thousands of cultivators in a siege against Manghuang Mountain 2474 2476. Under Zhuang Daoqin's leadership, the sect's disciples left the protection of their formation to launch a coordinated counterattack 2474.

Qin Fengming learned of the siege through information discovered by Ke Xingxin during their attack on Caiyun Mountain and immediately set out to return to Manghuang Mountain 2466. Many of the besiegers were rogue cultivators attracted by promises of profit, while sects friendly to Manghuang Mountain occupied some of the enemy's allied forces elsewhere 2474.

During the relief operation, Sima Bo informed Qin Fengming that Venerable Dao Ling, one of his masters, had died during the Integration Heavenly Tribulation. Qin Fengming then used his Startled Soul Whisper secret art against the enemy's Nascent Soul cultivators and captured a Sha Shen Sect Supreme Elder, while Fu Qiong and Yellow Beard Venerable assisted his offensive 2477.

The sect survived the siege with relatively limited losses, and the Sha Shen Sect was annihilated. Only a little over one hundred Manghuang Mountain cultivators died, primarily during the final pursuit of the defeated enemy force 2489.

After its victory, Manghuang Mountain publicly set aside past grievances, reopened itself to cultivators across the Yuanfeng Empire, and refused to pursue territorial expansion or plunder 2490.

This restraint helped end decades of sect warfare. Numerous factions recalled their cultivators, and delegations bearing gifts arrived from both paths, including a representative of the ruling Huangfu Family 2490. Former participants in the siege also acknowledged that Manghuang Mountain had not pursued them relentlessly and later offered them refining services; Qin Fengming's explanations to more than a thousand cultivators further strengthened its reputation 2522.

Later Development

Manghuang Mountain gained four late Nascent Soul cultivators during a period of closure: Shu Jingliang, Wen Taihang, Yu Tian, and Venerable Tianquan 2211. It later possessed five Integration-stage cultivators, whose advancement ceremony included public explanations that benefited thousands of attendees 2538.

The advancement celebration attracted powerful guests from the Azure Sect and Flood Dragon Clan as well as rival factions 2532 2536. Chi Yi of the Hidden Cloud Sect attempted to act against Manghuang Mountain during the gathering, but the presence of allied Integration-stage cultivators frustrated his intentions. His strike at the ceremony also secretly marked Qin Fengming and others with an aura through which he hoped to track them 2535 2536 2538.

After returning from the Upper Realm, Qin Fengming was received as Manghuang Mountain's Ancestor. The sect's leaders and disciples recognized him as the figure whose earlier guidance, resources, and achievements had safeguarded its continued prosperity 5304 5326.

Qin Fengming's return attracted more than a thousand Core Formation and Nascent Soul cultivators to the mountain region, many seeking an audience after learning that he had destroyed the Azure Origin Sect 5303. The current sect leadership, including Sect Leader Gan Hou, Ji Hui, and Cao Yushan, formally welcomed him back, while his former disciple Guan Wenjing recognized him and escorted him to the Assembly Hall 5304.

Learning that Zhuang Daoqin was still alive, Qin Fengming visited his cave dwelling and reunited with him. Their emotional meeting emphasized the enduring master-disciple bond and Qin Fengming's gratitude toward the sect that had supported his rise 5305.

Qin Fengming subsequently proposed using the Boundless Sea as a training ground for core disciples rather than relocating the entire sect. The plan included establishing teleportation arrays while preserving Manghuang Mountain's existing ties, territory, and accumulated foundation in the Human Realm 5308.

As the date of Qin Fengming's announced gathering approached, Manghuang Mountain temporarily declined visitors, but the crowd outside continued to grow. Disciples traveling elsewhere rushed home upon receiving the sect's summons, using teleportation regardless of the expense 5312.

During this period, a Mahayana existence from the True Demon Realm attacked the gate to seek Qin Fengming. The protection restriction held, and Huang Jiao, Long Xing, and Jiao Guang of the Flood Dragon Clan arrived to confront the intruder 5313. Elsewhere, Zhuge Yunfeng persuaded Xu Kuang to accompany cultivators seeking to confront Manghuang Mountain over allegations that it had concealed unannounced ascension passages 5318.

Before departing the Human Realm again, Qin Fengming supplied Manghuang Mountain with immense wealth, rare materials, Five Spirits Yang Replenishing Pills, a secure haven in the Boundless Sea, and a mid-Integration-stage puppet. These measures were intended to secure the sect's prosperity and continued advancement for tens of thousands of years 5326.

Relationships

• Qin Fengming — Former disciple of the five great cultivators, appointed Young Master, and later honored as Manghuang Mountain's Ancestor 672 5304.
• Yin Bizhu — Introduced Qin Fengming to Manghuang Mountain after identifying his talent in talisman crafting 394.
• Zhuang Daoqin — Qin Fengming's master and an Integration-stage leader who commanded the sect's counterattack during the Sha Shen Sect siege 2474 5306.
• Sima Bo — Senior Manghuang Mountain cultivator who participated in accepting Qin Fengming as a disciple and overseeing the sect's affairs 672.
• Venerable Dao Ling — One of Qin Fengming's masters; died during the Integration Heavenly Tribulation, a loss Qin learned of during the relief of the siege 2477.
• Guan Wenjing — Qin Fengming's former disciple, a peak Nascent Soul cultivator who recognized his return and received him with great reverence 5304.
• Gan Hou, Ji Hui, and Cao Yushan — The later Sect Leader and senior peak Nascent Soul cultivators who formally acknowledged Qin Fengming as Manghuang Mountain's Ancestor 5304.
• Dou Pengyun — Renowned peak Nascent Soul formation master associated with Qin Fengming's teaching lineage; master of Shi Yuanhua 5304.
• Tianxuan Sect — Longstanding ally whose support helped deter the Sha Shen Sect's attempted annexation 669.
• Heavenly Enlightenment School — Allied sect that also provided Manghuang Mountain political support against the Sha Shen Sect 669.
• Azure Sect — Sent Integration-stage representatives and Qin Fengming's associates to the advancement celebration; its powerful guests helped counter the pressure exerted by Chi Yi 2532 2533 2536.
• Flood Dragon Clan — Huang Jiao, Long Xing, and Jiao Guang arrived to support Manghuang Mountain when a Mahayana existence attacked its sect-protection restriction 5313.
• Sha Shen Sect — Principal enemy that repeatedly sought to absorb Manghuang Mountain before being destroyed following its siege 669 2489.
• Hidden Cloud Sect — Rival super sect that supported the Sha Shen Sect's war; its ancestor Chi Yi sought to suppress Manghuang Mountain's growth during the Integration advancement celebration 2535 2536.
• Brahma Sound Temple — Sided with the Demonic Path during the sect war and had close relations with the Sha Shen Sect 2490 2536.
• Xu Kuang and Zhuge Yunfeng — Planned a joint visit to confront the sect concerning alleged undisclosed ascension passages 5318.
• Manghuang Sect — Later sect founded by Qin Fengming as a continuation of Manghuang Mountain's legacy; it enshrines statues of Manghuang Mountain's three founding ancestors 7366.
• Ancestor Tianji — A later Manghuang Mountain administrator who governed the sect for hundreds of years before becoming Sect Master of the successor Manghuang Sect 7367.

Legacy

Manghuang Mountain's founding principle is to avoid territorial expansion and resource plunder while providing cultivation services under fair terms 2490. This principle enabled it to retain goodwill across both the Righteous and Demonic Paths despite remaining unaffiliated with either 2177.

Qin Fengming later established the Manghuang Sect in memory of Manghuang Mountain. The new sect preserved the earlier sect's focus on alchemy and artifact refining, while its three ancestral statues honored Manghuang Mountain's original founders and established the new organization as a continuation of their lineage 7366 7367.

The three statues were incorporated into the Five Elements Minor World Great Formation and contain Heaven and Earth origin spirit patterns. Their manifested aura resembles that of three Mahayana cultivators, allowing the successor sect's disciples and guests to honor Manghuang Mountain's founders while reinforcing the new sect's defenses 7366.

Like Manghuang Mountain, the Manghuang Sect declared that it would not compete for profit or territorial rule, instead concentrating on advancing cultivation arts and offering proxy refining services. It recruits disciples primarily for talent in miscellaneous arts rather than cultivation realm, carrying forward Manghuang Mountain's defining institutional tradition 7367 7375.

Development of the Successor Lineage

The Manghuang Sect was established in the Taoyu Mountain Range on Ice Plains Island in the Tianhong Realm. With assistance from Mahayana cultivators, hundreds of Profound Tier cultivators, and Qin Fengming's puppets, its foundational grounds were transformed within four months into a thousand-mile region of ordered peaks, vegetation, and abundant spiritual energy 7359 7360 7364.

At its founding, seven powerful peak Profound Tier cultivators became genuine disciples, while more than a dozen other powerful figures served as Guest Elders. Ancestor Tianji's experience governing Manghuang Mountain for hundreds of years made him the preferred choice for Sect Master, preserving direct administrative continuity between the two organizations 7366 7367.

The successor's protection formation demonstrated its strength by destroying the physical body of a Mahayana cultivator formerly ranked among the God-Demon Ranking's top thirty. News of the feat spread throughout the Tianhong Realm, reinforcing the standing of the lineage Qin Fengming had established in Manghuang Mountain's name 7372.

Qin Fengming also left substantial quantities of Demon Quelling Thunder and God Slaying Lightning at the Manghuang Sect to help counter soul-related threats 7522. By the time of his later Mahayana celebration, the successor had resident Mahayana protectors and hosted an immense gathering outside its gate, with hundreds of thousands of cultivators distributed throughout the surrounding mountains 7677 7684 7685.

The successor continued to face external pressure. Qin Daoxi declined proposals for additional Mahayana cultivators to reside permanently at the sect and sought to rely on its own strength against cultivators from other realms. Hua Huanfei was also dispatched to the overlapping space to find a suitable future settlement on the ferocious beast continent 7680 7684. Later, news of Qin Fengming's survival and victory in a prolonged life-and-death crisis prompted celebrations among Manghuang Sect cultivators and its allied forces 7788.

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