Did the Chixin Sect Offend Heaven?

[Fifteenth year, age thirty-two.]

[You replaced "Silent Step" with "Has Demonic Aura".]

[In the blink of an eye, you had already spent fifteen years in the Chixin Sect.]

[You had even risen to become the Patrol Captain, and the Chixin Sect had improved your benefits considerably.]

[What about Captain Xiao Lin from before?]

[He had been optimized.]

[Ordinary sect members who grew older without advancing their cultivation would be dismissed by the sect.]

[It was just patrolling. If you would not do it, plenty of others would.]

[Many Rogue Cultivator Martial Artists would be willing even to join a sect just to clean latrines.]

[Because Martial Dao sects often occupied places rich in Heaven and Earth Essence, which provided a natural boost to Martial Artists' cultivation. It was difficult to find such conditions outside.]

[Besides, it was easier to enjoy the shade with a big tree at your back. Having a power to rely on was always better than having none.]

[That day, you clocked in for work as usual.]

[In the mountain forest outside the sect, you suddenly saw vast quantities of demonic aura, so dense it had formed a mist!]

["Careful, demons have appeared! Hurry and notify the mountain-protecting Elder!"]

[The team members became alert, but after looking around, they found nothing.]

["Captain, where are the demons?"]

["What demon would dare make trouble in our Chixin Sect?"]

["Exactly, exactly."]

[Some of the team members refused to accept your command, because when Xiao Lin had been dismissed, there had been fierce competition for his position.]

[You had relied on your connection with Elder Yin to gain some advantage, which was how you secured it.]

[Naturally, the others were jealous and dissatisfied. Whenever they found an opportunity, they would challenge you.]

[You were not known for having a good temper either.]

["Go notify the sect! Stop fucking talking nonsense here! If the Demon Race really attacks, I can hold them off. You can't!"]

[The moment you said that, they became even more unconvinced.]

[But this time, before they could argue with you, low growls rose from all around.]

[Without the "Has Demonic Aura" Entry, they could now smell the strange stench emanating from the Demon Race as well.]

[More than a dozen boar demons suddenly charged out.]

[Their long, sharp tusks easily pierced several people who had failed to dodge in time.]

[The boar heads jerked violently, driving those people on their tusks straight into the trees.]

[It had truly become, "The pig rammed into you, and you rammed into the tree."]

["Demons! There really are demons! So many of them!"]

[Those boar demons were merely the vanguard. Looking beyond the forest, huge masses of the Demon Race were charging over in a cloud of dust!]

[This was not a Demon Race attack.]

[This was a Demon Tide!]

[A Demon Tide referred to one or more powerful demons leading the Demon Race in a devastating assault against a certain location.]

[The Demon Race was not made up of Exotic Beasts. They were also an intelligent race, though their habits were close to those of wild beasts.]

[So long as there was a demon to lead them, they could act collectively just like the Human Race.]

[You had no idea what virtue or ability the Chixin Sect possessed to warrant the Demon Race launching a Demon Tide against it.]

[Clang!]

[A boar demon slammed into you, and the impact actually rang out like metal striking metal.]

["Hm?"]

[The boar demon refused to believe it and rammed you again.]

[You did not budge an inch!]

[Its tusks shattered to pieces!]

["What?!"]

[The boar demon spoke in human language.]

[While the boar demon questioned its very existence, you smashed your fist into its huge pig head, caving in half its face on the spot!]

[The force of your punch pierced straight through its pig brain, even lifting a layer of fallen leaves from the ground. The sheer power was astonishing!]

[The few surviving patrol members were utterly dumbfounded!]

[They no longer doubted that you deserved to be captain.]

[You were way too fierce!]

[Were you really in the Spirit Gathering Realm?]

[Of course you were in the Spirit Gathering Realm. It was simply that, when facing the Demon Race, your Golden Entry, "The Toughest Father of Foreign Races," had kicked in!]

[So long as your fighting spirit blazed, your Blood Qi could increase by up to a hundredfold when facing Alien Races!]

[The level of one's Blood Qi represented the strength of one's physical body.]

[A hundredfold increase in Blood Qi was equivalent to a hundredfold increase in every aspect of your body's abilities.]

[If you focused it all into a single burst of power, the increase was far more than a hundredfold!]

[Was it hard to keep your fighting spirit blazing?]

[Just ignite your chuunibyou soul!]

[Furthermore, with this Entry, attacks from Alien Races against you were unconditionally weakened a hundredfold.]

[That was why that wild boar could not move you no matter how hard it rammed.]

[Seeing the Demon Race's ferocious advance as they completely surrounded the Chixin Sect, you could only force your way back inside through a mass of demons blocking your path.]

[The ordinary demons present could not stop you, with your Blood Qi increased a hundredfold. The moment you activated Rocket Step, fire burst beneath your feet, and you shot forward like a human missile.]

["Captain Chen! Take us with you!!"]

[The patrol members who had just been with you cried out for help.]

[You ignored them.]

[When you told them to go up the mountain and report it, they refused and stood there chattering endlessly at you. Now they knew to call you Captain?]

[Too late!]

[The Chixin Sect had already noticed the abnormality and activated the Mountain Protection Array.]

[Those outside the array could no longer enter at all.]

[All the disciples, sect members, and Elders within the sect, along with the Sect Master and ancestors who were rarely seen, had appeared.]

[Everyone watched from the mountain as the Demon Race army rolled in, and all of them were stunned.]

[The Mountain Protection Array shook violently under wave after wave of attacks from the Demon Race.]

[A group of Formation Masters struggled bitterly to maintain the formation at its core.]

[Large quantities of crystal stones were depleted in an instant.]

[They thought the same as you.]

[The Chixin Sect was only a second-rate sect. Was it worth the Demon Race making such a huge move?]

[However, it was not over yet.]

[A patch of dark clouds covered the mountaintop.]

[Within those clouds, everyone actually saw azure-green dragon scales flickering in and out of sight.]

[There was clearly a colossal creature riding the clouds and mist within them!]

["My heavens... did our Chixin Sect violate some heavenly law?"]

[At that moment, your heart was as clear as a mirror.]

[The Chixin Sect was finished. You could not stay here and be buried with it.]

[Others might not be able to escape, but you had a Legendary Entry. It was not as though you had no chance.]

[You guessed that the Demon Race's massive assault on the Chixin Sect might have something to do with that ancient Pagoda where an unknown Alien Race individual had appeared.]

[The enormous creature in the sky extended a dragon head as huge as a mountain from the clouds.]

[Its bright, enormous dragon eyes were as vast as lakes, carrying an authority that allowed no resistance.]

[With only a soft hum, the Chixin Sect's Mountain Protection Array shattered like paper.]

[Countless demons surged into the mountain gate, wreaking destruction everywhere and killing anyone they saw. The people of the Chixin Sect fought back desperately.]

[With swordsmanship in one hand and spear techniques in the other, you carved a path through the chaos.]

["Ah, this is pretty easy!"]

[Worthy indeed of being the Alien Father. You increasingly felt that this Golden Entry was simply too useful!]

[Before the Human Race, you were merely a Spirit Gathering Realm cultivator.]

[But before the Demon Race, you transformed in an instant—tough enough to take hits, and strong enough to fight!]

[Just as you were preparing to slip away, you saw Yin Rui fighting a desperate battle against a large group of demons near the Library Pavilion.]

[What did you want to do?]

[1. Saving a life was worth more than building a seven-story pagoda. Go save Yin Rui.]

[2. The situation was perilous. Preserving your life was more important. Leave immediately.]

[3. Take advantage of the chaos to loot some Martial Dao Resources within the Chixin Sect.]

[Simulation paused, awaiting Chen Yi's choice.]