Establishing a Faction, War Erupts

[Your Golden Core is Grade 3, forming a high-grade Golden Core.]

"Only Grade 3 Golden Core?"

Su Yang was a bit disappointed.

As expected, it wasn't that easy to improve the grade of a Golden Core.

The origin and foundation of the simulated Su Yang were still far from it.

"Perhaps if the Tianjian Sect were still around, and the simulated Su Yang was still the Sword Child, there might have been hope for a Grade 1 Golden Core."

"Even if not, a Grade 2 Golden Core would still be possible."

"With my current talent, relying on myself alone is indeed still far off."

Although Su Yang said this, his mood quickly adjusted.

After all, this was just a simulated Su Yang, not his true self.

Moreover, a Grade 3 Golden Core already offered a decent chance of reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

If this simulation could reach Nascent Soul, Su Yang would be grinning from ear to ear.

Su Yang continued to observe the simulation.

[After you emerged from your cave dwelling, many people came to visit you.]

[Foundation Establishment is not conspicuous in Qingling City's large market, but Golden Core already holds considerable status.]

[Furthermore, you are a genius with a Grade 3 Golden Core, with the potential to reach Nascent Soul.]

[Many factions came to recruit you, promising you numerous benefits.]

[Even the sole Nascent Soul True Monarch of Qingling City sent someone to convey a message: if you were willing to become his disciple, he would definitely nurture you well.]

[But you declined them all.]

[On a dark and windy night, you quietly left Qingling City.]

[A month later, you arrived at the former territory of the Wang Clan Immortal Family, but it had already been occupied by a Nascent Soul force called Feihuang Palace.]

[This is where the Lan Clan Treasure Vault is located.]

[You used your ability to locate and pinpoint the spot, and you found the exact location of the Lan Clan Treasure Vault.]

[However, you discovered that a small Qi Cultivation market had already been established above the treasure vault.]

[This was built before the Wang Clan Immortal Family was destroyed.]

[The Wang Clan Immortal Family also knew that the Lan Clan Treasure Vault was in this area, but they couldn't find the precise location.]

[So, they built a Golden Core market, ten Foundation Establishment markets, and a hundred Qi Refining markets here in one go.]

[They gathered a large number of cultivators, hoping that someone would discover it by chance one day.]

[You stayed in this market for three years, but still couldn't find a way to quietly take the Lan Clan's treasure without alerting others.]

[So, you made up your mind.]

[You deliberately provoked a Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivator.]

[Under the attack of the Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivator, many cultivators died.]

[The remaining people also moved away, and the market fell into ruin.]

[You quietly took the Lan Clan Treasure Vault.]

[You discovered a vast amount of treasures in the Lan Clan Treasure Vault, including 120 million Spirit Stones, 5 fourth-tier magical treasures, a large number of third-tier magical treasures, the Lan Clan's inherited cultivation method, Taihuang Qing Yi Jue, a large number of inherited spells of various grades, the divine ability Qinghuang Spirit Body, a fourth-tier spiritual pill, Nascent Soul Pill, three third-tier Spirit Vein Cores, one fourth-tier Spirit Vein Core...]

"As expected of a Nascent Soul level treasure vault, what a great harvest!"

Outside the simulation, Su Yang's eyes lit up.

Although these treasures were currently only for the simulated Su Yang, once he exchanged identities and formed his Golden Core, they would eventually be his.

[You upgraded yourself, equipping yourself with high-grade third-tier magical treasures.]

[You began to try cultivating Taihuang Qing Yi Jue, but found it inferior to the cultivation method you learned at the Tianjian Sect, Chiyang Sword Canon, so you gave up cultivating it.]

[You studied the divine ability Qinghuang Spirit Body and discovered it was a body-modification divine ability that could only be cultivated by Nascent Soul cultivators. You were not satisfied with the cultivation requirements.]

[At the Spirit Vein Core, you discovered a message left by your ancestors. They hoped you would find a secluded place to rebuild the Lan Clan Immortal Family, without being discovered by the Wang Clan Immortal Family.]

[The Spirit Vein Cores were treasures left for you to establish the Lan Clan.]

[You learned the function of the Spirit Vein Cores.]

[Using the Spirit Vein Core as a foundation, along with corresponding Spirit Stones, one could evolve a Spirit Vein of the same grade. Increasing the investment in Spirit Vein Cores and Spirit Stones could improve the quality of the Spirit Vein.]

[You pondered for a while and felt that since the Wang Clan Immortal Family was already destroyed, rebuilding the Lan Clan wouldn't be bad.]

[After all, you had avenged your great enemy and cultivated for so many years, it was time to enjoy yourself.]

"How foolish!"

Su Yang sighed and shook his head.

How could the simulated Su Yang have fallen so far?

Founding an immortal clan, becoming its founder, sounds prestigious.

In reality, it wastes a lot of time and energy, reducing cultivation efficiency.

Furthermore, establishing a faction inevitably leads to conflicts with other forces.

Who knows if one might end up dead?

But Su Yang also understood that the simulated Su Yang's choice was natural.

After all, in the simulated Su Yang's memories, he was a descendant of the Lan Clan.

To fulfill his ancestor's dying wish and restore the Lan Clan's glory was understandable.

[Although you had this idea, you also knew that directly finding a place to establish a faction would absolutely provoke fear and hostility from surrounding forces.]

[Therefore, you decided to find a backer.]

[About half a month later, you arrived at the Wuliang Sect, looking for your senior brother Gu Changfeng and your sworn brother True Monarch Mingyang.]

[They soon met you.]

[You noticed that both True Monarch Mingyang and Gu Changfeng were beaming with joy.]

[True Monarch Mingyang told you that a top-tier divine ability from the Tianjian Sect he had been cultivating, the Ancient Sword True Body, had reached great success. He could now barely exert the power of a Deity Transformation cultivator despite being a Nascent Soul.]

[You congratulated him.]

[At the same time, you revealed part of your background and your intention to establish an immortal clan, hoping to place your faction under the Wuliang Sect's banner.]

[True Monarch Mingyang said it was a minor matter. With his current strength, he was second only to the three Deity Transformation Venerables in the Wuliang Sect. He could handle this with a word.]

[You expressed your gratitude!]

[He frowned, saying that when you first met, you were straightforward and generous, but now you seemed hesitant.]

[You let out a hearty laugh and stopped being polite.]

[You stayed at the Wuliang Sect for two and a half months.]

[During this time, Gu Changfeng devised a cultivation system for your Golden Core stage.]

[He also told you that you could now practice some simplified divine abilities.]

[However, he didn't have many divine abilities suitable for your foundation.]

[In the end, he spent a significant amount of contribution points to exchange for a simplified divine ability called Wind Fire Wings from the Wuliang Sect and gave it to you.]

[This was a simplified divine ability of the speed type, divided into three layers. The first layer was already incredibly fast for a Golden Core cultivator, and after the third layer, your speed would surpass that of ordinary Nascent Soul True Monarchs.]

[However, the cultivation requirements were also very high. It not only required a pair of wings from a third-tier flying Demon Beast of wind and fire attributes, but also required you to comprehend the intent of wind and fire yourself.]

[He had already prepared the wings for you; comprehending the intent could only depend on yourself.]

[You were deeply moved.]

[At 150 years old, you officially established the Lan Clan Immortal Family in the Central Plains, in a place called Qinghe Valley under the Wuliang Sect's jurisdiction.]

[On that day, you planted three Spirit Vein Cores simultaneously and supplemented them with 3 million Spirit Stones, forming a top-grade third-tier Spirit Vein. This attracted the greed of several surrounding Golden Core forces.]

[At this moment, True Monarch Mingyang and Gu Changfeng personally arrived to support you.]

[The forces present all became extremely polite.]

[In the same year, you began to marry and have children. You married five wives at once, all cultivators with spiritual roots.]

[At 180 years old, you broke through to the second layer of the Golden Core stage. By this time, you had 16 children, 12 of whom possessed spiritual roots.]

[However, most of them had inferior spiritual roots, with only three having sub-quality spiritual roots.]

[At 183 years old, an event shocked the entire Qixia Island.]

The eight Demon Venerables of the Seven-Colored Mountain Range launched a war, intending to exterminate the humans near the Seven-Colored Mountain Range.

[The human race, apart from the Black Demon Sect in the Northern Barrens, mobilized their remaining three Deity Transformation forces: the Wuliang Sect in the Central Plains, the Little Zen Temple on the Western Plateau, and the local Jiang Clan Immortal Family. Nine Deity Transformation Venerables confronted the eight Demon Venerables.]

[At this time, on Fenghua Island, another island near Qixia Island, over twenty Deity Transformation Venerables secretly infiltrated Qixia Island. Simultaneously, they annihilated the remaining personnel of the Wuliang Sect and the Little Zen Temple, while also plundering numerous Nascent Soul forces.]

[The closest Nascent Soul force to you, the Divine Elephant Gate, was destroyed.]

[War had arrived.]