"His conduct was less than honorable?"
Chen Nianzhi's gaze flickered slightly at those words.
The Heavenly Maiden nodded. "The Five-Vein Spear God's talent was not particularly outstanding. He only attained his current cultivation after three hundred million years of cultivation. It was not merely due to fortuitous opportunities and bitter cultivation, but more importantly, the Dao-Seizing Method."
"The Dao-Seizing Method?"
Chen Nianzhi was slightly taken aback.
The master of Heaven's Edge Sea Pavilion nodded as well, his gaze profound. "The Five-Vein Spear God likes to take in disciples far and wide, specifically selecting those with Five Spirit Roots as his successors."
"Whenever these disciples exhaust their potential in cultivation, he kills them amid Dao Tribulations to obtain their Sources of Dao and comprehend the Five Elements Dao."
"It is said that over the hundreds of millions of years since he attained the Dao, he has taken in more than several hundred thousand disciples. Nearly all of them were hunted down by him and stripped of their Dao. That was how he cultivated to the eighth level of Earthly Immortal."
Chen Nianzhi's expression changed slightly upon hearing this, a chill surfacing in his eyes.
In the struggle for the Great Dao, if one killed enemies in Dao Tribulations to obtain their Sources of Dao, there was nothing to criticize.
After all, within tribulations, whether one fought openly and honorably or used schemes to hunt down enemies, it was ultimately a fair contest of each party's methods.
But taking in disciples only to treat them as cultivation resources was far too sinister and vicious, something despised by all.
"Though the Five-Vein Spear God's character leaves much to be desired, he did attain the Dao with Five Spirit Roots. His strength truly cannot be underestimated."
"He stands among the foremost at the eighth