Return to the Demon Cave

This resulted in few people actually using the Foundation-Building Pill in the Lineage; many were sold off and exchanged for high-level treasures such as the Foundation-Building Pill Blazing Fire Crystal to help cultivators break through to the Purple Mansion.

The decrease in the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators has led to the concentration of resources within the Lineage. The stipends for Self-Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Chen Clan are already twice that of other Lineage.

Many Tier 2 treasures were useless to the Lineage's high-level cultivators, and treasures like the Blazing Fire Crystal also fell into the hands of cultivators who Self-Foundation Establishment.

According to the ironclad rule set by Chen Nianzhi, the fortuitous opportunity to break through to the Purple Mansion realm is basically given priority to those who Self-Foundation Establishment. Cultivators who take Foundation-Building Pill almost never get the resources to break through to the Purple Mansion realm.

This is also one of the reasons why Chen Siting and Chen Niandao perished. Even if one has Variant Spirit Root, if one cannot Self-Foundation Establishment on one's own in the Chen Clan, one will have to wait until after Self-Foundation Establishment one's foundation to obtain the Five-Elements Treasure Crystal.

However, there are too many cultivators in the Lineage who Self-Foundation Establishment, making it almost impossible for them to obtain it through the Lineage's channels.

All these factors combined mean that although the Chen Clan has very few Foundation Establishment cultivators, a significant portion of them have a high probability of breaking through to the Purple Mansion.

Such a huge gap means that the potential of the Chen Clan's cultivators far surpasses that of the Heavenly Ruins Sect, and there are almost no comparable ones.

As for Jiang Linglong, she didn't have much energy to deal with the Heavenly Ruins Sect, otherwise she wouldn't even be able to cultivate.

For her, establishing the Heavenly Ruins Sect was more about obtaining the Five Elements Essence and operating her own Spirit Mountain businesses to earn resources for herself.

This is also the core reason for the existence of almost all sects and Lineage. The essential reason for the existence of any immortal race or sect is to generate resources for the higher-ups, rather than requiring the higher-ups to spend resources to cultivate them.

The only way to obtain more resources is to break through in cultivation and gradually become a high-ranking member of the sect.

If there are any talented young cultivators, Lin Qianshu and the others might offer them assistance, but Jiang Linglong will not accept any more disciples.

Years ago, when she was stuck at the Purple Mansion Realm and trying to complete her Spirit Root, she took in more than twenty Registered Disciple. Now, almost only Lin Qianshu and two others remain. Watching her disciples pass away one by one is not a happy thing.

Unless she encounters a peerless genius with extraordinary talent and a Dao Body who can inherit her Daoist lineage, she will not entertain the idea again.

Chen Nianzhi thought so too; he wouldn't easily accept a disciple unless the other party's talent satisfied him and they could inherit his lineage.

Getting back to the main point, after refining two batches of pills, the two walked out of the alchemy room.

At this moment, the Heavenly Ruins Alliance has mobilized two Tier 4 War Treasure Ship, gathered over fifty Purple Mansion cultivators, five hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, and twenty thousand Late Stage of Qi Refining cultivators.

For this war, Chen Nianzhi even invited Xu Ganyang and Hermit Qingci from the Yan Kingdom.

A group of people boarded the Treasure Ship. Chen Nianzhi solemnly instructed, "This battle is of paramount importance. I hope everyone will go all out to completely annihilate the Demon Cave."

Everyone present nodded in agreement, understanding the importance of this battle.

Over the years, the power of the Chu Kingdom has been constrained by the Demon Cave. After the great defeat a hundred years ago, every year the various immortal clans have had to spend a sum of Spirit Stone to invite Ji Feixue to guard the Demon Cave.

There was no other way, because once the Devil Cultivator in the Demon Cave came out, the entire Chu Kingdom would be plunged into demonic calamity.

The various immortal clans are constantly at risk of being attacked by Devil Cultivator, forcing them to devote a great deal of their strength to defending against the Demon Cave, which requires a huge amount of manpower, resources, and Spirit Stone.

Once the Demon Cave is leveled, the Demon Spring within Demon Cave will be destroyed. Without the Demon Spring, there will be no Demonic Fiend, making it difficult for mid- to high-level Devil Cultivator to break through their Demon Baleful Intent, and leaving them with no place to live or seek refuge.

By then, at least until the next Abyssal Demon Calamity erupts, they won't have to worry about being attacked from both sides. Because once the Demon Spring is destroyed, the only way to revive it is with the power of the Abyssal Demon Calamity.

The next Abyssal Demon Calamity will be nearly six hundred years away, a long time during which Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong will have already broken through to the Nascent Soul.

By then, Devil Cultivator will be nothing but rootless duckweed; killing one will reduce their numbers, and at least within the Chu Kingdom, the Devil Cultivator ground for their birth will be lost.

At that time, the safety of the Chu Kingdom Cultivation World will be greatly increased, and the freed-up forces can even be used to further attack the territories of several Demon King, such as Demon Ape Mountain, Crimson Scorpion Ridge, and Savage Bull Ancient Plains.

Therefore, for this battle, all the major immortal clans in the Chu Kingdom Cultivation World contributed either manpower or money, aiming to concentrate their efforts to completely wipe out the Demon Cave.

Regarding Spirit Stone alone, several thousand of the weaker Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Qi Refining realm Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan from the Chu Kingdom raised five million Spirit Stone for compensation and rewards.

Xu Ganyang was beaming with pride. He asked with delight, "Did you achieve the Golden-Core Formation Pill or the Five-Element Origin Pearl in this battle?"

"Each of our major powers will offer a Core Formation Treasure as a reward."

Chen Nianzhi said calmly, knowing very well that Xu Ganyang wanted to cultivate Xu Daoyuan.

Although the Xu Clan now has Golden Core realm Ancestor, they do not yet have Tier-4 Earth Vein, and therefore lack a stable channel for producing Core Formation treasures.

If members of the Golden Core Immortal Clan want to purchase Golden-Core Formation Pill from outside sources, they will face extremely high premiums, often requiring an extra million Spirit Stone for a single Golden-Core Formation Pill.

Xu Daoyuan is about the same age as the Old Clan Leader, now over three hundred years old. He broke through to the Golden Core realm stage a few years ago, but got stuck at the False Core realm stage.

Based on lifespan, Xu Daoyuan's chances of breaking through to the Core Formation are not small, provided they can obtain Golden-Core Formation Pill.

"It would be good if we had Golden-Core Formation Pill."

Xu Ganyang revealed a look of joy, his heart filled with confidence for this battle.

Chen Nianzhi nodded in agreement. Although the major Golden Core realm sects and immortal clans had brought out Core Formation treasures, these treasures were often insufficient even within their own ranks, making it difficult for them to be distributed.

These Core Formation treasures are most likely still circulating within the various Golden Core realm factions participating in the war.

Xu Clan wants to obtain the Golden-Core Formation Pill, they either need to make great contributions or offer a large sum of money to make up the difference.

Without saying much, the Heavenly Python Treasure Ship and the Black Flood Dragon Treasure Ship took off with the 20,000 cultivators and flew towards the Azuregreen Mountains.

Before they arrived at the Demon Cave, they discovered that the nearby Azuregreen Immortal Sect and Firmament Sword Sect had already arrived.

This time, the Purple Abyss Sect arrived a step ahead of them, led by Lingji Fairy, who had recently broken through to the Fourth-Layer Golden Core stage, and Hibiscus Fairy, who had recently Core Formation.

As for Yan Ziji, he needed to guard against Demon Ape Mountain, so he did not personally take action.

"Gentlemen, it's been a long time."

Chen Nianzhi and Jiang Linglong disembarked from the Treasure Ship and looked at the several Golden Core realm cultivators present.

The cultivator from the Azuregreen Immortal Sect was Taiwu True Person. This old True Person was approaching nine hundred years, and his cultivation had reached the Fifth Golden Core Layer.

The Cangqiong Sect sent two of its three Golden Core realm elders, Sect Leader Qian and Ling Changxu, demonstrating their full strength.

Including Lingji Fairy and Hibiscus Fairy from the Purple Abyss Sect, as well as Ji Feixue, there are a total of six Golden Core realm cultivators.