At first, Clear Wind Temple only wanted to aggressively promote the statues of Wang Quan and Qing He, so everyone would know the two of them.
That was why they used top-tier spells for refining Earth Veins, Spirit Veins, and the like to force other cultivators to worship the two statues.
At first, everything went smoothly.
The incense offerings to Wang Quan and Qing He flourished day by day.
Many cultivators built vast numbers of Earth Veins, Spirit Veins, and the like, dreaming of returning to their peak.
As it turned out, prodigies and monstrous talents were the last thing the mortal world lacked.
While worshipping replicas of the two statues, these prodigies and monstrous talents actually comprehended many spells, Divine Abilities, and more.
These spells and Divine Abilities were far more powerful than those they practiced.
Then, many among them had flashes of inspiration:
"Just worshipping replicas lets us comprehend such powerful methods."
"What if we worshipped the originals?"
Then they secretly went to Clear Wind Temple to worship the originals.
And then they discovered blood sacrifices.
And then...
These prodigies and monstrous talents had ambitions higher than the heavens.
They dreamed of mastering every spell and Divine Ability within the statues, and then... they performed blood sacrifices like mad.
And so-Clear Wind Temple became a demon's den again.
What terrified the cultivators was that this time, the Clear Wind demon's den was enormous in scale and overwhelming in momentum.
Almost every prodigy and monstrous talent of the cultivation world's younger generation joined Clear Wind Temple and began performing blood sacrifices.
At first, many cultivation sects and organizations paid little attention.
They believed that the prodigies and monstrous talents who went to Clear Wind Temple would eventually return.
Sure enough, they returned.
Only, the manner of their return was