True Person Bo's gaze deepened, and his tone became impassioned.
"A great calamity is about to break out in this world, and no one will be able to escape it."
"Since this calamity is also going to occur in the Jing Kingdom, why doesn't my Jade Spring Sect take the initiative to initiate it?"
These few words reveal the boundless ambition and grandeur hidden within this great True Person!
It is also a decision that others cannot make!
The three True Person who lead the Jade Spring Sect.
With the sect leader absent, True Person Bo effectively controlled almost all affairs within and outside the Jade Spring Sect.
When the Jade Spring Sect truly intends to solidify its position as the ruler of the Jing Kingdom, it indicates that this powerful Jade Spring Sect has likely been secretly preparing for war for quite some time.
to be honest.
The five major sects of the Jing Kingdom.
Of the two Golden Core at Heart-Eroding Stronghold, one is still being suppressed by True Person Bo, and the mysterious Dwelling Master has come to redeem him, but there has been no news of him since.
Heart-Eroding Stronghold is now defunct in name only.
As for the Great Buddha Temple... it's not a cause for concern.
Even the True Person Bo leader of the sect is no First Seat Huinan. As long as the Jade Spring Sect's army presses in, he will have no choice but to obediently withdraw from the Jing Kingdom.
Empty Sword Sect...
The Empty Sword Sect is an ally of the Jade Spring Sect.
But it's precisely because they are allies that things are a little difficult.
Let's see how the sect negotiates with the Empty Sword Sect.
Hopefully, that Old True Person He... will be able to understand the bigger picture.
Therefore, within the Jing Kingdom, the only sect that can rival the Jade Spring Sect is the Spirit-Seeking Sect.
However, the Jade Spring Sect's first move was not to send experts directly to attack the Spirit-Seeking Sect, but to take a sharp knife and strike at the sect's own territory first.
This is not some act of internal strife!
Rather, it's about eliminating spies within the sect and agents from outside!
Planting hidden traps within rival factions is something every power will do, and will definitely do.
The Jade Spring Sect has a history of over a thousand years and has thousands of disciples, so it's inevitable that there are both good and bad ones.
Inevitably, there will be spies and agents who have been bribed or planted by other forces.
These people usually infiltrate the sect, and while some are exposed by the sect, others are deliberately left behind for various reasons.
If it were any other day, it wouldn't be a big deal.
However, once war breaks out, if we lower our guard even slightly, these spies will surely steal intelligence, sabotage facilities, and may even turn against us at a critical moment, causing incalculable losses.
With a major battle imminent, if these internal threats are not eliminated first, the consequences would be unimaginable if they suddenly launched an attack when facing the Spirit-Seeking Sect head-on.
Therefore, True Person Bo's first strike was not aimed at the Spirit-Seeking Sect, but at the sect's internal affairs.
This matter was handed over to the Jade Guarding Hall.
The head of the Jade Guarding Hall is Shi Yubai, Chen Shuangbai's senior uncle, and the deputy head is Ding Chengyu, an old friend and fellow disciple.
With True Person Bo's decree, Shi Yubai, under the pretext of official business, recalled most of the spies who had been under surveillance for many years. He then restricted their access to the sect's protective formation, cutting off their escape route.
In the following days, a secret purge was carried out within the Jade Spring Sect.
Chen Shuangbai's senior uncle, who had been in charge of the Jade Guarding Hall for many years, was never a gentle person.
Some people panicked and tried to resist, but were immediately subdued by the law enforcement team who had been lying in wait.
Some people pretended to be calm, loudly proclaimed their innocence, and demanded to see the True Person to defend themselves.
But when the disciples of the Jade Guarding Hall sent by Shi Yubai presented them with irrefutable evidence, they were speechless.
Each and every case presented irrefutable evidence.
Among these people, some were bribed by the Spirit-Seeking Sect and had been leaking information about the sect to them for a long time.
Some were controlled by the Heart-Eroding Stronghold using poison and forced to serve it.
Some of them were actually spies planted in the Jade Spring Sect many years ago, lying in wait for their chance.
In just a few days.
Jade Guarding Hall uncovered over a hundred spies lurking within the sect, including three Foundation Establishment cultivators and dozens of Qi Refining disciples, many of whom held prestigious positions and important posts!
Among these people, a small portion of those whose crimes were insignificant were stripped of their disciple status and imprisoned, to be interrogated and held accountable only after those whose crimes were more serious.
Some resisted arrest and were beaten to death on the spot.
Even worse, some, upon realizing they had been exposed, committed suicide by poisoning themselves.
There were also some who were portrayed as kind-hearted people within the sect, but were later proven to be spies from outside the sect, which shocked all their fellow disciples.
Jade Guarding Hall's achievements can be considered quite fruitful.
The news sent shockwaves throughout the sect.
Some applauded, while others were secretly alarmed, but what was even more tempting... They couldn't believe that their former fellow disciples could be spies from outside the sect, and wanted to plead for leniency to see if there was any misunderstanding.
But that's a story for another time.
Jade Guarding Hall is now focusing its efforts on those three spies who are at the Foundation Establishment.
Of these three, two are from the Spirit-Seeking Sect, and one is from the Heart-Eroding Stronghold.
The Transformation Sect also has members, but the highest level they hold is only the Late Qi Refining Stage, and they have never held any important positions.
Besides these, there were also cultivators from other countries, but they were all outer sect Qi Refining disciples, insignificant and not much leverage.
These two Spirit-Seeking Sect.
One of them came from a small cultivation Lineage within the influence of the Jade Spring Sect. He went through countless hardships to climb to a position with considerable power, but he was someone who had been trained and arranged by the Spirit-Seeking Sect long ago.
The other was bribed by the Spirit-Seeking Sect with valuable treasures, and over the years he has passed on a lot of information about the Jade Spring Sect to the Spirit-Seeking Sect.
The traitor from Heart-Eroding Stronghold confessed in court, but his cultivation has been crippled, his Dantian destroyed, and he has been imprisoned in the Three Yin Cave, where he awaits his death.
All three were personally brought before True Person Bo True Person Shi Yubai, who then interrogated them and determined their crimes.
"It seems the sect has been preparing for this day for a long time."
Chen Shuangbai said in a low voice.
The Jade Spring Sect's swift and decisive purge of internal spies immediately attracted the attention of several other sects and forces in the Jing Kingdom.
They all became alert.
True Person Mei went to the Empty Sword Sect and returned shortly afterward, bringing back good news.
The day after purging the internal traitors, the Jade Spring Sect spread the news outwards—
The cultivation world of the Jing Kingdom has enjoyed peace for a long time, but in recent years the world has been in turmoil, with external threats emerging. The Transformation Sect is eyeing the west, the Black River Water Manor is causing chaos in the east, and civil wars are raging in various countries.
Although our Jing Kingdom is in a remote corner of the country, no egg remains unbroken when the nest is overturned. If we do not make preparations now, it will be too late to regret it once the flames of war reach our borders.
The Jade Spring Sect, inheriting the orthodox lineage of cultivation in the Jing Kingdom, has had its ancestors protect the Jing Kingdom. Now, feeling the perilous state of affairs, it hereby proclaims this to all fellow cultivators in the Jing Kingdom:
The Heart-Eroding Stronghold belongs to the demonic path, colluding with foreign enemies and wreaking havoc on the Jing Kingdom; it has no reason to continue existing...
The entire manifesto was quite lengthy, containing several thousand words.
Most of them were bitter recounting the crimes of Heart-Eroding Stronghold, Spirit-Seeking Sect, and Great Buddha Temple, and explaining the harm they had caused to the Jing Kingdom.
Ultimately, Old True Person He, with his profound understanding of righteousness, will surely be able to sympathize with the difficulties of the times and stand with the Jade Spring Sect through thick and thin.
Especially regarding the statements made by the Spirit-Seeking Sect, it can be said that they say whatever comes to mind, and pin whatever crimes they feel are most serious on the Spirit-Seeking Sect!
This is practically tantamount to an open declaration of war against the three companies.
The five-family rivalry that had persisted in the cultivation world of the Jing Kingdom for hundreds of years was completely rewritten by this proclamation.