New Turmoil, the Great White Crane Demon Breaks Free!
The eagle demon's wings sliced through the thick clouds, carrying the secret letter northward.
The territory of the Liang Kingdom below was shrouded in continuous rain, and the mountains and rivers were blurred into a gray-black ink stain in the moisture.
Liang Kingdom is located in the southeast of the Profound Spirit Continent.
Its territory is vast, its Spirit Vein are intertwined, and its Four Righteous Dao Sects stand in a tripartite balance.
The Vast Righteousness School is the leader, followed by the Heavenly Sword School, Nether Passage School Azure Edge Sect, and finally the Qingfeng Sect. On the surface, the four sects are united, but in reality, they are constantly scheming and fighting amongst themselves.
In the world of cultivation, there are never permanent allies, only permanent interests.
Such things have been commonplace for a long time. Back then, the Four Righteous Dao Sects were of one mind and colluded with the Five Demonic Dao Sects of the Jin Kingdom to launch an attack on the three sects of the Wei Kingdom.
And then what happened?
The Wei Kingdom remains powerful, Profound Purity and Grand Purity sects stand firm.
Instead, the Jin Kingdom was gradually destroyed, Supreme Purity Sect divided its territory, establishing the Clear Azure Kingdom on the corpse of the Jin Kingdom.
At that time, under external pressure, the four factions of the Liang Kingdom united against external forces.
As the two Wei Kingdom recovered, Clear Azure Kingdom gained a foothold, expanded its territory, occupied the land of Kyushu, and ruled over nearly half of the continent.
Instead, this led to a confrontation between Clear Azure and the Wei Kingdom.
Meanwhile, the Liang Kingdom gradually returned to peace. As the two countries remained deadlocked, internal strife broke out again among the four factions within the Liang Kingdom.
At this time, the main peak of the Azure Edge Sect, Tai'e Main Peak.
The funeral bell tolled eighteen times, its sound echoing for miles around. White banners were hung all over the mountains and fields, and tens of thousands of disciples, dressed in mourning clothes, knelt on both sides of the mountain road, their cries shaking the heavens.
The pillar of the Azure Edge Sect, Azure Edge True Lord, has passed away peacefully.
A cultivator in the Nascent Soul Early Stage has a lifespan of a thousand years.
Azure Edge True Lord had been guarding the sect for nearly a thousand years, but in the end he could not withstand the erosion of time. Liberation by Violence in his secluded cave abode, his body Death Dao soul vanished.
Originally, this news could have been suppressed and kept secret for some time.
Unexpectedly, someone in the sect spread the news, and eventually the matter was brought into the open, becoming known to everyone.
Inside the main hall, True Lord Tongming sat on his throne, his face ashen. He was the only remaining Nascent Soul True Lord of the Azure Edge Sect.
With the death of Azure Edge True Lord, the strength of the Azure Edge Sect plummeted to rock bottom, making it difficult to compete with the other three sects.
If Tongming were to die protecting his sect, he might even face the danger of losing his own life.
If he is not protected, he can simply pass away peacefully.
But the sect was, after all, the place that nurtured him, and the source of his cultivation resources; how could he bear to part with it?
At this moment, the ever-burning lamps in the main hall swayed violently in the wind, just like the Azure Edge Sect, teetering on the verge of collapse...
"Ancestor, the Vast Righteousness School's flying boats have already reached the outskirts of Falling Goose Valley, while the Heavenly Sword School's army of cultivators has set up camp at Soul-Severing Cliff in the east."
"Their stated reason is to pay their respects to Qingfeng."
The elder stopped at the bottom of the steps and bowed in respect.
Upon hearing this, True Lord Tongming almost laughed in anger, "Does a condolence visit require three thousand sword cultivators and twelve city-breaking flying boats?"
"What a joke!"
"Senior Brother Qingfeng just left, and they couldn't even wait until the seventh day after his passing; they're already trying to divide up the Azure Edge Sect's assets..."
"Pass down the order: activate all the key points of the sect's protective formation."
"Move all the Spirit Stone stored in the treasury and fill the array's core. The entire sect, prepare for war!"
True Lord Tongming straightened his sleeves and stepped out of the hall.
"I'd like to see if they dare to completely break off relations!"
Behind the Tai'e Main Peak lies a forbidden area, a thousand-year-old pine forest perpetually shrouded in mist and clouds.
This is the Azure Edge Sect, the dwelling place of its sect's guardian spirit beast. A great White Crane demon, ten zhang long with snow-white wings, is perched on a thousand-year-old spirit pine.
The Great Demon White Crane, with the cultivation of the Golden Core Perfection at its peak.
Possessing the bloodline of High Antiquity and exotic species, and proficient in the arts of Cloud Dao, it possesses formidable combat power. Back then, Azure Edge True Lord went to great lengths to subdue it, even planting a restriction in its sea of consciousness to enslave it for generations.
Now, Azure Edge True Lord has passed away peacefully.
The restriction that had been imprinted deep within the White Crane's sea of consciousness and tormented it for hundreds of years vanished, and it regained its freedom!
The White Crane opened its eyes, a hint of mockery flashing in its pupils.
"Old man, you're finally dead."
"Hahahaha, you bastard, you deserve to die!"
Hahahaha!
The White Crane laughed wildly, but did not immediately retaliate.
He knew very well that the True Lord Tongming was still alive, and that acting rashly would only be courting death; he had to wait for a better opportunity!
Moreover, the Azure Edge Sect imprisoned him for hundreds of years; how could he not avenge this?
To this day --
As the death knell tolled, the spiritual energy of the sect's protective formation began to surge wildly outwards, and a great battle seemed imminent!
The armies of the Vast Righteousness School and the Heavenly Sword School arrived at the gates of the Azure Edge Sect.
Under the guise of offering condolences, the two factions of cultivators began to forcibly attempt to break through the barrier.
Enraged, True Lord Tongming personally took action, engaging in a fierce battle with the Nascent Soul True Lord of both factions in the heavens above, their overwhelming heavenly might stretching endlessly!
A battle between Nascent Soul level cultivators was earth-shattering.
The Azure Edge Sect's protective formation drew away most of the sect's spiritual power, causing the defenses of this forbidden area to plummet to rock bottom.
Now is the perfect opportunity; if we don't act now, when will we?
The great White Crane Demonization a beam of white light, breaking through layers of seals, and then turned into a stream of light, silently sneaking into the treasure pavilion of the Azure Edge Sect.
The defensive array surrounding the treasure pavilion had already had most of its spiritual power drained, and the array's light barrier was extremely dim.
Outside the treasure pavilion, two elders at the Early Golden Core were guarding the area.
A gust of Wind and Cloud blew by, and White Crane quietly landed in front of the two. Both of them were slightly taken aback by this sight.
"Lord Crane, why aren't you staying in the forest?"
"Due to a change in the sect, I was dispatched by True Lord Tongming to guard this place."
The White Crane responded, silently closing the distance between itself and the two, just as they lowered their guard...
Two blinding white lights suddenly burst forth beside White Crane white crane!
Two long, slender feathers detached from the edge of his wings, leaving two straight white lines in the air, instantly piercing through his brow.
Before the two elders could react, their heads exploded!
The White Crane stepped forward, its long beak plucking the Golden Core from the two corpses and swallowing them. Then it removed the storage bag and swallowed it into its stomach space.
Then, with a single kick, he shattered the treasure pavilion's array as if it were nothing.
The White Crane swaggered in.
As soon as it opened its mouth, a terrifying suction force emanated from its abdomen.
He swallowed all the third-tier spiritual herbs, fourth-tier precious materials, top-grade magic Law Artifact and Law Treasure in the jade box, along with the shelves themselves.
They looted the treasure vault.
Before leaving, the great White Crane demon also made a detour to the spirit medicine garden, uprooting several rare, thousand-year-old spirit medicine...
"Consider these hundreds of years of prison food as interest you've paid."
Hahahaha!
Having done all this, the White Crane gazed at the sky and saw True Lord Tongming fighting with two other Nascent Soul True Lord above the clouds, amidst continuous Lei Ming roars.
The White Crane let out a clear cry, its wings fluttered, and it transformed into a streak of light.
In the blink of an eye, it broke through the thin array of light and disappeared into the vast sky.
He possesses a different bloodline; given some time, advancing to the Nascent Soul will be a natural progression.
Even if the sky is high enough for birds to fly freely and the sea is wide enough for fish to swim freely, there is nowhere in this world he cannot go!
I heard the cry of the crane.
At this moment, True Lord Tongming turned back to look at the sect. He probed outward with his Divine Sense and saw that the treasure pavilion had been completely looted, and the spirit medicine garden was in a mess, with all the precious spirit medicine stolen.
His already gloomy face instantly turned purplish-red.
A mouthful of blood spurted from his mouth, his Qi and Blood reversed instantly, and he was overcome with anger and grief.
"You beast, how dare you!"
He tried to break away and give chase, but was stopped by Nascent Soul True Lord from the Vast Righteousness School. A giant bronze sword pierced the heavens and earth, blocking him back.
In the blink of an eye, the White Crane's figure had already merged into the fierce winds high in the sky.
A pure white feather drifted down from the sky and slowly landed in the pool of blood in front of the treasure pavilion, gradually becoming stained with red blood.
The Azure Edge Sect is in complete chaos.
The disciples below, seeing the sect's guardian beast defect and the treasure pavilion destroyed, completely snapped from their already tense nerves.
Some people started rushing outwards, while others began seizing resources from those around them.
Seeing that the situation was already decided, the Vast Righteousness School, Heavenly Sword School, Nether Passage School Sect all tore off their masks and launched a full-scale attack!
In an instant, the entire Liang Kingdom was engulfed in a frenzy of dividing up the Azure Edge Sect!