Chapter 588: Chapter 401: New System

Celestial Cloud Sect, First Sub-Sect.

Xue Ren was one of the Elders of the Battle Peak here.

Upon learning that the Dragon Demon Palace was making a move against their Celestial Cloud Sect, he, as a Battle Peak Elder, immediately went to accept a mission.

Xue Ren was born in the Earth Realm of the Original Celestial Demon Sect and was one of the earliest disciples recruited by the First Sub-Sect.

He was already fifty years old this year and had been cultivating for forty years.

Unlike many Sect Elders, Xue Ren was a stickler for details. To put it nicely, he was persistent; to put it bluntly, he was bullheaded and inflexible.

Having studied the Celestial Cloud Sect’s history of the past century, he knew the sect’s First Sub-Sect was built on the former site of the Original Celestial Demon Sect.

The Celestial Cloud Sect referred to other cultivation paths as Evil Demons and Crooked Paths.

At first, he hadn’t thought so. He believed that the authors of books always had their own biases, so he needed to verify their claims by gathering more information.

Later, he learned about the cultivation paths of Demons, Ghost Cultivators, and Blood Demons.

These paths required borrowing the power of external objects, the power they cultivated was impure, and they all consumed Spiritual Qi.

From that moment on, he understood that the sect’s words were true. All other cultivation paths were Evil Demons and Crooked Paths, not pure like their own cultivation of Spiritual Power.

It was also from that moment that he set a goal for himself: to use his own limited strength to change the current situation, however much he could, and to save more people from going astray.

If the Celestial Cloud Sect hadn’t destroyed the Celestial Demon Sect and occupied its Earth Realm, he might have become a Demon by now, cultivating impure Demon Power and eventually turning into a half-human, half-demon monster.

Now, his chance had come. The sect was going to take action against the Dragon Demon Palace.

He directly accepted the most dangerous mission available, one that required him to venture deep into the Dragon Demon Palace’s Earth Realm.

’It’s a shame I don’t have an Abnormal Spirit Root. I’m just a Dual Spirit Roots Cultivator.’

Having Dual Spirit Roots was already excellent talent, surpassing the vast majority of Cultivators, but Xue Ren was not satisfied with this.

He knew that with the current conditions within the sect, as long as one was an Abnormal Spirit Root Cultivator and became one of the sect’s Core Formation Seeds, there was an eighty to ninety percent chance of successfully reaching Core Formation in the future.

Only after successfully reaching Core Formation and possessing even greater power could he do more.

With his Dual Spirit Roots, his probability of successfully reaching Core Formation without the aid of any Core Formation Spiritual Objects was only about ten percent.

Spirit Root Talent was one kind of talent, and there were other kinds as well, but he had basically no talent in other areas. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have become an Elder of the Battle Peak.

’Enough of this... Time to carry out the mission!’

Xue Ren shook his head slightly. After finishing his preparations, he left the First Sub-Sect and headed for the Dragon Demon Palace’s Earth Realm.

This was the first mission related to his personal ideals that he had accepted since becoming a Sect Elder.

He had to complete it perfectly!

His resolve firm, Xue Ren’s speed increased.

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Wind Ling Sect.

Forces within the sect began to gather continuously.

The Sect Leader and five Supreme Elders appeared in the same place.

The Wind Ling Sect currently had a total of six Core Formation cultivators, the most in its entire history.

Among the four sects, their Wind Ling Sect had the shortest history and was also the weakest of the Core Formation Sects.

With the Celestial Cloud Sect’s help in refining more Third Tier pills for them, especially the crucial Golden Core Pills, the strength of their upper echelon had increased considerably. However, their overall power was still the lowest among the four sects.

This was because Star Moon Valley and the Vast Sea Sect also had the Celestial Cloud Sect’s help.

For Core Formation Sects like theirs, Third Tier pills were simply too critical.

"Has the Dragon Demon Palace lost its mind? To actually take the initiative to strike at the Celestial Cloud Sect."

"Hahaha, it’s best if they have lost their minds. This is a great opportunity for us."

"The sooner the Dragon Demon Palace is eliminated, the better it is for our development. When that time comes, thirty percent of the Dragon Demon Palace’s Earth Realm will be ours."

The matter of how they and the Celestial Cloud Sect would divide the Dragon Demon Palace’s territory after its elimination had been decided long ago.

The Celestial Cloud Sect would take seventy percent, and they would take thirty.

For them, thirty percent of the Dragon Demon Palace’s Earth Realm was more than enough. The Celestial Cloud Sect would definitely be the main force in eliminating the Dragon Demon Palace; they were merely support. This was especially true for the final assault on the Dragon Demon Palace’s main sect grounds, which would rely on the Celestial Cloud Sect deploying a massive amount of power.

"In dealing with the Dragon Demon Palace, we should do more in the initial stages. The final cleanup will still depend on the Celestial Cloud Sect."

"I know. It’s about that mysterious Spirit Refiner the Demons keep talking about!"

"The Demons still think the mysterious Spirit Refiner is from the Purple Mist Sect."

"The later they figure out the truth, the more advantageous it is for us."

Within the Wind Ling Sect, Vast Sea Sect, and Star Moon Valley, specific information about the mysterious Spirit Refiner was only circulated among the highest echelons of the sects. The vast majority of mid-level Elders were unaware.

"Regarding how to deal with the Dragon Demon Palace now, if any of you has a plan of action, please share it."

The upper echelon of the Wind Ling Sect began to discuss the operation, contributing one after another.

Unlike the Celestial Cloud Sect, which was only mobilizing a small portion of its strength, the Wind Ling Sect was deploying the majority of its forces.

Within the Celestial Cloud Sect, the main sect accounted for sixty percent of its power. Of the other two major sub-sects, the First Sub-Sect only accounted for about twenty-five percent.

"...Alright, it’s settled then!"

Once the plan was finalized, the Wind Ling Sect’s upper echelon relayed the relevant information down the chain of command.

Both sects had already dispatched numerous Foundation Establishment Cultivators to infiltrate the Dragon Demon Palace’s Earth Realm.

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Dragon Demon Palace Earth Realm.

White Bear Mountain, a Foundation Establishment Influence, was one of the Dragon Demon Palace’s vassal powers.

This place was near the Earth Realm of the Original Celestial Demon Sect, which naturally meant it was now close to the Celestial Cloud Sect.

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