Chapter 631: Great Love True Person Appears in the Northern Plains

Jiang Ding listened quietly to the current situation in the Northern Plains.

Overall, the hidden moves planted by the Dari Sect and the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong during the two-hundred-year war succeeded; dozens of rebel armies simultaneously performed the Heaven-Sacrifice Ritual, and ultimately seven rebel armies, including Blood-Flowing Cloud, successfully evaded the karmic perception set by Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun ten thousand years ago, gaining the protection of Dragon Qi.

The Northern Plains have now become a chaotic mess.

The rebel armies have seized various third-grade spiritual veins to hold their ground, turning the great families upside down and leaving them in a state of panic.

The only forbidden zone for these rebel armies is the area within a thousand li of the fourth-grade spiritual vein; they dare not enter this range, as the protection of Dragon Qi will fail within it.

This was the design of Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun back then, to avoid forcing the Nascent Soul True Persons into a desperate situation, leaving room for maneuver.

Otherwise, no matter how mysterious the karmic arts are, with generations of Nascent Soul True Persons exhausting themselves, the karmic arts would collapse after ten thousand years, contradicting his original ideal of a dynasty lasting ten thousand generations.

This is also a solid defensive circle that can block the entry of external Nascent Souls.

Alas, the Dari Sect found a loophole and deceived heaven and sea.

"Blood-Flowing Cloud is the strongest among all the rebel armies, thus attracting the siege of the Liu Dao Sect, the Bingxuedian, and the Zhenjun He Huan Sect. The Iron Family's great army relies on cities and spiritual veins to hold the borders, resisting the great armies of the Dari Sect and the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong, barely holding on."

Chun Chun Jian introduced.

"In this case,"

Jiang Ding said indifferently: "Has the Dari Sect or the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong already achieved victory before the Thousand-Year Wang Ting War even began?"

The Zhengmo Alliance's strength was already at a disadvantage compared to the two sects, and now it is further scattered; the outcome might already be destined.

"Young Master, it is not so."

Unexpectedly, Chun Chun Jian shook his head: "Although the great armies of the Dari Sect and the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong are cooperating, their mutual hostility and caution are severe, causing heavy internal friction, and the Iron Family's cities have not fallen despite prolonged sieges."

"The rebel armies are not lackeys of the two sects; each has its own calculations."

"Furthermore, Heaven-Sacrifice Rituals have also appeared within the territories of the Dari Sect and the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong. People are carving out kingdoms in remote places, mostly legitimate bloodlines of Northern Plains families secretly infiltrating the territories. Dozens or even hundreds of places suddenly launched attacks; under the restraint of the Zhengmo Alliance's Nascent Souls, the two sects could not react in time, and many cities protected by Dragon Qi have also appeared within their territories, making the Nascent Soul True Persons dare not act rashly."

"They are stealing each other's bases?"

Jiang Ding was stunned.

The Northern Plains have become a chaotic mess.

Jin Dan cultivators and Foundation Establishment Qi Refining cultivators are fighting in military formations everywhere, while Nascent Soul True Persons sit high in the clouds, watching the lower cultivators below fight to the death.

This fits the normal state of war in the Cultivation World.

"However, the Zhengmo Alliance as a whole should be at a disadvantage, right?"

Jiang Ding guessed.

Within the territories of the Northern Plains families, chaos already existed; there were many non-surname Jin Dan cultivators, scattered Jin Dan cultivators, and collateral branch Jin Dan cultivators who were not members of the ruling group and could not share in the benefits. One could say it was a vast, extremely dry grassland where a single spark would ignite a prairie fire.

The territories of the Dari Sect and the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong were not like this.

They absorbed every Jin Dan they could, not distinguishing friend from foe by surname or by legitimate versus collateral branches. Although there were still cruel struggles among various factions within for benefits, they did not push the majority of high-level cultivators to the opposite side.

Even if the Northern Plains families ignited fires everywhere, without deep-seated reasons, it would not be easy to start a prairie fire.

"Young Master, that is exactly how it is."

Chun Chun Jian showed an expression of admiration: "The Northern Plains families launched over a hundred Heaven-Sacrifice Rituals in the territories of the two sects; basically, every time there was a response, and all succeeded, as the legitimate bloodline is naturally so... Then, they were constantly extinguished by the Jin Dan of the two sects, and the rebel armies in various places are fleeing, with no sign of spreading."

"However, there is one exception: a person from the Iron Family successfully led a great army to perform the Heaven-Sacrifice Ritual within the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong, gained the support of many Jin Dan cultivators within the territory, and temporarily established a foothold."

"Oh? Who is this person?"

Jiang Ding was surprised.

Within the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong, there should be no room for the growth of rebel armies.

In such an environment, anyone who can still achieve success must be a hero of the times, and perhaps in the future, they might meet again among the Nascent Souls, becoming either enemies or friends.

"This person's name is Gu Yue."

"Also known as Tie Yue, from the Southern Border, with the title Great Love True Person."

Chun Chun Jian introduced: "It is said that his biological father and mother were both of legitimate bloodline; his father was a Jin Dan of the Iron Family, but their union did not follow the arrangements of their respective families, defying the matchmakers appointed by the elders. Because of a private romance between a man and a woman, they united privately without any witness from the legitimate bloodline of the Iron Family."

"Therefore, although Gu Yue has legitimate bloodline, he is not regarded as legitimate but as material for the Bloodline and Spiritual Root Sacrifice Technique, a collateral branch disciple."

"When Gu Yue was young, his parents, to avoid him being sacrificed, took him to live in the Southern Border. Only until recent years, when his parents had already passed away, did he return home to acknowledge his ancestors and claim his lineage."

"During the war, he established many merits for the Iron Family, yet he still held the status of a collateral branch member."

"This person did not mind, remaining utterly loyal."

"This time, he was sent to the Northern Plains, a place of nine deaths and one life; it is heard that he volunteered for the mission, earning the admiration of many legitimate bloodline members of the Iron Family, who secretly felt ashamed."

"Then why is he called Great Love True Person?"

Jiang Ding asked curiously.

A Daoist title is different from a name; it is not something one is born with but is closely related to a cultivator's experiences.

A cultivator from the Tie family of Guishan, taking 'Love' as his Daoist title.

This seems somewhat unreasonable.

"This... I do not know."

Chun Chun Jian was equally puzzled: "It is heard that he is a person devoted to Buddhism, supremely good and kind, who would carefully avoid even moths flying in the sky, unable to bear to harm them. In duels with peers, even against utterly evil villains, he would not strike to kill, only injuring them at most, and often urged others to drop their weapons and become Buddhas on the spot."

"Within the family, he also helped others wholeheartedly, possessing no surplus wealth, and often covered the retreat for his own clan members on the battlefield."

"Even when encountering cultivators from the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong and the Dari Sect who were injured, after ensuring his own safety, he would patiently treat them. Gradually, a reputation spread; he was admired and mocked by many cultivators in the Northern Plains, who secretly called him Great Fool True Person."

"Did the Zhengmo Alliance's Nascent Souls not kill him?"

Jiang Ding asked.

Many Nascent Soul True Persons are old-fashioned, valuing rules and disliking eccentricity; simply for the act of saving an enemy, casually killing him would be common.

"They did."

"Oh?"

"They did, but he escaped."

Chun Chun Jian was also somewhat amazed by the intelligence: "There were three times when a Zhengmo Alliance Nascent Soul True Person and once a Dari Sect Nascent Soul True Person attacked him, but he escaped each time. Afterwards, he learned no lesson and continued to act according to his own will."

"Later, because the harm wasn't great, he often rescued people from both sides indiscriminately, and gradually no one paid him any mind."

"I heard the reason he went to the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong this time was that one of his cousin's daughters within the Tie family had been chosen, and she came begging him."

"Then True Person Great Love voluntarily took his cousin's daughter's place and went to the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong to perform the Heaven Worship Ceremony, successfully obtaining the recognition of the Dragon Qi."

"His momentum rapidly expanded, leaving the Master Shuoyang Qingse Jianzong with no recourse."

(End of Chapter)