Chapter 376

376. Chapter 369 The Great Void Sect Aims to Devour the Forces of Huanyu

In the headquarters of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion in Huanyu City, representatives of the righteous forces such as the Fuyang Sect gathered together, each holding the latest report on the Great Void Sect recently collected by the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion. Countless sects stared at the contents of the report, and their faces involuntarily twitched.

Although the Great Void Sect is a branch of the Slaughter Ghost Sect, its development speed has astonished everyone present. In just a few months, the Great Void Sect has introduced various profitable methods, and its disciples have secretly reached eighty thousand in number.

Eighty thousand disciples may be insignificant compared to the disciple counts of the Ten Great Sects of Huanyu, but for a newly emerged force to attract so many disciples in such a short time is thought-provoking, indicating that the Great Void Sect has tremendous development potential.

"The Great Void Sect gathers cultivators within a thousand-li radius centered on Silver Broken City. Our shops have suffered heavy losses in recent months, and even our disciples privately collude with Great Void Sect members, constantly preparing to defect. If not stopped, it will harm the foundation of our sect." Situ Fang spoke slowly, word by word, coldly.

Lu Yan Valley attacked the Great Void Sect twice, each time being slaughtered to the last man. Elders of great strength such as Tu Tianyue fell among them, and even the sect's supreme treasure, the Lunlun Shuttle, was lost.

As the person in charge of Lu Yan Valley in the Primordial Spiritual Realm, he was scolded bloody by the main body of Lu Yan Valley and must find a way to retrieve the sect's supreme treasure, the Lunlun Shuttle. The Lunlun Shuttle embodies the wisdom of Lu Yan Valley's formation masters and artifact masters, and in the Primordial Spiritual Realm, which has not been fully developed, it plays an irreplaceable role.

Because the Primordial Spiritual Realm, whether the Heavenly Abyss or many relics, has formations guarding them, having the Lunlun Shuttle, a formation-breaking secret treasure, can greatly save time in breaking formations.

In the Primordial Spiritual Realm, whoever discovers a secret realm or ancient cave dwelling and breaks the formation quickly will gain more opportunities. This is also the fundamental reason why the Huanyu branch of Lu Yan Valley brought the Lunlun Shuttle into the Primordial Spiritual Realm.

However, when Tu Tianyue attacked the Great Void Sect with the intention of monopolizing the proxy business, the Lunlun Shuttle was actually seized together by the Great Void Sect. The high-level members of Lu Yan Valley, upon learning this, almost made Situ Fang into a cauldron for alchemy.

"Everyone, this matter still needs long-term consideration.

After all, the Great Void Sect is backed by the Slaughter Ghost Sect. Lightly starting a war fears triggering a great war between the righteous and evil paths, and heavy losses would not be worth it."

Long Zhan Tian of the Tianlong Sect, whose eyes flickered slightly, was appointed as the representative of the Tianlong Sect, but no one knows that he has been transformed by earth cultivators from the Slaughter Ghost Sect's headquarters. Now, among the righteous, he acts as a spy, transmitting various messages for the earth cultivators.

Upon hearing Lu Yan Valley's Situ Fang say they want to attack the Great Void Sect, he felt very unwilling in his heart, for he could easily expose his identity at any moment. If the Tianlong Sect knew he had already become a traitor, they would surely mercilessly erase him.

"What Long Zhan Tian said is correct.

If attacking the Great Void Sect provokes retaliation from the Slaughter Ghost Sect, evil cultivators seeing the righteous path bullying the few will surely assist the Slaughter Ghost Sect, leading to a great war between righteous and evil paths, in which the righteous path can gain no benefit at all.

In fact, we could also emulate the Great Void Sect, conducting corresponding activities in various cities to compete with it. Is our foundation really unable to compare with this newly risen sect, the Great Void Sect?" Zifu Zitian spoke in an orderly manner.

Among those present, he and Long Zhan Tian are allies serving the earth cultivators, both knowing the impact war would bring upon themselves, so they directly spoke out in opposition.

The chief steward of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, upon hearing this, frowned tightly.

Sun Min and Du Wuliang, Li Shixiong of the Great Void Sect seized a few cultivators' small braids from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, secretly defrauding them of thirty million Tian Jing. He and Wu Feng secretly deceived the high-level members of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, covertly operating to make up the missing thirty million Tian Jing in the treasury.

To say they do not hate the Great Void Sect and the Slaughter Ghost Sect is impossible, but once they attack the Great Void Sect, they fear Sun Min exposing the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's small braids to the public, at which point the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion would lose face greatly.

However, if they do not trouble the Great Void Sect, the various methods the Great Void Sect has introduced to lure benefits from the Primordial Spiritual Realm will greatly harm the interests of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, impacting it immensely, after all, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion conducts business in Huanyu.

They are most clear about the potential commercial value of the Great Void Sect's "Pinxi Xi" business and "Bei Ye" business. Once the mysterious penguin jade slip is thoroughly promoted in the Primordial Spiritual Realm, it will monopolize all business in the Primordial Spiritual Realm, and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's physical business will suffer severe losses there.

As for Zitian Du's suggestion of emulating the Great Void Sect's method of monopolizing resources, the chief steward deemed it unfeasible.

The Ten Great Righteous Sects of Huanyu appear united, but in reality, they secretly compete and friction. If they pool resources, how should resources be distributed? How should the pooled resources be supervised? How should the final benefits be allocated? If there happens to be a high-level disciple who embezzles for personal gain, how should they be dealt with?

These are key issues affecting the success or failure of righteous sects' commercial activities, especially the penguin communication jade slip, this divine communication treasure they cannot figure out.

To develop business quickly, the Great Void Sect distributes jade slips to both sect disciples and loose cultivators, as long as cultivators are willing. The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion has collected many for research, yet many components in the jade slip have never been seen in the Huanyu Cultivation World, and the runes on it are extremely strange, almost never appearing in the Huanyu Cultivation World, feeling alien. The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is currently trying every means to decipher it.

"Shouldn't the law enforcement halls of the various sects also know that disciples hold penguin jade slips? Can one think of a truly terrifying matter: why does the Great Void Sect freely give penguin communication jade slips to Huanyu cultivators?

The research investment for such a treasure will surely be enormous, and the manufacturing cost will certainly not be small either.

The Great Void Sect freely giving these to Huanyu cultivators is too kind-hearted, truly serving Huanyu cultivators for free.

When things are abnormal, there must be a demon. I truly do not believe the Great Void Sect is so kind-hearted." Elder Lei Zhe of the Fenglei Pavilion's headquarters pondered for a moment, then spoke decisively.

Not long ago.

In the headquarters of the Fenglei Pavilion in the Huanyu Cultivation World, the soul lamp of his son, Lei Wuyá, suddenly shattered. When he returned to check, Lei Wuyá had completely lost vitality. Thinking of the recent mysterious monks of the Slaughter Ghost Sect,

he guessed it must be the monks of the Slaughter Ghost Sect's headquarters in the Primordial Spiritual Realm, yet there is no evidence.

Even if he personally went to the Slaughter Ghost Sect's headquarters to demand justice, it would be useless, for the Slaughter Ghost Sect is a powerful evil sect, so powerful that even birds ignore him. Lei Zhe's anger could not act in the Slaughter Ghost Sect, and he was instead beaten into severe injury by the joint effort of the Slaughter Ghost Sect's elders.

Lei Zhe's fury rose three zhang high. Again, he used a secret device to suppress his realm, wanting to investigate the fall of Lei Wuyá in the Primordial Spiritual Realm to get to the bottom of it. Upon hearing that the righteous sects would unite against the Great Void Sect, and as the Great Void Sect is a new branch of the Slaughter Ghost Sect, Lei Zhe was very willing.

However, judging by the current opinions and expressions of the major sects regarding attacking the Great Void Sect, many sects are secretly silent and unwilling to act.

"According to Elder Lei's idea, what is the Great Void Sect doing for what purpose?" Xihan of the Taiyin Shengdi asked, frowning upon hearing it.

The Taiyin Shengdi is the leader of the Ten Great Righteous Forces of Huanyu, and it will not intervene in Huanyu Cultivation World affairs unless the righteous path faces life and death. This period, the name of the newly risen Great Void Sect is too great; if other cultivators had established it, the Taiyin Shengdi would absolutely not interfere. But the Great Void Sect's background is the Slaughter Ghost Sect, which is very thought-provoking.

If the Slaughter Ghost Sect truly intends to turn evil forces into righteous forces, then the Great Void Sect is the opportunity. The development of the Great Void Sect will surely divide the interests of the righteous path, so the Taiyin Shengdi will absolutely not stand by idly. Therefore, after hearing the suggestions of Lu Yan Valley and the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, the chief steward of the Taiyin Shengdi dispatched him to preside over this righteous discussion concerning the Great Void Sect.

Lei Zhe, upon hearing it, slowly opened his mouth and said.

"It is well known that cultivators of Huanyu need vast amounts of resources for their cultivation. Countless cultivators join various great sects for this, enjoying sect resources and fighting for the sect.

However, the elders of the great sects all know that the sect does not exclude disciples fighting each other. On one hand, it is to eliminate the inferior and retain the superior, removing disciples of poor quality. On the other hand, it is to select the most outstanding disciples. Thus, sect resources appear to be distributed fairly on the surface, but in reality, due to differences in disciple strength, the resources allocated to the weak cannot be guarded, and ultimately only fall into the hands of the strong disciples.

The strength of disciples in the great sects varies: the strong become stronger, the weak become weaker. This method of cultivating disciples is used even more cruelly in evil forces."

Lei Zhe said this, seeing the elders of other sects all nodding in agreement, gazing at him, and then spoke again.

"The penguin communication jade slips freely given to Huanyu cultivators, even if righteous and evil cultivators willing can receive them, the jade slip constantly promotes the idea of 'equality, autonomy,' which is exactly opposite to what the various sects do.

Many sect members with grievances against their sect, after long-term infiltration by the information on the penguin jade slip, will subtly lose their sense of belonging to their sect, and thus betray it.

Sects can eliminate traitors with thunderous means, but the penguin jade slip is endless; that kind of free and equal thought will continually infiltrate the disciples of all great sects. Can all great sects really kill off all their disciples?"

Upon Lei Zhe's words reaching this point, all the sect elders present gasped in unison, as if enlightened, finally understanding the severity of the impact of the Great Void Sect's penguin communication jade slips on all great sects.

For the great forces of Huanyu to develop and acquire resources, they must enter the Primordial Spiritual Realm to explore. As the Great Void Sect's penguin communication jade slips spread wider and wider, disciples in the sect will intentionally or unintentionally come into contact with or hear various information related to the Great Void Sect.

Cultivators are also people, and people are selfish.

When a cultivator finds that their contribution in their own sect cannot be tied to their labor's fruits, yet other cultivators can obtain their labor's value in the Great Void Sect, they will surely feel unbalanced in their hearts. When this inner imbalance reaches its extreme, the cultivator will choose to betray and side with the more advantageous party.

Lei Zhe's words, as the Great Void Sect develops, make such a scenario entirely possible.

The Great Void Sect's free distribution of penguin communication jade slips is to infiltrate all great sects, so that without fighting, they can ultimately achieve the complete collapse of all great sects silently. This plot is simply too shocking to the world.

"What a Great Void Sect, the heretical evil sect's righteousness wounds the foundation of the righteous path, absolutely cannot be allowed to remain." Situ Fang of Lu Yan Valley, face icy cold, slammed the table hard and spoke fiercely.

Lei Zhe is indeed worthy of being the powerful law enforcement elder of the Fenglei Pavilion; his thoughts are meticulous, directly perceiving the root of the Great Void Sect. If not for pointing out at this moment the purpose of the Great Void Sect's free giving of penguin jade slips, these righteous forces would still be kept in the dark.

The Huanyu Cultivation World respects strength and plunders Huanyu's resources. Strong cultivators have families and sects, naturally aiming to enslave the weak. This rule has already existed in the Huanyu Cultivation World for myriad ages. Now someone, with the banner of heretical evil sect, destroys this balance. No sect will act in a way that allows its survival.

"What a Slaughter Ghost Sect, its heart to dominate Huanyu is not dead.

We have long wondered why the great evil force would establish a righteous force. Originally, they planned to use the righteous identity to give out penguin jade slips, plotting to devour all great forces of Huanyu with heretical evil teachings. For the balance of the Huanyu Cultivation World, we absolutely cannot allow the Great Void Sect to continue developing." Elder Lai Mingzhetong of the Great Void Sect stood up with a shout, killing intent rising.

"What Elder Lai said is correct. The great righteous-evil war was entirely provoked by the Slaughter Ghost Sect."

The righteous path, in order to uphold sect interests and occupy the moral high ground, declared that the Qingxu Sect must not exist. The steward of Lu Yan Valley, Situ Fang, flashed killing intent in his eyes and echoed the statement.

Since you all agree to attack the Qingxu Sect, the Tianji Pavilion will also contribute its strength.

However, when attacking the Qingxu Sect, we need to employ a supreme grand formation to seal off space and prevent the Qingxu Sect traitors from escaping. The Wan Zhu Shi of the Tianji Pavilion had flickering eyes, a solemn expression appearing in his gaze as he spoke.

Sun Min possesses something related to the Tianji Pavilion's reputation. As long as we surround Sun Min, Duan Wuliang, and Li Shixiong within the Qingxu Sect, once the grand formation traps the Qingxu Sect disciples, even if Sun Min reveals his connection to the Tianji Pavilion, only a few major sects will know. We can completely unite and discuss keeping it concealed.

Since you have already decided on the outcome, I shall return to the Taiyin Shengdi to report this matter.

Surely the master of the holy land will not sit idly by while the Qingxu Sect develops and grows, disrupting the balance among the major powers of Huanyu. Xi Lan, seeing that the major powers had reached a decision, rose to speak, then exchanged a few polite words with those present before departing.

The Fuyang Sect, Fenglei Pavilion, and Tai Xu Men also departed in haste.

If a great war is to be fought, troops must be mobilized, and many preparations are required. Behind the Qingxu Sect lies the Shagui Sect; if the righteous path seeks to destroy the Qingxu Sect, the Shagui Sect will certainly not stand by idly. This will be a hard-fought battle.

Long Zhan Tian and Zi Tian exchanged glances, both showing a hint of helplessness on their faces. They must hurry to relay the news to Qin Shi Huang of the Shagui Sect, so he may properly prepare for the Qingxu Sect war, and inquire about what they should do next.

In the war between the righteous and heretical paths, if they act as spies, they must be extremely cautious in every move; otherwise, exposing their identity will not only bring disaster upon themselves but also upon their families, leaving no room for carelessness.

Within the Qingxu Sect.

The Tiger King, Golden Peng King, Zhou Yi, Zheng Lin, Sun Zhenbang, and other Earth cultivators were all seated inside the main hall of deliberation. Those Earth cultivators brought from the Daci Fortress were deeply hidden within the underground palace.

"Everyone, the First Emperor has already sent a message.

The ten major righteous powers of Huanyu, led by the Taiyin Shengdi, have united with the Fuyang Sect, Tianlong Men, Zifu, Bibo Palace, Fenglei Pavilion, Tai Xu Men, and Lu Yan Valley—seven major righteous powers. Eight major sects will join forces to attack the Qingxu Sect, aiming to exterminate us in our cradle.

In this great war, do you all have any countermeasures?" Qingwei Daozhang spoke with a stern expression.

"Tsk tsk.

The righteous forces attacking the Qingxu Sect this time are rather numerous.

If we were in the Universe Cultivation World, we would certainly avoid their sharp edge, but here is the Primordial Spirit Realm.

The Earth cultivators who are demon masters have already completed their Golden Core formation; this is perfect for letting the first wave of Earth cultivators test their combat strength."

The Tiger King's voice rang loud, demonic might surging across his body, with no fear in his heart.

They came this time from the Daci Fortress, and also brought secret weapons sent by demon master emissaries from Earth; they have already begun installing the Earth cultivators' underground devices within the Qingxu Sect. (End of chapter)