Chapter 721

454. Keli Becomes the Young Sect Leader of Shushan

Kiana and the others watched the actions of the crowd around them with blank expressions, not knowing what to do for a moment.

With everyone else so uniform and orderly, they had instead become the ones who stood out.

However, Zhongli did not mind and returned to his own meditation cushion to sit properly.

Jiang Yan paused for a moment and continued:

"Thirdly, regarding the previous exploration of the Nine Nether Secret Realm, the opportunity promised to all disciples to choose a Dharma treasure from the sect's treasury can be claimed by you all in these next few days."

"I will notify you of the specific time once I have made the arrangements."

This was truly a good thing, and everyone revealed at least a hint of a smile.

"Fourthly, the Seven Veins Martial Arts Tournament is about to begin. All Peak Masters, Elders, and Dharma Protectors are to tally the members of their seven veins. Those below the mid-stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation and above the early stage of Essence Refining and Qi Transformation may participate."

"This Seven Veins Martial Arts Tournament is the first one since the reconstruction of Shushan, and from now on, it will be established as a grand event held once every hundred years."

"All disciples must take this to heart."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt a tightening in their hearts and nodded heavily.

A Seven Veins Martial Arts Tournament held once every hundred years—it would be a real loss not to participate.

Durandal and the others also firmly memorized the term "Seven Veins Martial Arts Tournament."

This was the golden age of Shushan cultivators, and they had to participate.

"These are the main matters. Aside from these, there are some minor affairs that will be announced by the respective Peak Masters and Elders later."

Jiang Yan's expression became slightly solemn, and he said in a deep voice:

"Next, what I am about to say is something all disciples must listen to carefully. This matter concerns the life and death of Shushan."

Ningguang and the others were greatly alarmed, subconsciously thinking of something.

"Sect Leader, is it about the Evil Sword Immortal..."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan sighed and nodded slightly; the expressions of Zhongli and the others beside him also became somewhat heavy.

"That's right. This time, while heading to the Profound Nether World, I and the various Peak Masters and Elders encountered people from the Heavenly Demon Territory."

"The Profound Nether World has already been invaded by the Heavenly Demon Territory, or in other words, the demonic cultivators of the Profound Nether World have already attached themselves to the Heavenly Demon Territory."

Suddenly, everyone's hearts rose, and Theresa and the others became somewhat panicked.

The Heavenly Demon Territory and the Evil Sword Immortal—these two names were the most terrifying existences they had heard of from Himeko.

They had thought it was very far away, but they didn't expect...

"But Sect Leader, isn't the Profound Nether World a world controlled by Shushan? Why would it be invaded by the Heavenly Demon Territory?"

Ganyu looked at Jiang Yan with some worry, and the latter shook his head.

"The Profound Nether World is indeed one of the Middle Thousand Worlds controlled by Shushan. In its prime, it was also a Great Thousand World."

"But the Profound Nether World is different from the Nine Nether; it was severed by Uncle-Master Mo Yixi himself and turned into a secret realm."

"The Profound Nether World is a complete world. Shushan's control over such a complete world is not as thorough and absolute as it is with the Nine Nether Secret Realm."

"Since the Profound Nether World is a complete world, there is not just one passage."

"Our control over this kind of world is merely that all forces in this world bow down to Shushan."

"The origin of the Profound Nether World is very special."

Jiang Yan sighed, his gaze somewhat distant, and an aura stretching to the end of time permeated the air, causing everyone to quiet down and listen.

"About seventy-three million years ago, in the Chaotic Ancient Era..."

Ningguang and the others felt a jolt in their hearts, seemingly thinking of something. Jiang Yan had mentioned that era before...

It was precisely the time when the battle between the Righteous Alliance and the demonic cultivators was at its most intense.

"It seems you haven't forgotten what I said."

Jiang Yan nodded with satisfaction and said softly:

"That's right, that was the final stage of the chaotic war between the Righteous Alliance and the demonic cultivators."

"Led by the three giants of the righteous path in the cultivation world, the Righteous Alliance had already wiped out most of the demonic cultivator sects in this world."

"The flames of war at that time had spread across all the heavens and myriad worlds, and the number of worlds destroyed in this war reached the tens of millions."

"The demonic cultivators suffered heavy losses; those who died, died, and those who scattered, scattered. They were no longer a threat."

"But even Shushan lost hundreds of Great Thousand Worlds and thousands of Middle Thousand Worlds in that war."

"After the war ended, the Righteous Alliance divided up the demonic cultivator worlds to restore their strength. Among them, Shushan, the Small Lei Yinsi, and the Jixia Academy were allocated the most Great Thousand Worlds."

"But considering that many other sects in the Righteous Alliance had also paid a great price, after discussion, the three giants agreed to select a batch of worlds..."

"As a reward for these sects. The control remained in the hands of the three giants, but other sects could, under permitted circumstances,"

"Send disciples to train or harvest some resources."

"The Profound Nether World was once the sect stronghold of the demonic cultivator sect, the Heavenly Sound Demon Gate."

"It was originally a Great Thousand World, but after the bloodbath by the three Dharma Protector Elders of Shushan, it was downgraded to a Middle Thousand World."

"And the Profound Nether World itself was shattered, with less than one in ten of its resources remaining, so it was naturally placed among that batch of worlds available for other sects to use."

Everyone's expressions became somewhat strange.

Jiang Yan smiled and said softly:

"What, do you think the ancestors of that time were being unfair?"

Kiana and the others didn't dare to answer, but they did indeed think so in their hearts.

Those sects fought tooth and nail, and in the end, after finally solving the trouble, they couldn't get many good things?

Jiang Yan chuckled and said calmly:

"Strength is the rule of the cultivation world. If you lack strength, you must endure such injustice."

"It is their honor that Shushan gives it to them. If they are not satisfied, there are so many destroyed sects that one more wouldn't matter."

"Even if they know they are at a disadvantage, they have to endure it. In the cultivation world, without strength, you deserve to suffer injustice."

Everyone was speechless, but thinking about it carefully, it was indeed the truth.

With the strength of the three giants, even if they swallowed it all, they would still have to shamelessly say it was what they deserved.

Resist?

Do you really think the three giants don't kill?

Kiana and the others intuitively witnessed the darkness of the cultivation world.

For a moment, they felt somewhat conflicted.

"Of course, Shushan is not an unreasonable sect. We don't mind distributing some benefits to the Righteous Alliance that participated in the war."

"But unfortunately, what did they do?"

Jiang Yan sneered and said calmly:

"The Righteous Alliance had a total of 423 experts in the Void-Refining and Dao-Integrating stage, and Shushan, the Small Lei Yinsi, and the Jixia Academy provided 407 of them."

"Shushan provided a full 194 Dharma Protectors and Elders in the Void-Refining and Dao-Integrating stage."

"In other words, this war to exterminate demons by the Righteous Alliance was almost entirely the war of the three giants of the righteous path in the cultivation world."

"What did the other sects help us with?"

"They even turned against us under the public opinion attacks of the demonic cultivators."

"Not settling the score with them in detail afterwards is already considered merciful."

Jiang Yan was only explaining so much because he had just broken through and was in a good mood.

In his view, those sects of that time didn't deserve any benefits.

The battles were all fought by the three giants; what did it have to do with them?

Logistics?

Back then, the three giants each commanded three thousand Great Thousand Worlds; did they need them to provide logistics?

To put it simply...

They couldn't do anything right, but they were number one at playing mind games.

It was already good enough that they weren't wiped out as demonic cultivators; what more could they want?

Theresa and the others were somewhat enlightened, and in their hearts, they suddenly felt that Shushan had also been at a disadvantage back then.

This kind of thing really wasn't necessary to distribute to them.

455. Otto Schemes Against the Heavenly Demon Territory?

"And then, Sect Leader?"

Hu Tao blinked her large eyes and looked at Jiang Yan expectantly.