Chapter 104: First Hearing of the War to Seize the Dao

"Gather!"

Inside the cave dwelling, as the True Person of Bupian Peak spoke the Daoist sound and wildly urged his magic power, the soul of "Chen Xinan," which had nearly scattered, finally regained stability.

"Am I still alive? Father?"

Watching Chen Xinan gradually come to his senses, the True Person of Bupian Peak wore a gentle expression and smiled, saying, "I knew my son was not that sort of vulgar person."

Clearly, while helping Chen Xinan reassemble his soul, the True Person of Bupian Peak had already calculated the cause and effect; after Liu Xin lost the protection of the divine talisman, the events of the past could no longer be hidden, and the banner spirit Chen Xinan, having borrowed the causality of the original body and carrying the divine talisman with him, could perfectly conceal the heavenly secrets.

After all that, the True Person of Bupian Peak actually detected nothing amiss.

In his calculation, the sequence of events was that Chen Xinan had been secretly harmed by the Preternatural Daoist, fallen into the state of a banner spirit controlled by Liu Xin, yet relied on wisdom to turn the tables and kill him.

"Regardless, as long as you are unharmed, that is what matters."

The True Person of Bupian Peak sighed, and although the banner spirit Chen Xinan outwardly displayed a look of being moved, not a single ripple rose in his heart.

'I am sorry, Father.'

'I am already the Old Master's man.'

Holding Chen Xinan's soul, the True Person of Bupian Peak took a single step back to the summit of Bupian Peak, then immediately pinched earth to form a human, carefully placing the soul inside.

"Rest assured, this is only temporary; this incident happened because you were schemed against by that Preternatural Daoist. With your father here, you only need to rest for ten-plus years to restore your cultivation to its peak; I can also reshape your physical body for you, and in time, you will still have the chance to assault the Foundation Establishment realm!"

The True Person of Bupian Peak said patiently.

Clearly, he had taken Chen Xinan's silence as dejection after a setback, which prompted him to speak up and comfort him; at first glance, his doting affection for his son overflowed.

Chen Xinan casually agreed, but in his heart, he thought of Lu Yang's mission.

"Father, with my current state, can I really assault the Foundation Establishment?" Chen Xinan looked up, revealing a touch of appropriately timed dejection on his face.

"Of course you can!"

Hearing this, the True Person of Bupian Peak smiled slightly and said, "I possess a Foundation Establishment treasure in my hand, named Creation Jade Mud; I intend to use it to reshape your physical body for you."

"In this way, you will have a ten percent chance of success in assaulting the Foundation Establishment from the start."

"Next, as long as you cultivate the Thought-Severing technique to see my Heavenly Silkworm Secret, combined with the Zheng San Pin true qi of the Bupian True Scripture, you will have a thirty percent chance of successfully establishing the Foundation."

These are all just ordinary methods.

Having been repeatedly forged by Lu Yang, Chen Xinan was now utterly loyal to Lu Yang; at this moment, he only thought about whether he could help the Old Master spy on the precious resources within the Holy Sect.

"Thirty percent... will that not be too little?"

Chen Xinan sighed: "Father, I do not wish to gamble on a thirty percent chance; if possible, I would like to have more certainty before assaulting the Foundation Establishment."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, the True Person of Bupian Peak was momentarily stunned, then revealed a gratified expression, nodding and saying, "Good; since you have this thought, how could your father blame you? To speak of other plans to increase the success rate, they are not non-existent; I recall that some days ago a True Lord emerged from seclusion and issued an order to reopen the War between Righteousness and Demons."

"The War between Righteousness and Demons?"

Chen Xinan was momentarily stunned, and the divine sense of Lu Yang within his body also overheard this conversation, similarly feeling curious: is the War between Righteousness and Demons related to breaking through to Foundation Establishment?

Seeing Chen Xinan's confused expression, the True Person of Bupian Peak immediately smiled and said:

"It is normal for you not to know this matter; after all, you grew up in the Cloud Sea Reaching Heaven, and as my offspring, you could not access matters of this nature."

"Do you think, why do we fight Jiangnan until our heads are broken and blood flows?"

Hearing this, Chen Xinan instinctively said, "Because Righteousness and Demons cannot stand together."

"That is nonsense!"

The True Person of Bupian Peak shook his head: "Jiangnan and Jiangbei both follow the 'Path of Shaping and Ascension'; it is only that their styles differ; Righteousness and Demons are merely titles."

"Would you fight to the death for a title?"

Speaking thus, the True Person of Bupian Peak pointed to the sky above: "The so-called War between Righteousness and Demons is, in essence, a contest among the various True Lords, fighting for the lineage of their schools!"

"If our Holy Sect wins, pushing one step forward into Jiangnan, the fruit positions of the various True Lords can extend into Jiangnan, and their cultivation will strengthen by one degree. If the Sword Pavilion wins, killing into Jiangbei, the fruit positions of the various True Lords will also weaken because of it; rather than a War between Righteousness and Demons, it is better called a War to Seize the Dao!"

"For this reason, most of the True Persons of the Holy Sect are stationed in various places across Jiangnan."

"Including disciples at the Qi Refining stage; the Cloud Sea Reaching Heaven is merely a place to cultivate new disciples; the battlefield of the War to Seize the Dao is the true place for raising insects in a pot!"

"Most of the True Persons of our Holy Sect also emerged from there."

"It is because the impact of the fruit positions brought by the outcome of the War to Seize the Dao is not only useful for True Lords, but also of great use to us lower cultivators who take refuge under the True Lords."

"Among them are opportunities that help increase the probability of establishing the Foundation."

"For example, that young man from Yin Mountain, during the War to Seize the Dao ten-plus years ago, suppressed all other cultivators, helped the True Lord seize the Ten Thousand People Pit in Jiangnan, and thus broke through."

However, speaking to the end, the True Person of Bupian Peak shook his head again: "Though this is the case, the battlefield is still too dangerous; it is almost nine deaths for one life. With your father here, there is actually no need for you to specially go there to take risks; at worst, your father will think of another way to beg a Foundation Establishment Pill from the various True Lords for you."

Speaking thus, the True Person of Bupian Peak patted Chen Xinan's shoulder again.

"In short, what you must do now is rest well and recover as soon as possible; your father awaits the day in the future when you establish the Foundation and take over my mantle."

As the words fell, the True Person of Bupian Peak smiled slightly.

The smile was kind and affectionate, like that of an old farmer, eagerly waiting for the day the seed sprouts, blooms, and finally bears fruit.

Bupian Peak, inside a cave dwelling.

Lu Yang reviewed the intelligence he had just eavesdropped on through Chen Xinan, his face showing a look of contemplation: "The War to Seize the Dao between Righteousness and Demons, the struggle for lineage, the opportunity for Foundation Establishment."

This news actually solved a doubt he had harbored for a long time.

He had always felt that the disciples of the Holy Sect were a bit few.

Take Bupian Peak for instance.

Most were disciples in the early and mid stages of Qi Refining; late-stage Qi Refining was already as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, and the Great Perfection of Qi Refining was even more like a dragon showing its head but not its tail.

This was clearly unreasonable.

After all, since the probability of breaking through to Foundation Establishment was so low, one necessarily had to pile up a massive number of Qi Refining Great Perfection cultivators to possibly cultivate enough Foundation Establishment True Persons.

So theoretically speaking, cultivators in the late stage and Great Perfection of Qi Refining, while not necessarily walking everywhere, should at least not be rare.

However, in reality, this was not the case.

Now it appeared that the Holy Sect did not lack so many disciples; rather, these disciples were not in the Cloud Sea Reaching Heaven; they were at the very front line of the War between Righteousness and Demons!

"So the Cloud Sea Reaching Heaven is actually the rear base."

"Those who have reached the Great Perfection of Qi Condensation and remain here are basically people like Luo Wuya and Chen Xinan, who have a True Person as backing and do not need to fight for their lives on the battlefield."

The more Lu Yang thought, the brighter his gaze became.

"In the Great War between Righteous and Demonic paths, a True Lord must personally descend to supervise the battle; it is impossible to allow a Foundation Establishment True Person to bully the weak and deal with Qi Condensation cultivators!"

"In other words, the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han dares not come."

"If I can break through on the Righteous-Demonic battlefield, I imagine that would be the safest option!"

After all, compared to the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han, those Qi Condensation cultivators on the Righteous-Demonic battlefield are simply not worth mentioning; if I can't beat a Foundation Establishment cultivator, can't I beat you lot?

"Better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix!"

Looking back, what demons and monsters had he faced?

Listening to the Ancestral Master You's Foundation Establishment reincarnation; the Peak Master of Buxiu, mid-stage Foundation Establishment and half-crippled; the Luo Han Fu Long Luo Han, mid-stage Foundation Establishment at full strength—one more absurd than the next!

"I've gotten swollen-headed, swollen-headed!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yang reflected deeply after his pain:

"Actually, from the very beginning, I was never someone skilled in magical combat; using higher cultivation to accommodate lower levels and challenging across realms is what I am best at."

Lu Yang's gaze was firm as he decided to follow his true heart.

I'm going back to the newbie village to show off!

(End of this chapter)