Chapter 797: The War Ends

"Ah! It's finally over."

The war ended, and all the cultivators breathed a sigh of relief; the external forces could leave Donghai and return to their own sects.

At this moment, the cultivators who had survived were all ecstatic, some even teary-eyed; everyone could feel the hardship of this battle.

Even for the Zixiao Sect, despite having Su Fan's protection, the bloodiness of the great war still shocked them.

Compared to the Beast Tide, the Demon Race was clearly even more terrifying.

After all, the Beast Tides the Zixiao Sect had encountered were not very powerful; in these few hundred years, the several Beast Tides were not considered very formidable, and the strongest one only mobilized a million demonic beasts.

And those million demonic beasts didn't even enter the borders of Zheng Guo before being beaten back.

After all, at that time, the Zixiao Sect's strength was developing at high speed, and several Nascent Soul Stage cultivators mobilized to slay a fifth-tier demonic beast, after which the Beast Tide mostly dispersed.

The Zixiao Sect itself was very powerful within the Nanhuang Six Kingdoms, and the Poison Dragon Swamp, which the Nanhuang Zhou faced as its greatest threat, could not spare much strength to attack the Zixiao Sect precisely because of the Yuanding Sect.

The reason for this was that the Zixiao Sect's strength had grown too quickly, and the surrounding demon race's strength could not rival it.

Even in the two subsequent Beast Tides, there were clearly no high-tier demon races; a few fourth-tier ones merely drove the demon army to the border of Zheng Guo, and they fled back one after another.

They had no intention of advancing at all; clearly, they were already terrified of the Zixiao Sect's strength, and continuing to launch Beast Tides would only deplete the numbers of the low-tier demon race.

After all, there were so many resources; if the number of low-tier demonic beasts was not depleted, it would actually have an impact.

Therefore, in Zheng Guo, the Beast Tide was instead transporting materials for them.

The materials on the hundreds of thousands of demonic beasts, although all low-tier, were of great use to many low-tier cultivators.

Especially for those craftsmen in the Zixiao Sect, it was a great opportunity to practice, and selling them to the surroundings could also collect a batch of Spirit Stones.

Regarding Spirit Stones, the Zixiao Sect had always been in short supply.

Therefore, in Zheng Guo, the Beast Tide did not bring much harm to the Zixiao Sect disciples at all.

The Demon Race was different; the ferocity of the Demon Race truly shocked the hearts of the disciples who were participating in a great war for the first time.

This cruel great war hit the arrogant hearts of many Zixiao Sect disciples hard.

After this blow, the atmosphere of the Zixiao Sect would also become increasingly solid, which was in line with Su Fan's plan.

As for those casualties, even including members of the Su Family, Su Fan did not care.

It was not that he was cold-blooded, but that he had long understood that death was inevitable; if he went all out, not a single disciple of the Zixiao Sect would even die.

Then what would be the point of that? It would only make the Zixiao Sect disciples more arrogant and more dependent on him, Su Fan.

Consequently, it would make the Zixiao Sect disciples lazy, which was disadvantageous to the Zixiao Sect.

On the contrary, this time, the death of so many disciples served as a warning to the other disciples of the Zixiao Sect, making them understand the cruelty of the cultivation world.

Relying on others is ultimately hollow; only oneself is the most real.

Having experienced this great war, it also allowed many disciples to improve their cultivation significantly; even within these few decades, ten Golden Core cultivators were born, and there were nearly a hundred more in the Purple Mansion; these were all future elites of the Zixiao Sect.

A war stimulated so many middle and high-tier cultivators; even if thousands or ten thousand disciples were lost, in reality, the Zixiao Sect still profited.

After all, for the lost disciples, the Zixiao Sect immediately recruited tens of thousands of children with Spirit Roots, as well as three thousand cultivators who had passed the assessment.

In reality, the Zixiao Sect's strength was quietly increasing instead.

Hundreds of years later, with sufficient resources and good guidance, these excellent Spirit Roots would inevitably lead to an explosion in the number of Purple Mansion and Golden Core cultivators.

At that time, the number of Purple Mansion and Golden Core cultivators in the Zixiao Sect would truly be on par with those major sects, unlike now, where it is somewhat top-heavy.

There was indeed no helping that; who let the Zixiao Sect increase its Nascent Soul Stage count by several in just a few years because of Su Fan.

Generally, the ratio of each level in a sect follows a certain pattern.

But the Zixiao Sect was different; there were five Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, and as a result, there were barely fifty Golden Core Stage cultivators before; a ten-to-one ratio is very abnormal.

It is usually thirty-to-one; the stronger the sect, perhaps the ratio would be twenty-to-one, and anything higher than that is impossible.

This ten-to-one ratio of the Zixiao Sect was completely pathological.

It was piled up by Su Fan using resources, and among these Nascent Soul Stage cultivators in the Zixiao Sect, only Lu Qingshan could truly be considered the Zixiao Sect's direct line.

The others almost all joined halfway.

If this were any other sect, it would have fallen apart long ago; the fact that the Zixiao Sect is now harmonious internally is also because Su Fan, a powerhouse, sits in command and can suppress many who are dissatisfied.

But such a cultivation ladder is not a good thing.

So in recent years, Su Fan has slowly stopped recruiting high-tier cultivators and let the Zixiao Sect develop on its own.

He even almost stopped interfering in the affairs of the Zixiao Sect.

With the Su Family and Lu Qingshan handling them, these people also handled them well.

In recent years, the Zixiao Sect has done very well in terms of both its reputation in the outside world and its internal competition mechanism.

It has also become healthy.

It is estimated that hundreds of years later, the Zixiao Sect will also become a true continent-level major sect in name and reality.

The great war ended, and the rewards from the Immortal Alliance were all arranged for the major forces.

The Zixiao Sect had merit in guarding Qingjian Dao, and the merit obtained was not small; this reward alone was enough to exchange for three Nascent Soul Pills.

Besides this, there were some Five Elements Divine Jades; these Five Elements Divine Jades were treasures highly sought after by Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.

Whether used for refining artifacts or for practicing various divine abilities to improve strength, they were excellent.

Besides this, there were some precious pills and so on.

The total value was no less than five hundred million.

One must know that the Spirit Stones the Zixiao Sect handed over before were less than one hundred million.

Therefore, in this great war, the Zixiao Sect earned a lot; these hundreds of millions of Spirit Stones' worth of resources were enough for the Zixiao Sect disciples to digest for over a hundred years.

Of course, if Su Fan were included, then it would probably be even higher.

The Nascent Soul Stage Demon Race members who died at Su Fan's hands were no fewer than fifty; these Nascent Souls all fell into Su Fan's hands.

They could all be used to refine Nascent Soul Pills.

One Nascent Soul Pill is worth about ten million Spirit Stones.

Of course, in the coming hundreds of years, the price of Nascent Soul Pills here in Donghai will certainly drop significantly.

It is estimated that one could be acquired for eight million.

With Su Fan's alchemy level, if he were to go all out in refining, he could likely obtain around one hundred and fifty Nascent Soul Pills.

This is absolutely a terrifying number.

If they were cultivated with full effort, it is estimated that thirty Nascent Soul Stage experts could be produced.