Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

The Wind Flame Ghost's body was bombarded by that terrifying sound wave, causing his mind and soul to tremble in shock. Gritting his teeth, he directly sacrificed a low-grade treasure-grade copper plaque.

The copper plaque instantly burst forth a gray-yellow light, enveloping the Wind Flame Ghost, partially counteracting the Soul Shaking Sound Wave.

"Die!"

With a cold gleam in his eyes, Fang Shitou, who had advanced to the Fourth Level of the Golden Core, bellowed and activated his Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Primordial Chaos Bead, transforming it into a streak of light that mercilessly smashed towards the Wind Flame Ghost.

At this moment, the Wind Flame Ghost, with his soul shaken and mana dispersed by the magical treasure, the Soul Shaking Bell, could only barely put up the copper plaque in defense.

Accompanied by a terrifying loud boom, the copper plaque was directly knocked away, and Fang Shitou's face turned pale, his Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Primordial Chaos Bead, also suffered considerable damage.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The chimes of the Soul Shaking Bell continuously rang out, sending waves of terrifying sound waves that shook the spirit, constantly disrupting the Wind Flame Ghost's focus.

Fang Shitou gritted his teeth and once again activated his Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Primordial Chaos Bead, sending it in a streak of light directly onto the head of the Wind Flame Ghost, completely smashing his head.

The headless corpse of the Wind Flame Ghost heavily fell to the ground.

Only then did the barrier enveloping the entire mountain dissipate.

Ling Qianxue transformed into a streak of light and appeared in front of the Wind Flame Ghost's corpse, closely examining him and said, "In our northern wilderness, there are no newly born Golden Core cultivators. This person possesses the cultivation of the Fifth Level of the Golden Core; he must be from the Great Qian Empire."

Fang Shitou, with a solemn face, said, "The northern wilderness is poor in resources, not even one-tenth as rich as the Great Qian Empire. Since this person has sneaked into this place, it is clear that his target is you, Master Aunt. If I am not mistaken, his ultimate target must be Grandmaster! Master Aunt, please return to New Mountain! Stay there until the war in the Great Qian Empire is over!"

New Mountain has a third-order high-grade large formation personally arranged by Zhao Yu. In addition, with several Golden Core cultivators inside New Mountain, even cultivators at the stage of Golden Core Great Perfection might face the danger of being suppressed if they attack forcefully.

Ling Qianxue hesitated for a moment before responding, "Okay!"

Half a year later, a streak of escape light descended in front of Yizhi Mountain, revealing a person who had changed his appearance—it was Fang Shitou.

Fang Shitou called out, "An old friend, Luhu, requests to see Guardian Zhao Yu of Yizhi Mountain!"

The cultivators of Yunluo Immortal City on Yizhi Mountain were about to chase Fang Shitou away when they heard he was an old friend of Zhao Yu, they then became compliant and quickly reported back.

Not long after, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator walked out from Yizhi Mountain and said, "Luhu, the Guardian Lord invites you inside!"

Fang Shitou nodded slightly and followed the Foundation Establishment Cultivator to Zhao Yu's cave mansion.

"Everyone, leave!"

Zhao Yu waved his hand, and all the disciples of Yunluo Immortal City promptly withdrew.

"Greetings, Grandmaster!"

Fang Shitou prostrated himself on the ground and performed a grand salute.

Zhao Yu said, "Rise! Tell me what important matter has occurred!"

Coming from the northern wilderness to the Great Qian Empire was extremely difficult; even for a Golden Core cultivator, it required about half a year. Without a special stealth magical treasure or knowledge of a safe route, even a Golden Core cultivator could perish in the Fengxia Mountain Range.

"A Golden Core cultivator infiltrated the northern wilderness, targeting Master Mother Ling Qianxue! This is his corpse!"

Fang Shitou produced a coffin and handed it to Zhao Yu.

All enemies' corpses are a type of cultivation resource, which is one of the reasons why the Corpse Devil Sect is known as demonic. Fang Shitou also knew that Zhao Yu had inherited the Corpse Devil Sect's teachings and was able to obtain a lot of information from the corpses.

Zhao Yu said, "You may step back and rest."

Fang Shitou replied respectfully, "Yes, Master!"

With a wave of Zhao Yu's hand, the coffin lid flew open, and the White Ghost Emperor stepped out from the side and devoured the remnant soul of the Wind Flame Ghost in one gulp.

"It's been too long, his soul has dissipated partially. He can't remember the cultivation techniques and secrets he practiced. But the person who directed him is the Golden Core cultivator Black Eagle under the command of Saint Heir Tianjue."

"I even hid in Yizhi Mountain to practice alchemy! You still won't let me go, damned Tianjue Demon Sect!" A cold gleam flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes.

Originally, Zhao Yu had no particular prejudice against the four major demon sects as great wars in the Cultivation World were quite common. After all, he had also eradicated both the Shadow Ghost Sect and the Beast Taming Sect.

However, the fact that Saint Heir Tianjue shamelessly tried to harm Zhao Yu's people naturally incited Zhao Yu to have murderous intentions.

Zhao Yu frowned tightly, "I am a Guardian, tasked with guarding this place, thus I cannot leave easily. The initial reason for choosing this location was because it was far from the battlefield and allowed continuous practice of Alchemy and cultivation. Now, it has restricted my range of movement!"

"Guardian Lord, this is an order from the City Lord, please return to Immortal City within seven days."

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator stepped forward, bowed to Zhao Yu, and handed him the order.

"Understood!"

After Zhao Yu took the order and confirmed its authenticity, he arranged everything with Fang Shitou, then transformed into an Escape Light and flew towards Yunluo Immortal City.

"They have gathered so many Golden Core cultivators, and all of them are skilled in battle!"

Upon arriving at one of the palaces in Immortal City, Zhao Yu saw dozens of Golden Core cultivators gathered in the palace, all of them renowned and adept in Magical Combat.

Zhao Yu approached Yan Wuheng and asked, "Old Yan, why exactly has the City Lord summoned us here?"

Yan Wuheng, with a similarly serious expression, shook his head slightly, "I am not sure either! I haven't received any news!"

A tall, handsome middle-aged cultivator, Luo Qing, said with a grim expression, "This is bad! With so many Golden Core cultivators gathered, could it be an attack on a Nascent Soul Sect?"

As these words fell, all the Golden Core cultivators present felt a heaviness in their hearts.

The dozens of Golden Core cultivators gathered in the palace, if united, could completely destroy any power within the Great Qian Empire that was not a Nascent Soul Sect.

Xuanyun Zhenjun and Yunluo Fairy, two Nascent Soul Cultivators, walked in from the side, and the palace suddenly became quiet, with multiple gazes turning towards these two Nascent Soul Cultivators.

Yunluo Fairy spoke decisively, "Primordial Sect has colluded with the four great demon sects, attempting to destroy our Great Qian Empire Cultivation World. Our two sects, two schools, and one city have collectively decided to eradicate Primordial Sect! I will lead this battle, and we must annihilate Primordial Sect! Let's go!"

Zhao Yu then followed the people of Yunluo Immortal City to a huge square where numerous Spirit Boats of several hundred zhang in length were docked, with the leading three Spirit Boats even reaching a thousand zhang, engraved with countless runes.

As a Golden Elixir Seventh Layer powerhouse, Zhao Yu also became a guardian of one of the Spirit Boats.

With flashes of Spiritual Light, one Spirit Boat after another soared into the sky, piercing through the clouds, flying towards the direction of Primordial Sect.

"Old Yan said he hadn't received any news, which should not be a lie! Yunluo Immortal City must have been using the war as a cover to covertly mobilize resources and troops. However, those two should know the information."

Zhao Yu stood on one of the Spirit Boats, looking towards the leading thousand zhang Spirit Boat, and immediately noticed a young man in white clothing, handsome and with an extraordinary demeanor, as well as another person in red clothing, with a graceful figure, snow-white skin, and a beautiful face, slightly wrinkled at the corners of her eyes.

The young man was Gong Yangfeng, the chief disciple of Yunluo Immortal City's City Lord, and the woman with slightly wrinkled eyes was Luo Xinxin, the seventh disciple of the City Lord. Both of them were Golden Core Great Perfection cultivators.

Although they were over five hundred years old and still saw no hope of advancing to Nascent Soul, they were still some of the strongest cultivators in Yunluo Immortal City just behind the two City Lords.