Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

When the elder's colossal axe struck the black hole, a terrifying devouring force emerged, sucking in both the axe and the elder.

Zhao Yu's lips slightly curled up into a smirk, "So, you want to try body snatching? What an idiot!"

Zhao Yu possessed the Dao Fruit of Devouring, which made him least afraid of body snatching. Even if it were an Immortal's remnant spirit trying to possess him, it would probably be a suicidal move.

"This guy was Ning Haozi, a Supreme Elder from the Great Sect of Mountaineer, a late-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator. He was, however, the weakest among the Supreme Elders of the Mountaineer Sect. They even had Divinity Transformation cultivators back then."

"The Mountaineer Sect originated from the Immortal-inherited Huangdi Sect. After the Huangdi Sect was attacked and fell apart due to the assault of many sects, it branched out into various lineages, with the Mountaineer Sect being one of them."

"When the Mountaineer Sect was attacked, they activated the Sect-Protecting Array for Ground Vein Shifting and Spatial Transference, relocating their entire sect and Spirit Vein to a remote location. Unfortunately, the array was a bit slow to activate, and all the top experts within the sect had been killed, with the other cultivators also perishing."

"Ning Haozi also perished on the battlefield, leaving behind only a fragment of his spirit, which fortuitously hid in a piece of Soul-Nurturing Wood and was later bought by this young man from the Primordial Sect. Under Ning Haozi's guidance, he eventually advanced to become a Golden Core Cultivator."

"Ning Haozi's memories contained a complete set of Fourth-Order Superior Alchemy, including nine formulas that enhance a Nascent Soul Cultivator's Mana. Indeed, worthy of being a Supreme Elder from the Mountaineer Sect, truly a treasure trove."

"However, the main ingredients in those nine pill formulas all require ten-thousand-year-old Spiritual Medicine! This is a bit tricky!"

"But if one could cultivate the Mountain Treasured Body, it would give rise to a Divine Skill, the Mountain Gathering Spirit Technique. This Divine Skill is much stronger than the Earth Vein Gathering Spirit Technique, allowing for the accelerated growth of Spiritual Medicine."

"Inside the Mountaineer Sect, there must be ten-thousand-year-old Nine Mystical True Flowers and ten-thousand-year-old True Cloud Grass of Creation and Destruction."

"A complete Divinity Transformation chapter of the Mountain Sutra is also available!"

A glint of burning desire flashed through Zhao Yu's eyes; since the heavenly tower, this was the first time he had stumbled upon valuable ancient ruins clues.

Beihan was extremely barren; Zhao Yu dared not venture too deep into the Canglong Mountain Range for fear of encountering the Fourth-Order Great Demon of Transformation from its depths. The outskirts of the Canglong Mountains also had very few ruins from Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Cultivators. Over a hundred years in Beihan, Zhao Yu had not come across any valuable ancient sites.

Even in a Cultivation Holy Land like the Great Qian Empire, ancient sites were exceedingly rare. Whenever an ancient site appeared, it would provoke a fierce scramble among countless people.

"It's time to head back now!"

Zhao Yu employed an Escape Technique and flew back to the Primordial Sect, heading straight for the Primordial Sect's Spiritual Medicine Garden.

Once Zhao Yu arrived at the Primordial Sect's Spiritual Medicine Garden, he discovered that the garden had been thoroughly looted, with even the surface's Spirit Soil scraped away.

Zhao Yu headed towards the Primordial Sect's Scripture Pavilion. Along the way, he saw numerous corpses of cultivators, including several from the Yunluo Immortal City's Golden Core cultivators.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Damn thief, go to hell!"

A desperate roar erupted as a Primordial Sect Golden Core Cultivator used a secret technique to detonate his Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Primordial Chaos Bead.

A massive explosion sounded, and a Fifth Level Golden Core Cultivator from Yunluo Immortal City was blown into pieces.

When Zhao Yu reached the battlefield at the Scripture Pavilion, the fight had already ended, with corpses of cultivators from various factions scattered everywhere.

Cultivators from the Five Great Sects were inside the Scripture Pavilion, copying various jade slips from the treasures of the Primordial Sect.

Gongyang Feng's expression darkened as he coldly said, "Zhao Yu, where were you just now? Were you trying to avoid the fight?"

Zhao Yu's eyebrows furrowed slightly as he said, "Elder Gongyang, as everyone knows, I just went to kill a Golden Core Cultivator from the Primordial Sect."

Within Yunluo Immortal City, there are the native faction and the outsider faction, both of which compete ceaselessly for benefits in secret. Gongyang Feng is a leading figure of the native faction and has always looked unfavorably on these outsider factions like Zhao Yu.

The two Nascent Soul Cultivators in Yunluo Immortal City are naturally well aware of the struggles below. However, the conflict between the native faction and the outsider faction benefits their control over Yunluo Immortal City. As long as the fights don't cross the line, the two Nascent Soul Cultivators do not intervene and merely assess the capabilities of both sides. Find your next adventure on empire

Zhao Yu is one of the three great Pill Masters of Yunluo Immortal City and being an outsider cultivator, he naturally also faced oppression and hostility from Golden Core Cultivators of the native faction like Gongyang Feng.

Yunluo Immortal City has three Third-Order Alchemists. Gongyang Feng, who harbors animosity toward Zhao Yu, is on good terms with the other two alchemists, and thus, he is not afraid of offending Zhao Yu.

The other four major factions merely watch the drama unfold from the sidelines.

The Five Nascent Soul Sects of the Great Qian Empire are also endlessly engaged in open and covert fights among themselves. Had the Hanlong Empire not joined forces to invade, it would have been impossible for the Five Nascent Soul Sects to unite.

Gongyang Feng coldly said, "Where is the body of that Golden Core Cultivator? That man was merely at the early stage of Golden Core; surely you didn't fail to deal with him? After all, you are the powerhouse who could even kill the true inheritance of the Heaven-Defying Devil Sect!"

"This is the body of that man!"

With a wave of his hand, Zhao Yu made the body of the Golden Core Cultivator, possessed by Ning Haozi, appear in front of Gongyang Feng.

Gongyang Feng glanced at the body of the Golden Core Cultivator and coldly left a remark as he turned away with his men, "Be more careful next time!"

Yan Wuheng approached from the side and said, "Old Zhao, we just lost several Golden Core Cultivators in Yunluo Immortal City. Elder Gongyang is not in good spirits; please be more understanding and let it pass!"

Yan Wuheng is also a native faction Golden Core Cultivator nurtured by Yunluo Immortal City, but as the Store Manager of the Yunluo Commerce Guild, he is well-connected, smooth in handling matters, and has friends all over, many outsider faction Golden Core Cultivators were brought into Yunluo Immortal City by him.

Zhao Yu looked deeply at the retreating figure of Gongyang Feng and nodded slightly.

The headquarters battle of the Primordial Sect quickly ended, and the cultivators of the five Great Sects launched attacks on the cave mansions of other Primordial Sect cultivators, conquering them one by one.

The five Great Sects also joined forces to exterminate the rebellious elements of the Primordial Sect throughout the Great Qian Empire, and the forces once dependent on the Primordial Sect either betrayed them or were wiped out in joint operations by the Great Sects.

Several Golden Core Houses supported by Primordial Sect were also annihilated swiftly and forcefully by the five Great Sects.

Eventually, the five Great Sects evenly divided all the inheritance of the Primordial Sect, and each of them took control of a part of the Primordial Sect's territories.

Within the Great Qian Empire, there are a total of fourteen Fifth-Order Spiritual Lands, and the five Great Sects occupy all fourteen of these lands, with most of the nine lands outside their own territories jointly managed.

Half a year later, Zhao Yu finally returned to Yunluo Immortal City to recover and recuperate.

"It's time to evolve the White Ghost Emperor into a Fourth-Order Spirit Ghost!"

Zhao Yu went straight to the place in Yunluo Immortal City responsible for leasing cave mansions.

"Greetings, Elder Zhao!"

Upon seeing Zhao Yu, the official responsible for the cave mansion leasing affairs immediately stood up and greeted him courteously.