Chapter 550: Chapter 69: Demon Sect Annihilation (Part 2)
In the entire Demon Path stronghold, the strongest are only a few Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivators.
Although Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivators are formidable, Lin Chen’s army of Martial Artists contains nearly ten Martial King Peak Martial Artists, therefore he has no fear.
Ultimately, this battle ended with tens of thousands of demon cultivators slain, with only a few managing to escape.
However, nearly a third of Lin Chen’s eight thousand-strong Martial Artist army also perished.
The original nine thousand-strong team, within just half a month, less than six thousand returned alive.
And this is war.
The moment they set foot into the Cultivation Realm, all the Martial Artists were prepared to face death.
This was not an easily crushing, favorable battle; it was a tough fight.
Despite early advantages from tactics and intelligence provided by satellites, losses were minimal, but during the final showdown, the direct confrontation led to inevitable heavy casualties.
After more than a day of fierce combat, most of Demon Sect’s elite in Qing State were exterminated.
Early in the battle, hundreds of Celestial Thunder Masters buried in various demon cultivator bases in Qing State were detonated, countless demon cultivators perished in explosions.
In this battle, Lin Chen’s army of eight thousand five hundred Martial Artists undoubtedly triumphed, though with nearly half losses, it was undeniably a great victory.
However, the victory seemed too easy, leaving Lin Chen still doubtful.
Early in Lin Chen’s journey to the Cultivation Realm over a hundred years ago, he was already aware of the terror posed by demon cultivators.
For the subsequent hundred years, the entire Qing State was under Demon Sect’s rule, especially in recent decades, Demon Sect’s power reached its peak.
After eradicating the Demon Path stronghold, Lin Chen dared not linger, swiftly leading all Martial Artists to withdraw.
Flying tens of thousands of miles away, Lin Chen re-entered the Profound Celestial Small World, finally relaxing.
By now, nearly ninety-nine percent of Qing State’s demon cultivators had been eliminated, the remaining demon remnants were no longer a concern.
Returning to the Profound Celestial Small World, Lin Chen repeatedly thought back to the saying from more than a hundred years ago: "The Demon Path will prosper for a hundred forty-two years."
Lin Chen sneered, merely considering it a joke.
Since Lin Chen arrived, the Demon Sect began to rise swiftly, suppressing Qing State’s Righteous Powers, but what truly marked the demon cultivators’ rise was the downfall of the Righteous Alliance.
Calculating from that time to today’s eradication of demon cultivators, it was roughly one hundred three years.
It seems the old saying "The great trend of Qing State, the Demon Sect will prosper for one hundred forty-two years" has become a laughingstock.
After destroying the Demon Sect, the heavy weight that Lin Chen carried in his heart finally settled, leaving him somewhat uncertain of his next move.
But upon careful consideration, Lin Chen still believed that enhancing his power was the current priority.
Thus a week later, Lin Chen sent a portion of the surviving Martial Artists back to Blue Star, continuing alone in Qing State’s cultivation.
Meanwhile, Lin Chen arranged for some Great Xia cultivators to stay in Wenda City and other towns, responsible for investigating Qing State’s intelligence and gathering resources in the Cultivation Realm to bring back to Blue Star.
Previously, Lin Chen couldn’t traverse worlds with living creatures, but now through the Profound Celestial Small World, he could easily shuttle between realms.
Therefore, Great Xia’s cultivators could disperse throughout Qing State, collect resources, and with Lin Chen bringing them into the Profound Celestial Small World, return to Blue Star, with no extra worries.
As for Lin Chen himself, he continued cultivating.
With the status of a Nascent Soul Cultivator, he purchased a Blessed Land in Wenda City.
Though the Spiritual Energy in Wenda Mountain’s Blessed Land can’t match Yunzhou’s, it’s equivalent to ordinary places in Yunzhou.
However, after the fourth Spiritual Energy revival, Blue Star’s Spiritual Energy is even denser than Wenda City’s, causing Lin Chen to mostly stay on Blue Star for cultivation, with his cultivation improving steadily.
Worth mentioning is that news of Demon Sect’s downfall spread throughout Qing State within just a few days.
Most cultivators and mortals cried tears of joy; over the past century, they suffered immense oppression by demon cultivators, like being suffocated under a massive mountain, and Qing State had long lost justice.
But some rogue cultivators found themselves lost, having acted as Tribulation Cultivators during the demon reign, slaughtering many cultivators to support their own cultivation.
However, once demon cultivators were suppressed, they could only hide among ordinary loose cultivators, dare not causing havoc.
But after the war, an unexpected event occurred for Lin Chen.
In less than a month after Demon Sect’s downfall, the name of Martial Arts Palace quickly spread throughout Qing State.
Despite Demon Sect’s downfall having little relation to the loose cultivators claiming to be inheritors of Martial Arts Palace, Lin Chen had provided intelligence, enabling these loose cultivator alliances to spontaneously fight against demon remnants.
Moreover, Lin Chen’s army of Martial Artists demonstrated their Martial Arts Cultivation while engaging with Demon Sect, causing some cultivators who witnessed the battle to directly regard those eight thousand Martial Artists as cultivators of Martial Arts Palace.
Thus, overnight, Martial Arts Palace seemingly became the leading Righteous sect in Qing State, with the four major loose cultivator factions, led by Cang, becoming Righteous leaders comparable to Wenda Sect.
Even due to Wenda Sect’s inaction over the century, Martial Arts Palace’s reputation in Qing State surpassed Wenda Sect’s in popularity.
Countless mortals fervently worshiped the sect named Martial Arts Palace. This result was unexpected for Lin Chen, he didn’t foresee Martial Arts Palace rising swiftly and gaining immense prestige.
Yet just a month earlier, those tens of thousands of Martial Arts Palace loose cultivators were still skulking around, fleeing from demon cultivator pursuits.
Nonetheless, this result also brought Lin Chen significant benefits.
After all, the hundreds of Martial Arts Puppets he sent had long infiltrated the four major factions of Martial Arts Palace and even directly controlled the entire faction.
So, within just a month after Martial Arts Palace’s fame spread wildly, Cang ordered a meeting with the four major factions of Martial Arts Palace.
During this meeting, Lin Chen seized the opportunity to have thousands of Great Xia cultivators participate.
After all, within this month, too many Martial Artists and cultivators joined Martial Arts Palace for its name.
All cultivators practicing the Martial Arts Breathing Technique claimed to be descendants of Martial Arts Palace.
Almost overnight, Martial Arts Palace cultivators multiplied from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands.
From Martial Spirit, Martial Sect level, down to mortals who just started cultivating and barely became Martial Artists, all claimed they were cultivators of Martial Arts Palace.
Of course, in this scenario, the numbers of the initial four major factions of Martial Arts Palace grew several times, expanding their influence considerably.
They even built a new city on the ruins of the former Tunnel City.
And designated it as the location for Martial Arts Palace.
Lin Chen’s previously dispatched Martial Arts Puppets seldom appeared publicly.
After receiving thousands of cultivators, naturally it was no surprise.
Thus, thousands of Great Xia cultivators seamlessly blended into the Cultivation Realm, began gathering intelligence and collecting resources everywhere.
Even, they gained an official identity, Martial Arts Palace cultivators!
In this regard, Great Xia’s high-level officials were naturally elated.
After all, it equates to sending spies to the Cultivation Realm.
Sending one or two spies won’t easily be detected.
But here were thousands of cultivators, equating to thousands of spies, being sent with pure vitality.
Under ordinary circumstances, they would be discovered.
But with this maneuver, no one suspected anything.
And Lin Chen was also pleased.
After all, now he didn’t need to collect resources personally.
In the past, although with puppet help, Lin Chen constantly spent time gathering resources.
But now, with several thousand Great Xia cultivators collecting resources, Lin Chen had more time for cultivation.
In the following half-year, Lin Chen cultivated peacefully.
Everything seemed to return to normal.
With Demon Sect eradicated, Qing State welcomed the Righteous again, and mortals genocided for a century regained hope, starting anew in this devastated land.
...
But just half a year later... no one expected an earth-shattering change to occur.
On this day, Lin Chen was, as usual, cultivating in the cave dwelling of Wenda Mountain.
Suddenly, he felt something, looked up at the sky.
High above, the Celestial Gate opened.
Countless wails traversed from that gate.
It was as if the sky was weeping...
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