86: Tianji Sect

"What are you trying to do?"

Jiang Lie unleashed a surge of Evil Qi towards Li Xuangu, but the latter deftly dodged it.

"Didn't your Old Ancestor come from a Cultivator outside of Chen Country? Then I shall invite Cultivators from outside Chen Country to deal with you!"

After Li Xuangu finished speaking, he chanted a Spell, and the Formation Plate instantly shattered.

At the same time, a white Six-Pointed Star Formation appeared above the martial field. After a moment of blurring, seven Cultivators emerged from the Formation.

One was Core Formation, and six were Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

Li Xuangu pointed at the Core Formation Cultivator and introduced him to the Righteous Path Sects: "This is Fellow Daoist Gu Fentian of the Tianji Sect, and the other six are also friends from the Tianji Sect.

Today, with Fellow Daoist Gu assisting us, we will surely ensure that all the Demonic Sect Cultivators are executed!"

Originally, there were only six Core Formation Cultivators present, who were the Sect Masters of the three Righteous and three Demonic Sects.

Now, the addition of the Tianji Sect caused the scales of victory to tip toward the Righteous Path.

Jiang Lie's face was ashen: "Even if you have one extra Golden Core Cultivator, so what? This is the home ground of our Corpse Fiend Sect.

If we can't win, can't we run? If we stall for time, all the ordinary Disciples of your Righteous Path Sects will die at the hands of the Demonic Sect!"

Gu Fentian chuckled: "This Fellow Daoist must be Sect Head Jiang of the Corpse Fiend Sect. Who told you that your ordinary Cultivators would have the advantage?"

"What do you mean?" Jiang Lie asked, startled and suspicious.

The six Cultivators from the Tianji Sect all spoke in unison, chanting obscure Spells.

As the Spells were chanted, some of the Corpse Fiend Sect Disciples had murky eyes, red skin, and bulging, wriggling lumps expanding under their flesh.

The combat power of these particular Cultivators suddenly increased significantly, but their targets were the three Demonic Path Sects.

If Fang Huai had been present, he would have recognized immediately that these mutated Cultivators were members of the Ascension Society, and they already accounted for more than one-tenth of the Corpse Fiend Sect's total number.

Except for a few Saint Bodies who managed to maintain a sliver of rationality, all other members of the Ascension Society were controlled by the Blood Jade Worms.

"This is? The Ascension Society? Blood Jade Worms?"

Jiang Lie's eyes were splitting with rage. Over the years, he had known that the Sect had the Ascension Society and that they secretly used Blood Jade Worms to Cultivate.

But he only considered it one of the methods of Demonic Cultivation and didn't think deeply about it.

Therefore, besides letting the Sect Masters Lineage secretly execute them, he hadn't carried out a large-scale purge. He hadn't expected the Ascension Society to have grown to such a massive scale.

Even less did he expect that this was a plot jointly set up by the Profound Sword Sect and the Tianji Sect!

No wonder the Profound Sword Sect, despite having a great advantage, voluntarily conceded defeat and accepted territorial compensation—it was to give the Ascension Society enough time to infiltrate and corrupt the Corpse Fiend Sect.

No wonder when he invited the Righteous Path Sects here to hold the True Dragon Assembly, they readily agreed despite the danger—it turned out the other party also intended to wipe him out!

Jiang Lie's self-proclaimed cleverness turned out to be nothing but a clownish act!

Seeing the six Foundation Establishment Cultivators chanting their Spells louder and louder, and more and more Ascension Society Cultivators being controlled by the Blood Jade Worms, Jiang Lie desperately attacked those Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

But before his figure could get close, he was blocked by Li Xuangu's spirit sword: "Fellow Daoist Jiang, didn't I say that Core Formation Cultivators should fight Core Formation Cultivators!"

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Fang Huai's heart pounded wildly, pushing the Light Body Technique to its limit.

Shortly after leaving the martial field, he saw the Great Protecting Formation activate, confirming that his worst fear had come true.

He had to race against time to rush back to his residence and take everything he had accumulated over the years.

As for Lin Yu's suggestion of defecting to the Profound Sword Sect, he held no hope for it.

Besides that, the most pressing matter was to resolve two things:

The first was to retrieve his raw soul.

If the raw soul was destroyed, his consciousness would dissipate. Regardless of who won or lost this battle between the Righteous and Demonic Paths, his life had to be held in his own hands.

Previously, Jiang Miao had always been able to find him like a maggot clinging to bone; he figured it was due to the connection between the raw soul and its Original Owner.

He still kept the Guiding Talisman Jiang Miao gave him in the Tianyuan Secret Realm; this was enough to locate her.

If Jiang Miao died, he would kill his way to the Law Enforcement Hall to find someone and force them to reveal the location.

Law Enforcement Hall Disciples constantly patrolled various parts of the Sect, precisely capturing Cultivators who made mistakes, so they might know the hidden location of the raw soul.

The second, and most crucial matter, was to find the weak point of the Great Protecting Formation and escape the Corpse Fiend Sect... There were quite a few Disciples fleeing in various directions, and the sky was filled with flying Spiritual Artifacts from various peaks.

Fang Huai injected both spiritual and Evil Qi into the crimson heavens cry, seized the opportunity, and a beam of blue and red Sword Qi shot up into the sky.

Fang Huai's target was very clear: to seize the Fufeng Bird flying overhead.

When they participated in the Zheng Family of Nanze mission, Fang Huai and the others rode a Corpse Fiend Bird made from a Fufeng Bird, which was already extremely fast.

Seeing a living, domesticated Fufeng Bird right above him, how could Fang Huai not try to snatch it?

The Fufeng Bird was still in its juvenile phase, small in size, and extremely timid. Disturbed by Fang Huai's Sword Qi, it immediately lost control and tumbled up and down.

"Beast! This is the time to flee for your life, not flop around here!"

The Cultivator piloting the Fufeng Bird was clearly not its original master either; he didn't know how to soothe the bird and could only curse angrily.

Fang Huai tapped his toes on the ground, rode the wind upward, and mounted the bird's back within a few breaths.

The Cultivator hurriedly threw out several spiritual talismans, attacking Fang Huai.

Fang Huai didn't dodge, charging straight at the opponent: "At the moment of life and death, yet you are reluctant to use a killing move—you deserve to die!"

Although there were many spiritual talismans, they were only low-level Spells, barely adequate for dealing with ordinary Cultivators, but they only left shallow wounds on Fang Huai, who had undergone perfect Skin Shedding and Bone Changing.

Seeing Fang Huai's powerful physique, the Cultivator was terrified, wanting to use other methods, but Fang Huai was already close.

"Spare..."

He only managed to utter one word before Fang Huai's hands clamped around his neck.

With a slight exertion of force, the Cultivator was decapitated.

Seeing the Fufeng Bird still tumbling, Fang Huai slapped its head: "If you don't want to live, then keep struggling."

The Fufeng Bird sensed the threat of death, trembled a few times, and actually followed Fang Huai's command, soaring toward Skinning Peak.

The situation was growing worse. Before the Righteous Path Sect Disciples had even launched a full assault, the Sect Disciples were already killing each other and snatching each other's Spirit Treasures and Magical Artifacts.

Furthermore, Fang Huai sensed faint, intermittent whispers in the air.

Amidst the whispers, the Blood Jade Worms actually became active, and he could only barely control them under the dual suppression of the Small Corpse Meteor Worms and spiritual power.

Fang Huai could naturally control the Blood Jade Worms, but the ordinary members of the Ascension Society were all losing control.

One by one, they looked like killing gods incarnate, wildly extending their slaughter toward their former fellow Sect Cultivators.

"No wonder Li Sirou said back then that she had seen Cultivators from outside Chen Country holding blood jade leaves in the Profound Sword Sect.

Many years ago, the Profound Sword Sect had already allied with Cultivators from outside Chen Country, intending to destroy the Corpse Fiend Sect.

The forbearance and ruthlessness of the Righteous Path Sects far surpassed that of the Corpse Fiend Sect.

It's just that the Profound Sword Sect was blinded by utilitarianism and didn't consider how to deal with these Cultivators from outside Chen Country after the Corpse Fiend Sect was destroyed."

Arriving at his residence, Fang Huai put the Fufeng Bird into his spirit beast pouch and immediately began packing his belongings.

He put the entire nest of Spirit Messaging Bees into his spirit beast pouch, pulled up the undeveloped Spiritual Plants by the root, and stored all the precious spiritual items hidden under the stone tiles into his Storage Pouch.

In just a moment, all his possessions were packed.

Fang Huai pushed open the door, activated the Insect Concealment Art, and prepared to head straight for Sect Master Peak to forcibly retrieve his raw soul.

But when he pushed open the door, a figure wrapped in a black robe was standing outside.