Cultivating with Top Enlightenment Chapter 632 - 286: The Ancestor Explodes
Previously on Cultivating with Top Enlightenment...
The Blood Demon Sect of the Beixuan Domain.
Reports of Ning Qi breaking through to the Integration Realm had reached the sect a month prior.
The reaction within the Blood Demon Sect was largely indifferent once the validity of the news was confirmed.
Mo Tianxing, the Blood Demon Sect Leader, made a public declaration to his followers:
"What is there to fear? All Five Sects have suffered the loss of Great Powers at the hands of Ning Qi. We share a common bond; I do not believe Ning Qi would have the courage to confront the united front of the Five Sects alone!"
However, he was blindsided when three of those very sects personally traveled to the Infinite Sword Sect to offer their apologies that same day.
Mo Tianxing fell into a long silence when this update reached him.
“Sect Leader, it might be wise for us to dispatch someone to the Infinite Sword Sect to assess the situation firsthand. It won't matter if Ning Qi’s foundation in the Integration Realm is unstable. But if he is truly formidable, we can seize the chance to follow the others' lead. What are your thoughts?”
Mo Tianxing shifted his gaze toward the Elder who had spoken and replied:
“Do not mention this topic again. Those three sects lack our deep foundation, which is why they capitulated so swiftly.”
“Only yesterday, I viewed them as brothers-in-arms. Who could have guessed they were merely spineless turncoats? Our Blood Demon Sect refuses to associate with such people!”
Elder Li Xinxuan could only sigh, forced to abandon his attempts at persuasion.
With only thirty days left, his only hope was that the Sect Leader might have a change of heart before the deadline expired.
“There is no cause for concern. The Feather Transformation Upper Sect of the Southern True Domain is our closest neighbor; they will not stand idly by. Furthermore, isn't the Infinite Sect standing with us as well?”
Driven by this logic, Mo Tianxing personally reached out to the Infinite Sect in his capacity as Sect Leader.
The two sects formed a pact to advance and retreat as one, swearing never to surrender!
The members of the Blood Demon Sect fell silent after that.
As time slipped away, only four days remained until the end of the month.
“Sect Leader, disaster has struck! The Sect Leader of the Infinite Sect has personally traveled to the Infinite Sword Sect to bow before Ning Qi.”
It was Elder Li Xinxuan again, rushing over to deliver the grim report to Mo Tianxing.
“Is this the truth?”
Upon hearing the news, Mo Tianxing’s expression darkened. His eyes suddenly turned a deep, bloody crimson, resembling a Fierce Beast prepared to tear into its prey.
Li Xinxuan pulled the sect's head of intelligence forward, saying, “Relate the details to the Sect Leader yourself.”
“Sect Leader, this is the absolute truth!”
Mo Tianxing was consumed by fury, even exhaling visible white steam from his nostrils.
“The Infinite Sect... those cowards! They have betrayed their word and abandoned our trust!”
Mo Tianxing struck out with a single palm, carving a bottomless crater into the hall floor. He then rose and began pacing frantically in front of the Sect Leader’s throne!
The subordinates watching him wondered if the Sect Leader was now considering paying his own respects to the Infinite Sword Sect.
Li Xinxuan spoke up once more, “Sect Leader, if we act now, there is still time. We are the final sect holding our ground, which still preserves some of our dignity.”
A few others standing on both sides of the hall voiced their agreement with Li Xinxuan.
While the other four sects bowing to Ning Qi was certainly shameful, they were not fools.
If Ning Qi were truly insignificant, why would they have given in so easily?
The Infinite Sect, in particular, had held out until nearly the end of the month. Their sudden betrayal suggested they had reevaluated Ning Qi’s status and recognized his terrifying strength.
A chill took root in the hearts of those present; the Blood Demon Sect was now isolated. If they continued to resist, it might lead to the sect's total destruction.
“Sect Leader, we beg you to reconsider!”
One by one, they began to plead with him.
Mo Tianxing continued to pace, ignoring the voices around him. Suddenly, he broke into a fit of laughter.
“Now that our Blood Demon Sect is the only one standing against the Infinite Sword Sect, we are destined for greatness!”
The advisors were stunned by his words.
The other Elders asked, “How does the Sect Leader justify this?”
Mo Tianxing sat back down, regaining his calm, and explained:
“For thirty years, the Feather Transformation Upper Sect has been orchestrating plans within the Beixuan Domain and is nearly ready to claim the benefits. How could they possibly back down now?”
The mention of the Feather Transformation Upper Sect brought a slight sense of relief to the room.
As the premier Upper Sect of the Southern True Domain, the Feather Transformation Upper Sect possessed more than one Integration Realm Giant.
“The other four sects have all knelt to Ning Qi; only our Blood Demon Sect remains defiant. Do you really think the Feather Transformation Upper Sect will not give us their full support?”
“Ning Qi is but a single man, while the Feather Transformation Upper Sect has deep roots. Even if Ning Qi dares to attack us, our Sect Protection Array can hold out until reinforcements arrive.”
“When the Infinite Sword Sect is eventually crushed, our Blood Demon Sect will be the one to ascend!”
Mo Tianxing’s words encouraged the assembly.
Li Xinxuan and a few others remained skeptical, feeling that matters were not as simple as the Sect Leader claimed.
However, they could no longer find the words to argue.
Most within the sect were clearly more persuaded by the Sect Leader’s rhetoric than by their warnings.
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Ning Qi had issued a one-month ultimatum for any sect that had encroached upon the Infinite Sword Sect’s interests over the last thirty years to come forward and apologize.
Consequently, every sect in the Beixuan Domain had spent the month focused on this situation, and even the Southern True Domain was watching closely.
With Ning Qi’s ascension to the Integration Realm, any sect that refused his demand would likely become his first target after his breakthrough.
Now that the month had concluded, four of the five major sects had surrendered, leaving only the Blood Demon Upper Sect standing in an unusually defiant position.
Regardless of whether other sects viewed them with contempt or admiration, they all reacted in the same way.
They dispatched elders and true inheritors, complete with chairs, to the outskirts of the Blood Demon Sect, eager to watch Ning Qi’s debut battle as an Integration Realm cultivator.
They had even arrived a day early to prepare.
Their goal was twofold: to see if the Blood Demon Upper Sect would truly resist until the end, and to spread the news as soon as the conflict began.
Thus, even though Ning Qi had not yet arrived, a massive crowd from various sects had already gathered outside the Blood Demon Sect to spectate.
The Blood Demon Sect’s Protection Array was active, preventing those outside from looking in, but those inside could clearly see the gathering crowd.
Li Xinxuan walked to the foot of the mountain gate and looked out at the spectators, his expression filled with dread.