Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

The Xuanxiao Sect is located in Chuzhou, where there is also a cultivation force called Zixia Mansion, which has a Dao Integration Realm cultivator in charge.

Chuzhou and Lizhou are adjacent to each other, and the closest state to Chuzhou has forces at the Dao Integration Realm.

The three Void Refining Realm forces in Lizhou also have many connections with Xuanxiao Sect and Zixia Mansion in Chuzhou, with Jinyan Sect and Xuanxiao Sect having a closer relationship.

The demonic energy contained in the sixth-grade top-quality True Demon Stone was too dense. Even though Zhou Sheng's cultivation had reached the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm, he had no confidence that he could safely destroy the True Demon Stone.

However, if the destruction fails and the dense demonic energy contained within the True Demon Stone erupts, it could quickly create a place covered in demonic energy, which Zhou Sheng would never dare to risk.

"Then we'll have to rely on Fellow Daoist Zhou from now on!" Lu Cheng'an said in a deep voice.

He knew that the True Demon Stone was an extremely precious treasure for demon cultivators, but he did not expect that even a cultivator at the peak of the Void Refining Realm would not be able to completely destroy this sixth-grade top-quality True Demon Stone in his family's mountain gate, and that he would need to rely on a cultivator at the Dao Integration Realm to take action.

"These are all things I should do, you don't need to worry. This sixth-grade top-quality True Magic Stone is still sealed. As long as the seal around it remains intact, there won't be any adverse effects."

"I will now send a message to the cultivators of the Xuanxiao Sect, instructing them to dispatch a Dao Integration Realm expert to handle this matter as soon as possible!"

After calming Lu Cheng'an down, Zhou Sheng immediately took out a communication talisman and sent a message to the cultivators of the Xuanxiao Sect.

Although Chuzhou has two cultivation forces, Xuanxiao Sect and Zixia Mansion, with experts at the Dao Integration Realm, the current situation in Chuzhou is not good.

Because the demonic sect Chu Zhou was facing was the Innate Demonic Sect, which was extremely powerful and had more demonic cultivators at the Dao Integration Realm than the Xuanxiao Sect and Zixia Mansion combined.

Moreover, the sect leader of the Innate Demonic Sect, Daoist Tianyuan, is at the peak of the Dao Integration Realm, only one step away from breaking through to the Tribulation Transcending Realm.

The reason why Daoist Tianyuan has not broken through to the Tribulation Transcending Realm is because the lightning tribulation in his Tribulation Transcending Realm is too terrifying, which is why he has been hesitant to break through.

After the war broke out between Chuzhou and the Innate Demon Sect, even the combined forces of Xuanlei Daojun of Xuanxiao Sect and Ziguang Daojun of Zixia Mansion failed to defeat Tianyuan Daojun.

Both Xuanlei Daojun and Ziguang Daojun were at the Perfected Dao Integration Realm, which shows how terrifying Tianyuan Daojun's strength was.

For this reason, the situation in Chuzhou is not good right now.

When news of Zhou Sheng reached the Xuanxiao Sect, it put the Dao Integration Realm cultivators in a difficult position.

The sixth-grade top-quality True Demon Stone is indeed a major hidden danger, but the Xuanxiao Sect is currently unable to spare any additional Dao Integration Realm cultivators to deal with it.

Therefore, after a brief discussion, the Dao Integration Realm cultivators of the Xuanxiao Sect simply asked the Jinyan Sect to temporarily guard the sixth-grade top-quality True Demon Stone to prevent any accidents from happening to it.

Once the situation at Xuanxiao Sect has eased somewhat, a Dao Integration Realm cultivator will be dispatched to deal with the True Demon Stone.

The Xuanxiao Sect responded to Zhou Sheng very quickly; less than an hour after the message was sent, they received feedback from the Xuanxiao Sect.

Zhou Sheng's expression changed several times after seeing the reply from the Xuanxiao Sect.

He gleaned only one piece of information from the Xuanxiao Sect's reply: the situation in Chuzhou was definitely not good, otherwise they wouldn't be so short-sighted as to lack the ability to even spare a Dao Integration Realm cultivator in a short period of time.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, what happened? Why do you look so pale?" Lu Cheng'an asked in a deep voice.

"I just received a message from a cultivator of the Xuanxiao Sect. They are currently at the Xuanxiao Sect..."

Zhou Sheng did not hide anything from Lu Cheng'an and told him in detail what the Xuanxiao Sect meant.

"However, you don't need to worry too much. That sixth-grade top-quality True Demon Stone is still sealed. As long as it is not damaged, there shouldn't be any problem with it."

"This storage artifact was left by Granny Blackwater. Make a copy of the texts inside. Perhaps it contains information about that sixth-grade top-quality True Demon Stone. Let's see if we can find a way to break the True Demon Stone from it."

“I can’t stay here for too long. Granny Blackwater is dead, but there are still two Void Refinement Realm demon cultivators from the Blood River Demon Sect who have escaped. We need to investigate their whereabouts.” Zhou Sheng said in a deep voice.

Zhou Sheng was one of the Void Refinement Realm cultivators left behind by the Golden Flame Sect. His mission, in addition to protecting the sect's safety, was to track down the three Void Refinement Realm demon cultivators from the Blood River Demon Sect who had fled elsewhere.

After finding those three Void Refinement Realm demonic cultivators, kill them as much as possible to avoid leaving any future troubles.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, your cultivation has already broken through to the Void Refining Realm. You should carry that mid-grade sixth-rank defensive talisman with you. It should be able to protect that top-grade sixth-rank True Demon Stone.”

"If any more Void Refinement Realm demonic cultivators find this place, Fellow Daoist Lu, please send me a message immediately, and I will come as quickly as possible."

Zhou Sheng gave Lu Cheng'an detailed instructions, and after Lu Cheng'an had made a copy of the book left by Granny Heishui, he hurriedly left the Lu family's mountain gate.

After seeing Zhou Sheng off, Lu Cheng'an sent a message to Shi Ningyu and Lu Jingkun, telling them to return to the family as soon as possible, and also briefly explained the current situation in the family.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng'an returned to the family's mountain gate and briefly told Lu Chengping and other cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage about Granny Blackwater. He also instructed Lu Chengping and the others to bring out all the cultivators who had entered the secret realm.

Although the spiritual energy within that secret realm was quite abundant, its internal environment was definitely not a good place for ordinary people.

If ordinary people stay there for a long time, their physical bodies may develop serious problems.

After entrusting the clan's affairs to Lu Chengping, Lu Wenxing, and others, Lu Cheng'an hurriedly returned to his cave and began to carefully examine the rubbings of the scriptures left by Granny Blackwater and the scriptures left by the demon cultivators he had killed in the endless void.

Granny Blackwater's cultivation level is at the Refinement of Emptiness realm, and the number of books stored in the storage artifact she carries with her is extremely large.

The demon cultivators that Lu Cheng'an killed in the endless void were also quite powerful; they were all cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage, and they carried a considerable number of scriptures.

After carefully reading through the texts left behind by both sides after their deaths, Lu Cheng'an gained a deeper understanding of the demon race and demonic cultivators.

"The records of True Demon Stones are found in the books left by Granny Blackwater and the demon cultivators in the Endless Void. Although Granny Blackwater's cultivation is at the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm, her understanding of True Demon Stones is still inferior to that of the demon cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm!"

“There are some texts left by those demon cultivators on how to neutralize the power of the True Demon Stone, but that method is still a bit risky for me!” Lu Cheng’an frowned, a look of hesitation on his face.

According to the records left by that demon cultivator, they could extract the power of the True Demon Stone bit by bit and use it for their own purposes.

Moreover, this extraction method differs from Granny Blackwater's refining of demonic energy. Demon cultivators can directly utilize the power contained within the True Demon Stone to activate various demonic treasures, etc.

The scriptures left behind by those demon cultivators contain records of relevant methods, but Lu Cheng'an is not a demon cultivator, so he dares not try these methods.

"Let's put the matter of the True Demon Stone aside for now. The crisis in the clan is temporarily resolved. Although my cultivation has broken through to the Void Refinement Realm, I still need to refine the fifth-grade Golden Spear Magic Ship!"

After careful consideration, Lu Cheng'an sent a message to Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren, asking them to lead their respective sects' weapon refiners to come.

The Golden Spear Magic Ship is a top-grade fifth-tier magic artifact, a super-large magic weapon made by fusing and combining many different magic artifacts.

Many of the magical artifacts that need to be refined are below the fifth rank, and some are even at the second or third rank.

Although Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has now reached the Refinement of Void realm, it is still extremely difficult for him to forge a fifth-grade top-quality Golden Spear Magic Ship on his own.

After telling Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren about the Lu family's forging of the Golden Spear Magic Ship, Lu Cheng'an then told them about borrowing the weapon refiners trained by their sect to forge the Golden Spear Magic Ship together.

In return, if the Yin Hua Sect and the Tian Shi Sect were attacked by demonic cultivators at the Refinement Void Realm, the Lu family would have to send out the Golden Spear Dharma Ship to provide support.

Now that the Blood River Demon Sect, which is closest to the three states of Mengyuan Prefecture, has been destroyed, the threat of demonic cultivators to the Yin Hua Sect and the Heavenly Corpse Sect has been greatly reduced.

However, now that Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has broken through to the Refining Void Realm, no matter what the reason is, after receiving Lu Cheng'an's message, Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren would not fail to send the weapon refiners trained by their sects to the Lu family.

When Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren received Lu Cheng'an's message, they had just returned to their respective sects.

After returning to their sect, they learned about the situation in the three prefectures of Mengyuan.

Because the demonic cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture had already been wiped out by them, this war against the demonic cultivators that swept through the entire Xuanchen Realm did not have a significant impact on the three prefectures of Mengyuan Prefecture.

The battle between Lizhou and the Blood River Demon Sect ended too quickly, and no cultivators from nearby states were mobilized to provide support.

Chuzhou suffered some losses in the battle against the Innate Demon Sect, and the two Dao Integration Realm forces in Chuzhou may need to recruit cultivators from surrounding states to provide support.

The Golden Flame Sect of Lizhou has already dispatched its surplus Void Refinement Realm cultivators. After some time, they may recruit Nascent Soul Realm cultivators to go there as well.

After learning this news, Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren were both worried. If they were summoned to Chuzhou to participate in the battle against the Xiantian Demon Sect, their situation would be extremely dangerous.

In wars involving Dao Integration Realm cultivators, cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm like them are merely cannon fodder; only Void Refinement Realm cultivators possess a modicum of self-defense capability.

After learning this news, they received a message from Lu Cheng'an. Therefore, without any hesitation, they gathered the sect's weapon refiners and personally led them to the Lu family.

When Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren led the weapon refiners from both sects to the Lu Family Mountain Gate, the Lu Family Mountain Gate had already been restored to its original state, and the negative effects brought by Granny Heishui had been eliminated.

Of course, this was also related to Lu Cheng'an's deliberate suppression of the news. Only a few Nascent Soul cultivators in the Lu family knew that Granny Blackwater, a late-stage Void Refinement demonic cultivator, was hiding under Zhongling Peak.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, the three Void Refinement Realm demon cultivators from the Blood River Demon Sect who have fled should not have come here, right?" Venerable Tianyun asked with a smile.

He still remembered the scene when Lu Cheng'an left the city. Now everything in the Lu family mountain gate was as before, obviously they had not encountered the attack of the three Void Refinement Realm demon cultivators from the Blood River Demon Sect.

They also knew about the three Void Refinement Realm demon cultivators who had fled from the Blood River Demon Sect, and knew that they were at least at the late stage of the Void Refinement Realm.

If they wanted to attack the Lu family, even if Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had broken through to the Void Refining Realm, he would not be able to stop them.

"I was overly worried before. Those three Void Refinement Realm demon cultivators from the Blood River Demon Sect are incredibly powerful and didn't pay any attention to a small place like our Lu family!"

Lu Cheng'an smiled faintly and did not tell Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren about the Blackwater Granny.

It wasn't that Lu Cheng'an was unwilling to tell him, but rather that Zhou Sheng had specifically instructed Lu Cheng'an before leaving to keep the news of Granny Blackwater's arrival in Qianyuan Prefecture a secret.

This is mainly due to the sixth-tier top-grade True Demon Stone sealed by Zhong Ling.

Aside from Granny Blackwater, who has already been killed, the Blood River Demon Sect still has two Void Refinement Realm demon cultivators who have escaped.

If they learn about Granny Blackwater, they might visit the Lu family.

At that time, not only will the Lu family be in danger, but the sixth-grade top-quality True Demon Stone under Zhongling Peak will also be in danger of being exposed, which is something the Golden Flame Sect does not want to see.

“I’m so sorry to have troubled you two fellow Daoists to make this trip again. My wife is currently preparing to refine the Heavenly Python Pill. Once it is successfully refined, we can share some with you two fellow Daoists!” Lu Cheng’an said with a smile.

They had obtained quite a lot from their previous trip to the Endless Void, but the treasures they obtained from the Golden Origin Forest were all used to forge the Golden Spear Dharma Ship, so these things naturally could not be shared with Heavenly Cloud Venerable and the Ten Thousand Corpse Elder.

Besides the sixth-grade high-quality fire spirit, Lu Cheng'an also obtained a sixth-grade low-quality fire peach tree and some fifth-grade fire peach trees from Xingyun Mountain.

These fire peach trees have now been taken out of the Dao Domain by Lu Cheng'an and handed over to Lu Yonghui for processing.

Lu Cheng'an planned to select two fifth-tier fire peach trees to give to Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren, and share some with them after the Heavenly Python Pill was refined, so that they wouldn't have to make a wasted trip with them.

Although Tianyun Shangren and Wanshi Laoren had previously stated that they would not ask Lu Cheng'an for any reward, their willingness to follow Lu Cheng'an to the Endless Void was mainly to deepen their relationship with Lu Cheng'an and, incidentally, to repay the kindness of Lu Cheng'an in helping them refine the Yin Gathering Pool and other magical treasures.

Lu Cheng'an, along with Tianyun Shangren and others, almost wiped out all the fifth-order flying horned pythons in that swamp, obtaining a great many materials for refining the Heavenly Python Pill.

Another key ingredient in refining the Heavenly Python Pill is the power of the Great Dao extracted from the Rift Wind of the Rift Wind Plains. (End of Chapter)