Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Wei State, Tianshuang Mountains.

The state of Wei is hot and humid all year round, but this mountain range that stretches for more than a hundred miles is shrouded in bluish-white cold fog all year round.

The mountains are covered with snow-white cedars, with pine needles hanging between the branches, as if they were made of frozen ice.

From time to time, there were flashes of light passing through the sky. On the mountain paths, there were also cultivators running back and forth, patrolling the surroundings with strict vigilance. The breath they exhaled turned into thick white mist and floated away.

In the deepest part of the Tianshuang Mountains, there are deep mines distributed on several peaks.

There were constantly Qi-refining monks coming in and out, dressed in tight clothes, with two or three rough storage bags hanging around their waists and simple iron pickaxes in their hands. They looked inconspicuous, but they were genuine mid-level magical weapons and were extremely hard.

There are three major sects in the Wei Kingdom, and the leaders of all of them are Nascent Soul cultivators.

Among them, the Jinzhong Sect is the most powerful. Its leader, Zhenren Jian Yue, has reached the middle Nascent Soul stage and is the number one cultivator in the Wei State.

There is also the supreme elder Pei Zhaoye, who is only one step away from the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

When the various sects entered the Demon Realm, Master Jian Yue and Master Pei did not go there. Instead, they saved their names and suppressed the other two sects.

The Tianshuang Mountains belong to the State of Wei. Although there is only a small spiritual mine, it produces rare ice-attributed spiritual stones, and it is a rich mine.

Every ten years or so, the spiritual mine in the Tianshuang Mountains can produce one or two top-grade ice-attribute spiritual stones, which are as valuable as ordinary medium-sized spiritual mines and have always been valued by the Jinzhong Sect.

Even so, this is just a small spiritual mine. In the past, the Jinzhong Sect would send Jindan cultivators to guard it, and it has always been peaceful.

But just three months ago, the leader of the Jinzhong Sect, Zhenren Jian Yue, suddenly ordered his disciples to enter the territory of Qi State and harass the monks of the Lingyun Sect.

At the border between the two countries, there are two miniature spiritual material veins and a miniature spiritual vein, which originally belonged to the Tiangang Sword Sect, but now all belong to the Lingyun Sect.

At the order of the master, all the disciples of the Jinzhong sect dared not disobey and entered the territory of Qi State in large numbers, provoking others for no reason and injuring many disciples of the Lingyun sect.

At first they were just Qi Refining cultivators, then they became the early Foundation Establishment stage, the middle Foundation Establishment stage... Until now, there are already Jindan cultivators fighting each other.

But after Lingyun Sect unified Qi State, it controlled six medium-sized spiritual veins and had extremely abundant cultivation resources. The strength of the disciples in the sect increased greatly, and after they reacted, they quickly gained the upper hand and won more games than they lost.

The fight between the two factions intensified. A month ago, Master Pei Zhaoye suddenly led his disciples to the Tianshuang Mountains.

The Jindan elder who was in charge of the spirit mine was trembling with fear, fearing that he would abuse his power for personal gain and secretly withhold the ice-attribute spirit stones, and that Master Pei would find out.

But what was surprising was that after Master Pei came to the Tianshuang Mountains, he practiced in seclusion in a cave and never went out.

However, the two Jindan disciples who came with Master Pei took over the Jindan elders who were originally guarding this place and personally took charge of harassing the disciples of Lingyun Sect.

On this day, a middle-aged cultivator came to the deepest part of Tianshuang Mountains and came to the cave where Master Pei was temporarily staying to ask for a meeting.

His breath fluctuated, and he seemed to be injured. His brows were furrowed, and his expression was gloomy. He bowed deeply to Master Pei and whispered, "Master, I am incompetent and cannot defeat Wu Zexian. More than half of my disciples were killed or wounded."

"Moreover, three of my nephews died at the hands of Lingyun Sect monks. Please punish them, Master..."

Master Pei frowned slightly, but did not rebuke him. He just said calmly: "Lingyun Sect has swallowed up the five sects of Qi State, and its foundation has greatly increased. The disciples in the sect are powerful and have many magic weapons. It is not your fault that the expedition was unsuccessful this time."

The middle-aged monk breathed a sigh of relief: "Master, you are so magnanimous. After my injury recovers, I will definitely avenge my previous shame."

Master Pei said calmly: "Victory and defeat are common in the military, but Lingyun Sect dared to openly kill three of our foundation-building disciples. This hatred must be avenged."

"I will personally go to Qi State and seek justice for the disciples who were harmed."

The middle-aged cultivator was stunned for a moment, then bowed again, his face filled with guilt: "It's all because of my incompetence that I have to rely on my master to personally take action."

"But Wu Zexian is only a Jindan cultivator. How can I let Master be accused of bullying the weak for the sake of me?"

"Senior Brother Wang is still cultivating in the sect. I will return to the sect and ask Senior Brother Wang to come out of retreat. Wu Zexian is definitely not his opponent."

Master Pei frowned and said, "Donghai is preparing for the formation of the infant, so we must not disturb them lightly."

"I am not going there to do anything to Wu Zexian, but to have a fight with Zhuge Qi and force Lingyun Sect to hand over the two miniature spiritual mines and the spiritual vein to our sect."

The middle-aged cultivator was extremely surprised: "Master wants to fight with Zhuge Qi? He has only been in the infant stage for a short time, so he is definitely not Master's opponent. But if Master Chen comes out of retreat, how will it end?"

Ever since the Demon Realm disappeared and Lingyun Sect unified Qi State, Chen Yuan's name has been resounding throughout Donghua Continent. No matter what sect or school, whether they are righteous or demonic cultivators, they all respectfully call him "Master Chen".

As a direct disciple of Master Pei, the middle-aged cultivator did not take Zhuge Qi seriously, but he was somewhat in awe of Chen Yuan.

Master Pei said calmly: "Chen Yuan has been in seclusion for more than 20 years. Even when Jin Luoheng was defeated and humiliated, he did not show up in the world of immortal cultivation."

"He either died of infatuation or he went into seclusion as a cover-up. I don't know where he went to travel, and he hasn't returned yet."

"There are probably only Zhuge Qi, Jin Luoheng and Bai Yanji in Lingyun Sect. The three of them are no match for me, so why should I be afraid?"

The middle-aged cultivator was still extremely worried: "Even if Master Chen goes out to travel, he will eventually return..."

Master Pei smiled coldly: "Although Chen Yuan is powerful, he is determined to destroy the five sects of Qi State, which has made the four major Xuan Sects feel wary."

“The reason why we didn’t attack him at the beginning was because the Four Great Xuan Sects suffered heavy losses in the Demon Realm.”

"Now that the four great Xuan Sects are gradually recovering their vitality, how could they sit back and watch Lingyun Sect prosper and covet the position of the fifth largest Xuan Sect?"

"I will not hide it from you. Our sect is supported by the Four Great Xuan Sects, or even more than one."

"No matter how strong Chen Yuan is, can he be stronger than a great cultivator?"

"If he shows up, the four great Xuan Sects will naturally deal with him. I don't believe that Chen Yuan dares to be an enemy of a great cultivator."

The middle-aged cultivator was delighted: "With the support of the four great Xuan Sects, what does Lingyun Sect mean to me? I am willing to follow Master!"

Master Pei stood up and said, "There is no time to lose. We will set off now to severely humiliate Lingyun Sect and avenge our disciples."

"Disciple obeys your command!" The middle-aged cultivator responded respectfully, bowed slightly, followed Master Pei, and walked out of the cave.

But before the two of them took a few steps, a cold voice suddenly came: "Where is Pei Zhaoye? Come out and meet me!"

The voice was not loud, but it was extremely clear. It penetrated the cave formation and rang in the ears of the two people.

The middle-aged monk was startled for a moment, then flew into a rage: "Who dares to address our Master by his name? I will capture this lunatic and punish him for his disrespect!"

Pei Zhaoye frowned and said, "Be patient." Then he quickly walked out of the cave. The middle-aged cultivator did not dare to say anything more, but just spread out his spiritual sense to investigate the person who spoke.

He was a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, and his spiritual sense could cover an area of ​​thirty miles. He scanned carefully several times but found nothing.

Just when the middle-aged monk was confused, the two men had already walked out of the cave.

The middle-aged monk suddenly stopped, looked up at the sky, his expression frozen on his face, and stood there in a daze.

Just a thousand feet away, a monk in white robes stood in the air, with his sleeves fluttering in the wind, sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, handsome and otherworldly, looking at the two of them coldly.

He lowered his head slightly and looked down at the Tianshuang Mountains, appearing clearly in front of the middle-aged monk, but when his spiritual sense swept over, he still could not find the figure of this monk.

The Qi-refining monks who were going in and out of the mine, and the Jinzhong Sect disciples who were patrolling everywhere, all looked up at the sky in surprise and doubt.

Master Pei also stopped, his expression suddenly changed: "Chen Yuan?!"

The middle-aged monk suddenly came to his senses, subconsciously took a few steps back, his face full of fear.

Everyone in Donghuazhou knew what Chen Zhenren looked like. The middle-aged monk looked pale and lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the famous Chen Zhenren.

Chen Yuan stared at Master Pei and said slowly, "Are you Pei Zhaoye, the Grand Elder of the Golden Bell Sect?"

Master Pei's expression kept changing, no longer as confident and at ease as he was in the cave just now.

He flew up into the sky with a flying light, and forced a smile. He bowed to Chen Yuan and said, "Yes, Pei greets Chen...Fellow Daoist Chen. I wonder what brings you here? What can I do for you?"

Chen Yuan said calmly: "Fellow Daoist Pei, as the Supreme Elder of the Jinzhong Sect, instructed his disciples to repeatedly violate the boundaries, harass our sect's spiritual mines and veins, and injure and kill our sect's disciples."

"Chen has come today to take the head of Daoist Pei to comfort the soul of our deceased disciple in heaven."

Master Pei's expression changed: "Daoyou are joking, this is just a misunderstanding between the younger generation..."

He wanted to argue, but Chen Yuan ignored him, took out the Zixu Sword, shook his wrist, and slashed out with the sword. The sword energy was surging, and the wind and clouds changed color!
……

A few days later, a piece of news shook the world of immortal cultivation in Donghua Continent. Lingyun Sect's Grand Elder Chen Yuan came out of seclusion and, at the Tianshuang Mountains in Wei State, controlled the top-level magic weapon, the Purple Void Sword, and beheaded Jinzhong Sect's Grand Elder Pei Zhaoye with a single sword.

Two hours later, Chen Yuan used the art of teleportation to break into the gate of the Jinzhong Sect. With the force of thunder, he killed the Sect's leader, Jian Yue Zhenren, and looted all the treasures in the sect and left.

The Jinzhong Sect was destroyed overnight, and the world of immortal cultivation in the Wei Kingdom was in chaos.

On the day when the Jinzhong Sect was destroyed, late at night, Chen Yuan suddenly appeared outside the mountain gate of Shen Guoqingchi Sect.

According to the Jindan cultivators of the Qingchi Sect, strange black wings appeared behind Chen Yuan, and he used the art of teleportation to break into the mountain gate of the Qingchi Sect and kill its leader, Zhenren Qingyun, an early Yuanying cultivator, and looted all of their treasures and left.

In the next two days, Chen Yuan traveled around the Three Kingdoms again and killed all the Nascent Soul cultivators from Mao Yinzong, Chixiao Valley, and Wuxiang Palace who had offended Lingyun Sect in the past twenty years, and looted all the treasures from their sects and returned.

However, he did not break the rules of the immortal cultivation world. He only attacked the Nascent Soul cultivators, but did not massacre the low-level cultivators of the five sects.

Except for a few cultivators whose sects were destroyed, whose Taoism was shattered, and who took the initiative to attack Chen Yuan and sought death, Chen Yuan never killed anyone again.

But even so, in a short time, Chen Yuan's fierce power spread throughout Donghua Continent, and the righteous path was shaken.

The demonic monks applauded and celebrated the fact that the righteous sects were killing each other and their strength was greatly reduced.

There were also demonic sects neighboring the four countries who took advantage of the situation to rob and snatch cultivation resources, reaping rich rewards.

It is said that Liu Fan, the Yuanying elder of the Blood Spirit Sect, who had a life-and-death feud with Chen Yuan and had been living in seclusion for the past twenty years and dared not leave the sect, suddenly summoned his disciples, preached for three days, and bestowed many treasures.

……

The gate of Lingyun Sect, the top of Lingyun Peak, and the Lingyun Hall.

Four Nascent Soul cultivators gathered together, Jin Luoheng sat in the main seat, and Chen Yuan sat in the first seat on the left, but Zhuge Qi and Bai Yanji's eyes were always on Chen Yuan.

Zhuge Qi smiled and said, "Senior Brother Chen has wiped out the five sects of Jinzhong, Qingchi, and with this as a lesson, other sects will definitely not dare to provoke a fight again. The disciples in our sect can finally practice in peace."

Jin Luoheng said calmly: "The disciples of our sect are not weaker than others. In fact, the three of us are not strong enough. This time, Chen Yuan has restored our reputation."

Bai Yanji hesitated for a moment, with a worried look on his face: "Brother Chen, you have shown great power. I admire you very much."

"But each of these sects has its own backers. If the four great Xuan Sects come to call for punishment, what should we do?"

After Guiyuan Sect was annexed by Lingyun Sect, he was no longer the leader of the sect, and the sect affairs had nothing to do with him.

However, the Lingyun Sect controls six medium-sized spiritual veins and has only four Nascent Soul cultivators. Chen Yuan is not yet in the sect. Although the sect has far more disciples than the Guiyuan Sect, they are scattered very sparsely throughout the Qi State.

Bai Yanji was able to monopolize a medium-sized spiritual vein and did not need to worry about his disciples' cultivation.

Jin Luoheng never excluded him. The sect had many more worshippers than before, and it became easier for him to practice. At this time, he was about to reach the bottleneck of the middle Nascent Soul stage.

Bai Yanji never expected that after the disappearance of Guiyuan Sect, he would have a better chance of breaking through the realm, and his sense of belonging to Lingyun Sect became stronger and stronger.

Before Chen Yuan returned, Lingyun Palace was in constant conflict with other sects.

Bai Yanji had also taken action several times, fighting and sparring with other Nascent Soul cultivators, and running back and forth between several mountain gates to guard one side. He was often worried in his heart whether the Lingyun Sect would be destroyed.

Just half a month ago, Chen Yuan suddenly returned, and Bai Yanji was extremely surprised. With Chen Yuan in charge, Lingyun Sect was naturally as stable as a mountain.

Afterwards, Chen Yuan destroyed the five sects one after another with lightning speed, which reminded Bai Yanji of the scene more than 20 years ago when Lingyun Sect unified the immortal cultivation world of Qi State. Bai Yanji became more respectful in front of Chen Yuan.

However, he was also worried that the Lingyun sect might provoke the four great Xuanzongs behind the Jinzhong, Qingchi and other five sects, and might not be able to escape the disaster.

After all, no matter how strong Chen Yuan is, he is only a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

There hasn't been a Divine Transformation cultivator in Donghua Continent for tens of thousands of years. The great cultivator has stood at the top of the immortal cultivation world, overlooking thousands of cultivators, and no one dares to provoke him.

If the great monk takes action personally, what will happen to Lingyun Sect?
Zhuge Qi also looked at Chen Yuan, with a hint of worry in his eyes.

The Lingyun sect seems powerful, but it depends entirely on Chen Yuan. Only he can deal with the five sects of Jinzhong, Qingchi, and only he can deal with the four major Xuan sects.

Chen Yuan said calmly: "My two junior brothers, don't worry. The news of the destruction of the five sects should have spread throughout Donghuazhou, and the four major Xuanzongs have already known about it."

"Tomorrow I will leave the mountain gate and pay a visit to the four great Xuan Sect leaders one by one. From now on, they should no longer secretly hinder our sect." (End of this chapter)