Building a sect from scratch.

"To destroy the Sword Sect!"

The Jade Emperor gritted his teeth.

Niohru's expression clearly showed disbelief. He said, "But it has already disappeared into the rift valley."

“It really is because of the Sword Sect,” Nietzsche said, pushing the Jade Emperor aside and stepping forward. “However, it is to investigate what exactly happened to the Sword Sect back then, and the matter of human sacrifice. Our Taiyin Sect absolutely does not allow the existence of any human sacrifice or similar slaves, so if there is any, we will definitely fight the Sword Sect!”

Renxin Huadao nodded and said, "That's right, that's right! We wiped out the Ziwei Sect, a sect that oppressed the people and was full of harsh policies and taxes. If this Sword Sect really keeps doing human sacrifice, given the main theme of this game, we'll probably have to scatter its ashes!"

"You guys? Fighting the Sword Sect?"

Niu Helu laughed loudly, "You can't defeat the Sword Sect! The Sword God is a god who has already attained enlightenment. Below the Sword God are the Twelve Sword Maidens, the Thirty-Six Sword Attendants, and the Seventy-Two Sword Slaves... No, now it should be the Seventy-One Sword Slaves. I was once the Seventy-Second! However, even the weakest Sword Slaves are at the Nascent Soul stage. The leader of the Twelve Sword Maidens, Hong Gu, became a Golden Immortal many years ago, and the Thirty-Six Sword Attendants are almost all at the Deity Transformation stage, half-step Immortal! You? Haha! What do you think you can do against the Sword Sect?"

Renxin Huadao clicked his tongue in amazement: "Holy crap, how come the Sword Sect sounds even more powerful than the Penglai Sect?"

Guantangbao rolled his eyes: "If he were truly powerful, he wouldn't be trapped in some kind of rift valley! According to the plot summary, it's been so many years, and a god like him still can't get out! Are you kidding me! Is there such a weak god?!"

Upon hearing this, Niu Helu spoke earnestly: "There are countless immortals and gods in the world. Although the Sword God is a god, he attained godhood solely through the way of the sword, making him a rare god without divine office. Since he has no office, he has no power, so it is not surprising that he is trapped within the rift valley. In ancient times, many immortals and gods had conflicts with each other, leading to mutual killing and sealing, which was countless. It is not impossible that some other immortal or god would take action against the Sword God."

"In ancient times, the relationship between the gods was not good. After the ancient gods gradually disappeared, the newly born immortals fought fiercely for fame and position, almost turning the Guixu Sea red! Later, it was the thirty-six star lords who, under the guidance of several ancient gods, gathered together and stopped the chaos at that time."

At this point, Niu Helu shook his head slightly and sighed, "Alas, I've never understood why the Sword Sect settled in Tiangui Mountain. It was precisely because the Sword God's power was not to be underestimated that he occupied the place in the Guixu Realm that was most abundant in Kunwu Stone. Before the Soul-Devouring Rift appeared, the Guixu Realm had been peaceful for hundreds of years. The Sword God's cultivation and strength must have been stronger than before, yet he was still helpless against that rift... Which immortal god could have such divine power, and why did he do such a thing? It's truly full of mysteries..."

Huangzhucao, having learned her lesson, didn't speak in the game. Instead, while the NPC was rambling on, she typed in the team chat: "Our senior sister doesn't even know what the Rift Valley is all about, yet she still issues quests. It's normal that their Sword Sect is trapped, right? Maybe it's some kind of even more powerful being!"

"Don't you guys think this whole Sword Sect storyline was tailor-made for us?" Wu Ke, who was usually lost in thought and considered to be all brawn and no brains, suddenly launched into a long speech in the team chat: "Things that harm or affect the soul, including the Rift Valley being called 'Soul-Devouring Rift Valley,' and the monsters being called 'Soul Eaters,' and we don't even have souls, isn't that simple? It's a storyline specifically designed to serve us players!"

Guantangbao typed in the comments: "That's right! Maybe this was designed specifically for this. They might add a limited-time battlefield later. After all, there are already tens of thousands of players. They can't just stop having limited-time battlefields, can they?"

In fact, everyone had some guesses. Even the Jade Emperor, who knew part of the truth, roughly guessed that it was because the players did not have souls that they were led by the Taiyin Sect to investigate the Sword Sect.

However, since he couldn't easily claim that this world truly existed, the Jade Emperor often had to take the lead in a subtle way to deliberately guide other players to treat the people and things in the game more cautiously. This was a plan he devised with Wang Ergou, Zhao Qing, and others.

Therefore, upon hearing the players' words, he quickly pretended to have an idea as well, and typed, "Maybe it's because we don't have souls that we can get through that 'Soul Devouring Rift'!"

The soup dumpling, however, raised a question: "Isn't it said that anything that flies up there will fall down?" "Then make it so it won't fall down! Like cutting down a few trees, nailing them together to form a wooden bridge, and just pushing it across!"

"Are you kidding me? Who has that kind of strength? Since it's a rift valley, it shouldn't be narrow, right?"

Renxin Huadao finally seized the opportunity and laughed maliciously. Seeing that Chakota and Niuhelu were looking at him in confusion, he pursed his lips and tried to look serious, saying in the group microphone, "Don't we have Wu Ke? As a body cultivator, it's time to step up at times like this, right?"

"That makes sense, then let's—"

Nietzsche also started speaking, but before he could finish, a long howl suddenly came from the distance in the darkness. The howl was filled with spiritual power, and the shockwave caused everyone to experience a momentary deafness!

Chakota's expression changed: "It's Bodu!"

Niohru, however, calmly tapped the ground with his cane and said, "It's nothing. He was the one killing others; he didn't seem to be injured. I guess those things crawled in!"

Hearing Niohru's words, Chakota breathed a sigh of relief, but was still somewhat worried: "But he rarely does this..."

Niuhelu closed his eyes, gripped his cane tightly with his right hand, and pounded the ground hard. A dense spiritual energy spread out from around the cane, and the soft, milky-white light gradually disappeared into the distance.

Then, Niohuru slowly said, "It's alright, only two have managed to get in so far, and they've already been burned to death."

As if in response to his words, a streak of fire shot into the sky from a distant, indistinct spot.

The flames were crimson red, yet surrounded by a pale golden halo. They roared for several meters, and the air around the flames was distorted by the intense heat, making the houses reflected in the flames appear deformed in everyone's eyes.

"Burn to death?"

The soup dumplings and the king bamboo grass were all startled.

Chakota explained, "Soul Eaters are neither alive nor dead, and weapons can hardly kill them completely. Only by burning them with real fire can they be completely burned away."

Wu Ke, eager to try, asked, "Should we go out and give it a shot?" (End of Chapter)