Building a sect from scratch.

The Soul-Devouring Rift is only a few meters wide, and you can even see the edge of the ground on the other side of the rift, which is a cliff covered with dark red soil.

Crossing the rift was simpler than the players had imagined; they simply had to fly across. Even Niohuru, who had come specifically to follow them, was speechless with astonishment.

Seeing the Jade Emperor and his entourage flying back and forth as if nothing was wrong, Niuhelu, not believing in such things, tentatively stretched out an arm, only to clearly feel a sharp pain coming from his soul, as if his soul had been torn apart.

"Don't you feel any pain?! It feels like your soul and spirit are being torn apart?"

Faced with Niu Helu's question, the players were all puzzled. The Jade Emperor simply replied, "We don't feel anything is wrong at all. It's probably because of the lack of a soul!"

Only then did Niohuru begin to believe what these Taiyin Sect disciples had said about "having no soul."

Because of the pain and the warning from his spiritual senses, Niuhelu dared not attempt to cross the Soul Devouring Rift. He could only watch helplessly as the Taiyin Sect disciples flew to the other side one after another, disappearing into the red mist in the blink of an eye.

He gazed silently at the red mist across the rift, which was exactly the same as it had been hundreds of years ago, and let out a long sigh.

……

"This place is really eerie!"

Although the red fog interfered with everyone's vision, making the surrounding environment very difficult to see, the real-time location markers of the teammates could still be seen on the game system map, so no one felt any fear and just casually remarked.

Wu Ke flew straight up into the sky, trying to reach the top of Tiangui Mountain to look down, but apart from the exposed top of Tiangui Mountain where the red mist was slightly lighter, the rest of the mountain was a deep, dark red, and he couldn't see anything clearly.

"It's all foggy; you can't see anything except the mountaintop!"

Wu Ke said in the group chat.

The Jade Emperor deliberately said, "Then come back first, let's slowly explore inside!"

Taking advantage of this moment, Renxin Huadao secretly adjusted his five senses data, sniffed, gagged, and then his complaint rang out in the group mic: "You know what, I think I smell a really awful rusty smell, with a fishy stench, it's disgusting. Why did this game have to make it smell so disgusting?!"

The soup dumpling said speechlessly, "Is it possible that this is the smell of blood?"

"No way? I just had spicy blood curd last night... cough! It's not exactly the same, but spicy blood curd still has blood in it!"

"I'm too lazy to care about you!"

Even though no one saw it, the soup dumpling still rolled its eyes.

Although the game system map was also marked as a patch of red fog, at least they could tell which way to go. The group walked in, and the whole way was covered with damp, dark red soil. The smell of blood and stench grew stronger and stronger.

Not long after they walked, some bones began to appear scattered on the ground.

Some were animal remains, others human remains, scattered haphazardly on the ground. The flesh and blood had long since rotted away, and most of the bones were buried in the red mud, with a small portion exposed on the ground, appearing grayish-white. The gaps between the bones were filled with reddish-brown soil, making it look quite gruesome.

"These are all human bones?"

“It doesn’t look like it. That’s clearly a canine skull,” Huang Zhucao said, glancing at the small, pointed skull closest to her. Then she pointed to the largest cylindrical bone not far away and said, “That’s the one. It’s cylindrical on top and triangular on the bottom. Plus, considering its size, it’s definitely a human humerus!”

Renxin Huadao was startled by the sudden "cold" tone in Huangzhucao's voice: "Holy crap! How do you know so much detail!?"

"I'm a medical student!"

"So you still have time to play video games!"

"Isn't this a formal training program?" "Shouldn't it be even busier then!?"

"Cough... Our infectious disease hospital is relatively relaxed, and our director is quite nice; he includes meetings and shifts in our residency training hours, so..."

At this point, Napier Grass seemed a little guilty and added in a low voice, "But I often work the night shift! Sometimes I work more than ten hours a day!"

Renxin Huadao was astonished: "Is it that addictive?! Playing games like that!?"

Nietzsche also advised, "If you can't go, go back and rest! Your health is the most important thing!"

"Oh, it's okay! I was even more tired when I was in school! It's alright! I slept for more than five hours yesterday! That's enough!"

The soup dumpling gasped, "My goodness, I have no energy if I don't get at least ten hours of sleep a day!"

Renxin Huadao couldn't help but count on his fingers and say, "So you spend ten hours sleeping, ten hours playing games, and the remaining four hours eating, showering, and using the toilet. Where do you find the time to work and earn money?!"

Guan Tangbao coughed lightly, his eyes darting around, and said, "Ahem, I'm not very talented, but I have a little bit of wealth, enough to make a living by collecting rent..."

Upon hearing this, everyone began to express their envy.

"You dog capitalist who's shirking his duty!"

"Let's take down the rich!"

After laughing and joking for a while, which eased the eerie atmosphere around them, they walked a short distance deeper and saw the first building.

That was probably a building belonging to the Sword Sect. It was a small shrine, carved entirely from stone, much smaller than the Huang Gong Temple of the Taiyin Sect, and only reached knee height.

Inside the shrine, one can see a white jade tablet carved with inscriptions that are still clearly legible. However, the white jade tablet has been broken into three pieces and is scattered on the altar.

The players looked at each other, and then all turned to look at the Path of Humanity.

"With the Sea Turtle Qi Pure gone, you're the only one who can fill in!"

"That's right! Go, Pikachu!"

Urged on by everyone, Renxin Huadao sighed resignedly, then reached in and pulled out the three white jade tablets, fiddling with them for a while.

The inscription on the rank tablet was in the script of Liuzhou, which no one recognized. Renxin Huadao then identified it and sent a screenshot to the group.

【True Lord of the Limitless Divine Sword of the Guixu Sword Sect】.

"The Supreme Divine Sword Monarch? That's the bastard? What a cringeworthy title!"

Having already formed a very negative impression of the "Sword God" mentioned by Niu Helu, Ren Xin Hua Dao couldn't help but mock him.

Guantangbao thought about it more carefully and asked, "Do you think that if this thing is broken, it means that the Sword God is already dead?"

Nietzsche nodded in agreement and analyzed, "That's possible! Otherwise, if he were still here and alive, why would he allow the shrine dedicated to him to be in such a state?"

But after she finished speaking, her expression gradually became serious, and she said in a deep voice, "However, if even the Sword God is dead, then the others... I'm afraid they won't be able to survive either..." (End of this chapter)