Cultivation begins with planting techniques

Chapter 430: The Plan to Descend to the Realm
Chang Qihang was transported back to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range by the puppet. He only needed to go to the area of grass and trees where the old cow had been infected with demonic energy and hang around, and he would naturally be able to sense it easily.

Then he passed it to Li Ye.

Li Ye had already extracted Chang Qihang's soul and refined his spirit early on, and carefully checked his memory and many items on his body.

Even though he was only a Jindan cultivator, as an undercover agent in a Yuanying sect like Tiantuo Sect, he was able to get in touch with a lot of things and received a lot of support from Yanshen Sect.

For example, the plan to capture Qiao Lingyao while she was out for training, and then to inhabit her split soul and manipulate her from the side was Chang Qihang's own idea, but he also got the support of the envoy of Yanshen Sect.

Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be able to find such a suitable yellow sand pit so easily to set up the formation.

At the same time, he also knew that the Yanshen Sect was secretly spreading the Qiannian Yanshen Jue in Meng State, quietly selecting disciples from the casual cultivators to lie in wait, and luring disciples from various sects to act as undercover agents, in order to increase the Yanshen Sect's actual influence in Meng State.

Although the specific amount that Chang Qicheng knows about and can mobilize and control is limited, it is already a considerable force.

By analogy, it seems that the Yanshen Sect had withdrawn from the various countries in the previous counterattack between good and evil, and could only hold on to one place under the joint efforts of all parties, and only had the power to fight back occasionally. But in fact, the other party's efforts to spread the skills have already achieved considerable results!

Even the secret identification methods deduced by various sects can be easily deceived by them most of the time by making slight modifications to their skills. The current situation is simply an appearance.

As for other things, Chang Qicheng knew very little due to his status and position, and he had no idea what Yanshenzong was really planning.

But this was enough for Li Ye to realize that something was wrong.

The Yanshen Sect has accumulated so much power in secret that it is likely that they will make a big move soon. Even if he is in the land of the Four Kingdoms and has the [Sensing] to help him check out all the monks in the mountains and is not afraid of being sneaked in silently, he may not be able to escape completely.

It also made him even less inclined to leave the mountain rashly.

And at this moment, the natal puppet came back.

It was a coincidence that he and his party encountered the actions of Yanshen Sect. In Li Ye's opinion, it was more because Yanshen Sect seemed to have gained some confidence and was gradually becoming less low-key.

"Fortunately, my method of tempering my spiritual consciousness in the Tiangong Puppet Controlling Technique is no joke. Even if I haven't practiced the tenth level of the Thousand Thoughts Divine Evolution Technique, my spiritual consciousness can still support me in searching his soul..."

A faint light appeared in Li Ye's eyes. He stretched out his hand and suddenly countless faint lights surrounded a shadow and pounced directly on the sealed Nascent Soul.

With his strength suppressed by numerous seals, his soul would become weak. Even if his cultivation technique was at a higher level than Li Ye's gray-black Nascent Soul, he would not be able to put up too fierce a resistance or struggle.

Li Ye forcibly searched out the broken fragments of memory, which were pieced together to reveal a corner of the secret of Yanshen Sect to Li Ye.

"……Um?!"

Li Ye's tightly furrowed brows jumped, and his eyes widened, "They are actually going to do this..."

Even though he always remained calm and alert, his heart was still stirred when he saw this news.

Just as Li Ye was about to look for more relevant information in his soul, as he touched this key information, a sense of crisis suddenly arose in his heart.

It is [Perception] that takes effect quietly!
Without hesitation, Li Ye immediately withdrew his soul and retreated. The formation changed, and the green energy fell and transformed into an independent void, sealing the Nascent Soul. Furthermore, a purple spiritual light descended from the top of the mountain, increasing its strength by another level!
Then, within just a few moments, a restriction that Li Ye had not noticed from the beginning to the end was suddenly triggered in the Nascent Soul of the old demon cultivator. It was like a black hole, sucking everything in the Nascent Soul from the inside out, causing it to twist and collapse.

At this moment, the old demon cultivator suddenly woke up, struggling and shouting in extreme fear,

"Master, I didn't reveal our sect's secrets. Please don't kill me—"

Before he could finish his words, he was twisted and sucked into the restriction in his body, and then turned into a sphere that was wrapped with all his true energy and twisted and about to collapse.

The entire soul also disappeared.

boom!
The Nascent Soul exploded with a loud bang, and an astonishing impact burst out, hitting the large barrier formed by the surrounding green energy and illusory spiritual plants, making it shaky, but ultimately failed to break through the blockade.

Li Ye was watching from a distance. The dark golden light from the Hunqing Mirror above his head dimly protected him.

Although he himself and Pingyang Mountain were unharmed, his expression was rather ugly.

Even though he had only seen a tiny amount of information and triggered the means set up in the Nascent Soul of this old demon cultivator, it had also allowed Li Ye to get a glimpse of the corner of Yanshen Sect's plan.

"They actually want to start a descent to the realm..."

Li Ye muttered to himself, his face changing from gloomy to happy.

He saw very little, except that the Yanshen Sect's goal was to open the lower realm, to connect the human world with the other world, and thus build a stable channel to the lower realm...

They only vaguely knew that once they succeeded, they would be able to gain considerable benefits in the new world that was to follow!
This was actually just a matter of a word from the leader, whose image was unclear even in the memory of the old demon cultivator. As for how they were going to do it, whether the world they were leading to was filled with demons, monsters or something else, or even why they could gain benefits, no one knew anything.

But just this was enough to make Li Ye feel that the situation was very bad.

"I thought this was just a minor disturbance in Southern Xinjiang, but they're so bold as to drag the entire human world down with them?!"

He was so angry that he almost laughed. He felt that if he lived like this every day, his vision would become narrow!
Even though only a channel to the lower world appeared in southern Xinjiang when the demons descended ten thousand years ago, this channel is extremely stable. Even demon cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage are allowed to pass through. This proves that the lower world formed by the demon world and the human world is quite stable.

If the problem cannot be solved in a short period of time, more channels to the mortal world will surely appear, affecting the entire human world... Otherwise, given the situation in the immortal cultivation world back then where each of the divine sects controlled a region, even if there were people with ill intentions like the Tiangong Palace mixed in, it would not make sense for the other four regions of the east, west, center, and north to have the power to come to the rescue!
The Yanshen Sect's plan to open the realm of descent is probably to try to establish a stable channel to allow the realm they want to lead to invade the human world.

Otherwise, just a short descent to the other world would have limited significance, and might only allow for exchanges between the cultivators of the two worlds. How could they obtain the so-called "considerable benefits" of their other world?
"The Thousand Thoughts Divine Essence Technique, in its essence, does indeed lean towards demonic techniques... Could it be that the demon realm they wish to guide is also one that once descended upon this world?"

Li Ye's thoughts raced before he finally made a decision.

He took out a white jade tablet and began to write a short message.

Regardless of whether this matter is true or not... I'd better tell Xiang Tao and the others about this matter as Han Fei first!
If the sky falls, there's someone higher up to hold it up. Let's leave this matter to that great god-transforming being at Fendao Mountain...

(End of this chapter)