Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

Those miraculous herbs and elixirs that absorbed the essence of Kunlun became their lifeline for breaking through bottlenecks.

Initially, the disciples only searched for unclaimed medicinal herbs in the Kunlun Mountains.

But after countless years, all the potent medicinal herbs that were unclaimed in Kunlun have long been harvested.

Even if one or two plants occasionally appear, it is far from enough to meet the needs of the disciples of Kunlun Mountain.

The conflict then centered on the medicinal gardens and temples they were each managing.

Although the number of disciples of the Chan Sect was small, each of them had a solid foundation, and Huanglong served as a representative, building a training ground and focusing on sustainable development.

Their dojos are often very well managed, with well-organized medicinal gardens and spiritual gardens. They obtain countless spiritual roots and immortal herbs from the Huanglong dojo and painstakingly cultivate them into spiritual plants and immortal flowers that are old and full of vitality.

The Jie Sect has many disciples, the vast majority of whom are of unusual or unorthodox origin.

The Tongtian Sect Leader taught without discrimination, and his disciples included many creatures of various kinds, from scales and feathers to those born from eggs and moisture.

These disciples are naturally inclined to improve themselves by devouring and plundering.

Many of them also occupied the spiritually vibrant peaks surrounding Kunlun Mountain as their training grounds, but these training grounds often resembled their dens and hunting grounds.

The number of disciples of the Jie Sect is enormous, and many of them are of different origins, with a natural inclination to devour and plunder rather than cultivate their own.

You let them search for and consume readily available elixirs; it's instinct, they're all like living radars.

But to ask them to be like gardeners, patiently cultivating the medicinal garden, drawing in spiritual veins, carefully nurturing spiritual roots and herbs, and waiting for them to grow slowly... that would be even more difficult than having them secluded for ten thousand years!

That requires immense patience and the ability to reflect and nurture life through countless mirrors, which contradicts the nature of many disciples of the Jie Sect who believe in the survival of the fittest and the practice of "seizing the essence of heaven and earth to serve themselves."

As a result, a common phenomenon emerged: many disciples of the Jie Sect occupied treasure mountains in vain, and the wild medicinal herbs in the mountains were consumed as soon as they arrived.

After that, they fell into a situation of "sitting idle and eating away their savings".

The temple is still full of spiritual energy, but they are unable to effectively transform it into continuously growing resources for spiritual practice.

Seeing their own cultivation stagnate while the disciples of the Chan Sect made great progress, a sense of anxiety and greed began to spread in the hearts of many disciples of the Jie Sect.

Since there was no wild game in the mountains, their gaze naturally turned to "stones from other mountains".

Since it was inconvenient to take action against their own disciples, naturally, those dojos that were occupied and managed in an orderly manner by the disciples of the Chan Sect and were heavily guarded came into their sights.

The disciples of the Chan Sect are strict in accepting apprentices and are few in number, but each one is exceptionally talented. They are deeply influenced by the ideas of Yuanshi Tianzun, who advocates "following the will of Heaven and responding to the needs of the people, and expounding the Way of Heaven." Most of them are calm and composed, and they pay attention to building a solid foundation and accumulating knowledge.

Their dojos are often very well planned, not only gathering spiritual energy, but also having dedicated medicinal gardens and spiritual gardens, where all kinds of rare spiritual plants and immortal flowers are cultivated. Some of them were even transplanted from the Huanglong dojo and carefully nurtured with the spiritual energy of Kunlun for countless years, with abundant medicinal properties and spiritual energy, making people extremely envious.

Seeing the disciples of the Chan Sect frequently trading spiritual herbs brimming with vitality, while he himself remained trapped in this treasure trove, unable to access it, a sense of anxiety and greed grew within him.

Therefore, some audacious and resource-hungry disciples of the Jie Sect set their sights on the dojos of the Chan Sect disciples.

In terms of direct confrontation, the disciples of the Chan Sect are often stronger than most disciples of the Jie Sect.

However, the Jie Sect has its unique advantages—the Tongtian Sect Leader is most skilled in array formations, and his disciples are also full of exceptionally talented array formation geniuses!

For these disciples of the Jie Sect who were proficient in formations, the seemingly formidable mountain-protecting formations of their fellow disciples of the Chan Sect could be easily found to have flaws after a little deduction.

They joined forces and divided the work: some deduced the formation, some were responsible for infiltrating, and some provided support from the outside.

Initially, they acted with extreme caution, only targeting the Chan Sect Golden Immortal Daoist temples with lower cultivation levels and simpler formations.

After infiltrating, they did not steal everything at once, but only picked a small amount of precious medicinal herbs and concealed the traces, because the number of medicinal herbs stolen was only a small part and did not attract much attention.

Having tasted success, the disciples of the Jie Sect became increasingly daring, succeeding several times without being immediately detected.

The number of disciples of the Jie Sect involved in this matter increased like a snowball, and they even formed a dedicated gang.

Their targets gradually expanded from Golden Immortal disciples to the Daoist temples of Taiyi Realm disciples, such as Qingxu, Lingbao Grand Master, and Taiyi, none of which escaped their reach.

They became increasingly ruthless, starting with just a few plants and later plundering entire areas.

Greed is ultimately hard to conceal.

When Yu Ding discovered that the "Nine-Leaf Sword Lotus" he had nurtured with sword intent had vanished, when Dao Xing discovered that the "Five-Colored Lingzhi" that was about to undergo transformation had been stolen, when Tai Yi's "Earth Vein Dragon Saliva Fruit" in his outer medicine garden was uprooted... a series of losses erupted almost simultaneously, and the immortals of the Chan Sect were shocked to realize this!

Enraged, the disciples of the Chan Sect, led by Guang Chengzi and Chi Jingzi, went directly to the Shangqing Palace and confronted Duobao Daoren, Jinling Shengmu, and a large number of Jie Sect disciples.

Faced with the stern questioning of the Chan Sect, how could the disciples of the Jie Sect admit to this dishonorable behavior?

Duobao Jinling and other disciples naturally did not believe that their junior brother would commit such a theft. Qiu Shouxian and his ilk retorted that the Chan Sect was slandering them, and the disciples below rose up in protest. The verbal conflict quickly escalated into a clash of magical powers and a chaotic display of supernatural abilities, leaving the area outside Sanqing Peak in a mess.

In the end, Xuandu stepped in to mediate, but the conflict between the disciples of the two sects became completely public, turning them into bitter enemies.

After listening to Xuandu's account, Huanglong remained silent for a long time.

He could imagine the chaos and intensity of the scene, and he could also feel the deep resentment between the disciples on both sides.

"I never imagined that my seclusion in the mountains for only tens of thousands of years would have led to such a state."

Huang Long sighed, his brows furrowed.

He had initially harbored some hope that he could use his connections with both religions to mediate, but that hope was now completely extinguished.

This is no longer just a simple struggle for resources, but a fierce conflict between doctrines, practices, and even the fundamental principles of Tao.

When the three masters left Kunlun and stopped guiding the disciples in their cultivation, and the suppression of the sages was gone, the contradictions that had accumulated for tens of thousands of years, like a volcano under increasing pressure, were bound to erupt.

Kunlun Mountain, this sacred place that has witnessed the passing of three sages and is relatively peaceful and serene, may no longer be able to maintain its superficial harmony.

A storm is brewing, dark clouds loom over the city, and at the eye of the storm are the disciples of the Chan and Jie sects, whose ideologies are vastly different and who are increasingly drifting apart.

Huang Long gazed at the golden lotus in the lotus pond, enveloped in golden light, his heart filled with solemnity.

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