Immortality and cultivation begin at age forty, starting with Foundation Establishment.

War is cruel; victory or defeat can destroy a person's will and cause them to lose themselves in the process.

Yu Peiyao is a typical example. She believed that as long as she participated in more wars and acquired more resources, she could pave the way for the future.

But she forgot that human life is extremely fragile.

After another round of resupply, the Demon Wolf Legion, which initially followed Chen An in hunting demons in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, has less than a thousand members left.

Those who survive countless battles are people with great fortune, but unfortunately, this selection process in war has only just begun.

The war raged for eight months, but it was only the prelude to the war game.

Is there any compensation for the deceased?

Chen An handed over the list of the dead, but the compensation might not necessarily reach the families of these independent cultivators.

The areas where the Demon Wolf Legion is fighting are already relatively safe, but what about the more dangerous central areas?

The number of untrained cultivators sent from the base to the warships in the central area of ​​the Qian Kingdom battlefield every day is astronomical.

Even a great victory in the fight against the demonic path comes at an unimaginable cost.

Chen An only manages the Demon Wolf Squad.

To motivate team members, the managers implemented a series of reward and punishment systems.

Under the system, the first beneficiary in the team was born.

A young man named Zhu Fan successfully entered the Foundation Establishment realm.

A month ago, during a crucial battle, Zhu Fan used the Myriad Soul Banner to successfully ambush a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator, not only killing the cultivator but also reducing the team's casualties by 80%.

After obtaining the Foundation Establishment Pill, Zhu Fan only needed to go into seclusion for a month before successfully entering the Foundation Establishment realm, becoming a powerful force in the team.

Chen An was generous; in addition to rewarding him with cultivation resources, he gave him three Foundation Establishment level vengeful ghosts, allowing him to enhance the power of the Myriad Soul Banner.

In addition to Wu Feng and Zhang Yuan, Zhu Fan is now another person in the team who uses a Foundation Establishment Ghost as the main soul of the Myriad Souls Banner.

Wu Feng's Ten Thousand Souls Banner contains ten Foundation Establishment level vengeful ghosts. His true combat strength in the team is only below Chen An and Ye Hongyi. He is strong enough to fight Foundation Establishment demonic cultivators alone. His weakness is that his mental power is polluted. He must take a mind-clearing pill during the battle. Otherwise, he may not be able to distinguish friend from foe when he fights.

Within Zhang Yuan's Myriad Soul Banner, there were only three Foundation Establishment Fiends and a little over three hundred Qi Refining Fiends. The rest were all mortal souls. His spiritual power was minimally polluted, and his strength was originally ranked behind Wu Feng, surpassing the other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Now there's Zhu Fan, who just broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm and quickly surpassed Zhang Yuan. With three Foundation Establishment vengeful ghosts, plus more than a thousand Qi Refining stage vengeful ghosts, and countless mortal ghosts, he can easily crush Zhang Yuan with just the power of the Myriad Soul Banner.

Back then, Zhu Fan was able to ambush and kill a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator. The more than a thousand Qi-refining ghosts in the Myriad Soul Banner had a tremendous effect.

Among the Qi Refining stage demonic cultivators recruited by the Qian Kingdom, many have already reached the critical point of the Foundation Establishment peak.

However, Chen An and Yu Peiyao did not choose to give away the Foundation Establishment Pill.

After all, they are demonic cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage. Once they reach the Foundation Establishment stage, they will become powerful and easily escape control.

During these eight months of war.

Internal strife has occurred many times within the demonic cultivator team; even if their lives are controlled, their minds cannot be completely controlled.

On one occasion, Wang Kui, who managed the demonic cultivator team, almost died because of the resistance of the captured demonic cultivators. After that, whenever Wang Kui appeared, he would be accompanied by a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The blood-red setting sun shone through the dark clouds onto a demonic mountain.

The war continues.

Chen An stopped ten miles away from Demon Mountain, a hint of shock in his eyes.

The main peak of the continuous Demon Mountain was cut in half, with half of the mountain suspended in mid-air. A crack stretched across the upper abdomen of the Demon Mountain, from which a large amount of black and golden gas surged out. The two intertwined and twisted into a band of light, like a group of black and golden venomous snakes fighting each other.

The cultivation world is never short of strange phenomena and miracles, but these phenomena and miracles are often accompanied by great risks between life and death.

The suspended mountain and the cracks in its belly, whatever the reason, were not something that Chen An, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, could approach and confront.

The Qi Refining cultivators of the Demon Wolf Legion who were dispatched were equally terrified; this was a game of life or death.

After exploring, survive and obtain resources.

He died after exploring, and there was nothing left.

Zhu Zizai, the vice-captain of the Demon Wolf Squad, made a series of arrangements within the team: the first exploration team, the second exploration team, the vanguard team, the garrison team, and the guard team.

Chen An, Yu Peiyao, and the Foundation Establishment cultivators only needed to retreat to a safe environment and wait for the exploration team's results.

If the strange phenomena on the Demon Mountain are treasures or opportunities.

So the treasures and opportunities belong to Chen An, Yu Peiyao, and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators.

If there are both opportunities and dangers on the mountain, then the next explorers to be dispatched will be Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Chen An and Ye Hongyi definitely don't need to take action. Since the Foundation Establishment cultivators' exploration has yielded no results, the team will simply leave and inform the Golden Core expert Chen Ying so that she can find a solution.

Chen An, along with Yu Peiyao and Ye Hongyi, continued to retreat thirty miles. The three of them observed the situation of Demon Mountain from a low hill using a remote communication jade tablet.

Yu Peiyao glanced at Chen An and said speechlessly, "Senior Brother Chen, aren't you being too cautious? Aren't you afraid those Qi Refining disciples will steal the treasure?"

Chen An stopped, not turning his head, and said, "Junior Sister Yu, I've noticed that your sense of security has been decreasing since you came to the battlefield. Is it because the victories in each battle have blinded you?"

"Junior sister, have you forgotten how Junior Brother Zheng Ping died?"

When Zheng Ping was mentioned, Yu Peiyao's tone softened, and she said in a low voice, "I'm sorry to Senior Brother Zheng."

Chen An said, "Human life is very fragile. A sword, a bow, or even a chopstick can kill a person."

"Junior sister, what makes you think you can withstand the unknown risks?"

Throughout his cultivation journey, Chen An has encountered many strange phenomena, but he never rushes into them without a plan, as that would be irresponsible.

Even if such an extraordinary encounter brings benefits, the next time one encounters a strange phenomenon, one may still face life-threatening danger.

In the cultivation world, there are countless strange phenomena of setting traps to swindle rogue cultivators and sect cultivators. This Demon Mountain may seem magical, but in reality, it is nothing special.

In short, if you don't lack resources, you won't take risks; if you can let others take risks, you won't take risks yourself.

Yu Peiyao did not respond. Her expression began to turn serious. She was a smart person and had obviously realized that something was wrong.

War, the Qian Kingdom, Yin energy—whatever the reason, the fact that her thoughts were affected was a terrifying thing.

The cultivation level at the Qi Refining stage is still somewhat insufficient.

The entire Qian Kingdom is a Yin land, where mortals cannot survive. Similarly, cultivators are also affected by the Yin land. In the process of absorbing spirit stones for cultivation, they will inevitably guide some evil energy into their bodies.

While cultivators in the Qi Refining stage risk their lives to participate in battles, they are unaware that they are also affected by the environment of heaven and earth, gradually becoming bloodthirsty.