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

Yu Peiyao has reached the Foundation Establishment stage.

She spent a whole year and consumed ten Foundation Establishment Pills.

Even so, her realm after the breakthrough was still not very stable, and she needed to consume a large number of high-grade pills for the early stage of Foundation Establishment to stabilize her realm.

As soon as Yu Peiyao emerged from seclusion, she went to find Chen An, only to learn that Chen An and Ye Hongyi had both gone into seclusion.

They've all gone into seclusion. Who will run the Demon Wolf Legion?

The Demon Wolf Squad's managers became two Qi Refining stage cultivators, Yan Gang and Wang Kui. Initially, there was only Yan Gang, and Wang Kui was only responsible for providing advice. However, later, Yan Gang became too busy, so Wang Kui had to step into the limelight and help Yan Gang manage the squad.

Wang Kui was very clever. He knew he was just a rogue cultivator and dared not interfere with power, fearing that he would be purged by the real battle group leaders.

Therefore, Wang Kui would consult Yan Gang or other Foundation Establishment cultivators before making any decisions, adopting an extremely humble attitude.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators were led by Zhu Fan, followed by Wang Rulong and Wu Feng, plus Foundation Establishment cultivators from thirteen sects, totaling sixteen people. The strength of the entire battle group had significantly improved compared to a year ago.

Two months ago, Chen Ying, a Golden Core cultivator, came to see the two of them because of the war. Chen An was in seclusion at the time, so Yan Gang received her instead.

Yan Gang did not show any fear. Although he was only at the Qi Refining stage, he often commanded Foundation Establishment cultivators in battle, which honed his courage as a cultivator.

Chen Ying didn't mind; it was just a small collaboration, and it was fine as long as it didn't bother Chen An and Yu Peiyao.

Thus, Yan Gang seized the opportunity of immense wealth and made deals with Golden Core cultivators, completing a large-scale war involving nearly 100,000 people.

Chen Ying mobilized all 25,000 men from her four legions to carry out a major purge of the demonic forces in the Qian Kingdom.

After nearly two years of war, the demonic cultivators have become increasingly cunning, creating a large number of mortal puppets, zombies, and vengeful ghosts in their strongholds.

The demonic path used countless mortal lives to wage a war of attack and defense against the righteous cultivators on the outskirts of the Qian Kingdom.

Ordinary puppets, zombies, and vengeful ghosts are not strong, and Qi Refining cultivators can kill them. However, the sheer number of evil creatures, coupled with the unique environment of the Qian Kingdom, makes killing these evil creatures a significant drain on the righteous path.

Golden Core cultivators and Foundation Establishment cultivators can easily deal with evil spirits, but they are often too busy to travel to different places alone to deal with and eliminate all evil spirits.

Moreover, no one knows whether a high-level being might be lurking among these low-level evil creatures to launch a sneak attack.

Thus, the purge plan initiated by Chen Ying was officially put into action.

Because of the previous incident involving the third-tier demonic beast, the four elders of the Song family dared not raise any objections in order to curry favor with Cheng Yao. Instead, they offered their own strategies to help Cheng Yao improve her plan and reduce casualties.

The discussion of the war took place in the Demon Wolf Legion, and Yan Gang and Wang Kui happened to be among the people chosen to discuss the plan. During the discussion on annihilating the evil creatures, Yan Gang and Wang Kui put forward many suggestions, which were adopted.

Their contribution of devising the plan officially placed the two Qi Refining cultivators at the leadership level of the four legions.

The strategic plan went smoothly, and within just one month, they achieved tremendous results on their battlefield.

After the first round of strategic objectives were completed.

Yan Gang and Wang Kui proposed to buy the corpses and souls of evil creatures at high prices, so that lower-level cultivators could hunt these evil creatures in small teams to prevent them from increasing in number.

The corpses of evil creatures can be used to reforge puppets.

Souls can be collected and stored in the Myriad Soul Banner.

The two-pronged plan directly led the Netherworld Cult to abandon the deployment of evil objects in Chen Ying's jurisdiction, resulting in a strategic victory.

This strategic approach can be replicated.

The sect awarded Chen Ying and her four battle groups separately.

Furthermore, the Wolf Pack received a separate reward.

During the large-scale battles, the Wolf Legion, having undergone a year-long reform program, became more flexible as a whole, and dealt with as many evil creatures as possible while fulfilling its war objectives.

On a lookout tower.

As Yu Peiyao listened to her subordinates report on the events of the past year, she couldn't help but marvel at how the Demon Wolf Legion, despite lacking a leader, was still developing steadily.

Logically speaking, in the cultivation world, delegating power to subordinates has an almost 90% chance of causing a backlash.

Delegating authority to lower-level cultivators is a huge challenge, not to mention that one of them is a rogue cultivator.

Every spiritual practitioner has greed; very few people can control their greed when faced with a great deal of wealth.

Why are Yan Gang and Wang Kui allowed to do it?

One mile away.

Yan Gang returned after winning the war.

Yu Peiyao saw from afar that an unfamiliar Foundation Establishment cultivator walked up to Yan Gang, cupped his hands, and showed a respectful expression.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator bowing to a Qi Refining disciple? Yu Peiyao only remembered seeing this kind of thing happen to the direct descendants of her family.

Even if the direct descendants of the Yu family are at the Qi Refining stage, they can still disregard ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators from the outside world.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators who want to curry favor with the Yu family actually need to bow to the direct descendants of the Yu family's Qi Refining cultivators.

Yan Gang is now like a direct descendant of the Yu family, a blood relative in the Qi Refining stage.

Yan Gang's power is even greater than that of the direct descendants of the Yu family who are at the Qi Refining stage.

Although Yan Gang is not a Foundation Establishment cultivator now, his power is enough to make a Foundation Establishment cultivator easily send him to his death.

"Life is truly unpredictable."

Yu Peiyao still remembers that when she first joined the demon-hunting team, Yan Gang was just a new deputy captain. Because he thought Yu Peiyao was pretty, he wanted her to be Chen An's maid.

Yu Peiyao was furious and couldn't help but end her plan to infiltrate the lower levels of society prematurely.

Upon learning Yu Peiyao's identity, Yan Gang immediately abandoned his airs as the deputy captain and approached Yu Peiyao to respectfully apologize.

As Yan Gang entered the camp, he immediately spotted Yu Peiyao on the watchtower. He interrupted the conversation between the Foundation Establishment cultivators beside him, flew towards Yu Peiyao on his sword, and stopped on the ground below the watchtower, bowing respectfully.

He performed a very standard cupped-hand salute, bowing even lower than the unfamiliar Foundation Establishment cultivator he had met before, and showing even greater respect.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Yu." Yan Gang seemed to remember something, then patted his mouth and quickly said, "Greetings, Martial Uncle Yu. Congratulations on successfully establishing your foundation."

The unfamiliar Foundation Establishment cultivator looked up at Yu Peiyao, then suddenly seemed to remember something and followed suit, bowing as well. He seemed to think that calling her "Junior Sister" or "Senior Sister" was inappropriate, so he imitated Yan Gang's manner.

"Congratulations, Uncle-Master, on breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm."

The unfamiliar Foundation Establishment cultivator was named Lü Chunfeng. A few months ago, he wasn't a Foundation Establishment cultivator; he was just an ordinary disciple at the peak of Qi Refining.

In order to achieve Foundation Establishment, he answered the sect's call, sold himself to the sect, and then he luckily became a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

In a normal era, someone like Lü Chunfeng would never have been able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, because he had no background, no practical experience, no way to earn Foundation Establishment Pills, and no desire to become stronger. He was even somewhat afraid of death.

When the war began, I was suddenly chosen, and I was still somewhat confused.

After being examined by a Golden Core cultivator, he had a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Lu Chunfeng remembered that many of his fellow disciples died in the trial grounds, but he was able to obtain a Foundation Establishment Pill and successfully establish his foundation.

Lu Chunfeng didn't do well in the Qi Refining stage, so even after breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he wasn't very confident.

The other Foundation Establishment cultivators were respectful to Yan Gang out of fear of Zhu Fan, Wang Rulong, and Wu Feng. But Lü Chunfeng was genuinely respectful to Yan Gang. Yan Gang called him "Uncle-Master," and he couldn't bring himself to call him "Junior Sister" or "Senior Sister."

So, in a moment of slip of the tongue, he called out "Congratulations, Martial Uncle" to Yu Peiyao, who was also at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Yu Peiyao glanced at Lü Chunfeng and said softly, "Junior Brother Yan will definitely reach the Foundation Establishment stage in the future, so just call me Senior Sister, there's no need to call me Martial Uncle."

"This fellow Daoist is the same; you can call me Senior Sister."