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

The territory of Qian is vast.

Chen An and the Demon Wolf Legion explored no more than one percent of the area combined.

War allows rogue cultivators to grow stronger.

However, the Netherworld Cult itself is in a state of constant war.

Therefore, the demonic cultivators living on this land are even stronger.

The reason why the war situation was so favorable was due to the suppression by the top-level cultivators of the allied forces.

Nascent Soul experts from various countries besieged the Nascent Soul experts of the Netherworld Sect, while at the same time, various countries dispatched Nascent Soul experts to hunt down the Golden Core cultivators of the Qian Kingdom.

Among the Golden Core cultivators from various countries, some led large armies of rogue cultivators to conquer cities and territories, some went solo to hunt down Foundation Establishment peak cultivators from the Qian Kingdom, and others ventured deep into the Qian Kingdom to plunder demonic resources.

Even so, the allied forces still suffered considerable casualties.

The Thousand Peaks of the Demonic Path are a formidable stronghold for the righteous path, a dangerous area that even Golden Core cultivators are unwilling to set foot in.

However, there are many such regions in the Qian Kingdom.

For the sake of cultivation, practitioners do not care about the lives of others. After losing their ethical and moral concepts, there are too many ways to become stronger.

This also gave rise to many top-tier demonic cultivators.

If it weren't for the fact that it's much more difficult for demonic cultivators in the Qian Kingdom to condense their nascent souls than for normal cultivators, the entire cultivation world would probably be in chaos.

One Nascent Soul demonic cultivator was enough to keep the Nascent Soul experts of the surrounding countries from attacking for a long time. If there were another Nascent Soul demonic cultivator, the surrounding countries might not dare to have the idea of ​​invading the Qian Kingdom.

As long as one Nascent Soul demon cultivator escapes.

All forces besieging the Qian Kingdom will likely suffer.

Nascent Soul demonic cultivators don't care about the life or death of living beings; they have far too many methods for slaughtering them.

Legend has it that 20,000 years ago, there was a Netherworld Cult Leader who single-handedly annihilated thirteen Nascent Soul sects and killed twelve Nascent Soul cultivators.

Thirteen Nascent Soul sects and over thirty Nascent Soul cultivators joined forces, yet they still couldn't capture the Netherworld Cult Leader.

The leader of the Netherworld Cult, to escape the pursuit of the righteous path, hid in a secret realm and never came out again.

Some say he died, others say he successfully ascended to godhood, forging a path of demonic transformation into godhood.

However, due to the ruthless methods of the Netherworld Sect Master, most of the sects lost their inheritance and were weakened countless times, becoming marginal sects.

The resources lost by the thirteen sects, when added together, are estimated to be enough to cultivate more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators, and these resources are constantly regenerating.

If these thirteen sects were given another chance, they would definitely go all out to deal with the leader of the Netherworld Sect and would not hold back in the slightest.

Since the great war 20,000 years ago.

The Netherworld Cult resurfaces every two to three thousand years, re-establishing itself in some regions.

Righteous cultivators generally do not immediately destroy the Netherworld Cult.

They always waited until the Netherworld Sect produced a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Only then will a coalition of nations launch a joint attack on the Netherworld Cult, dealing a heavy blow to it, destroying its rule, restoring the environment of the Netherworld, and allowing the land to regain its vitality.

The specific reason is probably similar to Ye Hongyi's feeling: righteous cultivators want to obtain some blessings from heaven and earth by killing demonic cultivators.

As for why we have to wait for the birth of a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Netherworld Sect.

Chen An didn't want to think about it too deeply.

In the Qian Kingdom, there are many extremely sunny places similar to the peaks of a thousand mountains.

These extremely yang lands are not only treasure troves for cultivators, but their extremely yang energy is also nourishment for mortals, and even Nascent Soul cultivators are unwilling to destroy them easily.

Destroying the land of extreme yang is to destroy the lives of millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of people.

From a certain perspective, the demonic path of the Qian Kingdom has kidnapped the lives of countless mortals who are kept in captivity, making high-level cultivators hesitant to take action against it and unable to launch a comprehensive attack.

After reading the message from the communication jade pendant, Chen An gained a deeper understanding of the war and the world.

In the past, Chen An was not qualified to know these things, nor would anyone be willing to tell him them.

It wasn't until Chen An emerged from seclusion and became a disciple of a Golden Core cultivator that this changed.

His higher status within the sect led to more people being willing to share news of the war with Chen An.

After learning this information.

Chen An was also able to better analyze the battle situation, allowing him to always be in a safe position.

When Ye Hongyi saw the message, she frowned slightly and returned the communication jade pendant to Chen An.

Given her living environment and life experiences, it's difficult for her to empathize with the position of a sect leader and to guess the meaning behind this information.

For Ye Hongyi, this information was only superficial.

The most strange thing is that the Netherworld Cult keeps changing its ways. Why can't the righteous alliance just wipe out the Netherworld Cult before it develops further?

Five months later.

Chen An and Ye Hongyi returned to the Great Rift Valley once again. The Demonic Thousand Peaks on the opposite bank were unchanged from what they had seen before.

In the shadows, Yu Mochou's expression was solemn. She saw a different kind of Demonic Thousand Peaks. In her vision, countless faint fluctuations of divine consciousness spread out in all directions.

If it were a Golden Core cultivator instead, it would definitely be discovered.

But Yu Mochou is different. She cultivates the Yu family's divine sense secret technique, the Divine Refining Technique. She can not only sense all the divine sense fluctuations emanating from Thousand Peaks, but she can also sense that the aura of a Foundation Establishment demonic cultivator within Thousand Peaks has reached a critical point.

"On these Thousand Peaks, there are actually people who have the opportunity to break through to the Golden Core Realm!"

"Could it be that he's deliberately suppressing his cultivation level to avoid a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

"It was the scene of Chen An and the man in red killing the fat monk last time that scared this guy, so he's jumping out now."

Yu Mochou didn't keep anything to herself and told Chen An and Ye Hongyi about the situation at Qianzhong Peak. She said that Qianzhong Peak was already on guard and warned the two of them to be careful, but she didn't tell them to leave.

As a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, and a member of the Yu family at that stage, Yu Mochou was confident that she could protect Chen An and Ye Hongyi if they didn't venture into the mountain.

Yu Mochou was wary of Thousand Peaks, not the cultivators within them. If all the cultivators from Thousand Peaks came out, she wouldn't hesitate to use her trump cards to deal with the entire Thousand Peaks.

Chen An and Ye Hongyi exchanged a glance.

Ye Hongyi said, "Senior brother, this time, I'll go first."

Chen An nodded. He trusted Ye Hongyi's fighting ability, but if Ye Hongyi died because of her arrogance, then she would not be trustworthy.

Chen An will feel sad and regretful, but that's all; he will move on.

If Ye Hongyi, with her Heavenly Spiritual Root, always needs Chen An's protection, then she has no value in existing.

The reason he took the risk of offending people to take a concubine was because Ye Hongyi cultivated quickly and had strong combat power, and could become an assistant to Chen An.

Ye Hongyi soared into the air on her sword, with eight hundred miles of villains behind her and a rift valley in front of her that resembled the eye of the earth. On the opposite bank was the Thousand Peaks, the abode of evil cultivators.

Under a deathly still, gray-yellow sky.

Ye Hongyi wore red armor that looked as if it had been scorched by the true fire of the sun.

The armor plates, layered like phoenix feathers, shimmered with golden light in the filthy world, separating her from the surrounding air and creating an independent space.