Starting with the consumables of the Demonic Sect, one can barely achieve immortality.

Tian Tong listened to the corpse cultivators' argument with a smile on his face.

In his view, the greater the conflict among these newly promoted junior repairmen, the better.

As long as no one dies or their cultivation is destroyed, these conflicts can all become a driving force for the progress of cultivators.

If these people stick together for warmth, he'll be worried.

This corpse cultivator, who had just been promoted to a true disciple, was always extremely insightful.

Now that he has more intelligence, his perspective has also risen to a higher level:

'Exploring the ruins and secret realms is a long-term plan for the Palace Master. Even if Huang Tong perishes at Biyue Palace, it won't cause the Palace Master to change his mind.'

"With the increasing number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in the hall, the existing benefits are no longer sufficient for distribution, and we must inevitably seek more from outside..."

"Among the five courts and twelve halls of the Immortal Sect, the Hall of Longevity has the weakest foundation, which allows it to gain ample benefits from the secret realms and ruins that the other halls look down upon."

"However... the appearance of Master Miaohe outside the Biyue Palace signifies that the three righteous sects' intention to expand northward is now unstoppable."

"From now on, the conflict between the court and the righteous path will be many times more intense than before."

He glanced at the cultivators around him, his gaze indifferent:

"With their fighting skills, can these few individuals even compare to the late-stage Qi Refining cultivators of the three sects' direct lineages?"

"Only Yan has reached the level of a direct descendant of the three sects, perhaps even slightly surpassing them... but that's only enough to fight those who cultivate [Cold Qi]."

People don't care who is stronger or weaker among a group of crickets. For the Heavenly Child who has received the true scriptures of enlightenment, his competitors are no longer the group of late-stage cultivators in the palace.

The group walked toward the empty cave, and as the path ahead grew increasingly cold, the cultivators became more and more silent.

The silence was broken by a cry of almost desolate ecstasy:

"Excellent! I've succeeded!"

The cultivators stared in astonishment at a certain cave dwelling that had remained silent since issuing a declaration of enlightenment.

Tian Tong, however, said without any concern:

"This is how the fellow disciples on the fifth floor are."

"Our sect's 'Yin Shi Xing Sha Jue' does not contain any method for cultivating the ninth extraordinary meridian or forging the brow bone acupoint in advance."

"Therefore, most corpse cultivators, including ourselves, will suffer some damage to their brow when they complete the cultivation of the eight meridians and draw qi from the middle dantian to impact the upper dantian."

"Generally speaking, this damage will gradually heal as our cultivation of the upper dantian deepens."

"But some poor souls who acted too hastily in the past suffered too much damage, and no matter how diligently they practiced, they could not be fully healed."

The child said lightly:

"For those who lack talent, madness is the price to pay for taking that next step."

Upon hearing this, all the cultivators who had also broken through to the later stages of the "Yin Corpse Walking and Killing Technique" fell silent, beginning to reflect on whether they had also developed some kind of madness during their breakthrough.

Yan Cheng, however, had nothing to worry about, a leisurely smile flashing across his eyes.

What is the risk of damage to the upper dantian?

It was difficult for him to explain to a group of novice cultivators who didn't even know the "Shangyintian Corpse Dao Chapter".

Upon hearing Tiantong's words, the people in the cave instantly flew into a rage:

"Who says I'm crazy? I'm perfectly lucid!"

"Where did this brat come from? If you have the guts, fight this Taoist priest for one hundred and eighty rounds!"

The next moment, a powerful divine sense reached out from the cave and pulled Tian Tong's figure directly over!

With a soft "poof," the Heavenly Child's true form appeared behind Yan Cheng, looking with great interest at the piece of rotten wood that had switched places with him and shattered into hundreds of pieces under the pressure of divine sense.

The Substitute Technique, one of the Three Body Techniques.

The person in the cave missed their first attack, but did not pursue them further. Their heavy breathing sent chills down the spines of all the cultivators.

Tiantong remarked with emotion:

"This fellow Daoist has quite a temper."

"From now on, when you cultivate on the fifth floor, don't be like your elder brother and criticize your fellow disciples so arbitrarily, or this piece of rotten wood will become a role model."

Yan Cheng felt that it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain a smile on her face.

What are all these things?

One of the female cultivators among the group of corpse cultivators exclaimed in surprise:

"Is this a telekinetic technique?"

"Although we have cultivated divine sense and can control objects remotely, we can only use our divine sense to make things the size of our palm fly through the air."

"This one can even move Senior Brother Tiantong's body; he's probably only one step away from the peak of Qi Refining!"

Tian Tong smiled slightly:

"As expected of Junior Sister Zeng Jing, who is said to have read all the scriptures in the palace in three years, her eyesight is truly sharp."

"To be able to locate a living person remotely with one's divine sense, and to have enough spiritual power to move my body, this senior brother's cultivation is indeed quite remarkable."

"It's a pity that he has no skill in magic, which is a waste of his profound cultivation and magical power."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a faint voice echoed from another cave:

That's incorrect!

"We cultivate the path to immortality and seek the profound Dao. What use are killing techniques, no matter how many you master, to the Great Dao?"

Upon hearing this, Tiantong burst into loud laughter:

"If that's the case, why did His Highness give us the opportunity to practice these techniques?"

"If everyone closes their doors and meditates diligently until the end of their lives, wouldn't everyone have a chance to achieve Foundation Establishment?"

"The secret formulas are the foundation of one's spiritual practice; without cultivating the secret formulas, one's spiritual practice cannot progress."

"Only when you've condensed your immortal foundation will you realize, fellow cultivator, that you don't even really understand your own path of cultivation. By then, it will be too late to cram!"

To be fair, although Yan Cheng believed that the reason the hall opened up various techniques to the corpse cultivators was only to plunder the Yin Corpse Fiend, it was definitely not to help the corpse cultivators on their foundation building path.

But Tiantong's words made a lot of sense. Who in the world has ever heard of someone who could attain enlightenment and become a true immortal simply by meditating and practicing qi?

Even the "Shangyintian Corpse Path Chapter," which focuses on cultivation and qi refining and devotes very little space to techniques, contains corresponding wonderful methods that must be learned before establishing an immortal foundation.

The situation is similar to how a saintess who wants to build a celestial foundation, the "Radiant Prism," must first learn the "Fleeting Shadows Secret Technique."

The process of practicing secret techniques is itself a path to increasing one's understanding of the Immortal Foundation.

However, compared to the secret techniques directly related to the foundation of immortality, the Three Bodies Technique is a common technique that can be practiced or not.

However, there's no need to explicitly state these thoughts to Tiantong.

Only a cold, eerie voice responded:

"joke!"

"Do you think these incantations displayed in the hall are some kind of wondrous and profound method beneficial to one's spiritual path?"

"It's okay to deceive those who want to revise, but don't deceive yourself too."

"What Three Bodies Technique? There were never any such messy methods in ancient times."

"That's all made up by you guys to complicate cultivation and to harm those lower-level cultivators who aren't clear-headed."

"When it really comes down to a life-or-death struggle, what use are these fancy tricks?"

A figure pushed open the cave door and walked heavily to Yan Cheng and his group, his long, phoenix-shaped eyes filled with nothing but coldness.

"My two hands are enough."