Journey to the West: Building a Celestial Empire Starting from Lion Camel Ridge

【Chen Ping'an. Lord】

[Personality: Calm and resolute, decisive and ruthless, cunning]

[Realm Level: Qi Refining Stage (Seventh Level)]

[Body structure: Excellent]

【Perception: 3】

[Talent: Immunity to All Poisons (Lord's Bonus Attribute), Gathering for Cultivation (Can obtain a trace of mana from protected cultivators daily)]

[Skills: None]

[Supernatural Abilities: Kun Yuan Body Protection (Shareable), Earthly Breath Connection (Shareable), External Avatar (Not Shareable)]

Chen Ping'an sensed the changes in his body and casually opened the panel.

Sure enough, he reached the seventh level of Qi Refining.

After upgrading the spiritual altars of everyone cultivating in the shelter to level two, the effects were immediate.

In less than a month, this mortal who had never cultivated before had already stepped into the seventh level of Qi Refining.

This progress is simply incredible!

Currently, in the shelter, Fan Qiming is at the Foundation Establishment stage, and Liu Cheng is at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Ali doesn't have the talent for group cultivation, but with the help of the Purification Platform, she has already broken through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

In terms of combat strength, this is now the most powerful force in the ruins of White Bone Town.

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Ruins of White Bone Town.

Northeast corner.

This area was originally a wealthy residential area in White Bone Town, but since that horrific war, its prosperity has vanished, and all that can be seen are broken walls and ruins.

The wealthy families here, though they built fortresses and thought they were well prepared for disaster, found their defenses ridiculously weak when the danger actually came.

Because the weakest of the ordinary demon soldiers in Lion Camel Ridge is at the Foundation Establishment stage.

Above them are the demon soldier captains, each commanding ten demon soldiers. The strength of these captains is generally at the late Foundation Establishment stage, with some even reaching the Pseudo-Core stage.

Above the demon soldier captains are the demon soldier commanders, who oversee four teams, totaling forty people. All the demon soldier commanders are at the Golden Core stage.

However, the boundary distribution of Lion Camel Ridge actually has obvious faults.

The three kings were extremely powerful, but they were all alone when they descended to the mortal realm.

After all, they were clear about their mission and had no intention of becoming mountain kings.

After spending a few years in the mortal realm, one must eventually return.

These minor demons from the mortal realm were merely followers who were casually incorporated into the group. Originally, they were just scattered demons from several surrounding mountains, but they grew to their current size under the reorganization of the three kings.

Therefore, they are not a united front in private. Now, the three kings and the Buddhist Heavenly Court have developed a rift. The seemingly harmonious group of demons has long since returned to a state of disarray.

The one who led the army to massacre the town of White Bone was a capable general under the Third King, known as the White Bone Demon. It was under his magic that the residents of White Bone Town were transformed into countless bone demons.

The Third King originally instructed the White Bone Demon to demolish the Garan Temple and smash the statues, but unfortunately the news was leaked and the statues were taken away first.

The two people who moved the guardian statue were originally residents of the ruins of White Bone Town. One was named Cheng Qian, and the other was named Song Yue.

The two were devout Buddhists. The night before the war, they received a dream from Guanyin Bodhisattva, which not only allowed them to successfully move the Dharma protector Buddha statue, but also enabled them to survive the war.

At this moment, thanks to the resources and incense offerings originally prepared by the wealthy family, the two were living relatively well in the ruins.

For this reason, the two were extremely diligent, expressing their gratitude to Buddha, and reported almost every detail of the news from White Bone Town.

This naturally includes Chen Ping'an's earth-shattering cannon shot.

Although Gu Ping is an evil cultivator, he is, after all, a genuine late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The Buddhist sect had already set its sights on Chen Ping'an, and the moment the news was sent back, the other end of the communication jade talisman fell into a brief silence.

Is the news true?

Amidst the incessant chirping of cicadas, Cheng Qian nodded: "The Spirit Cicadas have been keeping a close watch since the rainy season; their information is absolutely reliable."

Cheng Qian was saying this, but he was still in shock from that shot.

That's the top fighting force in White Bone Town right now!

"Did you see what killed Gu Ping?"

"No."

"That shelter was very strange. The cicada couldn't get close at all. It only saw a purple light shoot out from the shelter. Before Gu Ping could even put up any resistance, he was completely destroyed."

There was another moment of silence on the other end of the communication jade talisman.

It seems to be analyzing and evaluating something.

"Continue monitoring and report any updates immediately."

"yes!"

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Mountain God Temple.

After the news of Gu Ping's swift and clean death spread, everyone fell silent.

Wanyan Liang, who had originally planned to take advantage of the rainy season to storm Chen Ping'an's shelter, now stood there with a grim face, not uttering a word.

The atmosphere was almost frozen.

"Without realizing it, it has become this powerful."

After a long while, Wanyan Liang let out a long sigh.

Just a few days ago, Fan Qiming and he had barely managed to fight to a draw. If it weren't for the latter's strange supernatural abilities, he would have been confident of killing him on the spot.

Now, under Chen Ping'an's rule, the sanctuary can directly kill those in the late Foundation Establishment stage, and even if the latter uses defensive magic artifacts, it is to no avail.

"If this continues, will this person attack our shelter?"

The speaker was Meng Chong, the second-in-command of the Mountain God Temple Sanctuary. He was at the ninth level of Qi Refining and had recently been attempting to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

With two Foundation Establishment cultivators, they could easily crush any other shelter, leaving them unable to even raise their heads.

Unlike the people in the Earth God Temple who barely survived in the ruins by relying on the incense and protective barrier, the people in the Mountain God Temple shelter all used the power of the Mountain God to varying degrees.

Therefore, they also learned about Chen Ping'an's sanctuary, and have now directly clashed with the Heavenly Court's forces.

After the Earth God Temple's barrier collapsed, everyone sensed danger. The most direct sign was that the mountain god's power descending upon them had stalled.

This is also the fundamental reason why Wanyan Liang did not gain any advantage in his direct confrontation with Fan Qiming.

At that time, everyone still held onto a sliver of hope, believing that the Mountain God Temple sanctuary was still the most powerful of the four sanctuaries, and that the power of the Yin God was their greatest reliance.

But after today, everything will be different.

Because the power of the mountain god not only faded, but disappeared into nothingness at an extremely rapid pace.

The mountain god who protected them is retreating!

"Did you feel it?"

As the most powerful human in the shelter, Wanyan Liang keenly sensed the changes in his body. The surging power of the mountain god had now calmed down, and his cultivation level dropped to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage at an extremely rapid pace.

As for the others, they all experienced varying degrees of decline in their cultivation levels, and their expressions changed constantly, their moods shifting unpredictably.

"Mountain God, are you abandoning us?"

Meng Chong paused for a moment, then said in a low voice.

Click!

To everyone's astonishment, the incense-filled barrier above their heads began to melt away inch by inch, turning into countless specks of light in the air.

Although the rain had stopped, the sun shone through the clouds, bringing a rare warmth during the rainy season.

But the people in the mountain god temple felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave.