Wasted Spiritual Root to Embark on Demonic Cultivation

Chapter 477

The ambitions of Yellow Springs Monastery were known to everyone.

It had already become a running joke in the cultivation world. Their desire to destroy the Ice Prison Realm was not something new. The goal of the Blood Demon Hall Master to become the “Warden” actually conflicted with Yellow Springs Monastery’s objective.

However, this conflict was not absolute. After all, the Hall Master’s core demand was to break through to Spirit Transformation. Whether he became Warden or not was ultimately unimportant.

This point had already been decided the moment the other party personally delivered Zhuo Shouyun to him.

The current issue was the division of responsibilities!

“After breaking through, you will still be alone and unsupported. Therefore, I also need your help to break through to Spirit Transformation.”

“What about the process? How do we avoid the eyes of Crimson Heaven and the others? Do you have any ideas?”

The Yellow Springs Monastery Lord gave a contemptuous smile.

“Such a simple question still needs me to give advice? As for the process… just as this Monastery Lord said earlier, we summon a sufficiently large Yellow Springs River.”

At that time, he would naturally have a way to break through to Spirit Transformation.

The Yellow Springs was one of the symbols of death. Only a sufficient scale of death could summon the true Yellow Springs River. Just like their own sect’s location, they had created a vast Dead Silence Desert, which drew the Yellow Springs to reside permanently in the world.

In reality, they had “killed” the spiritual energy of this region. The damage to this world was enormous. At the very least, the Dead Silence Desert had completely become a land of absolute spiritual silence.

Didn’t the righteous path want to use war to consume excess population?

This move perfectly suited the Yellow Springs Monastery Lord’s intentions.

Although becoming the vanguard army had been unexpected, he could still take advantage of the situation and seek suitable benefits from it.

For him, the opportunity to break through to Spirit Transformation was the Yellow Springs itself.

If he could obtain the Blood Demon Hall Master’s cooperation and create large swaths of death zones, the success rate of his plan would rise dramatically.

Even if he first helped the Blood Demon Hall Master break through, the other party, under pressure from the Heaven-Refining Demonic Sect, would still need an ally of the same Spirit Transformation level to watch each other’s backs.

Once their interests aligned on this point.

Their cooperation would naturally follow. Next, the map of the Taihu Spiritual Domain was unfurled. The three prefectures they had already captured were enough to arrange large-scale death sacrifices.

Those populations might not be able to evacuate smoothly.

“Currently we can arrange five locations. Once we gather four more, we can complete the required number of sacrifices for the summoning. Continuing deeper into Sword Sect territory is too difficult. We should head north or south…”

In other words, they would pick the softest persimmons to squeeze.

Moderate death was already tacitly permitted by Taihu. Their goal of consuming population could not be stated openly. This was one of the headaches of being part of the righteous path.

They could never speak clearly, so one could only guess the higher-ups’ intentions. However, large-scale death sacrifices were an absolute taboo that could not be touched.

Heading north meant facing the Azure Cloud Sect. Heading south meant facing the Thunderfire Temple.

They also needed to estimate the Sword Sect’s reinforcement strength and carve out a tactical depth in enemy territory that allowed enough room to maneuver.

The two discussed for a long time and finally selected four locations. Among them was none other than the famous Water Cloud Immortal Capital!

The Yellow Springs Monastery Lord laughed heartily.

“There is news that Wang Yu has appeared in Water Cloud Immortal Capital. He slaughtered the two Nascent Soul cultivators stationed there. Authority in that place has not yet been unified. It is perfect for striking while the iron is hot.”

When the Blood Demon Hall Master heard Wang Yu’s name, his eyes clearly flickered. “In that case, he should have gone to Ice River Pass. Avoiding the Heaven-Refining Demonic Sect’s forces was the correct choice.

“Once you and I break through to Spirit Transformation, there will be no need for such a capable person to run around everywhere, unable to cultivate in peace.”

“Hahaha, then let us hope our cooperation goes smoothly.”

“Naturally.”

Several months later.

After the battle results were sorted, the Crimson Kite camp’s forces advanced once more. The direction they chose was unmistakably north. The entire Azure Cloud Sect immediately began running around in alarm because of the demonic path’s movements.

They requested reinforcements where needed and dispatched additional troops wherever possible.

They tried to complete all preparations before any direct clash.

The moment the Crimson Kite’s main army moved, Wang Yu, who had been paying close attention, immediately took action. Relying on his good relationship with the northern demon clans, he took the route through the Northern Severed Boundary Mountain Range, heading south in a detour to the border between Water Cloud Prefecture and Feng Prefecture.

No matter which route the Azure Cloud Sect’s reinforcement teams took, he could intercept them here.

He would also naturally coordinate once with the Crimson Kite camp’s main forces.

There was only one thing to watch out for.

That was whether the Azure Cloud Sect had anticipated his plan. From the moment he appeared in Water Cloud Immortal Capital to the tribulation battle at Kuangmei Mountain, in theory the Azure Cloud Sect should have guessed he was near Ice River Pass.

After all, the fact that Wang Yu had offended the Crimson Heaven Demon Venerable was no secret.

Just one or two Core Formation spies would be enough to learn such “well-known” information. From the human perspective of seeking profit and avoiding harm, Wang Yu should have avoided the Crimson Kite’s main forces.

But things could not always be viewed from the best-case scenario.

If the Azure Cloud Sect dispatched multiple late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivators to guard against his surprise attack, he might not necessarily win in a direct confrontation.

If a great perfection cultivator was leading the team, he would be in even greater trouble.

This risk, Wang Yu had to bear himself.

He was also willing to bear it. Even a hunter must be prepared to become prey at any moment. Moreover, after Snowjade reached fourth-rank transformation, she already had the ability to assist him in battle.

Once the Heavenly Fox Illusion Realm was perfected, holding back two early-stage Nascent Souls would not be a problem.

In addition, half of the Azure Cloud Sect’s main forces were tied down at Ice River Pass.

The mountain gate also needed strong experts to guard it. The overall strength of the Seven Righteous Sects was comparable to the Five Great Demonic Sects, but when it came to individual sect foundations, aside from the Sword Sect and the most mysterious Northern Suppression Tower whose depths were unknown.

The righteous path actually had no single sect that could compare to one of the Five Great Demonic Sects. The reinforcement team could at most gather ten Nascent Souls. The true gathering place of powerhouses was the frontline battlefield confronting the Crimson Kite’s main forces.

But Wang Yu had no intention of going anywhere near it.

He would only strike the reinforcement teams!

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Half a month later.

Feng Prefecture.

The only prefecture under Azure Cloud Sect that had not yet fallen into war chaos. Three majestic fourth-rank war spirit ships in a triangular formation sped through the sky.

Each spirit boat could carry three thousand cultivators, roughly ten thousand core sect forces heading toward the southern frontline.

Because sovereignty over Water Cloud Prefecture was still being contested.

The reinforcement team chose to travel through Feng Prefecture. The strong experts in the team were mainly from the Orange Cloud lineage and Blue Cloud lineage. These cultivators were highly recognizable.

Cloud-brocade long robes embroidered with clouds of different colors.

Nascent Soul cultivators had an additional small Azure Cloud cauldron pattern, symbolizing the Azure Cloud Sect’s town-sect fifth-rank spirit treasure — the Azure Cloud Sky Cauldron!

The speed of fourth-rank spirit boats was inferior to Nascent Soul cultivators’ escape light.

Due to their huge size, air resistance, and other factors, spirit boats could not transform into light. In fact, they were even slower than Core Formation cultivators, positioned like battlefield tanks.

Wang Yu stood on a small hill on the ground, gazing at the three spirit boats flying across the horizon. With his superb divine sense technique, he instantly saw the strong experts above clearly.

“Twelve Nascent Souls: seven early-stage, three mid-stage, two late-stage. A bit more than expected…”

He did not rule out the possibility of more experts hidden in secret.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Yu still decided to act. With his late fourth-rank Body Refiner physique, plus the enhancement from the fourth-rank superior-grade true treasure Demonic Dragon Armor, and the Blood and Flesh Demonic Weaponized three-pronged two-bladed spear.

Even if he couldn’t win, he had no need to worry about perishing here.

Kill as many as he could. After that, he could peacefully enter seclusion for a period, and it might even help him reach late-stage Nascent Soul.

By then, the time for the Holy Lord Heavenly Palace would also be about right.

It would connect perfectly.

The benefits far outweighed the risks. There was no reason for Wang Yu not to take the gamble. Moreover, he had already set a trap targeting these war spirit boats.

The raw material was the Heavenly Yin Water Pool he had packed up and taken from Eastern Extreme Capital. After he drained the Heavenly Yin Divine Water inside, it became a small universe space.

It was gradually heading toward annihilation. Using the power of the Water Ancestral Token and the Earth Mother Scripture passed down by the disciple of the ancestor of Earth Masters, Wang Yu was fully capable of destroying the Heavenly Yin Water Pool ahead of time.

Using feng shui secret arts to let them taste the flavor of a collapsing universe space.

While hiding himself with the [Return-to-the-Void Concealing Heaven Incantation].

He transmitted to Snowjade:

“Prepare the Heavenly Fox Illusion Realm. You only need to trap them for one breath, then you can retreat. Whether to drag away two Nascent Soul opponents is up to you.”

“Yu Niang understands.”

Time passed. As the three war spirit boats entered a marshland in southern Feng Prefecture, nine formation flags suddenly lit up on the ground.

The feng shui grand formation that Wang Yu had arranged using the mysteries of the Return-to-the-Void Concealing Heaven Incantation was directly hidden in the spatial interlayer. Unless one possessed the ability to finely perceive spatial changes.

No one could discover it in advance. In this regard, the Azure Cloud Sect was completely powerless. Their foundational techniques were seven kinds of fourth-rank superior-grade cloud-system technique inheritances.

Thus, under the gaze of everyone.

The small Heavenly Yin Water Pool abruptly appeared at the center of the triangular formation, exploding like a small sun. An incomparably terrifying spatial annihilation wind blew in all directions.

Even though the three war spirit ships activated their protective spiritual shields at the first moment, they were blown into disarray. The shields only lasted a few breaths before shattering.

But this buffer time was enough for the Nascent Soul cultivators on the ships to react. They took control of the ships and forcibly activated the ships’ effects with their Dao essence.

They once again raised protective spiritual shields, but this gap still caused over a thousand Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators to die on the spot, blown into powder by the annihilation wind, even their bones gone. Their deaths were extremely miserable.

Wang Yu could not avoid the spatial annihilation wind either.

Despite the intimidating name, when uncontrollable, the power gathered and exploded only in the initial wave, equivalent to a full-powered strike from a great cultivator.

Subsequent waves of blowing were only around early-stage Nascent Soul strength. He had anticipated this.

It was waste utilization anyway. As long as it achieved the goal, it was good.

Although the lethality did not reach full effect, the tactical effect was fully utilized. The three war spirit ships were completely scattered, and in this environment only Nascent Soul cultivators dared to leave the protective shields.

Plus the three early-stage Nascent Souls maintaining with cultivation and spirit stones, the enemies Wang Yu had to face were only nine. He chose a ship without any late-stage great cultivators.

Wang Yu charged in ferociously!

A black-gold figure in ferocious and domineering armor surrounded by dragon fiends, holding a platinum three-pronged two-bladed spear, with Silver Blood Divine Marrow fully activated.

The Force Domain in a conical shape added to the spear tip. The air was completely torn apart, space oscillating nonstop. Amid water-ripple-like ripples.

The spiritual shield of this war spirit ship was as fragile as tofu.

Wang Yu was like a meteor from beyond the heavens, unstoppable, smashing through all obstacles, piercing the shield, shattering the deck, and plunging straight into the core of the spirit ship.

Without giving any reaction time, the Force Domain attached to the three-pronged two-bladed spear was like a giant’s hand. With a casual swing, it shattered large sections of the spirit ship’s structure.

The central defensive formation broke instantly. The early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator standing on the jade platform was filled with terror and despair, smashed into a bloody mist by this brute force.

Behind Wang Yu, the Glazed Pagoda and Thunder Fiend Coffin opened.

Blood and flesh essence went to the Thunder Corpse, Nascent Soul to the Glazed Pagoda. Smooth as silk, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

At that moment.

The only mid-stage Nascent Soul on the boat, along with the other two early-stage Nascent Souls, looked hesitant to come forward to stop him, yet cowardly afraid due to Wang Yu’s ferocious might.

This brief delay allowed the Ice Chi Pill Flame to erupt with Wang Yu at the center, directly detonating the central core of the war spirit ship. The massive amount of stored spirit stones inside exploded.

The resulting spiritual power storm turned all cultivators below Nascent Soul into “body refiners,” their internal magic power chaotic and unable to use divine abilities.

The eruption of the Ice Chi Pill Flame nearly buried all the cultivators on the entire spirit boat.

Only that mid-stage and the two early-stage ones survived by luck.

Wang Yu’s appearance had taken only a few breaths, yet he achieved exaggerated battle results. On the other two spirit ships, the two late-stage Nascent Souls charged the fastest.

They had already passed the core area of the annihilation wind and were getting closer to this war spirit ship. Wang Yu once again erupted the Thunderfire Heavenly Pivot Secret Art!

His already peak combat power increased another notch.

The three-pronged two-bladed spear carrying Asura Dao intent swept out in the form of the Blood Slaughter Heart Sword. The two early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators summoned their life-bound magic treasures to block.

In the end, both person and treasure were smashed to pieces.

They couldn’t even let out a fart before being forcefully killed by Wang Yu. In this situation, the battle results instantly reached three.

“It’s the Supreme Law Profound Pill Demonic Lord! Blue Light Daoist, hold on!”

Blue Light was the last remaining mid-stage Nascent Soul on this boat. At this moment, the two great cultivators arrived together, using the signature divine abilities of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Innate Cloud Qi Great Hand Seal, striking toward Wang Yu right from the start.

The result was that this fellow ignored it completely, hard-blocking the two divine abilities. He even used the repulsive inertia to close in faster on Blue Light, with Black Demon Thunder flashing all over his body.

Originally there was a chance to resist, but a hidden spiritual fluctuation flashed by. Snowjade, enhanced with the Return-to-the-Void Concealing Heaven, made her move!

The instant the Heavenly Fox Illusion Realm took effect, it formed perfect coordination.

Blue Light was almost frozen stiff as Wang Yu smashed open his chest. The entire person was pierced through, blood spraying. The spear tip lifted the Nascent Soul and flung it directly into the Glazed Iceheart Pagoda.

At this point, all cultivators on this spirit boat were wiped out!

The two late-stage Nascent Soul great cultivators were completely insane. They could hardly imagine what the consequences of this event would be, or why a demonic path madman would dare to attack them like this!!

They simply could not understand.

On what basis? Soon they would know — on the basis of absolute hard strength crushing!

They had charged too fast and had become detached from the cultivators behind.

They had almost formed a three-tiered ladder formation, separated by the spatial annihilation wind. The second tier was the two mid-stage Nascent Souls, and the third tier was the two early-stage Nascent Souls.

The second hard battle was about to begin!