Chapter 616: The Calamity of the Core Formation Stage
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Sixth Heavens.
The Hexagonal Double-eaved Hall of New Sun Sect.
This uniquely designed palace was surrounded by dozens of Core Formation cultivators patrolling and guarding it closely.
Inside the hall, several dozen imposing armchairs were neatly arranged, each occupied by a Core Formation cultivator. In front of each chair was a small square table made of pear wood with an exquisite tea cup filled with high-quality tea leaves.
However, these cultivators all had gloomy expressions and none of them felt like drinking tea.
The dozens of elderly-looking Core Formation cultivators were actually mighty Nascent Soul realm experts who had been struck down to the Core Formation stage by Qingfeng Scattered Immortal with a single move!
Upon learning that the Spirit Martial Old Ancestor of Heaven Mountain Sect had left seclusion several hours earlier and headed straight for the Fifth Heavens, they were too wary of the old ancestor's strength to take any action.
However, when all eight Nascent Soul realm cultivators from Heaven Mountain Sect rushed towards the Fifth Heavens, it made them restless as well.
The Fifth Heavens were resource-poor and thin on spiritual energy, but that didn't mean there weren't any Spirit Treasures emerging here. The most important thing was that the sacred land of the Dragon Race, the Nine Dragons Palace, was hidden in a corner of the Fifth Heavens.
With Heaven Mountain Sect mobilizing such a large force and strange energy fluctuations appearing within the Fifth Heavens, they suspected it might be a heavy treasure manifesting or that Heaven Mountain Sect had found the concealed Nine Dragons Palace. Thus, all of them rushed to the Fifth Heavens.
But fate was cruel; they encountered Qingfeng Scattered Immortal unleashing his power from the Eighth Heavens, resulting in these Nascent Soul realm cultivators on the Sixth Heavens being utterly wiped out!
Aside from a few Nascent Soul realm cultivators still in seclusion within the Sixth Heavens, all active Nascent Soul realm cultivators there fell back to the Core Formation stage!
This was truly a calamity for the Sixth Heavens!
In the several hours they rushed back to the Sixth Heavens, these mighty elders immediately went into brief seclusion and used all their resources to consume medicinal pills but were unable to break through the seal of the talisman.
Some Nascent Soul realm elders with ties to the Seventh Heavens even humbled themselves to seek aid from there, but the mighty elders in the Seventh Heavens were also powerless!
The Spirit Sealing Talisman was a highly advanced Five Elements Talisman strategy that required a talisman master with profound knowledge of the Five Elements and the ability to simultaneously manifest five types of spiritual energy.
And this talisman, directly composed of spiritual energy and created by a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage," Despite crossing through both the Seventh Layer Sky and Sixth Layer Sky, its power has diminished but it still cannot be underestimated.
I've tried every kind of spirit medicine and experimented with various talismans, yet even some elders who used magical treasures to strike their bodies haven't seen any recovery at all.
Therefore," the old ancestors, having calmed down from madness and impatience, gathered once again to discuss對策 (countermeasures).
"Since things have come to this point, everyone, please feel free to share your thoughts." The Leye Old Ancestor, sitting at the head seat, addressed everyone calmly.
He is the leader of Xinyang Sect. Before encountering the Sealing Spirit Talisman, he was a high-ranking cultivator in late Core Formation stage.
Two hundred years ago, Xinyang Sect was still one of the sects in the Seventh Layer Sky. However, due to several senior ancestors who reached the pinnacle of the core formation period passing away and three other high-ranking old ancestors unfortunately perishing in a secret realm, the strength of Xinyang Sect plummeted. They were then marginalized by the other seven sects in the Seventh Layer Sky, with their number of core formation cultivators sharply dropping to twelve. Consequently, they had no choice but to relocate entirely to the Sixth Layer Sky.
By moving from the resource-rich Seventh Layer Sky to the less abundant Sixth Layer Sky in terms of spiritual energy, Xinyang Sect failed to adjust its strategy and aimed at a quick rise to return to the Seventh Layer Sky, pursuing short-term gains. This led to their situation deteriorating year after year until they were left with only eight core formation cultivators, one fewer than Mountain Heaven Sect.
It's precisely because of this that the rapidly rising Mountain Heaven Sect, relying on its specialties in alchemy and beast husbandry, steadily increased their number of core formation cultivators to surpass Xinyang Sect and became one of the most powerful sects in the Sixth Layer Sky. They are continuously expanding with the goal of entering the Seventh Layer Sky.
Of course, this battle against Peak Elysium has severely depleted Mountain Heaven Sect's middle-level force of core formation cultivators, making their entry into the Seventh Layer Sky a true pipe dream.
"Leye Old Ancestor," an elder sitting in the twelfth position bowed slightly and said, "The Nascent Soul cultivator who intervened is someone we both, Fire Leaf Old Ancestor and I, asked about from Guowang Immortal of the Seventh Layer Sky. He believes it should be the renowned Qingfeng Loose Cultivator."
"Qingfeng Loose Cultivator..."
The cultivators in the palace looked at each other as they mentioned this name.
Guowang Immortal is a Nascent Soul cultivator of the Seventh Layer Sky. His judgment would definitely not be wrong.
Core Formation stage cultivators are considered upper-level cultivators within cultivation sects, and thus have some understanding of the situation regarding Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
In particular, core formation cultivators in the Sixth Layer Sky differ from those "earth emperors" in the Fifth Layer Sky. They are more informed and know much more information.
Qingfeng Loose Cultivator is a name known to all core formation stage cultivators. She's said to be one of the most difficult Nascent Soul cultivators to deal with, even other Nascent Soul cultivators have to be cautious when encountering her.
This Nascent Soul cultivator is an extremely rare five-element concurrent cultivation type who entered Dao through talismans; the talisman she created even makes other Nascent Soul cultivators unable to bear it.
This Cultivation Stage cultivator often infiltrates the world under various identities, and Core Formation stage cultivators remember her name out of fear that they might inadvertently offend her.
In fact, this reputation is only known among Core Formation stage cultivators; otherwise, any cultivator casually mentioning the name "Scattered Man Qingfeng" could easily scare off these Core Formation stage cultivators.
"Senior Immortal Guo also mentioned that this Soul-Sealing Talisman is different from ordinary talismans. As long as spiritual energy circulates within it, the talisman remains effective indefinitely, unless ……,"
All the ancestors suddenly sat up straight and listened intently to the continuing words of Songye Senior Ancestor.
"Unless Scattered Man Qingfeng personally intervenes, this talisman cannot be nullified." After observing the reactions of the other senior ancestors, Songye Senior Ancestor continued.
Sigh …
The air seemed to leave every ancestor in the palace, their faces darkening once again.
Scattered Man Qingfeng is at the Eighth Layer of Heaven. Who can ascend there
Furthermore, even if one could encounter Scattered Man Qingfeng, who would dare request her to nullify the talisman
Just as Core Formation stage ancestors look down on Fusion-stage cultivators, Spirit-transcendence stage practitioners completely ignore unfamiliar Core Formation stage figures.
"What’s going on with Evil Wind Senior Ancestor" Jia Ri Senior Ancestor asked, glancing at the empty seat at the end of the room.
One of the present ancestors said, "He had his six most trusted disciples set up a Fire Glow Array and attempted to burn out the talisman using alchemical methods. However, before they could remove it, he himself suffered severe injuries."
The situation seemed absurd; in previous times, such mishaps would have been laughed at, but now no one had the heart to mock others for treating themselves like medicinal ingredients in an effort to eliminate the Soul-Sealing Talisman. After trying various methods before Elder Ancestor Lieryang convened them to discuss a solution, who hadn’t done something foolish
Some of these ancestors were covered with injuries but concealed them beneath their wide-robed Taoist attire.
"This incident began due to Mount Tian Mountain Sect. Could it be that …," another ancestor broke the silence,試探性地問道。
Everyone cast their gaze toward him.
If the matter originated from Mount Tian Mountain Sect, then let it end there.
In my opinion, the 26 sects should forcefully press Mountain Heaven Sect to hand over the culprit, and then let Vastpeak Peak handle it. This might appease Sword Duster’s anger and lift the talisman restriction for us,”
said the cultivator who was looking around.
The others remained silent as they pondered the feasibility of this approach. If such a move were to be made, it would amount to 26 sects besieging Mountain Heaven Sect; however, Mountain Heaven Sect is not an easy target...
Each Six-layer Heavens sect has at least two or three Core Formation peak Ancestral Elders. If all these Core Formation peak Ancestral Elders were mobilized, Mountain Heaven Sect would definitely be alarmed...
But now... All of these Core Formation peak Ancestral Elders have become Core Formation cultivators. Even if they gather together, it’s only a few dozen Core Formation cultivators...
In this situation, the so-called siege would essentially turn into a bloody battle between Core Formation cultivators. These Core Formation peak cultivators are accustomed to their realm and now dropping back to the Core Formation realm is like regressing hundreds of years, greatly reducing their power and making it difficult for them to control their magical treasures...
It’s possible that these former Core Formation peak cultivators might be killed by a few elite Core Formation cultivators from Mountain Heaven Sect...
If the Core Formation cultivators clash and suffer mutual losses, especially if they’re sects coming together, no one would want to take the lead. The result will inevitably be chaos, possibly being fiercely counterattacked by Mountain Heaven Sect and suffering heavy casualties...
With this thought in mind, all of the Ancestral Elders inside the hall fell silent.
The rapidly rising Mountain Heaven Sect has suffered a huge blow. They actually wanted to take advantage of the situation to suppress Mountain Heaven Sect; however, without Core Formation peak Ancestral Elders and with Mountain Heaven Sect possessing large quantities of spiritual medicines, it’s hard to say what would happen in a chaotic battle...
In the Six-layer Heavens, who wouldn’t want to devour other sects But each sect has several Core Formation peak Ancestral Elders sitting in control, making it difficult for them to start conflicts. Now that Mountain Heaven Sect’s strength is greatly diminished and all of their Core Formation peak Ancestral Elders are disabled, this should be the time they seize Mountain Heaven Sect’s territory; but unfortunately...
They have also been disabled!
In the Six-layer Heavens, there are almost no Core Formation realm cultivators anymore!
This is how terrifying a situation it is! Now isn’t about who swallows who, but rather whether they will be reduced to vassal sects of the Seventh-layer Heavens or even pushed down to Fifth-layer Heavens.
It’s an environment full of opportunities and dangers!
The one who can restore to the Core Formation realm first would have a critical advantage. Imagine two sects with roughly equal overall strength, where one has Core Formation realm cultivators while the other doesn’t...
To the former, it’s an opportunity; to the latter, it’s a danger!
“Since none of you have found a solution, let’s discuss this again on another day!” Patriarch Hot Sun waved his hand.
The Ancestral Elders present all had ulterior motives. This meeting could only end in disappointment and acrimony.."Ah, Yujia!" Grandma pulled one hand free to embrace Xie Yujia in her arms."Grandma!" Lu L琳琳和陸莉莉一起過來，歡快地叫道。“哎呀，琳琳莉莉，你們也來了！”奶奶急忙張開雙臂，把陸琳琳和陸莉莉也都攬到懷裡。郝仁冷眼看著奶奶，心想您老收斂一點吧，不要太貪心了。本來身體就不大，還要拚命把四個都攬到懷裡。果然，奶奶...