Chapter 29: Conquest of Powers

The ten figures from the Upper Realm took away all the Mahayana-stage beings from the ten sects and went together to pursue Qu Yi in the Five Elements Extreme Realm.
As a result, among the ten major sects in the cultivation world, the powerful cultivators in the late Tribulation stage became the most formidable figures. With this, the seven sect leaders in the late Tribulation stage under Qu Yi’s control truly seized control of their respective sects.
Previously, although the seven sect leaders—Tai Ming, Ying Hua, Jin Xiong, Cang Huang, Qing Long, Tu Long, and Shui Long—were titled sect leaders, their limited cultivation at the late Tribulation stage meant they still had to seek the opinions of the Mahayana-stage beings on major matters. Thus, the seven sect leaders served mainly as symbols of their sects and managed some internal affairs, without holding complete power.
With the departure of the ten figures from the Upper Realm and all the Mahayana-stage beings, the seven sect leaders immediately took control of their seven sects.
Following Qu Yi’s instructions, the seven of them secretly communicated and then, along with the powerful cultivators from their respective sects, coordinated to massacre the three other sects.
First, Tai Ming led the Tai Yuan Sect, and Ying Hua led the Ying Tian Sect. These two cultivation sects jointly launched a sudden attack on the demonic sect, Bi Yan Peak.
The Tai Yuan Sect still had a thousand powerful cultivators in the Tribulation stage, and the Ying Tian Sect likewise had a thousand. Although most of these Tribulation-stage cultivators had been killed or injured due to Qu Yi’s Poison Fruit attack, the few who reached the late Tribulation stage remained. Hence, the vast majority of these two thousand Tribulation-stage cultivators were at the late stage and extremely powerful.
Bi Yan Peak, on the other hand, had four thousand Tribulation-stage cultivators, but they were scattered around the sect’s headquarters rather than gathered together.
The Tribulation-stage cultivators from the Tai Yuan Sect and Ying Tian Sect were secretly transported there using spatial teleportation arrays. Coupled with the two thousand low-grade immortal weapons that Qu Yi secretly provided to these two sects, their arrival was equivalent to that of two thousand Mahayana-stage beings.
Low-grade immortal weapons, which were actually top-grade spiritual weapons, could transform a Tribulation-stage cultivator’s vital energy into source energy for attacks, making them as powerful as a Mahayana-stage being.
Bi Yan Peak’s headquarters was located in a volcanic mountain range.
When the two thousand Tribulation-stage cultivators from the Tai Yuan Sect and Ying Tian Sect arrived and wielded their low-grade immortal weapons, they launched rapid attacks. The Tribulation-stage cultivators of Bi Yan Peak, who had not yet emerged from their cultivation caves, were instantly slain.
Those from Bi Yan Peak who had entered the Haotian Immortal Mansion perished, as there were no low-grade immortal weapons available for them. Thus, the Tribulation-stage cultivators of Bi Yan Peak could only rely on spiritual weapons, which were no match against such power.
Blood rained from the sky.

Blood formed misty clouds in the explosions.
The blood fell on the mountains, where it was quickly evaporated by the heat, emitting a sizzling sound akin to the tide.
Two thousand cultivators at the Tribulation stage from the Taiyuan Gate and Yingtian Sect, wielding inferior immortal weapons, acted like killing machines, mercilessly exterminating all the disciples of Biyan Peak.
Biyan Peak, once a major sect in the cultivation world, had its headquarters completely wiped out in an instant.
Its disciples scattered across the cultivation world, without the leadership of those at the Tribulation stage, dared not come out to seek revenge; they all hid out in fear, afraid that the disciples of the Taiyuan Gate and Yingtian Sect would come to exterminate them completely.
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The sudden joint attack on Biyan Peak by the Taiyuan Gate and Yingtian Sect caused a tremendous stir in the Liupan Stars.
Since these two sects launched the attack on Biyan Peak without any prior signs, let alone issuing a declaration of war, everything happened so abruptly.
The sudden destruction of Biyan Peak also prompted protests from the other seven sects.
The two demon-cultivation sects, the Jinyang Sect and Cangyang Valley, had their leaders immediately declare that they would join forces to attack the cultivation sects.
The leaders of the three beast-cultivation sects—Bai Shou Peak, Xian Yue Ya, and Jiu Gong Dao—Qing Long, Tu Long, and Shui Long—also declared that they would unite to attack the cultivation sects.
The other two cultivation sects, Lan Yang Palace and Qing Yun Zong, initially thought that the Taiyuan Gate and Yingtian Sect had acted under the guidance of four Immortal Humans from the Immortal Realm, so they weren’t concerned about their own safety.
However, when the Jinyang Sect, Cangyang Valley, Bai Shou Peak, Xian Yue Ya, and Jiu Gong Dao all declared they would jointly attack the cultivation sects, without specifying the Taiyuan Gate and Yingtian Sect as targets, Lan Yang Palace and Qing Yun Zong immediately felt immense pressure.
Thus, these two cultivation sects promptly issued statements declaring their break from the Taiyuan Gate and Yingtian Sect and refusing to ally against them anymore.
Undoubtedly, Lan Yang Palace and Qing Yun Zong intended to divert the anger of the five sects toward the Taiyuan Gate and Yingtian Sect, allowing the seven sects to fight to the death so they could reap the benefits.
What Lan Yang Palace and Qing Yun Zong never expected was that all these actions by the seven sects were part of a long-planned conspiracy—conspired by Qu Yi.
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The headquarters of Lan Yang Palace was located in the Liu Huo Volcanic Range on the Hou Yuan Continent.
The Liu Huo Volcanic Range resembled an ancient fire dragon; its entire landscape was made of a type of fire spirit stone, and dense fire energy permeated every part of the range, making it an ideal place for cultivating fire-based techniques.

At this moment, three days after LanYang Palace issued its statement, suddenly, in a hundred locations on both sides of the LiuHuo Volcanic Range, powerful energy fluctuations emerged simultaneously. Many experts at the Tribulation Stage arrived through spatial teleportation arrays. There were a total of eight thousand such experts. Of these, one thousand came from TaiYuan Gate, one thousand from YingTian Sect, three thousand from JinYang Church, and three thousand from CangYang Valley. Naturally, the four sect leaders—TaiMing, YingHua, JinXiong, and CangHuang—representing the high-ranking members of these four sects, reached an agreement to unite and destroy LanYang Palace, then divide up its territory and wealth based on their own strength. Although some other high-ranking members of the four sects opposed this, the four leaders had their own loyal followers who used various tactics to silence those objections, allowing them to quickly reach a united agreement. “Enemy attack!” “Ah, it’s people from TaiYuan Gate.” “No, people from YingTian Sect have arrived too.” “Damn it, people from JinYang Church and CangYang Valley have come as well.” “What’s going on? How could cultivation sects and demon cultivation sects unite? Is heaven trying to destroy us, LanYang Palace?”… In an instant, all the experts at the Tribulation Stage of LanYang Palace in the entire LiuHuo Volcanic Range detected the movements of the four sects. Their voices rang out loudly as they immediately rang the communication bells to send news of the attack to the headquarters. Yet, the LiuHuo Volcanic Range was already surrounded by the combined forces of the four sects. Even more terrifying was that the experts at the Tribulation Stage from TaiYuan Gate, YingTian Sect, JinYang Church, and CangYang Valley each wielded a lower-grade immortal weapon. With a single swing, they could unleash a spell of primordial energy—something the experts from LanYang Palace could not resist. Blood rose with the wind, coloring the entire LiuHuo Volcanic Range red. LanYang Palace, one of the top ten cultivation sects in the realm, disappeared along with BiYan Peak. … QingYun Sect’s headquarters was located in the FeiYu Mountain Range on ZuoYou Continent. The FeiYu Mountain Range was home to a large number of FeiXiang trees, whose fruits resembled white jade, hence the name. Additionally, there were many picturesque valleys in the FeiYu Mountain Range, which served as QingYun Sect’s cultivation sites, where most of its disciples practiced. While the disciples of QingYun Sect were peacefully cultivating, strong energy fluctuations emerged in one hundred locations on each side of the FeiYu Mountain Range—all from experts at the Tribulation Stage with genuine energy fluctuations, numbering no less than nine thousand. The three demon cultivation sects—BaiShou Peak, XianYue Cliff, and JiuGong Island—united to attack QingYun Sect.

These three sects of demon cultivators, although they had previously been attacked by cultivation sects and demon cultivation sects, still retained many powerful cultivators at the Tribulation stage—ninethousand in total. Attacking the Qingyun Sect, which had only two thousand such powerful cultivators, they were naturally sure of victory. Moreover, each of these nine thousand demon cultivators at the Tribulation stage possessed a top-grade spiritual weapon. After Qu Yi obtained the Spirit Void Tree, he gave all the top-grade spiritual weapons hanging on it to the Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon sects, asking them to distribute them. The low-grade immortal weapons Qu Yi obtained in the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion were not enough to meet the needs of these three sects of demon cultivators. Therefore, he could only distribute the top-grade spiritual weapons, which could also enhance the strength of their cultivators. As expected, as soon as the powerful cultivators from these three sects arrived, they immediately rose into the air with fierce momentum and together set out to hunt down the Qingyun Sect’s powerful cultivators at the Tribulation stage. With a ratio of three to one, each equipped with a top-grade spiritual weapon, coupled with the inherently strong combat abilities of the demon cultivators, almost all of Qingyun Sect’s powerful cultivators in the Feiyu Mountains were killed. The disciples of Qingyun Sect at various cultivation levels were also massacred by these nine thousand demon cultivators at the Tribulation stage, leaving few survivors. A layer of blood mist filled the entire Feiyu Mountains, lingering for a hundred years. Thus, Qingyun Sect, one of the top ten sects in the cultivation world, disappeared. In other words, three of the ten major sects—Biyan Peak, Lanyang Palace, and Qingyun Sect—had now completely vanished. Now, there were probably only seven major cultivation sects left in the cultivation world: the two cultivation sects, Taiyuan Gate and Yingtian Sect; the two demon cultivation sects, Jinyang Church and Cangyang Valley; and the three demon cultivator sects, Bai Shou Peak, Xian Yue Ya, and Jiugong Island. After the destruction of these three sects, Liupan Star returned to peace, as if those three vanished sects had never existed. Of course, the cultivation world was filled with intense discussions about the strange changes that had occurred on Liupan Star. All sorts of opinions existed, but no one knew that these seven remaining major cultivation sects had already fallen under Qu Yi’s control. Not only was there such drastic change on Liupan Star, but other planets in the cultivation world were equally bustling. The Sanding Gate, in the cultivation world, was also following Qu Yi’s instructions, actively expanding its influence across various planets to gradually take control of them. However, the Sanding Gate was still developing its power in secret and had not yet made it public. Qu Yi, the mastermind behind all this, was currently in the Inch Realm Sphere, quietly cultivating. In the blink of an eye, sixty years had passed.