Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Within a few breaths, the Chieftain struck the Thousand Faces Demon Monarch in the chest with a punch, shattering his chest with one blow.

A tattered human skin fluttered through the air as the Thousand Faces Demon Monarch transformed into a handsome middle-aged Cultivator. He begged in a panicked voice, "Stop! Sect Master Zhao, if you spare my life, I can tell you a great secret!! A secret about ascension!!"

Before the words of the Thousand Faces Demon Monarch had finished echoing, the White Ghost Emperor's claw directly crushed his head.

Stripping away another layer of human skin, the Thousand Faces Demon Monarch turned into a beautiful young woman. Yet as soon as she finished shedding her skin, she was struck by a mountainous mystic light, her body sagged, and the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor punched and shattered her head.

The Thousand Faces Demon Monarch shed a total of twelve layers of magic skins, constantly howling in agony until the Chieftain crushed his head with a punch, and his Nascent Soul flew out from the Heavenly Spirit Cover, attempting to flee.

The White Ghost Emperor thrust a claw into the Nascent Soul of the Thousand Faces Demon Monarch and swallowed it whole.

The Golden Spirit true gentleman writhed on the ground like a maggot, begging pitifully, "Sect Master, I was deceived by the Thousand Faces Demon Monarch, please grant me another chance! I will surely do my utmost to serve you, Sect Master!"

Zhao Yu waved his hand, and a mountainous mystic light fell upon the Golden Spirit true gentleman, sealing his mana. He was hung casually on a wooden stake, allowing Corpse Devouring Insects to gnaw at his flesh and soul.

"We have seen Sect Master!"

Escape Lights from all directions flew in, as Le Zilin, Luo Sheng True Lord, Chang Feng Real Person, Fang Shitou, Tang Ruijia and other core figures of the Dan Ling Sect approached. They immediately saw the Golden Spirit true gentleman hanging on the wooden stake, wailing miserably, and a chill went through their hearts as they respectfully paid their homage.

Zhao Yu said coldly, "Luo Sheng True Lord! The Golden Spirit true gentleman has betrayed Dan Ling Sect, conspired with Cultivators from the Demon Path, and murdered Master Kumu! His crime warrants death! I order you to execute everyone in the Golden Spirit Palace, leaving no one alive. Do not disappoint me!"

A chill ran through Luo Sheng True Lord's heart as he respectfully bowed, "Yes, Sect Master! Your subordinate will certainly eliminate every single person in the Golden Spirit Palace, leaving none alive!"

The eyes of the Golden Spirit true gentleman flashed with despair, yet he didn't even have the energy to beg for mercy and could only scream like a pig being slaughtered.

Le Zilin and Chang Feng Real Person also felt a chill in their hearts. They too were afflicted with the Spirit Poison from the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor, and now seeing the Golden Spirit true gentleman's state of not being able to live or die, they were filled with both shock and fear.

Li Xianjiao made a somewhat sympathetic suggestion, "My lord husband, the Cultivators of the Golden Spirit Palace number in the tens of thousands, with even more family members and clansmen. Many of them are unrelated to this matter. Perhaps we could eliminate only the line of the Golden Spirit true gentleman.

The rest of the Cultivators can be demoted to the sin camps, and all their families turned into criminal clans, who cannot be freed until they have made great contributions. What do you think?"

If Zhao Yu's orders were carried out, at least millions would die, with extensive collateral damage. However, Cultivators like Luo Sheng True Lord dared not offer much persuasion, and only Li Xianjiao could afford to advise the furious Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu pondered briefly before saying, "Luo Sheng True Lord, do as my lady wife has said! Not a single person from the line of the Golden Spirit true gentleman is to escape! Otherwise, you will answer to me alone!"

Although the Dan Ling Sect was thriving, its development had been so rapid that it had many Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage, but not many direct descendant Cultivators at the Golden Core stage.

Luo Sheng True Lord finally breathed a sigh of relief and respectfully said, "Yes, Sect Master!"

Zhao Yu gave the order, and countless Cultivators from Dan Ling Sect and its subordinate sects began to act.

Inside the Golden Spirit Palace, the sounds of fighting and screams were everywhere as one after another, the Cultivators of the Golden Spirit Palace fell in pools of blood.

A stunningly beautiful girl in white was kneeling on the ground, holding a handsome young man, begging Luo Sheng the True Immortal, "True Immortal Luo Sheng, for the sake of my father, the Golden Spirit True Immortal, who once showed mercy to the members of Yuyang Sect, please spare me and my brother!"

"I'm sorry, I have no choice! Golden Spirit True Immortal conspired with Cultivators from the Demon Path to plot against the Sect Master. The Sect Master was furious and wanted to eradicate your entire Golden Spirit Palace! It was only by the bitter pleas of the Sect Master's wife that your palace was spared total annihilation.

However, the lineage of Golden Spirit True Immortal must be completely eradicated, or I too will be left with no choice but death! Rest assured, I will grant you a swift end so that you can properly reincarnate," Luo Sheng the True Immortal said.

With a heavy sigh, Luo Sheng the True Immortal swung his sword, a flash of blade light swept over the beautiful girl, bisecting both her and the young man behind her.

A strange, eerie wind blew by, and the White Ghost Emperor appeared behind Luo Sheng the True Immortal, splitting his mouth into a hideous smile and said, "Well done!"

Luo Sheng the True Immortal respectfully replied, "Yes! Lord White Ghost Emperor!"

The White Ghost Emperor was one of the most formidable figures under Zhao Yu, and Luo Sheng the True Immortal knew that in Zhao Yu's heart, the White Ghost Emperor held a position a hundred times more important than his own.

The resistance of the Golden Spirit Palace was easily crushed by the White Ghost Emperor. The Cultivators who rebelled were effortlessly killed by it, or they killed each other in mutual strife, resulting in countless casualties.

Under the full assault of Dan Ling Sect, the Golden Spirit Palace, having lost its Nascent Soul Cultivators, had no ability to resist and was easily suppressed. Only a very small fraction of Cultivators who were active in the outside world managed to escape by luck.

Inside a Quiet Room of Dan Ling Sect.

"Those involved in this action included the Golden Spirit True Immortal, Thousand Faces Demon Lord, Scarlet Beauty Demoness, and Scholar with the Human Head. The Sect Master of Seven Seas Sect, Haoming the True Immortal, indeed had collusion with the Demon Path. It was through Haoming the True Immortal that the three great demons collaborated.

Over the years, it was under the protection of the Seven Seas Sect that these demons were able to avoid being hunted down by orthodox Nascent Soul Cultivators," someone reported.

"Seven Seas Sect is wealthy and dominating, with profound resources. Haoming the True Immortal is also a Late Nascent Soul Stage grand cultivator, almost a thousand years as a leading figure of the orthodox path.

He had no reason to collude with Cultivators of the Demon Path unless there was one reason, that he was close to death and wanted to extend his life, to continue living!!" Zhao Yu browsed the memory of Thousand Faces Demon Lord, analyzing in his heart.

The Sect Master of Seven Seas Sect, Haoming the True Immortal, had already lived more than sixteen hundred years, reaching the lifespan limit of a Nascent Soul Cultivator. The reason he had not died was that he had consumed life-prolonging Spiritual Medicines during his Qi Cultivation, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core Stages, granting him several decades more life.

Between life and death lies great terror; mortal emperors in their latter years will often act contrary to their nature, pursuing various methods for eternal youth. Cultivators are no exception. In their later years, many Cultivators will seek various means to extend their lifespan.

The most orthodox Life Prolonging Methods in the Cultivation World is to break through realms. Once Haoming the True Immortal ascends to become a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, he could live for another thousand years. Besides that, swallowing the millennium Spirit Jade Mystical Turtle Lotus, a rare treasure of wonders.
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Besides these two methods, there were various sinister and bizarre approaches from the Demon Path, such as plundering other Cultivators' essence, blood, and souls, or directly transforming bloodlines to become a member of the Demon Race, Beast Race, or other long-lived species.