Saint Emperor Devourer of Heaven

Jun Wuxie arrived deep within the earth and created a barrier with a formation, beginning his cultivation.

He did not use the half-step Overlord Saint realm beast core given by the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King, but instead chose to refine the Saint King Initial Stage beast core obtained from killing the Black Eagle.

Such a beast core, for his current realm, was also a very high-quality resource, with effects much stronger than the Initial Stage Saint Spirit Hundred Herb Liquid.

After all, it was the energy crystallization of a Saint King realm ferocious bird, coupled with his Primordial Golden Body Art's super refining speed and the Life Star's devouring speed, it would surely bring an astonishing breakthrough speed.

The Black Eagle's beast core transformed into energy under the Life Star's devouring, continuously pouring into the Life Star like a rushing river of energy.

Under the pressure within the Life Star, the energy was condensed and then entered the World-Grinding Disc. The disc rotated, purifying and secondarily refining it. Although doing so would waste a lot of energy, it could ensure that the energy was more pure, allowing him to cultivate in this way without leaving any hidden dangers.

Using beast cores for cultivation, once or twice would not have any obvious problems, but if one always chose this path in the long run, then many problems would arise.

After all, beast cores are not natural products of heaven and earth, but energy cores cultivated by living beings. Firstly, they are not natural energy, and secondly, they violate the heavenly principles.

He was a congenital fate variable, and also had the World-Grinding Disc in his Life Star, so he was naturally not afraid of violating the heavenly principles. He could even ignore the mysterious restrictions left by the system creator in the past and directly devour living beings, including humans, to cultivate.

But the fact that it was not energy generated naturally by heaven and earth was something he had to care about, as it would cause his realm to be superficial and his foundation to be unstable.

With the World-Grinding Disc, all problems were easily solved.

The Saint King Initial Stage beast core had vast energy, causing his Star Sea to continuously expand.

At the same time, he was also absorbing the dark energy of the Dark Spirit, expanding the Ink-colored Star Sea.

The cultivation of the Taiji Star Sea was still mainly focused on the Golden Star Sea.

He had tried before to only cultivate the Golden Star Sea. Besides losing the amplification of the Taiji Star Sea, there were no other problems, and he could continuously improve his realm.

However, if he did not cultivate the Golden Star Sea and chose to cultivate the Ink-colored Star Sea first, it would not work.

The upper limit of the Ink-colored Star Sea could only ever reach the same level as the Golden Star Sea. It was impossible to break through the realm by cultivating the Ink-colored Star Sea.

Now, every time he cultivated, he always did it synchronously, not neglecting either of the two Star Seas, always keeping the Taiji Star Sea in a state of absolute balance.

The speed at which the Star Sea expanded was very fast, with new scenes every day.

In just two days, his Star Sea had expanded by nearly a fold.

In terms of realm, he was also close to the Great Perfection of the Saint Minor Celestial Position.

"The effect of the Saint King Initial Stage beast core is really good."

Jun Wuxie was extremely satisfied with such speed, but this was also his limit.

After all, there was an upper limit to the speed of refining energy. Even if he replaced it with the Vajra Armored Python's half-step Overlord Saint level beast core, he could only achieve this speed.

He estimated that he could break through the realm tomorrow.

That meant breaking through a small realm in three days.

Even if such a speed were spoken out, probably no one would believe it, because it was too subversive and like a fantasy.

… …

At the same time, the Azure Cloud Cave Heaven received news from the Ning Royal Mansion.

The Head Teacher, Qing Xuan Zhenren, quickly went to the forbidden area of the sect, which was where the foundation experts were in seclusion or slumber.

On True Martial Peak, Cheng Yuan Zhenren, who had begun his closed-door cultivation after Jun Wuxie left, opened his eyes at this moment.

The void in front of him vibrated slightly, and a transmission talisman appeared before his eyes.

Taking the talisman into his hand and spreading it out, the words "Master" at the beginning made a smile appear on his face.

"It's a talisman letter written by Wuxie. It seems that he should be very safe now."

Cheng Yuan Zhenren felt relieved. He looked down the lines, his expression gradually becoming solemn, the smile on his face having long since disappeared, and there was even a hint of shock and anger.

"Lieshan, Xuri, Zixia Three Sects, you are truly despicable, shameless, and extremely insidious. Ning Wang is also the same, all are insidious and despicable villains!"

The content of the letter made him extremely angry. Those three sects had actually set up a formation there in advance, wanting to use the people of Azure Cloud as bait to attract the attention of ancient beasts and ferocious birds, creating an opportunity for them to seize the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast's beast core and essence blood.

The letter mentioned Ning Wang, analyzing that this was Ning Wang's intention, but it was guessed by the Three Sects. In order to win Ning Wang's favor, they formulated such a plan.

There were also various suggestions for the sect's foundation experts to go to the Flowing Cloud Forest.

Cheng Yuan Zhenren carefully looked at the date on the letter, which was two days ago.

The transmission of talismans was not instantaneous, it took time. The higher the realm of the person who made the talisman, the faster the speed, and vice versa.

"The Flowing Cloud Forest is far away from the Azure Cloud Road. It's already good that Wuxie's transmission talisman arrived in two days. Hopefully, it should still be in time."

He put away the talisman and quickly went to Azure Cloud Peak.

Arriving at the Azure Cloud Sacred Hall, he did not see the figure of the Head Teacher Senior Brother.

Asking others, he learned that the Head Teacher had gone to the sect's forbidden area, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and waited.

Half an hour later, the Head Teacher Qing Xuan Zhenren and twenty-odd foundation experts appeared in his line of sight.

"Cheng Yuan Junior Brother, why have you come?"

Qing Xuan Zhenren's expression was stunned. He had specifically ordered that the matter of receiving news from the Ning Royal Mansion should not be known to True Martial Peak.

He did not want Cheng Yuan Zhenren to go to the Flowing Cloud Forest.

This trip was dangerous. True Martial Peak only had Cheng Yuan Zhenren, a Saint King realm expert. If something happened, True Martial Peak would no longer have a chief seat.

"It seems that the Head Teacher Senior Brother has received Ning Wang's order."

Cheng Yuan Zhenren's expression was solemn: "Are you all, foundation seniors, preparing to go to the Flowing Cloud Forest?"

The foundation experts all nodded and said: "Let's talk inside the hall."

"Head Teacher Senior Brother, have you notified the chief seats of the other veins?"

While entering the hall, Cheng Yuan Zhenren asked.

"No, there is no need to notify them about this matter."

Qing Xuan Zhenren shook his head.

"It seems that the Head Teacher Senior Brother does not intend to let the disciples of each vein go to the Flowing Cloud Forest for training. That's also good. This time, it is not advisable to bring the disciples along."

Qing Xuan Zhenren nodded: "Ning Wang's move is intended to weaken our Azure Cloud's strength. It is already not easy for the foundation seniors to protect themselves on this trip. Where is there the energy to take care of the disciples? Moreover, the disciples may even become a burden, so it is not a wise move."

"In the order issued by Ning Wang, there seems to be news about the Flowing Cloud Forest?"

"Yes, Ning Wang gave us a relatively safe path that can enter the valley where the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast is located."

As Qing Xuan Zhenren spoke, he took out the transmission talisman. With a gentle swipe of his finger on it, a light bloomed, projecting the map on the talisman into the air.

This was the map that Ning Wang gave them on the transmission talisman. It was drawn with mountains, marking the location of the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast.

The mountain peaks where those beast kings were squatting were all marked in detail, as well as a long canyon.

"This canyon path is relatively secretive and far away from those ancient beasts and ferocious birds. Ning Wang's intention is for us to enter the valley from here. Although we are only going there to deal with Ning Wang, we still need to get close, otherwise Ning Wang will definitely suspect."

"We must not take this canyon!"

Cheng Yuan Zhenren casually set up a barrier restriction, sealing the door of the hall, and then said.

"Why?"

"Because this is a dead end! The foundation experts of the Lieshan, Xuri, and Zixia Three Sects have already gone to the Flowing Cloud Forest and set up a formation here. If the foundation seniors enter from here, they will enter their formation, and at that time, they will be besieged by ancient beasts and ferocious birds, becoming the target of public criticism…"

Cheng Yuan Zhenren told the news that Jun Wuxie had transmitted.

"What?"

Qing Xuan Zhenren and the foundation experts were all furious, and at the same time, they looked at him with doubtful eyes and said: "How did you know about this?"

"Wuxie went to the Flowing Cloud Forest some time ago. This is the talisman letter he sent back. You can take a look."

Cheng Yuan Zhenren did not hide this matter. He knew that the moment Wuxie decided to send the letter, he had no intention of continuing to hide it. He definitely could not hide the fact that he had gone to the Flowing Cloud Forest.

With such important news, how could the Head Teacher and the foundation experts casually believe it without clarifying the source?

"What did you say?"

Qing Xuan Zhenren and the foundation experts all stood up in unison.

Their faces were full of anger, all glaring at Cheng Yuan Zhenren.

"Nonsense! How could you let him go to such a dangerous place!"

A foundation expert roared almost hysterically, his eyes widened as if he wanted to eat someone.

"How dangerous is the current Flowing Cloud Forest? Don't you know? That's tantamount to a desperate situation! As his master, you actually allowed him to go deep into a dangerous situation. If something unexpected happens to him, what does it mean for the future of the sect? Don't you know?"

"You have been hiding it all this time!"

"Cheng Yuan Junior Brother, you have made Senior Brother very angry this time!"

Qing Xuan Zhenren's face was ashen, Yue Wuxie had gone to the Flowing Cloud Forest and sent back news, indicating that he had actually sneaked into the depths. How dangerous was that place?

Cheng Yuan Zhenren lowered his head slightly, silent, letting them accuse him.

He was not angry at these accusations. Listening to them, he felt better in his heart.

It was all because he, as a master, was incompetent. Otherwise, such a heavy burden would not have been placed on Wuxie's shoulders, making him take risks and endure it.

His heart had always been very uncomfortable.

Now, listening to these accusations, he felt better in his heart.

"The matter has come to this, it is meaningless for us to accuse him!" A foundation expert stopped the anger of the others and said: "Quickly let us see the content of that talisman letter."

Qing Xuan Zhenren took a deep breath with a dark face and projected the content of the talisman letter into the air, and lines of text appeared.

They looked shocked, with anger burning in their eyes.

"Those three sects are really insidious. They actually came up with such a method, which can not only wipe us out, but also use our lives to create opportunities for them!"

“Ning King, you are truly excessively ruthless towards our Qingyun. The more you act this way, the less likely we are to submit to you!”

They were so angry that their beards were trembling, their chests filled with raging fire.

“Fortunately, there is Wuxie. Otherwise, if we had gone, we would have all died, and we would have been making wedding clothes for others, leaving behind a great humiliation after death!”

“Wuxie is truly a benefactor of our Qingyun. Heaven favors our Qingyun, sending us such a disciple!”

“He is now deep in the Flowing Cloud Forest, where there are not only a large number of ancient beasts and ferocious birds, but also dozens of Saint Realm experts from the three sects, and even lurking Grand Saint Realm experts from the Ning King's Mansion. His situation is too dangerous. What if something unexpected happens to him!”

The foundation experts were pacing around anxiously, wishing they could immediately rush into the Flowing Cloud Forest and forcibly bring him back.

But they knew that even if they went to the Flowing Cloud Forest, it would be difficult to find him unless he was willing to actively contact them.

“Alright, calm down, all of you are old, yet you are so anxious. It is true that it is very dangerous there, but Wuxie was able to get close to scout and discover the conspiracy of the three sects, and also send the news back, indicating that the foundation experts of the three sects did not notice his existence. It seems that he has special means of concealment. Let's not worry. Since he dares to go, I believe he is confident.”

“What else can we do now? We can only think this way. I hope nothing happens to him!”

“I don't think there is any need to discuss anything further. Wuxie understands the situation there best. We should do as he said in his letter, so as to ensure safety to the greatest extent.”

“I agree. Since Ning King's intentions are already so ruthless, then how we behave this time is not important. He will not let go of our Qingyun anyway, and we do not need to make sacrifices by considering his feelings.”

“That's right! Hmph, the experts of the three sects want to destroy us. This time, the number of people we are sending is more than any of their sects. It is a good opportunity to hunt down their foundation experts. As long as they don't gather together, they are not our opponents!”

“Regarding Wuxie's trip to the Flowing Cloud Forest, we must keep our mouths shut. Apart from us and the people of Zhenwu Peak, no one else can know about it. In this way, no matter what happens in the Flowing Cloud Forest, it will not involve him, nor will it shift the attention of the Ning King's Mansion and the three sects to him!”

“Let's go, some things can be discussed on the way. Also, when we arrive at the Flowing Cloud Forest, we still have to secretly look for Wuxie. If he encounters danger, it will be good to rescue him!”

……

The foundation experts of Qingyun arrived at the Flowing Cloud Forest on the second day.

They were divided into six groups, separated by a certain distance.

This distance ensures that when attacked by a Grand Saint Realm expert, the other groups can successfully withdraw, and at the same time, ensures that at any time, the groups are within each other's divine sense perception range, and can communicate through divine sense.

This was the suggestion that Jun Wuxie gave them in the talisman letter.

As they headed towards the depths of the Flowing Cloud Forest, in the depths of the valley, beneath the earth, within a talisman array space, the brilliant golden light was gradually dimming.

Before long, all the light shrank back into Jun Wuxie's body.

He opened his eyes and stretched his muscles and bones, his joints cracking.

“Saint Small Heavenly Position Great Perfection, a Saint King beginner-level beast core is only enough for me to cultivate one small realm, a little more.”

He had to sigh, he really was a "gold-swallowing beast", the resources he needed were too abnormal.

If it were someone else, such a beast core would probably be enough to cultivate three or five small realms.

However, cultivation is like this. Resources are refined into the energy of one's own cultivation. If the resources consumed are the same as ordinary cultivators, then why should one be stronger than others in the same realm?

The higher the talent, the more resources are consumed, because in the same realm, the more true energy or blood energy one can cultivate, so one can kill enemies across realms, otherwise, why cross realms.

“This kind of cultivation speed is very fast, but it is far from enough to cope with the current situation. I still have to rely on the power of the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King. I don't know how its life essence has recovered in these three days.”

Jun Wuxie pondered, then closed his eyes again, entered the Eternal Divine Palace, stepped into the Tomb of Weapons, accepted the tempering of the weapon intent, and tempered his physical body.

Half a day later, he left the Eternal Divine Palace. After the tempering of the Tomb of Weapons, his realm was as solid as a rock.

“Calculating the time, the sect's foundation experts should have arrived or are about to arrive at the Flowing Cloud Forest, and the people from the Ning King's Mansion are probably also coming soon.”

Due to the changing situation here, he speculated that Ning King would definitely continue to send more experts.

The beast core and essence blood of the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King can help Ning King break through the shackles, as the people of the Lieshan, Xuri, and Yanxia three sects said.

Then, Ning King would never give up, even if it caused the Ning King's Mansion to lose many experts, he would choose to gamble. Once successful, it would mean that he would quickly ascend to the throne and take control of the country!