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As adventurers, the group of heretical cultivators offered sufficient compensation.

Moreover, these well-known heretical cultivators, any who had made a name for themselves, were not simple individuals.

The Soul Division Method from the 'Spirit Beast Method' had long been thoroughly researched by them, with Golden Cicada Old Demon being a leader among them.

He was originally a being with mediocre talent, and unable to bear his own ordinariness, he exhausted all his points to purchase a bottle of blood-type strange blood.

He couldn't afford the entire Blood Moon Strange, and even if he could, he couldn't protect it. Moreover, with his mediocre talent, he couldn't devour the Strange and refine it, turning the Strange into his own 'energy battery'.

That's right, because of the scarcity of the Strange, many cultivators regarded them as sustainable resources. For example, with this type of blood Strange, it was indeed good to devour or refine the whole thing.

But since maximizing profits was impossible, many forces, after capturing some sustainable Strange, dismantled them for sale.

Blood-type Strange were the specialty of the Martial Dao Alliance. They used the blood of fierce beasts or livestock to nurture blood-type Strange, and the resulting blood was sold to the outside world.

After cultivators bought it, whether they refined it or used it in other ways, it was entirely voluntary.

God Blood Old Ancestor was one of the buyers. He wanted to use the power of the Strange to improve his own talent.

This method came from the Spirit Masters. After the Spirit Masters transformed their path, they almost all had the potential of a Third Order Cave Profound, which was the powerful talent forged by the Strange they refined.

Those with good comprehension and strong will, when the opportunity arrived, could even break through the Third Order and enter the Fourth Order True Self.

He greatly envied the Spirit Masters, but his strength and ability were insufficient to possess a complete Strange, so he could only resort to this inferior strategy.

Fortunately, his talent was still acceptable. He wanted to improve the essence of his own blood by refining strange blood.

Humans are an integration of essence, energy, and spirit, and blood is only a branch of essence.

He couldn't transform his own essence, energy, and spirit all at once, and couldn't even transform essence alone, so he would change it little by little, for example, by first improving some of the essence of his blood.

After purchasing the strange blood, he successfully refined it according to his own secret method, and used it to temper and refine his blood, so that his talent was improved.

God Blood Old Ancestor knew that he was on the right path.

And then…

There was no then. He began the path of seeking out beings with special bloodlines, holy bodies, divine bodies, dao bodies, dao fetuses, etc.

Taking advantage of the infancy and weakness of these beings, he directly refined and devoured them, using secret methods to improve his own talent.

He really made this path work, at least the Second Order path was created by him. Currently, he has reached the limit of the First Order Profound Transformation. If he didn't want to settle down a bit, and was not satisfied with his own will, he would have already entered the Second Order.

After this method was created, it was fed back to Xuan Huang, and Xuan Huang was stunned for a moment after seeing it.

This fellow has embarked on a path of devouring geniuses to improve himself.

However, Xuan Huang had a high cultivation base and could see far, and discovered the drawbacks of this method. The Fourth Order, condensing the True Self, was a huge threshold.

After all, having melted the essence of many geniuses, God Blood Old Ancestor's secret method was still unable to completely condense it, and there were many impurities and toxins present.

These impurities and toxins, as well as the resentment of the devoured beings, would be a huge obstacle for him to enter the Fourth Order.

But what to say.

Just like the previous Spirit Beast Sect, before learning the Soul Division Method, they couldn't see the direction of the Second and Third Orders, and only after learning the Soul Division Method would obstacles appear in the Fourth Order.

Anyone would choose the Soul Division Method. Don't mention the difficulty of the Fourth Order True Self, achieving the Third Order first is the truth.

God Blood Old Ancestor was also in this situation. His original talent was the limit of the First Order. Now, after creating the secret method, difficulties would only appear at the Third Order limit. He naturally chose the latter.

Xuan Huang's judgment on this method was: insufficient talent is an obstacle, but if the talent is acceptable, it will be a good method.

It is very difficult to enter the Fourth Order True Self from the Third Order, but as long as you find a method and have great perseverance and great wisdom, you can also turn waste into treasure.

The resentment and impurities of the devoured beings are obstacles, but they are also the 'ten thousandth' among all living beings. If you devour enough, it is equivalent to resentment and impurities also being insights. Breaking through the sky from among the many resentments and impurities is also a good path.

It depends on the talent and will of the creator of the method.

Currently, as expected of an Old Ancestor who created a heretical method, they all have good talent and remarkable luck.

Luck is a very complex thing. Heretical cultivators are also cultivators, and are equally protected by the luck of cultivators, unless Xuan Huang makes targeted isolations. Otherwise, as creators of a method, they also have great luck.

Even more exaggerated is that the luck represented by the Strange also favors them.

This is the difference that Xuan Huang saw by comparing heretical cultivators and orthodox cultivators.

The biased, gloomy luck of the Strange does not reject them, which is the difference brought about by the rise of cultivators.

God Blood Old Ancestor, Golden Cicada Old Demon, etc., have survived to this day because they are cautious and have enough methods.

If they want to catch up with the legends of Azure Cloud Mountain, they need the same talent and the same resources.

Currently, the righteous factions' calls to fight and kill them only exist in words and have not become a real action. Otherwise, they will be destroyed.

In order not to be destroyed, and for long-term plans, they must keep up with the pace and not be left behind too much.

Therefore, going to Azure Cloud Mountain for training is inevitable.

Lord of Passion is a stepping stone, and she has succeeded.

Her success verified a fact, that is, the Merit Hall doesn't care. As long as the Merit Hall doesn't stop them, they can rest assured.

They all know Soul Division, Dao Soldiers, etc. Even if they don't, they can buy some Soul Seizing Talismans, Puppet Talismans, etc., and control these puppets to enter and exit Azure Cloud Mountain or South City.

Enough to buy the resources, elixirs, and medicinal herbs they need.

This is the attempt that the major heretical cultivators began after Lord of Passion's probing.

Slowly, Spirit Concealing Talismans, God Concealing Talismans, Transformation Pills, special hidden spirit clothes, etc. began to be used by them.

As long as they have these means, they can go to Azure Cloud Mountain in their true bodies.

As long as the Merit Hall doesn't investigate, they can do it without being known.

The White Bone Pagoda and other holy places tempered by cultivators do not belong to the Four Super Eight Greats. The Merit Hall only arranges fees and does not care whether you are righteous or heretical, as long as you pay points you can enter.

As long as the Merit Hall doesn't only target them, they can freely enter and exit Azure Cloud Mountain.

It also started after Lord of Passion's probing.

Therefore, over these years, the heretical cultivators have not been left behind. Instead, they have created exclusive secret methods, and with the blessing of fortune, although they cannot compare to the leaders of the Four Super and Eight Great sects, they are not weaker than the leaders of other forces below them.

They are also rapidly improving.

The impact they have caused on the entire cultivation world is not small.

For example, the team led by Bi Xia is clearing out some internal parasites within the cultivators, and a large part of these parasites are related to them.

They have been wooing and enticing people from the Four Super and Eight Great sects, forming black industrial chains.

When those being interrogated cannot hold on and are questioned by Bi Xia's dreamlike methods, to a large extent, these righteous parasites are related to the heretical cultivators.

Some are even colluding with each other, completely abandoning their humanity.

There are also people in the righteous sects who have poor aptitude and want to improve but have no way, so they can only cooperate with the heretical cultivators in order to improve.

This internal parasite clearing operation, after a lapse of three years, was deeply investigated by Bi Xia's team. After the internal news was transmitted back to the Four Super and Eight Great sects, they all had a headache.

If it weren't for the Hundred Arts Competition being held, the Four Super and Eight Great sects would have held a meeting to discuss it.

It can be seen from the intelligence that they have entered a deep water area.

This time, clearing out the parasites is no longer like in the past, simply the cultivators themselves being cheap, greedy for life, afraid of death, and undergoing psychological changes.

This time, clearing out the parasites has unearthed deep contradictions.

As mentioned before, there are also many existences within the righteous path whose potential has been exhausted and who also want to improve, but the methods of the righteous path are already difficult for them to improve.

This is the most crucial point.

Finally, the Four Super and Eight Great sects came to a conclusion that this problem will continue to exist for a long time, and it cannot be completely cleaned up by simply clearing out the parasites.

Currently, the Four Super and Eight Great sects have spread throughout the entire cultivation world. Such a vast place cannot be managed by the constraints of the headquarters alone.

Without exception, one first one hair one inside one contains one in one look!

The higher the superimposed cultivation, the less valuable time will become. Over time, all kinds of situations will appear.

The seclusion and breakthrough of high-level cultivators is a lifetime for a mortal, and such time passes quickly for them, but the time of mortals is still the same as always.

More of this kind of situation will inevitably occur.

Even drawing inferences from one instance, this is still the exposed connection between parasites and heretical cultivators. What about those that are not exposed?

Presumably there are many or even more. Those who are exposed are purely the stupidest group of people, greed without rationality. Those who still have rationality will only hide deeper.

Moreover, the techniques come from the same source, and it is impossible to distinguish whether a cultivator is practicing the righteous path or the heretical path.

Even if you feel something different, it is useless. In this pioneering era, who doesn't have their own ideas? It is impossible to judge whether his technique comes from a heretical cultivator or is truly self-created.

The cleaning team led by Bi Xia is still continuing.

Some news and evidence of crimes have been announced, but fortunately, it is during the Hundred Arts Competition, and the Four Super and Eight Great sects have suppressed a lot by guiding the public opinion.

If it weren't for the coincidence, these announced evidences of crimes would inevitably cause a great uproar.

Especially those who have completely fallen into the demonic path among the Four Super and Eight Great sects are truly appalling.

The harm of heretical techniques is also changing people's perceptions.

… …

On the square of Qingyun Mountain.

The cultivators in the top ten of various Hundred Arts are waiting solemnly. Today, the top three of each will be decided.

The Hundred Arts Competition has undergone many changes. For example, there is no strict designation of the first, second, and third place, but rather the selection of the three strongest, with the same rewards.

This change is due to the experience gained from the first competition.

Just like in literature, there is no first place. Some Hundred Arts competitions are really hard to say who is the strongest, and it is difficult to decide.

The top ten is a great honor. The top ten no longer have one-on-one competitions, but rely entirely on personal ability under a common topic.

Then, under the oath of the ten people's Dao hearts, the people they think are the strongest are selected. It can be one person, or it can be three people, at least one, and at most three.

According to the internal voting of the ten people, the top three are selected.

In fact, it is also possible to distinguish the first, second, and third place.

Unless a super genius appears, overpowering the crowd and getting an overwhelming vote, unless such an existence appears, everyone can accept such a result.

The Hundred Arts Competition is said to be a competition aimed at promoting the growth of the Hundred Arts, and it is a government-性质 public welfare competition.

It is not a competition that determines the direction of the cultivation world or changes the interests of cultivators, so it does not pay too much attention to the absolute first or the strongest.

This is not the purpose of the Hundred Arts Competition.

As long as the Hundred Arts cultivators continue to improve and the Hundred Arts cultivation world continues to grow, the Hundred Arts Competition is to promote this point.

The list of the top ten in each category has already been announced by Di Ting Lou.

This time, there is enough time and enough experience.

For example, the top ten competition only started on the seventh day after the top ten were decided, not as hasty as the first time.

In the seven days, with the announcement of various lists, the top ten of popular categories were praised the most.

Niche categories naturally cannot attract as much attention as alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, talismans, and beast taming.

But at least they have gained the respect and remembrance of this type of cultivator.

All have gained no small reputation and fortune.

Niche cultivators did not feel dissatisfied, dissatisfied that the fame and fortune gained by their top ten was not even one-tenth, or even one-twentieth, more than one-hundredth of the popular ones.

They are not stupid because of this.

What is the difficulty of competition in their own category? What is the difficulty of those popular ones?

Can it be the same?

The most niche category is just ordinary difficulty.

And the next level category is difficult difficulty.

The category above that is cruel difficulty.

The category above that is nightmare difficulty.

As for the five most popular categories, that is hell difficulty.

The difficulty is different. Their own category has a few hundred people, and at most thousands, while the popular categories? Starting at 30,000, or even 50,000.

Even if these 50,000 are still screened 50,000, their own category's hundreds or thousands are all of them.

With such different difficulties, do you still want the same fame and fortune as those who came from hell difficulty?

Dream on.

The fifty people in the five most popular categories of alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, talismans, and beast taming have shown what it means to cook oil over a raging fire in these seven days.

Countless wooing and enticements.

What is even more hateful is that the Heart Demon Ancestor, Nightmare Ancestor, Dark Law King, Enchanting Saint Mother, etc. in the evil path also came to visit through dreams, telepathy, shadows, emptying, etc.

They wanted to recruit them and offered considerable rewards.

The righteous and the evil are all making promises and temptations, which is really like a dream, cooking oil over a raging fire.

While dazzling people, they feel that the previous waiting was worth it.

And the most cruel elimination round has passed. Although the last day is no longer cruel elimination, it is also the most test of will and Dao heart.

Whether there is still the ability and will to take a step further.

Whether the Dao heart is still the same as before.

… … (End of this chapter)