"Sys, can an outer sect disciple be promoted to an inner sect disciple?"
[Yes! If their loyalty exceeds 60%, the host can manually promote them to an inner sect disciple!]
"Then what are the conditions for the next system upgrade?"
[Recruit a full roster of disciples, inner sect disciples' loyalty must be ≥80%, outer sect disciples' loyalty must be ≥60%, and at least one disciple must break through to the Golden Core stage!]
"Does Zhao Feng's Golden Core count?"
[Why wouldn't it?]
Lin Yan: ...
Honestly speaking, the system's upgrade conditions were quite harsh.
Five spots for the inner sect, ten for the outer sect, making a total of fifteen people.
Filling the quota wasn't hard; the hard part was the loyalty.
The reason Liu Ruyan, Ye Xiaoqin, and Zhao Feng had such high loyalty was because he appeared when they needed him most and gave them exactly what they wanted.
Emperor-tier cultivation methods, a remolded dantian, and the chance to wash away their past humiliations.
These were all massive favors!
But disciples like them could only be encountered by chance, not actively sought out.
For most rogue cultivators, loyalty was not something so easily raised!
Just like the dozen or so registered disciples Zhao Feng had found—they all ran away the moment a Nascent Soul True Monarch tricked them!
"I have to think of a way!"
Lin Yan stroked his chin.
He couldn't just max out the disciple roster but have their loyalty remain stagnant!
Suddenly, Lin Yan's eyes lit up!
"Why am I making things so complicated?"
If he had to go out and individually find people like Liu Ruyan, Ye Xiaoqin, and Zhao Feng, who carried deep blood feuds and were driven to the brink of despair, he would die of exhaustion!
However!
He could just let these people come to his doorstep on their own accord!
All he needed to do was place the Heart-Questioning Pavilion at the foot of the mountain and announce that those who could climb to the 60th floor could enter the outer sect, and those who could climb to the 80th floor could enter the inner sect. Wouldn't that solve everything?
Each floor of the Heart-Questioning Pavilion represented 1% loyalty. Reaching the 60th floor meant their loyalty exceeded 60%!
This way, the disciples who joined would instantly meet the loyalty requirements for the upgrade!
Upgrade the moment the roster is full!
After all, in this dog-eat-dog world, the last thing it lacked was people harboring deep grudges and intense hatred!
Even less did it lack those who wanted to reach the heavens in a single bound and defy their fate!
The hard part was finding those people!
But why actively look for them?
As long as he spread the name of the Tianyan Sect, there would naturally be an endless stream of people wanting to join.
Theoretically, as long as there were enough people, there would definitely be some who could directly reach the 60th, or even the 80th floor!
Not to mention, the Tianyan Sect's reputation was already out there!
They had just obliterated one Nascent Soul and ten Golden Cores!
Even if it wasn't much in the Great Qian Dynasty, it was absolutely an earth-shattering event in Azure Cloud City, or even the entire Cangwu Commandery!
Once the news spread and fermented, there would be no shortage of people wanting to join the sect!
And all he had to do was comfortably lay low on the mountain!
"Perfect! Let's do it!"
Acting on his words, Lin Yan waved his hand and, with a mere thought, directly placed the Heart-Questioning Pavilion at the foot of the mountain!
The sect's current territory spanned a radius of ten miles, which was more than enough to cover the base of the mountain.
If he upgraded the system one more time, it might even cover Azure Cloud City directly!
...
At the foot of Azure Cloud Mountain.
As twilight faded and night fell, the crowd at the foot of the mountain didn't decrease; instead, it grew larger.
The incense burning before the ant grave was ridiculously vigorous. Offerings piled up like a small mountain, and the curling incense smoke could be smelled from half a mile away.
"I beg Lord Ant Immortal for your blessing..."
"Please bless this junior to enter the Tianyan Sect, even if it's just as a handy disciple..."
"Lord Ant Immortal, this disciple kowtows to you, please point me to a clear path..."
"Bless me, bless me. I don't ask for immense wealth or status, just a stable place to settle down..."
"You're praying for that too? Lord Ant Immortal probably doesn't manage things in such fine detail, right?"
"Mind your own business! It doesn't hurt to ask!"
...
Right at this moment, the ground suddenly shook violently.
"What's going on?"
"What happened?"
"An earth dragon turning over?"
"It doesn't seem like it..."
The rogue cultivators and passersby were completely dumbfounded.
Then, they witnessed a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives.
On the empty plot of land beside the mountain path, the dirt cracked open, and a pavilion slowly rose from beneath the ground.
It wasn't built; it was grown out of the earth!
Cyan bricks emerged from the soil layer by layer, stacking into walls; dark tiles laid themselves out piece by piece, forming a roof; sweeping eaves and upturned corners jutted out from the walls like a bird spreading its wings.
A few breaths later, a hundred-story tower stood tall above the ground.
The tower's body was entirely bluish-gray, possessing an ancient and solemn aura.
On the lintel above the door were three large, gilded characters: Heart-Questioning Pavilion!
The foot of the mountain fell silent for a moment.
Then, it exploded into an uproar.
"A towering building rising from flat ground!"
"What kind of immortal method is this!"
"A hundred-story tower! A full hundred stories!"
"Too shocking! I've never seen such a scene in my entire life!"
"A miracle! This is an immortal miracle!"
...
Inside a small courtyard at the foot of the mountain, Zhao Feng was meditating.
Hearing the commotion outside, he was about to get up when his body suddenly stiffened.
A calm voice echoed in his ear without any warning.
Zhao Feng immediately rolled off his bed, fell to his knees, and pressed his forehead against the bluestone floor, remaining completely motionless.
He knelt there quietly, respectfully listening to every command from his Lord.
Even though his Lord wasn't physically in front of him.
A long while later, Zhao Feng stood up, his expression shifting from respectful to solemn.
He straightened his robes and strode out of the courtyard.
The people outside were still gathered in front of the Heart-Questioning Pavilion, discussing fervently. Seeing Zhao Feng come out, their voices gradually quieted down.
Zhao Feng walked up the steps of the Heart-Questioning Pavilion, stood with his hands behind his back, and scanned his surroundings.
"Everyone."
He spoke. His voice wasn't loud, but the imposing aura of a Golden Core Ancestor suppressed everyone present into silence.
"Today, my Tianyan Sect officially opens its gates to accept disciples!"
"This pavilion is named the Heart-Questioning Pavilion, and it has a total of one hundred floors!"
"Anyone who can climb above the twentieth floor may become a handy disciple and receive the sect's protection!"
"Anyone who can climb above the fortieth floor may become a registered disciple, practice Nascent Soul-tier cultivation methods, and enjoy cultivating on a spirit vein!"
The moment his words fell, the crowd erupted into chaos.
"What! A Nascent Soul cultivation method?"
"A registered disciple can practice a Nascent Soul cultivation method?"
"And a spirit vein! Since when did Azure Cloud Mountain have a spirit vein?"
Zhao Feng didn't pause and continued, "The two great mountains you all saw descending from the sky just now were precisely the spirit veins of the Heavenly Sword Sect and the Earth Saber Sect."
"The Sect Master used his supreme divine abilities to extract the spirit veins of those two sects and merge them into Azure Cloud Mountain. Today, Azure Cloud Mountain possesses two spirit veins. Its spiritual energy density is unmatched in all of Azure Cloud City!"
Boom!
The crowd exploded once again!
"What? Those two mountains just now were spirit veins?"
"Spirit veins can actually be extracted? What kind of method is that?"
"Two spirit veins! Azure Cloud Mountain now has two spirit veins!"
"No wonder I feel so comfortable just standing here..."
"A registered disciple can enjoy a spirit vein? Even the official disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect don't get this kind of treatment!"
"The official disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect can only cultivate on the periphery of the spirit vein; only core disciples can approach the spirit eye. Yet a registered disciple of the Tianyan Sect can enjoy it?"
"And a Nascent Soul cultivation method! Only the core disciples of the Biluo Sect are qualified to practice Nascent Soul cultivation methods! A registered disciple of the Tianyan Sect can practice one?"
"What kind of immortal sect is this!"
The crowd completely boiled over.
The news was simply too explosive!
Two spirit veins, Nascent Soul cultivation methods, and registered disciples could enjoy them!
Throwing out any one of these terms casually would be enough to detonate all of Cangwu Commandery.
Right at that moment, Han Lie, who was kneeling on the ground and being tortured by strike after strike of the sword, suddenly raised his head. The expression on his face shifted from numbness to absolute terror.
"You cannot!"
"Cultivation methods must not be passed down so lightly! How can you casually teach a Nascent Soul technique!"
"How dare you!!!"
"You are making enemies out of the entire cultivation world!"
"Lunatics! You are all lunatics!!"
His voice was incredibly loud, but no one paid him any attention.
Even Mo Wentian did not bother to spare him a glance, merely continuing to hack at his neck, sword strike by sword strike.
Han Lie's face flushed the dark purple of pig liver. He tried to stand up, but his body simply refused to obey, remaining completely immobilized.
Zhao Feng waited for the crowd's murmurs to die down a bit before speaking again.
This time, his voice was louder and carried even more power.
"Anyone who can ascend past the sixtieth level may officially become an outer sect disciple!"
"Anyone who can ascend past the eightieth level may enter our inner sect!"
He did not specify what benefits outer and inner sect disciples would receive.
But the crowd could easily fill in the blanks!
If mere registered disciples were treated this well, wouldn't official disciples soar to the very heavens?
"I want to join!"
"Me too!"
"I am going to climb straight to the eightieth level!"
...
"Silence!"
Zhao Feng unleashed the full imposing aura of a Golden Core Patriarch!
"Line up! Come up one by one!"
"Everyone will get a chance!"
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
