In the council hall!
Upon hearing Su Tong's words, all the elders looked towards the entrance.
At this time, Su Tong also walked in from outside.
"Elder Su Tong!"
The lower-ranked elders all cupped their fists towards Su Tong.
"What are the elders afraid of? Our Chi Hong Sect is no worse than that Beast Taming Sect!"
Su Tong let out a cold laugh.
The Beast Taming Sect had come knocking on their door, yet these elders were still dilly-dallying?
Even if they didn't kill them all, they should at least fight back!
"Hehe, Elder Su Tong, it's not that we're afraid. It's just that the Hundred Sects Tournament is coming up in another two months. Getting into fights with the Beast Taming Sect now and suffering injuries would be disadvantageous for us!"
The head elder also laughed and explained.
Su Tong's eyebrows furrowed slightly: "Hundred Sects Tournament? What's that?"
"Does Elder Su Tong know why those dynasties all want to ally with the Chi Hong Sect?"
The head elder asked.
Su Tong nodded: "For the Chi Hong Sect's resources!"
"Then does Elder Su Tong know where the Chi Hong Sect's resources come from?"
The head elder asked again.
"You mean the Hundred Sects Tournament?"
Su Tong wasn't stupid. With how the head elder was speaking, he naturally understood.
"That's right, the Hundred Sects Tournament. It's the way the Northern Territory competes for resources. Any sect that thinks it's capable of competing for the Northern Territory's resources can participate!"
The head elder explained.
He then continued: "Although it's called the Hundred Sects Tournament, there are really only four sects, two factions, and one sword sect with the strength to compete for the best resources!"
"Four sects, two factions, and one sword sect?"
Su Tong was a bit surprised to hear there were so many powerful sects in the Northern Territory.
"Yes, the four sects are the Qi Mu Sect, Shen Feng Sect, Beast Taming Sect, and our Chi Hong Sect. The two factions are the Bi Xia Faction and An Lei Faction. The one sword sect is the Di Sha Sword Sect!"
The head elder nodded and said.
Only then did Su Tong realize there were many other sects on par with Chi Hong Sect in the Northern Territory.
"So at that time, Chi Hong Sect will have to deal with so many other sects. That's why they don't want to fight with Beast Taming Sect now, since there are only two months left."
The second elder spoke up at this time.
Su Tong nodded: "Then wouldn't it be even better if there was one less Beast Taming Sect before the Hundred Sects Tournament?"
"Dealing with Beast Taming Sect will cost us a lot of manpower. At that time, the other sects will be eyeing us covetously, just waiting for us to wear each other down!"
The second elder said again.
"Then what if we could do it without losing a single soldier? Wouldn't that be good?"
Su Tong spoke lightly at this time.
Hearing Su Tong's words, the elders were startled. Then one of them said, "That would be ideal, of course. But Beast Taming Sect won't be so easy to deal with. Their sect leader Di Shuo has the strength of a first-class Return to Void cultivator!"
"Return to Void?"
Su Tong nodded. He wasn't surprised that the Beast Taming Sect leader had the strength of Return to Void realm.
After all, Luo Zi Yin was also at Return to Void level.
"That's right. If we want to defeat him, only our sect leader can make a move. Not to mention Di Shuo also has a demon beast with peak Manifestation Realm strength!"
The third elder answered Su Tong.
He then added: "Even if our sect leader could win, she would still suffer some injuries. With that, we wouldn't be able to suppress the other two sects, and Chi Hong Sect would still lose out!"
"Then what if I go kill that Di Shuo, and take care of that demon beast while I'm at it? Would that work?"
Su Tong waved his hand.
Continuing this back and forth was rather pointless.
He might as well just go out and kill Di Shuo. Wouldn't that resolve everything?
"You've reached Return to Void realm?"
Hearing Su Tong's words, the elders stared at him in shock.
Could it be that in just half a month, Su Tong had already cultivated to Return to Void realm?
"No, I'm still at fifth-class Manifestation Realm," Su Tong shook his head.
He hadn't cultivated at all in the past half month.
Every day he had been tinkering with various odd things, increasing his understanding of this continent.
Besides, cultivation was boring and tasteless. Naturally, Su Tong was unwilling to cultivate.
"Then how could you kill Di Shuo?"
The head elder shook his head.
That was a Return to Void expert. In all of Chi Hong Sect, only Sect Leader Luo Zi Yin had reached that level.
Even the head elder was only at peak Manifestation Realm.
"I naturally have my ways. Elder, may I borrow your sword for a moment?"
Su Tong now had his own ideas.
Although he hadn't increased his strength in the past half month, dealing with a Return to Void expert was still well within his capabilities.
"This is..."
The head elder hesitated.
But Luo Zi Yin spoke up at this moment: "Su Tong, can you really handle Di Shuo?"
"Of course!"
Su Tong nodded. He was quite confident about this.
"Elder, give your sword to Su Tong!"
Hearing Su Tong's words, Luo Zi Yin didn't hesitate at all. She looked directly at the head elder.
"But..."
The head elder wanted to say something, but seeing Luo Zi Yin's gaze, he hesitated, then handed his sword to Su Tong.
"A medium-grade spirit treasure, not bad!"
Su Tong smiled.
This was a medium-grade spirit treasure, extremely sharp and able to cut through iron like mud.
After speaking, Su Tong headed straight for the outside of the council hall.
"What's the best technique to use?"
Su Tong was hesitating a bit at this time.
He didn't know what kind of technique could maximize his formidable strength.
"Sect Leader, is this okay?"
Seeing Su Tong's departing figure, the head elder was a little worried.
He had been the first to object when Su Tong joined the Chi Hong Sect's council of elders.
But now, seeing Su Tong's displayed wisdom and talent, he couldn't help but worry for Su Tong's safety.
Luo Zi Yin waved her hand. She believed in Su Tong.
Outside Chi Hong Sect!
A middle-aged man stood atop a giant eagle, looking down below. He shouted in a low voice: "Luo Zi Yin, if you don't hand over the killer today, don't blame my Beast Taming Sect's demonic beast army!"
"Who is it? So much nonsense. If you have the guts, take one step into my Chi Hong Sect!"
At this moment, a voice rang out.
Upon hearing this, Di Shuo was furious.
He looked over to see a white-robed youth coming over with a sword in hand.
"Heh, has Chi Hong Sect run out of people? They actually sent a mere disciple to deal with me!"
Di Shuo let out a cold laugh.
With a wave of his hand, a spiritual qi whip flew towards Su Tong.
Su Tong slashed out with his sword, instantly splitting the spiritual qi whip in two.
"Hm?"
Seeing Su Tong easily deflect his casual strike with one sword slash, Di Shuo was taken aback.
Although it was just a casual attack from him, it was still a strike from a Return to Void expert. Even Manifestation Realm cultivators shouldn't have been able to block it so easily.
"Didn't you want the killer handed over? I'm standing right in front of you!"
Su Tong smiled lightly.
Staring at Di Shuo atop the giant eagle, he spoke calmly.
Hearing Su Tong's words, Di Shuo's expression instantly darkened: "You're saying you killed my son Quan'er?"
"That's right!"
Su Tong's mouth curved up as he replied lightly.
As soon as his words fell, a powerful aura erupted from the sky above!
[Author's Random Note]: Second update!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”
or! A blessing for those who struggle with love, a guidebook for dating novices. Quickly match with your dream goddess! Complete walkthroughs earn rewards, and perfect walkthroughs unlock limited achievements!】 Shen Yi, an ordinary office worker, accidentally downloads a mini-game called Dating Simulator. The mini-game is simple: randomly search for dating targets, simulate dates, and receive rewards upon successful confession. Rewards include but are not limited to money, attributes, and skills. The higher the evaluation, the better the rewards, with perfect ratings unlocking mysterious achievements. Shen Yi plans to use this mysterious mini-game to continuously pursue targets and improve himself, making his life better and better. ...... However, after several successful walkthroughs, Shen Yi suddenly notices something strange - the targets he previously simulated dating seem to be searching for him in real life?
ing gift was a patch of barren land, and disciples were all picked up along the way. He spent fifty years diligently building three "ramshackle little sects," thinking he could finally live a carefree life relying on his disciples. But right at the fifty-year mark, he was suddenly swept away by a spatial rift and exiled to the Chaos Desolation, the Disorderly Ruins. There was no spiritual energy there, only slaughter. Relying on the cultivation feedback from his disciples, Gu Changyuan hacked his way through a sea of blood for eleven hundred years. When the system finally fished him back out, he discovered the ramshackle little sects he'd built back then had developed a rather... unusual style. Hold on... I vanished for a thousand years, so how did my ramshackle little sects become holy lands?!
