A Sect from a Spirit Vein

New Castle, as the Yunshan Sect’s spiritual ore smelting and artifact refining base, and simultaneously a training center for refining techniques, has been under the leadership of Tao Boliang for thirty-one years, yielding very fruitful results.

The ”Treasure True Mirror” contains one hundred and eight blueprints, spanning from Spiritual Artifacts to Magical Treasures, with an array of various kinds. Even though they are products from thousands of years ago, many mature products among them remain top-tier today.

Even for outdated creations, the ingenuity within can still inspire new solutions. Led by the Tao Brothers, the disciples in the Artifact Refining Team excel rapidly, and Yunshan Sect’s overall artifact refining expertise has been steadily improving.

Nowadays, Yunshan Sect’s refining products have become a robust premium brand alongside their unique Elixirs, maintaining a significant presence in the marketplace. Their shops have expanded beyond their own marketplace to Meihua Square.

In the same year, unexpectedly, Shouzhuo Sect managed to produce a new Foundation Establishment cultivator before the Kong Family. Qin Zhiyi was overjoyed, kneeling before the ancestral shrine and praying overnight, feeling that the restoration of Shouzhuo Sect’s vitality and the decision to align with Yunshan was incredibly wise.

The Kong Clan Leader, Kong Pengfei, was not overly distressed. Although after the battle of Hidden Dragon Stream and the sudden intrusion of Divine Flood Dragon Sect into Fire Crystal Valley, most of the Kong Family cultivators were lost, along with significant losses among the mortal people.

However, over thirty years of recuperating allowed the Kong Family to slightly restore some vitality. They’ve nurtured several Late-Stage Qi Cultivation cultivators with potential to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Kong Pengfei himself is at the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment and calculates that in over twenty years, he will advance to the Late Stage Realm, still maintaining a lead in this aspect and only falling behind Zhuang Hui among subordinate sects. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

In the 405th year of Jia Shen, it has been nineteen years since the Mingyu Sword Sect transferred Heaven-Sundering Sword Peak.

This formerly Fourth-Level Mid-Tier Spirit Vein is now on the verge of collapse. The Xuanwei Sect cultivators guarding the spirit vein report almost daily, constantly communicating the vein’s status.

The battle for Innate Spiritual Qi is about to begin in the next two years, with twenty participating teams eager for action.

The war between Qingzhou and Cangzhou has raged for over 180 years, slowly allowing the strength of the ten counties in the northwest to recover.

Previously, Beichui County and Junle County clashed, Sanshan County and Chongming County were at odds, Liangxiang County had deadly enmity with Dongping and Huaiyou, while Xinghu County remained focused inward, rarely interacting with outsiders. Tieyuan was too poor to be noteworthy, and Qingyuan County primarily focused attention southward.

In this chaos, the ten counties’ forces drained heavily internally.

However, with the sudden emergence of Yunshan Sect and the subsequent formation of the Three Sects Alliance, this situation quickly changed, forcing the surrounding counties to unite and share the pressure. Now, Junle, Dongping, and Huaiyou have formed an alliance, with Sanshan County’s Liyuan Sect providing support for this alliance.

Mutual apprehension has reduced large-scale battles, decreasing the consumption of forces, allowing the growth of cultivators from all ten counties and the strengthening of various sects.

Now, besides the Yunshan Sect, the Golden Core situation in Cangzhou’s ten counties is:

Beichui County, one Late-Stage Golden Core.

Sanshan County Liyuan Sect, Master Yeguang, has entered the Late Stage.

Junle County, Master Xuan Jing, Mid-Stage Golden Core.

Dongping County, Master Yaoming, Mid-Stage Golden Core.

Huaiyou County, one Late-Stage Golden Core, one Early Stage of Golden Core.

Xinghu County, Master Kan Yuan, Mid-Stage Golden Core.

Mingyu Sword Sect, Master Cangfeng, Late-Stage Golden Core, Master Haoran, Early Stage of Golden Core.

Tieyuan County Huanggen Sect, Ye Xiao, Mid-Stage Golden Core.

Qingyuan County, one Late-Stage Golden Core, one Mid-Stage Golden Core.

Over the years, Lu Qian has figured out that during the two-province war, ten-county Golden Cores had two survive with one injured, with Master Yeguang and Master Kan Yuan being the survivors.

At the time, Master Yeguang had just advanced to the Early Stage of Golden Core, surviving through the protection of seniors and personal luck. Master Kan Yuan escaped using the Divination Technique.

The injured one was one of Qingyuan County’s Golden Cores, who is now at the Late-Stage Golden Core.

With Lu Qian and Wu Yan approaching their Golden Core Celestial Tribulation and the Innate Spiritual Qi battle looming, a sudden thunderous change erupted in the northwest ten counties of Cangzhou.

The enemy alliance moved.