Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1062 A Chaotic War of Attrition
White Cloud Immortal City, Jade Night Palace.

A white streak of light landed in front of the palace gate, and Sparrow Feather emerged from the radiance.

Inside the hall, True Lord Baiyun was talking with Yunge when he saw Que Lingyu arrive and quickly asked, "How is the situation?"

The feather on Que Lingyu's forehead fluttered gently, and her pure eyes were filled with joy.

"Fighting has broken out! There's battle everywhere in the mountains now. I don't know where all these demonic beasts came from, but they've launched an attack on the Yin soldiers and blood puppets of the Wuchang Ghost Sect at the same time!"

"It seems that the Qingyuan Fox Clan was prepared in advance. They must have gathered some demonic beasts long ago, and many of them are ones we've never seen before. I guess they've been hiding their strength all along!"

Que Lingyu's tone was very lighthearted. The war between the Wuchang Ghost Sect and the Wanhua Demon Court would be most advantageous to the Tianyun Sword Sect, because once they started fighting, the Tianyun Sword Sect would not be in danger for a short period of time.

At this time, neither the Impermanent Ghost Sect nor the Myriad Flower Demon Court would provoke the Heavenly Cloud Sword Sect. In fact, both sides might even try to win over the Heavenly Cloud Sword Sect.

As for whether the Qingyuan Fox Clan has hidden strength, the answer is yes.

As one of the two most powerful demon clans in the Wanhua Mountains, how could the Qingyuan Fox Clan not have some hidden strength?

"Alright, now we can rest easy for a while!" True Monarch Baiyun said with a smile.

Que Lingyu shook her head. "You're celebrating too soon. They may not have time to pay attention to us now, but they will definitely pay attention to Zhenyang Immortal City! If the Wuchang Ghost Sect attacks Zhenyang Immortal City, can we stand idly by?"

Baiyun Zhenjun's expression froze for a moment, then he sighed softly, "No!"

True Yang Immortal City is the largest resource pool of the Heavenly Cloud Sword Sect, and it is also a high-level resource pool.

Those first-tier spiritual items and most second-tier spiritual items are not very useful to Golden Core cultivators. What Golden Core cultivators need are third-tier spiritual items, and a large number of them.

Therefore, True Lord Baiyun would rather lose the Cloud Soaring Mountains than lose True Yang Immortal City.

"So we still need to be prepared to go into battle!" said Que Lingyu.

True Monarch Baiyun nodded slightly, "I know that. The sect has already gathered forty Foundation Establishment cultivators and two hundred Golden Body Realm warriors, who are ready to go and support True Yang Immortal City at any time!"

The Tianyun Sword Sect has been established for forty years. During these forty years, after integrating the power of the Yunxiao Mountain Range, the Tianyun Sword Sect has recruited a large number of disciples.

Currently, the Tianyun Sword Sect has more than 80 Foundation Establishment elders, more than 2,000 sect deacons and inner disciples in the late Qi Refining stage, and more than 4,000 outer disciples.

This is only the strength of the Tianyun Sword Sect itself. Don't forget that the Tianyun Sword Sect also has many affiliated forces.

These affiliated forces include immortal cultivation families and martial arts sects. Among them are more than ten Divine Soul Realm martial artists, three to four hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, and several hundred Golden Body Realm martial artists.

Although the Tianyun Sword Sect cannot draw upon all the power of its affiliated forces, it can still extract 30% of their strength.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators and Golden Body Realm warriors mentioned by True Monarch Baiyun mostly came from affiliated forces.

"Our foundation is still too weak. This little strength is no match for the Yin soldiers and blood puppets of the Wuchang Ghost Sect!" Que Lingyu said softly.

The Yin Soldiers of the Impermanent Ghost Sect are at least at the level of Golden Body Realm warriors, while the Blood Puppets, although mostly at the level of Innate Realm warriors, are too numerous to be underestimated.

Right now, the Impermanent Ghost Sect is using their resources from the Sea of ​​Corpses. The Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets here are the elite of the elite, and they have been nourished by Yin Sha Qi and Blood Sha Qi for thousands of years.

Their strength far surpasses that of the newly forged Yin Soldiers and Blood Puppets.

The blood puppets are almost all at the peak of Qi Refining, while the Yin soldiers are equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

If we calculate it this way, 30,000 Yin Soldiers and 100,000 Blood Puppets are equivalent to 30,000 Foundation Establishment cultivators and 100,000 Qi Refining Peak cultivators.

Thirty thousand Foundation Establishment cultivators!
How many second-tier demonic beasts are there in the entire Wanhua Mountain Range?
The peacock feathers probably cost around 40,000 to 50,000!

Although the Yin Soldiers are weaker than normal Foundation Establishment cultivators and second-tier demonic beasts due to their incomplete souls, they are not much weaker than 30,000 second-tier demonic beasts.

Compared to them, the dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Tianyun Sword Sect are really nothing.

Of course, the Impermanent Ghost Sect could not devote all its strength to attacking True Yang Immortal City.

But even half a percent is not something True Yang Immortal City can withstand.

True Monarch Baiyun was aware of this as well. A cold glint flashed in his eyes. "Hmph, at worst I'll take action myself. A bunch of puppets, do you think they can stop me?"

"The Impermanent Ghost Sect also has Yin Soldiers at the Golden Core level!" Que Lingyu reminded him.

True Monarch Baiyun shook his head slightly, "Those Yin soldiers are not even as good as third-tier puppets. They have neither supernatural powers nor the ability to use spiritual weapons!"

The Impermanent Ghost Sect can refine third-tier Yin Soldiers, but after refining Golden Core cultivators and Demon Kings into third-tier Yin Soldiers, their strength is reduced to only 30% or 40%.

A Golden Core cultivator who transforms into a Yin soldier can retain approximately 30% of their strength.

The demon king, transformed into a ghost soldier, can retain approximately 40% of his strength.

Demon kings are more suitable to be refined into Yin soldiers than Golden Core cultivators. The reason is simple: Golden Core cultivators focus more on supernatural powers and spiritual weapons, while Yin soldiers become incomplete because their souls are corroded by Yin Sha Qi and Blood Sha Qi, making them unable to use supernatural powers and difficult to control spiritual weapons.

In contrast, the demon king's supernatural powers come from his bloodline, and his magical artifacts come from a part of himself, so he will retain a portion of the power of his supernatural powers and magical artifacts.

"You can hold off three or five, but can you hold off a dozen? Anyway, be careful then, everyone knows how many Tier 3 Yin Soldiers the Impermanent Ghost Sect is hiding!" Que Lingyu reminded him.

True Monarch Baiyun nodded. "I understand."

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The war between the Impermanent Ghost Sect and the Myriad Flower Demon Court quickly escalated to a fever pitch, but their war did not involve two armies facing each other, nor did it require the conquest of cities and territories.

Their wars were mostly fought through surprise attacks and skirmishes.

The Impermanent Ghost Sect dispatched groups of Yin soldiers and blood puppets to attack the demon race's territory, while the demon race dispersed to attack the giant white bone pillars that the Impermanent Ghost Sect had built in the mountains.

The two sides either attack each other or collide in the mountains and forests, resulting in a battle in the wild.

Furthermore, the lack of a systematic command system on both sides resulted in the battlefield being spread across the northern part of the Wanhua Mountains, making the war appear chaotic and disorderly.

The demon race has the advantage of terrain; they are more familiar with the mountains and forests and are better at fighting in them.

The Impermanent Ghost Sect has a large and numerous army. Although the Yin soldiers and blood puppets are somewhat slow to react, their individual strength is formidable, and they are fearless in the face of death.

Thus, the war gradually turned into a guerrilla war by the demon race. The demon race was not stupid; they would not fight to the death with a group of puppets. They preferred to use the terrain advantage to constantly wear down the Yin soldiers and puppets of the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

However, the Impermanent Ghost Sect is not yet ready for a decisive battle with the Myriad Flower Demon Court. They still need to build the White Bone Giant Pillar, construct the Yin Sha Blood Sha Grand Array, build the Blood Pool, and refine more Yin Soldier Blood Puppets.

Therefore, the war between the two sides gradually turned into a protracted and chaotic war.

In the first phase, dozens of battles broke out between the two sides in just a few days. In the second phase, the two sides began to launch constant ambushes and hunts, with major battles every three days and minor battles every two days.

Battles are frequent, but none are large-scale. Today I'll kill a few hundred of your demonic beasts and strange creatures, tomorrow I'll ambush a few hundred of your ghostly soldiers and blood puppets.

In a couple of days I'll set another trap to lure you in, and a few days after that I'll send ghost soldiers and blood puppets to ambush one of your demon clans.

One day, two days, three days; one month, two months, three months.

In the blink of an eye, the snow has melted, and tender green buds are sprouting from the branches.

The war between the two sides has completely devolved into a war of attrition.

this day.

In the Immortal Palace of Life, everyone gathered in the Hall of Longevity, the spacious hall filled with people.

Yang Zhengshan and Yu Qingyi sat in the main seats, with Yunxiao and the Green Ox Demon King on either side. To the left below were Foundation Establishment cultivators and second-tier demon beasts led by Xuanzhen and Hong Fuxiu, while to the right were martial artists led by Ding Qiu, Yang Mingcheng, and others.

Currently, the Immortal Palace of Living Realm has twenty-four Foundation Establishment cultivators, six second-tier demon beasts, and the ghost general Hong Hun.

Not to mention compared to the Impermanent Ghost Sect, even compared to the Heavenly Cloud Sword Sect, the Life Realm Immortal Palace is far inferior.

However, compared to Hidden Sword Mountain and Azure Feather Mountain, the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm is already far stronger than them.

As for martial artists, besides Ding Qiu and Yu Qingyi, who are both at the Divine Soul Realm, there are over a thousand Golden Body Realm martial artists in the Spirit Source Land.

However, only the management of Lingyuan Land, namely the senior executives of the Five Cities and Twelve Towers, and a few heads of the Yang family attended the conference this time.

Yang Zhengshan summoned everyone for a meeting because he was provoked by the Wuchang Ghost Sect and the Wanhua Demon Court.

The combined forces of the demonic beasts, strange creatures, and blood puppet soldiers were terrifying, even startling Yang Zhengshan.

Tens of thousands of Yin soldiers equivalent to Foundation Establishment cultivators and demonic beasts—just thinking about it is terrifying.

Compared to them, the strength of the Celestial Palace of Living Beings is truly insignificant.

Of course, this cannot be blamed on the fact that the Immortal Palace of Life is too weak; it can only be blamed on the fact that the Immortal Palace of Life lacks sufficient foundation.

If given several thousand years, the Immortal Palace of Life Realm could potentially produce tens of thousands of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

However, the Lingyuan Land has only been developing for a little over a hundred years. It is already quite remarkable that Yang Zhengshan has been able to accumulate this wealth in such a short period of time.

Yang Zhengshan sat high in the main seat, looking down at the crowd below, and said softly, "I believe everyone is already aware of the situation in the Wanhua Mountains. The main reason for gathering everyone here today is to discuss how we should deal with the increasingly chaotic situation!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it carried throughout the entire hall and reached everyone's ears.

Beside him, Yunxiao calmly closed his eyes to rest. He never interfered in the internal affairs of the Shengjing Immortal Palace, not because he had not integrated into the Shengjing Immortal Palace, but because he devoted his time and energy to cultivation.

He had to get involved in the matters concerning the Heavenly Cloud Sword Sect, but he didn't need to be involved in the matters concerning the Immortal Palace of the Birth Realm.

In fact, over the years, Yunxiao has completely integrated into the Shengjing Immortal Palace. He has recruited six disciples with good talents within the Shengjing Immortal Palace, which can be considered as establishing his own lineage within the Shengjing Immortal Palace.

On the contrary, he did not recruit disciples at the Tianyun Sword Sect, nor did he return to his former Xuanqing Sect to recruit disciples.

As for the Green Ox Demon King on the other side, he looked bored. He was even less interested in these things. If Yang Zhengshan hadn't forcibly dragged him here, he wouldn't have participated in such a conference.

Yang Zhengshan went to great lengths to help the Green Ox Demon King integrate into the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm. He not only provided the Green Ox Demon King with living conditions, but also captured many strange bovine beasts for him, including quite a few cows.

The Grayhorn Green Ox clan has been wiped out, and since the Grayhorn Green Ox clan cannot be found in the Spirit Source Land for the time being, some other exotic beast herds were searched for.

It's a pity there are no bovine demon beasts in the Cloud Soaring Mountains, otherwise the Spirit Source Land would at least have invited a few cows of demon beast level to the Green Ox Demon King.

Although reproduction is a difficult thing even at the level of a demon king, Yang Zhengshan believes that as long as there are enough cows, the Green Ox Demon King may still be able to leave offspring.

Unlike human immortal cultivators, demon kings, while having more difficulty reproducing, do so much more easily than golden core cultivators. Golden core cultivators are almost impossible to reproduce, while demon kings have some possibility of doing so.

As I said before, as long as there are enough cows, and as long as the Green Ox Demon King can fight the cows for hundreds of rounds, perhaps in the future, the Spirit Source Land will have an additional Green Ox Demon Clan.

The crowd below began to murmur amongst themselves after hearing Yang Zhengshan's words.

During this time, they had all learned about the situation in the Wanhua Mountains and knew that the war between the Wuchang Ghost Sect and the Wanhua Demon Court had entered a fierce stage.

They also learned that a war had broken out between the Yokoyama Sect and the South Sea Demon Court.

They also sensed some unease about the current turbulent situation.

They are able to live peacefully in the Immortal Palace now because of Yang Zhengshan's protection. If something were to happen to Yang Zhengshan, it would be difficult for them to protect the Immortal Palace.

Unless Yang Zhengshan severs the connection between the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm and the real world, allowing the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm to completely break away from the main world and become a secluded paradise.

But this is obviously impossible.

Because the Spirit Source Land is just a grotto-heaven, and the Immortal Palace is just a spiritual treasure.

The two combined form the Celestial Palace of the Living Realm, but it is not a complete world.

Separated from the main world, it can be maintained for a short time, but once it goes on for a long time, the Immortal Palace will lack spiritual energy and become desolate.

Unlike the Sun Cave Heaven, the Immortal Palace of the Living Realm will not fall, but it will become desolate and closed off, and in the end, it may only have a spiritual spring left.

That's right. Yang Zhengshan estimated that the reason why Shengjing Immortal Palace initially only had one spiritual spring was because Shengjing Immortal Palace had not received spiritual energy replenishment for a long time.

"Xuanzhen, what are your thoughts?" Yang Zhengshan interrupted the discussion and asked Xuanzhen.

Xuanzhen stepped forward and said, "True Lord, with our strength, we certainly cannot compare with the top forces. If we want to improve the overall strength of the Immortal Palace of Life Realm in a short period of time, cultivation alone is definitely not enough! So I think we can think of other ways!"

"Other places? You mean?" Yang Zhengshan asked.

“Use external objects, such as flying boats!” Xuanzhen said.

Small flying boats have no offensive capabilities, medium-sized flying boats have some offensive and defensive capabilities, but they are not very powerful. Only large flying boats have extraordinary offensive capabilities, enough to threaten the offensive capabilities of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The Spirit Source Land can now manufacture Vermilion Bird Cloud Boats, but the manufacturing speed is relatively slow, taking three to five years to build one.

Now, there are only five Skylark Cloud Boats in the Spirit Origin Land, three more than a decade ago.

The Spirit Source Land can now expand the manufacturing scale of Skylark Cloud Boats, but even if it expands, it can only produce one boat per year at most.

The manufacturing speed is still a bit slow, but this can be considered a way to improve the overall strength of the Celestial Palace.

(End of this chapter)