Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 1119: Scraping the Ground Three Feet
After the ghost cultivators withdrew, Xiang Yuan remained seated in the main seat.

"This godforsaken place is so boring. I don't know why the sect leader sent me here!"

he said to himself.

In fact, he knew why the sect leader had sent him here. It was simply that the sect leader couldn't stand the nagging of those old ghosts in the sect and had no choice but to agree to keep the Yellow Springs Hall in place.

He was just an unlucky guy; he was sent here simply because he was young.

However, his bad luck had only just begun, no, it should be about to end.

Just as Xiang Yuan was mentally complaining about the arrangements made by the Lord of Wuchang Island, the dark and gloomy hall suddenly began to shake violently.

Boom~~
As if an earthquake had struck, the entire hall and the entire palace were shaking violently.

"what happened?"

Xiang Yuan's face darkened, and his eyes turned sinister as he looked ahead.

"Is someone attacking the protective array of the Yellow Springs Palace?"

His gaze pierced through the layers of obstruction and saw the situation outside the Hall of the Dead.

The Land of the Underworld is vast, encompassing not only this expansive abyss but also a large area beyond it. However, the protective array of the Underworld Palace can only provide protection for the Underworld Palace itself.

At this moment, outside the Yellow Springs Palace, a fiery red flying boat was hovering in mid-air. Above it was a gloomy and malevolent aura, making the entire space look exceptionally dark. However, within the darkness, many eerie lights were embedded in the sky.

That wasn't the sky, but the earth.

The Abyss is located deep within the earth, with a landmass over three hundred feet above it. The entire Abyss is a huge underground cave.

Those eerie lights came from Netherworld Cold Stones, a second-tier spiritual material. They emitted eerie lights year-round, like stars embedded in the sky above the abyss. The abyss was also brighter because of these Netherworld Cold Stones, but the light was very dim and could not illuminate the entire abyss.

Before Xiang Yuan could react, another roar came, followed by a violent tremor.

"A Golden Core cultivator?"

Xiang Yuan's expression changed, and his figure transformed into a wisp of green smoke and drifted out. He didn't know who the person was, but since the other party dared to attack the Yellow Springs Palace, they must be an enemy of the Impermanent Ghost Sect.

But before he could fly out of the formation, the formation shattered first.

A series of booming sounds shook the entire abyss, as if even the earth above was collapsing.

In an instant, chaos erupted both inside and outside the Yellow Springs Palace, with countless ghost cultivators fleeing and hiding in all directions.

"Hahaha, you little devils, do you think you'll be safe here? If you know what's good for you, hurry up and get into my ghost banner. If you dare to run away again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Xuanzhen entered the great formation, laughing wildly as he recklessly captured the ghost cultivators who were fleeing in all directions.

That arrogant demeanor makes him look every bit the villainous boss.

In fact, in the eyes of the ghost cultivator, he was a villain.

We were peacefully cultivating at home when you suddenly showed up, not only trying to demolish our house but also wanting to capture us and make us your servants. What else could you be but a villain?

This scene happened right in front of Xiang Yuan, and the arrogant and unrestrained manner almost made Xiang Yuan furious.

I just took office and you come knocking on my door. Don't you think you're taking me too seriously?

"How dare you! Who is this bastard who dares to run wild on my territory!" Xiang Yuan shouted coldly.

Xuanzhen was taken aback, and then his gaze turned to Xiang Yuan.

"Huh, there's even a Ghost King!"

Although he brought Yunxiao and Kotala to support him, he still felt that the Impermanent Ghost Sect would not arrange a Golden Core cultivator in the Yellow Springs Palace, and he did not expect that there would be a Ghost King in the Yellow Springs Palace.

Moreover, he was unable to check the situation inside the formation before entering it, so he was unaware that there was a Ghost King there.

Upon seeing Xiang Yuan appear, Xuan Zhen immediately became alert, his eyes flashing with golden light as he continuously scanned his surroundings.

After confirming that Xiang Yuan was the only Ghost King present, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Yunxiao, Fellow Daoist Kou, your job has come!" Xuanzhen laughed.

Yunxiao descended through the air, a faint smile on his face. "I didn't expect such an unexpected gain—a Ghost King. I believe Fellow Daoist Yang will be interested in this!"

"Hehe, this is our good fortune!" Kota followed closely behind.

Xiang Yuan's face suddenly turned extremely ugly. Although the three Golden Core cultivators were all at the early stage of Golden Core, he was only at the early stage of Ghost King.

If it were just one person, he was confident he could handle it; even if he couldn't defeat the opponent, he could at least drive them away.

But when three Golden Core cultivators suddenly appeared, that was something he couldn't handle.

The battle was about to begin. Neither side exchanged any words, and Yunxiao's sword energy was already unsheathed.

The surging sword intent spread like a tide, and the sharp sword energy pierced the sun like a rainbow, heading straight for the abyss.

Yunxiao is no longer the novice cultivator who was inferior in every way. Decades of cultivation have made up for his shortcomings as a novice cultivator. He has not only comprehended his own sword techniques, but also possesses his own natal spirit sword.

Although his strength is still among the lowest of all Golden Core cultivators, he is already comparable to a true Golden Core cultivator.

Moreover, sword cultivators have always been powerful, and their attacks have always been fierce.

His move forced Xiang Yuan to hide in the void, but as soon as Xiang Yuan entered the void, he found that a series of fist shadows were coming straight at him.

"Possessing all supernatural powers, with a hundred arms that communicate with the divine!"

Kota stood suspended in the void, with dozens of arms extending from behind him. Each arm was imbued with a different colored spiritual light; some were as red as fire, some as blue as the sea, some as white as snow, some were wrapped in earthy yellow and appeared powerful and heavy, and some radiated a dazzling golden light and revealed their sharp edge.

The Hundred-Armed Divine Power is a divine power that Kota comprehended. The term "hundred arms" is self-explanatory; it simply means having many arms. Kota is a weapon cultivator, and his natal magic weapon used to have six arms. Now that his natal magic weapon has been upgraded to a natal spiritual weapon, the number of arms has increased significantly.

Of course, the number of arms is just a figure of speech; at this time, Kota only had thirty-eight arms, but in the future, his number of arms may exceed one hundred.

Quantity does not necessarily equate to strength. The key to the Hundred-Armed Divine Power lies in divine power. Each arm can wield divine powers of different attributes. As long as Kota comprehends enough divine powers, his strength can be infinitely increased.

Of course, mastering multiple supernatural powers is not an easy task. Even if there aren't that many supernatural powers available, Kota can still make up the difference with spells of different attributes.

Attributes are mutually restraining and mutually reinforcing; there will always be a certain attribute that can counter the enemy.

Furthermore, mixing spells of different attributes can produce unexpected effects.

At this moment, dozens of enormous arms slammed down at once. Xiang Yuan, caught off guard, had no choice but to take the hit head-on. His ghostly aura spread out, forming circular shields that blocked the fists, colliding with them one after another with resounding thuds.

Although Kota's attacks were not particularly strong, they were relentless and continuous, one punch after another, leaving Xiang Yuan with no choice but to keep dealing with them. For a time, Xiang Yuan was completely overwhelmed by Kota's attacks.

However, he was so focused on dealing with Kota's attacks that he neglected Yunxiao's presence.

Just as he was trying his best to block Kota's fist, a sharp sword suddenly appeared on his back. Before he could react, the sword had already pierced through his body.

"Ah~~"

Xiang Yuan let out a miserable howl, and the ghostly energy around him surged even more violently.

This blow wasn't enough to kill him, but it made him realize that if he stayed here, he would surely lose his life.

Ignoring everything else, Xiang Yuan turned and ran.

But he wanted to run away, but how could Yunxiao and Kota let him get away?

Immediately, the three of them entered a chase. Xiang Yuan was very fast, but Yun Xiao was not slow either, and kept close behind him, dragging him along so that he could not completely shake off the two of them.

That's how battles are for Golden Core cultivators; once they're caught in a chase, the fight won't end in a short time.

However, Xiang Yuan's fate was already sealed. Without reinforcements, he would eventually become a victim of Yunxiao and Kota's blades.

Inside and outside the Yellow Springs Palace, Xuanzhen had already led a group of divine generals to begin capturing ghost cultivators. He brought a thousand divine generals, plus the three hundred and sixty-one divine generals in his divine general chessboard, for a total of one thousand three hundred and sixty-one divine generals working together, which greatly increased his speed in capturing ghost cultivators.

The group of gods formed an encirclement, surrounding most of the ghost cultivators in the Yellow Springs Palace. Then, Xuanzhen threw them one by one into the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner.

"Hahaha, you little brats, hurry up and enter my banner!"

Xuanzhen excitedly drove away the ghost cultivators, occasionally pulling out a few ghost generals from among them.

The ghost generals were terrified. They wanted to run but couldn't. They begged for mercy, but Xuanzhen ignored them. They fought desperately, but they couldn't defeat Xuanzhen.

They were like a flock of lambs to the slaughter.

The entire battle lasted only an hour before it ended. More than 50,000 Yin spirits and ghost cultivators entered Xuanzhen's Ten Thousand Ghost Banner, among which were nearly 3,000 ghost generals.

Not only that, Xuanzhen also found a lot of spiritual materials inside and outside the Yellow Springs Palace. Although most of them were first or second-tier spiritual materials, there were also a few third-tier spiritual materials.

Moreover, the Yellow Springs Palace and the protective array were both built with spiritual materials. Xuanzhen, with the intention of thoroughly dismantling everything, even demolished the Yellow Springs Palace and the protective array.

"That, yes, that wall, it's built with Yinming Stone, tear it all down!"

"Go up there, all of you, and dig out all those Netherworld Frost Stones!"

"Let's go see whose cave is over there and see if there's anything good!"

"This chair is quite nice. Please carry it onto the flying boat for me!"

Xuanzhen was like a bandit, wanting to take everything he saw, showing no trace of the demeanor of a Golden Core cultivator.

Soon, the entire Yellow Springs Palace disappeared without a trace, leaving not even ruins, and the entire Abyss was left in ruins.

However, Xuanzhen still looked unsatisfied, "It's a pity we can't occupy this place, otherwise we could mine here!"

He hovered in mid-air, his golden eyes scanning the entire abyss.

The reason this place became a gathering place for ghost cultivators is because there is a Yin vein of extremely high grade here, and this Yin vein also contains many Yin attribute minerals, such as Netherworld Cold Stone, Yin Nether Stone and so on.

Such a large quantity of high-grade mineral veins would be a lucrative industry for any power.

Unfortunately, Baiyujing could not occupy this place, since it was still the territory of the Wuchang Ghost Sect.

To avoid the arrival of reinforcements from the Impermanent Ghost Sect, Xuanzhen had no choice but to clean up the Abyss and then retreat.

They had just driven the Vermilion Bird Cloud Boat out of the Abyss when Yunxiao and Kota returned.

"How's it going? Did that guy get away?"

Upon seeing the two of them, Xuanzhen quickly asked.

Kota laughed heartily, "How could he have gotten away? He's in here!"

As he spoke, a black bead appeared in his hand. Countless runes faintly appeared on the surface of the black bead, and within the runes, a constantly changing black mist could be seen.

This is the God-Sealing Pearl, specifically used to seal divine souls and ghost cultivators. However, this God-Sealing Pearl is just a magic weapon, and under normal circumstances, it cannot seal a ghost king. But if the ghost king is seriously injured, then there is no problem.

"That's good!"

Xuanzhen's old face was beaming like a chrysanthemum.

This time they achieved a great victory and reaped huge rewards. They not only captured a large number of Yin spirits and ghost generals, but also took down a ghost king and seized a large amount of spiritual materials.

With these ghost generals, Yang Zhengshan's army of divine generals was finally secured. From now on, they no longer needed to capture ghost cultivators; they only needed to slowly cultivate the ghost generals and transform them into divine generals.

Although it's impossible to gather an army of 100,000 divine generals in a short time, it's still easy to gather 5,000 or 6,000.

Upon returning to the Land of Spiritual Origin, Xuanzhen immediately devoted himself to the great cause of transforming the ghost generals into divine generals. He first sealed the ordinary Yin spirits within the Divine Soul Palace, and then led a group of disciples from the Wuzhen Dao Palace to transform those ghost generals into divine generals.

As the number of disciples in Wuzhen Dao Palace increases, the efficiency of transforming and nurturing divine generals also becomes higher and higher.

The Golden Light Divine Mantra is a required practice for the Wuzhen Dao Palace. Although it is not required that every disciple make the Golden Light Divine Mantra their main practice, it is required that each of them cultivate the Golden Light Divine Mantra.

The Golden Light Mantra is not only used to nourish divine generals; in fact, it is a versatile auxiliary technique that enhances and strengthens whatever it is used for.

The Wuzhen Dao Palace now has more than a thousand disciples. Although they are all Qi Refining stage cultivators, and many of them have just embarked on the path of immortal cultivation, they can still help Xuanzhen a lot.

With their help, Xuanzhen's efficiency in transforming divine generals has also increased significantly.

While Xuanzhen was busy transforming the divine generals, in the Wuchang Ghost Sect, inside the Wuchang Cave Heaven, in a huge palace shaped like a skull, a handsome cultivator wearing a black robe stood on a high platform, looking down at his two subordinates.

The person on the high platform was none other than Chang Zaibu, the sect leader of the Impermanent Ghost Sect. He wore a bronze ghost mask crown with seven-aperture soul lamps embedded in it, and a "Hundred Souls Refining Heart Robe" made of skin and bone. The corners of the robe were embroidered with Yin Sha runes. His words and actions exuded the aura of a superior.

Standing below the stage was Soul Maiden, the master of the Soul-Hooking Hall, a female cultivator with a deathly pale face. Her face was extremely delicate, with perfect features, but her pale complexion made her look not only not beautiful, but also creepy.

The other is a Ghost King, Zhong Mingshou, the deputy island lord of Ghost Island. In reality, he is the helmsman of Ghost Island. The island lord of Ghost Island rarely interferes in the affairs of Ghost Island and has handed over almost all the power of Ghost Island to Zhong Mingshou.

(End of this chapter)