Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Before coming here, his biggest worry was that the leader of the Tribulation Cultivator and the Yan Family Ancestor would reach the threshold of the ninth level of Nascent Soul, the level of the Void True Person.

If that were the case, even if his main body and two avatars attacked together, he still wouldn't be able to win.

Thinking about it now, there are only about ten people of that level among the thousands of Core Formation cultivators in a sect.

Each of them has a very high chance of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage.

If the Yan family patriarch truly possessed that strength, he wouldn't have waited until he was seven hundred years old to find an opportunity to form a Nascent Soul.

As his thoughts wandered, Lin Zhao thought of Master Qianqiu again.

He had always thought that his master and the Yan family patriarch were of similar strength, at the same level—after all, True Person Qianqiu was five hundred years old and had been trapped in the late Core Formation stage for over a hundred years.

However, after hearing what True Monarch Qingyuan said earlier, and combined with his assessment of the strength of the Yan family patriarch today, he re-evaluated True Monarch Qianqiu's strength.

Master Qianqiu has cultivated diligently for hundreds of years, possessing two fourth-tier spiritual artifacts, comprehending great divine abilities, and several matching third-tier top-grade magic treasures.

He's just stuck on the inner demon tribulation in his cultivation, but his combat power isn't.

The true combat strength of Master Qianqiu is probably close to the threshold of the Nascent Soul stage.

If the Yan family's affairs are handled properly, there is a good chance that True Immortal Qianqiu will advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

Lin Zhao took out a jade talisman, which was entirely blue. Holding the talisman in his hand, he could feel a terrifying, suppressed power dormant deep within it.

I paid my respects to the Wuyai lineage and received a fourth-tier life-saving technique from True Monarch Feixue, which, once activated, is comparable to an attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator.

He only has this one.

He hesitated before setting off whether to use it, but he still brought it with him.

As long as it can help True Person Qianqiu advance to the Nascent Soul stage, spending a Nascent Soul-level life-saving jade talisman is nothing.

Despite being a disciple for decades, he never did anything for his master.

The entanglements of the Yan family, the knot in Qianqiu Zhenren's heart that has been troubling him, will be thoroughly resolved this time.

At this moment, the formation outside the cave rippled slightly.

A dark figure stood at the doorway, completely shrouded in a black robe. Even divine sense could only reach a layer of blurry mist.

Lin Zhao didn't look up, only saying two words: "Come in."

The person entered. The cave door closed behind them. The cave's light instantly dimmed.

Half a day later, the man in black robes left silently, and no one noticed that anyone had come.

Lin Zhao sat alone in the cave, his fingers slowly tapping on the chair, seemingly deep in thought.

Another half day passed.

The Azure Lotus clone has returned.

The Azure Lotus clone did not participate in today's main battle.

He remained on the periphery of the battlefield, observing the entire battlefield with his all-seeing eye.

Today's great battle covered an area of ​​hundreds of miles, and the powerful attacks collapsed several mountain peaks, which will inevitably have an impact on the Daoist temples in the Crimson Nether Mountains.

If the dojo is attacked, the fourth-order spiritual object will definitely leak out spiritual energy fluctuations.

A third-tier top-grade formation can seal spiritual objects, but it cannot seal the spiritual power of a Daoist temple.

The Azure Lotus clone brought back this spiritual energy information.

Lin Zhao began to compare the spiritual characteristics of various fourth-order spiritual objects recorded in the sect's classic texts.

The spiritual veins of the Crimson Nether Mountains are predominantly fire and earth-based, so any fourth-tier spiritual creatures nurtured by the Daoist temple must fall within this range.

One by one, the information was eliminated—it wasn't Earth Spirit Essence, the spiritual energy fluctuations were too intense; it wasn't Flame Soul Crystal, the cycle was wrong; it wasn't Lava Soul Jade, the spiritual pressure was too low.

After several rounds of screening, a dozen or so fourth-tier spiritual items that met the criteria were selected.

But that's not enough. Today's commotion wasn't big enough.

The spiritual energy reaction at the dojo was not strong enough, and this information was insufficient to pinpoint the single answer from a dozen or so candidates.

Once Lin Zhao determines what the fourth-tier spiritual creature born in the Crimson Nether Mountains is, he will know what methods the Yan family patriarch intends to use to advance to the Nascent Soul stage.

By then, he will be unable to escape Lin Zhao's grasp.

In the following months, the expeditionary force changed its tactics.

Instead of gathering all the cultivators for a head-on battle, he dispersed his forces.

Core Formation cultivators clashed with Core Formation cultivators, Foundation Establishment cultivators clashed with Foundation Establishment cultivators, and Qi Refining Formations faced off against each other, resulting in a comprehensive tug-of-war across a thousand-mile radius of the Crimson Nether Mountains.

Teams were dispatched in various ways: some to seize newly emerging spiritual creatures, some to hunt down opposing cultivators, and some to harass the opposing forces' various outposts.

After each battle, the team immediately retreated to rest and recuperate. After two days of rest, they launched another attack, repeatedly engaging in skirmishes and wearing down the opponent.

The Crimson Nether Mountain Range was instantly turned upside down—a fierce battle raged all day in the eastern third-tier spiritual veins, and tomorrow a conflict will erupt in the western transformation canyon, with the booming sounds of colliding spells echoing continuously among the mountains.

The residual power of the battle between Core Formation experts was terrifying; deep pits, hundreds of feet in size, could be seen everywhere in the mountains, and traces of the great battle were everywhere.

After several rounds of maneuvering, the expeditionary force's advantages became increasingly apparent.

The Cultivator Alliance was cobbled together from various forces, and its members were not united, each pursuing their own agendas.

When things are going well, they can fight as a group, but once they get into a war of attrition, their contradictions and rifts are immediately exposed.

Although the expeditionary force was composed of a very diverse group of people, the sect cultivators served as the main force in coordinating the overall situation, with dedicated personnel responsible for personnel deployment, intelligence gathering, and logistical support.

Moreover, Lin Zhao's intelligence processing speed was abnormally fast, even to the point of being precognitive.

Before the ambush by the Robber Alliance could be set up, the expeditionary force bypassed it as if they knew in advance.

Just as the cultivators discovered traces of a spiritual plant, the expeditionary force arrived.

This wasn't luck; Lin Zhao's Heavenly Heart Falun was inherently adept at deduction.

He now possesses a complete spiritual vein map of the Crimson Nether Mountain Range, coupled with the Azure Lotus clone continuously roaming the outer perimeter.

The entire battlefield seemed transparent to him.

Every movement of the Tribulation Cultivation Alliance, the location of every spiritual object, and the change of every spiritual vein were all predicted in advance through the Heavenly Heart Dharma Wheel's calculations.

To be honest, this is a devastating blow from information technology to the Robbery Alliance.

Over time, even many low-level Qi Refining cultivators came to trust Lin Zhao.

Many teams also secretly keep memorial tablets, praying to them before setting off for a safe journey.

This action left Lin Zhao somewhat amused and exasperated.

The casualty ratio at the Core Formation level is not high.

Over the course of several months, the Tribulation Cultivator Alliance lost two more Core Formation cultivators, while the Expeditionary Force did not suffer any Core Formation cultivator losses, but three were seriously injured.

However, at the Foundation Establishment level, the advantage was overwhelming—hundreds of Foundation Establishment cultivators died, while only a few dozen from the expeditionary force.

As the battle progressed, the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Tribulation Cultivator Alliance dared not leave the formation range of the Tribulation Cultivator Alliance.

As soon as you go out, you'll run into the expeditionary force's hunting squads, and those hunting squads always seem to know where they'll appear.

After suffering repeated losses, the Cultivator Alliance was driven to the brink of despair and decided to once again gather its forces and launch another all-out war.

Both sides were prepared this time, and the battle on the Core Formation battlefield was not as fierce as last time. Although spiritual light rose and fell in the air, neither side had the intention of fighting to the death.

In the end, only a few Core Formation cultivators were injured.

The battle between Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators remained fierce, with corpses strewn across the battlefield and heavy losses suffered by lower-level cultivators.