My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

While Gu Qing was diligently cultivating behind Cuiyun Peak, the various strongholds and affiliated forces surrounding the Azure Emperor Sword Sect were collapsing at an increasingly rapid pace.

If you raise your perspective and look down at the ground from the sky, you will find that fierce battles are constantly taking place in various places centered on the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, and the cultivators within the Azure Emperor Sword Sect's territory are constantly being defeated.

From all directions, small, defeated forces and minor families, along with their families, were being driven towards the direction of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect by the pursuing Tiger Fiend Sect.

Every day, a large number of outside cultivators evacuate to Qingdi City.

only……

It is unknown when it started, but fewer and fewer cultivators came to Qingdi City from outside, and fewer and fewer news came to Qingdi City from outside, until one day, people could no longer see any outsiders.

Everyone in Qingdi City and the Qingdi Sword Sect realized that all the affiliated forces and strongholds outside the Qingdi Sword Sect had fallen into the hands of the Tiger Fiend Sect.

This conjecture was soon confirmed.

On the seventh day without any outside cultivators entering Qingdi City, a layer of blood-red malevolent energy, like a curtain in the sky, enveloped the area within a radius of two hundred miles around the Qingdi Sword Sect, completely severing the connection between the cultivators of the Qingdi Sword Sect and the outside world.

From this day forward.

The cultivators of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect could no longer learn about the situation outside, and no one knew what conspiracy the Tiger Fiend Sect was plotting behind the scenes.

All anyone could see was that blood-red, sky-like array barrier, high above the sky, which even birds could not cross.

This blood-red canopy hung like a sword above everyone's heads, threatening their lives at any moment.

Not only that.

As the crimson sky formed, groups of humanoid creatures, exuding a bloodthirsty aura but devoid of human reason, resembling zombie monsters, began to move within it.

This further restricts the activity space of the cultivators belonging to the Azure Emperor Sword Formation.

War broke out around the Azure Emperor Sword Sect as they fought to protect the few remaining territories that could provide food resources for Azure Emperor City and the Azure Emperor Sword Sect.

The number of bloodthirsty corpse monsters, devoid of reason and killing any living thing they see, is constantly increasing, reminding everyone on the Azure Emperor Sword Sect side that danger is imminent and annihilation may be just around the corner.

Even Gu Qing, who was frantically pushing his cultivation level on Cuiyun Peak, felt extreme pressure.

Looking at the blood-red sky, Gu Qing sensed that the Wei family behind the Tiger Fiend Sect was pushing the war machine, forming a terrifying torrent of blood-fiend corpse monsters.

They gradually eroded the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, encircling it with an unstoppable force.

strength!

He needs stronger combat power to deal with the impending crisis of the sect's annihilation.

Our own strength is the key to overcoming this crisis.

However, while promoting his strength, Gu Qing also had to create a shadow clone to keep abreast of events happening inside and outside the sect.

"untie!!"

He proactively deactivated the intelligence-gathering clone, and instantly received the latest information collected by the clone within a day.

"Yesterday, the spirit fields cultivated by the Jiang family outside Qingdi City were attacked by Blood Fiend Corpse Monsters. The Jiang family suffered a loss of over 10,000 spirit stones. This is the 10th attack they have suffered in the last seven days. The Blood Fiend Corpse Monsters are still destroying the very foundation of the Qingdi Sword Sect's survival..."

"The Azure Emperor Sword Sect has decided to form a joint patrol team of Foundation Establishment cultivators to wipe out the Blood Fiend Corpse Monsters roaming near the sect. Recently, resources have become increasingly scarce, forcing many Foundation Establishment cultivators to join the patrol team in exchange for resources..."

"Several thousand ordinary citizens of Qingdi City defected, approaching the Crimson Sky Curtain in an attempt to join the Tiger Fiend Sect, only to be transformed into Blood Fiend Corpse Monsters. Subsequent investigations by the Qingdi Sword Sect's enforcement team revealed that spies from the Tiger Fiend Sect had infiltrated Qingdi City and orchestrated this defection to demoralize the Qingdi Sword Sect..."

"..."

After processing the information gathered by Guoying's clone, it's clear that the entire Qingdi Sword Sect is on the verge of collapse, with Blood Fiend Corpse Monsters causing destruction everywhere and people dying outside Qingdi City every day.

Outside the sect, there were almost constant reports of collapse.

Gu Qing continued to organize the information collected by the Fruit Shadow clone, mainly internal sect news.

"In response to the threat posed by the Tiger Fiend Sect"

The sect has decided to allocate resources rationally, distribute sect reserves, and improve the strength of all disciples. All Qi Refining disciples can apply for Foundation Establishment Loans, using future sect contributions and other income to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills in advance…

"On the fifth day after Sect Master Su Changge took the Grade 3 Three-Spirit Pattern Insect Soul Condensation Pill, a soaring sword aura suddenly erupted from the main hall of the main peak. Su Changge seemed to have recovered his full strength. Later, a disciple discovered that there seemed to be another extremely ferocious Golden Core level aura erupting from inside the hall."

"Three sect deacons at the tenth stage of Foundation Establishment have used their sect contributions to exchange for a third-grade, three-spirit-patterned Purifying Spirit Pill and a Concentrating Spirit Exorcising Demon Pill, and announced that they will go into seclusion to break through to the Golden Core stage."

"Three sect deacons at the tenth stage of Foundation Establishment have used their sect contributions to exchange for a third-grade, three-spirit-patterned Purifying Spirit Pill and a Concentrating Spirit Exorcising Demon Pill, and announced that they will go into seclusion to break through to the Golden Core stage."

"A vortex of spiritual energy gathered above Deacon Yin Ye's cave, but it dissipated shortly afterward."

There was no movement near Steward Jian Xiangzhu's cave.

"..."

Looking at the internal messages of the sect, Gu Qing could feel that the entire Azure Emperor Sword Sect was like a spring, and under external pressure, the rebound energy accumulated within the sect was getting bigger and bigger.

only……

Yin Ye, Jian Xiangzhu, and other sect deacons exchanged for high-quality pills refined by Gu Qing in an attempt to break through to the Golden Core realm. However, since they had not yet condensed their Dao Foundation, their attempt to break through to the Golden Core realm was fraught with difficulties.

In the land of immortals.

The Tenfold Foundation of Dao is also known as the Mysterious Light Heavenly Ladder.

It is the ladder for cultivators to ascend to heaven, the beginning of the Great Dao.

Without a ten-fold foundation, subsequent cultivation will not only be difficult, but it will also be hard to condense a high-quality golden core.

Even if a cultivator like Yin Ye manages to form a Golden Core, the quality of his Golden Core is terrifyingly low, almost exhausting all his potential. If he doesn't encounter any extraordinary events in the future, the Golden Core realm will be the end of his cultivation journey, and his path forward will be completely cut off.

"Being impatient for quick success and instant benefits is not advisable."

Looking at the internal news from the sect, only Su Changge did not disappoint, which is good news.

……

Outside the blood-red sky, and near the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, the scene was completely different.

The Tiger Fiend Sect has almost wiped out all the smaller forces. The area outside the Azure Emperor Sword Sect is full of Tiger Fiend Sect disciples. Under their violent rule, the area outside the blood-red barrier has become a battlefield of carnage.

In the center of the Tiger Fiend Sect's territory, a blood pool covering more than ten kilometers is filled with countless drops of blood and fiendish energy.

The disciples of the Tiger Fiend Sect were seen driving countless ordinary people to jump into the blood pool.

"Hehehe..."

"Welcome to the Tiger Fiend Sect. Anyone who can crawl out of the blood pool is a disciple of the Tiger Fiend Sect."

"The blood pool contains the blood of the sacred tiger demon. If you can absorb even a trace of it, it will be an immense blessing, allowing you to transcend your mortal form and become a revered immortal cultivator."

A tiger-shaped beastman, about three meters tall, stood beside the blood pool, grinning as he watched the ordinary people jump into it.

In the pool of blood.

The moment ordinary people come into contact with blood and blood demons, the blood actively invades their bodies like a living thing, wriggling under their skin.

"Aaaaaah!!"

Countless people instantly let out heart-wrenching cries of agony.

"Bang bang bang".

Many people could not withstand the forced transformation after the blood and blood flowed in, and their bodies instantly exploded into countless fragments.

But the next moment.

The blood in the blood pool surged up in a wave, swallowing the fragments whole and releasing streaks of blood light. A few more drops of blood and a few wisps of bloody aura appeared in the sea of ​​blood.

of course.

There is failure and success. Many people writhed in agony in the blood pool. Some transformed into tiger-shaped beastmen about three meters tall, while others reverted to their normal human forms, but with blood-red pupils. Still others completely lost consciousness and became blood-red corpse monsters.

The Tiger Fiend Sect is constantly mobilizing its forces, massively expanding its ranks of first and second-level Qi Refining Realm cannon fodder.

Those blood-fiend corpse monsters have lost their minds and have been completely turned into consumables, becoming biological weapons driven by the Tiger Fiend Sect.

Just as the Tiger Fiend Sect was rapidly growing in strength, in the center of the Tiger Fiend Sect's headquarters, the sect leader was receiving a mysterious person.

"Why haven't you made a move yet to break the Azure Emperor Sword Sect's protective formation?"