Yunmeng Immortal Clan

After Cheng Peng led Song Linyu away from the Qinglian Islands, Song Daoxuan was extremely excited. With the Black Fiend Seven Luminaries Formation completed, the safety of his cave dwelling was now completely guaranteed.

However, just when Song Daoxuan thought he could cultivate in peace for a while, Song Zhichu's Tian Shu Peak sent another message, urgently assembling an elders' meeting on the peak.

Countless family elders gathered together. Of the seven Foundation Establishment cultivators from the family, all but the second uncle, Song Hongdong, who was in seclusion and did not participate in the conference, were present.

However, among the seven Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Song family, apart from the patriarch Song Zhichu, whose cultivation was at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, the other six family cultivators were all at the early-Foundation Establishment stage.

Even most of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Song family remained in the early stages of Foundation Establishment for a long time without making any progress.

After all, Foundation Establishment is different from Qi Refining. Once a cultivator reaches Foundation Establishment, it's not as simple as just meditating and taking medicine. After all conditions are met, they must continuously refine their foundation, promote the integration of their spiritual consciousness and physical body.

For cultivators from such cultivation families, reaching the Foundation Establishment stage is already an extremely difficult feat. In this era of scarce cultivation resources, these Foundation Establishment cultivators from their families have yet to break through the limitations of the Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan, achieving harmony between body and spirit, and condensing the legendary Golden Core.

After all, on the Qinglian Islands, the Song family calls themselves the Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan. To date, the clan has been established for eight hundred years, and the highest-ranking cultivator is only at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment. Although these Great Perfection Foundation Establishment cultivators are only one step away from the so-called Core Formation, this one step is an insurmountable chasm in the eyes of Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan cultivators.

"Apart from Hongdong, everyone should be here by now. In that case, let's begin this Elders' Council meeting. Today's matter is quite important for our Immortal Clan, so I won't waste any more words and will get straight to the point!"

When he said this, Song Zhichu looked around at the group of cultivators with an extremely solemn expression.

The six Foundation Establishment cultivators present understood from the solemn expression on the family head's face that what Song Zhichu was about to say was of great importance to the survival of the entire family. They immediately placed the teacups in their hands on the table.

"Just yesterday, almost all the demonic beasts in the entire Yunling Mountain Range came out in full force. One of the offspring of the Ten Thousand Beast Demon Clan, the one from the domineering faction, unified the entire Yunling Demon Clan. He himself is a Azure Cloud Flood Dragon, and his cultivation is comparable to the mid-stage Core Formation realm of a human. As for the second-tier demonic beast leaders who have submitted to him, they are countless!"

"Lin Yu's master, Master Liu of the Zhuxi Sect, has issued a widespread call to arms across the entire Yunmeng cultivation world, urging everyone to gather in the Yunling region for a desperate battle against these demonic beasts!"

Right after Song Zhichu said this, a newly promoted elder of the family, who had reached the tenth level of Qi Refining, asked him in confusion:

"Master, it seems the situation with the beast tide is indeed dire. But what is this summons? Why have I never heard of it before?"

At this point in the conversation, Song Zhichu took out a simple, ancient-looking token with a blue bamboo leaf mark from his sleeve.

This summons order is given to all cultivation forces within the territory under the jurisdiction of the Zhuxi Sect, except for those independent cultivators in the mountains.

With the summons issued, the Zhuxi Sect, as a major sect, can invoke its main command to issue orders to its subordinate commands should a major event occur. If the holders of these subordinate commands refuse to accept the Zhuxi Sect's call, the sect will be in charge.

This summons will mark these forces one by one. After the major event concludes normally, these cultivation forces that do not obey the summons will be purged by a behemoth like the Bamboo Creek Sect.

Upon hearing this, all the cultivators from various families present turned icy cold.

The meaning behind the Zhuxi Sect's summons to the Song Clan of Qinglian Island is quite clear: it is to require the entire Qinglian Song Clan to send cultivators to participate in this unprecedented battle.

The previous border war between Qingzhi Ridge and the Mu Clan was perhaps just a test by the Yunling Demon Clan. Now that the Azure Cloud Immortal Flood Dragon of the Yunling Demon Clan has integrated the entire Yunling Demon Clan and subdued most of the old subordinates of the Ten Thousand Beast Demon Ancestor, this great war is probably inevitable.

"The Zhuxi Sect is a Nascent Soul power. The Yunling demons are so presumptuous. Is the Zhuxi Ancestor just going to ignore it all?" An elder of the family frowned and said with some indignation.

"A high-level Nascent Soul cultivator like the Zhuxi Sect wouldn't care about the lives of these ants. Only the three Core Formation disciples under the Zhuxi Patriarch were qualified to catch his eye and become his pawns. Compared to his own lifespan, even the lives of these three Core Formation disciples don't seem that important..." The Song family head shook his head, indicating that the possibility of the Zhuxi Sect's Nascent Soul Patriarch taking action was almost nonexistent.

In fact, there is some truth to what the head of the Song family said.

However, the Nascent Soul stage old monster who had been in seclusion in the Bamboo Creek Sect for many years was not coveting the full-scale invasion of the Cloud Ridge Demon Clan into the Cloud Dream Immortal Continent. What he was worried about was the Cloud Ridge Demon Clan's Ancestor of Ten Thousand Beasts.

Whether the Demon Ancestor of Ten Thousand Beasts was dead or not remained a question that had been weighing on the mind of this Nascent Soul cultivator from the Bamboo Creek Sect. This made him hesitant to expend even a fraction of his spiritual energy on matters that seemed insignificant to him.

"For this recruitment, the Bamboo Creek Sect requires each force to send at least half of its cultivators. My Azure Lotus Song Clan has over three hundred Qi Refining cultivators, so we must send at least one hundred Qi Refining cultivators and three Foundation Establishment cultivators..."

"As for who will participate in the battle, it will be decided by drawing lots. Whoever is selected, don't have any negative feelings. This recruitment is both a challenge and an opportunity..."

"The conscription order will record what kind of demonic beasts each cultivation force has slain, and how many demonic beasts they have killed. This data will be converted into conscription points. After the battle, each cultivation force can use these points to exchange for cultivation resources, and even cultivation resource points!"

"The reward is tempting, but I still want to advise you all: it's best to come back alive! Your entire family will always be your greatest shield!"

Song Daoxuan, seated among the elders, frowned slightly.

"I really don't want to be chosen to participate in this so-called war. I'm only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and I've just stabilized my foundation. I just want to rely on the Qi Gathering Immortal Gourd to cultivate peacefully within a cultivation family..."

"The world of cultivation is fraught with danger. Once you lose your life, even the so-called path to immortality will turn into nothingness and smoke!"