The First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 757 757 Cleaning Up Demons_1

There was another possibility!

Demons like Liu Sanmei from the Chaotic Stone Stockade had previously pledged allegiance. However, this had merely been a pretense, a way to feign compliance with Shen Mo to prevent him from executing them through the Prohibitions left in their souls. Only after Shen Mo displayed extraordinary power, capable of contending with the Hou Corpse Cave, did they genuinely decide to submit to him.

However, regardless of their motives, Liu Sanmei and the other demons of the Chaotic Stone Stockade had made significant contributions in the recent war.

Given Shen Mo's temperament, he would not turn them into Soul Generals or use them as blood meals!

After careful consideration, Shen Mo established a rule forbidding them from consuming humans. Subsequently, he granted about ten Class IV demons and several hundred Class III demons the status of Red Flame Sect protector. He designated an area on the edge of the Mountain-River Zone for them to inhabit, thereby guarding the core region of the sect.

Among them, individuals like Liu Sanmei possessed the peak Class IV realm. There were also quite a few demon protectors with middle-stage and late-stage Class IV realms. Their cultivation realms were even higher than those of the Red Flame Sect's Golden Core Realm (Class V) disciples.

If Shen Mo were to meet with misfortune or lose the power to intimidate them, they would very likely cause trouble, inflicting heavy losses upon the Red Flame Sect.

Therefore, Shen Mo bestowed Spirit Control Talismans upon the high-ranking members of the sect. After they left their soul imprints on the talismans, these were implanted into the Soul Bodies of Liu Sanmei and other Class IV demon protectors as a means of control. As for Shan Hao, he had left behind a talisman Prohibition. However, as long as he did not enter the Green Cloud Cave, he could not actively activate the Prohibition's power, so he was not a significant threat.

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As for the demons that perished in the war, little needed to be said. All Class IV demons were absorbed into the Soul Refining Flag, while those below Class IV became resources for the advancement of the Demon Soul Generals.

Among the millions of surviving demons, fewer than thirty thousand had never consumed human flesh or blood. They hadn't been tainted with Bloody Fiend Resentment Qi, and their Demonic Aura was relatively pure. These were mostly docile demonic beasts and plant Spiritual Monsters. Like evil cultivators among Human Cultivators, they were anomalies among demons. They primarily relied on consuming Spirit Fruits, mountain spring water, and the essence of the sun and moon for their cultivation, and were not inherently violent or bloodthirsty.

These fewer than thirty thousand unusual demons were also granted the status of Red Flame Sect protector. Their dwelling places were even closer to the core region of the sect than those of Liu Sanmei and the other Chaotic Stone Stockade demons.

The demons who received the status of Sect Enforcer were, after all, a minority. The remaining millions of demons and monsters were not so fortunate.

Shen Mo classified them one by one based on several criteria: the number of humans consumed, the strength of the Bloody Fiend Resentment Qi they carried, their Innate Divine Abilities, their level of brutality, and their cultivation realms. He then sorted them for different purposes.

About a million demons, similar to Thousands-eyes, the Human-faced Willow, the Error Monster, the Sound Ghost, the Thousands Insects Evil Corpse, and other Outer Zone demons, were reared in the Demon Zone.

They were allowed to live a little longer, but their ultimate fate would not be pleasant. Their Flesh and Blood, souls, extraordinary organs, and other parts would be used by Red Flame Sect Members for cultivation, forging, talisman making, corpse refining, and puppet making.

Alternatively, they could be directly taken by Red Flame Sect Members as Spirit Pets, to assist in cultivation and combat.

Around a million demons were refined into Soul Generals by the Soul Refining Flag, including over a hundred Class IV demons. Each of these had consumed countless humans, and the Bloody Fiend Resentment Qi they carried was extremely strong. Once the minor Heavenly Demon Soul Generals completed their Demon-corruption, the flag would gain over a hundred more Class IV Demon Soul Generals.

Other Soul Generals below Class III lacked sufficient minor Heavenly Demon Soul Generals for Demon-corruption and could not advance by consuming blood meals. However, they could still deploy the God Slaying Array using their Soul Bodies, and Shen Mo had no plans to cultivate them for the time being.

The remaining demons and monsters all became blood meals for the Ghost Bride, Master Hong Jue, Thousands-eyes Turi Ke, the Possession Ghost Yang Chengxiong (Horse Groom Lv), the Green-skinned Ghost Tieshan, the Gold Piercing Ghost Jinshan, and other Class IV Demon Soul Generals, serving to augment their strength.

Due to the abundance and high quality of the blood meals, it wasn't long before the Ghost Bride and thirteen other top Demon Soul Generals successively advanced to Class V.

Among them, the Demon Soul Generals Fairy Pei Yu, Ghost Bride, Master Hong Jue, Yang Chengxiong (Horse Groom Lv), and Gold Piercing Ghost Jinshan received special cultivation from Shen Mo. After devouring a large quantity of blood meals, they advanced another Minor Realm, becoming middle-stage Class V Demon Soul Generals!

From this point, the overall strength of the Soul Generals within the Soul Refining Flag underwent a heaven-and-earth-shattering improvement.

There were nineteen Class V Demon Soul Generals: five at middle-stage Class V, and the remaining fourteen at early-stage Class V.

There were over two hundred Class IV Demon Soul Generals, including newly blood-refined and Demon-corrupted Class IV demons from the Hou Corpse Cave, as well as Demon Soul Generals who had advanced from Class III after consuming large amounts of blood meals.

There were a total of five thousand eight hundred Class III Demon Soul Generals, some newly refined, others promoted from Class II.

There were nearly one hundred thousand Demon Soul Generals below Class III. Half were originally minor Heavenly Demon Soul Generals, and the other half were mutated Heavenly Demons that had lurked in the Hou Corpse Cave.

In addition to the Demon Soul Generals, there were also over a million ordinary Soul Generals, most of whom were only at Class I or Class II cultivation realms. All those at Class III and above were singled out and Demon-corrupted by the minor Heavenly Demon Soul Generals to form an even larger God Slaying Array. Whether they had growth potential or not was irrelevant.

With eighteen Class V Demon Soul Generals as the array core and a million Soul Generals as the array base, the power of the God Slaying Array might have reached a level capable of slaying late-stage Divine Bridge cultivators or even contending with Divine Bridge Peak cultivators!

If I confront Shan Hao again, even if he possesses a Lower-grade Spiritual Treasure, I can still kill him in a single encounter...

If I don't hold back on consuming Demon Soul Generals and perform a Blood Sacrifice using the entire Creation Array, I fear that even late-stage Formless Realm experts, possibly even peak Formless Realm powerhouses, would find it difficult to escape death!

In this regard, the Soul Refining Flag, the Demon Soul Generals within it, and the God Slaying Array had once again become Shen Mo's deadliest trump cards.

With his current cultivation level, Shen Mo was temporarily unable to control a Sixth Rank Demon Soul General, so he was not in a hurry to cultivate one comparable to a Formless Realm powerhouse.

However, the more Class V Demon Soul Generals serving as the array core, the better.

With eighty-one Class V Demon Soul Generals as the array core, even without resorting to the Blood Sacrifice method and operating this Soul Generals Array normally, I could probably contend with a Formless Realm (Class VI) powerhouse!

Compared to me attaining the Formless Realm myself, having more Demon Soul Generals advance is quicker and easier.

Besides demons and monsters, the Hou Corpse Cave had also imprisoned and bred a large number of human immortals and mortals.

Some of them were cultivators from the Red Lotus Cave, while others belonged to human forces similar to the Red Lotus Cave and Azure Heaven Cave, most of which had been annihilated by the Hou Corpse Cave.

When leaving Five Dragon Mountain, Shen Mo inquired about the wishes of these immortals and mortals. Those who insisted on remaining on Five Dragon Mountain, he simply let them go after rescuing them. The vast majority, who were willing to stay in the Green Cloud Cave, were also properly settled.

Mortals were settled in the secular towns and cities of the Mountain-River Zone, while cultivators were assigned to Myriad Phenomenon Peak. Since this peak already had a diverse group of disciples, adding a batch of native cultivators from Five Dragon Mountain was inconsequential. Let Prince Yongzuo worry about it!

By the time Shen Mo had handled all these matters, he had already flown tens of millions of li using his Cloud Thunder Wing. However, he still hadn't exited the vast mountain range where Five Dragon Mountain was situated.

Just as he was preparing to find a place to land and rest for a while, his [Chanjue] Destiny suddenly issued a warning...

An index finger, like a jade pillar, shattered the clouds in the sky and pressed down towards him!