Chapter 760 - 240: Forming Ties with Piao Miaoxu
Chapter 760 - 240: Forming Ties with Piao Miaoxu
Tianlin Continent, Moyun Mountain.
Moyun Mountain is the largest peak on Tianlin Continent and the birthplace of the Demon Cultivators of the Nine Provinces. Within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, it houses the headquarters of the Three Great Demon Sects, the most prominent in the Nine Provinces. At this moment, Demon Cultivators from both the top Demon Sects and smaller factions of the Demon Path were gathering here. They rode various Flying Artifacts, creating a looming, dark mass...
In the very front, a man dressed in a long black robe, with a face like a god or devil and long hair flowing like a waterfall, surveyed his surroundings with cold eyes.
Standing behind him... Shuo Wuji looked on with utmost reverence.
"I hadn’t expected Dongfang Mu’s reputation to be so useful..."
"Of course, it is all thanks to your brilliant plan, Holy Master..."
Shuo Wuji suppressed his slightly excited mind.
As expected of the Palace Master who nearly dominated the world all those years ago! Even after a thousand years, upon his resurgence, he could still achieve a splendor beyond my wildest imagination!
From when the plan was set until now, less than a year had passed. From Beast King Mountain to all over Huangtian Continent, then to Ling Province, Xilu, and now Tianlin Continent... Who else could achieve so much in such a short time? Of course, most of it relied on the renown Dongfang Mu carried.
"Heh..." The black-haired man curved his lips into a faint smile.
The journey hadn’t been entirely smooth, as there were many stumbling blocks along the way.
For example, when we arrived at Beast King Mountain. Whether it was I or Shuo Wuji, confronting three Transcendence Tribulation Stage Demon Saints could have easily led to disaster.
Moreover, in the Demon World of the Nine Provinces, aside from those ancient bloodlines like the Dragon Clan, the powerful Spirit Beasts who had awakened within the last millennium were second only to the Three Saints of Beast King Mountain.
In the entire Nine States, Transcendence Tribulation Stage Spirit Beasts were exceedingly rare.
Forget Spirit Beasts; Transcendence Tribulation Stage Cultivators in the Nine Provinces were also pitifully few. Only a handful of top Sects possessed them; the rest had none at all. In total, their numbers might not even reach double digits.
Spirit Beasts are naturally stronger than Cultivators, and the Three Saints of Beast King Mountain, who also possessed great Qi Fortune, were truly extraordinary.
Thus, the first step in my transformation into Dongfang Mu—subduing these three Spirit Beasts—carried significant risk.
Among the Three Saints, the Golden Winged Eagle Saint possessed the Heavenly Eye Divine Power, capable of seeing through all Illusions. He almost saw through me.
If I hadn’t spied on many of Dongfang Mu’s memories, especially all those related to these Three Saints, subduing them would have been impossible.
And even now, I can’t say they are completely subdued.
Luckily, with this series of operations, I increasingly resembled the Dongfang Mu of old, who once roamed freely in all directions, gradually convincing the Three Saints.
Dongfang Mu... who could understand you better than I? Piao Miaoxu smiled confidently.
For a thousand years, I have relived countless moments of being defeated by Dongfang Mu. Having experienced it so many times, although from my own perspective, I have essentially fought Dongfang Mu countless times.
While constantly losing, I also came to understand that scoundrel more and more.
To be blunt, if the Dongfang Mu from those years were to appear, I could replicate all his actions and beliefs exactly.
For instance, traveling far and wide, gathering various Cultivators to his side. Didn’t that scoundrel do just that back then? Darting east and west, inexplicably attracting a host of powerful followers, and even damnably turning my own top ’prize,’ Mu Hongyuan, against me...
Before, I was unclear how that scoundrel managed it. Now that I have his memories, I naturally understand.
When it comes to attracting the opposite sex, that scoundrel certainly has a knack for it...
Using the methods she learned from the memories, Piao Miaoxu swept her way from Huangtian Continent, gathering an impressive array of Female Cultivators from all over the Nine Provinces by her side.
These included highly skilled Sect leaders, reclusively cultivating widows, those born overseas into the Sea Alien Clan, or ancient Spirit Beasts who had once received great favors...
Of course, I couldn’t deny that the methods were part of it. The most important thing was still the identity of Dongfang Mu.
Even I hadn’t anticipated how important this identity would be to so many Cultivators of the Nine Provinces.
"It’s been a thousand years," said Shuo Wuji. "I originally thought there would be few who remembered Dongfang Mu, but unexpectedly, there are still so many..."
"The ones who truly became famous in his era were just those few women who, alongside him, made their names by attacking Piaomiao Palace..."
Piao Miaoxu said indifferently, "You do not know his memories...
"Though a thousand years is long, far too many people had dealings with him back then. After the world’s transformation, all of them achieved some level of success, just not as renowned as those few female confidantes of his.
"Moreover, he possessed the Mandate of Heaven and inherently carried grand Qi Fortune. Although he disappeared for a thousand years, with that certain someone secretly assisting, his Qi Fortune would never vanish; it was bound to descend again..."
"Who might that be?" Shuo Wuji asked, puzzled.
"You don’t need to know," Piao Miaoxu waved her hand and said. "Now that the Nine Provinces Demon Path has bowed its head, and the Saint who once helped pioneer the world has also subdued the Demon Path of the Nine Provinces, my prestige has already reached half its zenith."
Subduing the Demon Path was a play I directed myself.
It wasn’t actually difficult. The cultivation source of the Nine Provinces Demon Path was mostly the Wuji Treasure Book or various Demon Skills derived from it.
When Shuo Wuji founded Yuanhai Hall, he was among the first batch of Demon Cultivators.
The Infinite Demon Technique he passed down originated from the Wuji Treasure Book.
With this, almost no Demon Cultivator could evade my Ten Thousand Demons Returning to the Ancestor Technique.
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