The Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm is unique among other mystic realms in that only cultivators at the Qi Refining stage are allowed to enter.
In the current cultivation world, there are an overwhelming number of cultivators at the Qi Refining stage, easily numbering in the tens of millions.
Just the outer disciples of the Taiyi Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect combined exceed sixty thousand. This means each sect has at least thirty to forty thousand Qi Refining outer disciples.
This is the most distinctive feature of the Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm: Qi Refining outer disciples are expendable. The higher-ups of the Taiyi Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect feel no sorrow for their deaths, as they can be quickly replenished by recruiting new disciples from the outside.
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Furthermore, the Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm is crucial for the refinement of Foundation Establishment Pills. The number of Foundation Establishment Pills directly determines the number of inner disciples at the Foundation Establishment stage for both the Taiyi Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage are the backbone of the cultivation world, serving as the basis for assessing a sect's strength, unlike those at the Qi Refining stage.
Due to this attitude from the sects' higher-ups, severe conflicts often erupt between the outer disciples of both sects participating in the Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm, resulting in a large number of outer disciple deaths.
The survival rate is less than one in ten.
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It is understood that after several cataclysmic wars that swept across the entire cultivation world during the Primordial, Desolate, and Ancient eras, not only were there disruptions in cultivation techniques, divine abilities, secret arts, and legacies,
but also many spiritual herbs, materials, and treasures became scarce and rare in the cultivation world long ago. They have completely disappeared from ordinary places and can no longer be found.
The only places where they can now be found are in the so-called forbidden grounds, mystic realms, and small worlds left behind by top-tier great cultivators.
Since these places are referred to as forbidden grounds, mystic realms, and small worlds by cultivators, they are naturally extremely dangerous. They are typically places with harsh environments, pervasive killing intent, and remote locations.
Some are even the nesting grounds of exotic beasts and celestial beasts, requiring one to slay their way through. Others are still protected by Primordial, Desolate, or Ancient formations and restrictions, necessitating arduous efforts to break them before gaining entry.
Even so, the value of these mystic realms, forbidden grounds, and small worlds is immeasurable across the vast territories of the Nine Provinces, Four Seas, and wilderness, as well as in the cultivation worlds overseas.
It is worth every sect and family force across the Nine Provinces, Four Seas, and wilderness, both within and overseas, paying any price, not hesitating to sacrifice the lives of all their disciples and clan members, to contend for, seize, and plunder them.
Because in this cold and cannibalistic cultivation world, strength prevails, and the weak perish.
As one of the two overlords of Qing Province and one of the ten great righteous sects, the Taiyi Immortal Sect, along with the other overlord of Qing Province, the Heavenly Demon Sect, one of the ten great demonic sects, jointly control the four major mystic realms that form the foundation of their sects.
For years, the primary ingredients for most Foundation Establishment Pills used by the Taiyi Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect have originated from this Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm.
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This Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm had been sealed by ancient lightning-attribute restrictions until the current era.
The restrictions in this place were extremely powerful. Originally, it would have cost the major cultivation forces of Qing Province a great deal of resources to forcefully open them, making it somewhat unprofitable.
However, it was later discovered that these restrictions had a month-long weakening period every ten years. During this period, if several Core Formation cultivators jointly cast spells to forcefully break the restrictions, a temporary passage could be opened, allowing a certain number of cultivators to enter.
But as the passage appeared and all cultivators attempted to enter, another unexpected event occurred.
Due to tens of thousands of years of erosion by time, the Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm had extremely weak spatial bearing capacity. Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage or higher would cause spatial cracks to appear as soon as they entered.
However, Qi Refining stage cultivators entered without any hindrance and collected a large amount of rare spiritual herbs, bringing them all out.
This significant discovery immediately caused a sensation throughout the entire Qing Province cultivation world at the time. Consequently, a bloody struggle for control ensued. In the end, the Taiyi Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect, possessing the strongest hard power, joined forces to jointly manage the Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm.
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Every ten years, the higher-ups of the Taiyi Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Demon Sect send a batch of outer disciples below the Foundation Establishment stage into the mystic realm to collect a large number of rare spiritual herbs. Of course, the primary ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills and longevity fruits that can increase lifespan are of utmost importance.
These two sects, one righteous and one demonic, already harbored animosity due to their proximity in the same province. This time, in their competition for spiritual herbs and medicines, they completely dropped all pretense and openly declared the law of the jungle and the indifference of heaven and earth. They encouraged their disciples to fight and snatch, thoroughly staining the mystic realm expedition with blood.
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In the northern part of Qing Province, on a desolate mountain bordering the Tang and Song kingdoms, stood hundreds of people clad in green robes, of varying heights and ages. Their robes fluttered in the wind, giving them an ethereal appearance.
The older ones were in their thirties and forties, at their physical peak, while the younger ones were tender-skinned and rosy-cheeked, between eighteen and twenty-eight years old. Regardless of their age, all stood in silent, orderly formation.
At the forefront were two middle-aged men, who now stood with their hands clasped behind their backs, gazing leisurely at the sky, lost in thought. Behind them were over twenty cultivators at the Foundation Establishment stage.
And behind these twenty-odd individuals were twenty neat rows of Qi Refining outer disciples in green robes. Their expressions varied, some anxious and uneasy, some nonchalant and looking around, and others smiling faintly, revealing nothing.
The disciples sent by the Taiyi Immortal Sect to participate in this Huangji Taiyi Mystic Realm expedition were truly a formidable force, with the elite assembled. Most of them were disciples at the peak of the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, while the remaining were at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, totaling four to five hundred individuals.
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At this moment, the people from the Taiyi Immortal Sect were awaiting the arrival of the Heavenly Demon Sect contingent. However, they waited for several hours, and still, not a single person appeared.
This caused many outer disciples of the Taiyi Immortal Sect to curse inwardly. Almost all of them suspected that the Heavenly Demon Sect was deliberately doing this to wear down the morale and willpower of the Taiyi Immortal Sect contingent.
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After a while, a commotion arose within the crowd, and everyone simultaneously looked up at the sky.
They saw a dense plume of black smoke suddenly appear in the azure sky, gradually growing larger and rolling towards them.
A moment later, the sky turned an endless gray, with swirling gray mist continuously emerging and spreading, occupying more than half of the sky.
Countless horrifying ghost faces, hideous specters, skeletal remains, and skulls emerged within it, accompanied by endless mournful cries that directly echoed in the minds of the onlookers.
Looking in that direction, it felt as though the minds of the people could sense the complex resentment of countless wandering souls filling the gray mist, an endless stream of negative emotions such as unwillingness, hatred, helplessness, slaughter, and greed.
"Ah, I can't take it anymore."
"Save me, quick, save me!"
"No, don't!"
"Hahaha, I'm going to kill you, kill, kill, kill!"
Suddenly, over a hundred people in the crowd below roared madly and then, as if driven insane, waved their hands, pointing at the gray sea in the sky.
The remaining hundreds, though their minds and cultivation allowed them to barely resist the illusionary influence of the demonic sounds, had no energy left to help others.
"Hmph."
Three breaths later, a muffled, thunderous cold snort suddenly sounded, exploding in the minds of the outer disciples of the Taiyi Immortal Sect. The illusions that had been aggressively encircling them instantly dissipated like snow in scorching sunlight.
"Quiet! Look at yourselves! That is the Heavenly Demon Sect's flying artifact – the Myriad Bone Ghost Divine Path. Don't be alarmed and disgrace our Taiyi Immortal Sect." In the crowd, one of the middle-aged men at the very front, his face darkening, turned around and reprimanded them.
The crowd immediately returned to normal.
A chilling wind howled, ghostly sounds swirled, and the intensely dense black smoke receded like a tide in an instant, revealing the Heavenly Demon Sect contingent within the thousand-foot black smoke.
The Heavenly Demon Sect group, also numbering several hundred, had extremely cold expressions, their murderous aura soaring, exuding a strong sense of bloodlust. At first glance, they were not to be trifled with.
They were uniformly clad in black garments, with traces of bloodstains and faint killing intent on their bodies, which sent shivers down the spines of some of the younger outer disciples of the Taiyi Immortal Sect.
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The two leaders were both elders of the Heavenly Demon Sect; one was an old man, and the other was a middle-aged man.
The old man was enshrouded in black clothing, with a gaunt face and eyes like those of a hawk or vulture. His entire aura was like that of a viper hidden in the darkness, constantly seeking an opportunity to strike.
He gave others the impression of being cold-blooded, ruthless, and cruel.
The other middle-aged man, however, was powerfully built, exuding an extremely ferocious and terrifying aura.
He was like a man-eating tiger or a deadly wolf capable of devouring an enemy until not even bone fragments remained.
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