Chapter 56: Chapter 56: The End

[Daqi Calendar, 1767, November 7th, you launched a surprise attack on the enemy camp, and killed a Blood Sea Sect cultivator of Qi Refining Eighth Layer one-on-one, but you were seriously injured…]

The battlefield was divided into several separate battlefields during this great war.

The Blood Sea Sect’s territory was a main battlefield, intercepting the Blood Sea Sect alliance at Golden Ink Mountain was a secondary battlefield, and aside from these, there were several other battlefields aimed at eliminating the forces of the Blood Sea Sect scattered across various mortal dynasties and different strongholds.

The objective was to reduce the Blood Sea Sect to its headquarters, leaving them with only an empty shell.

The battle on the main battlefield was intense but somewhat monotonous, essentially throwing resources at each other, whereas the battles on the divided battlefields were more fierce.

Zhu Chen had joined these divided battlefields.

It must be said, the combat capabilities of the Blood Sea Sect cultivators were much higher than those of any cultivators Zhu Chen had previously encountered.

Last time Zhu Chen had killed a Loose Cultivator of Qi Refining Eighth Layer, who was a Cyan Cloud Sect bounty target, without suffering significant losses himself.

This time, Zhu Chen’s cultivation and magic were much more refined, yet in killing this elite disciple of the Blood Sea Sect, he narrowly avoided mutual destruction.

Fortunately, Zhu Chen had started to prepare after the Zhao Yang incident.

[Daqi Calendar, 1768, May, under the war priority system jointly issued by the Four Great Sects, your injuries fully recovered, and you joined the fight relentlessly.]

[Daqi Calendar, 1768, June 3rd, you cut down a spy squad, slaughtering a Qi Refining Seventh Layer disciple and several other disciples.]

[Daqi Calendar, 1768, June 18th, you incinerated one Qi Refining Sixth Layer disciple from the Blood Sea Sect.]

[Daqi Calendar, 1769, January, you were chased by a Blood Sea Sect disciple of Ninth Layer cultivation, nearly lost your life.]

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[Daqi Calendar, 1769, March, you were pursued again, nearly lost your life once more.]

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[Daqi Calendar, 1769, May, you burned away a team of twenty Innate Martial Artists from the opposing side, yet again attracted the attention of a Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciple, nearly lost your life.]

[Daqi Calendar, 1769, August, using yourself as bait, you partnered with an Ice Flame Sect Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciple to successfully kill this formidable enemy who was obsessed with you, accomplishing one of the very few instances of killing a Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciple, your reputation soared, yet you were also placed on the enemy’s must-kill list.]

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[Daqi Calendar, 1770, you again cut down a Blood Sea Sect disciple of Qi Refining Eighth Layer, surprisingly acquiring a Top-Level Magical Artifact, Fiery Blade, along with several other precious resources, only to discover you had slain a son of an Elder, drawing strong enemies upon yourself.]

[That year, you faced great difficulties on the battlefield, as the Blood Sea Sect issued a high bounty on your head…]

“Cough, cough, cough, damn it, isn’t it just for killing a kid, is it really necessary…”

Zhu Chen’s demeanor had become much more formidable than it was three years ago.

Zhu Chen originated from an Innate Martial Artist from a Jianghu assassin organization, with notable advantages on the battlefield, and combined with accumulated combat experience and talent, he had carved out a name for himself, yet he had also attracted unwanted attention, and didn’t know what bounty that Foundation Establishment Elder had declared, causing Blood Sea Sect disciples to pounce on him like mad dogs every time he stepped onto the battlefield.

Even though Zhu Chen had gained considerable combat experience over these three years of war, he still struggled to cope with the fervor of Blood Sea Sect.

However, fortunately, Zhu Chen was active in divided battlefields, so there weren’t many enemy cultivators of Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

“Broken! Broken!”

Shouts of joy came from afar.

Even before the sound reached him, Zhu Chen had already looked up sharply.

On the horizon, the massive Cyan Cloud Flying Heaven Boat hovered in the sky as always.

In front of it, a fierce glow erupted, like a sun appearing in the distance.

And moreover, the other three great sects seemed to be employing combat tactics far away.

A faint rumbling could be heard from afar.

“Sect news! Blood Sea Sect’s Sect Array has been broken!”

“Elder Zhang slew a powerful enemy!”

“Victory!”

The divided battlefields had significantly shrunken compared to the war’s initiation, as numerous Blood Sea Sect disciples outside had already been annihilated.

The current Blood Sea Sect disciples on the battlefield were showing signs of despair, some hopelessly half-kneeling on the ground.

Some elite disciples had disbelief marked on their faces, loudly claiming it as enemy trick!

However, as information spread, these disciples were silent too.

Some chose to surrender, they might change their cultivation technique and become disciples of the Four Great Sects.

Some would flee, possibly becoming Loose Cultivators in the future.

[Daqi Calendar, 1770, June 11th, the war ended. Blood Sea Sect was breached; eighteen Foundation Establishment Elders perished, the Foundation Establishment Peak Sect Master was besieged to exhaustion, and the other six Foundation Establishment Elders chose to surrender.]

[Blood Sea Sect was annihilated, Golden Ink Mountain retreated, the Four Great Sects were victorious.]

[But the Four Great Sects also suffered significant losses, with over ten Foundation Establishment Elders perishing, including your master, Master Fuyang…]

Master Fuyang died? Jiang Ming was stunned.

He continued reading.

[Returning to the sect, you fell silent upon hearing the news, kneeling thrice before Master Fuyang’s corpse before turning around and continuing your cultivation. The dead are gone, while the living must go on.]

[You earned substantial merits in combat, your accomplishments even surpassing some Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciples.]

[You reasonably converted your merits into cultivation resources, replenished talismans and pills, purchased a High-tier Magical Treasure Armor, and acquired three Top-Level Talismans as trump cards.]

[You acquired numerous storage bags during combat, managing them properly, obtaining a significant amount of Spirit Stones and various cultivation techniques.]

[Of these, you chose to cultivate High-tier Skill: Long Fire Spear, High-tier Skill: Radiant Fire Skill, ordinary Skill: Breaking Illusion Curse, ordinary Skill: Inducing Wind Skill, and registered the other techniques in the sect’s Scripture Pavilion to exchange for resources.]

[With Master Fuyang’s death, Elder Zhao from the Foreign Affairs Hall who always appreciated you hoped to take you as his disciple, but you politely refused.]

[The Cyan Cloud Sect, having undergone large-scale war, suffered substantial resource losses, yet secured a significant amount of resources from the Blood Sea Sect to compensate; that Blood Sea Sect disciple rumored to have Golden Core Talent remains missing, and the high ranks of the Cyan Cloud Sect never mentioned it.]

[The surviving disciples gained ample resources, their cultivation accelerating rapidly, the Cyan Cloud Sect’s Dragon Gate Conference and recruitment frequency increased.]

[Daqi Calendar, 1769, you skillfully mastered several skills, integrating them into your system.]

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[Daqi Calendar, 1770, you presided over the northern branch of the Cyan Cloud Sect, becoming the spokesperson for the Cyan Cloud Sect’s new territory.]

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[Daqi Calendar, 1773, you failed to break through to Qi Refining Eighth Layer.]

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