Xuantian Dao Sect/Story

== After Devil Spirit Mountain ==
The reason the Dragonblood Legion was so strong didn't even have much to do with the Xuantian Dao Sect. They had grown by relying on Long Chen's efforts.
As for that huge battle, if it hadn't been for the Dragonblood Legion, the Xuantian Dao Sect wouldn't have been able to devour such a huge piece of meat. They would have been forced to share it with others, and perhaps at that time, their share of meat might even be snatched away.
Now Li Tianxuan had used the Dragonblood Legion to earn such a huge amount of wealth, and he naturally wouldn't use that wealth to expand the sect. He'd use it all to raise them.
The huge amount of wealth that poured into the Xuantian Dao Sect was immediately used to strengthen the cultivation regions. Everything was rebuilt according to the highest standards.
The Dragonblood Legion's disciples were allowed to cultivate in these places freely. As for the other disciples, their rations were increased by hundreds of times. The atmosphere of the Xuantian Dao Sect completely transformed.
It was like a beggar had become a rich person decked in wealth. That kind of feeling made countless disciples smile even in their dreams.
== Qilin fruit and Nine Revolution pill ==
Zhuo Tianxiang reports to the Grand Elders of PV:
The Xuantian Dao Sect seems to have run into a problem. They are currently looking all over to buy a Heavenly Qilin Soul Returning Fruit. They've even sent some disguised disciples over to secretly purchase the Nine Revolution Soul Replenishing Pill. 
As reported by the eyes I have in the Xuantian Dao Sect, the Xuantian Tower violently fluctuated several times during this short period. According to my guess, there are two possibilities: one is that Long Chen's Underworld Soul Ghost Curse has flared up and the Xuantian Tower is unable to completely suppress it. The other possibility is that the Xuantian Tower is attempting to forcibly remove the curse for Long Chen. 
Either case is very dangerous for Long Chen. And the fact that the Xuantian Dao Sect is trying to secretly purchase the Heavenly Qilin Soul Returning Fruit and the Nine Revolution Soul Replenishing Pill proves that he truly is in trouble. His soul has likely been damaged. 
Moreover, this Underworld Soul Ghost Curse was condensed by the life energy of many Corrupt experts. Let alone a Foundation Forging disciple, even a Life Star expert would definitely die. Although the Xuantian Tower is powerful, Long Chen's cultivation base is still too low. The chances of it removing the curse from Long Chen are next to zero.
In truth, this was just a move by Li Tianxuan. It was to make everyone think that Long Chen was still in the Xuantian Dao Sect and that he was in grave danger.
== After Long San raids Pill Valley ==
Right now, the Xuantian Dao Sect was like a madman. No matter who went against them, the Xuantian Dao Sect would launch the craziest, fiercest attack. With the Xuantian Tower and Reincarnation Mirror backing them, no one dared to take the risk.
Most importantly, even if they did destroy the Xuantian Dao Sect, so what? Without any benefits, there was no way to unite enough people to attack them.
Battle needed a goal, and as long as there was a goal, they could make up any other excuses as to why they had to fight. But without any profit, no one would be willing to try consuming a hard bone like the Xuantian Dao Sect. Their teeth weren't strong enough for it.
Although the Xuantian Dao Sect had declined, they had the Reincarnation Mirror and the Xuantian Tower. This was their foundation that made it so others didn't dare to act rashly.
As for the sects that had maintained a neutral position because of the Huayun Sect, they were rejoicing inside now. After weighing the pros and cons, they had decided to not offend anyone and just watch as things developed.
It was because they had been so cautious that they had saved a generation of their disciples. Otherwise, if they had sent people there, they would definitely have died.
The battle in front of the Xuantian Dao Sect had been recorded, and photographic jades quickly spread throughout the Eastern Xuan Region. Everyone saw how terrifying Long Chen was.
People said that as long as they didn't encounter any powerful opponents, the Xuantian Dao Sect would become the Eastern Xuan Region's strongest sect in less than a decade.
=== Wine God Palace cover story ===
However, some people had their suspicions. On that day, Long Chen hadn't come out from within the Xuantian Dao Sect, but had arrived from outside the sect.
People quickly guessed that Long Chen hadn't been in the Xuantian Dao Sect the entire time. The Xuantian Dao Sect had simply misled them to draw their attention.
Then what had Long Chen been doing during this time? Who had helped him remove the curse? Just as these questions began to pop up, news came from the Grand Xia Ancient Nation. People said that they had seen Long Chen in the Wine God Palace.
Once this news spread, everyone came to an understanding. Considering Long Chen's close relationship with the Wine God Palace, it was clear that he had gone to them to remove the curse.
Once they thought of this, they realized there was only one person who was capable of removing this curse, which even the Xuantian Tower couldn't suppress. It had to have been the Wine God Palace's High Priest.
The High Priest's position was transcendental. His position was just as high as Pill Valley's master. As he couldn't personally go to the Xuantian Dao Sect to help Long Chen, Long Chen had to have gone to him.
While Long Chen was gone, Li Tianxuan had intentionally acted nervous to draw everyone's attention. It was to cover Long Chen, while he stealthily went to the Wine God Palace.
Very quickly, the Wine God Palace also sent out word that Long Chen had been in the Wine God Palace this entire time. He had been secluded in the High Priest's palace. As for why the High Priest would personally remove the curse for Long Chen, no one knew.
Naturally, this was all prepared by Long Chen. When he had been in the Eastern Xuan City, he had gone to the Huayun Sect and written a letter for them to give to the Wine God Palace's Tu Qianshang.
With the Wine God Palace testifying for him, no one would suspect that he was Master Long San.
Upon returning to the Xuantian Dao Sect, Long Chen finally had a few carefree days. He truly felt the Xuantian Dao Sect to be his home now.
== Alleged destruction and sneak attack ==
"I want to know everything that happened in the Eastern Xuan Region while I was gone. Of course, the most important thing is the Xuantian Dao Sect. Does it still exist? And who participated?" Long Chen went straight to the point.
"Here. I've already prepared the information for you." Zheng Wenlong handed Long Chen a stack of papers with various things recorded on it. "The Xuantian Dao Sect's destruction came too suddenly. The Corrupt path announced that it was done by them, but it's not so simple as that. You can look through this. This is everything that was gathered by our intelligence network."
Long Chen flipped through the pages one by one. His expression gradually darkened.
Zheng Wenlong explained, "The Corrupt path constituted the main force, but there were several accomplices. The Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect was only one of them. According to the traces left behind on the battlefield, there were at least five divine items that went against the Xuantian Dao Sect's divine items. Amongst them was the Corrupt path's Corrupt God Skull, the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect's Violet Gold Soul Devouring Staff, and the ancient races' Heaven Reaching Divine Drum. As for the other two divine items, because the spatial fluctuations were too intense and their auras were somewhat similar to the Xuantian Tower and the Reincarnation Mirror's auras, it's temporarily impossible to determine which divine items they are. A battle involving seven divine items is rare, even on the entire continent. At the very least, such a large scale battle hasn't occurred since the last dark era."
Long Chen nodded. He went through all the information listed. This information was based on an analysis of the battlefield where the Xuantian Dao Sect had once been.
It also had the information about various sects and what they had been doing around the time that the Xuantian Dao Sect had been destroyed.
The majority of sects had acted completely normal. But after the Xuantian Dao Sect had been destroyed, the vice alliance master of the eastern branch of the Martial Heaven Alliance went to the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect, and Pill Valley also became lively during this, with quite a few powers sending experts to communicate with them.
Although these things didn't directly prove anything, Long Chen could see a grand scheme. The Xuantian Dao Sect's destruction was the result of many powers working together.
"This much is enough. I want to figure out whether or not anyone from the Xuantian Dao Sect survived first."
"Based on the evidence, there were too many divine items at that time, and the chances of the Xuantian Tower escaping are low. However, there are also no signs that it was destroyed. That is why some experts have deduced that the Xuantian Tower might very likely have been forced into the chaotic flow of space. Perhaps it'll never come back again."
=== Still exists ===
"Long Chen, don't worry too much. At the very least, according to what I know, the Xuantian Dao Sect's heaven and earth divine pool has yet to dry up. That means the Xuantian Dao Sect still exists," comforted Zheng Wenlong.
"How do you know that?" Long Chen was surprised.
"This is actually a very simple law. People have tested it. After condensing a divine pool, when people carve the name of the Xuantian Dao Sect within it, they will find that it's still possible to carve it down. The name will then slowly fade away, signifying that the Xuantian Dao Sect still exists. If the Xuantian Dao Sect was completely dead, it would be impossible to carve the name. The divine pool simply wouldn't be acknowledged by heaven and earth. Many sects have used this method to determine the Xuantian Dao Sect still exists," said Zheng Wenlong.
It had been a week since the Xuantian Dao Sect's destruction. If the Xuantian Tower was still enduring at this time, it meant there was a good chance it could survive until Long Chen could find some way to save them. This was truly just the news he needed to raise his spirits.
=== Next steps ===
"For now, I'll let the ancient races and ancient family alliance act arrogant. The power structure within them is too complicated. They are both large alliances, and I don't know which particular members within them are the ones who targeted the Xuantian Dao Sect. So, I'm going to start with the Corrupt path. I'll slowly investigate who directly participated in the attack, and once I'm sure, I'll start my revenge," said Long Chen.
The ancient races and the ancient families were both composed of tens of thousands of individual powers. Their internal structure was extremely complicated, and not every power within them was bad. Long Chen wasn't a slaughterer, and he couldn't treat them all as one for his vengeance.
Leaving that matter for Zheng Wenlong to determine would be the best, but Long Chen couldn't wait. He was going to use the bloodiest method to shake the Eastern Xuan Region. Anyone who participated in the attack against the Xuantian Dao Sect would have to pay the price in blood.
Zheng Wenlong couldn't provide him with confidential information about the powers the Huayun Sect conducted business with. Therefore, he couldn't provide Long Chen with confidential information about the Corrupt path, as they had business with them. Telling Long Chen such secrets would be against the rules.
However, Long Chen didn't need this information from Zheng Wenlong. The Xuantian Dao Sect had some secret information of their own regarding the Corrupt path. At the very least, they knew where some strongholds were located. From the start, Long Chen hadn't expected to force Zheng Wenlong to tell him these things.
He understood Zheng Wenlong. Although he cared a great deal about their friendship, he was someone with principles. He followed the Wealth God, and he couldn't do anything that betrayed his faith.
== XDS is fine ==
Long Chen was in a particularly good mood today. That was because Zheng Wenlong had sent him news that had lifted a weight from his shoulders. That news was that the Xuantian Dao Sect was safe.
The Xuantian Tower had brought away the Xuantian Dao Sect, but due to some particular reasons, Li Tianxuan was stuck inside and couldn't leave. However, he had used a secret art to transmit news to the Huayun Sect.
Although Long Chen had felt that the chances that the Xuantian Dao Sect had been destroyed weren't that high, this news still allowed him to relax. As long as the Xuantian Dao Sect was fine, everything was alright.
Hearing that the Xuantian Dao Sect was fine, Long Chen immediately had Zheng Wenlong contact the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect, Wine God Palace, Heavenly Sword Gate, and the original devil race.
He couldn't directly communicate with the original devil race as he didn't know where their base was in the Eastern Xuan City. But he could pass information to them through their stronghold in the Grand Xia Ancient Nation.
Long Chen had them not make any moves temporarily. He had enough power to protect himself, and so they could just watch for now.
Although the Xuantian Dao Sect was fine, he knew that the fine ones were just the elite disciples. There had to have been terrible casualties amongst the outer sect disciples and commoners.
Against such a sudden attack, maintaining zero casualties was impossible. So even though the Xuantian Dao Sect was fine, his revenge didn't stop.
This time, Long Chen would make sure all those people lying in wait, like stalking predators watching their prey, would never be a problem again one way or another. Those people had been watching the Xuantian Dao Sect the entire time, waiting for an opportunity.
Last time, the Xuantian Dao Sect had been reinforced by the Huayun Sect, Wine God Palace, Heavenly Sword Gate, and Heaven Splitting Battle Sect. That had intimidated their enemies.
Now, he found that it was useless. Intimidation was only temporarily effective. If he wanted to make them stop their predatory stalking, he had to kill. He had to kill until they were completely terrified and didn't even dare to be his enemy. That was the only way he could be safe.
In Li Tianxuan's message that Zheng Wenlong had given him, Li Tianxuan had clearly told Long Chen that Pill Valley, the Corrupt path, the ancient races, the ancient family alliance, the Heaven Suppressing Magic Sect, and several other powerful existences had participated in the attack, and Long Chen had to be careful when it came to them.
== Exposing the truth ==
“I just entrusted the Huayun Sect with spreading the truth of the Xuantian Dao Sect’s destruction to the public, letting all the Eastern Xuan Region’s people know exactly who did this. That way, they can’t accuse Long Chen of doing it. What, does that dissatisfy you?” asked Li Tianxuan politely. “Are you curious about how a fight amongst divine items could be recorded so completely? Then you can only blame yourself for underestimating the Reincarnation Mirror. Although it’s only a quasi divine item, it’s not used for fighting. It has its own special abilities, allowing it to record everything that happens in the Xuantian Dao Sect. Even if you used the Brahma Divine Diagram, even if you screened off the heavens, even if you threw space into chaos, it’s all useless. That is its heaven-defying ability. Valley master, it was your Pill Valley that participated in the destruction of my Xuantian Dao Sect and then accused Long Chen of the crime. Don’t you think you need to give an explanation to my Xuantian Dao Sect in front of all these people?”
“How is that possible? If Pill Valley participated in the destruction of the Xuantian Dao Sect, can they even be called neutral?”
The neutral camp’s experts were even more stunned. This news was too shocking.
“Was Pill Valley really scheming against Long Chen? They wanted to make the public opinion of him as low as possible and then borrow everyone’s hands to kill him?”
“But why would Pill Valley do this? How does killing Long Chen benefit them?”
“I heard that Long Chen’s conflict with Pill Valley stemmed from the Pill Tower. The Pill Tower’s master wanted Long Chen’s treasures, so he sent people to hunt him down in the Four Nations Ancient Remnant.”
“I will carefully investigate this matter. If traitors appeared in my Pill Valley, I will definitely give you an explanation. But if that’s not the case and someone is attempting to frame Pill Valley, well, although we are neutral, we’re not someone just anyone can slander! Goodbye!”
The Daynight Furnace broke through the void, and Yu Xiaoyun’s figure vanished.
== Golden Age ==
The current Xuantian Dao Sect was in an unprecedented golden age. Countless top geniuses had joined them. They had definitely become the strongest sect in the Eastern Xuan Region.
All the experts who had just joined were excited. On one hand, they had just joined the strongest sect in the Eastern Xuan Region, while on the other hand, they were now in the same sect as Long Chen.
Long Chen was the Eastern Xuan Region’s strongest monster. He slaughtered other heavenly geniuses without ever tasting defeat. To be able to say that they came from the same sect as him was definitely an honor.
Li Tianxuan looked at Long Chen. Long Chen immediately understood and loudly said, “Brothers and sisters, welcome to the Xuantian Dao Sect. Starting today, we are now one family. For now, let’s not talk about anything else. After so much fierce fighting, my stomach’s empty. Let’s return to the sect to eat and drink! I, Long Chen, will offer all of you a toast to welcome you!”
Long Chen’s wanton and relaxed style made these new disciples who had just joined feel even more excitement. Just as they were cheering, Long Chen pulled Xia Yunchong and Xia Youluo with him to the Dragonblood Legion.
The Reincarnation Mirror activated, drawing them all inside. The Xuantian Tower and Reincarnation Mirror broke through space, vanishing, leaving behind only a desolate and empty battlefield.
=== Pill Valley negotiations ===
“Are you acting stupid in front of me? You killed over eighty million commoners of the Xuantian Dao Sect. Did you forget?” asked Long Chen.
“Tch, lowly commoners are nothing more than ants. Are they worth compensating for? According to that, wouldn’t each blade of grass and each insect of your Xuantian Dao Sect require compensation?” demanded the elder.
Long Chen slapped the elder in the face, sending him flying outside. The other experts in his group hastily flew over to help him up, only to see that he had fainted from the slap. He only slowly woke thanks to their efforts.
“Lowly commoners are ants? Do you think you’re a god? In front of me, you are just an ant. I can crush you with a single finger. Thus, can I also kill you whenever I want?” demanded Long Chen. Pointing at the desolate wasteland around them, he said, “There were eighty million commoners here. Some of them were disciples who came from the Eastern Wasteland, Southern Sea, Western Desert, and Northern Source and failed the trial. However, they didn’t want to leave, so they stayed behind. They knew there was no hope for them, but they hoped that their descendants could make their dreams a reality. Their hopes and dreams were stripped away by you along with their lives. Do you really feel no guilt?”
Ever since ancient times, in the battles against sects, the casualties of the commoners were never taken into consideration. Long Chen was intentionally trying to find trouble with Pill Valley.
“I don’t even know how many heavenly geniuses I’ve killed, but I can guarantee this: I’ve never killed anyone innocent. From a small empire in the Eastern Wasteland, my path has been one of my enemies’ bones. However, my conscience is clear. I have nothing to feel guilty about. But what about you? Pill Valley used despicable means to secretly destroy the Xuantian Dao Sect. If you really had guts, you would have come openly, but instead you brought a bunch of dogs to do your dirty work and blamed me. Then you had a bunch of brainless idiots follow the dogs to bite me. Killing those people doesn’t affect my conscience at all. Are you even fit to be compared to me? Either pay up or scram. The Xuantian Dao Sect doesn’t need your money. If it weren’t for getting justice for the commoners you killed, I wouldn’t even be willing to see you. Your Pill Valley can pay for this justice or you can not pay for it. In either case, I don’t care,” said Long Chen.
“Fine, then we can go according to what you just said. I admit the majority of those eighty million commoners were old. I’ll exclude those sixty million people. That way, the remaining ones are all in their youth and could still break through,” said Long Chen.
To immediately remove sixty million was good for Pill Valley. That way, they would only have to compensate them with an additional twenty million, and adding the previous portion, it was fifty-five million. That was just barely acceptable.
“That’s fair,” said the elder.
He didn’t say anything explicitly about it. Long Chen easily saw through that, and he continued, “Alright, then let’s continue calculating. Of those twenty million young disciples, there were men and women. How many children would they have given birth to in just one year? I’ll say around five million. In ten years, that would be fifty million. As for after thirty years, I won’t bother you with that. So how many children would be born within thirty years? If I kept calculating each and every generation that was born, that would be a bit too much, so just thirty years is definitely fair. So, we’re counting it as twenty million people whose descendants were cut off because of you. Just compensating thirty years is definitely not cheating you,” said Long Chen lightly.
Long Chen’s indifferent words made Li Tianxuan and the old Xuan Master shake their heads. They were watching his negotiations from within the Xuantian Tower.
The old Xuan Master sighed, “This little fellow Long Chen really is shameless. How could things be calculated like that?”
Li Tianxuan shook his head. “Master, you don’t know this, but Long Chen grew up in a poor environment. He feels close to those commoners, and he dislikes those arrogant, lofty existences. He acts according to his own viewpoint and doesn’t care about some big picture. His actions are obstinate and self-opinionated, and yet, those words also aren’t too suitable for him because his actions are always for justice, not selfishness.”
The old Xuan Master nodded. Long Chen’s style of doing things was related to his experiences. The two of them simply continued watching.
Pill Valley’s elder was so infuriated that he was about to explode. In all his years, he had encountered many tough negotiators, but he had never encountered someone like Long Chen.
After half an incense stick’s worth of silence, he finally said, “Since this was done by Pill Valley’s traitors, Pill Valley will pay the debt. We will pay for the commoners according to how you specified.”
Within the Xuantian Tower, the old Xuan Master was startled. They really had accepted. 
However, Li Tianxuan wasn’t surprised. Pill Valley had no choice but to suffer this time. After all, the entire continent was watching them. Even if they were cheated, they had to endure it.
At the very least, enduring meant that they could maintain Pill Valley’s dignity and reputation. This was a pain that they had to go through; otherwise, it would be even worse when their reputation hit rock bottom.
“Pill Valley will send you the money within three days.” After saying that, the elder left with his people without ever looking back.
=== Too early to be content ===
Long Chen shook his head. “This isn’t evil. Pill Valley is also thinking like this. They only lowered their heads this time to win their reputation back, and I refuse to believe that they don’t understand what I said. They’re already scheming on how to bring us down. Our enmity with Pill Valley has been completely set in stone. If Pill Valley has a chance, they won’t hesitate to destroy the Xuantian Dao Sect. And if I have a chance, I definitely won’t let them off easy. Don’t get taken in by appearances. The Xuantian Dao Sect looks like it’s rising, but in terms of foundation, it cannot compare to Pill Valley. It might look like we got a large sum from Pill Valley, but to their sales of medicinal pills over tens of thousands of years, it’s nothing. Medicinal pills are the most profitable business. They’ve held monopolies for so many years. No one knows how much wealth they’ve accumulated. Of course, Pill Valley won’t just let that money rot away. They definitely have the ability to transform that wealth into terrifying power. The most powerful existence in this world is money. Why is it that Pill Valley can act so tyrannical to everyone except the Huayun Sect? Because the Huayun Sect has money. The Xuantian Dao Sect doesn’t have a matching wealth for its sudden rise. There are many newcomers that the sect has to raise now, and that’s all money. Furthermore, the sect must be rebuilt. With the great era coming, it must be rebuilt as fast as possible. That all requires an ocean’s worth of resources. So don’t get confused by our victory now. As soon as someone loses their sense of crisis, the real crisis comes.”
Everyone’s hearts shook. After the battle in the Grand Han, Long Chen’s name had shaken the very heavens, and the Dragonblood Legion’s name had rocked the world. They truly had felt very satisfied with that unrivaled state.
Only now did they realize that it was too early to be happy. Things were far from as simple as they seemed.
== Reconstruction ==
After the Devil Slaughter Rankings, they injure the three Devil Kings of the Evil Path.
== Xia Chen joins ==
Xia Chen immediately began working with Guo Ran. He spent half his time rebuilding the Dao Sect, while the other half was spent refining the Dragonblood Legion’s battle formation. He was also working with Guo Ran to invent new armor and weapons that were connected to the formation, allowing the Dragonblood Legion to unleash even greater power.
Although the two of them had come up with the basic principles, going from theoretical to practical required constant testing. It was a long and arduous process.
Fortunately, both of them were shockingly talented in this regard, and both worked hard. The formation gradually took shape, and the Dragonblood warriors were drilling with them. They gradually began to feel just how powerful this formation was, exciting them. They were filled with anticipation for their future accomplishments.
== Devil Slaughter Rankings reward ==
While the two of them were busily working, the news that the Xuantian Dao Sect had obtained a fifteen billion spirit crystal reward spread throughout the Eastern Xuan Region.
The fact that Long Chen had split that reward into three equal portions also spread. The entire region was shocked that he had given one portion to the Heaven Splitting Battle Sect and one to the families of the dead as compensation.
It had to be known that many sects only had a few hundred spirit crystals in total. Possessing a few million spirit crystals would make them a first-rate sect.
As for the Xuantian Dao Sect, it had instantly obtained fifteen billion spirit crystals. Countless sects were jealous, as well as regretful.
The only reason it was split in three was because of their generosity to the families of the deceased. The compensation that the Xuantian Dao Sect had paid out was definitely over ten times what the other regions had given.
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