329: Let me see where your limits are!

Teng Qianjue and Liu Wusheng, these two former Golden Core Ancestors, were now the highest combat powers in the Tianli Cult besides Murong Jingyang.

This time, the plot against Duan Hong was personally executed by the two of them.

With their Golden Core Stage cultivation, it was naturally easy for them to deceive Duan Hong's protectors and guide him into making a scene.

However, for the Tianli Cult, this was merely a small matter handled in passing.

Their main energy would still be focused on developing the Tianli Cult's influence.

Recruiting followers, gathering resources, and gradually infiltrating the surrounding areas.

After giving instructions on some follow-up trivial matters, he dismissed Teng Qianjue and the other.

Murong Jingyang sat down cross-legged on the high platform again, focused his mind, and began to perform internal inspection.

His consciousness sank into the Dantian Qi Sea.

In the center of a vast ocean of magic power churning with dark-golden mist, a Golden Core the size of a dragon's eye, perfectly round and with countless mysterious patterns slowly flowing on its surface, floated quietly, emitting a powerful and vast pressure.

Middle Golden Core Stage!

This was Murong Jingyang's current cultivation Realm!

It had only been a short half-year since he unified the Black Sha Marsh and began creating the Tianli Cult for external expansion.

For his cultivation progress to be so fast was simply appalling!

While this was partly due to his own talent and previous accumulation, the more important factor was the terrifying gains brought by the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Art.

The Six Desires Heavenly Demon Art fed on the seven emotions and six desires of living beings, and as the Tianli Cult's power expanded rapidly like a rolling snowball, more and more followers were recruited.

After these followers cultivated the simplified version of the Six Desires Demonic Technique given by Murong Jingyang, a portion of the "Six Desires Mortal World Qi" they produced would be fed back to the "Cult Leader" Murong Jingyang, the source of the technique, through a mysterious connection.

Although the "amount" from each individual was not much, it was like trickles merging into a river, allowing Murong Jingyang, the "source," to Cultivate almost every moment of every day.

After completely moving past the stage of primitive accumulation, his cultivation progress advanced by leaps and bounds.

However, the rapid increase in cultivation did not bring Murong Jingyang much joy.

On the contrary, a haze always hung over his heart.

Because as his mastery of the Six Desires Heavenly Demon Art grew deeper and he continuously achieved Breakthroughs in his Realm, he began to develop a strange sensation in the dark.

That sensation originated from an extremely distant place, as if from the other shore separated by countless spatial barriers.

It was like a summons and a pull originating from the depths of his Bloodline!

Like a fledgling leaving its nest hearing its mother's call, it was intimate yet carried a heart-pounding sense of destiny.

Murong Jingyang knew where that sensation came from.

It was precisely one of the Seven Grotto-Heavens of the Inner Domain, the Six Desires Demonic Sect!

The Six Desires Heavenly Demon Art was originally a technique intentionally leaked by the Six Desires Demonic Sect.

Those who Cultivate this technique are like having a special "Heavenly Demon Seed" planted in their bodies.

As the cultivation deepens, the "seed" continuously grows and matures.

Once the "seed" is fully mature, the cultivator's Karma and Qi will connect with the Six Desires Demonic Sect, becoming too clear to hide.

At that time, the Six Desires Demonic Sect can sense it through a secret method and come down to "harvest" this mature "fruit."

If lucky, one might be received into the sect; if unlucky, their Origin would be extracted, and they would face the fate of becoming cultivation Materials.

Murong Jingyang didn't know the specifics, but it certainly wouldn't be anything good.

And the deeper his cultivation became, the closer he got to becoming meat on the chopping block for the Six Desires Demonic Sect!

Murong Jingyang pondered, but his thoughts never wavered, nor did he ever think of abandoning his cultivation to start over.

Because he knew very well that his cultivation of this Six Desires Heavenly Demon Art was intentional on the part of the Sovereign!

Its purpose might be to use him as bait to drag the Six Desires Demonic Sect, one of the Seven Grotto-Heavens of the Inner Domain, into this scheme.

Murong Jingyang had a faint guess in his heart, but he wasn't certain.

After all, the Sovereign's plans were not something he could fully fathom.

But no matter what the truth was, Murong Jingyang felt no resistance, fear, or resentment in his heart.

On the contrary, he felt that being able to contribute to the Sovereign's grand cause was his supreme honor!

...Deep in the Jiling Wasteland, within a stone forest formed by the constant erosion of Earthly Fiend Astral Winds.

Lu Ming sat cross-legged on a stone platform, surrounded by a faint silver light shield formed by thirty-six Formation Flags within a radius of several feet.

It blocked out the gray astral winds howling and raging outside, which were enough to easily tear through the protective spiritual light of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

At this time, he was not immersed in cultivation but had his mind focused, his eyes fixed intently on the Void Realm in front of him.

There, the golden book that only he could see was floating quietly, its pages flowing with the light of Chaos and mysterious brilliance.

Suddenly, the golden book trembled slightly, and the pages turned by themselves. In one of the blank spaces, a line of clear handwriting slowly emerged like ink spreading.

[Duan Tianxiong]

"As expected!"

Seeing this name, there was no surprise in Lu Ming's eyes; he had clearly anticipated it.

Then, without delay, with a thought, he used his Divine Sense as a brush to lightly check the newly appeared name, marking it as the selected target.

Duan Tianxiong, the head of the Duan Family, a Golden Core clan under the jurisdiction of the Qingming Immortal Sect, with Middle Golden Core Stage cultivation.

Speaking of which, Lu Ming had never met this person, had no grievances with him, and didn't even know what he looked like.

But this didn't stop Lu Ming from choosing him as his latest "guinea pig" to verify a bold concept regarding "Karma Grafting."

The golden book could transfer the side effects of his cultivation; could it also graft his own Karma onto others, thereby deceiving the heavenly secrets and evading the deductions and schemes of others?

As for choosing Duan Tianxiong, it was simply because Murong Jingyang's "Tianli Cult" had already quietly expanded to the vicinity of the area where the Duan Family was located, so he "sourced Materials locally."

This was also a plan to kill several birds with one stone!

After all, if things went smoothly, it would not only verify his hypothesis about "Karma Grafting" but also shift the trouble onto someone else.

Without even thinking, he knew that Zhuge Mingyi, Li Daoxuan, and the others must be tracking the traces of the Qi he had intentionally leaked earlier, like dogs smelling waste.

But if he could graft this "Karma" onto Duan Tianxiong, it would inevitably direct the fire straight toward the Duan Family!

If this could provoke a conflict between the Duan Family, the Li Family, and even the Zhuge Family, and even involve the Qingming Immortal Sect behind them, the scene would be quite lively!

And he would be able to escape calmly, perhaps even reaping the benefits of the conflict.

Even if things didn't go as smoothly as expected and the Zhuge and Li families weren't drawn in, proving the "Karma Grafting" concept invalid...

The Duan Family had already been targeted by the "Tianli Cult," so he could just let Murong Jingyang handle them, which would also benefit the subsequent expansion and annexation by the Tianli Cult.

Regardless of the outcome, Lu Ming would definitely come out ahead!

"Then let me see where your limit is!"