343: Origin!

Zhuge Mingyi only had time to let out a short scream before his entire being was instantly swallowed, disappearing into the vortex.

Soon, the vortex quickly subsided, and space returned to its original state once more, as if nothing had ever happened.

Having casually tossed Zhuge Mingyi into the Void Turbulence, Yun Chenzi paid him no further mind.

With Zhuge Mingyi's cultivation at the Late Golden Core Stage and having never dabbled in the Laws of Space, he would surely suffer greatly within the turbulence.

However, there was no need to worry too much about his life; before sending him away, Yun Chenzi had attached a strand of his own dao rhyme to him, which would ensure his safety.

Nevertheless, the sensation of being torn by the power of the Void Realm and tossed about in the chaotic and disorderly space would be quite a bitter pill for him to swallow.

After finishing all this, Yun Chenzi seemed to sense something and glanced toward that part of the Void Realm again, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Ran away quite fast."

Yun Chenzi's tone carried a hint of faint disappointment.

The aura he had sensed earlier had vanished without a trace at some point, leaving not even a single mark behind.

Today, he had torn through the Void Realm with great fanfare, originally thinking he could make an example of the mastermind to deter any petty scoundrels, but because he had too many concerns, he ultimately couldn't make a move and let those two go.

He had thought about simply crushing that "bug" peeping from the shadows to relieve his boredom, but he hadn't succeeded in that either, which left him feeling rather listless.

However, Yun Chenzi didn't take this matter too much to heart.

It was just an ant; if it ran, it ran, it was of no great consequence.

Thus, he turned his gaze downward, landing on Duan Tianxiong.

At this moment, Duan Tianxiong no longer had even half of the "dog acting on its master's power" arrogance from before; instead, his face was filled with a fawning and flattering smile.

Seeing Yun Chenzi's gaze fall upon him, he almost reflexively slid to his knees with a "thud," then leaned forward with his forehead touching the ground, performing a standard five-point prostration.

The movement was so smooth and standard, it was as if he had practiced it thousands of times in private.

"Junior Duan Tianxiong kowtows to thank the Immortal Master for his life-saving grace! May the Immortal Master enjoy eternal celestial blessings and achieve the Great Dao early!"

A flurry of flattery was poured out as if it cost nothing.

Yun Chenzi nodded slightly, long accustomed to such reverence.

He didn't beat around the bush but inquired directly.

"Explain everything that has happened recently, and why Li Daoxuan and the other person made a move against you, from beginning to end, in detail!"

"Yes! I obey the Immortal Master's decree!"

Duan Tianxiong scrambled up and stood with a bowed back, not daring to hide anything as he recounted every detail of the recent events, especially the sudden appearance of Li Daoxuan and Zhuge Mingyi and how they had attacked him without a word.

Only when mentioning why Li Daoxuan wanted to kill him did Duan Tianxiong himself look full of confusion and grievance.

"I hope the Immortal Master can judge clearly; this Junior truly does not know where I offended that Senior..."

Yun Chenzi listened quietly, his expression as calm as a still well; he didn't care about Duan Tianxiong's subsequent words.

He was only quite curious about the "Tianli Cult" mentioned.

Especially when he heard the cult's doctrine of "Preserve Heavenly Principle, Extinguish Human Desires," Yun Chenzi's gaze suddenly froze!

"Tianli Cult... Preserve Heavenly Principle... Extinguish Human Desires..."

Yun Chenzi repeated these words in a low voice, a flicker of mysterious light flashing deep within his eyes.

Why did such a paranoid and extreme doctrine sound so familiar?

His mind whirled, quickly searching through his memories.

Suddenly, a name exploded in the depths of his mind like a thunderclap!

"Six Desires Demonic Sect!!!"

In an instant, Yun Chenzi's Dao Heart, which had long been cultivated to be as calm as a still well and unmoved by external things, actually produced a tiny ripple because of this.

To the vast majority of Cultivators in the Outer Domain, the Inner Domain Grotto-heavens were powerful, mysterious, and high-and-mighty existences.

Only a few rumors circulated in the world, making people hold them in great awe, yet they could hardly catch a glimpse of their true face.

But for someone like Yun Chenzi, who was at Golden Core Perfection and had even touched the threshold of the Nascent Soul level, these were no longer unreachable secrets.

And this "Six Desires Demonic Sect," according to his understanding, was a demonic giant within the Inner Domain Grotto-heavens.

This Sect's Cultivation Technique was extraordinarily bizarre, specifically using the seven emotions, six desires, and the five poisons and miscellaneous thoughts of the living souls of all beings as cultivation resources.

Sect Disciples needed to constantly collect, refine, and even deliberately guide and amplify the negative emotions of others, such as greed, anger, obsession, and resentment, to draw power from them.

Their methods were extremely evil and incredibly bizarre!

This was because the creed they believed in was "Sever all delusions, only see the true self!".

It roughly meant to sever all illusory thoughts arising from "Mortal World desires," thereby releasing the practitioner's "Original True Nature"!

They believed that the various desires and emotions of living beings were shackles and chains that polluted and hindered "seeing the true self."

Only by stripping away, absorbing, and even refining "Mortal World desires" could one achieve "purification" of oneself and forge a heartless Dao Heart; only then could one see the [true self]!

It was precisely this distorted creed and cultivation method that caused the Six Desires Demonic Sect's way of doing things to be vastly different from other Grotto-heaven Cultivators.

One must know that Grotto-heaven Cultivators generally do not leave the Inner Domain; after all, to them, the Outer Domain was no different from a "backwater" with depleted resources.

This resulted in the Inner Domain being crowded with experts, with each side having their own lineage behind them.

The Six Desires Demonic Sect faced too many restrictions and could not recklessly use living beings for cultivation, which was unbearable for them, given their extreme thirst for power.

Thus, they turned their attention to the Outer Domain.

Here, without the suppression of other Grotto-heavens, they were a literal dimensional reduction strike to these Outer Domain natives.

At the same Realm, Cultivators of the Six Desires Demonic Sect, with their more exquisite Cultivation Techniques, more powerful Magic Treasures, and the foundation of a Grotto-heaven, could often run rampant in the Outer Domain.

Not to mention those True Disciples of the Golden Core Stage!

Sigh, it was simply blatant bullying of the weak!

Regarding this, the vast majority of Outer Domain forces were filled with silent resentment but dared not speak out.

After all, standing behind them was a demonic Grotto-heaven with a Nascent Soul True Monarch presiding over it; they could not afford to provoke them!

However, while Outer Domain Cultivators had no way to deal with them, Righteous Path Grotto-heavens like the "Qingwei Dao Sect" could never sit by and watch the Six Desires Demonic Sect so recklessly harvest "resources" in the Outer Domain.

This was not only a matter of Righteous Path face and the balance of power, but a deeper reason was that if the Six Desires Demonic Sect were left unchecked, with their cultivation speed, it was simply unimaginable how serious the consequences would be!

Although no matter how many Foundation Establishment or Golden Core Devil Heads appeared, they were all ants to the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the various Grotto-heavens, differing only in size.

But for the middle and high-level members of the Grotto-heavens, they were unwilling to see this scene, because it already threatened their ruling status and life safety!

Therefore, the various Grotto-heavens intentionally supported subordinate forces in the Outer Domain to curb the development of the "Six Desires Demonic Sect" and prevent them from cultivating recklessly!

Thus, this was the origin of the Qingming Immortal Sect!