Ringing the Bell for a Hundred Years, I Became the Sect’s Ancestor – Chapter 154

Chapter 154: Is It Ancestor?

Before dawn.

Li Qian had already gotten up.

Two disciples had already started cultivating the Heartless Sword Manual.

Li Mo sat cross-legged on a rock, already beginning to absorb Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi for cultivation.

Just as Li Qian was about to go up to the bell tower to ring the bell, a figure suddenly flew over from the foot of the mountain.

“Junior Brother Li, the Sect Master requests your immediate presence at the Divine Sword Hall.”

Li Qian was a little surprised to see that it was a disciple from the Divine Sword Hall.

So he had Bai Yun come up to ring the bell and left the Time Bell Pavilion himself, heading towards the Divine Sword Hall.

The Sect Master was in such a hurry to summon him, there must be something important.

Divine Sword Hall.

Seeing Li Qian arrive, the Sect Master hurriedly said, “Li Qian, quickly activate the grand formation.”

“Sect Master, why such urgency?”

Li Qian asked in surprise.

“The demonic creatures at Returning Dragon Mountain suddenly launched an attack on the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence Camp. It’s said that it has already been breached, the situation is extremely urgent. I’m worried that the demonic creatures from Returning Dragon Mountain will take this opportunity to attack our Divine Sword Sect.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu said.

After all, Returning Dragon Mountain was only a little over a thousand miles away from Divine Sword Sect. Once the demonic creatures attacked, Divine Sword Sect could only rely on the formation to defend itself.

“Isn’t Circuit Lord Yu Song, a Celestial Image Level Celestial Being, stationed at the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence Camp?”

Li Qian was very surprised.

“We don’t know the specifics yet, but several Celestial Beings from our Divine Sword Sect have already gone to provide support. Ah, I hope the situation isn’t too serious.”

Sect Master Feng Shaoyu said worriedly.

“Alright, I’ll activate the grand formation now.”

Li Qian nodded. After all, Formation Valley had refined quite a few Armor and Weapon Talismans in recent years.

If the demonic creatures really attacked, this grand formation could still hold them off for a while.

So he left the Divine Sword Hall and went to activate the Formation Stakes and Formation Disks one by one.

In the past year, he had also optimized the grand formation, integrating the five Formation Stakes from the Panyuan Cave Mansion into the grand formation, thus forming a formation within a formation.

He was only able to do this after his formation mastery reached Major Completion.

As the grand formation was activated, a dense fog enveloped most of Divine Sword Sect. Without an Armor and Weapon Talisman, it became extremely difficult to move even an inch.

Therefore, Sect Master Feng Shaoyu issued an order within the sect, forbidding anyone from going out without an Armor and Weapon Talisman and instructing them to stay in their residences to cultivate.

After setting up the formation, Li Qian chose to return to the Time Bell Pavilion immediately.

The Formation Masters in Formation Valley, after years of his guidance, had made great progress in formations and there was no problem with maintaining the operation of the formation.

He now planned to go to Returning Dragon Mountain Range to see what the situation was like.

Whoosh!

Li Qian did not return to the Time Bell Pavilion, but directly flew towards Returning Dragon Mountain Range.

At his speed, a distance of over a thousand miles would take less than an hour.

When he arrived at the Divine Sword Legion Camp, the place was already in chaos. More than a dozen powerful demonic creatures were attacking frantically.

Although the Divine Sword Legion had set up a battle formation, under the impact of the demonic creatures, it was on the verge of collapse, with Martial Soldiers being killed and injured every moment.

This was with the support of several Celestial Beings from Divine Sword Sect, yet they were still struggling to hold on.

The losses were mounting.

As a Martial Arts Legion suffered heavy losses of Martial Soldiers, its combat effectiveness would rapidly decline.

At this moment, on a distant mountain stood a figure in black robes, with two lesser demons by its side.

“Lord Hei Xiong, the Divine Sword Legion is about to collapse.”

A lesser demon said, baring its teeth.

“Hmm, once the Divine Sword Legion Camp is breached, we’ll directly attack the Divine Sword Sect’s mountain gate and completely incorporate this Sword Province into our Lion Camel City’s territory.”

The figure in black robes chuckled and then lifted its hood, revealing a pitch-black cat face, its emerald green eyes flickering with green flames.

In the next moment, it suddenly moved, transforming into a black cat over two zhang long, pouncing towards the camp.

The other two lesser demons also revealed their demonic forms, charging out after the cat demon.

The terrifying aura of the black cat demon, accompanied by demonic energy, swept over, impacting the already weakened battle formation of the Divine Sword Legion.

After such a long battle, all the Martial Soldiers were exhausted.

If it weren’t for the timely arrival of several Celestial Beings from Divine Sword Sect, they would have collapsed long ago.

Now, the sudden surge of terrifying demonic energy, like a monstrous wave, instantly tore apart their battle intent and military might. The faces of the several Celestial Beings from Divine Sword Sect changed drastically, and they hurriedly used their True Image Level Sword Intent to resist the demonic energy.

As the Sword Intent clashed with the demonic consciousness, the several Celestial Beings swayed, their faces pale.

“Sigh, if it weren’t for the limitations of this body… You insignificant Celestial Beings, this Lord could annihilate you with a wave of my hand.”

The giant cat demon landed within the camp, its body seemingly merging with the darkness, its emerald green eyes staring at the Divine Sword Legion ahead.

The dozen or so ferocious demonic creatures had gathered behind the cat demon.

Suddenly, a brilliant and scorching golden flame appeared in the sky, as if dispelling the darkness in an instant, cascading down, enveloping the cat demon and the dozen or so demonic creatures within it.

In the next moment, the cat demon and the dozen or so demonic creatures felt as if their bodies had lost control, and their demonic forms quickly dissipated.

“Bl, Blood and Qi Sanctuary…”

The cat demon felt the oppressive force of the scorching golden flame on its body, and fear appeared on its face.

Although it wanted to run, it found that its body couldn’t move at all.

What terrified it even more was that the bodies of its dozen or so lesser demon subordinates actually began to emit red light, forming strange blood shadows.

These blood shadows then returned to the bodies of the lesser demons.

In the next moment, the lesser demons exploded into a mist of blood, one by one.

In the end, only three lesser demons survived.

“So difficult?”

Li Qian frowned slightly.

He had just tested the second stage of his Blood and Qi Sanctuary, Blood and Qi Deprivation and Blood and Qi Spiritualization.

Although both were successful, when the Blood Spirits finally merged into the bodies of the lesser demons, forming Blood Puppets, a problem arose. He couldn’t control them completely.

He could only form three Blood Puppets.

“Is it related to my Blood and Qi Sanctuary’s second stage only having three points of progress?”

Li Qian thought to himself.

It was very likely.

Perhaps each point of progress represented his ability to control one Blood Puppet.

So, Li Qian grabbed the cat demon and, enveloped in his Blood and Qi Sanctuary, shot up into the sky like a scorching golden flame, quickly disappearing from sight.

He also took the three Blood Puppets with him.

“Th, what just happened?”

The several Celestial Beings from Divine Sword Sect were all dumbfounded when they saw this scene.

They were all prepared to fight to the death.

“Old Hou, do you remember a few years ago during the Great Migration, when our Divine Sword Sect’s Elder Jin Hao was escorting a migration team and was attacked by a group of monkey demons led by a monkey demon? A golden flame descended from the sky and took the monkey demon away?”

The former Purple Lightning Peak Master, now Supreme Elder Wan Xiangu, said.

“Hmm, I do.”

Hou Shuwen nodded.

In fact, he had also thought of it immediately.

“Do you think that was Ancestor just now?”

Wan Xiangu said.

“To be honest, I’ve only seen this Ancestor once, so I can’t be sure. Were you able to see the person within that golden flame this time?”

Hou Shuwen sighed and said.

The golden flame just now was incredibly dazzling. Not to mention seeing it with the naked eye, even his Celestial Being level Spiritual Perception was blocked.

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The others didn’t even need to mention it.

On a hilltop.

Li Qian landed from the sky.

He threw down the cat demon.

The three controlled Blood Puppets stood behind Li Qian.

The cat demon, looking at this scene, felt nothing but shock and fear.

It couldn’t understand how there could be a human in this Mortal Realm who had cultivated the Blood and Qi Sanctuary?

Even outside, humans who could cultivate the Blood and Qi Sanctuary were extremely rare. Each one had become a major threat to the demon race.

“Why did your Lion Camel Demon City suddenly attack?”

Li Qian asked in a deep voice.

He definitely wouldn’t rashly go directly to the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence Camp.

Who knew what the situation was like there.

It was best to inquire clearly before making a decision.

“Y, you know about Lion Camel Demon City?”

The cat demon Hei Xiong was stunned.

After all, the name Lion Camel Demon City had not yet spread in the Mortal Realm. How did this human know about it?

“Answer my question.”

Li Qian said with a frown.

“I won’t tell you.”

The cat demon Hei Xiong shook its head.

Li Qian directly used his Blood and Qi Sanctuary to control the blood and Qi within the cat demon’s body. The cat demon immediately rolled around in pain, letting out a shrill scream.

After a while, Li Qian stopped.

The cat demon was like a puddle of mud, but it still wouldn’t talk, instead staring at Li Qian with intense hostility.

“Aren’t you afraid of death?”

Li Qian asked in surprise.

“This body is just a shell that I inhabit. Do you think I’m like those lesser demons, to be manipulated by you humans?”

The cat demon sneered.

It was not a Demon Saint, but a Celestial Demon, equivalent to a Celestial Image Level Celestial Being among humans. So it didn’t have the ability to project its demonic consciousness through Demonic Descent.

Only Demon Saints had that ability.

However, it had used another method to infiltrate the Mortal Realm.

Therefore, the loss of this body would have a much greater impact on its true form than Demonic Descent by a Demon Saint.

But as an old demon who had lived for nearly two hundred years, how could it be subdued by a casual threat?

“Alright, then I’ll borrow your body for a while.”

Li Qian shook his head.

An old demon was an old demon, not comparable to ordinary lesser demons.

Since he couldn’t obtain information, he could only make use of it.

As soon as he finished speaking, one of the lesser demon Blood Puppets beside him collapsed, devoid of any life.

After Li Qian actively dispersed the Blood Spirit, the lesser demon Blood Puppet naturally died.

Immediately afterwards, the cat demon’s body trembled violently, and wisps of blood mist crazily emerged from its body.

“You…”

The cat demon struggled desperately, but it was useless.

As a blood shadow condensed, it drilled back into the cat demon’s body.

In the next moment, the cat demon opened its eyes, its pupils emerald green, but its gaze was dull.

Blood Puppets had no self-awareness.

Only a pure fighting instinct.

In other words, as long as he gave the order, it would fight to the death.

However, Li Qian could borrow the Blood Puppet’s vision and other senses within a certain distance, even control the Blood Puppet to do some things, and even speak.

“As expected, I can only control three Blood Puppets.”

Li Qian thought to himself.

But there were no strength requirements for the three Blood Puppets he could control.

Moreover, Blood Puppets weren’t inherently that strong.

After all, they were formed by depriving blood and Qi, then spiritualizing that blood and Qi. Their strength was based on the Blood Spirit. For example, those two lesser demons, after becoming Blood Puppets, were probably only equivalent to ordinary Grandmasters in strength.

As for this Blood Puppet transformed from the cat demon, it was probably at the level of a top-tier Grandmaster.

Before its death, this cat demon was definitely comparable to the most top-tier Celestial Being.

So, Li Qian, leading the three Blood Puppets, left the hilltop and continued forward.

When he was still dozens of miles away from the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence Camp, Li Qian sent the three Blood Puppets ahead to scout the way.

He himself, wearing a black cloak, concealed his aura and followed far behind.

When the three Blood Puppets entered the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence Camp, Li Qian’s expression changed slightly because the entire camp was filled with a monstrous demonic energy.

There was no movement, the battle had probably stopped, and the ground was littered with corpses drained of their life force.

The fierce battle he had anticipated did not occur.

Under normal circumstances, the fight between a Celestial Image Level Celestial Being and a powerful demonic creature should have been very intense.

Just as the Hei Xiong Blood Puppet, leading the two lesser demon Blood Puppets, approached the camp area, a lesser demon came to greet them.

“Lord Hei Xiong, why have you returned?”

“I have already breached the Divine Sword Legion Camp. What’s the situation here?”

Hei Xiong spoke in a hoarse and somewhat stiff voice.

After all, it was Li Qian secretly manipulating this Blood Puppet to speak, so it would naturally sound unnatural.

Although the lesser demon found Lord Hei Xiong’s reaction strange, it didn’t dare to think too much. After all, in Lion Camel Demon City, Lord Hei Xiong’s status was much higher than that of a lesser demon like itself.

“We have already breached the Taiwu Circuit Lord’s Residence Camp. Holy Master and the other three Holy Masters who came from afar are pursuing Circuit Lord Taiwu.”

The lesser demon hurriedly said.

“Three Holy Masters who came from afar?”

Li Qian, hidden in the shadows, frowned slightly.

The Holy Masters mentioned by the lesser demon should be powerful demonic creatures that had descended into the Mortal Realm through Demonic Rituals from Lion Camel Demon City.

If it was just one powerful demonic creature, it wouldn’t be a big deal.

But now there were actually three more powerful demonic creatures who had come from afar. Li Qian felt a little hesitant.

This was equivalent to four terrifying existences, each at least comparable to a Celestial Image Level Celestial Being.

“No, I still have to go and see. If Circuit Lord Taiwu falls, there will be no force in Taiwu Circuit to counterbalance Lion Camel Demon City.”

Li Qian thought to himself.

Even if he wasn’t a match for the four powerful demonic creatures, he should have no problem surviving.

After all, he possessed the Blood and Qi Sanctuary, which naturally countered demonic creatures.

Moreover, he had also mastered the second level of the Great River Sword Qi, which could form a true Sword Domain, incredibly powerful and terrifying.

His progress in Celestial Image Level Heartless Sword Intent had even reached over eighty percent. He believed that even among Celestial Image Level Celestial Beings, it was definitely not low.

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